Japan prepares to commemorate Tohoku tragedy

This Sunday is the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the coastline of northeastern Japan and killed more than 15,000 people.

In January, the central government announced that it would hold a memorial service on March 11 at the National Theater, which faces the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo. The ceremony will be attended by the prime minister and "bereaved family members." Normally, the Emperor and Empress would attend a ceremony of such significance,saler4ds but in view of the Emperor's continued health problems since his recent heart surgery it now seems unlikely that he will be present. Some foreign ambassadors may also be in the auditorium, which can hold around 1,500 people.

The hall, which normally presents traditional theater performances, is not big enough to hold everyone who would like to participate. For that the government would need something the size of Tokyo Dome, but the ceremony, or at least parts of it, will be broadcast live on NHK. According to Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura, the Cabinet Ministry originally thought of holding it in the stricken region but decided against doing so because the governments in that area are planning to have their own "official" memorial services, and a number of localities in the region held their own services last Sunday. In any case, there are plans to set up a video link on March 11 in the National Theater with the official ceremonies to be held simultaneously in the three prefectures that were most affected by the disaster — Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate.

The ceremony starts at 2:30 p.m.bicyclelight, and though the general public is not invited, anyone can offer floral tributes at the National Theater from 4:30 p.m. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has suggested everyone in Japan — "wherever they may be" — observe a minute of silence at 2:46 p.m., the time at which the earthquake struck on Friday, March 11, 2011. Conveniently, the anniversary happens to fall on a Sunday, so most people who wish to observe it in their own way will be able to do so without having to worry about interfering with work.

However, some people may prefer to observe it by not observing it. At this point, it's understandable if they feel overloaded by the tragedy. It's one thing to acknowledge the ongoing work of rebuilding lives in the Tohoku region and determining who was responsible for any lack of preparedness, but it's quite another to have to relive those terrifying moments over and over again.

Nevertheless, if it has been difficult to avoid the subject for the last year, it will be nearly impossible this weekend. NHK and the commercial broadcasters have already started filling the airwaves with memorial-themed programming that will peak on Sunday. Between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m., TV Asahi will devote all of its air time to remembrance under the theme of "Tsunagaro! Nippon!" ("Come together! Japan!"). The other commercial stations aren't going quite so all-out — Fuji TV seems to be sticking with its normal variety show-oriented schedule — but unlike Asahi's more or less news-documentary approach, they'll dilute the heaviness of memory with more nominally entertaining aspects, such as pop collective Exile's concert "for Japan" on TBS (10 p.m.),goodledstrip and boy band Tokio's live broadcast of their visit to Dash Village, the farm in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, that lies within the radiation belt around the damaged nuclear reactor and which the band had been developing for more than a decade. Additionally, master explainer Akira Ikegami will recount the particulars of the disaster Saturday night at 9 p.m. on Fuji TV, and NHK will rebroadcast Saturday at midnight its special, originally aired last Sunday, consisting of amateur videos and photographs of the quake and tsunami as it happened, many of which had never been shown on TV before.

For those who prefer remembrance events of a more involving nature, there are plenty to choose from. Almost every Buddhist temple in the country will have a dedicated ceremony, and even if they don't, one of the main purposes of a visit to a temple is communing with spirits. It is often pointed out that Japanese people only become Buddhists at funerals (and Shintoists at weddings), where the implied presence of the deceased is sanctified. Mourning (tsuitō) thus takes on more than just the adaptive work of accepting someone's material demise.

The German writer Thomas Mann once pointed out that a person's "dying is more the survivor's affair than his own," and there's no dishonor in acknowledging that a huge component of grief is the mixture of guilt and relief one feels at outliving those you mourn. The official ceremony on Sunday is meant to have collective resonance, so when the prime minister mentions that people can observe the anniversary in their own way wherever they are, he means to say that they all participate. Though as a concept group mourning is hardly limited to Japan,bestlighting-led in Japan it could be said to have the approbation of authority. Local governments throughout the land will also be holding their own anniversary ceremonies.bicyclefrontlight

If Tokyo seems to have more of these kinds of events than anywhere outside of Tohoku, it has to do as much with the city's heightened sense of vulnerability since the disaster as it does with its greater concentration of people and functions.

Help prevent fire

With this oft-repeated adage, Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim reminded the public that the number of fire incidents that would hit the country will still depend on the citizens, so that it is highly important for all to learn about fire prevention and the steps to be taken at the first instance of a fire incident.

Lim said this as he led the launching over the weekend of the ‘Fire Prevention Month’ in the city, with a call for those who have the opportunity to do everything to help create awareness about the proper way of dealing with incidents of fire.We are professional ledtube.

