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@Edano Depending on how you set your end up, we could do this the same way as the live reactor readings, just point to a static picture name that you copy the latest to, make a page on the site that calls the pic by that name, and it will update whenever it looks for the image.

@radioguy : no, i want to update it directly.

@radioguy : but it is the same. the pics have to be uploaded to a static address, so the best is to upload them directly to ftp.houseoffoust.com.

@Edano I will have to see if I can give someone just one directory level through FTP otherwise that isnt going to fly. Wordpress handles pictures differently than raw web pages so there may be some extra challenges to get this working.

Potatoes may be more dangerous than other vegetables
2011/05/29
Satoshi Otani and Keishi Nishimura

Potatoes may be more liable to be contaminated by radioactive materials released by the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant than other types of fruits and vegetables, according to a study by Japan's agriculture ministry.

Researchers looked at the absorption rates of 17 types of vegetables and four fruits and found that sweet potatoes and potatoes were significantly more likely to take in radioactive materials than other fruits and leafy vegetables.

The maximum absorption rate of a sweet potato was 17 times higher than that for a lettuce, for instance...
www.asahi.com

As nuke workers wait, tainted water climbs

By KAZUAKI NAGATA
Staff writer
While Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to set up a water treatment facility in mid-June to decontaminate the thousands of tons of radioactive water being generated at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, the utility must also find a safe place to store it before it leaks into the ground or finds its way to the sea. search.japantimes.co.jp

if not, any static will do.

Typhoon precautions
The Yomiuri Shimbun

Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Saturday said it would take steps to prevent typhoons from undermining its efforts to defuse the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

Specific actions to be taken include using ropes to fasten hoses that are needed for the transfer of contaminated water from the turbine buildings of the Nos. 2 and 3 reactors to a central waste treatment facility.

TEPCO will also strengthen ropes mooring a megafloat on which the firm plans to store contaminated water.

A pump truck used to channel water into the temporary storage pool for spent nuclear fuel rods at the No. 4 reactor building will be moved away from the facility, and its arms will be retracted to prevent the vehicle from toppling, the utility said.

To prevent wind and rain from spreading radioactive materials adhered to the exterior of the turbine building of reactor No. 1, TEPCO sprayed 13,500 liters of antiscattering agents on the walls Friday, using a water cannon truck owned by the Tokyo Fire Department. www.yomiuri.co.jp

Fracas over school lunches / Ibaraki city bans prefecture's food; farmers decry 'unnecessary' move
The Yomiuri Shimbun

MITO--The board of education in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, has stopped using agricultural products from the prefecture in school lunches due to concerns over radioactive contamination, a move local agriculture and livestock farmers are saying will fuel harmful, unfounded rumors. www.yomiuri.co.jp

@Nancy: i just need that: ftp://houseoffoust.com/ and the directory where you want the pics.

@Edano Sorry I am not giving you root access to my web server. I can see if I can assign an ftp access to just one directory and was going to do so but you need to give me time to do it. I need to find out if Radioguy's solution will work. I would rather use the dropbox.com if we can.

@Nancy : sorry, but i think you offered me that some days ago.

@Edano Um no.

@Nancy : dropbox is a program you have to install on your hd. this is not an option, because it cannot be automatized.

@Edano, set up a directory level ftp for you to drop stuff. It takes about an hour for their systems to update. Will check it to make sure it works and email you all the FTP information to get in. Do you want me to make the placemarkers with the # sign in front of the name as you posted?

Thanks @elaine, I needed that! :)
couldnt resist it I will never look at duck tape in the same way again after this

@elainekirk lol! love it!

@Nancy : yes please :)