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San Jose Earthquakes and Aurasma Kick Off First U.S. Augmented Reality Sports...
Sacramento Bee
The videos, called an "Aura," and promotions will change over the course of the season to keep fans engaged. Also, fans attending Quakes game will be able to aim their device at the San Jose Earthquakes player cards distributed to attendees in the free ...
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Speech by CS at Ceremony and Photo Exhibition one year since the Great East ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
We are gathered here today to commemorate the great earthquake which happened on the eastern seaboard of Japan last year on March 11. On the Richter scale, it was one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in human history.
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USGS: 4.6 magnitude quake rattles Haiti
NewsWest9.com
AP National News Video More>> PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A moderate earthquake has rattled southern Haiti, causing some people to run out of buildings in fear. There were no immediate reports of damage. The United States Geological Survey is ...
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Quake experts upgrade their alerts
msnbc.com
By Alan Boyle One year after Japan's earthquake warning system was put to its sternest real-world test, US researchers have built a system that could provide the same type of advance alerts for quake-prone California — the only problem is that they ...
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Quake researchers warn of Tokyo's 'Big One'
Ninemsn
A year on from one of the biggest earthquakes in recorded history, Japanese scientists are warning anew that Tokyo could soon be hit by aquake that will kill thousands and cause untold damage. Greater Tokyo, home to 35 million tightly packed people, ...
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OurTube launched for Chch residents
Stuff.co.nz
A website featuring video stories from Christchurch residents has been launched by a former broadcaster. OurTube founder John McNeil said he aimed to present a range of videos, from earthquake recovery to the arts, on what he called the "YouTube just ...
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Revenge of the Japanese mandarins
The Japan Times
Video images, particularly of the World Trade Center's collapsing twin towers, fanned the flames of conflict. In Japan, images of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters have been used to unite the Japanese public behind rehabilitation of damaged ...
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AUDIO: Hear what the Japan earthquake sounded like
Toronto Star
READ MORE: Japan quake: One year later Peng hopes the audio clips will help convey scientific information about theearthquake to the public in a more understandable way. He also hopes it will assist scientists studying how earthquakesinteract with ...
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Toronto Star
New website to tell Christchurch stories in video
Voxy
A new website to let Christchurch people tell their stories in video has just been launched. The founder of OurTube, John McNeil, says as the frustrations of entering the long haul from earthquake recovery start to emerge, there's a need to encourage ...
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China's real-estate boom hits warp speed
Kansas City Star
A time-lapse video of the project in Changsha, which shows the prefabricated building being assembled on site, has racked up more than 5 million views on YouTube and left Western architects speechless. "I've never seen a project go up this fast," said ...
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Tsunami: Tales of Terror' reveals eyewitness video on TLC tonight
Tulsa World
Most have seen the unbelievable video of the massive waves washing over highways, seawalls, racing through Japanese cities, taking lives and livehoods with it on March 11, 2011 after a massive 8.9 magnitudeearthquake struck north east of the country.
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A Year After the Quake, a Rift in Japan's Musical Landscape
The Atlantic
But in the wake of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and the resulting nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, it made news for something else: being the site of a Fukushima-linked radioactive hot spot. In January, one enterprising ...
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The Atlantic
Japan disasters remembered
Pacific Daily News
... anniversary of the Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant disaster. On one side of the room was a slide show of photos from a delegation visit to Japan, on another side a video showing the recovery efforts and stories from survivors, ...
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Supporters, critics react to popular online campaign
RU Daily Targum
A video, titled “KONY 2012,” went viral Tuesday night as it amassed more than 12 million online views in the past two days and surfaced on Twitter streams, Facebook feeds and blogs throughout the world. In the 30-minutevideo, Russell, ...
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Is Sunspot Theory Back?
Wall Street Pit
We did find this video piece linking geomagnetic storms to earthquakeactivity very interesting, however. We take this stuff a little bit more serious as we move closer to the anniversary of Japan's tragic earthquake on March 11th.
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Japan: One year after the quake and tsunami
CNNMoney
By Paul R. La Monica @lamonicabuzz March 8, 2012: 12:43 PM ET Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains severely damaged nearly one year after the earthquake and tsunami. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- It is nearly a year since one of the worst ...
