Tokyo Says Radiation in Water Puts Infants at Risk Published: March 23, 2011 By David Jolly and Denise Grady Water in the city of Tokyo has been infected with radioactive particles from the nuclear plants at Fukushima. Small children should not take this infected water because it could cause terrible diseases like cancer in the thyroid gland. People in Tokyo have become desperate, meanwhile the government is trying to clam them. Ei Yoshida, head of water purification for the Tokyo water department, said at a televised news conference that iodine 131 had been detected in water samples at a level of 210 Becquerel per liter. The recommended limit for infants is 100 Becquerel per liter. For adults, the recommended limit is 300 Becquerel. The announcement prompted a run on bottled water at stores in Tokyo and a pledge from the authorities to distribute bottled water to families with infants. Children are at much higher risk than adults because they are growing, and their thyroid glands are more active and in need of iodine. In addition, the gland is smaller in children than in adults, so there is less tissue to share the radiation: a given amount of iodine 131 will deliver a higher dose of radiation to a child’s thyroid and potentially do more harm. Pregnant women also take up more iodine 131 in the thyroid. The iodine crosses the placenta and reaches the fetus, and the fetal thyroid takes up more iodine as pregnancy progresses. During the first week after birth a baby’s thyroid activity increases up to fourfold and stays at that level for a few days, so newborns are especially vulnerable. Women who are breast-feeding will secrete about a quarter of the iodine they ingest into their milk. The compound potassium iodide can protect the thyroid by saturating it with normal iodine so it will have no need to soak up the radioactive form. People in Japan have been advised to take it.
Tokyo Says Radiation in Water Puts Infants at Risk Published: March 23, 2011 By David Jolly and Denise Grady Water in the city of Tokyo has been infected with contaminated particles from the nuclear plants at Fukushima. Small children should not take this poisoned water because it could cause horrible diseases like cancer in the thyroid gland. People in Tokyo have become dire, meanwhile the government is trying to clam them. Ei Yoshida, head of water purification for the Tokyo water department, said at a televised news conference that iodine 131 had been detected in water samples at a level of 210 Becquerel per liter. The recommended limit for infants is 100 Becquerel per liter. For adults, the recommended limit is 300 Becquerel. The announcement prompted a run on bottled water at stores in Tokyo and a pledge from the authorities to distribute bottled water to families with infants. Children are at much higher risk than adults because they are growing, and their thyroid glands are more active and in need of iodine. In addition, the gland is shorter in children than in adults, so there is less tissue to share the radiation: a given amount of iodine 131 will deliver a higher dose of radiation to a child’s thyroid and potentially do more harm. Pregnant women also take up more iodine 131 in the thyroid. The iodine crosses the placenta and reaches the fetus, and the fetal thyroid takes up more iodine as pregnancy progresses. During the first week after birth a baby’s thyroid activity increases up to fourfold and stays at that level for a few days, so newborns are especially vulnerable. Women who are breast-feeding will secrete about a quarter of the iodine they ingest into their milk. The compound potassium iodide can protect the thyroid by saturating it with normal iodine so it will have no need to soak up the radioactive form. People in Japan have been advised to take it.
New Problems at Japanese Plant Subdue Optimism By KEITH BRADSHER Published: March 23, 2011
The restoration of electricity at the plant, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, stirred hopes that the crisis was EBBING. But nuclear engineers say some of the MOST DIFFICULT and DANGEROUS tasks are still ahead — and time is not NECESSARILY on the side of the repair teams. The urgency of HALTING the spread of radioactive contamination from the site was underlined on Wednesday by the health warning that infants should not drink tap water. Salt buildup inside the reactors, which could cause them to heat up MORE and, in the WORST case, cause the uranium to melt, releasing a range of radioactive material. The Japanese have reported that SOME of the seawater used for cooling has returned to the ocean, suggesting that SOME of the salt may have flowed out AGAIN, with SOME radioactive material. PUBLIC alarm about the crisis INCREASED on Wednesday after officials announced that levels of radioactive iodine had been detected in Tokyo’s tap water.
RECENT rains might have washed radioactive particles into the water, as the Japanese government suggested. Preventing the reactors and storage pools from overheating through radioactive decay would go a LONG way toward limiting radioactive contamination. But that would require pumping a lot of COLD freshwater through them. The EMERGENCY cooling system pump and motor for a BOILING-water reactor are ROUGHLY the size and height of a COMPACT hatchback car standing on its back bumper. No. 3 is considered one of the MOST dangerous of the reactors because of its fuel — mixed oxides, or mox, which contain a mixture of uranium and plutonium and can produce a MORE DANGEROUS radioactive plume if scattered by fire or explosions. The spokeswoman said workers would try to repair a pump at Reactor No. 5, which was shut DOWN at the time of the quake and has shown FEW problems. The pump ABRUPTLY stopped working Wednesday afternoon. ------------------------------------------------
The restoration of electricity at the plant, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, stirred hopes that the crisis was FLOWING, but nuclear engineers say some of the VERY HARD and RISKY tasks are still ahead — and time is not WORTH on the side of the repair teams. The urgency of DOUBTFUL the spread of radioactive contamination from the site was underlined on Wednesday by the health warning that infants should not drink tap water. Salt buildup inside the reactors, which could cause them to heat up GREATER, in the UGLY case, cause the uranium to melt, releasing a range of radioactive material. The Japanese have reported that NOT ALL the seawater used for cooling has returned to the ocean, suggesting that NOT ALL the salt may have flowed out ANOTHER TIME few radioactive material. KNEWED alarm about the crisis GREW on Wednesday after officials announced that levels of radioactive iodine had been detected in Tokyo’s tap water. CONSTANT rains might have washed radioactive particles into the water, as the Japanese government suggested. Preventing the reactors and storage pools from overheating through radioactive decay would go AN EXTENSE way toward limiting radioactive contamination. But that would require pumping a lot of ICY freshwater through them. The ANNOUNCED cooling system pump and motor for a HEATED-water reactor are WISELY the size and height of a REDUCE hatchback car standing on its back bumper. No. 3 is considered one of the HIGHEST DANGER of the reactors because of its fuel — mixed oxides, or mox, which contain a mixture of uranium and plutonium and can produce a HIGT DANGER radioactive plume if scattered by fire or explosions. The spokeswoman said workers would try to repair a pump at Reactor No. 5, which was shut OFF at the time of the quake and has shown LESS problems. The pump SHARPLY stopped working Wednesday afternoon.
