Caption: Snow on the mountain
Snow on the mountain 

Bearing Witness

Series: Letter From A. Broad
From: Muriel Murch
Length: 00:07:24

The events that occurred in Japan last weeks are a reflection of nature's work. The woodland and lagoon activities along the roadsides, reflect another look at the word safety. Read the full description.

Photo_2_small The events that occurred in Japan last weeks are a reflection of nature's work. The woodland and lagoon activities along the roadsides, reflect another look at the word safety.

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Transcript

March 2011

Bearing witness.
This weekend, as the mornings rise from the dawn, there is a deeper stillness in the air. We wake and remember that something is happening elsewhere and though we can bare witness to it we can do little to alter it’s course.
It is not the revolutions occurring in the middle East; Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt or even the current cruel madness occurring in Libya. These are caused and effected by our human instincts and temperament. Our actions have and continue to play out and effect the geopolitical world we life in.
No, the 8.9 earthquake and Tsunami that hit Japan this week came as a roar of pain from Mother Earth when the Asia and Pacific plates compressed and buckled under the sea. The Tsunami waves have rippled around the world. Like many people I explore all avenues of news about the devastation in Japan. It is from Hugh Levinson’s report for the BBC, that...
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