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Strong 5.9 earthquake rattles Sr Japan Disaster Zone

Strong 5.9 earthquake rattles Sr Japan Disaster Zone

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Tokyo (ANTARA News / AFP) - An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale northeastern Japan Friday surprise, shook the area devastated by the earthquake and tsunami in March, but there are no immediate reports of damage or casualties and no tsunami warning.

The quake struck at 03:22 local time (01:22 GMT) at a depth of 38 kilometers (24 miles), with the epicenter 18 kilometers from the city of Iwaki in Fukushima prefecture, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Fukushima has become the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years since the tsunami in March destroy a nuclear power plant (NPP) in there, causing radiation leaks

into the soil, air and sea, and forced thousands to flee their homes.

Tokyo Electric Power Company, which crippled the nuclear power plant operator, said it had seen no additional problems caused by the latest quake, which also shook buildings in Tokyo.

Japan's Meteorological Agency measured the quake at 6.0 magnitude and depth is 50 kilometers.

The tsunami caused by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake last March to eliminate

the entire stretch of coast northeast of the country, killing more than 20,000 people, or disappeared.

Japan, which is located at the junction of four tectonic plates, has 20 percent of the strongest earthquakes recorded in the Earth every year.

5 The purpose of visit Vacation Interest in Kuala Lumpur

5 The purpose of visit Vacation Interest in Kuala Lumpur
 
Kuala Lumpur is the right choice of destinations during the upcoming school holidays. Is there any country is a destination you and your family? Consider some interesting attractions in Kuala Lumpur, the following:




1. Twin Towers Petronas

Kuala Lumpur has the Petronas Twin Towers. Twin tower was once the world's tallest building, Taipei 101 in Taiwan before standing in his place.

To rise to the top of the building, visitors must take a queue number first. But while waiting, do not worry, there is Suria KLCC, the most luxurious malls in Kuala Lumpur is located in the same building. With fashion brands from Emporio Armani to Top Shop, will make the wait time is not felt.

The design of the floor 88-storey building combines high technology with art and culture. Each floor is eight-point star shape, inspired by the pattern of Malaysia's Islamic culture.

Floor design depicting the unity, harmony, stability, and rationality is very charming. Similarly, the view from floor 41, the twin bridges connecting the two buildings where visitors are allowed to enjoy the Kuala Lumpur from the sky.


2. Royal Selangor

People at the Royal Selangor pewter tell you that, a metal which is formed from tin, copper, and metal hardener favored by many people because of its soft, malleable, and easily adapt to various forms of beauty and function.

Tour around the pewter factory could be an option. Visitors are guaranteed directly bound to find out what the next stage. Once completed the demonstration, you will be taken to show room where the sale of finished pewter. From Lord of the Rings merchandise until the key holder could be an option for friends to take home souvenirs.


3. F1 Sepang International Circuit

Sepang Circuit is located near Kuala Lumpur International Airport was given the honor to become the first circuit of Formula 1 on his name attached.

It is indeed entitled to bears by 5543 km long, eight-lane track that has a long and bends at speeds can reach 300 km / hour. In addition, more than 130 thousand spectators could be accommodated. Circuit 1.3 miles along a straight track is designed to avoid the sun. Besides all this, the Sepang circuit also has a restaurant, gift shop, and automotive museum.

Even if no matches, visitors can visit the tour circuit for two hours and look at the winners podium and control room. Always dream to be the drivers? Sepang Circuit could make it real.


4. Golden Screen Cinemas, Mid Valley Megamall

Has 18 screens, 2909 seats to watch independent films than Hollywood treats? Kuala Lumpur has it. Booking well in advance to watch, no problem. Watching on the Gold Class at a price half of Jakarta, it's here.

Just do not expect all of the screen is too big. Especially if you watch the little movies aka independent and not Hollywood. Here, Hollywood films are placed in a large hall. But best of all possible price. With 10 Ringgit (approximately Rp25 thousand) or 6 Euro just on Wednesday, prices here make the studio XXI in Jakarta as a place to watch for the king.