U.N. Secretary General Expresses New Alarm Over Strife By DAN BILEFSKY
Secretary Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern about a possible humanitarian crisis in Libya despite the Security Council action to punish the forces of Muammar el-Qaddafi. Up to 250000 refugees and migrants are still displaced by the fighting in Libya and there is a concern for the protection of civilians, human rights abuses and violence in humanitarian law. 15 Security Council members have approved the air strikes and a no-fly zone against Libya, Gaddafi forces have continued to defy United Nations. The Libyan authorities have taken no steps to meet its obligations. More than 335,658 people have fled to Libya since the beginning of the crisis, while 9000 remain stranded Along libya's borders. The UN has helped 60,000 people to evacuate the country, the same is struggling to gain access to monitor the welfare of the civilian population. It has been reported hundreds of deaths and disappearances in recent months and has expressed fears that they are being tortured or executed, also from food shortages as food prices have increased in Libya. The participation of Arab countries in the international coalition against Gaddafi is considered vital to Unite States.
NOTICED On the Web, Every Day Is Casual Friday By AUSTIN CONSIDINE Published: March 18, 2011
“It seems that if you dress up too much, you run the risk of not being taken seriously,” said Erica Zidel,
Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook creator and 26-year-old billionaire after had been chosen as the 2010’s Person of the Year. He became the most (unfortunately) dressed men. But turn out to become a (new) style.
Mr. Zuckerberg’s famously (anti-fashion) stylist of (baggy) jeans, T-shirts or (hooded) sweatshirts and (casual) shoes is making imitators, or have symbolize success of a (new) generation of would be billionaire. The director David Fincher gives a new sartorial standard for success in the internet age with a film about Mr. Zuckerberg, “The Social Network” which provoke (swift) rebuttal around fashion blogs, that tells that Silicon Valley’s enfant should be a fashion icon. Mr. Zuckenberg isn’t the first one of (creative-class) casualness (see Bill Gates) and won`t be the last. His style is taken seriously by observers. Nathan Tone start selling Mr. Zuckuberg’s style in a blogger based in Austing, Tex. He sells T-shirts, hoodies and tote bags. Mr. Tone said informality was simply a benefit of working at start-ups. Ms Zidel uses this style in a competition to win (star-up) investment for her site. She wore jeans and wound up winning.
NOTICED On the Web, Every Day Is Casual Friday By AUSTIN CONSIDINE Published: March 18, 2011
“It seems that if you dress up too much, you run the risk of not being taken seriously,” said Erica Zidel,
Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook creator and 26-year.old billionaire after had been chosen as the 2010’s Person of the Year. He became the most (unluckily) dressed men. But turn out to become a (recent) style.
Mr. Zuckerberg’s famously anti-fashion stylist of (sloppy) jeans, T-shirts or (cover) sweatshirts and (informal) shoes is making imitators, or have symbolize success of a (revolutionary) generation of would be billionaire. The director David Fincher gives a new sartorial standard for success in the Internet age with a film about Mr. Zuckerberg, “The Social Network” which provoke (fast) rebuttal around fashion blogs that tells that Silicon Valley’s enfant should be a fashion icon. Mr. Zuckenberg isn’t the first one of (imaginative-sort) casualness (see Bill Gates) and won`t be the last. His style is taken seriously by observers. Nathan Tone start selling Mr. Zuckuberg’s style in a blogger based in Austing, Tex. He sells T-shirts, hoodies and tote bags. Mr. Tone said, informality was simply a benefit of working at start-ups. Ms Zidel uses this style in a competition to win star-up investment for her site. She wore jeans and wound up winning. by paola arocha
Oakland, Calif. Students Say: Please Let Us Graduate From High School By: Lauren Markham • A school in California wants students graduate from high school but they have many expenses, some parents are asking for reasonable fares to send the students to school. There is a discriminatory fare policy which has adversely impacted 800-900 Oakland students who are just trying to get to school in hopes to graduate and prepare for their futures. Hundreds of concerned Americans have signed Change.org's petition to create a student rate bus pass for Oakland students--simply asking to charge reasonable fares for all of Oakland's K-12 learners. We need even more signatures to make this change happen. I think if parents and the school have a dialogue they will have an agreement By: Juanita Landinez.
U.S. Returns Young Girl, a Citizen, to Guatemala By SAM DOLNICK
Emily a four-year-old citizen of u.s had been deported back to Guatemala. The media said it was just because their parent’s aren´t from u.s. the debate about immigrants son on u.s just began. Leonel Ruiz was waiting atKennedy International Airport on the pre-mature morning of March 11 for his young daughter, Emily, to arrive home from a trip to Guatemala. The plane arrived hours late, but Emily was not on it, and neither was her grandfather, who was supposed to be escorting her back. . Emily, a United States citizen, and her grandfather, a Guatemalan traveling with a legal visa, had been detained by immigration authorities at Dulles International Airport near Washington, where the plane had been diverted because of poor weather. The officials had told Emily’s grandfather that because of an immigration infraction two decades ago, he would not be allowed to stay in the country. That has left Emily, a pigtailed native of Long Island, in an odd limbo. As a citizen, she has the right to re-enter her country. But her parents are illegal immigrants, which has complicated the prospect of a reunion. Today, Emily is in Guatemala, her parents are struggling to bring her home, and lawyers and federal officials are arguing over parental responsibility and citizenship rights. T The case comes as elected officials across the country have pushed for bills to end self-acting citizenship for children, born here, who are sometimes referred to pejoratively as anchor babies. Immigrant advocates say the proposals are different to American ideals. There are two conflicting versions of the Ruiz story. Officials at Customs and Border Protection say they offered Mr. Ruiz the chance to pick up Emily at the airport, but he “elected to have her return to Guatemala with her grandfather.” The customs agency “strives to reunite U.S. citizen children with their parents,” Lloyd M. Easterling, a spokesman, said Tuesday. But such a meeting could have put Mr. Ruiz possibly in detention, and he said he was never offered that option. In an interview conducted in Spanish, Mr. Ruiz, who speaks little English, said that an agent spoke to him over the telephone in English and laid out two choices: Emily could enter the custody of the State of Virginia, or she could return to Guatemala with her grandfather. Terrified that she would be given up for adoption if she entered state custody, Mr. Ruiz said, he agreed to put her on a plane back to Guatemala. “We were very worried, and my wife was crying and crying at what was happening,” Mr. Ruiz said. He said he would have gone to pick up Emily, and was in fact preparing to do so, but was not given the chance. “If we had to go there, we would have gone there,” he said. The family’s lawyer, David M. Sperling, is planning to travel to Guatemala next week to escort Emily back to Long Island. Last week, Arizona, which has become a national flash point in the immigration debate, rejected a measure aimed at pushing the Supreme Court to rule against automatic citizenship for American-born children of illegal immigrants. But elected officials in other states, like Kansas and California, have also signaled a desire to change the law to make it harder for such children to stay in the country.
Title: BlackBerry to Match Apple on the Price of Its Tablet. By: Ian Austen
BlackBerry Tablet will be having the same price as the Ipad 2, this would make it the first one to match Apple’s prices.
