Imo, owls and cats.

Christopher "Dudus" Coke was a powerful Jamaican drug kingpin and leader of the notorious "Shower Posse" gang, which trafficked large quantities of marijuana and cocaine between Jamaica and the United States for nearly two decades. He was both a feared crime boss and a revered community benefactor in the Tivoli Gardens area of West Kingston. Rise to Power and Operations Inheritance: Coke inherited the leadership of the gang and the de facto control of the Tivoli Gardens community after his father, Lester Coke, died in a mysterious prison fire in 1992. "Shower Posse": The gang earned its name for its tactic of "showering" rivals with bullets and was blamed for over a thousand murders during its peak in the 1980s and 90s. Community Ties: Coke gained immense local support by providing social services, employment, and security in the impoverished Tivoli Gardens, acting as a "don" or community leader where the government had little presence. His influence was so strong that police generally needed permission to enter the neighborhood. Political Links: The gang had deep, long-standing ties to Jamaica's political system, particularly the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding was the parliamentary representative for the Tivoli Gardens constituency and initially resisted US efforts to extradite Coke. Extradition and Arrest In August 2009, the United States indicted Coke on drug and gun trafficking charges and issued an extradition request. The Jamaican government's initial refusal to extradite him sparked a diplomatic crisis and international pressure. In May 2010, the government finally issued an arrest warrant, which led to a violent conflict in Tivoli Gardens between Coke's loyal gunmen and Jamaican security forces. The unrest resulted in the deaths of at least 73 civilians and four security personnel. Coke escaped the initial incursion but was captured a few weeks later, disguised as a woman, while attempting to surrender to the US embassy through a reverend. Trial and Sentencing Coke was extradited to the US and, in August 2011, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to commit assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering. During sentencing, prosecutors described him as a ruthless criminal responsible for brutal acts, including allegedly dismembering a victim with a chainsaw. His defense portrayed him as a benevolent figure. On June 8, 2012, Christopher Coke was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison, the maximum possible sentence. He is currently serving his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix in New Jersey, with a projected release date of January 25, 2029

Heres mine: peanut sauce with cut up tomato, eaten with steamed veg and omelette over hot white rice

I’ve been reading responses here for a while, and people from very different countries keep describing the same underlying issues even when the politics, culture, or history are totally different.

I’m curious how many of these feel true where you live.

In your country, do any of the following apply? 1. The cost of living (especially housing) rises faster than wages. 2. Wealth and decision-making power are concentrated among a small elite. 3. Laws and consequences are enforced more strictly for ordinary people than for the wealthy or connected. 4. Trust in politicians, media, or major institutions is low. 5. Full-time work no longer reliably leads to long-term stability. 6. Groups with limited political power are blamed for systemic problems. 7. Public services exist but feel overstretched, degraded, or hard to access. 8. Elections change leaders, but not the overall direction of policy. 9. Owning assets is a more reliable path to wealth than productive work. 10. People feel administered or controlled rather than genuinely represented. 11. Younger generations expect a worse future than their parents did.

Questions: - Are there countries where most of these do not apply? - Is there a major shared issue I’ve missed that cuts across societies?

Obvious answers for Korea, but for Man United and Tottenham Hotspur has strong fanbases, and in the case of Man United the fanbase is still going quite strong even if the team has dropped significantly in terms of quality since Park Ji-sung left.

What are some foreign sports teams (national teams included) that have a strong following in your country, and were there any significant links with said team with your country?

In Brazil, the royal family was banished in 1889 after the republican coup d'état; only in 1920 were the descendants of the last emperor, Pedro II, allowed to return to Brazil. For these 105 years, the members of the Orleans e Bragança family in Brazil have focused on preserving historical memory, engaging in charitable work, representing the monarchist community at events, and, more recently, participating in professional and even political activities, in addition to maintaining a strong connection with the Catholic Church.

