the radio just said 5 and 6 are back up
9.0 earthquake hits Japan
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So if they get the power working again, the problem is averted?
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well they're plugging in the cooling system again, but it might be broken.
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I dont get the guy who was filiming this. I mean amazing footage but what was he doing standing there, instead of running like hell to some higher grounds or something
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i find it strangely amusing that he always timed his evasions correctly by a split second.
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Okay. The only thing I can say about this is, "Holy shit."
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That footage is amazing, but the photographer is batshit insane.
Btw, apparently some heartless hotels are denying refugees from Fukushima to stay at their hotels from idiotic paranoia of radiation.
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Again I'm being bombarded with several different outcomes in regards to the fukushima reactors. Some reports claim the government is considering encasing the plants in concrete while others are noting how the coolant systems are on the brink of being fixed thus enabling them to fix/remedy the current situation. The chances are its the later of the two but again I feel its early days in what might turn out to be a large burden on already demoralised country.
Hopefully the joint efforts of the Japanese people and the international community will start to make some good progress in the coming months. Both with the rebuilding of the country, its economy and the survivors of the catastrophe as well.
The only thing that bugs me is the stubborn attitude being adopted by many embassies stopping their own rescue/aid workers from contributing towards the relief effort.
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Yet again, Arlong Park is a better news source than ANYTHING I see on the TV, and what I can find online. I love this forum.
And thank god I checked it this afternoon, lest I not hear about the 24hr podcast tonight in time. I've given what I can Greg, and I'll be checking in at 6pm EST. Good luck to you and the other podcasters tonight.
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Well, for my first message here on this forum, I wanna say that a lot of my thoughts was for Japan this week.
For what it worth.
And also thanking every one here for constantly editing news about the situation.
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Welcome on board, Large.
Btw, apparently some heartless hotels are denying refugees from Fukushima to stay at their hotels from idiotic paranoia of radiation.
They need to release the names of these bastards so their business suffers from the consequence.This is extremely disgusting and shows an absolute lack of compassion.
I'm very glad that they are apparently the sad exception however.
I really hope help reaches the people in need as soon as possible, seeing how they seem to suffer of hunger and the cold right this moment.I also just heard now of the little outburst of Kan, that is equally interesting and expressive as the emperor's little speech for me.
On another note, managed to check in to the podcast marathon right on time for Maile Flanagan (Voice actress of Naruto) and despite the context of the marathon she made me laugh wholeheartedly. She's too cool for her job.
Podcast crew, your efforts are great and I hope you reach your goal concerning the donations. -
@MDL:
i find it strangely amusing that he always timed his evasions correctly by a split second.
he only moved (to higher ground) once. at the end.
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no, he went up a couple times at least. maybe 3. (i'd have to watch again)
hey, i've been busy with work, any word on the power plant? last i heard they got 5 and 6 plugged in
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Btw, apparently some heartless hotels are denying refugees from Fukushima to stay at their hotels from idiotic paranoia of radiation.
They need to release the names of these bastards so their business suffers from the consequence.I just read about this news too, I can't believe how heartless they can be! Indeed this shouldn't stay just as "some hotels" on the news.
From sankakucomplex:
Complaints that Japanese hotels are treating quake victims from Fukushima prefecture as radioactive lepers and refusing them board have surfaced.
Japan’s ministry of health reports receiving a number of complaints from people forced from their homes in Fukushima prefecture, saying they were refused rooms at hotels and inns, apparently on the grounds that they came from the same prefecture as the crippled nuclear reactors and must therefore be considered dangerous.
The ministry is instructing local governments to tell their hoteliers that they should not refuse lodgings to people just because they have visited Fukushima prefecture, pointing out that the radiation levels involved are tiny and pose no risk to human health.
Such discrimination may be illegal under Japanese law, which only allows hotels refusals based on infectious diseases, suspicion of criminality and, of course, lack of room.
However, in practice hotels and landlords happily discriminate against potential patrons with no real legal repercussion, and for those affected is exceptionally difficult to demonstrate mysteriously disappearing vacancies are the result of such practices.
Further complicating matters is the fact that after the quake one large hotel chain has actually begun forcing those who wish to stay in its premises into signing a contract saying they will not sue the hotel for any reason, despite such provisions themselves being illegal.