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Japan prepares to commemorate Tohoku tragedy
The Japan Times
By PHILIP BRASOR This Sunday is the first anniversary of theearthquake and tsunami that devastated the coastline of northeastern Japan and killed more than 15000 people. In January, the central government announced that it would hold a memorial ...
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The Japan Times
TLC announces TV special to commemorate anniversary of Japan tsunami
Examiner.com
When Japan was plunged into chaos after a powerful earthquake sent pounding tsunami waves through its helpless streets on March 11, 2011, the world watched in horror. To commemorate the one-year anniversary of this seismic disaster, TLC announced ...
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Every day is March 10
New Times SLO
BY CAROLE HISASUE It's been almost a year since we sat in front of our TVs, drop-jawed, open-mouthed, watching in horror as an above design-basis earthquake and monstrous tidal wave engulfed the coasts of northeastern Japan. Almost a year since video ...
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Japan's disaster
Washington Post
On March 11, Japan marks one year since a deadly earthquake and tsunami struck its northeastern coast, killing at least 15000 people and leading to the country's worst-ever nuclear accident. The massive tsunami triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake ...
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Catastrophe spawns social transformation among Japanese youth
CNN
The unforgettable triple disaster was triggered by the 9.0-magnitude Great East Japan earthquake, resulting in a devastating tsunami and subsequent nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, the effects of which are still being felt today.
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Some Japanese Still in the Dark over Thailand's Flood Plan
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Eleanor Warnock Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra offers a greeting after placing flowers at an area damaged by the March 11, 2011earthquake and tsunami in Natori, Miyagi prefecture, Japan. TOKYO – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck ...
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Kony 2012: Using social media to change the world
WTOP
Since the organization Invisible Children uploaded "KONY 2012" to YouTube on March 5, their video had been viewed more than 25 million times by Thursday morning. The film launched a campaign called, "Kony 2012," and the group hopes it will eventually ...
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WTOP
NY1 Reports: People Still Barred From Japanese "Hot Zone" Near Fukushima Power ...
NY1
NY1 VIDEO: NY1's Dean Meminger reports from Kawauchi, Japan, in the area most affected by last year's near-meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, following an earthquakeand tsunami in the country. Meminger will be reporting from Tokyo this ...
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NY1
Theater artists nationwide unite for Japan benefit
WBRC
AP Entertainment News Video More>> Davy Jones, heartthrob former lead singer of The Monkees, dies in Fla. of a heart attack at 66 By MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) - In a rehearsal room below Lincoln Center Theater, seven singers have ...
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Possible Debris From Tohoku Earthquake Reaches American Shores
ROCKETNEWS24 (blog)
As we quickly approach the one year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake the have been signs that debris from the massive tsunami has finally touched down on American shores. Recently residents of northwest Washington state have been finding ...
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ROCKETNEWS24 (blog)
Jesus.net Japan Launches Outreach to Bring Hope to Nation Still Hurting from ...
Christian News Wire (press release)
YOKOHAMA, Japan, March 7, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- Jesus.net Japan, an Internet evangelism effort to reach millions shaken and still hurting from the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident, has launched a series of seeker-friendly ...
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Christian News Wire (press release)
Don't Donate To Kony 2012: 5 Reasons To Avoid Invisible Children And...
International Business Times
So though you were likely emotionally stirred to action by the moving video Kony 2012 released last month about Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony that went viral on Wednesday, you should take a step back and learn about the charity and its problems before ...
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International Business Times
Severe floods and mudslides in Hawaii March 6, 2012
CNN
Video and photos by Jutka T. Emoke Barabas Sorry for the smudges in thevideo but I did part of the video in heavy rain and high winds and it seems that my camera electronic has some problems. Also the video and photos are not edited, because I had to ...
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GDC Notebook: Day 3: The Death of Consoles And/Or Their Rebirth
Kotaku
Lots happened, and zooming out, the situation of video games in the world became more clear. The state of the gaming industry is not represented by tuxedo-wearing Gears of War lead designer Cliff Bleszinski hunting around backstage at the Game ...
