Let reading the complete story from Thailand..

the seismic in last Wednesday April 11thn 20120 in Aceh and can be felt in several places including Thailand leaves an ridiculous and embarrasing story from Thailand..The fast food outlest respond the natural disaster with promoting their product in Facebook fans page with an unacceptable status.

The eartquake is felt until Thailand and make panic too some Thai people..It reminds them too the Tsunami events in 2004..They are still afraid of Tsunami to..

But KFC in thailand post a sentence in their Facebook fans page related the disaster “People have to hurry go home this afternoon, monitoring the situation after an earthquake and do not forget order kFC menu which will be delivered directly to your hands..”

The status of course hurt for some of Thai people especially which live in coastal area which ever feel how Tsunami killed some of them..

of course it was not wise , making a natural disaster for your advertisement…It was not wise..Of course many people protest it..They feel it was not wise..

and KFC thailand make apologizes in their fans page for posting improper things and related the disaster..

well. i do hope it was the last when the company use the disaster for their tools promoting their product..

The year 2012 will not accompany the end of the world, a Mayan ancient has insisted, admitting claims that a Mayan agenda shows that time will “run out” on December 21 of that year.

Apolinario Chile Pixtun is annoyed of actuality bombarded with agitated questions about the end of the world. “I came aback from England aftermost year and, man, they had me fed up with this stuff,” he said.

A cogent time aeon for the Mayans does end on the date, and enthusiasts accept begin a alternation of ample alignments they say accompany in 2012, including one that happens about alone already every 25,800 years.

But best archaeologists, astronomers and Mayans say the alone affair acceptable to hit Earth is a meteor battery of New Age philosophy, pop astronomy, internet doomsday rumours and TV specials such as one on the History Channel which mixes “predictions” from Nostradamus and the Mayans and asks: “Is 2012 the year the catholic alarm assuredly apprehension bottomward to aught days, aught hope?”

Still, things are alone acceptable to get worse for Mr Pixtun. Next ages Hollywood’s “2012″ opens in cinemas, featuring earthquakes, meteor showers and a tsunami auctioning an aircraft carrier on the White House.

At Cornell University, Ann Martin, who runs the “Curious? Ask an Astronomer” website, says bodies are scared.

“It’s too bad that we’re accepting e-mails from fourth-graders who are adage that they’re too adolescent to die,” Ms Martin said. “We had a mother of two adolescent accouchement who was abashed she wouldn’t alive to see them abound up.”

Mr Pixtun, a Guatemalan, says the doomsday theories bounce from Western, not Mayan ideas.

But agitation surrounding 2012 does accept some grains of archaeological basis. One of them is Monument Six.

Found at an abstruse ruin in southern Mexico during artery architecture in the 1960s, the bean book about did not survive; the armpit was abundantly paved over and genitalia of the book were looted.

The inscription describes article that is declared to action in 2012 involving Bolon Yokte, a abstruse Mayan god associated with both war and creation. However, abrasion and a able in the bean accomplish the end of the access about illegible.

Guillermo Bernal, an archaeologist at Mexico’s National Autonomous University, believes the breakable bulletin is: “He will alight from the sky”.

But Mr Bernal additionally addendum there are added inscriptions at Mayan sites for dates far above 2012 – including one that about translates into the year 4772.

The Mayan civilization, based in avant-garde day Mexico and Central America, accomplished its acme from 300 AD to 900 AD and had a aptitude for astronomy

Its Long Count agenda begins in 3,114 BC, appearance time in about 394-year periods accepted as Baktuns. Thirteen was a significant, angelic cardinal for the Mayas, and the 13th Baktun ends about Dec 21, 2012.

“It’s a appropriate ceremony of creation,” said David Stuart, a specialist in Mayan epigraphy at the University of Texas at Austin. “The Maya never said the apple is activity to end, they never said annihilation bad would appear necessarily, they’re aloof recording this approaching ceremony on Monument Six.”

But some say the Mayans knew addition secret: the Earth’s arbor wobbles, hardly alteration the alignment of the stars every year. Already every 25,800 years, the sun curve up with the centre of our Milky Way galaxy on a winter solstice, the sun’s everyman point in the horizon.

That will appear on Dec. 21, 2012, back the sun appears to acceleration in the aforementioned atom area the ablaze centre of galaxy sets.