There are now concerns that Japan may start seeing widespread discrimination against those from Fukushima prefecture, with some evacuation centres now insisting refugees submit to radiation screenings.
Discrimination against Japanese overseas also seems another unpleasant possibility – a number of nations have apparently been subjecting people leaving Japan to radiation tests with the intent of refusing them entry if sufficient radiation is detected.
The case has particular resonance in Japan – “hibakusha,” survivors of the atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have at times been the subject of discrimination due to the hysterical superstitions the public frequently attaches to radiation.
Online, the reaction has largely been one of disgust, but with the public unable to comprehend the notion that minuscule amounts of radiation are harmless, it does not seem likely the hardships of quake victims will be end with recovery from the earthquake itself. -
We are over our goal of $25,000.
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We are over our goal of $25,000.
I love you all for doing this fund raising marathon and everyone of the voice actors, podcasters, etc. who support it.
I couldn't quite stay awake throughout the whole 24h but I loved anything I heard. Keep it up, everyone. Break the 30.000! 4,5h (?) to go! -
We are over our goal of $25,000.
That's great to hear.
Oh and a little bit of personal shame here. My mom was watching this add about donating to Japan and she said "We would be donating to the rich superpower that is Japan ?!"
Sigh. :getlost:
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I hate our news. So much.
They were all over the whole power plant thing a few days ago but now that they've fixed the power it got a simple 10 second blurp saying it was back on. Everything else was about Libya.
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I hate our news. So much.
They were all over the whole power plant thing a few days ago but now that they've fixed the power it got a simple 10 second blurp saying it was back on. Everything else was about Libya.
Which is why I don't even watch the news anymore. I only watch it for the weather but even then, I could just look at my phone. I really am grateful for what everyone is doing for providing people with the straight forward news rather then having to wait 30 minutes for a 10 second blurt about how their doing. Plus I also get info from my Japanese teacher as well so the news has proven itself useless once again.
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Badass of the week:
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We are over our goal of $25,000.
That's fantastic!! You guys were great (though I didn't manage to stay up for the whole thing unfortunately).
@Nekketsu:Badass of the week:
Holy. Shit. Respect this man.
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Badass of the week:
This guys is like a cool version of Aquaman.
Badass of the Year.
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Badass of the week:
This man is awesome. He needs to be in Japanese history books as a true hero in a dark time.
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Badass of the week:
Holy Shit.
I want such a man.But wait. His wife is 20 and he's 43? .. Interesting.
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Holy Shit.
I want such a man.But wait. His wife is 20 and he's 43? .. Interesting.
No, it said they've been married for 20 years, not that she's 20.
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No, it said they've been married for 20 years, not that she's 20.
oh, oops, my fault. Thanks for clearing that up.
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Badass of the week:
What a brave man! He's truly some kind of a superhero… only he's more awesome than superheroes.
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Badass of the week:
Wow! What an amazing, selfless guy! He is a badass hero indeed. Such a devoted person to his family and fellow human beings. :happy:
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Just was perusing bandcamp and found an awesome compilation of donated music towards fundraising for Japan.
Nihon Kizuna
Compilation of music from worldwide artists donated to help raise awareness and money for the Japan Red Cross in support of the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit Northern Japan.
Featuring Kode 9, Kuedo, Rudi Zygadlo, Broken Haze, Circulations Records, All City Records, Daisuke Tanabe, Yosi Horikawa, XLII, Memory 9, Ninja Tune, Kid Kanevil, Om Unit, Paul White, One Handed Music, BD1982, Illum Sphere, Fink, Emika, Mux Mool, Ernest Gonzales, Paper Tiger, Sesped, Jay Scarlett, Elliott Yorke (Royalty), Kan Sano, Onra and many more.
Here is the official site.
You can listen to all of it on the bandcamp link above.
Been listening to some tracks while I work. Some really good stuff. I'll probably pick it up.
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That is an awesome project. There are some pretty good tracks on that list.
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80 year old woman found and saved from under rubble. I don't know if its been posted yet. I hope many more survivors are out there and are saved.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42176977/ns/world_news-asiapacific
Edit: Nvm, I see Tigerlily already posted a video about this.