The success or failure of the BlackBerry tablet, which will have a base price of $499, is unlikely to be determined in the aisles of Best Buy, Staples, RadioShack or the other retailers that will begin offering it on April 19.The PlayBook will be the first tablet that is directly price-competitive with Apple’s offering.By comparison, both the Motorola Xoom and the Samsung Galaxy Tab cost more than the iPad 2.
While Best Buy began accepting advance orders for the PlayBook on its Web site on Tuesday, the primary buyers of the PlayBook are unlikely to be paying retail.But beyond the IDENTICAL prices, R.I.M. and Apple have taken several different approaches to their tablets.
The PlayBook, for example, has a 7-inch screen compared to the iPad 2’s 9.7-inch display. But unlike the iPad 2, the PlayBook can display Web pages that use Adobe Flash software. and it has a much HIGHER resolution camera for video and still photography.
Following Apple’s lead, R.I.M. said that in addition to the base model with 16 gigabytes of memory, the PlayBook will be offered as a 32-gigabyte version for $599 and a 64-gigabyte model for $699. Despite the embrace of the iPad by consumers, the demand from businesses and governments for tablets remains, at BEST, unclear.
Still, Mr. Abramsky,an equity analyst with RBC Capital Market said that many corporations would probably prefer the iPad 2. -------------------- BlackBerry Tablet will be having the same price as the Ipad 2, this would make it the first one copying Apple’s prices.
The success or failure of the BlackBerry tablet, which will have a base price of $499, is unlikely to be determined in the aisles of Best Buy, Staples, RadioShack or the other retailers that will begin offering it on April 19.The PlayBook will be the first tablet that is directly price-competitive with Apple’s offering.By comparison, both the Motorola Xoom and the Samsung Galaxy Tab cost more than the iPad 2.
While Best Buy began accepting advance orders for the PlayBook on its Web site on Tuesday, the primary buyers of the PlayBook are unlikely to be paying retail.But beyond the alike prices, R.I.M. and Apple have taken several different approaches to their tablets.
The PlayBook, for example, has a 7-inch screen compared to the iPad 2’s 9.7-inch display. But unlike the iPad 2, the PlayBook can display Web pages that use Adobe Flash software. and it has a much better resolution camera for video and still photography.
Following Apple’s lead, R.I.M. said that in addition to the base model with 16 gigabytes of memory, the PlayBook will be offered as a 32-gigabyte version for $599 and a 64-gigabyte model for $699. Despite the embrace of the iPad by consumers, the demand from businesses and governments for tablets remains, at greatest, unclear.
Still, Mr. Abramsky,an equity analyst with RBC Capital Market said that many corporations would probably prefer the iPad 2.
Now a day no one uses its phone. This is ironic because years ago it was cool having a phone. A man called Jonathan Adler says that he never uses his phone and that in these days it seems like the rule is to not use the phone ever. A women obsessed with manners called Judith Martin says that for her a phone call as something rude. Jonathan Bumham a senior vice president and publisher say that where he works no one uses the phone; it is only used occasionally when people need to talk about very important topics. A publicist called Mathew Ballast says that years ago he uses the phone all day but now he only uses it two or three times a day and also that people use the phone when an email or a text message is not very clear, because it seems that now a day no one likes to use the phone.
By: Rafael Frieri Grade: 8B Article: N.F.L kickoffs to 35-yard line Author: Judy Battista In the N.F.L the rule moves the kickoff to the 35 from the 30 and allows members of the kickoff coverage team to line up only 5 yards behind the kickoff line. Also coaches worried that putting a touchback at the 25 instead of the 20 would be great for *intensive teams to take a touchback. In 1994 the N.F.L moved the kickoff line back to the 30 to generate more returns. Elias Sports Bureau, the number of touchbacks has been *steadily rising for a decade, from 9.3 percent of all kickoffs in 2000 to 16.4 percent last season. In the N.F.L the rule moves the kickoff to the 35 from the 30 and allows members of the kickoff coverage team to line up only 5 yards behind the kickoff line. Also coaches worried that putting a touchback at the 25 instead of the 20 would be great for *overwhelming teams to take a touchback. In 1994 the N.F.L moved the kickoff line back to the 30 to generate more returns. Elias Sports Bureau, the number of touchbacks has been *stiff rising for a decade, from 9.3 percent of all kickoffs in 2000 to 16.4 percent last season. *are the adejctives
The federal funding to DEVELOP health center capacity is in DISBELIEVE right now as Congress CONSIDERS a new budget. House Republicans have proposed cutting $1.3 billion from health center funding. The Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, points just how much we stand to lose in health care efficiency savings if the funding is REDUCED as proposed; $15 billion. Dr. Shin and co-author Sara Rosenbaum, JD, DEMONSTARTED that by losing the investment dollars, health centers would not be able to offer their services to 10-12 million additional patients as planned in the the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA). But, it's not too late. Your legislators in Washington are working out the details of the budget right now and they need to COMPREHEND your opinion. FALL IN with us!
Textbook Renter Chegg Becomes More Social By MIGUEL HELFT “Education is one of the areas where technology has not had a chance to work its magic,” Chegg is known as the Netflix of college textbooks. The Silicon Valley has raised more than $200 million in debt and equity, that allows students to rent costly college textbooks, they ship the books back and order new ones. The business, which plants a tree for every textbook rented, has planted four million trees. Chegg is now trying to get more of its customers’ attention. On Thursday, the company is unveiling a new Web site that in addition to rentals helps students to select courses and to study. “We aspire to be relevant to students every day of their college experience,” Mr. Rosensweig said in an interview. Course Rank, let’s easily students see reviews of courses and professors written by other students. Students can also see when a class meets so they can plan their schedule online and who among their friends have signed up for a given course, what textbooks are required. Chegg acquired Cramster, a online community site for study groups, where students can help each other solve homework problems and answer questions on a range of subjects. With the integration of the two services into the Chegg Web site, Mr. Rosensweig hopes to help students save time and money. Isabella Olivieri8b
BP’s Move to Join Russian Company in Arctic Drilling Set Back
A Russian group of billionaires who are BP’s partners in TNK-BP have opposed the plan since it was announced. The TNK-BP partners have argued that the deal conflicted with their shareholder agreement, which they said obliged the British oil giant to pursue Russian business opportunities with them exclusively. BP said it remained committed to the deal with Rosneft. “BP looks forward to finding a way to resolve its differences with its Russian partners to allow these (important) Arctic developments to proceed in the future,” Following the accident in the Gulf, BP has been forced to put aside $40 billion to pay claims, an effort that required it to sell off assets around the world. But in recent months, the company’s (stock) price has recovered considerably and Robert Dudley, has returned some sense of steadiness to its operations. Wall Street analysts said they thought BP would eventually be able to drill in the Russian Arctic despite the setback. Some say BP would probably need to bring their TNK-BP partners into the deal. Others think the Russian partners in TNK-BP are merely trying to force a buyout from BP. Mark Gilman said an oil and gas analyst at The Benchmark Company. “It’s going to be negotiated out. How that will be handled remains to be seen.” Fadel Gheit said with the backing of the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin, the BP deal with Rosneft would eventually persevere. “The question is not if; it is how,” he said. “This is basically TNK’s way of forcing BP’s hand to buy them out. This is their exit tragedy.”