5. Ikea, Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya

Remember the scene from the movie Fight Club? Instead of ending it, but the scene "Ikea" in the early minutes of the film. And in "Ikea" is, you can be like Edward Norton is busy picking out the product "Ikea".

Join the approximately 10 thousand visitors to meet the store size is 35,811 m2 her every weekend. not difficult to see membludaknya audience. More than 7,000 types of goods are sold in 54 room settings with a staff of more than 450 people, the buyer will not have time to go home.

Children will be entertained in Smaland with fun activities, coupled with a capacity of 450 seat restaurant for coffee sipping native Sweden. (travel.okezone.com)
10 Most Amazing Snakes

10 Most Amazing Snakes

Emerald Tree Boa


Emerald Tree Boa
Most species of boas are colorful like the Corallus caninus, a non-venomous snake found in the rainforests of South America. Adults grow to about 6 feet or 1.8 m in length. They have highly developed front teeth that are likely proportionately larger than those of any other non-venomous snake.
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California Red-sided Garter Snake


California Red-sided Garter Snake
They are the most colorful snake population in North America considered more vibrant then the SFG. Their home Point Reyes pond is now gone drained to allow salt water to flow in killing all Point Reyes pond inhabitants. (Link)


Blind Snake


Blind Snake
The genes of a newfound snake family suggest blind snakes lived on the island of Madagascar since, well, before it was an island.

The discovery is helping to decode how these rarely seen—and barely seeing, though not completely blind—snakes came to colonize much of the planet.

Growing to about a foot (30 centimeters) long, blind snakes act a lot like worms, burrowing under the surface of every continent except Antarctica. Unlike worms, though, blind snakes have backbones and tiny scales.
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Albino Burmese Pythons


Albino Burmese Pythons
The snake pictured above is an albino Burmese python. Burmese pythons are readily available but grow up to be huge snakes. This is one of the snakes that need a healthy dose of caution, so think twice (or more) before getting one as a pet. Though Burmese pythons are generally quite docile, they are incredibly strong, and it just takes a single mistake in handling them (especially at feeding time when they are hungry) to have disastrous results. Sadly, increasing numbers of Burmese pythons are being dumped by owners who can't handle them anymore (in fact, they appear to have become quite established in the Florida Everglades, and are preying on native species). (Link | Via)


Bright Pink Snake


Bright Pink Snake
The snake Liophidium pattoni grows to about 16 inches (40 centimeters) and preys on small rodents and lizards. ‘The bright pink markings on its back make it one of the most colorful snakes in all of Madagascar. It's very unusual,' Ratsifandrihamanana said. L. pattoni was first reported in 2010 in Masoala National Park in northeastern Madagascar. (Link)


Albino Nelsoni


Albino Nelsoni
The brightly colored Nelson's Milksnake is a kind of king snake that is found in Mexico. It grows to a 110 cm long or more. This non-venomous snake has 13 to 18 red rings. It was named in honor of Edward Nelson, former chief of US Biological Survey. Its natural habitats include semi-arid coastal thorn scrub and interior tropical deciduous forests. It feeds on birds, rodents, lizards and amphibians. (Link)


Blue Coral Snake


Blue Coral Snake
Coral snakes are highly venomous members of the Elapidae family that are found in all elevations of rainforest in Southeast Asia. Their venom glands have been reported to extend all the way through the body, even reaching near the tail end in some species. They are distributed widely through Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Borneo but are not often seen due to their nocturnal and semi-fossorial nature. They will burry themselves under leaf litter, or forest debris, venturing out to hunt for prey during the night. (Link | Via)


Elephant Trunk Snake


Elephant Trunk Snake
Commonly known as the Elephant Trunk Snake, though that name can be used for all members of this family, this species is the best known member of the wart snake family. It is found throughout southeastern Asia, particularly in Indonesia, northern Australia, and New Guinea. It is the largest member of its family. Like other wart snakes, it is totally aquatic, and feeds on fish. It hunts fish mostly at night. Its raised scales help it hold on to slippery fish. (Link)


