Japan tsunami exclusive pictures ( march 11 ) | Japan earthquake , tsunami | 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami

Japan earthquake triggers tsunami, Tokyo's main airport was closed. A large section of the ceiling at the 1-year-old airport at Ibaraki, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo, fell to the floor with a powerful crash.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said a tsunami warning was in effect for Japan, Russia, Marcus Island and the Northern Marianas. A tsunami watch has been issued for Guam, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and the U.S. state of Hawaii.

In central Tokyo, trains were stopped and passengers walked along the tracks to platforms. NHK said more than 4 million buildings without power in Tokyo and its suburbs.









TV footage showed a large building on fire and bellowing smoke in the Odaiba district of Tokyo.

Dozens of fires were reported in northern prefectures of Fukushima, Sendai, Iwate and Ibaraki. Houses collapsing and landslides were also reported in Miyagi.
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Vehicles are crushed by a collapsed wall at a carpark in Mito city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11, 2011 after a massive earthquake rocked Japan.

2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami | tsunami warning for 50 countries | tsunami warning for New Zealand, Australia, Russia, Guam, Philippines,taiwan

The 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami was an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and resultant tsunami waves.The Japan Meteorological Agency's tsunami warning listed the magnitude as 8.8.It was located off the east coast of Tohoku, Japan on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 UTC at a depth of 32 km (20 miles).

The earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for Japan's Pacific coast and various other countries, including New Zealand, Australia, Russia, Guam, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, Hawaii, Northern Marianas (USA) and Taiwan.

The tsunami warning issued by Japan was the most serious on its warning scale, implying that the wave was expected to be 10 meters high.A 0.5 meter high wave hit Japan's northern coast.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan believed that there had been no radiation leaks to the best of his knowledge and in a televised address, he extended his sympathy to the victims of the disaster and said an emergency response headquarters had been set up.

Kyodo news agency has reported a four-metre-high tsunami hitting Iwate Prefecture in Japan. A 10-meter tsunami was observed at Sendai airport in Miyagi prefecture, which has been flooded, with waves sweeping along cars and buildings as they traveled inland.

At 9:28 p.m (HST) the National Weather Service issued a tsunami warning until 7 a.m. for all of Hawaii.Tsunami waves are expected to arrive in Hawaii at 2:59 am local time.

Bullet train services to northern Japan were halted, rapid transit services in Tokyo were suspended and some nuclear power plants automatically shut themselves down.

Television images have already shown significant tsunami damage in Japan, inundating farmland, structures, and automobiles along the Japanese coast.

News footage shot from from the air captured vehicles fleeing ahead of massive sheets of water that carried burning structures along on the surface. The tsunami overtook homes and roads, showing little sign of ebbing.

ufc 121 results | Diego Sanchez beat Paulo Thiago | ufc 121 live stream | ufc 121 fight card

Diego Sanchez beat Paulo Thiago by unanimous decision.Sanchez lands a right to the temple. Sanchez goes for a takedown but Thiago grabs his neck to thwart the attempt. Thiago lands a nice knee against the cage.

Thiago grabs a single but can't get it and they break off the cage. Thiago ducks under a punch, grabs a bodylock and wrestles Sanchez to the mat. Nice takedown. Half-guard. Thiago appears to be bleeding.

Sanchez tries to scramble but Thiago goes for a D'Arce but doesn't get it. Sanchez scrambles to his feet. They break. Another nice sequence. Sanchez to the body. Sanchez lands a right to the nose. Sanchez comes in with two shots and clinches Thiago against the cage. Sanchez tries for a takedown, he doesn't get it and Thiago drills him with a couple shots as the round ends.

Second round underway. Thiago lands two hard shots in an exchange and Sanchez waves him in for more. A real weird scramble that starts with a Sanchez single leg and sees him end up in a reverse mount with his backside toward Thiago's face.

final round. Thiago is tired. Thiago gets double underhooks but Sanchez lands on top. Half-guard. Sanchez trying to pass as Thiago tries to go for the Kimura. Sanchez gets free and makes Thiago pay with an elbow. Thiago gives up his back.

San Francisco Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies | world series 2010 | giants phillies lost game 6

San Francisco Giants Vs Philadelphia Phillies.San Francisco Giants wins over Philadelphia Phillies.Juan Uribe (FSY) hit a tiebreaking homer off Ryan Madson (FSY) with two outs in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 Saturday night in Game 6 of the NL championship series to reach the World Series for the first time since 2002.


Past:
San Francisco Giants Team has made total 697 runs and allowed 583 runs. Betting average is 0.257. At home team has made 162 and allowed 134 runs to opposition at home. ERA is 3.36 so far. Overall MLB rank in making runs is 17 and runs allowed are 2. In betting average MLB rank is 16. ERA wise MLB ranking is 1.

Philadelphia Phillies Team has made total 772 runs and allowed 640 runs. Betting average is 0.26. At home team has made 166 and allowed 168 runs to opposition at home. ERA is 3.67 so far. Overall MLB rank in making runs is 7 and runs allowed are 5. In betting average MLB rank is 12. ERA wise MLB ranking is 6.

paritala ravi story: rakta charitra movie

Paritala Ravindra was a political leader in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, India. He was a former cabinet minister in Andhra Pradesh and a sitting MLA, when he was slain by his political rivals in 2005.

