Rising to its feet Japan before after AMAZING PHOTOS

Cars pass along a street in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on January 15, 2012 nearly one year after the March 11 tsunami devastated the area (AFP Photo / Toru Yamanaka)

With the powerful earthquake and tsunami hitting Japan last year, the country seemed to be devastated and almost beyond recovery. Still, 11 months on, the Japanese have made amazing progress in raising their lives and cities from the rubble.

The natural disaster which hit Japan back in March 2011 left the country’s northeastern coast almost entirely destroyed. The earthquake caused a major nuclear crisis as the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear facility was partially destroyed and leaking radiation.

The natural disaster left over 20,000 dead or missing, generating global sympathy over the terrible tragedy. About 100,000 people had to flee their homes to escape radiation.

The country’s authorities said that their drive to reconstruct the devastated territory was more than just a domestic issue.

Apple to reveal iPad 3 first week of March

Apple to reveal iPad 3 first week of March

Apple CEO Tim Cook is set to hit the stage in the first week of March to unveil a new iPad.

According to AllThingsD’s sources, Apple will be boasting the heir to the iPad 2 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, which has become Apple’s favorite big announcement venue.

Although the specs of the iPad 3 have yet to be released, sources revealed that the third generation tablet will share the same form as the iPad 2 that we have all grown to love, but it will pack more punch.

According to AllThingsD, the iPad 3 will be “running a much faster chip, sporting an improved graphics processing unit,” and will feature a 2048x 1536 “Retina Display.”

Many iFreaks are anticipating the iPad presentation as this will be the first time Tim Cook will be revealing an iPad product since he inherited the CEO title back in October of 2011.

Buzz on the Internet is alleging the new product will have a different camera module and has many Apple lovers hoping to see an upgrade in the camera department.

According to InformationWeek.com, “these hardware improvements all sound about right, the biggest missing piece of the puzzle is 4G broadband support.”

With AT&T and Verizon Wireless budding LTE 4G networks, the very thought of an iPad on a 4G network has many consumers drooling over the possibilities.

Even though this will mark Tim Cook’s second giant media event since the release of the iPhone 4s, this will be a highly scrutinized follow up to last year’s iPad presentation which was delivered by Steve Jobs.

Even though Steve Jobs’ shoes are big shoes to fill, many Apple lovers believe the iPad 3 will make them fall in love with Apple all over again.

The iPad 3 is expected to hit stores two weeks after its debut.

Russian superlaser to be as good as H bomb

The design of the Luch laser device is to be used for the future Russian superlaser (image from vniief.ru)

Russia has launched a $1.5 billion project to create a high-energy superlaser site which designers pledge will be the best in the world. Capable of igniting nuclear fusion, the facility will be used both for thermonuclear weapon and civil purposes.

The new laser device will be used for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) studies. The field aims to recreate in the lab the processes which happen inside a star or in a hydrogen bomb explosion. ICF is similar to what scientists are trying to do with the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project, but takes an alternative approach to how nuclear fusion is started.

The laser facility will be developed by the Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC-VNIIEF), a leading Russian nuclear laboratory. In its six decades of history, it was involved in the development of both the military and civilian nuclear programs in Russia.

The site will have the size of a 360-meter long 10-story building and be built near the Sarov technology park in Nizhny Novgorod region in central Russia, said the institute’s head of research, Radiy Ilkaev, who said it will be a dual-purpose device.

“On the one hand, there is the defense component, because high energy density plasma physics can be productively studied on such devices. It’s necessary for developing thermonuclear weapons. On the other hand, there is the power industry component. The world’s leading physicists believe that laser nuclear fusion can be useful for future energetics,” the scientist said.

The Russian device will be compatible with the American National Ignition Facility (NIF) and the French Laser Mégajoule (LMJ) in terms of their capabilities. The US laboratory is currently online. The French counterpart is due to be launched in 2012. The Russian facility may be ready in a decade, Ilkaev estimates.

Euro freeze zone Extreme frost blankets Europe PHOTOS

A slide taken by ice is pictured at the Paquis Baths in Geneva (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse)

Thick ice and heavy snow have locked the entire European continent, already claiming the lives of nearly 500 people. And while Europeans are struggling to warm themselves, frigid temperatures are showing no signs of rising in coming weeks.

­Weather forecasts predict the cold snap, which started in late January, to continue until mid-February.

In some parts of Europe thermometers show temperatures lower than -39 Celsius. In the Czech Republic weather forecasters warned that night-time temperatures could reach as low as -40 Celsius in the mountains.

