JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Harry_Gatto
Fascinating stuff. Many thanks for the link.
Posted in: Clues to March 11 quake may lie under Costa Rican seafloor
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Harry_Gatto
"Hmm, the problem isn't about saving electricity. It's about reducing peak demand. So saving electricity from noon to 3:00pm seems a little pointless, since the peak occurs around 6:00pm."
Not according to Tepco (and they should know) the peak is just after lunch. Check it your self and see.
Posted in: Tokyo Metro subway stations to heat up from Friday
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Harry_Gatto
"Not too hard to make them cubic. Called growing them in a wooden box."
No, as the article points out, they grow them in translucent plastic cubes; they have been doing this for years and this is reported on every year ad nauseum.
Posted in: Melon season
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Harry_Gatto
Some real facts:-
The Mori-owned complex uses ¥10 billion-worth (US$125 million) of gas turbines, generators and kerosene to meet the needs of its 20,000 workers and 2,000 residents.
And then some.
The system allows Roppongi Hills to create an electricity excess sufficient to power well more than 1,000 homes daily, which is shunted off to TEPCO as it struggles with the Fukushima cleanup operation.
Posted in: Roppongi Hills to provide electrical power to TEPCO
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Harry_Gatto
Really? Mori said this yesterday? I doubt it, I wonder why they didn't say that they have actually been doing this for the last 3 months and mentioning the fact on the monitor screens around the building!
Posted in: Roppongi Hills to provide electrical power to TEPCO
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Harry_Gatto
Forgive my cynicism but many news photographers / cameramen do carry their own teddy bear with them to create such shots.
Posted in: Tired teddy
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Harry_Gatto
I wonder how many owners of unregistered bicycles have been booked?
No, seriously, this is good and better late than never.
Posted in: Temporary police booth established in Fukushima evacuee shelter
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Harry_Gatto
Seems my question has been answered:-
According to the BBC "The US official said that intelligence had been tracking a "trusted courier" of Bin Laden for many years. The courier's identity was discovered four years ago, his area of operation two years ago and then, last August, his residence in Abbottabad was found, triggering the start of the mission.
Another senior US official said that no intelligence had been shared with any country, including Pakistan, ahead of the raid."
lostrune2: A sea burial? Really? Where did you get that little gem from?
Posted in: BIN LADEN BURIED AT SEA AFTER BEING KILLED IN FIREFIGHT WITH U.S. FORCES
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Harry_Gatto
Good news. I wonder if the $25m reward was the key or just pure intelligence work?
Posted in: BIN LADEN BURIED AT SEA AFTER BEING KILLED IN FIREFIGHT WITH U.S. FORCES
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Harry_Gatto
"Europe and Japan aren't willing to defend freedom".
Typical US arrogance! Enjoy your fries.
Posted in: Celebrations
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Harry_Gatto
They can use it right next to the poster showing a woman carrying a bag in that way and telling not to do that as it causes inconvenience to other passengers.
Posted in: Anne chosen as Tokyo Metro poster girl
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Harry_Gatto
Agree with the sentiments above but, if they are issuing water to everyone what happens when they need to pee? Do they lose their place or refill the bottle?
Posted in: iPad2 arrives
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Harry_Gatto
I wonder how Doonesbury will deal with this?
Posted in: Obama releases full birth certificate to end controversy
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Harry_Gatto
Can't believe that you think I'm serious, get a sense of humour. Believe me, I know my Irish history very well.
Posted in: IRA group condemns queen's planned visit to Ireland
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Harry_Gatto
Sick, very sick. Alf Garnett once suggested a solution to the "Irish problem": send the navy in and sink it.
Posted in: IRA group condemns queen's planned visit to Ireland
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Harry_Gatto
Well, you have a choice, nobody is forcing you to watch it.
Posted in: NHK to broadcast UK royal wedding live
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Harry_Gatto
I wonder what the boat weighs? One big crane or two smaller ones could lift it onto a trailer. However, there may not be sufficient access or sufficiently stable ground there or perhaps they would have done that already.
Posted in: Sightseeing boat still perched atop Iwate hostel roof
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Harry_Gatto
This website seems to like the word "spewing" whether it is in regard to tornadoes or radiation.
Posted in: 62 tornadoes leave at least 45 dead in six U.S. states
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Harry_Gatto
Key word here for the moment is "allegedly". Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, who knows.
Posted in: Assistant prosecutor arrested for allegedly groping woman on train
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Harry_Gatto
Google ARK (Animal Rescue Kansai) or JEARS (Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue & Support). They are easy to find.
Posted in: Dog days