A Russian group of billionaires who are BP’s partners in TNK-BP have opposed the plan since it was announced. The TNK-BP partners have argued that the deal conflicted with their shareholder agreement, which they said obliged the British oil giant to pursue Russian business opportunities with them exclusively. BP said it remained committed to the deal with Rosneft. “BP looks forward to finding a way to resolve its differences with its Russian partners to allow these (useful) Arctic developments to proceed in the future,” Following the accident in the Gulf, BP has been forced to put aside $40 billion to pay claims, an effort that required it to sell off assets around the world. But in recent months, the company’s (stick) price has recovered considerably and Robert Dudley, has returned some sense of steadiness to its operations. Wall Street analysts said they thought BP would eventually be able to drill in the Russian Arctic despite the setback. Some say BP would probably need to bring their TNK-BP partners into the deal. Others think the Russian partners in TNK-BP are merely trying to force a buyout from BP. Mark Gilman said an oil and gas analyst at The Benchmark Company. “It’s going to be negotiated out. How that will be handled remains to be seen.” Fadel Gheit said with the backing of the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin, the BP deal with Rosneft would eventually persevere. “The question is not if; it is how,” he said. “This is basically TNK’s way of forcing BP’s hand to buy them out. This is their exit tragedy.”
florida governor chomps down on aligator skin marketing
florida aligator industry is made up of 30 gator farms and thay are all mad at the state governor.Governor rick scott is against gator skin marketing and he says the state shouldn’t be in that business. money is administered by the Florida Department of Agriculture, and it pays for alligator farmers to promote their alligator meat and skin products at conferences, in brochures and on websites. The gator farmers say their marketing efforts have "focused on convincing people that it's okay to eat and wear alligator. But it isn't okay to eat or wear alligator. A peta undercover investigation of a gator farm in florida reveals the sufering of gator when farmers are trying to kill them by braking the gator spine or skinned them alive. The peta undercover investigation convince companies like victoria secret to stop selling gator askin and also to stop promoting it.The animal rigths group recently targeted tiffany&co for their use of aligator skin althought tiffany%money is administered by the Florida Department of Agriculture, and it pays for alligator farmers to promote their alligator meat and skin products at conferences, in brochures and on websites. The gator farmers say their marketing efforts have "focused on convincing people that it's okay to eat and wear alligator."
Plane Tickets: Buy Early or Wait? By MICHELLE HIGGINS
Airline ticket prices go up and down, and trying to figure out when to get the (best) fare can be (tricky). Oil prices is a (major) fact in ticket prices and (recent) world events have been causing oil prices to fluctuate, making the calculation of when to buy even more (challenging). So far this year airlines have raised rates six times, compared with just three increases last year. Overall, fares are up about 18 percent for travel in (late) May through(early) June, compared with the (same) period (last) year. The professional crystal-ball gazers all agree you should not wait to book your flight if you are traveling in a (near) future. It is also suggested to buy your airfares for summer as soon as you can. But others recommend waiting just a bit. Several airlines have introduced business class sales to Europe for spring and summer travel. One of the (best) deals is Book now for business class to Europe. (Another) option is to book early and watch for price drops in an attempt to get a refund. (Most) airlines have long offered to refund the difference in their fares (minus a rebooking fee) in the form of a voucher to customers who ask. Airlines sometimes slash rates at the 11th hour, so it pays to keep checking: Look for sales at the last minute. Check package deals, when travelers obsess over the (right) time to pull the trigger on air fares, they can miss out on (other) opportunities to save.
Airline ticket prices go up and down, and trying to figure out when to get the (ideal) fare can be (guileful). Oil prices is a (dominant) fact in ticket prices and (new) world events have been causing oil prices to fluctuate, making the calculation of when to buy even more (difficult). So far this year airlines have raised rates six times, compared with just three increases last year. Overall, fares are up about 18 percent for travel in (tardy) May through (undeveloped) June, compared with the (very) period (previous) year. The professional crystal-ball gazers all agree you should not wait to book your flight if you are traveling in a (close) future. It is also suggested to buy your airfares for summer as soon as you can. But others recommend waiting just a bit. Several airlines have introduced business class sales to Europe for spring and summer travel. One of the (ideal) deals is Book now for business class to Europe. (Different) option is to book early and watch for price drops in an attempt to get a refund. (Almost all) airlines have long offered to refund the difference in their fares (minus a rebooking fee) in the form of a voucher to customers who ask. Airlines sometimes slash rates at the 11th hour, so it pays to keep checking: Look for sales at the last minute. Check package deals, when travelers obsess over the (correct) time to pull the trigger on air fares, they can miss out on (another) opportunities to save.
Circus Elephant Abuse Caught on Video as Parliament Considers Ban on Animal Acts By: Stephanie Feldstein Circuses make everyone think that animals are treated well, and also that they are like family, but that is not what they demonstrate behind the scene. Everyone see love from everyone to the poor animals, but one example of this bad treating in them is the Super Circus in UK. Some animals are suffering and one example is the elephant of the UK Circus called Anne; she is an elephant of 57 years old who had been with the circus for around 40 years. She had been alone since his companion died in 2001. Some videos showed how the people of the circus hit Anne with some metal and kicked her in all her body and face. Everyone seem to be amassed of the abuse that this poor animal suffered, and people like Moira Roberts that is one of the proprietors of the circus was shocked and angered because of this, she thought it was committed by an rogue worker. ADI and other animal protection groups exposed abuse of circus animals. And they say that was not fair for the animals who suffer extreme stress from constant travel, performing, and living in unnatural environments; not to mention the isolation, incarceration and exploitation. There are three clear things. 1. Anne needs to get away from the circus. 2. People who committed this crime need to be charged. 3. Is time for the UK to prohibit the use of animals in the circus. And about things that the owners of the circus tell they are going to rehome Anne. Is time for the UK government to act, they need to sign the law that prohibits animals in circuses. Name: Johanna Acevedo Guarin 8B
Radiation higher than the regulatory limit has been found in beef from Fukushima Prefecture, near Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the nation's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Thursday. The ministry said 210 bequerels of Cesium 134 and 300 bequerels of Cesium 137 per kilogram were found in the beef. The total of 510 bequerels per kilogram is higher than the limit of 500 becquerels per kilogram in guidelines set by Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission. The meat will not be sold and will be retested, the ministry said. The finding is the first such in beef, although authorities have banned the sale and transport of some vegetables grown in the area after tests detected radiation. Cesium 134 has a half life of 2.1 years, according to the Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois. Cesium 137, experts have said, has a half life of 30 years -- meaning it will lose half of its radiation in three decades.Cesium 137 levels have also spiked in ocean waters off the nuclear plant, the nation's nuclear safety agency. A Wednesday afternoon sample showed levels of 527 times the standard. Because of its long half life, experts have said its presence is worrisome. "That's the one I am worried about," said Michael Friedlander, a U.S.-based nuclear engineer, explaining cesium might linger much longer in the ecosystem. "Plankton absorbs the cesium, the fish eat the plankton, the bigger fish eat smaller fish -- so every step you go up the food chain, the concentration of cesium gets higher."Also, the amount of the radioactive iodine-131 isotope in the samples, taken Wednesday some 330 meters (361 yards) into the Pacific Ocean, has surged to 4,385 times above the regulatory limit. This tops the previous day's reading of 3,355 times above the standard -- and an exponential spike over the 104-times increase measured just last Friday.