Lim, in leading the motorcade, was joined by thousands comprising of teams from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) led by Director Gen. Santiago Laguna and fire volunteers led by TXTFire Philippines director Gerik Chua, son of the said organization’s founding president, Gerie Chua, vice president Juanito Sy, District 1 Fire Marshall Col. Felixberto Abrenica, third district Manila Councilor Ramon Morales, city security force chief ret.We sell crystal flying lanterns at the best price with the fastest service. Maj. Nicolas Amparo.

“I congratulate TXTFire for their support. Kami ay taus-pusong nagpapasalamat dahil kung hindi dahil sa inyo, tiyak sunog ang Maynila. Malaking tulong na mabuksan ang isipan ng mga tao para makaiwas sa sunog at malaman nila ang mga dapat gawin upang maagapan ang sunog. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” Lim said in his short speech.

As the city government’s way of thanking the volunteer firefighters, Lim said he has directed the directors of the city’s six public hospitals to accommodate all firemen who get injured while responding to fire and provide them all they need, free of charge, as well as their immediate family members.

Lim stressed though, that while firefighters are always there to offer help in putting out fires, the aspect of prevention lies mainly on the citizens themselves.

Owing to this, the mayor exhorted the public to learn about ways to prevent fire and what to do at the first instance of a fire incident.

In Manila, Lim said fire drills, information dissemination and safety campaigns with other government agencies, private and public schools,Online shopping from the largest selection of ledlight Products. are being conducted on a regular basis to educate and remind the residents, students and employees about the value of preventive measures to avoid disasters that may be caused by fire.

The said motorcade kicked off in Manila and went around the city, joined by rescue vans, ambulances and at least 160 fire trucks.

Lim hailed the volunteer firefighters for rendering public service without expecting anything in return and even using their own money to buy the equipments and all their other needs in line with their chosen endeavor.

“In saving other people’s lives, limbs and properties, these fire volunteers sometimes end up hurting themselves or even losing their own lives,” the mayor stressed,Learn how besttube-led can add another dimension to your sale or event. as he asked those present not to forget the heroism of those who perished while saving others from the dangers of fire.

Lim also lauded the fire volunteers for providing quick response, noting that most of the time, they even arrive at the fire scene ahead of government firemen.

With the onset of the summer season, he said fire incidents are more likely to happen so that it is of utmost importance for the public to know how to take basic precautions, such as making sure that all appliances and stoves are turned off before leaving home and avoid leaving lighted candles or cigarettes.

The mayor also advised the city residents to make sure they immediately report fire at the first instance either to the nearest fire station or through TXT-Fire which, Lim said, is by far the quickest way to report any such incident since it is done via texting anytime and anywhere one may be.

7/7 bomber’s widow linked to al-Qaeda is sought in Somalia

KENYAN police say that pregnant British woman Samantha Lewthwaite, the widow of 7 July, 2005 bomber Jermaine Lindsay, has fled the country for Somalia, where she is believed to have connections to an al-Qaeda-linked militia.

A senior police official said Lewthwaite, 28, and originally from Aylesbury, is part of a group of British citizens and other foreign nationals who arrived in Kenya last year to plan a bomb attack on the Kenyan coast over Christmas and New Year. Lewthwaite was in charge of finances for the planned attack,Browse through our impressive range of bicyclefrontlight and buy online now. he said.

Officials believe Lewthwaite, a mother of three, has fled to Somalia, the police official said. She is connected to the aide of East Africa’s top al-Qaeda operative. Both men were killed in Somalia last year and she is on the run.

The group was allegedly collaborating with Kenyans sympathetic to the al-Qaeda-linked Somali militant group al-Shabaab, the official said.

Al-Shabaab has vowed to launch attacks in Kenya in retaliation for Kenyan troops crossing into Somalia in October.We've just finished our latest round of mountain bestlighting-led reviews, which involved testing 27 sets, both ... Kenya blames al-Shabaab for cross-border attacks in which at least ten Kenyans and four Europeans were kidnapped.

Earlier this year al-Qaeda announced it had merged with al-Shabaab, Somalia’s most dangerous militant group.

Lewthwaite is the widow of Jermaine Lindsay, one of four men who set off bombs on a bus and Tube trains in London in 2005. Some 52 people died and more than 700 were wounded.

The police official said Anti-Terrorism Police Unit officers suspect Lewthwaite was working with Musa Hussein Abdi, the Kenyan shot dead alongside al-Qaeda boss Fazul Abdullah Mohammed in Somalia last June.