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Her favorite film of all time is The Usual Suspects.

Was in 2003’s High Street Honeys competition, and was the first girl in FHM’s 2007 calendar.

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Analysts forecast some 1 million devices may have been sold in the first weekend of the launch in the United States, but many warn that it’s not clear how supply constraints will affect availability following the Japan earthquake and tsunami.

The iPad 2, a thinner and faster version that features two cameras for video chat, was introduced in the United States on March 11. But some would-be buyers have expressed frustration at how difficult it has been to secure one of the wildly popular tablet computers, sparking speculation Apple misjudged demand.

It went on sale in New Zealand at 0400 GMT. One store in Wellington was allocated just 12 of the gadgets and they were snapped up in a matter of minutes.

Sales kick off in Australia at 0600 GMT and then roll out to other countries including France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, and Spain.

“If it wasn’t for the iPad, I wouldn’t be in Australia right now,” said Alex Lee, a backpacker from Canada, who was the first in the queue outside the glass-fronted Apple store in Sydney’s central business district. He said he diverted his travels from Singapore to attend the launch.

“It’s like a habit. I’ve also lined up on Regent Street in London for the iPhone”, added Lee, who had a folding chair and blanket and had spent two nights waiting.

Apple staff in Sydney, dressed in the company’s blue branded shirts , handed out trays of sandwiches to those in the queue, some of whom had bedded down on blankets overnight before being awoken by bright sunshine.

Its retail price in Australia starts at A$579 ($568), against $499 in the United States. The iPad 1 started selling in Australia from A$629 when it was launched.

In Wellington, staff at electronics retailer JB HiFi said they had only received about a dozen iPad 2s and they were snapped up in about 10 minutes. A sales assistant said the store did know when the next delivery would come in.

The first iPad, which went on sale a year ago, sold 500,000 units in the first week and crossed the 1 million unit mark in 28 days. Nearly 15 million iPads were sold in nine months of 2010, two or three times as many as analysts had predicted.

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said on Tuesday the company was “working hard to build enough iPads for everyone.”

Fiona Martin, a spokeswoman for Apple in Australia, declined to comment on whether there was enough stock to meet demand.

“We don’t comment on speculation, we’ve got plenty down there for all those folk that are in the queue.”

A prospective buyer in Wellington, 22-year-old student Ian MacDonald, said he had held off buying the first generation iPad because it lacked a camera and he wanted any bugs ironed out.

“This version looks way better, with the cameras and it beats all the other tablets because there are so many apps (applications),” he said.

Myles Jihme, a student from Malaysia, waiting outside the Apple store in Sydney said he intended to buy two iPads, the maximum allowed by Apple, and would auction one for charity. “All the profits from the sale will go to Japan’s disaster fund,” he said.

In addition to Friday’s roll out, the iPad 2 will be available in Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and other countries in April.

Apple now faces increased competition from rivals. Samsung Electronics and Motorola have tablets on the market and Blackberry-maker Research In Motion and Hewlett-Packard Co are set to release tablets in coming months.

JAPAN SUPPLY WOES

Analysts are also concerned that Apple will face shortages of key components for the iPad 2 because of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan two weeks ago.

“The quake will have an effect on supplies of the iPad, since some parts come from Japan,” said Akira Minamikawa, Vice President at iSuppli in Tokyo.

“It’s too early to say how far production will be affected. But there are a number of iPad parts manufacturers, including Toshiba and Hitachi for LCD panels, while Toshiba also makes flash memory.”

In Taiwan, the CFO of TPK Holdings , a major supplier of touch screens to companies that include Apple, said it has had no problems with supplies because it has many secondary sources outside of Japan.

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co , a contract manufacturer and subsidiary of Foxconn that is heavily reliant on Apple’s business, said it does not expect supply problems in the near-term.

Most of the Japanese factories that are thought to supply Apple with parts are situated well away from the earthquake-hit area, still distribution of supplies is expected to be hit by nationwide fuel shortages.

Apple’s clout in the supply chain means investors remain confident – for now – that it enjoys priority and can secure critical components ahead of competing manufacturers.

Still, Apple is unlikely to avoid a hit from the disruption in Japan, analysts said.

“We think the disruption especially for chemical materials could continue throughout Q2 and when the components become absent, it’s inevitable that Apple would be affected,” said Calvin Huang, an analyst at Daiwa in Hong Kong.

“Then we will see a situation that customers will have to wait for months for an iPad to arrive after placing an order.”

In theaters in the U.S. May 20, 2011.

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