Radiation greater than the regulatory limit has been found in beef from Fukushima Prefecture, near Japan's destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the nation's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Thursday. The ministry said 210 bequerels of Cesium 134 and 300 bequerels of Cesium 137 per kilogram were found in the beef. The total of 510 bequerels per kilogram is higher than the limit of 500 becquerels per kilogram in guidelines set by Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission. The meat will not be sold and will be retested, the ministry said. The finding is the first such in beef, although authorities have banned the sale and transport of some vegetables grown in the area after tests detected radiation. Cesium 134 has a half life of 2.1 years, according to the Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois. Cesium 137, experts have said, has a half life of 30 years -- meaning it will lose half of its radiation in three decades.Cesium 137 levels have also gone in ocean waters off the nuclear plant, the nation's nuclear safety agency. A Wednesday afternoon sample showed levels of 527 times the standard. Because of its extensive half life, experts have said its presence is very warning. "That's the one I am worried about," said Michael Friedlander, a U.S.-based nuclear engineer, explaining cesium might linger much around in the ecosystem. "Plankton absorbs the cesium, the fish eat the plankton, the large fish eat little fish -- so every step you go up the food chain, the concentration of cesium gets higher." Also, the amount of the hot iodine-131 isotope in the samples, taken Wednesday some 330 meters (361 yards) into the Pacific Ocean, has surged to 4,385 times above the regulatory limit. This tops the previous day's reading of 3,355 times above the standard -- and an exponential spike over the 104-times increase measured just last Friday.
Revamped Bullpen Closes Yankees’ Opener It was a day for pitching. In relief of C. C. Sabathia, three relievers supplied an ending to a season against the Detroit Tigers. It was nine up, nine down for Joba Chamberlain, the new set-up reliever Rafael Soriano and the indomitable closer Mariano Rivera. It was the second highlight of the. Put the Yankees ahead, 4-3, and marked the third consecutive opening day that he went deep. Earlier in the he was definitely surprised that he recovered so quickly from a strained oblique muscle he sustained March 22. A dominant spring training — 0.96 earned run average in 28 innings — prepared the Tigers ace Justin Verlander for his fourth consecutive opening day start, and the Yankees approached him with a definite strategy. They focused on driving up his pitch count. Mark Teixeira saw seven of them, and he came up in the third with a more aggressive plan. With runners on first and third and one out, he drilled a 1-1 fastball deep into the second deck in right field, only his second hit in 18 career at-bats against Verlander, to put the Yankees ahead, 3-1. Opening days have not been kind to Sabathia. Even for an ace. The transition from the warmth of spring training to miserable circumstances can affect his feel for his pitches. He seemed to throw more off-speed pitches earlier in the at-bat. After minimizing damage in the second, when he allowed one run after the Tigers loaded the bases with nobody out, Sabathia was victimized by a leadoff walk to Miguel Cabrera in the fourth, when the Tigers drew to within 3-2. Ryan Raburn . They evened the score at 3-3 in the fifth on an unearned run, after Robinson Cano dropped a flip on Will Rhymes’s bunt attempt, putting runners on first and second with no outs. Two hitters later, Cabrera lined a one-out sacrifice fly to center.
“One David Beckham! There’s only one David Beckham”, “ One of us! One of us! One of us!” Los Angeles Galaxy fans sang during Beckham’s introduction to nearly 5,000 people on a WARM July morning in 2007. “Four years later, on the blog for the L.A. Riot Squad, the team’s LARGEST supporters group, Cristobal Guillermo posted: “Not one of us! Not one of us! Not one of us!”
The EMOTIONAL contrast is as stark as the difference between that morning and the RAW, WINDY, STORMY night that awaited Beckham, his teammates and the New England Revolution here Sunday night in the Galaxy’s home opener, which ended in a 1-1 tie. Only Landon Donovan’s name elicited more cheers than Beckham’s when the starting lineups were introduced. But although Beckham may not have worn out his welcome, neither has he endeared himself to the Galaxy’s most ardent supporters. And when Juan Pablo Angel entered the game in the 63rd minute, fans gave him a LOUDER ovation than Beckham received.
As Beckham enters the FINAL year of his contract and continues to pursue his international ambitions, he risks forfeiting support from the Galaxy’s most vocal fans.
“He’s really lost a lot of the loyalty that a player gets just for wearing the shirt,” “I’m sick of this guy! Just when I was starting to have a change of heart with his play on the field last season and it seemed like he actually wanted to win with us.” These are some of the comments that the disappointed fans made.
Beckham’s off-season loans to European clubs, and the ACCOMPANYING drama, have attracted such wrath. At the LAST minute and after MUCH public posturing, M.L.S. allowed Beckham to extend his first loan to A.C. Milan to July 2009. Beckham said he needed to play overseas to keep fit and PREPARE for the 2010 World Cup, returning Feb. 25, a month after the Galaxy began training, why would he extend his ‘training session’ for two weeks?
“It’s not important to me what other people think,” David added. “It’s important that I get myself right and get myself right for this season. I’ve done that.”
For the M.L.S. commissioner, Don Garber, there is a larger universe. “They’re entitled to think about their club and their players in a very focused way,” Garber said of Galaxy fans. “I’m looking at a more global perspective: what impact David has had on our awareness and credibility internationally, what he has done for our commercial business, for our television ratings.” That impact, Garber said, exceeded his expectations when Beckham signed in January 2007. “The league has far more credibility, far more awareness, far more respect five years after David came in than we did prior,” Garber said. “When I travel abroad, people know about Major League Soccer today because David’s playing in our league.”
