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Scientists predict thousands will die from earthquake expected anytime on US West Coast
Get short URL Published time: March 15, 2013 16:45
Edited time: March 15, 2013 18:08

太平洋岸北西部には３．１１級地震津波がいつ来てもおかしくない、という。



Northwest coast and cost U.S. $32 billion, experts warn
Report presented to Oregon legislators today warns it is only a matter of time before a large quake strikes off the Pacific Northwest coast of the U.S.
They warn the region could be left devastated after a natural disaster similar to that which hit Japan in 2011
Thousands will die and up to $32billion worth of damage could be caused, they warn
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 05:30 GMT, 15 March 2013 | UPDATED: 15:02 GMT, 15 March 2013

The report says that geologically, Oregon and Japan are mirror images. Despite the devastation in Japan, that country was more prepared than Oregon because it had spent billions on technology to reduce the damage, the report says.

地質学的にはオレゴンと日本は鏡像関係にあるという。

何にしても原発には、要注意だね。



A middle-class black man raised by white parents, Ben had always respected the police. Until one night they stopped his car...
By BEN DOUGLAS
PUBLISHED: 01:38 GMT, 15 March 2013 | UPDATED: 13:39 GMT, 15 March 2013

Growing up as a black person in a predominantly white society, I always regarded myself as having a balanced view of the world. I have experienced my share of prejudice, of course, but life has taught me that, on the whole, our nation is decent, tolerant and, above all, fair.
I was born in the UK and raised in Middlesex by adoptive white parents after my Bajan birth mother fell seriously ill. We were a middle-class family and I was educated largely privately, so I was sheltered to some extent from the casual racism which blights so many lives.





When I realised the car was on my tail I pulled over, wondering if, perhaps, my brake light was out.
Five seconds later, a police constable was rapping on my window and shouting: 'Open it!'
No sooner had I done so than he barked: 'Is this your car, pal?' I nodded, but before I could speak he launched into a tirade.
'I don't think you heard me right, mate. I asked if this was your car? It's a very nice car for a bloke like you to be driving, isn't it? Now I'm going to repeat the question, to be absolutely clear, and think hard before you answer me: Is. This. Your. Car?'
Again I tried to answer, again I was cut off.
'Let me guess ― it's yours but you can't prove it? Or maybe you've borrowed it from a friend? And you haven't got your driving licence. Am I right?'
Finally given the opportunity to reply, all I could do was stare into his eyes, gripped by self-righteous fury.


I took a deep breath and slowly, quietly, informed him that I did have my driving licence and perhaps he could let me know on what grounds he had stopped me.
His voice dripping with disdain, he told me to be quiet and hand over my licence. When I asked if I could see some form of identification ― or at least get his name ― he leaned in and jabbed his finger at me, hissing the words: 'Hand. It. Over.'
Which I did and, of course, everything was in order. In a heartbeat, his demeanour changed.
His anger was replaced by a distinctly panicked look. Now he was allowing me to speak freely, and my pronunciation was clearly giving him the jitters ― I trained in the theatre and have retained the clear diction drilled into me by my teachers.
I asked again why he had stopped me, and he spluttered something about a spate of Audis being stolen in Twickenham.



Ignoring the fact our conversation was taking place six miles away in Roehampton, I pointed out that surely they would have the registration numbers of the stolen cars? Were they stopping every Audi within the Greater London area, or just the ones who drove safely within the speed limit?



On a personal level, I never had the slightest reason to doubt the police or their integrity. Whenever I came across them ― especially after I received racist death threats two years ago ― they were unfailingly polite, professional and respectful.
The only time I wavered in this view was when Stuart Lawrence, whose brother Stephen's racist murder prompted the Macpherson Report, spoke out about being stopped in his car by police up to 25 times, simply because of the colour of his skin.


I am no longer surprised that so many ethnic minorities distrust the police. I can see why they choose not to step forward when asked to, often preferring to settle disputes without recourse to the very people who belittle and, on some occasions, openly detest them.

イギリス、レイシャルプロファイリング　職務質問


‘How do you spell racist? NYPD!’ : Brooklyn police brutality riots continue
Get short URL Published time: March 15, 2013 03:59

police brutality NY



'The white smoke over the Falklands was pretty clear': David Cameron REBUKES new Pope over Argentina's claim to islands
Cameron urged world leaders to respect the 99.8 percent vote
Previously said the islands were 'Argentinian soil' 'usurped' by Britain
Kirchner has already asked the Pope to take a message to world powers
By JILL REILLY
PUBLISHED: 15:46 GMT, 15 March 2013 | UPDATED: 17:14 GMT, 15 March 2013

Prime Minister David Cameron today said he disagreed with the new pope, Francis I, over the future of the Falkland Islands.
Pope Francis, who is the first Argentinian pontiff and a former Archbishop of Buenos Aires, has previously described the disputed islands as 'Argentinian soil' which was 'usurped' by Britain.

新ローマ法王は、フォークランドはアルゼンチン領と見ているが、そうじゃない、とキャメロン。




'Britons are manipulating the justice': Displaced Chagos Islanders' bitter reality
Get short URL Published time: March 14, 2013 18:45
Edited time: March 14, 2013 19:39

米軍基地につかうために追い出されたチャゴス島の元住民は、

“The UK government is happy to defend the rights to self-determination of the Falkland Islanders, but when the Chagos Islanders appeal for protection from their government they are abandoned,” he says

フォークランドについては住民の意見を尊重し、チャゴス島民が政府に保護を要求すると、見捨てられるのは、いかがなものか、と。





Britain faces UN tribunal over Chagos Islands marine reserve
Ruling by permanent court of arbitration in The Hague may challenge UK's unilateral declaration of marine protected area

Owen Bowcott and John Vidal
The Guardian, Monday 28 January 2013 16.33 GMT





Young British troops three times as likely to commit violent crime after returning from combat
Combat soldiers 53 per cent more prone to violent crimes than colleagues
Military men three times more likely than civilians to commit violent offences
Links drawn between combat and alcohol misuse, violent crime and PTSD
By EMILY DAVIES
PUBLISHED: 10:54 GMT, 15 March 2013 | UPDATED: 11:13 GMT, 15 March 2013

Young British soldiers who have had combat experience are more likely to commit violent crimes when they return home from the armed forces.
Of around 3,000 military men under the age of 30, more than a fifth had a conviction for violent offences, compared with 6.7 per cent of their peers who are not in the army.
There were strong links between combat experience with post-deployment alcohol misuse, traumatic stress and violence.

Men who had seen combat in Iraq and Afghanistan were 53 per cent more likely to commit a violent offence than comrades given non-combat roles.
Those with multiple experiences of combat had a 70 per cent to 80 per cent greater risk of committing acts of violence.

戦闘体験帰還兵はもどっても、暴力的である、と。





FATHER GIVES INCREDIBLE SPEECH TO HIS NEW SON-IN-LAW!!

結婚式の父親のスピーチ。神がでてくるところはアメリカ的だが、ほほえましい。