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With the death toll currently at 313 lives lost and billions of dollars possible, there is very little to be thankful for.   Survivors will be grateful for their lives and the lives of friends and family but may never recover from the death of those closest to them as well as those from neighboring states and communities.   The one thing that we know for sure it that America will recover and as we do in all tragedies, come together as one to help our fellow Americans rebuild better than before.   This is of course who we really are as a nation despite all of the rhetoric and vitriol spewed from a small section of this nation.   We are one and all connected to a much better and higher purpose which binds one to another. As reported by Juan Castro Olivera of the Associated Press in his article titled Sprawling devastation as US storm toll tops 310 “v iolent twisters that famously rip through the US south's "Tornado Alley" are formed when strong jet winds bringing upp...

What started out as a very educated day for me reading this article by Eric Talmadge and Mari Yamaguchi of the Associated Press titled No quick fix seen at Japan's nuclear plant quickly turned into a day of dismay.   The article explained what appeared to be a reality that some commentators refuse to accept.   It reported that “i deally, officials believe it should only take a day to get the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear under control once the cooling system is up and running. In reality, the effort to end the crisis is likely to take weeks” as stated in what was quoted as being said by Hidehiko Nishiyama of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency who said “We have experienced a very huge disaster that has caused very large damage at a nuclear power generation plant on a scale that we had not expected".   It also reported another reality that readers should come to understand by adding that “in another setback, the plant's operator said Monday it had just discovered that s...

Having spent a number of years in the United States Marines, I know a little about teamwork and nothing feeds the soul than to stand next to someone completely different than you but so similar and looking at the job to accomplish or complete knowing that you are doing it together as one.   Out of all of the stories that have been published or that will be published about the disaster in Japan this one gives me the greatest of hope. Eric Talmadge and Mari Yamaguchi wrote this for the Associated Press titled Japan official: Disasters overwhelmed government and one of the most touching points was in the very beginning when it reported that “t he Japanese government acknowledged Friday that it was overwhelmed by the scale of last week's twin natural disasters, slowing the response to the nuclear crisis that was triggered by the earthquake and tsunami that left at least 10,000 people dead.   The admission came as Japan welcomed U.S. help in stabilizing its overheated, radiation-...

Associated Press writer Tomoko A. Hosaka reports in his article titled Japan feeds more money to banks as stocks slump that “ Japan's central bank pumped billions more into the financial system Tuesday to quell fears that the country's banks could be overwhelmed by the impact of the massive earthquake and tsunami.   Two cash injections totaling 8 trillion yen ($98 billion) came a day after the Bank of Japan fed a record 15 trillion yen ($184 billion) into money markets and eased monetary policy to support the economy in the aftermath of Friday's 9.0 magnitude quake that has killed thousands.   The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock closed Tuesday down 10.6 percent at 8,605.15.   Knowing the trend of how things like this happen, many investors should begin to seek an opportunity to make millions on the one thing we all know is coming, the rebuild. We all know that this is coming because all great nations will absorb the controlled and uncontrolled events of its history and come ...