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Panel: US should rethink nuke emergency plans
WRIC
AP Sports News Video Entertainment News from AP Entertainment News from AP AP National News Video More>> By DINA CAPPIELLO and MATTHEW DALY AP WASHINGTON (AP) - The US should customize emergency plans for each of the nation's 65 nuclear power plants, ...
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Clinton urges officials to stem cholera in Haiti
WQOW TV News 18
AP National News Video More>> By TRENTON DANIEL AP MIREBALAIS, Haiti (AP) - Former US President Bill Clinton said Wednesday that a UN peacekeeper was responsible for bringing cholera to Haiti but may not have known that he was doing so, ...
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Bunker Mentality: The booming business of Doomsday
Fox News
“We realized that we were totally unprepared should something happen,” said Jack Jobe, who was prompted to prep for a natural disaster after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Jobe, who will be featured on an upcoming episode of the NatGeo's “Doomsday ...
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Club mourns one year past day of tragic earthquakes
The Orion
March 11, 2011: A magnitude 8.9 earthquake created a tsunami that crashed through Japan's east coast. More than 50 aftershocks followed. March 12, 2011: The Japanese government launched a massive rescue operation, sending out thousands of troops and ...
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50 Cent Performing All Of 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin'' At SXSW To Revive His Career
Ology
Let's be honest: 50 Cent has been in a slump for awhile now, and with the whole Interscope bickering, stock scandals, snow shoveling monopolies, mocking earthquake and tsunami victims, getting ripped on by Chinua Achebe, hanging with Oprah, acting, ...
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Ology
U.S. Corporations Recognized For International Humanitarian Support
PR Web (press release)
Jefferies provided significant support to ShelterBox, enabling the charity to not only immediately provide emergency shelter and supplies to survivors of the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the 2011earthquake and tsunami in Japan, but also procure and ...
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PR Web (press release)
Children's Photography Exhibition from Earthquake- and Tsunami-Damaged Region...
Sacramento Bee
Sony Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Its motion picture, television, computer entertainment, ...
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International Women's Day 2012
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Sexual assaults against women have risen to epidemic levels in tent camps where around 500000 Haitians who lost their homes in the earthquake still live in crammed conditions. Violence is up throughout the capital as donor money dries up and Haitians...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Cosmic Log - Quake experts upgrade their alerts
By Alan Boyle
One year after Japan's earthquake warning system was put to its sternest real-world test, U.S. researchers have built a system that could provide the same type of advance alerts for quake-prone California — the only problem is that they can't afford to get it ready for prime time. "I've got a system that ...If the projected intensity is above the level you're worried about, your computer will start sounding an alarm and clicking through a countdown, as seen in the video above. "Right now it's ...
Cosmic Log
San Francisco Earthquake [Video]
The same area was hit with an earthquake back in 1989, but not early in the morning. That year, the quake struck at 5:04 pm PT, just a half hour before Game ...
www.ibtimes.com/.../san-francisco-earthquake-world-series-lo...
Video: Earthquake damaged NZ Christchurch Cathedral to be demolished
The cathedral has been extensively damaged in the earthquakes over the last 18 months, with its spire snapping in half during the fatal 6.3-magnitudequake ...
www.independent.ie/.../video-earthquake-damaged-nz-christc...
Astonishing video captures Japan earthquake, tsunami; Meet the ...
Astonishing video of Japan quake and tsunami ... Japan 8.9 earthquake: Raw cell phone video ... Saito was standing in a room when theearthquake struck.
abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/world_news...
Cosmic Log - Quake experts upgrade their alerts
The California network, known as Earthquake Early Warning or ShakeAlert, has been in development since long before the magnitude-9.0 quake and tsunami ...
cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_.../10602802-quake-experts-upgr...
Earthquake San Francisco Bay Area Did you feel it.
San Francisco Earthquake 2012 Video :::: http://goo.gl/0QzqX San Francisco ... quake hits north of San Francisco,San Franciscoearthquakes rattle Bay area ...
www.vidjin.com/earthquake-san-francisco-bay-area-did-you-f...
Japanese airbag protects homes from earthquakes – video | World ...
... from earthquake tremors. Sensors detect when a quake starts and ends, and gently… ... Japanese airbag protects homes from earthquakes –video. Japanese ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../japanese-airbag-protects-homes-from-...
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