Menchaca does not ENTIRELY disagree. “If you think about it from a business standpoint, he’s been a net gain and this is a business,” Menchaca said. “But if you think about it from growing the sport as something that people are really passionate about, he’s probably been a net loss. “There are a lot of people who showed up to watch him play and they left disappointed after his theatrics: missing half the season to go to Italy, constantly being injured because he was too committed somewhere else.”
“He’s certainly a special case,” the official said. “He’s got his own ambitions and his own desires. I don’t think anybody on the inside would fault him so much for having those ambitions.”
“One David Beckham! There’s only one David Beckham”, “ One of us! One of us! One of us!” Los Angeles Galaxy fans sang during Beckham’s introduction to nearly 5,000 people on a HOT July morning in 2007. “Four years later, on the blog for the L.A. Riot Squad, the team’s BIGGEST supporters group, Cristobal Guillermo posted: “Not one of us! Not one of us! Not one of us!”
The SENTIMENTAL contrast is as stark as the difference between that morning and the RUDE, BLOWY, STORMFULL night that awaited Beckham, his teammates and the New England Revolution here Sunday night in the Galaxy’s home opener, which ended in a 1-1 tie. Only Landon Donovan’s name elicited more cheers than Beckham’s when the starting lineups were introduced. But although Beckham may not have worn out his welcome, neither has he endeared himself to the Galaxy’s most ardent supporters. And when Juan Pablo Angel entered the game in the 63rd minute, fans gave him a HIGHER ovation than Beckham received.
As Beckham enters the LAST year of his contract and continues to pursue his international ambitions, he risks forfeiting support from the Galaxy’s most vocal fans.
“He’s really lost a lot of the loyalty that a player gets just for wearing the shirt,” “I’m sick of this guy! Just when I was starting to have a change of heart with his play on the field last season and it seemed like he actually wanted to win with us.” These are some of the comments that the disappointed fans made.
Beckham’s off-season loans to European clubs, and the PARALLEL drama, have attracted such wrath. At the FINAL minute and after A LOT of public posturing, M.L.S. allowed Beckham to extend his first loan to A.C. Milan to July 2009. Beckham said he needed to play overseas to keep fit and READY for the 2010 World Cup, returning Feb. 25, a month after the Galaxy began training, why would he extend his ‘training session’ for two weeks?
“It’s not important to me what other people think,” David added. “It’s important that I get myself right and get myself right for this season. I’ve done that.”
For the M.L.S. commissioner, Don Garber, there is a larger universe. “They’re entitled to think about their club and their players in a very focused way,” Garber said of Galaxy fans. “I’m looking at a more global perspective: what impact David has had on our awareness and credibility internationally, what he has done for our commercial business, for our television ratings.” That impact, Garber said, exceeded his expectations when Beckham signed in January 2007. “The league has far more credibility, far more awareness, far more respect five years after David came in than we did prior,” Garber said. “When I travel abroad, people know about Major League Soccer today because David’s playing in our league.”
Menchaca does not COMPLETELY disagree. “If you think about it from a business standpoint, he’s been a net gain and this is a business,” Menchaca said. “But if you think about it from growing the sport as something that people are really passionate about, he’s probably been a net loss. “There are a lot of people who showed up to watch him play and they left disappointed after his theatrics: missing half the season to go to Italy, constantly being injured because he was too committed somewhere else.”
“He’s certainly a special case,” the official said. “He’s got his own ambitions and his own desires. I don’t think anybody on the inside would fault him so much for having those ambitions.”
In the eyes of many Arabs in the region, a deeply troubling Western double standard is emerging. Many in the region are asking a simple question: Why is the West willing to intervene in Libya, while there is total Western silence about the brutal suppression of dissidents in Bahrain?
The West appears to be quite selective in lending its support to the "Arab Spring."
As Ramy Khouri, an insightful analyst from Lebanon, warns us: "The lesson that many are drawing is that two distinct standards apply to Arab citizens' rights. In countries like Libya, Egypt and Tunisia, the world will accept or actively support constitutional changes that citizens of those countries demand. In other Arab countries, like Bahrain, the rights of citizens are secondary to wider energy and security needs."
All the world is concern about how is a civil war happenings with out a reason, people is died in Lybia because the international court did not enter to solve it.
the big solution we have in our hands think about , countries in Europe are fighting with friends we have to use the dielogue.
Haiti's presidential election results delayed by fraud
By Moni Basu, CNN March 31, 2011
(CNN) -- Fraud has forced Haiti's election council to delay results of a highly anticipated runoff intended to decide the next leader of the troubled Caribbean nation. Results were supposed to have been announced Thursday. But the Provisional Election Council asked for four more days and will post preliminary results on Monday instead. Final results are not expected until April 16. The agency said "a high level of fraud and irregularities of various kinds has been detected in the tabulation of votes." The election pitted former first lady Mirlande Manigat, 70, against bad-boy musician Michel Martelly, 50. The initial election in late November ended in controversy when Jude Celestin, the government-backed candidate, placed second after Manigat. Charges of massive vote-rigging and other irregularities surfaced and protests erupted for several days on the streets of Port-au-Prince and other cities. In January, a vote review disqualified Celestin and prompted the runoff between Manigat and Martelly. Both candidates have expressed confidence in their showing. The second round of elections unfolded peacefully for the most part amid concerns that the return of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a polarizing figure in Haiti, would disrupt the vote. Aristide arrived in Haiti two days before the runoff but has kept a low profile so far and did not endorse a candidate. Haiti's next leader will inherit a job laden with challenges as the impoverished country struggles to rebuild after last year's devastating earthquake and a cholera epidemic.
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(CNN) -- Fraud has forced Haiti's election council to DENIED results of a highly anticipated runoff intended to decide the next leader of the SCOURGE Caribbean nation. Results were supposed to have been announced Thursday. But the Provisional Election Council asked for four more days and will post preliminary results on Monday instead. Final results are not expected until April 16. The agency said "a high level of fraud and PLAGIARISM of various kinds has been detected in the tabulation of votes." The election pitted former first lady Mirlande Manigat, 70, against bad-boy musician Michel Martelly, 50. The initial election in late November ended in controversy when Jude Celestin, the government-backed candidate, placed second after Manigat. Charges of MASSIVE VOTES and other FRAUDS surfaced and protests erupted for several days on the streets of Port-au-Prince and other cities. In January, REVIEW disqualified Celestin and DISPUTE the runoff between Manigat and Martelly. Both candidates have expressed confidence in their showing. The second round of elections unfolded peacefully for the most part amid concerns that the return of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, AN IMPORTANT figure in Haiti, would disrupt the vote. Aristide arrived in Haiti two days before the runoff but has kept a low profile so far and did not endorse a candidate. Haiti's next leader will inherit a job laden with challenges as the impoverished country struggles to rebuild after last year's devastating earthquake and a cholera epidemic.