Strong enough for serious bunker busters: A B-1 on a U.S. base

The U.S. has, in the words of an Air Force general on a 13-ton bomb that was developed specifically to combat bunkers like those in Iran. As bunker-buster (for example: bunker busters) called super bomb was able to penetrate 65 feet of concrete before exploding in depth, said the use of head of the U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Herbert Carlisle, at a security conference in Washington. The weapon was delivered only last year to the U.S. armed forces. She had “great capabilities” and will also improve constantly.

The new bomb is based on the mode of action of conventional explosives such as the type BLU-109, accompanied by improved control technology and a specially hardened warhead – and much more explosive. Their enormous clout arises from its enormous weight of 13 tons and the high speed at impact. The force should be enough for U.S. officials to bomb the actual body after the impact, about 16 stories deep to drive into the ground. In military circles the weapon system will operate under abbreviated as MOP for Massive Ordnance Penetrator (for example: “Heavy Eindringmunition”). The development of the U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing, with its defense division is involved.

The introduction of this bomb-cost observer than major U.S. response to Iranian nuclear facilities, the shift in deep underground bunkers. Due to the clearly visible on satellite imagery analysts in the Pentagon building work confirms their suspicions that Iran is working on nuclear weapons. Over Iran’s nuclear program at the failure of diplomatic efforts to stop it nor can the U.S. armed forces are turning to the heavy bunker-busting bombs. They are part of operational planning, the “run for quite a while” in the words of Defense Minister Leon Panetta.

That’s how the front at Boeing: An MOP on his way to the destination (computer animation).

Force with each step of development in the field of deep-penetrating explosive devices, the U.S. opposition to an expansion of its possible protective measures. Against this background, perhaps deliberately scattered details to gain clout of the new weapon of particular importance. Iranian defense experts must be sooner or later their commanders to answer questions the extent to which protected against air strikes plants are now more than ever bombproof.
Too heavy for Israel

One possible answer would be to relocate the plant deeper into the earth or be intensified by additional shielding of reinforced concrete. Both are associated with complex construction projects. The immediate consequence, the corresponding item in the defense budget swells. The total cost of the nuclear program rise – according to the hopes of U.S. foreign policy in a painful area of Tehran. For U.S. defense experts, the economic dimension of a military arms race between farmers and bunker bunker busters is an obvious solution. Finally, a similar strategy in the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet bloc within the larger framework ultimately proved very successful.

An arms race provides additional benefits for Washington by the way: on the one hand, the development of bunker bombs to justify additional spending in the defense sector with positive effects on the domestic labor market. On the other hand, the United States are the world’s largest economy with an enormous lead in the race with Iran. Its economy is badly weakened by the effect of sanctions and other obstacles.

Another argument might skeptic in the White House from the advantages of the new Bunker Buster convince: The 13-ton bombs guarantee U.S. leadership role in the Iran conflict. The explosive device is so heavy that it can only be a few aircraft ever brought to the finish. These include the aging B-52 bombers from Boeing, the strategic bomber Boeing swing-wing B-1 and B-2 stealth bomber Northrop Grumman – all three military aircraft that are only available from the U.S. Air Force.

Deep in the mountains of Iran: Heavily bunkered facilities in Qom

Israel does not have its own heavy bombers. The country feels threatened by Iran in its existence and does therefore calls for a military operation as early as possible in order to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb on. From Israel’s perspective, a preventive strike would be too late, if Iran were to have hidden its nuclear technology by then even deeper underground.

The USA won with the introduction of heavy bombs time for diplomacy. Because with the new bomb U.S. air strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities are still a threat even if the whole nuclear facilities should be completely moved into bunkers. An early solo attack with bombs should be weaker in the Israeli attack scenario, however, represent a very risky at the same time significantly lower chance of success.
Attack from outer space and the internet?

In an interview with the “National Journal,” U.S. Defense Secretary Panetta reiterated that diplomacy and sanctions more time should be given. The U.S. wanted to prevent as well as Israel, that Iran getting nuclear weapons. In the event of a military decision, the U.S. had very much more impressive capabilities than Israel.

It was not until mid-January had speculated U.S. media about the fact that the bombs in the arsenal of the Air Force may be too weak to destroy deeply buried targets in Iran.

Possibly could go unnoticed in the Iranian airspace and fly safely penetrate through air refueling back to home: the stealth bomber B-2.

General Carlisle hinted in his speech at the Security Conference further military innovations. Any military action in Iran or Syria would be therefore determined by a new military tactical thinking.

The armed forces would operate it in different areas: in the air, sea, and from space in the virtual network world of cyberspace. They would benefit if they themselves are now closely linked.

