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While you were sleeping…
The 10,000th visitor came and went… Thank you!!!! And here’s something for my readers because I don’t have anything to say right now: Sandra Bullock, who does romantic comedy just as well as Meg Ryan, and Bill Pullman.
Blog housekeeping
In the RH sidebar #1, there’s a live list of websites/blogs dealing with the Fukushima nuclear crisis and related news. I’ve removed the deadwood links (those no longer being regularly updated) from that list, and posted them in a static list in sidebar #2, below the “Recent posts” list.
“Spectacular” Double Meteor Shower This Week
Wow! See this if you can. One of the best shooting star events of the year is the annual August Perseid meteor shower. (See Perseids pictures.) However this year’s peak, on August 12, happens to coincide with a bright full moon—drastically cutting down the number of meteors visible to the naked eye. Yet while [...]
S.O.S. from Fukushima – a call to action
I recently received the following email from Caroline, now living in Sweden, who formerly lived in the Kansai area. I think her suggestion is a good one, and I have heard that some folks are already doing this. She writes, “Either the government is totally incompetent, or they are purely evil.” There is a third [...]
EX-SKF Financial and Economic News, Data, Links, Analysis and Commentary
EX-SKF Financial and Economic News, Data, Links, Analysis and Commentary. (mousetip Marketing Japan). An excellent blog, well designed, well written, up to date, links (and quotes) in the original Japanese language. I just won’t bother from now on – this guy (or gal) does a much better job than I ever could. Update: there’s even [...]
I’ll blog less about Fukushima
Golden Week has provided a nice watershed. I’ll be blogging less about the nuclear crisis at Fukushima from now on, and focusing instead on cultural comparisons or human-interest stories related to the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear crisis, especially ones that highlight interesting ideas or initiatives. I will be glad to re-blog or write up such ideas or initiatives [...]
Daily update from Japan | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Tatsujiro Suzuki, who wrote regularly on the nuclear crisis at Fukushima, has announced that he will stop his regular updates. I am grateful to him for writing. I will leave the link to his blog up in my sidebar for the time being. As the situation at Fukushima is becoming less unpredictable, though not yet [...]
No significant damage to fuel at unit 4
A visual inspection by remote controlled camera has shown no significant damage to the used fuel pond of Fukushima Daiichi unit 4…. At least two fires as well as an explosion occurred in the area of the pond around 15 March, although at that time radiation levels prevented workers from making a direct check on [...]
After Disaster Hit Japan, Electric Cars Stepped Up – NYTimes.com
Now here’s a great example of good business thinking and action. Also a very smart PR move by Mitsubishi Motors. TEPCO should fire Shimizu’s ass and get someone like Prez Masuko. With oil refineries out of commission and clogged roadways slowing deliveries, finding gasoline had become a challenge. Shortages were so acute that Japan’s Self-Defense [...]
Prime minister Kan’s nuclear adviser resigns – Yahoo! News
Don’t worry about a thing: it’s all in good hands. WOODY: You are not worried, are you? BUZZ: Me? No. No. No, no, no, no, no, no. Mm-mmm. Are you? TOKYO (AFP) – A senior nuclear adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan submitted his resignation on Friday, saying the government had ignored his [...]