Radiation, once toll-free, Can Follow difficult Path
The article is about that the days after the earthquake and tsunami happened in Japan are dangerous because they crippled a nuclear plant and the radiations that’s emit the radioactive elements used by the nuclear plant as Mercurial produce defective levels of radiations in foods: milk, cheese and principally in water.
Armed Students? Texas May Allow Concealed Guns On College Campuses
Last year's shooting at the University of Texas at Austin, where a 19-year-old opened fire on students before killing himself, has gotten students riled up. University of Texas at Austin grad student Aron Weinberg says concealed weapons won't make students any safer, but rather, will only bring more danger onto college campuses. "I think it would compromise the quality of classes because it would put a damper on the level of intellecutal discourse that occurs in the classroom." Weinberg admits he's been shocked by shootings on campus like the one on his campus just last year. But he says more weapons on campus aren't the answer. And while Weinberg acknowledges that there's a potential that a concealed weapon could be used to help in situations where a shooter opens fire on campus, he's concerned about the everyday situations college students encounter - drinking, parties, sexual assault and adolescent conflict - that could be made way more dangerous with concealed weapons. The organization Students for a Gun Free Schools has spoken out about concealed carry, saying the move is an overreaction to high-profile shootings, when in reality, students are much safer on college campuses than off. The organization says there's Lots College campuses can do if they want to keep their students safer. By: Tarquino Pacheco
Ferrer and Ljubicic Advance at Monte Carlo Masters
• David ferrer bear milos raonic 6-1, 6-3 in the third round. • The Canadian rarely threatened, managing only one ace and losing his own serve five times. • Ferrer will next face either Tommy Robredo of Spain or Viktor Troicki of Serbia • Ivan ljubicic advanced by beating Tomas berdych of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-2. • Ljubicic could next meet with Rafael nadal. The top ranked was to play Richard Gasquet of France.
David Ferrer beat Milos Raonic in 6-1 and 6-3 in the third round. The Canadian rarely threatened, only one ace and doenst give him that lose his own serve five times as well. Ferrer will next face either Tommy Robredo of Spain or Viktor Troick of Serbia. Ivan Ljubicic also advanced, beating Tomas Berdych, of the Czech Republic, he beat by 6-4, 6-2 to reach his third quarterfinal of the season. Ljubicic could next meet Rafael Nadal, actual champion.
Randy Jackson Gives 'American Idol's' James Durbin The Edge: He 'Could Win The Whole Thing'
Past "American Idols" David Cook and Lee DeWyze better watch their backs; there might be a new "Idol" rock god in the making in the form of James Durbin, at least according to judge Randy Jackson. The 22 year old from Santa Cruz California impresed the judges with his performance in the last week in whitch he sand Uprising by Muse, eventhrough he performed amazing this week everytime we hear him he always knows how to put on a show and give Idol his heavy metal touch. Every time he is becoming more innovatator and mature so its awsome how he founds himself in music.
Success! Gainesville Meal Limit On the Way to Change by Rich Lombino & Elizabeth Lombino · May 02, 2011
Gainesville is listening now that many people signed a petition. There’s a rule thats states that soup kitchens can provide meals to only 130 people each day. And if for some reason you are 131, no matter what there are no exeptions. Kent vann made a appeal in officials and he’s creative activism has proven successful! The Gainesville City Plan Board voted to change the limit to reflect Mr. Vann's suggestion of a 3-hour time limit. This recommendation will go to the City Commission in the coming weeks and they decide if the changes can be made. Some city officials are listening and responding to the pressure of activists. Activists involved in this, feel any meal limit is unnecessary and they are fighting to remove all limits. The fight will continue. This move forward is big news. the fighting does not stop until all changes are made, activists know it very well. The GvCComission has shown empathy for the most vulnerable city residents. There is the possibility that they will not agree to this change.
The Youngest Casualties of Cancer And I cried, and I told him, “You know, I want you to stay here too, but ultimately God has the say-so, so we have to abide with his wishes.” We haven’t talked about it again. If he brings it up we talk, and if he doesn’t then we don’t. For all the advances that have been made against childhood cancer, it remains the leading cause of disease-related death among children younger than 15
More than half of childhood cancers are caused by leukemia or tumors of the central nervous system. They are generally treated the same way as adult cancers; However other issues in childhood cancer are quite different from those faced by adults Beyond the consequences of the disease itself, cancer can leave deep emotional scars on its patients and their families. And if a child doesn’t survive, how does a family move on? Here we have three examples of families that have had someone close to them with cancer, here are there experiences. John Carey, Colorado Springs Now 16, he learned he had Hodgkin’s lymphoma at age 13, and has been in remission for a few months. I’m glad I got cancer, because it completely changed my outlook on life. I think of things completely differently, and I value life so much more. People don’t really like going to school, but when you’re in the hospital getting chemotherapy or in the doctor’s office or just sitting at home being really, really sick, it’s just not fun.I’ve been feeling pretty good and just working my way to a more normal life. Max Mikulak, San Diego Melissa Mikulak’s son died from a neuroblastoma on Aug. 31, 2008, at age 7. Max was told he had “no evidence of disease” when he was 4. We went home and we were ready to plow ahead. We had a great year off. And then he relapsed. We thought, “O.K., we’re going to have a great time,” and two days later we learned the cancer had spread into his liver. It’s been two and a half years since he died, and we’ll always be a family of five. He’ll always be with us. Never lose hope Jaiden Ramirez, Houston Toshia Ramirez’s son Jaiden, 7, has diffuse pontine glioma, an inoperable cancer surrounding his brainstem. We spend a lot of time on our knees, praying and asking God to let Jaiden be one of the miracles. I told Jaiden that there was a possibility that God would take him home with him. So he cried. He said he didn’t want to go live with God; he wanted to stay here with Mommy and Daddy. And I cried, and I told him, “You know, I want you to stay here too, but ultimately God has the say-so, so we have to abide with his wishes.” We haven’t talked about it again. If he brings it up we talk, and if he doesn’t then we don’t.
Tokyo Says Radiation in Water Puts Infants at Risk
ResponderEliminarPublished: March 23, 2011
By David Jolly and Denise Grady
Water in the city of Tokyo has been infected with radioactive particles from the nuclear plants at Fukushima. Small children should not take this infected water because it could cause terrible diseases like cancer in the thyroid gland. People in Tokyo have become desperate, meanwhile the government is trying to clam them.
Ei Yoshida, head of water purification for the Tokyo water department, said at a televised news conference that iodine 131 had been detected in water samples at a level of 210 Becquerel per liter. The recommended limit for infants is 100 Becquerel per liter. For adults, the recommended limit is 300 Becquerel.