So, what’s it about? It’s a citizen journalism contest hosted by publishing website Helium in collaboration with partners online US news company focusing on international news, GlobalPost; and UniversalGiving, the San Francisco-based online nonprofit org, focusing on international fundraising for charities throughout the world. Theme is titled “Haiti’s Earthquake: Two Years After,” and everybody has multiple opportunities to win as they can submit up to five articles within the allotted timeframe. It will take no more than a panel of professional journalists to select the best article and determines who wins the $250 prize money! In addition, any of the selected articles will be published on the websites of all companies involved – Helium, GlobalPost, and UniversalGiving.

For more details, you can visit the helium.com website, or copy and paste this link: “http://www.helium.com/content/helium-community/global-post-universal-giving-haiti-contest-css” in the address bar.

New Zealand city of Christchurch was wracked by two large earthquakes in 2011. The first occurred on February 22 and caused widespread damage in the city centre and eastern suburbs. The second, more severe quake, occurred 6 months later on September 4 and again caused significant structural damage in an already battered city. Mercifully no one was killed in the second quake, although 181 lost their lives in the first New Zealand quake. About half of the deaths were caused by the collapse of the six storey Canterbury Television Building. Approximately 10,000 people were made homeless in the aftermath of the initial New Zealand quake. Lives have been devastated and disrupted and businesses have been severely affected by the disaster. This is particularly marked in the central business district where there are still concerns about the structural integrity of some of the buildings. The iconic Christchurch cathedral was badly damaged and will have to be completely rebuilt. Following the quake, the central region of the city was cordoned off by the authorities in part to prevent looting but also to protect citizens from unsafe buildings.

Seismic Activity

New Zealand is no stranger to seismic activity and there are number of active fault lines traversing both the north and south islands. As well as active fault lines New Zealand is also home to several active volcanoes situated in a belt on the centre of the north island; the region is renowned for its thermal activity and hot pools.

The New Zealand Quake of 1931

The Christchurch quakes, in total, caused between 20-30 billion dollars in damage and represent the single most costly natural disaster in New Zealand’s history. This is a hefty economic burden for a nation of 4.5 million people. However, it is not the worst natural disaster in New Zealand history. The New Zealand quake of 1931 takes first place. The 1931 quake virtually destroyed all buildings in the towns of Napier and Hastings. Fires quickly broke out in Napier which spread throughout the town. The quake, and subsequent fire, was responsible for a total of 256 deaths; many thousands were injured. Both towns were rebuilt in art deco style, which was highly fashionable at the time.

Christchurch After Shocks

Sadly, Christchurch has had to suffer a large number of after shocks, which continue to this day. This is sorely testing the natural resilience of the Christchurch population who can see no end to their woes. Initially, it has been estimated that one fifth, or about 70.000, of the Christchurch population left the city immediately following the February 2011 earthquake. At this stage it is unsure how many of Christchurch’s citizens will be leaving the city for good. The uncertainty engendered by the continuing quakes will no doubt be a significant factor in determining whether people stay.

After The New Zealand Quake: The Future

What does the future hold for Christchurch following the great New Zealand quake nearly a year after the initial event? Recovery will come, but it will take time, and of course, lots of money. The Christchurch council has recently released its vision of how Christchurch will be rebuilt at an estimated cost of 2 billion dollars spread over 10 to 20 years. However, the questions that need to be answered are: will the people stay and will commercial confidence ever return?

There were environmental disasters like the earthquakes in Japan. Mass fish, bird, other wildlife and allot of celebrity deaths. R.I.P Heavy D! In between all this there were great moments in sports, media, music and entertainment.

Also there were massive illegal, unsanctioned, detainment and assassinations without people ever being tried in court. While most Americans were eating Turkey and stuffing, the president was reviewing a bill which abolishes the Constitution and institutes martial law.  Under The NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) Section 1031 which has been changed to Section 1021 gives the president the right to assassinate any US citizen suspected of being a terrorist. No proof…suspected.  Google Bill NDAA for more information and check the video about it below. Along with a collection of clips highlighting the triumphs and tragedies of 2011.

