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@Ian I never contested that. @dean Yes, I am aware of many studies about that. We've had a big research in Portugal decades ago but the analysis of the studies didn't find any relationship. There was also a recent study on cell phones that hints at the possibility of the long term use might be connected to the insurgence of some sorts of cancers but it is very hard to isolate other variables and come up with a decent conclusion.

See you all later.

Good morning, everyone.
Studying the Fukushima Aftermath 'People Are Suffering from Radiophobia' www.spiegel.de

'Fake doctor' held for allegedly duping people in quake-hit area mdn.mainichi.jp

US Government makes Strategic Decision to DOWNPLAY Fukushima (Arnie Gundersen) 8/14/11
Arnie sums up the situation at Fukushima – a lot is better at site, but still dangerous and leaking, talks about a 20% increase in lung cancer in North Japan, about radiation I US and more.
youtu.be

@ Hi Pedro Jesus About the Japanese safety limits for radiation in food – I read in some EU document that the limits were set out from that the food eaten should not be over 10% of your total food intake. I think in Japan there are food that represent more than 10% of the total food intake, like fish. The limits in fish in Japan was half of the European – and I think this can be because they eat so much of fish, that they must have lower limits to get the same total radiation limits as the Europeans who eat much less fish.
There may be lower safety limits for radiation in Japan also because of the contaminations that happened to Japan earlier, like Hiroshima? I don’t know anything about it, just asking.

SLIDESHOW: Fukushima's invisible snow www.reuters.com

Dear @Mona

All this is very heart-touching as it's clear a serious nonremovable danger has been released out of the chamber.
And all this fighting with detailed values is only good to cover up (or sidetracking) that the times have definitely changed. A kind of seemingly endless rat's tail of undesirable uncovers has only just begun.

I'm so sorry for the people in Japan (and all the other living creatures) and have a straight fear that the radioactive spread through the food chain (including seafood!) will have the most impact for all.

But I also hope that people regain their reasonability to take their care back into their own hands. And I wish we (mankind) could develope more empathy with constructive consequences.

Hope for the best ... and await good news

Greetings

TVA to Purse Restart at Bellefonte
The Tennessee Valley Authority is picking up steam on nuclear power. The utility’s board of directors voted Thursday to restart another mothballed nuclear plant called Bellefonte, in northeast Alabama.

During hours of public comment, environmentalists like Jeannie Cerulean asked that TVA instead put the nearly $5 billion into renewable energy.
“Respect for the people who are victims of the disaster at Fukushima alone would say, right now, let’s not lead that nuclear charge forward, just out of respect.”
Another woman came to tears asking TVA directors to steer away from nuclear power because of radiation concerns.

Those in favor of the restart say it will be an economic stimulus. Bobby Klein with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers says Bellefonte could produce years of work for 1,500 craftsmen.

“One of the things that we need in order to get this country back on track is jobs, and I challenge the TVA board to help us do that.”

Also speaking in favor were future nuclear engineers from the University of Tennessee and the CEO’s of several chambers of commerce, including Nashville’s.
More: wpln.org

13-Year-Old Looks at Trees, Makes Solar Power Breakthrough
Aidan Dwyer did a much better job on his 7th grade science project than any of us. While on a wintertime hike in the Catskills, he noticed the branches of trees held a spiral pattern as they ascended. He wondered if that could possibly serve some purpose, looked into it, and learned about the Fibonacci sequence, which is a mathematical way of describing a spiral. Then he studied tree branches more closely and found their leaves adhered to the sequence. Then he figured out that if he arranged solar panels the way an oak tree arranged its leaves, they were 20 to 50 percent more efficient than the standard straight-line solar arrays. That is why the American Museum of Natural History gave him a Young Naturalist award, and published his findings on its website.

His write-up concludes:
The tree design takes up less room than flat-panel arrays and work in spots that don't have a full southern view. It collects more sunlight in winter. Shade and bad weather like snow don't hurt it because the panels are not flat. It even looks nicer because it looks like a tree. A design like this may work better in urban areas where space and direct sunlight can be hard to find.

Not bad for a kid who hasn't started high school yet.
www.theatlanticwire.com

that is really

GE to Invest up to $ 40 Million in eSolar
Worldwide, demand for renewable solar technology is surging, and technologies like ISCC power plants are essential to bridging the gap between natural gas and renewable energy,' said Bandel Carano, managing partner of Oak Investment Partners.
'Our partnership with GE moves our innovative technology to the next stage. Together, we are able to bring to market a power plant solution that drives down the cost of solar and meets the growing demand for renewable energy generation,' said John Van Scoter, President and CEO of eSolar.

'Building on our proven technology, this investment will fund the development of next-generation, modular solutions that enhance the cost competitiveness of solar, such as molten salt storage technology. We welcome Mr. Browning to our board as a valuable asset in driving the strategic direction of the company during this time of rapid growth.
More: www.power-eng.com

@Elaine
can you release me from being 'stuck in mod' on the other board ?
Meanwhile I'm waiting a full hour. ~ thanks in advance

@lillymunster
**************simply-orga-tip*************
Yesterday an external 'tinylink' send me to Anomalies at Fuku... houseoffoust.com , a brand new page I hadn't seen yet.
Now this page needed extremly long to load (> mins on smallest dsl-rate). When finished I saved it and found it weights 27MB because of all these 3mb-bmps. Totally unavailable to any modem-surfer ;)

Classical those 'previews' should be low-weight/low-quality jpgs and enlaging one on demand would load that single original file.
So - as not to fuss around to much with the scripting but to approach a considerably reduction of the whole, without loosing quality, could be to change bmp to png. (3mb-> 300kb (depends on illustration))

And to achive this very quickly (on WIN) I'd recommend a tool I'm using for years, with which you'd only drag&drop all pictures (or folders) onto it's gui ... done (new pics -same name - new ext). (only droping pngs may overwrite the originals)

PngOptimizer: free & portable, 32&x64: psydk.org

Then you'd only need to exchange the according extensions in the html script.

It's just a proposal :)
and I post it here for anyone to benefit from this hint.

Edano nothing like good old German engineering.

@Edano
ok - I didn't see a difference and reconverting back to bmp leads again to 3mb
But if you make 'true' previews it's the best solution of all :)