He started as a communist/Naxalite in the footsteps of his father and later entered electoral politics by joining the Telugu Desam Party. He was elected four times as Member of Legislative Assembly in from the Penukonda constituency in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh.

He even produced a film Sri Ramulayya based on the biography of his father.Paritala Ravi was born into a middle class family to Sri Ramulu and Narayanamma couple in venkatapuram, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

Ravi's father was a communist and actively participated in communist activities. Ravi was only 17 years when his father was killed by local Landlords and Factionists in Anantapur District. Ravi had one brother Paritala Hari. Ravi's brother Paritala Hari was killed in a False Encounter.

After losing his father and brother, Ravi wanted to take shelter to protect himself from his rivals. He went to his maternal uncle, Kondaiah, in Seerpi Kottaala village of Uravakonda constituency to take shelter.

He married his uncle's daughter Suneetha, in 1986 and took up cultivation. According to many allegations Ravi was responsible for the deaths of Gangula Narayana Reddy, Narsanna,Yaadi Reddy and more(1982-84).

rick rypien | Six-game suspension | Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks forward Rick Rypien was slapped with a six-game suspension for an altercation with a Minnesota Wild fan during the second period of a 6-2 loss on Tuesday in St. Paul, Minnesota.

He was suspended immediately pending a hearing, which was held in the NHL’s New York offices Friday morning.Commissioner Gary Bettman’s decision was announced shortly after noon ET.

The Canucks also were fined $25,000 US, mandatory for any team whose player makes contact with a fan.Rypien, who was assessed a double minor for roughing, as well as a 10-minute misconduct for his altercation with the Wild’s Brad Staubitz, was heading down the tunnel to the dressing room when he grabbed a fan seated near the Canuck bench.

Mac X Lion | Lion replaces OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks about the new Apple Mac X Lion at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.Apple unveiled a host of products this week, and one of them just happened to be the new OS X 10.7 dubbed “Lion.” Lion replaces OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and has a host of wonderful improvements.

Two new MacBook Air models are displayed during an Apple special event at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the new MacBook Air in eleven and thirteen inch models starting at $999. He also announced the OSX Lion operating system for Mac computers.

First and foremost, the new OS X will have integration with the Mac App store. This store could solve a lot of problems that kept Apple behind the PC for so many years. With the Mac App store, independent developers will be able to essentially create software for the Mac there were previous several barriers to entry with this before.

Touch capabilities via the trackpad will be enhanced, and there will be a new “launchpad” which many claim will integrate nicely with the Mac App store functionality.

Furthermore, even though Lion was unveiled, Jobs said there’s “more to come” which could indicate that well there’s more to come. Apple is great at waiting until the right time to release the right information. If the current features are only a taste, I can only imagine how awesome the rest of the New Mac OS X Lion 10.7 will be.

russell williams | Make every murder count for parole

On October 22, 2010, Williams was stripped of his commission, ranks, and awards by the Governor General of Canada on the recommendation of the Chief of the Defence Staff. His severance pay was terminated and the salary he received following his arrest was seized.

Williams' sentence for first-degree murder of life with no chance of parole for 25 years for two deaths, is exactly what he would have received had he killed only once.

People can argue Williams will never get parole anyway and maybe he won't, although no one can guarantee what's going to happen 25 years from now.

But why should any multiple murderer and no one can guarantee none of them will ever get parole get a two for one (or three-for-one, or 10-for-one) discount on their period of parole ineligibility?

While it's too late for the Williams' case, the Conservative government has introduced legislation allowing judges to apply each murder conviction in the case of multiple murderers to the period of parole ineligibility.

For a second-degree murderer convicted of two killings, where, depending on the circumstances, the sentence is life with no chance of parole for 10 up to 25 years, the judge could increase the period of parole ineligibility to 20 to 50 years.

texas rangers world series win: beat the New York Yankees 6-1 | world series 2010

The Texas Rangers reached the World Series for the first time in their 50 years as a franchise by beating the New York Yankees 6-1 on Friday to win the American League Championship Series.The win gave them a 4-2 triumph in the best-of-seven series and put them into the Fall Classic against the winner of the National League Championship Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants, who lead it 3-2.

Rookie closer Neftali Feliz struck out former Ranger Alex Rodriguez for the final out, igniting wild celebrations on the diamond and among the crowd of more than 51,000 at Rangers Ballpark.

Starting pitcher Colby Lewis won his second game of the series by throwing eight sterling innings and giving up three hits, and designated hitter Vladimir Guerrero drove in the first three runs to lead the Rangers to victory.

Lewis, meanwhile, mowed down the vaunted New York attack, which had led the league in runs scored. The right-hander did not give up his first hit until a fifth-inning double by Rodriguez, who scored on a wild pitch to tie the game 1-1.

The Texas pitcher kept the pressure on even after getting some breathing room thanks to the Rangers rally, striking out the side in the eighth inning before giving way to Feliz.

"I'm speechless," Lewis, a former Texas top draft pick who played the previous two seasons in Japan for the Hiroshima Carp, told a TV interviewer. "I never thought I'd be in this position.