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@Edano, not sure. I can be hot tempered when the right buttons are pushed, but I am A-. Not sure blood type has anything to do with it!
by Lurking 7/5/2011 1:34:35 AM

@Lurking : must be a japanese thing exclusively. in my books i have never read about that.
by Edano 7/5/2011 1:35:53 AM

@Edano, if he is looking for an excuse to be an a-hole, then he is really digging!
by Lurking 7/5/2011 1:36:30 AM

@elainekirk : don't forget who i am. i am kan's right hand, so i will not have to excuse to anyone except to my chef ! ;)
by Edano 7/5/2011 1:39:53 AM

that crane lifts it and the men use guy ropes to get it in position for lowering then guide it down
by elainekirk 7/5/2011 1:40:00 AM

@Edano ooops I nearly forgot do forgive me it must be my blood type which is blue and red with a bit of white thrown in
by elainekirk 7/5/2011 1:42:04 AM

@elainekirk take a deep bow !
hi @dean. we're only joking ;)
by Edano edited by Edano 7/5/2011 1:43:08 AM

Matsumoto submits resignation

Newly appointed reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

Matsumoto has been under criticism by the opposition and his own party for controversial remarks he made in the disaster-hit areas.

Tuesday, July 05, 2011 09:29 +0900 (JST)
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by Edano 7/5/2011 1:46:22 AM

@Elainekirk - sure hope you never need an organ transplant! I don't think they have included the red/white/blue blood type in the organ banks!
by Lurking 7/5/2011 1:46:25 AM

Keidanren chief meets Areva executive

The chief of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, has asked for continuing cooperation from the world's largest nuclear reactor maker AREVA. The firm offered assistance in resolving the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Chairman Hiromasa Yonekura met with the vice president of AREVA, Dominique Mockly, in Paris on Monday.

Yonekura expressed his gratitude to Mockly for providing the technology to decontaminate the water at the Fukushima plant reactors.

He said it is necessary to urgently review the safety standards and implement the best measures to ensure them. He suggested that safety enhancement at nuclear power plants is essential to maintain nuclear power generation in the future.

Mockly said the nuclear industry in Europe is also facing adversity after the Fukushima accident. But he said it is possible to regain the public's trust once the industry becomes more transparent and discloses more information.

He added that AREVA hopes to exchange views on various aspects of nuclear energy with the Japanese in the future.

After the meeting, Mockly told reporters that the number of AREVA workers at the plant has decreased. But he said the company is ready to provide more workers at Japan's request.

Tuesday, July 05, 2011 04:37 +0900 (JST)
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by Edano 7/5/2011 1:48:10 AM

@Lurking oh don't go there if I told you about the time they had my blood type fetched under security into the hosp and guarded all the time in theatre you wouldnt believe it but another time I must to my bed tis 3am and the dawn is breaking
by elainekirk 7/5/2011 1:49:47 AM

@Edano he asked areva about safety !! I must be dreaming ...nightmare possibly...
by elainekirk 7/5/2011 1:51:37 AM

@dean rest well dean but dont miss the big event
by elainekirk 7/5/2011 1:53:15 AM

ty @ elaine.. I try to lay low on 4th of July... the military experience is the reason...
by dean 7/5/2011 1:59:14 AM

@dean, here :) I'll pop in and out for a few hours.
by Ian 7/5/2011 2:04:58 AM

As you all surely know, blood type is a big thing here, and using it as an excuse is traditional.
by bo 7/5/2011 2:18:22 AM

Absolutely. Everyone here can name famous people who are type B. Everyone knows the blood types of politicians, athletes and celebrities. A friend once told me the story of coming out of the bathroom (there are no towels in the bathrooms, you have to have a small towel in your pocket) and wiping his hands on his jeans, and a work colleague seeing this and saying, "Oh, type B"
by bo 7/5/2011 2:25:53 AM

@bo : this is really strange, can hardly believe it. i can only guess it stems from traditional chinese medicine.
by Edano 7/5/2011 2:30:44 AM

@bo, as scientific and technologically advanced as Japan is, this blood-type 'fetish' must be some traditional mythological carryover. It seems occultic, like the zodiac signs in the west.
by Ian 7/5/2011 2:31:45 AM

@Bo - Im A- rh-, from what I have read only 6% of the world population has this blood type. Sure hope I never need a transplant!
by Lurking 7/5/2011 2:31:47 AM

@all yes, I think this is very common culture throughout East Asia, and probably, as @Edano says, stems from Chinese medicine.
by bo 7/5/2011 2:34:37 AM

Yeah, it under-girds a mythological psychology en.wikipedia.org There should be a skeptical revolution in Japan to topple psycho-blood-typology!
by Ian 7/5/2011 2:35:38 AM

@Ian : very interesting. so it has a racist element.
by Edano 7/5/2011 2:42:19 AM

Their was a guy on GLP that always wanted blood type info. He said rh- had many immunities to things. Not sure if he was correct and I sure wouldn't bank money on it, but it was interesting.
by Lurking 7/5/2011 2:50:24 AM

Blood type is a real consideration here in dating sites and marriages.
by bo 7/5/2011 2:52:30 AM

@Bo, I can understand the rh - verses rh+ thing, since the rh- female will try to kill off a baby that is rh+. That is the only thing I can think of.
by Lurking 7/5/2011 2:57:08 AM

Well, the mythology of the B type is very big here. Brash, but creative. Always messy. A types (the dominant type in Japan) are organized and team players. I'm not sure what they think of vampires.
by bo 7/5/2011 3:09:53 AM

Nuclear Workers and Fukushima Residents at Risk: Cancer Expert on the Fukushima Situation
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by bo 7/5/2011 3:10:50 AM

@all I am trying to remember the guidelines used for fuel cycles as they relate to MOX fuel...do the FAs need to be switched out every 13 months? I had a quote from AREVA at one point. Help...Please1
by smoss 7/5/2011 3:47:57 AM