OT... It is interesting no english news agencies are telling the story of these two german brothers, that said 2116 is the end date of the Mayan calendar and not 2012.
As for the video, I just want to know what the guy was thinking when he saw the massive wave.
E2EK1EL
Plants vs. Zombies (Proceeds to Red Cross - Japan)
On Saturday and Sunday, March 19 & 20* PopCap will donate all its proceeds from the sale of iPhone and iPad games to the International Red Cross for their ongoing relief efforts in Japan.
During these two days, all PopCap iPhone/iPod touch and iPad games are up to 70% off.
Games included:
iPhone / iPod touch: Bejeweled 2 + Blitz, Bookworm, Chuzzle, Escape Rosecliff Island, Peggle, Plants vs. Zombies
iPad: Escape Rosecliff Island HD, Plants vs. Zombies HD
Winner of more than 20 Game of the Year awards!*
A mob of fun-loving zombies is about to invade your home. Use your arsenal of 49 zombie-zapping plants — peashooters, wall-nuts, cherry bombs and more — to mulchify 26 types of zombies before they break down your door.
Get ready to soil your plants!
Game Features
50 FUN-DEAD LEVELS
Conquer all 50 levels of Adventure mode — through day, night, fog, in a swimming pool, on the rooftop and more! Replay levels in the all-new Quick Play arena.
NOT YOUR GARDEN-VARIETY GHOULS
Battle zombie pole-vaulters, snorkelers, bucket-heads and more. Each has its own special skills, so you'll need to think fast and plant faster to combat them all.
SMARTER THAN YOUR AVERAGE ZOMBIE
Be careful how you use your limited supply of greens and seeds. Zombies love brains so much they'll jump, run, dance, swim and even eat plants to get into your house.
FIGHT LONGER, GET STRONGER
Earn 49 powerful perennials and collect coins to buy power-ups and more.
GROW WITH YOUR GAME
Earn 25 iPhone-exclusive achievements and show off your zombie-zapping prowess.
MORE COOL FEATURES
-Compatible with iOS 4 multi-tasking.
-Loads of performance enhancements and bug fixes.
*Original Mac/PC downloadable game.
More Apps from PopCap:
BEJEWELED® 2 – Match sparkling gems in the world’s #1 puzzle game.
PEGGLE™ – Clear the orange pegs in this epic blend of luck and skill.
BOOKWORM™ – Feed your appetite for fun in THE brain-tickling word puzzle game.
CHUZZLE™ – Slide and match cute, cuddly — and surprisingly explosive — furballs.
POPCAP MAKES LIFE FUN
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Follow us on twitter.com/PopCap_Games
Find us on facebook.com/PopCapGames
*Donation will be based on the worldwide daily transaction reports as received from Apple for the days March 19, 2011 and March 20, 2011.
What's new
UPDATE
New feature update just released with Game Center support for achievement tracking and sharing. Update Now!
Update 1.5 Details:
· This update should resolve previous crashing or loading problems if your language was set to Japanese.
If problems persist, please contact us with your device information (e.g. iPhone 3G / iPhone 4) and OS version (you can find this in Settings>General>About>Version) at http://www.popcap.com/helpform_contactus.php describing the problem in full detail.
Previous Update Details:
· Game Center support so you can track your awesome achievements and show them off to your friends.
· A hidden note from the zombies; find out what it says!
· Includes general bug squashing as we constantly improve the PvZ experience
Coming Soon:
We’re working day and night (and pool, fog and roof-top!) to bring you a ton of new zombie smashing goodness over the coming months. Watch out for new game modes, a bunch of extra achievements and a pixel perfect Retina version of your favourite game featuring plants and zombies.
Thanks for playing Plants vs. Zombies--PopCap
E2EK1EL
Japan detects radiation in milk, spinach near stricken plant
Japanese officials immediately tried to calm an already-jittery public, saying the amounts detected were so small that people would have to consume unimaginable amounts to endanger their health
jester
E2EK1EL
^^^ Amazing stuff, so young and yet so mature for their age!
jester
Speaking of backward power plants and nuclear electricity. There is a company in the States that designed a mini nuclear reactor.
Tyler Brûlé anchors this special edition of the Monocle Weekly from Tokyo, with an exclusive focus on the events that have unfolded in northern Japan over the past nine days. He's joined by Gwen Robinson of the Financial Times to discuss the disaster's impact on the country's economy and infrastructure, Monocle's Asia bureau chief, Fiona Wilson, is on the line from Kyoto to share her perspective on the social side of the story, while editor Andrew Tuck is in our London studio with his observations on how the event has been covered in the international media.
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Originally posted by VDub
As terrible an event as this, it would be an incredible experience....
Life changing I think...
I'm glad your pops is ok...
