There are 4,000 more names yet to come out.Think we have seen the worst stories yet?
Predictions: (1)James will be lucky to miss jailtime. (2) Murdoch Snr. will retire. (3)The newspapers will be sold off. 3(a) Governments will make sure they are sold to separate buyers.(4) Though there seems no great enthusiasm in the US at the moment for prosecutions of Newscorp, past actions in the USA & the eventual weight of events in the UK will tilt the scales.
Add your own....
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TOKYO (AP) -- In planning their defense against a killer tsunami, the people running Japan's now-hobbled nuclear power plant dismissed important scientific evidence and all but disregarded 3,000 years of geological history, an Associated Press investigation shows.
The misplaced confidence displayed by Tokyo Electric Power Co. was prompted by a series of overly optimistic assumptions that concluded the Earth couldn't possibly release the level of fury it did two weeks ago, pushing the six-reactor Fukushima Dai-ichi complex to the brink of multiple meltdowns.
Instead of the reactors staying dry, as contemplated under the power company's worst-case scenario, the plant was overrun by a torrent of water much higher and stronger than the utility argued could occur, according to an AP analysis of records, documents and statements from researchers, the utility and the Japan's national nuclear safety agency.
And while TEPCO and government officials have said no one could have anticipated such a massive tsunami, there is ample evidence that such waves have struck the northeast coast of Japan before - and that it could happen again along the culprit fault line, which runs roughly north to south, offshore, about 220 miles (350 kilometers) east of the plant.
TEPCO officials say they had a good system for projecting tsunamis. They declined to provide more detailed explanations, saying they were focused on the ongoing nuclear crisis.
What is clear: TEPCO officials discounted important readings from a network of GPS units that showed that the two tectonic plates that create the fault were strongly "coupled," or stuck together, thus storing up extra stress along a line hundreds of miles long. The greater the distance and stickiness of such coupling, experts say, the higher the stress buildup - pressure that can be violently released in an earthquake.
That evidence, published in scientific journals starting a decade ago, represented the kind of telltale characteristics of a fault being able to produce the truly overwhelming quake - and therefore tsunami - that it did.
On top of that, TEPCO modeled the worst-case tsunami using its own computer program instead of an internationally accepted prediction method.
It matters how Japanese calculate risk. In short, they rely heavily on what has happened to figure out what might happen, even if the probability is extremely low. If the view of what has happened isn't accurate, the risk assessment can be faulty.
That approach led to TEPCO's disregard of much of Japan's tsunami history.
In postulating the maximum-sized earthquake and tsunami that the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex might face, TEPCO's engineers decided not to factor in quakes earlier than 1896. That meant the experts excluded a major quake that occurred more than 1,000 years ago - a tremor followed by a powerful tsunami that hit many of the same locations as the recent disaster.
A TEPCO reassessment presented only four months ago concluded that tsunami-driven water would push no higher than 18 feet (5.7 meters) once it hit the shore at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex. The reactors sit up a small bluff, between 14 and 23 feet (4.3 and 6.3 meters) above TEPCO's projected high-water mark, according to a presentation at a November seismic safety conference in Japan by TEPCO civil engineer Makoto Takao.
"We assessed and confirmed the safety of the nuclear plants," Takao asserted.
What is really interesting about this is the age of the rock art, which would seem to be as old as any human art anywhere and make the case for the Jawoyn Aborigines having one of the oldest cultures in the world. .
from the original article
The Jawoyn people say they are excited the painting could be Australia's oldest dated rock art. The Jawoyn are a group of Indigenous peoples who are the traditional owners of the land in Australia's Northern Territory...
What leads you to believe that as successive waves of humans entered Australia that the current occupants are in any way related to the painting's creators? Were the original inhabitants pushed further south,overrun,wiped out,walked to Tasmania?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070509161829.htm
"At the time of the migration, 50,000 years ago, Australia and New Guinea were joined by a land bridge and the region was also only separated from the main Eurasian land mass by narrow straits such as Wallace's Line in Indonesia. The land bridge was submerged about 8,000 years ago...
Given 30,000 years plus at the front door entrance to Australia I think the Jarwoyn are the least likely descendants of the original artists.
As Cut & pasted from http://cbbrowne.com/info/spreadsheets.html
1.2. Problems with Modern Spreadsheet Developments
"Enhancements" of spreadsheets over the last few years have not involved any substantive improvements in functionality, but have primarily just involved enhancing their "typesetting" capabilities, that is, the ability to change fonts, insert special formatting, and to otherwise make tables look "pretty."
I put "enhancements" in quotes because I am skeptical that this actually represents a true improvement of either the quality of the information or user efficiency in finding and using information....etc etc
I remember reading an interview somewhere with the inventor who said that suing everyone else wasn't his intention (the court decision merely says he could if he wished,but it doesn't make it compulsory.
It seemed that his primary motivation was to make an example of microsoft,and that therefore he was not interested in being bought off.
thus ( to be paranoid? ) microsoft's interest's would be well served by sowing fud amongst users of all browsers thru comments such as the above
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There are 4,000 more names yet to come out.Think we have seen the worst stories yet? Predictions: (1)James will be lucky to miss jailtime. (2) Murdoch Snr. will retire. (3)The newspapers will be sold off. 3(a) Governments will make sure they are sold to separate buyers.(4) Though there seems no great enthusiasm in the US at the moment for prosecutions of Newscorp, past actions in the USA & the eventual weight of events in the UK will tilt the scales. Add your own....
