Japan Fears Nuclear Reactor Is Leaking Contaminated Water

“We cannot guarantee safety at the moment as the situation is still under evaluation”

                                                           _ U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dr. Gregory Jaczko,

Japan’s nuclear power plants have been leaking since the earthquake. Workers have been exposing themselves to radiation to try to find a solution the problem.  Originally, it was said that tower 3 was leaking, but now tower 2 tunnels have a high levels of radiation and now fear that the radiation will reach the ocean.

 Two workers were working in cleaning tower 3’s tunnel and both workers feet and ankles were burned after stepping highly radioactive water.  Over the weekend, a worker trying to measure radiation levels of the water at Reactor No. 2 saw the reading on his dosimeter jump beyond 1,000 millisieverts per hour, the highest reading on the device.  Normally the workers at the Fukushima plant are exposed to 50 millisieverts per year. 
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Disclosure: I am not the type of person that walks around taking random pictures.

Conveniently this weekend was my nephews 3rd birthday party, and I found a picture my friend and I took when we road tripped to Maryland over Christmas break.

Allies Target Qaddafi’s Ground Forces, but Resistance Continues, Reports Say

Did anyone think that Col. Qaddafi and his supporters would have put up a fight for this long?  Did it occur to you that several countries will unite and try to force Qaddafi to leave?  A bombing mission was executed late Sunday, bombing what is said to be Qaddafi's place of administration.  Although there were no casualties, the bombing was not intent to kill Col. Qaddafi, but instead to have Pro-Qaddafi forces back off from trying to conquer Ajdabiya.  The Allied forces are being very cautious of when and where they are dropping bombs.  A pilot from France had to abort a mission so that he did not kill any civilians. The London Ministry said:

    

“Further information came to light that identified a number of civilians within the intended target area. As a result, the decision was taken not to launch weapons. This decision underlines the U.K.’s commitment to the protection of civilians.”

Libyan officials claimed and told the media that there have numerous casualties and injuries due to the Tripoli airstrikes.  Indonesian journalist were able to visit two hospitals and they had no increase in the amount of causalities since the airstrikes occurred- it seems like Libyan journalists and news reporters want the Allied forces to appear barbaric.


As of now Libya is parted East and West Secretary of  Defense Robert Gates says that he fears that Libya might be separated because Qaddafi's empowerment on the western side. 

Air Strike in Ras Lanuf

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In Tsunami’s Wake, Much Searching but Few Are Rescued

Three days have gone by since Japan suffered the 8.9 earthquake along with the Tsunami.  The amount of bodies that have been washed out to shore, are now washing back in.  Police teams have found close to 700 bodies near the epicenter on the peninsula in Miyagi Prefecture, and now with the nuclear spill.  Prime Minister Naoto Kan, described this tragedy as a triple whammy; earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear leak.
Many businesses attempted to open and run regularly but with the black out it was not able to happen.  6 major train lines have been ruined and are interfering with the peoples commute to work.
Japan has the third strongest economy in the world today, and hopefully they will be able to bounce back from this natural disaster.

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Widespread destruction from Japan earthquake, tsunamis

It was just another Friday afternoon in Japan then at 2:46pm red flags came up on over 80 locations sending a warning of evacuation to the locals and to 50 other territories around Japan.  The earthquake struck nearly 232 km off the Japanese coast with a 8.9 magnitude and had 30 aftershocks with the strongest of them rating 7.1 on the Rector scale.  The countries that are on watch for tide gage are Australia, the West Coast of the US and Canada, Hawaii, and the West Coast of South America.


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The Devil Wears..... Purple

Spring weather is right around the corner but in the fashion world it is already here.  During the award season just flying past their has a been a purple trend.  Not any shade of purple in particular but both female and male celebrities are in stuck in this purple phase.  The good thing about having so many shades to work with you don't have to kill yourself looking for a specific shade that is in this season.  Delia's, Wetseal, and Forever XXI all carry different shades of purple at low prices.

now lets not forget about the newly 17 year old whose favorite color is purple and wears purple every time he performs....... Justin Bieber

Social Networking and Internet Affecting the Middle East

Social Networking and the internet affects almost all decision a person makes on a daily basis.  With Facebook and Twitter being accessible through mobile devices anyone can keep up with topics and trends going on around the world. The internet unites everyone on a global basis.  With just a push of a button anyone with access to the internet can read what you posted.

            Through social networking, Twitter specifically has kept the world informed on the revolution going on in the Middle East.  When the government shut down the Internet Biz Stone and the co-creators of twitter made a way to be able to send a text to twitter, that way keeping everyone informed.  The way the protesters are able to get thousands of people is by organizing and spreading the word through Facebook and Twitter. The Newyorktimes.com has a minute to minute update on the Middle Eastern protesters. 

            Some people may have used social networking as just another form of communicating with their friends and family, but today we see how social networking to inform and carry out strategic plans.  Hopefully, the crisis in the Middle East will come to a end, until then we are guaranteed to be kept informed about everything going on.