Ya he is fine. In the Philippines right now. He was a huge disaster around him and he got grounded for quite a bit. He didn't experience the flooding from what his emails said so far. But ya it would have been a crazy experience to see all the hectic stuff that would go with the tsunami alerts and all.
I'm hoping he can send me some pics later on.
@ Shaya Ya I don't think he was stuck in a building at the time but I'm sure it was pretty scary.
I was on a plane during 9/11 and I will tell you this much, they grounded us early because they suspected out plane would have been hi jacked as well (only 747 in the air around that time and around the area of winnipeg going to detroit). these experiences are pretty scary and unbelievable but in the end you are left with a story (assuming nothing happens to you).
VDub
80 yr old woman and her 16 yr old grandson have been rescued from their crushed house...
They survived on yogurt...
Great story...
E2EK1EL
Japan evacuates nuclear plant workers after reactor emits grey smoke
March 21, 2011 00:03:00
Eric Talmadge and Mari Yamaguchi
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN—Plant operators evacuated workers from Japan’s tsunami-stricken nuclear complex Monday after grey smoke rose from one of its reactor units, the latest of persistent troubles in stabilizing the complex after it was damaged in a quake and tsunami.
Smoke rising from the spent fuel storage pool of the plant’s Unit 3 prompted the evacuation, Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman Hiroshi Aizawa said. The problem-plagued Unit 3 also alarmed plant officials over the weekend with a sudden surge of pressure in its reactor core.
Japanese officials had reported some progress over the weekend in their battle to bring the radiation-leaking Fukushima Dai-ichi plant under control after it was damaged during the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeast Japan. But the crisis was far from over, with the discovery of more radiation-tainted vegetables and tap water adding to public fears about contaminated food and drink.
The toll of Japan’s triple disaster came into clearer focus Monday after police estimates showed more than 18,000 people died in the quake and tsunami, and the World Bank said rebuilding may cost $235 billion.
The safety of food and water was of particular concern. The government halted shipments of spinach from one area and raw milk from another near the nuclear plant after tests found iodine exceeded safety limits. But the contamination spread to spinach in three other prefectures and to more vegetables — canola and chrysanthemum greens. Tokyo’s tap water, where iodine turned up Friday, now has cesium. Rain and dust are also tainted.
Early Monday, the Health Ministry advised Iitate, a village of 6,000 people about 30 kilometres northwest of the Fukushima plant, not to drink tap water due to elevated levels of iodine. Ministry spokesman Takayuki Matsuda said iodine three times the normal level was detected there — about one twenty-sixth of the level of a chest X-ray in one litre of water.
In all cases, the government said the radiation levels were too small to pose an immediate health risk.
But Tsugumi Hasegawa was skeptical as she cared for her 4-year-old daughter at a shelter in a gymnasium crammed with 1,400 people about 80 kilometres from the plant.
“I still have no idea what the numbers they are giving about radiation levels mean. It’s all so confusing,” said Hasegawa, 29, from the small town of Futuba in the shadow of the nuclear complex. “And I wonder if they aren’t playing down the dangers to keep us from panicking. I don’t know who to trust.”
The World Bank said in report Monday that Japan may need five years to rebuild from the catastrophic disasters, which caused up to $235 billion in damage, saying the cost to private insurers will be up to $33 billion and that the government will spend $12 billion on reconstruction in the current national budget and much more later.
All six of the nuclear complex’s reactor units saw trouble after the disasters knocked out cooling systems. In a small advance, the plant’s operator declared Units 5 and 6 — the least troublesome — under control after their nuclear fuel storage pools cooled to safe levels. Progress was made to reconnect two other units to the electric grid and in pumping seawater to cool another reactor and replenish it and a sixth reactor’s storage pools.
But the buildup in pressure inside the vessel holding Unit 3’s reactor presented some danger, forcing officials to consider venting. The tactic produced explosions of radioactive gas during the early days of the crisis.
“Even if certain things go smoothly, there would be twists and turns,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters. “At the moment, we are not so optimistic that there will be a breakthrough.”
Growing concerns about radiation add to the overwhelming chain of disasters Japan has struggled with since the 9.0-magnitude quake. The resulting tsunami ravaged the northeastern coast. All told, police estimates show more than about 18,400 died. More than 15,000 deaths are likely in Miyagi, the prefecture that took the full impact of the wave, said a police spokesman.
“It is very distressing as we recover more bodies day by days,” said Hitoshi Sugawara, the spokesman.
Police in other parts of the disaster area declined to provide estimates, but confirmed about 3,400 deaths. Nationwide, official figures show the disasters killing more than 8,600 people, and leaving more than 13,200 people missing, but those two lists may have some overlap.
The disasters have displaced another 452,000, who are living in shelters.
