Submitted by emmeffe2
from YouTube:
The first track from Airs' Moon Safarialbum, accompanied by scenes from a video shot from a streetcar traveling down Market Street in San Francisco in 1905.Before the earthquake/fire of 1906 destroyed the area. Remarkable foo (Read More)
FOXNews.com:
U.S. Geological Survey is reporting a 6.8-magnitude underwater earthquake off the Pacific island nation of Tonga. There was no immediate word on whether it caused any damage or injuries. (Read More)
Reuters: International News:
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 was recorded 126 miles east-northeast of the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said.
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L.A. Times - Asia:
Huang Qi was investigating the role shoddy school construction may have played in the deaths of thousands of children in the Sichuan quake last year. (Read More)
New York Times:
An activist who tried to help parents of children who died in last year’s Sichuan Province earthquake was sentenced for illegal possession of state secrets.
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Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Sometime over the last year you’ve marveled at the intersection of a real-time event and your social graph, whether it’s an earthquake, a big occasion like the Obama inauguration, or a football game for your alma mater. Sudde (Read More)
CNN:
A Chinese blogger who helped victims of the devastating Sichuan earthquake in 2008 is jailed for "illegally holding secret state documents," his lawyer says. (Read More)
Newz:
A Chinese blogger who helped victims of a devastating earthquake has been sentenced to three years in prison, his attorney said Monday.
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New York Times:
An activist who tried to help parents of children who died in last year’s Sichuan Province earthquake was sentenced for illegal possession of state secrets.
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New York Times:
Huang Qi, who raised questions about the construction of Chinese schools that collapsed in last year’s Sichuan earthquake, was sentenced.
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Reuters: International News:
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese dissident Huang Qi was sentenced to three years' jail on Monday on charges of illegally possessing state secrets, his wife said, decrying the verdict as revenge for his activism after last year's h (Read More)
Submitted by jgmize
from Google Reader:
Excerpts from John Wilbanks:“Far too often the focus on “porting” open source to science focuses on the legal aspects rather than performing an analysis of the infrastructure for science. Science is actually not very similar (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
from Google Reader:
It’s no coincidence that 2012 (the latest in a long line of disaster movies from director Roland Emmerich) is timed to release during one of the worst weather months North Americans experience. Yep, November is storm season, (Read More)
Submitted by canadaone
from blog:
Allow Haitians into our countryDaily Commercial… to return to (eg war, earthquake, flood, drought or other extraordinary and temporary conditions). TPS does not lead to permanent resident status. …
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Daily DIY:
Living in the UK, Jim hadn't experienced an earthquake firsthand. After watching recent quakes unfold in Indonesia, he decided to create a device that would keep him aware of the Earth's seismic events. His Seismic Reflecto (Read More)