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We are over our goal of $25,000.
That's awesome! I'm glad to hear that. I wish I could've stayed up along with them, but I fell asleep about the time the ones I wanted to see got on. xD But I woke up right at the end.
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30, 000 wow! Great job.
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WAY TO GO ARLONG PARK! WOOOO!
hey, so I'd like to know what's happening with that power plant. I've been really busy the past day or so. anyone know anything?
also, anyone in Canada who likes tea; David's Tea is donating proceeds from all their Japanese teas, this week, to japanese relief funds. If there is no location near you, you can buy the tea online. Even without the donation, this is awesome tea. (just got another person hooked on it today)
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$31,140
Wow. Thanks to everyone here who put up with plugs, supported us and was there for the event, I saw a lot of you in there and active.
Well, the nuclear situation has been stable for some time and it continues to be a serious situation that must be monitored but I think the rest of the world having come of their headline high will be able to report more accurately what's happening.
Take it easy guys!
グラララー!
怖いねぇ
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Badass of the week:
That is so awesome that it almost made me cry.
The world needs more people like him.
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According to this animated measure of radioactivity things are improving a lot since the past days.
With any luck all current issues with contaminated water and vegetables are due to those first days and would diminish soon.
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I hate our news. So much.
They were all over the whole power plant thing a few days ago but now that they've fixed the power it got a simple 10 second blurp saying it was back on. Everything else was about Libya.
Fucking Libya!!!
Make more pop culture and maybe we'll care about your civil war currently involving several world powers, silly country.:wassat: -
Badass of the week:
Man his face is that of a badass.
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$31,140
Wow. Thanks to everyone here who put up with plugs, supported us and was there for the event, I saw a lot of you in there and active.
Well, the nuclear situation has been stable for some time and it continues to be a serious situation that must be monitored but I think the rest of the world having come of their headline high will be able to report more accurately what's happening.
Take it easy guys!
グラララー!
http://yahootube.info/wp-content/uploads/mvbthumbs/img_526_one-piece-halt-whitebeards-death.jpg
http://images.vefblog.net/vefblog.net/a/r/arist93/photos_art/2008/09/arist93122123549872_art.jpg
http://imalbum.aufeminin.com/album/D20100422/665569_RCRTEMN5XTSNMDPK7X3AQLO7CZ6NC4_ace_H173219_S.jpg
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100815073210/onepiece/images/thumb/8/8e/Whitebeard-stars.png/230px-Whitebeard-stars.png怖いねぇ
To further add to this, I am truly proud to have been a part of this event, even if it was a small donation and staying in the chat for the 24 hour period. I was honestly beginning to lose faith in humanity over the past few years, but my eyes have been opened after seeing so many people gather together for a great cause.
And good luck with your interview tomorrow, Greg.
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That's good to hear for the donations but be careful if another major earthquake comes. It could be soon…
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I love this art and the manner of conveying its message. Powerful.
Artist: Artgerm DA.
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That's good to hear for the donations but be careful if another major earthquake comes. It could be soon…
Why do you say that?
The highest possible aftershock they can get is 6.9 or something according to what I saw. Granted, that in itself is a pretty powerful earthquake, but it's nothing compared to the force of the one they got before. I do pray that doesn't happen, though.
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Badass of the week:
Someone could make a movie out of this guy.
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$31,140
Wow. Thanks to everyone here who put up with plugs, supported us and was there for the event, I saw a lot of you in there and active.
Well, the nuclear situation has been stable for some time and it continues to be a serious situation that must be monitored but I think the rest of the world having come of their headline high will be able to report more accurately what's happening.
Not realy. My news yesterday talked about "a new Hiroshima".
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@No:
Not realy. My news yesterday talked about "a new Hiroshima".
And so did mine, but that is honestly just the news overdoing it and making panic. Compared to the start of this and the first weekend, the current situation seems stable. As Greg said, it is indeed dangerous but it seems like they are getting the upper hand. And that´s such a relief for me.
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GZ on the 30k =]
Badass of the week:
Such badassery O.O + thad writing style… intense
This sent chills down my spine.
Oda needs to make a char like him...
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I love this art and the manner of conveying its message. Powerful.
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Artist: Artgerm DA.
An inspiring image.