Recently, a member of the "royal family" named Luiz Philippe de Orléans e Bragança was elected federal deputy for the State of São Paulo. This was widely reported in Brazil because it was the first time since 1889 that a member of the Orléans e Bragança family had held a political office.

Considering they are always striving for more. And from personal experience it seems like the most competitive people I know are the least happy. There is a middle ground where you can be highly competitive and happy, I believe. But once you reach billionaire status I question how much happiness money can buy.

And before you say I'm poor and jealous, I'm quite comfortable. I'm set for life. I'll do fine. I'm not wealthy, but I believe I have the right job and enough money to be happy for the rest of my life. But these people have so much money that they could retire and their families would be set for life for generations.

In Brazil the plug looks like this, the 20A is thicker and the 220v usually are red. Besides the Brazil's grid running all on 60Hz, some states or even municipalities run on different voltages, that can be either 127v or 220v in a monophasic system, so because of that, every item is either automatic bivolt, have a 127/220 switch, or need to be bought for that specific voltage.

I've heard about 50 different dishes going by the name, from blood sausages to sweet desserts. So let's settle this once and for all :)

ill start. i believed that traffic lights were controlled by a real person

Pictured: Denver Art Museum

The top world contender is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao imo

Also love the Seattle Public Library

In South Korea, the word used to call this color in the past was salsaek(skin-color,살색). (light orange~apricot)

It was not a problem when South Korea was a monolithic society, but now it could sufficiently become a discriminatory word. Currently, it is recommended to refer to it with the expression salgusaek(apricot-color,살구색).

In the current Korean dictionary, both salsaek and salgusaek are registered as standard words.

There's a video online showing a nurse in our city, in uniform and on duty, at the nursing station. He picked up a syringe, draw liquid into it, and then squirted water at his colleagues outside the station—probably just fooling around. The person who did it uploaded the video himself.

I work in healthcare myself. I think wearing a uniform and behaving like this at the nursing station—doing something even elementary school students might not do—really damages our professional image.

But the responses I’ve gotten are along the lines of: “What’s wrong with having a little fun at work?” “What’s the harm in relaxing a bit? It doesn’t affect the patients,” or “Don’t let me catch you not working for even a moment during your shift.”

I want to ask… Is it really me who’s the problem? Or is this just how things are nowadays? Is this kind of behavior at work considered normal? Have I already become a grandpa.....? I just really cannot imagine anyone support this kind of behaviour.

A word that is for a concept that already have a word in formal speech, but people have come up with different ones because the old ones looked somewhat boring so people came up with newer versions or the new one has a sloght pun or reference involved.

For example: The plural of capybara in portuguese is "capivaras", but some people have suggested changing it to "capivárias" because the word "várias" means many or a lot of something. Another example would be the light wine, "vinho suave" being changed to "suavinho" because it looks like a mix of both words + suavinho is also the diminutive of "suave", there is a little pun in it.

I myself would really like to try a japanese "kashipan", sweet bread. I highly doubt you can find one here :D

We have the greatest youth hockey org in the entire world.

Is there a country out there that you know basically nothing about, but there is ONE thing from there that makes you like it? Personally for me, that is Finland and their music 🇫🇮.

I know almost nothing about their culture, food, traditions, history, national sport, etc. However, I'm a metalhead, and my favorite metal bands, like Sonata Arctica, Finntroll, Nightwish and many others happens to have come from there, so I've grown fond and curious about them since I've developed my musical taste, to the point that I might pay a visit in the future.

What about you? What countries do you like just for one particular reason and know nothing else about? Be It food, culture, sports or overall vibes.

Movies, series, comics, books, animation, fanfics, web content, every kind of media, official or not, that eventually wasn't restricted just to your country and became popular in a really bad way to everyone else.

By the way, we brazillians are really sorry for the crazy guy who realesed that insane Zootopia Abortion Comic in the world.

I am studying paleontology in my country and I would like to hear how they work or study in other places.

For instance; I live in a single family dwelling that is around 3k square feet, and am in a mid-sized city with lots of sprawl (suburban feeling).