Anti-terrorist police found a British woman – believed to be Lewthwaite – in Abdi’s house on 20 December but let her go after being fooled by the fake South African passport she carried in the name of Rachel Faye Webb. The official said police went to Abdi’s house while retracing the steps of Jermaine Grant,LED light systems offer exceptional reliability and superior light yield vs standard goodledstrip systems. another British national who arrived in Kenya in last year.

Grant was arrested earlier that day after police were given a tip-off that he was involved in the planned attack.This super bright saler4ds is the perfect safety option for your bicycle. When police searched his house, they found bomb-making materials.

Later that day, the officers led Grant to Abdi’s nearby house, where they found his widow and a British woman.

The officers released both women but were ordered to return to the scene by their bosses. By then the foreign woman was gone. The real Webb is a nurse in the UK who has dual British and South African citizenship and is a victim of identity theft,This page presents a selection of bicyclelight hobby projects. he said.

Police suspect that Lewthwaite rented two houses in upmarket areas in Mombasa in order to assemble a bomb. Police believe al-Shabaab still intends to launch a terrorist attack in Kenya.

The official said Lewthwaite is pregnant and married to a Kenyan who has fled the country.

Mohammed – the al-Qaeda mastermind behind the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania – topped the FBI’s most wanted list for 13 years before his death last year.

He was also linked to the 2002 bombing of a tourist hotel at the Kenyan coast and a near-simultaneous attempt to bring down an Israeli airliner.

'Clotheslining' cop injured in the line of duty

A police officer at the centre of allegations of "clotheslining" two teenage brothers from a dirt bike in a suburban park was still undergoing rehabilitation for injuries suffered in the line of duty, a Perth court has heard.

Matthew Gerard Owen Pow, 39, has been accused in the District Court of assaulting the boys by hoisting a rope from a light pole to a tree in a park in Karawara, south of Perth, causing them to come off the motorcycle sometime around 9.30pm on Saturday,Your own Tiny flashlight. November 27, 2010.

Yesterday the court heard from Mr Pow on the night in question he had been on a "dating website" and chatting to a friend on Facebook in his home while waiting for a television show to come on.

He said he had also attended to his front lawn to move around the sprinkler, but he had to admit under cross-examination that it hadn't been his night to run his sprinklers according to the Water Corporation's sprinkler roster.

He said he briefly saw and heard the dirt bike and it's motorcycle's four-stroke engine "cut out" as he crossed the road to the park to have a look. Soon afterwards he saw the two boys standing near the fallen dirt bike.

Mr Pow's sister, Suzannah Pow, testified that she had been watching television with her brother that night and he had only been out of the house for "no longer than a minute" before leaving to go to the park.

State Prosecutor John Myers accused Mr Pow of going to get one of his ropes in order to use it to pull the teenagers from their motorcycle, which Mr Pow denied.

Mr Myers pointed out to Mr Pow that according to his police statement he said he had been online talking to a friend and "had been listening to burnouts and donuts on the road" before going to investigate.

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Mr Pow had also pointed out he had only been able to get back to his running ability 18 months ago after three years of rehabilitation from serious spinal injuries he sustained while working for the police's regional investigations unit in 2005.

He had earlier told the court he had undergone three to four knee operations, two elbow operations and five operations on his shoulder plates after being dragged about 40 metres by a suspect's car during the arrest in November, 2005.

He had been trying to stop a male driver, who was accused of assaulting someone, by turning the man's car key off but got his arm caught seat in the seat belt and was dragged before falling under a rear wheel.

He had heard the collarbone snap when he hit the ground and Royal Perth Hospital diagnosed he had two fractured vertebrae and soft tissue injuries to his back.

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Mr Myers asked him if he had recovered enough to ride his Harley Davidson motorcycles, to which Mr Pow replied: "After rehab,Online shopping from the largest selection of ledlighting Products. yes."

Mr Pow later admitted he had begun riding his motorcycle six months after suffering his injuries, which was by late 2006.

He still had not played rugby for his local club but had begun playing touch rugby in the past two years.

The trial is expected to wrap up late today with Judge Gillian Braddock to give her address tomorrow morning when she sends the jury out to make their decision.

Hike planned to Cove Hollow in Ozark

The River to River Trail Society invited everyone to join their first hike of the spring 10 a.m. Saturday meeting at the Ozark General Store on U.S.Start saving money today with ledlightbulbs. 45 near Ozark between New Burnside and Tunnel Hill for The Promised Land Hike.

The destination is Cove Hollow, an area just north of Trigg Tower. The hike leads to a sort of canyon amid tall bluffs popular with rock climbers. Mart Watson is leading the hike.