AP IMPACT: Nuclear plant downplayed tsunami risk
By YURI KAGEYAMA and JUSTIN PRITCHARD
Associated Press
AP Photo
Business Video
Latest News
More radioactive water spills at Japan nuke plant
As Japan shutdowns drag on, auto crisis worsens
Wal-Mart reopens 12 stores closed since quake
Damaged paint plant could be down 4 to 8 weeks
Magnitude-6.5 quake off Japan; small tsunami alert
Buy AP Photo Reprints
PHOTO GALLERY
AP Photo
Earthquake in Japan
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Interactive map of U.S. spent nuclear fuel
TOKYO (AP) -- In planning their defense against a killer tsunami, the people running Japan's now-hobbled nuclear power plant dismissed important scientific evidence and all but disregarded 3,000 years of geological history, an Associated Press investigation shows.
The misplaced confidence displayed by Tokyo Electric Power Co. was prompted by a series of overly optimistic assumptions that concluded the Earth couldn't possibly release the level of fury it did two weeks ago, pushing the six-reactor Fukushima Dai-ichi complex to the brink of multiple meltdowns.
Instead of the reactors staying dry, as contemplated under the power company's worst-case scenario, the plant was overrun by a torrent of water much higher and stronger than the utility argued could occur, according to an AP analysis of records, documents and statements from researchers, the utility and the Japan's national nuclear safety agency.
And while TEPCO and government officials have said no one could have anticipated such a massive tsunami, there is ample evidence that such waves have struck the northeast coast of Japan before - and that it could happen again along the culprit fault line, which runs roughly north to south, offshore, about 220 miles (350 kilometers) east of the plant.
TEPCO officials say they had a good system for projecting tsunamis. They declined to provide more detailed explanations, saying they were focused on the ongoing nuclear crisis.
What is clear: TEPCO officials discounted important readings from a network of GPS units that showed that the two tectonic plates that create the fault were strongly "coupled," or stuck together, thus storing up extra stress along a line hundreds of miles long. The greater the distance and stickiness of such coupling, experts say, the higher the stress buildup - pressure that can be violently released in an earthquake.
That evidence, published in scientific journals starting a decade ago, represented the kind of telltale characteristics of a fault being able to produce the truly overwhelming quake - and therefore tsunami - that it did.
On top of that, TEPCO modeled the worst-case tsunami using its own computer program instead of an internationally accepted prediction method.
It matters how Japanese calculate risk. In short, they rely heavily on what has happened to figure out what might happen, even if the probability is extremely low. If the view of what has happened isn't accurate, the risk assessment can be faulty.
That approach led to TEPCO's disregard of much of Japan's tsunami history.
In postulating the maximum-sized earthquake and tsunami that the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex might face, TEPCO's engineers decided not to factor in quakes earlier than 1896. That meant the experts excluded a major quake that occurred more than 1,000 years ago - a tremor followed by a powerful tsunami that hit many of the same locations as the recent disaster.
A TEPCO reassessment presented only four months ago concluded that tsunami-driven water would push no higher than 18 feet (5.7 meters) once it hit the shore at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex. The reactors sit up a small bluff, between 14 and 23 feet (4.3 and 6.3 meters) above TEPCO's projected high-water mark, according to a presentation at a November seismic safety conference in Japan by TEPCO civil engineer Makoto Takao.
"We assessed and confirmed the safety of the nuclear plants," Takao asserted.
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What is really interesting about this is the age of the rock art, which would seem to be as old as any human art anywhere and make the case for the Jawoyn Aborigines having one of the oldest cultures in the world. .
from the original article
The Jawoyn people say they are excited the painting could be Australia's oldest dated rock art. The Jawoyn are a group of Indigenous peoples who are the traditional owners of the land in Australia's Northern Territory...
What leads you to believe that as successive waves of humans entered Australia that the current occupants are in any way related to the painting's creators? Were the original inhabitants pushed further south,overrun,wiped out,walked to Tasmania? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070509161829.htm
"At the time of the migration, 50,000 years ago, Australia and New Guinea were joined by a land bridge and the region was also only separated from the main Eurasian land mass by narrow straits such as Wallace's Line in Indonesia. The land bridge was submerged about 8,000 years ago...
Given 30,000 years plus at the front door entrance to Australia I think the Jarwoyn are the least likely descendants of the original artists.
It's spelled 'crikey'
As Cut & pasted from http://cbbrowne.com/info/spreadsheets.html
1.2. Problems with Modern Spreadsheet Developments
"Enhancements" of spreadsheets over the last few years have not involved any substantive improvements in functionality, but have primarily just involved enhancing their "typesetting" capabilities, that is, the ability to change fonts, insert special formatting, and to otherwise make tables look "pretty."
I put "enhancements" in quotes because I am skeptical that this actually represents a true improvement of either the quality of the information or user efficiency in finding and using information....etc etc
oooooo wow gee whizzz
Yesterday it was 30 degrees celsius (86F) Friday was low 20's today mid 20's.Very nice Mediterranean climate
I remember reading an interview somewhere with the inventor who said that suing everyone else wasn't his intention (the court decision merely says he could if he wished,but it doesn't make it compulsory. It seemed that his primary motivation was to make an example of microsoft,and that therefore he was not interested in being bought off. thus ( to be paranoid? ) microsoft's interest's would be well served by sowing fud amongst users of all browsers thru comments such as the above