How do we know the world is ending? Here are the main indicators of a failing planet:

Natural Disasters: In 2011, there were numerous natural disasters that shook the world, some more literally than others. The first thing that comes to mind is the Japanese earthquake of March 11, the biggest earthquake ever recorded in Japan (which contributes to about 20% of the world’s earthquakes greater than magnitude 6). The utter destruction of this disaster was mind blowing. The ensuing tsunami swept away entire towns and accounted for about 20,000 deaths. As well as this, earthquakes continue in the region. The nuclear disaster that followed at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant shows the increasing conflict between our planet and ourselves. The second largest earthquake of the year was in Christchurch, New Zealand. It destroyed the city and killed over 200 people in a country with a population of only four million. Large earthquakes also occurred in Turkey, Pakistan, Fiji, Chile, Alaska and numerous other places.
Aside from earthquakes, there were deadly and destructive floods in Australia, the Phillipines, Southern Africa, and South America. There were the cyclones, Yasi, Wilma and Vania, blizzards in North America, strong tornadoes in New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Australia and across North America, and volcano eruptions in Chile, Iceland and Mexico. In addition to this, there were droughts in China and Texas. Overall, the year 2011 was pretty destructive and the continuation of such disasters is leading many people to believe the Mayan prophecy of doom. We can only wait and see what 2012 will bring.

Social Unrest: The social unrest that has been unfolding across the world is a sign of worse times to come. Our society is destroying itself. Last year, there were revolutions all across the Arab world. These revolutions were viewed by the Western world as highly progressive as they overthrew unfair and corrupt regimes with the hope of democracy. However, some were more successful than others. In Libya, for example, the government didn’t back down, leading to extended conflict in the nation. In some countries the revolutions lead to martial law which, ultimately, is undemocratic and not what anyone set out to achieve. Other places are now suffering from conflict and social unrest caused by uprisings. How will these societies hold up in the coming year?
Another example of social unrest is the wide spread riots which occurred in August 2011 across England. These were not protesters with a cause, like those in the Arab countries. These rioters were nothing more than thugs and criminals inciting mass violence, destruction and civil unrest. In a developed Western country, this is surely a sign of a weakening society that may serve as a warning for everyone across the globe.
Then there was the Occupy movement. This movement spread all across the world from protests in New York that were the first of the movement to receive widespread media coverage. These protests are trying to highlight economic and social inequality in our society, mainly the fact that a majority of the wealth in developed countries is held by a small percentage of top earners. These protests do not have a clear cut goal or demand however, yet they have continued into the new year. Not only do these protests point out an important flaw in our society (another indicator of a failing world) but they show that the citizens of the world are not willing to sit quietly. This surely heralds more social unrest to come…  

War: 
The above image shows the locations of current ongoing conflicts. Those marked in dark blue are major wars which cause 1000+ violent deaths per year. Those in light blue are minor wars but still cause 10 – 1000 violent deaths per year. These figures do not include all those injured in the conflicts. These are also only the locations of the wars — it does not include all the countries that are fighting them. If they were to be included, nearly every nation on the planet would be involved in some kind of warfare. This shows that peace on our planet is disintegrating. How long can this keep up before we are all dead?
Nuclear Arms: The idea of a nuclear holocaust goes back over half a century. Even though it is far from most people’s minds at present, it is still just as much of a threat as it was 50 years ago.The above image shows all the countries that are known to have nuclear weapons, or are suspected of having them or a nuclear program. Those in green formerly possessed nuclear weapons but no longer have them. The sheer amount of countries that possess these weapons of mass destruction is quite scary. Those highlighted in red, are countries that posses nuclear weapons and are not part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. That means that they have never said they won’t use their weapons for an aggressive attack. These countries, India, Pakistan and North Korea, pose a threat to the whole world. If they were to attack, would the other countries possessing WMD use them as well?
Politics: Recently, the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, passed away leaving the whole world on alert to see how the most isolated country in the world would react. North Korea has conducted nuclear tests in the past and is currently still in ongoing conflict with their rival neighbour, South Korea. Who knows what kind of conflict could arise with such a politically tense situation.Another unfolding situation is the US sanctions on Iran. Iran has threatened the US Navy after sanctions on the country have begun to take effect. This could easily lead to another conflict in a region already riddled with war and destruction.
As you can see, the world appears to be in the midst of it’s destruction. This does not even go into the issues of global warming, over population, pollution, loss of biodiversity and the numerous other problems that are beginning to plague our planet. This all seems to point to one thing — the end of the world in 2012. Maybe the Mayans were wrong about the date, however. There are a lot of bad things going on; it wouldn’t be surprising we were all gone before December 21.