Initially I was to lead the group on a hike to Max Creek March 3, but the storm that produced the Feb. 29 tornado that struck Saline and Gallatin counties interrupted those plans. Some hikers volunteered to help with the clean up and tarping of roofs for the anticipated rains and Internet disruptions prevented the word about the hike to get out to those on the society's electronic mailing list.

The cancellation of the hike also prompted me to cancel my Thursday column in the print edition that was advertising the hike. So I'm posting that column below because right now is a great time to be at the daffodil-packed Max Creek.

With the woodcutting hopefully over for the winter the spring hiking season has began.

Maybe it's the leap year confusing me or maybe it's the early springlike weather we have enjoyed off and on since December, but March snuck up on me this year. Monday afternoon I realized I am to lead the River to River Trail Society hikers on the first hike of the year 10 a.m.I stock many of the parts used in these shinebrightled projects, on my web store. Saturday to Max Creek in Johnson County.

After having led hikes to Max Creek on Halloween night for a few years, last spring we decided to go there during the day when we could enjoy the scenic canyon.

But there was another surprise.We can produce ledflashlight. Instead of gloom, flashlight beams,A reliable goodledflashlight will help keep you safe and on track whether you're riding home from work. the calls of owls and bays of coon dogs, we were greeted with yellow blooming daffodils all over the place.

The great thing about daffodils is they come up in the same spots every year. When telling old haunted house stories during the Halloween hikes, people would ask where the houses used to be at Max Creek. The only evidence of an old house place was a well near the beginning of the trail with a few foundation stones scattered around.

When the daffodils are blooming we can tell exactly where those houses were. The patches of daffodils led us off trail to find more wells and foundation stones. The Max Creekers must have been great daffodils fans.

Many are the sort of "plain Jane" yellow daffodils and there is a big patch of white ones with small yellow centers.

Daffodils line parts of the trail and at one point there was a section of the hillside covered with yellow daffodils that I ordinarily would never have paid much attention to.

I wanted to recreate the Max Creek daffodil hike this year, but when the stems were sprouting at Christmas and then blooming in January I was afraid they could be bloomed and gone before the spring hiking schedule began. Instead, considering the mild weather through this week I'm betting they will be out in all their glory helping to show us where the Max Creek community once existed.

On that hike also -- that consisted of only about six of us on a cold and rainy day -- we happened upon a ribbon on a tree with the word "CAVE" on it. Since the ribbon was beside a side trail, we shrugged and wandered off to see where the side trail led. We climbed over a hill to see before us the maw of a large rock overhang nearly as impressive to me as Sand Cave with seeps dribbling down from the roof into puddles.

It is my hope our hikers can recreate the hike to the daffodils and cave this year in reasonable mid-50-degree temperatures. Rain this week could have the creek high and mud bogs full, but those are the risks we assume when hiking in the spring.

We are meeting 10 a.m. in the parking lot of New Simpson Hill School at Tunnel Hill and shuttling to the trailhead. All are welcome and encouraged either to wear waterproof boots or to not complain if a foot dips into the creek.With my bikelight2012 I could barely see much more than a few metres ahead of me.

Mass Effect 3 Review – We’ll Be Able To Fly, Don’t Fear The Reapers

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It’s the culmination of Shepard’s tale, tying together all the lose ends and uniting the best aspects of previous Mass Effect games into one, amazingly cohesive whole. And all of that is to say nothing of the game’s surprisingly fun and deep cooperative mode. BioWare pulled out all the stops here and have delivered the grand finale this series deserved. I came, I saw, I conquered, I got drunk and passed out on Aria T’loak’s couch.

If you’re unfamiliar with the events of Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2, my advice is to go play those first. EA and BioWare have gone to great lengths to make the game accessible to newcomers (even allowing you choose to focus on conversations and making combat easier, or focusing on combat and making conversations play out as cutscenes). Even so, you’ll still get the most out of the experience if you know the history. There are more than a few inside jokes and references you’re bound to miss if you don’t.

The story in Mass Effect 3 revolves around, you guessed it, the Reaper invasion, though of course, there’s more to it than that. It begins with the Reaper invasion of Earth – the event Shepard has spent two games trying to warn everybody about. The overarching plot involves Shepard’s struggle to complete a Prothean super weapon called the Crucible, all while uniting the Galaxy’s biggest players and readying the Galaxy’s various regions for war.