Langaha Nasuta


Langaha Nasuta
The Langaha snake (also known as the leaf-nosed snake) is adapted to an arboreal lifestyle and feeds mostly on lizards. Its most interesting trait is, of course, the weird “horn” or projection on its snout. Easily is one of the weirdest reptiles in the World. (Link)


Horned Viper


Horned Viper
A nocturnal viper which inhabits the dunes of the north west Negev desert of Israel. The snake was found early in the morning hiding in the sand next to a gerbil hole. (Link)

Puss Caterpillar



The puss caterpillar is the most poisonous caterpillar in the United States. Its poison is hidden in hollow spines among its hairs. This hairy caterpillar is found in the southern states, ranging west through most of Texas and north to Maryland and Missouri. It feeds on shade trees such as elm, oak, and sycamore. Puss caterpillars vary in size from 1.2 in.(32 mm) to 1.4 in.(36 mm).


Great Wall of China


Its length is 6400 kilometers (from the region Sanhai Pass in the east to Lop Nur in the west) and the height of 8 meters in order to prevent the invasion of North Mongoldari nation at that time. The width of the top 5 m, while the width of the bottom 8 m. Every 180-270 m made such a tower. High tower is 11-12 m.
To create a giant wall, it can take hundreds of years at the time of the various emperors. Initially, it is estimated Qin Shi-huang who started the construction of the wall, but according to research and record the history of literature, that wall has been made before the Qin Dynasty stand, precisely first built in the Warring States Period. Emperor Qin Shi-huang continue development and strengthening the walls that had been built earlier.
After the death of Qin Shi-huang, making this wall had stopped and only resumed in the Sui Dynasty, the last resumed again at the time of the Ming Dynasty. Form the Great Wall which we now see is the result of development of the Sun earlier era. The inside walls of earth mixed with bricks and rocks. The top was made the main road to cavalry China.Development history of the Great Wall of China can be traced to the 9th century BC. At that time, governments in the central part of China to connect the fort and the lighthouse which is the army at the border checkpoints into one long wall in order to fend off ethnic groups from northern China. Until the Chunqiu Period and the Warring States, a battle raged between the nations confront each other principality.
The countries for the sake of his own defense in a row to build a big wall on a hill and a mountain located in the border area. In the year 221 BC, Emperor Qinshihuang unify China. After that, the Emperor Qinshihuang ordered that the walls built by various countries principality was spliced ​​into one big wall as a stronghold to fend off cavalry attacks on the nomadic ethnic Monggolia northern grasslands of China.
Great Wall at that time length is 5000 kilometers more. Great Wall on the coordination of Han after the collapse of the Qin Dynasty was extended to 10 thousand miles more. In the history of 2000 years ago, the authorities at various times never stop building the Great Wall so that the total length reached 50 thousand kilometers, enough to orbit the earth once more.
Great Wall which we now call the most is the huge wall that was built during the Ming Dynasty in power between 1368 and 1644. Stems from its western end at Jiayu Fortress of Western China's Gansu Province and the eastern end of the Yalu River on the outskirts of Northeast China's Liaoning Province after passing the 9 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions along the 7300 kilometers, or equal to 14 thousand li of China. Thus, the Great Wall was called a "wall length of 10 thousand li" in Chinese.
As the fortifications, the Great Wall was built by following the course of the mountaintops. He passed a very complicated topography, among others, Gurung sand, meadow and marsh. To adapt to a variety of topography, development practitioners to apply the structure of the Great Wall of extraordinary and diverse. All this suggests the ancestor of the Chinese intelligence.
Great Wall winding down the mountain peaks mamanjang almost impossible to be conquered by enemies in ancient times because of the mountains and the slopes on which the wall was too steep to climb.The Great Wall was built with big stones interspersed with soil and rock fragments. Height of approximately 10 meters and a width of about 5 meters, enough for 4 horses running side by side. Thus, it is very easy to maneuver troops and transport food and weapons. On the wall was built in the door and stairs to climb down.
Great Wall spliced ​​with a castle or a tower of fire every sector, in which the stored weapons and food supplies. The fort and the lighthouse was used as a resting place for soldiers in time of peace and is a stronghold to fend off enemy attacks during battle. In addition, once known to the enemy's aggression, the beacon will be lit the fire at night and smoke during the day so the news of the enemy attacks can be dispersed throughout the country in the near future.
In the important sector of the Great Wall, for example the strategic trajectory, the mountain pass and the border mountains to the sea is usually built large gate attic. Attic-loft gate not only looks magnificent, but also reflects the brilliant art of ancient Chinese architecture. Now most of the attic that gate has been turned into a tourist attraction, for example Attic Shanhaiguan Gate at the eastern end of the Great Wall, dubbed as China's number one gate loft and attic Gate Juyongguan Great Wall at Badaling sector around Beijing.
The Great Wall as a function of military fortifications are now no longer exists, but the beauty of its architecture is still very impressive.
The beauty of the Great Wall is reflected in the grandeur, power and greatness. Removing the view from a distance to the Great Wall, the huge high wall that extends for thousands of miles it looked like a gigantic dragon-geliut menggeliang down the mountains; when viewed from close range, then the wall was filled with the charm of art with a variety of architecture.
The Great Wall is a hard-earned sweat and blood soaked and impregnated the intelligence of the Chinese people in ancient times. How heavy construction projects on the ancient Great Wall that is still low productive forces is difficult to imagine.

