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"Overcoming the Disaster"

Monday evening, March 5th 2012, I attended a wonderful outstanding Concert, "Overcoming the Disaster", Commemorates One Year Anniversary of Japanese Quake and Tsunami. in the General Assembly the Permanent Mission of Japan and the Japan Foundation presented the Great East Japan earthquake commemoration concert. It was an outstanding and very memorable program. I had never seen such huge drums. At first I thought they were props. Needless to say, those drums with the expert Wakumizu Kagura, a traditional fold performance group from the area that was affected by the earthquake of 2011. They were from the Tohoku region and Ondekoza, a professional Japanese taiko drumming troupe were amazing. You could feel the earthquake, the sounds, the agony and all!  Here is video by the United Nations, special moments from the concert: http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?id=507/507075&key=2&query=subject:Splash United Nations Photo: Concert, "Overcoming the Disaster...

Etsy treasuries - Given New Life

What is the best way to shop for unique and handmade crafts? How about upcycled creative gifts easily accessible for you in one place? You don't have to waste your precious time searching. It's done for you by many helpful Etsyians. Check out this latest "Given new life - collection 1" at:  http://www.etsy.com/treasury/NjM2MjJ8MTEwODYzMzc1MA/given-new-life-collection-1?ref=pr_treasury  Click on the above link and check out the amazing creativity, yes with items that normally would end up in the trash. Here is your chance to help the environment, by checking out the various artist. Support these creative bunch.  If you buy an item from this treasury, don't hesitate to leave a comment in this thread. Let us know how helpful was this list. So go ahead, have fun shopping! We love all the comments left at this treasury, specially this comment "Excellent artistic picks!" by Tika!

praying for everyone’s safety - Tsunami warning - affected areas

praying for everyone’s safety - http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/pacific/2010/pacific.2010.02.27.154316.txt quote from the above link: " TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 010 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 1545Z 27 FEB 2010 THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS…EXCEPT ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA…WASHINGTON…OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. … A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT … A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CHILE / PERU / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA / ANTARCTICA / PANAMA / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / PITCAIRN / HONDURAS / EL SALVADOR / GUATEMALA / FR. POLYNESIA / MEXICO / COOK ISLANDS / KIRIBATI / KERMADEC IS / NIUE / NEW ZEALAND / TONGA / AMERICAN SAMOA / SAMOA / JARVIS IS. / WALLIS-FUTUNA / TOKELAU / FIJI / AUSTRALIA / HAWAII / PALMYRA IS. / TUVALU / VANUATU / HOWLAND-BAKER / NEW CALEDONIA / JOHNSTON IS. / SOLOMON IS. / NAURU / MARSHALL IS. / MIDWAY IS. / KOSRAE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / POHNPEI / WAKE IS. / CHUUK / R...