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free1
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Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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 Posted: 05/20/08 - 03:39 Post subject: No Entertainment: Mourning for China
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Last week (May 12) an earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale shook parts of china. The death toll for that quake has reached 34,000 with the body count expected to rise. Many of the quake victims have been children, as least 6 schools collapsed while classes were in session. It will take weeks, months, or even years to sort out the amount of damage caused by these events.
The Chinese government has declared a mourning period for three days for those injured, missing, and passed. This includes the closing of movie theaters, web portals and television stations. The9, who services World of Warcraft in is participating in the blackout as is Shanda Interactive Entertainment, host of the World of Legend game.
If you are helping out, there are a number of charitable organizations taking donations to assist in providing relief to victims in China, in Asia. Studies show that making donations to such organizations actually help to boost your own mood in addition to helping those who are in need.
Best wishes for all survivals...
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Odus
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Joined: 06 Oct 2007
Posts: 2594
Location: The 4th Dimension
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Posted: 05/20/08 - 05:07 Post subject:
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Topic moved to Real world section. Thanks for the info though, honestly never even knew the earthquake was that bad.
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kokaril
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Joined: 21 May 2008
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Posted: 05/21/08 - 07:48 Post subject:
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Hurricane in Burma, earthquake in China, what's next ? 
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free1
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Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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Posted: 05/23/08 - 04:10 Post subject:
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Bad news recently...
But chinese people are brave and optimistic...
Everything is gonna be ok...
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windshell
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Joined: 15 Nov 2006
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Posted: 05/23/08 - 04:39 Post subject:
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Tragedy, indeed.
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coinshopcollector
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Joined: 20 May 2008
Posts: 370
Location: runescape
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Posted: 06/30/08 - 14:08 Post subject:
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I hope everyone is ok i heard about it and i hope they can fix anything and everyone is okay. I hate hearing bad things.
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cnights
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Joined: 02 Jul 2008
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Posted: 07/02/08 - 18:20 Post subject:
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wow that really is terrible time heals most wounds and material things can always be replaced.
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