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@Edano Public libraries here use web filtering software supposedly to keep kids from accessing porn at the library...or to keep the creepy old guys from accessing it and freaking people out. The problem is some of this stuff is so poorly done you can't find information on breast cancer or middlesex England.
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 1:04:03 AM

big companies I know of that have company furnished computers monitor every thing and have rules on what the employees can do on the system
by dean 10/15/2011 1:04:36 AM

@lillymunster :) LOL twice. some day i will need a mac. at least as long as apple does not overtake the entire internet and call it iShop. :)
by Edano 10/15/2011 1:06:41 AM

The same company had security cameras everywhere, sensors on office, hallways, doors and elevators. They literally have less security in a govt. installation. The company didn't do or sell anything sensitive it was just stupid. Oh and they have hard drives in all the printers that keep a picture of everything you copy or print.
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 1:07:16 AM

@lillymunster sounds like walmart... :)
by Edano 10/15/2011 1:08:31 AM

@Edano They sold overpriced giftware at high end department stores.
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 1:10:15 AM

some years ago walmart opened a shop here but they got legal problems for spying their employees (even private life). then they lost the cases (we have quite liberal rights) and gave the department store up within a year. i was in there only once.
by Edano 10/15/2011 1:12:01 AM

e.g. employess were not allowed to have private relations with each other...
by Edano 10/15/2011 1:13:21 AM

getting some rest.. be bqck latyer
by dean 10/15/2011 1:14:42 AM

@Edano That rarely flies here, I think jobs with govt. security clearance, teachers and if an exec had a clause in their contract are about the only ones that stand up in court and those are pretty shakey.
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 1:17:44 AM

@Edano some companies here have tried to tell employees what they can't do outside of work. One company tried to ban smoking even outside of work. That caused lawsuits and a bit stink with labor rights groups. Not sure how it came out. Some of the stuff in Corporate America is just stupid and surreal. So glad I no longer work there.
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 1:19:15 AM

@lillymunster i have had some seminars about the american style of leading a company. it was amusing but i decided not to go that surreal way. it is too stressy. i prefer to live and let live.
by Edano 10/15/2011 1:22:42 AM

@Edano It really doesn't work well. People resent being treated like children and spied on. We had 10x the productivity at the company I worked for that was totally un-corporate.
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 1:25:32 AM

@lillymunster i agree. people are best when they can be creative and responsible.
by Edano 10/15/2011 1:27:39 AM

@Edano There is plenty of info out there supporting that. In the 90's many companies tried that approach or what was touted here as the "Japanese" work culture (don't know if it really is or not). It was one where anyone at any level could give advice because the person handling that job all day knows better than the exec in an office.

Work places started turning to the strange current state at some when the economy really went crazy and they were shipping jobs overseas etc. here
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 1:30:52 AM

Rigorous analyses of Pregnancy outcomes after the Chernobyl accident : www.alfred-koerblein.de
by Ian 10/15/2011 1:41:21 AM

Radioactive cesium found in plankton off N-plant www3.nhk.or.jp
by Mid Valley 10/15/2011 3:02:39 AM

bump
by Mid Valley 10/15/2011 5:58:36 AM

g'morning
by elainekirk 10/15/2011 7:52:20 AM

www.tepco.co.jp
Reactor building of Unit 1, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Result of temperature measurement by infrared camera from right above the reactor
(pictured on October 13, 2011)
by elainekirk via Tepco.co.jp 10/15/2011 9:04:01 AM

www.tepco.co.jp
Reactor building of Unit 3, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Result of temperature measurement by infrared camera from right above the reactor
(pictured on October 14, 2011)
by elainekirk via Tepco.co.jp 10/15/2011 9:05:19 AM

These are dispersal maps from 11/12/13 March

www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 10/15/2011 9:10:49 AM

2011/03/11 03:00 one of the dispersal maps in this link www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 10/15/2011 10:07:25 AM

@elainekirk morning, are you alone ?
by Edano 10/15/2011 10:26:42 AM

I am edano
by elainekirk 10/15/2011 10:30:44 AM

UNIT 6
As it was confirmed that there was a decrease in the amount of flow rate
in the residual heat removal seawater system pumps (C), at 2:42 pm on
October 14 we stopped cooling down the reactor by the residual heat
removal system (A system) and after that we stopped the residual heat
removal seawater system pumps (C). Later on, we restarted the residual
heat removal system seawater pump (C) and confirmed that it returned to a
predetermined performance. Thus, we restarted to cool the reactor using
residual heat removal system (A) at 3:23 pm on the same day. Due to this
suspension, the water temperature of the reactor temporarily rose to
23.3°C from 22.6°C.
- At this time, we don't think there is any reactor coolant leakage inside
the primary containment vessel. www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 10/15/2011 10:33:27 AM

@elainekirk the condensors are in the turbine building, right ?
by Edano 10/15/2011 10:37:11 AM

Debris from March 11 tsunami found in Pacific 3,000 km from Japan

By Jody Godoy
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14, Kyodo

A small boat from Fukushima Prefecture was among debris from the March 11 tsunami sighted in the North Pacific Ocean over 3,000 kilometers from Japan by a Russian ship, according to a research group's findings reported by Friday.