Snakefish

In 2002, the snakefish (or Channidae) was described as “something from a bad horror movie” by US Interior Secretary Gale Norton. Some describe snakefish as having ”a voracious appetite, often consuming all other fish in a lake or pond and even eating its young. It can slither across land, staying out of water for up to three days, to find new sources of food.” Norton also warns that once on land ”snakeheads can eat almost any small animal in its path…. They have even attacked people in China who got too close to snakeheads’ egg nesting areas.” According to Wikipedia, snakefish can be up to over a metre in length and over 6 kilograms in weight. Most snakefish are 2-3 feet long. They’re also fast reproducers with no natural enemies outside of their native environments. Within their native environments, small snakefish are preyed upon by bigger fish, while full-grown snakefish are consumed by crocodiles and alligators. Because of their ability to move into new habitats and wipe out local ecosystems (and to then hop out of the water and mosey on over to another body of water and repeat the process) snakefish have been prohibited in 13 American states and other countries (e.g., Australia). 


Danxia Landform (China)



 This unique geological phenomenon, known as a 'Danxia Landform', can be seen in several places in China. This example is located in Zhangye, Gansu Province. Danxia, which means "rosy cloud", is a special landform formed from reddish sandstone that has been eroded over time into a series of mountains surrounded by curvaceous cliffs and many unusual rock formations.

Monarch Butterfly



Every year millions of delicate monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) migrate from North America to their winter habitat in Mexico. A well conserved and protected high-altitude pine and fir forest in Mexico is essential for the survival of the overwintering of monarchs, which has been recognized as an endangered biological phenomenon. The protection of its reproductive habitats in the United States and Canada is also crucial to saving this species migration, one of the most remarkable natural phenomena on the planet.
WWF, in collaboration with the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature, has designed an innovative conservation strategy to protect and restore the Monarch butterflies wintering habitat in Mexico, so butterflies are protected from extremes weather and other threats. WWF is also supporting local communities to establish trees nurseries that are reintroduced to the monarch butterfly reserve, creating at the same time new sources of income for the owners of the monarch forests.

Pamukkale (Turkey)




In Turkish the name literally means Cotton Castle and it is easy to see why it was given That name. Yet this geological wonder is Also the site of the ancient city of Hierapolis and over the Centuries the two have seemed to come together, Almost merged into one. In fact Some of the old Tombs in the city's Necropolis have changed from part of the landscape. The site Itself is a series of travertines and hot springs. The travertines here have a concentric appearance and are a sheer white Almost giving the area an ethereal appearance. The hot springs precipitate calcium carbonate at Their mouths and Organic Produce Almost the strange-looking structures.