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Friday, April 08, 2011

Two Weeks After The Earthquake And Tsunami

March 11 at the north-eastern Japan, earthquake and tsunami struck,
destroying cities and killing thousands of people, who inflicted the
greatest damage of all recorded disasters.
More than 11,000 bodies identified, but the authorities say that the final
death toll may exceed 18,000. Hundreds of thousands of people were left
homeless, their homes and livelihoods destroyed. Damages could reach $ 310
billion.

1. Yutaka Watanabe fisherman sits on the roof of a ruined house in search of
missing family members in the Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, 28 March
2011.

2. Members of the Japanese ground self-defense forces are praying for the
victims of the earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11 near a mass
grave in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, Tuesday, March
29, 2011.

3. Relative of the victim earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11,
cries near a mass grave in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern
Japan, Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

4. New Suzuki cars, destroyed tsunami from an earthquake on March 11, stored
at the company Suzuki, Tuesday, March 29, 2011, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture,
Japan.

5. Survivor man is resting in the shelter in the city Watari, Miyagi
Prefecture in northeastern Japan, Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

6. Woman looking around the remains of a ruined house in Watari, northern
Japan Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

7. Japanese police is on the path of destruction caused by the tsunami and
the earthquake that devastated the city Rikudzentakata in northeastern
Japan, Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

8. Japan Coast Guard divers inspected the wreckage of homes, washed away
into the sea, floating in the bay Rikudzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture,
Japan, Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

9. Placed hors de combat helicopter is at the airport in Sendai, Miyagi
Prefecture, 29 March 2011.

10. Reiko Kikuchi and her husband, Takeshi Kikuchi stand on the shore and
watch as workers try to tie the rope to the drowning of their house to get
him through construction equipment on the island of Oshima, northeastern
Japan, Monday, March 28, 2011

11. Tokyo metro police in protective suits seeking missing people after the
terrible tsunami caused by an earthquake on March 11 in the city in
Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Monday, March 28, 2011.

12. A family member found photos of his missing grandfather, and old
photographs of his mother among the debris in the city of Minami-Sanriku,
Miyagi Prefecture, 28 March 2011.

13. Japanese rescue teams combing the city in search of victims of the
earthquake, March 27, 2011, Kesennuma, Japan.

14. Japanese woman resting in front of the destroyed home of the tsunami and
the earthquake in the city of Kesennuma in northeastern Japan, Sunday, March
27, 2011.

15. Japanese man goes through a flooded street in the city Kesennuma in
northeastern Japan, destroyed by the tsunami and earthquake, Sunday, March
27, 2011

16. Kyoko Kin looking things surviving in the ruins of his house, which was
washed away by the tsunami 26 March 2011 in the city Rikunzetakata, Japan.

17. 74 year-old Yukiko Comet is facing a tsunami destroyed the house in the
village of Noda, Iwate Prefecture, 27 March 2011.

18. Earthquake victims rest in overcrowded temporary evacuation centers,
hundreds of thousands made homeless, 26 March 2011, the city Rikunzetakata,
Japan.

19. A man stands near a window, on which the records of missing persons,
taken within two weeks after the earthquake in 9 points in Natori in
northeastern Japan, Sunday, March 27, 2011.

20. Family grieves over the coffin Masami Takahashi during the funeral
service on a temporary burial in Kesennuma, Japan, March 27, 2011.

21. Japanese, mourner, mourning loved ones during the mass funeral in the
Yamamoto in northeastern Japan on Saturday, March 26, 2011 after the
earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11 and subsequent nuclear
plant accident Fukushima - Dayichi.

22. Coffins lay down for a mass grave in the city of Higashi Matsushima in
northeastern Japan on Saturday, March 26, 2011 after the earthquake and
tsunami that occurred on March 11 and subsequent nuclear plant accident
Fukushima - Dayichi.

23. A man walks past boxes of humanitarian aid sent from across the country
in Onagava, Miyagi Prefecture, 26 March 2011.

24. People are looking on the cargo ship that was issued to land on the quay
at the port of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Saturday, March 26, 2011,
after the earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11 that devastated
the area.

25. A local resident looks out of his damaged house in the tsunami-ravaged
city Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, 25 March 2011.

26. Man eats canned fish for dinner at a shelter for earthquake victims in
Kesennuma, Japan, March 23, 2011.

Friday, April 01, 2011

"Spiderman" climbs the tallest building in Dubai

French spiderman, who calls himself "Spider-Man" began to climb the tallest
building in the world in Dubai. Alain Robert began his ascent to the
building «Burj Khalifa» height of 818 meters before the sunset and said he
expects to get to the top of the building in six or seven hours. At
nightfall, the way it will cover the spotlights, which are on either side of
the building.

Unlike most of his previous climbs, this time sorokavosmiletny daredevil
uses a rope and harness for the insurance required by the authorities of
Dubai. The ambulance is in close proximity, in the parking lot near the
building.
Robert climbed over 70 skyscrapers, including the Empire State Building»,
Willis Tower in Chicago and Twins Towers PETRONAS in Kuala Lumpur.


On also climbed in 2004 at the Taipei 101 building, which formerly was
considered the tallest building in the world.
Owner of the building is a firm Emaar Properties. " The building has 160
residential floors.
Robert began his ascent of about 6 o'clock in the evening, the insurance is
fixed at the height of the one hundredth floor.
Robert climbs the facade of the building, virtually free of decorative
elements that could slow its ascent. Being watched hundreds of spectators
fields gathered at the building.

Robert stayed in a hotel in Dubai, where, in preparation for the ascent,
did stretching exercises and power.
The owner of the building company "Emaar Properties" does not comment on the
ascent "Spider-Man."
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*"Spiderman" Alain Robert, known for the fact that he climbs on various
high-rise buildings, won the next height - he climbed the skyscraper "Burj
Khalifa" - the tallest building in the world (828 m). The rise took in
Robert's six o'clock, after 700 meters, he was forced to use safety
equipment. The process of conquering the skyscraper broadcast for multiple
viewers in the giant video screen size of 50x30 meters. Organizers of the
show was not able to negotiate with local authorities to "Spider-Man" after
the ascent, according to tradition, was arrested by the police.*