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nandakandamanda
This house could be a candidate for a blue plaque, maybe.
"Marie Curie lived here"
Posted in: Radiation likely came from radium in bottles beneath floor of empty house
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nandakandamanda
On the other thread following the earlier article I asked about the radioactivity of watch face radium.
Later, on the J evening news, reporters were asking the visiting experts about the possibility of radium, which they were unprepared to confirm of deny without further analysis.
Posted in: Radiation likely came from radium in bottles beneath floor of empty house
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nandakandamanda
Er, Serrano, nobody mentioned 'infidels' but you...
Posted in: Libyan leader hopes to declare victory within week
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nandakandamanda
Well, they've taken the bottles away for analysis. 30 microsieverts an hour they were giving off...
I wonder how much wristwatches gave off in the days when radium was used for night viewing?
Posted in: Stringent tests planned to map radiation spread after hotspot found in Setagaya
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nandakandamanda
Just checked J news sources and the poster(s) above was/were correct.
This radiation check in rice was for radioactive Cesium only.
The English plural 'substances' (above article Line 2) must be a mis-translation, I guess.
Posted in: Fukushima rice given all-clear after radiation tests
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nandakandamanda
Here is what the head of the Fukushima rice and fertilizer cooperative had to say, and if you can work out what he is mumbling, then you are a better man than I am, Gungadin. (Taken from a Yomiuri TV interview, quoted in Yomiuri online.)
＊福島県米穀肥料協同組合・工藤勉統括部長インタビュー 「私らも待ちに待ってたというか今まで販売もなかなか難しかったものですから全部（出荷可能に）なるということで、これから商売に向けてやっていきたい。福島を知ってらっしゃる方はある程度わかると思うんですけど、知らない方っていいますか、遠くの県の方なんかはやっぱりどうしても福島は全部だという風な形になってますので、そこらへんのところをもうちょっとＰＲしながら販売に寄与していきたいと思っています」
I guess what he wants to say is that the people may find this (blanket result) hard to swallow, but it will be his job to try and sell the rice from here on.
Posted in: Fukushima rice given all-clear after radiation tests
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nandakandamanda
I have to say that I find the title of this article astonishing.
Such a blanket statement made no sense to me at all. ..."all newly harvested rice in the prefecture has passed inspection tests for radioactive substances"...
Does this mean rice harvested solely from agreed safe areas ?
Also, it does say 'substances' which sounds plural in English. Is that in fact not true? Some posters here are stating that it is only Cesium of one kind that was tested for. (?)
PS Cleo, no need to put the Kanji into italics! ;8)
Posted in: Fukushima rice given all-clear after radiation tests
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nandakandamanda
This same headline has been going for weeks and weeks and weeks...
Posted in: Libyan leader hopes to declare victory within week
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nandakandamanda
Yup, I've got 30 Takara-kuji tickets hidden in the glovebox.
Posted in: Panasonic to supply Tesla with lithium-ion battery cells
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nandakandamanda
This is war being waged by one side...
Posted in: Mitsubishi Heavy reportedly targeted by over 50 computer viruses
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nandakandamanda
If Ferrari had the better car, then Alonso would be winning.
Right now McLaren seem to have the better car.
Posted in: F1's reigning champ savors second title
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nandakandamanda
"He knocked the girl over with his foot."
Does that mean he kicked her in the head with hard shoes, or that she fell over and hit her head on something else?
Either way a sad combination of bad luck.
Posted in: 3-year-old girl's skull fractured by paraglider in Nagano park
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nandakandamanda
The cynical line is the easiest to take, but the equal and opposite just might be true.
Maybe this NK defector does actually know something new and helpful.
Until then I will stand and wait.
Posted in: Megumi Yokota still alive: N Korean defector
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nandakandamanda
Vettel on pole is no surprise, but the speed of the McLaren and Ferrari is interesting. I think barring strange accidents, Vettel will walk this, but if I had a television I would be watching the competition keenly to see what they've got.
Posted in: Vettel takes pole for F1 Japanese Grand Prix
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nandakandamanda
Quote: He also said the danger posed by crippled reactors at Fukushima was “quite moderate,” citing expert studies to determine whether Britons should be evacuated.
Ha! Sounds like our John Beddington could be full of chocolate pudding.
Posted in: Nuclear power essential to cut emissions: UK expert
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nandakandamanda
make that zichi, sorry. (A Chinese word/name?)
Posted in: Nuclear power essential to cut emissions: UK expert
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nandakandamanda
zizhi, so I understand, but considerably less, no?
Posted in: Nuclear power essential to cut emissions: UK expert
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nandakandamanda
Have to agree with bicultural.
I am a little surprised to discover that Hamilton's weak point may be his tendency to get flustered. Not a bad trait, coz it means he has humility, unlike some.
Anyway, good luck Jensen, Mark, anyone who can keep this championship alive.
Posted in: Button fastest in practice for Japanese Grand Prix
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nandakandamanda
If we want to cut emissions, we also need to cut the amount of power we use every day.
Humans need to take more exercise. Little things like grinding coffee do not have to be done with electric grinders.
Uranium Nuclear power looks at how much power we will need in a totally selfish lifestyle, and offers to provide that.
So by making more effort , to sleep earlier, etc., let's help bridge that gap between what renewables can provide, and what thorium reactors could generate if we all became slugs.
For a radiation-free planet! Yay!
(Well, already badly irradiated, but no more than this, please.)
Posted in: Nuclear power essential to cut emissions: UK expert
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nandakandamanda
There's something about that button...
Posted in: Meisa Kuroki, Masaki Aiba among 'Best Jeanist' winners