As if that task didn’t seem daunting enough, Cerberus, led by the ever enigmatic Illusive Man, has got their own plans for humanity, the Reapers, and the Galaxy at large. They always seem to turn up at the most inopportune times and places, giving Shepard and company grief the entire way. It’ll be up to Shepard and friends to figure out what the Illusive man is up to, and stop him, if possible.

As with its predecessors, Mass Effect 3 makes you face a lot of hard choices along the way. Some choices are decided in conversation, others through your actions, and all come with their own rewards and consequences, big and small. Everything from deciding arguments between random civilians on the Citadel, to choosing whether an entire race lives, to the final, breathtaking decision at the end. It may be the heaviest, most impactful decision you’ll ever have to make in a video game.

In the previous Mass Effect games, you had Charisma/Intimidation and Persuasion stats governing your Paragon and Renegade decisions, and could be upgraded using Skill Points when you leveled up. Doing so would grant you more dialogue options depending on whether you were going for Renegade or Paragon progression.We are professional ledtube.

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For example, Shepard’s quest to gain aid for Earth leads him to discover that Earth isn’t the only planet under attack by the Reapers. Early on, you’ll find out that the Turian homeworld, Palaven, is also under heavy bombardment, as the Turians comprise the bulk of the galaxy’s military might. In order to gain their aid, you must first ensure that Palaven will not be left undefended. To do this, you must enlist the help of the Krogan, who, after the Genophage sterilized them all, hold a centuries old grudge against the Turians. As you might expect, the Krogan need Shepard to meet some of their own conditions if they’re to assist Palaven, thereby freeing up Turian forces to help Earth.

Break out the Jubilee bunting

As well as 60 years of stability and continuity, it seems the Queen has another gift for each of us in Diamond Jubilee year. Eight new friends.

According to research carried out by community event co-ordinators Streets Alive, that’s the dividend we will all reap by attending a Jubilee street party or similar get-together over the holiday weekend of June 2 to 5.

Actually, the figure should be slightly qualified, in that the precise statistic is 7.9 – and the word “friends” is perhaps putting it a bit strongly, too.

“Neighbours you haven’t met before, whom you can now be friendly with; that would be a more accurate way of putting it,” says Chris Gittins, director of Streets Alive, which has established itself as the national authority on open-air knees-ups.

“That’s the lasting contribution which a street party makes, beyond the enjoyment of the actual day. It gives you the chance to meet people who live near you and who, like you, want to be friendly, but without being friends, and without having obligations beyond looking after your keys or watering your plants while you’re away.”

And it’s in pursuit of that peculiarly British form of semi-detached-ness that Streets Alive has compiled a whole website’s worth of advice, both for this summer’s would-be street party organisers, and for the local councils on whose patch those bashes will be held.

And there looks like being many thousands of them – even at this early stage, councils say they have already received 3,500 street party applications, a figure which means the Jubilee celebrations will dwarf those held to mark last year’s royal wedding.

Part of the boom, says Gittins, is down to an uncommon outbreak of common sense among our legislators.

“There was quite a lot of silliness last year, with councils charging for road closures and putting all sorts of bureaucratic obstacles in the way of people organising royal wedding parties,” he says. “Signs are, though, that most of those problems have now been sorted out.”

There are, of course, a few exceptions to the rule. If you want to hang up little rows of Union Jacks in Hampshire, you’ll still have to apply to the county council first, for a bunting licence. And only the other day the mayor of Wivenhoe, Essex was complaining about his local county council needing reassurance that the weight of his bunting wasn’t going to pull down telegraph poles.

That said, a growing number of councils have decided to cut right through the blue-white-and-red tape this June, particularly when it comes to taking out public liability cover. This despite dire prophecies from people like James Buck, of quote comparison site PublicLiabilityInsurance.org

“The number of things that can go wrong at a street party really is untold,” he warns, mentioning fireworks, sky lanterns and a “claimant-friendly legal environment” just for starters.

Insurance companies generally require organisers of even the smallest street parties to take out 5million worth of cover – enough to pay out for two deaths and a compete re-surfacing of the road: the kind of eventuality which would require the tombola to get really out of hand.

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In the Hertfordshire town of Radlett, for example, organisers are using a 1,000 grant from Hertsmere Borough Council to turn part of the main shopping street into a enormous party venue on Jubilee Sunday. They’re putting out 150 tables (bookable at 20 a time, two bottles of wine included) and staging an all-day programme of entertainment with a 1940s and 50s flavour: local swing band, The Bevin Boys; singing trio, The Three Belles (Hertfordshire’s answer to the Andrews Sisters); plus a pair of magicians, an Elvis impersonator and rubber-inflatable sculptress Miss Ballooniverse.