Imagine how you would feel living in this city, having experienced ongoing quakes since September 2010. Fortunately this time no lives have been lost, but that doesn’t make the experience any less terrifying for those who have gone through this so many times in such a short time.

Fifteen months ago most of us here in New Zealand had never  heard of liquefaction, when the stress of the quake turns soil to liquid. Now this is a dreaded but common word in the vocabulary of people living in Canterbury, the province of which Christchurch is the major city. After all the cleaning up after the September 2010 and the even more devastating February 2011 earthquakes, to be then followed by the June earthquakes, people of Christchurch must have had enough. How much shaking and destruction can these poor people endure?

Today’s first jolt occurred earlier this afternoon, and was apparently quite sharp and violent. Just when people were starting to relax, what could be worse than further disaster in their city just two days before Christmas.  As I write, power is still off to over 1500 households. The airport has reopened, and Air New Zealand is working to clear the backlog of people either returning home for Christmas, or trying to leave the city.

Hearts and spirits must be broken down in the South Island of New Zealand. These people have suffered so much and now they don’t even have the peace of Christmas to look forward to. It is not the Christmas present any of them would have wished for.

Have you seen the video Turkish amateur when the earthquake happened and the video after the earthquake in Turkey?

Here’s the video amateur event ‘Turkey earthquake’: ‘Earthquake in Turkey 23.10.2011′

And here is the video after the earthquake in Turkey: ‘Rescuers scramble to reach earthquake victims in Turkey Van’

Appears in the video that shocks the Turkey earthquake was large. According to the news, a magnitude 7.2 magnitude earthquake that shook Turkey’s Southeast region led to dozens of buildings collapsed and claimed the lives of an estimated 1,000 people (As I have written in previous articles on: Turkey Earthquake Kills Up to 1.000 People.)

Turkey after the earthquake, the SAR team helped evacuate residents struggled to rescue the victim.

Rescuers search for quake victims on Monday in eastern Turkey.

“The search and rescue will be continued until the evening,” said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who rushed to the province of Van, which is densely populated, and warned the death toll could rise temporarily many victims were found under the rubble of collapsed buildings.

Television footage showed search and rescue teams found the bodies from under rubble in the city of Van and peas, with the illumination of the generator at night fall.

This article is not about facts, so I apologise if someone has come here looking for data, facts and figures to support arguments, or even an intelligent outline of what has happened in New Zealand and how the people are coping. There plenty of other places online you can find the information you may be looking for. Here I am simply writing from my heart, pouring out my feelings on what my small country, often referred to as Paradise down under, is going through. Surely we have suffered enough for now.

It all started with the Pike River Coal Mining disaster last year, where 29 lives were needlessly lost. The court hearing is currently in progression, bringing out a lot of information that hurts to hear. A whole community suffered from this event and will do for a long time yet. It is hard to accept that so many lives were lost because of possible money saving measures.

Then came the Christchurch earthquakes, the first in September 2010. The next in February this year was of a lesser magnitude but created more damage. The earthquakes continue, the poor people of Christchurch and Canterbury are yet to go to sleep at night feeling their city has stopped rocking and rolling. The major part of a city has been flattened, lives lost, jobs no longer existing for many and still many years to come of cleaning up and rebuilding ahead. Many have moved away from the rocky Canterbury region, not able to cope with the constant quakes and after shocks. Others have bravely chosen to stay on, where they feel they belong, to be part of the rebuilding of a magnificent city.

Now one of our beautiful coastlines is being destroyed by what has been called New Zealand’s worst environmental disaster. Just over a week ago the container ship Rena ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef just offshore from Tauranga, one of New Zealand’s most beautiful beach resorts in the Bay of Plenty. Oil is spilling into the ocean and washing up on the beaches and locals have joined the fight to save birds and other wildlife, as well as their beaches.

This has happened as New Zealand looks forward to summer. Not only is the oil spill an environmental disaster, but will also be a financial disaster for many living in this part of the country. This is the third event having major impact on much of New Zealand in the last twelve months.

One wonders how much destruction and pain the people of a small country can suffer. I know there are other countries in the world where ongoing suffering through wars, political regimes, weather extremes and other events impose even more hardship on people than I have just written of. My heart also goes out to the people in those countries.

For now, I’m sure the people of New Zealand would like some time to mourn, clean up, and to rebuild their lives and their country. New Zealanders are a hardy breed. So many people are doing wonderful things here for fellow New Zealanders. A true community spirit has united people throughout the country. But, wouldn’t it be nice to have a rest from disasters for a while.