Debris including a television set and a refrigerator as well as the boat was found Sept. 21 near Midway Atoll by a 90-meter Russian tall ship on a sail training expedition, said scientists at the International Pacific Research Center at the University of Hawaii, Manoa.

''To our knowledge, these are the first confirmed observations of the debris'' away from the Japanese coast, Jan Hafner of the IPRC told Kyodo News. english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 10/15/2011 10:38:40 AM

Protesters march in Tokyo as Wall St. movement goes global

By Kayo Mimizuka
TOKYO, Oct. 15, Kyodo

People took to the streets Saturday in Tokyo as the ''Occupy Wall Street'' movement to protest widening income disparities spread across the world, with similar rallies being held in Australia and Taiwan the same day.

Further demonstrations were expected to take place in other parts of Asia and Europe as advocates of the movement called via the Internet for a global day of action Saturday.

About 100 people including children and senior citizens gathered in Tokyo's Hibiya Park and started marching around 12:30 p.m. toward the nearby government office quarter in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district, waving placards bearing a variety of slogans. english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 10/15/2011 10:40:11 AM

Protest against income disparity in Tokyo
People take to the streets in Tokyo to protest against income disparity and corporate greed on Oct. 15, 2011. Movements inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York have spread to other parts of the world. (Kyodo) english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 10/15/2011 10:43:50 AM

'Occupy' protest in Sydney
People gather in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 15, 2011, to protest against income disparity. Movements inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York have spread to other parts of the world. (Kyodo) english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 10/15/2011 10:44:11 AM

@Edano condensers ? I dunno beyond my scope that but those maps edano they are strange and appear to be pre quake in some??
by elainekirk edited by Edano 10/15/2011 10:44:13 AM

@elainekirk the heat exchangers from primary to secondary circulation.
by Edano 10/15/2011 10:45:43 AM

@Edano I believe so if I understand the question you are exposing my non techiness
by elainekirk 10/15/2011 10:47:40 AM

@Edano my heads pre occupied with washing machine and maps lol
by elainekirk 10/15/2011 10:48:51 AM

www3.nhk.or.jp

March disaster debris may reach Hawaii next year

US researchers say some of the huge amount of debris that has been drifting in the Pacific Ocean as a result of Japan's disaster in March may reach Hawaii next year.

Nikolai Maximenko, senior researcher at the University of Hawaii's International Pacific Research Center, says a huge amount of debris was spotted by a Russian training ship heading for Vladivostok from Hawaii in late September.

The debris was found in a wide area in the northern Pacific Ocean about 3,200 kilometers east of Japan and about 900 kilometers west of the Midway Islands.

Japanese fishing boats, fishing nets, housing materials, plastic products, and appliances such as television sets and refrigerators form part of the debris.

A piece of a demolished fishing boat clearly shows the word "Fukushima" written in Japanese.

Maximenko says measures should be taken as a large amount of debris can be a threat to vessels and can have an adverse impact on marine ecosystems.

Saturday, October 15, 2011 13:05 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano via Www3.nhk.or.jp 10/15/2011 10:49:15 AM

@elainekirk your washing mashine is still not installed ? (not yet is better)
by Edano 10/15/2011 10:50:03 AM

Protests against economic gap held in Tokyo

As protests continue in the US, hundreds of people have staged similar demonstrations in Tokyo.

The Japanese event was held on Saturday as part of simultaneous protests worldwide called on the Internet by people supporting demonstrations on Wall Street that started last month.

About 170 demonstrators marched in central Tokyo, calling for eradicating poverty. Some also appealed for an end to nuclear power generation. An organizing group member expressed his hope that public movements will spread this way in Japan.

At a different part of Tokyo, about 80 protesters gathered to appeal for the creation of more jobs and correction of economic disparities. A participant said he wants to work with others to create a happy society for all.

Saturday, October 15, 2011 16:12 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 10/15/2011 10:51:27 AM

@Edano ordered new inlet hose it has arrived just need to attach but nervous wreck after previous experience
by elainekirk 10/15/2011 10:52:12 AM

@elainekirk :) hubby's task
by Edano 10/15/2011 10:53:00 AM

@Edano I don't have one of those
by elainekirk 10/15/2011 10:53:50 AM

@elainekirk ah, i missed that.
by Edano 10/15/2011 10:54:53 AM

www3.nhk.or.jp not sure what is depicted here...
by Edano via Www3.nhk.or.jp 10/15/2011 10:55:15 AM

will take a look at your maps now.
by Edano 10/15/2011 10:56:12 AM

@edano the man in blue is wearing either diving gear or more it looks like to me radiation protecction with full face mask
by elainekirk 10/15/2011 10:58:11 AM