The announcement prompted a run on bottled water at stores in Tokyo and a pledge from the authorities to distribute bottled water to families with infants.
Children are at much higher risk than adults because they are growing, and their thyroid glands are more active and in need of iodine. In addition, the gland is smaller in children than in adults, so there is less tissue to share the radiation: a given amount of iodine 131 will deliver a higher dose of radiation to a child’s thyroid and potentially do more harm.
Pregnant women also take up more iodine 131 in the thyroid. The iodine crosses the placenta and reaches the fetus, and the fetal thyroid takes up more iodine as pregnancy progresses. During the first week after birth a baby’s thyroid activity increases up to fourfold and stays at that level for a few days, so newborns are especially vulnerable. Women who are breast-feeding will secrete about a quarter of the iodine they ingest into their milk.
The compound potassium iodide can protect the thyroid by saturating it with normal iodine so it will have no need to soak up the radioactive form. People in Japan have been advised to take it.
Tokyo Says Radiation in Water Puts Infants at Risk
Published: March 23, 2011
By David Jolly and Denise Grady
Water in the city of Tokyo has been infected with contaminated particles from the nuclear plants at Fukushima. Small children should not take this poisoned water because it could cause horrible diseases like cancer in the thyroid gland. People in Tokyo have become dire, meanwhile the government is trying to clam them.
Ei Yoshida, head of water purification for the Tokyo water department, said at a televised news conference that iodine 131 had been detected in water samples at a level of 210 Becquerel per liter. The recommended limit for infants is 100 Becquerel per liter. For adults, the recommended limit is 300 Becquerel.
The announcement prompted a run on bottled water at stores in Tokyo and a pledge from the authorities to distribute bottled water to families with infants.
Children are at much higher risk than adults because they are growing, and their thyroid glands are more active and in need of iodine. In addition, the gland is shorter in children than in adults, so there is less tissue to share the radiation: a given amount of iodine 131 will deliver a higher dose of radiation to a child’s thyroid and potentially do more harm.
Pregnant women also take up more iodine 131 in the thyroid. The iodine crosses the placenta and reaches the fetus, and the fetal thyroid takes up more iodine as pregnancy progresses. During the first week after birth a baby’s thyroid activity increases up to fourfold and stays at that level for a few days, so newborns are especially vulnerable. Women who are breast-feeding will secrete about a quarter of the iodine they ingest into their milk.
The compound potassium iodide can protect the thyroid by saturating it with normal iodine so it will have no need to soak up the radioactive form. People in Japan have been advised to take it.
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ResponderEliminarNew Problems at Japanese Plant Subdue Optimism
By KEITH BRADSHER
Published: March 23, 2011
The restoration of electricity at the plant, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, stirred hopes that the crisis was EBBING. But nuclear engineers say some of the MOST DIFFICULT and DANGEROUS tasks are still ahead — and time is not NECESSARILY on the side of the repair teams.
The urgency of HALTING the spread of radioactive contamination from the site was underlined on Wednesday by the health warning that infants should not drink tap water.
Salt buildup inside the reactors, which could cause them to heat up MORE and, in the WORST case, cause the uranium to melt, releasing a range of radioactive material.
The Japanese have reported that SOME of the seawater used for cooling has returned to the ocean, suggesting that SOME of the salt may have flowed out AGAIN, with SOME radioactive material. PUBLIC alarm about the crisis INCREASED on Wednesday after officials announced that levels of radioactive iodine had been detected in Tokyo’s tap water.
RECENT rains might have washed radioactive particles into the water, as the Japanese government suggested. Preventing the reactors and storage pools from overheating through radioactive decay would go a LONG way toward limiting radioactive contamination. But that would require pumping a lot of COLD freshwater through them.
The EMERGENCY cooling system pump and motor for a BOILING-water reactor are ROUGHLY the size and height of a COMPACT hatchback car standing on its back bumper. No. 3 is considered one of the MOST dangerous of the reactors because of its fuel — mixed oxides, or mox, which contain a mixture of uranium and plutonium and can produce a MORE DANGEROUS radioactive plume if scattered by fire or explosions.
The spokeswoman said workers would try to repair a pump at Reactor No. 5, which was shut DOWN at the time of the quake and has shown FEW problems.
The pump ABRUPTLY stopped working Wednesday afternoon.
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The restoration of electricity at the plant, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, stirred hopes that the crisis was FLOWING, but nuclear engineers say some of the VERY HARD and RISKY tasks are still ahead — and time is not WORTH on the side of the repair teams.
The urgency of DOUBTFUL the spread of radioactive contamination from the site was underlined on Wednesday by the health warning that infants should not drink tap water.
Salt buildup inside the reactors, which could cause them to heat up GREATER, in the UGLY case, cause the uranium to melt, releasing a range of radioactive material.
The Japanese have reported that NOT ALL the seawater used for cooling has returned to the ocean, suggesting that NOT ALL the salt may have flowed out ANOTHER TIME few radioactive material. KNEWED alarm about the crisis GREW on Wednesday after officials announced that levels of radioactive iodine had been detected in Tokyo’s tap water.
CONSTANT rains might have washed radioactive particles into the water, as the Japanese government suggested. Preventing the reactors and storage pools from overheating through radioactive decay would go AN EXTENSE way toward limiting radioactive contamination. But that would require pumping a lot of ICY freshwater through them.
The ANNOUNCED cooling system pump and motor for a HEATED-water reactor are WISELY the size and height of a REDUCE hatchback car standing on its back bumper. No. 3 is considered one of the HIGHEST DANGER of the reactors because of its fuel — mixed oxides, or mox, which contain a mixture of uranium and plutonium and can produce a HIGT DANGER radioactive plume if scattered by fire or explosions.
The spokeswoman said workers would try to repair a pump at Reactor No. 5, which was shut OFF at the time of the quake and has shown LESS problems. The pump SHARPLY stopped working Wednesday afternoon.
U.N. Secretary General Expresses New Alarm Over Strife
ResponderEliminarBy DAN BILEFSKY
Secretary Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern about a possible humanitarian crisis in Libya despite the Security Council action to punish the forces of Muammar el-Qaddafi.
Up to 250000 refugees and migrants are still displaced by the fighting in Libya and there is a concern for the protection of civilians, human rights abuses and violence in humanitarian law.
15 Security Council members have approved the air strikes and a no-fly zone against Libya, Gaddafi forces have continued to defy United Nations. The Libyan authorities have taken no steps to meet its obligations.
More than 335,658 people have fled to Libya since the beginning of the crisis, while 9000 remain stranded Along libya's borders. The UN has helped 60,000 people to evacuate the country, the same is struggling to gain access to monitor the welfare of the civilian population.
It has been reported hundreds of deaths and disappearances in recent months and has expressed fears that they are being tortured or executed, also from food shortages as food prices have increased in Libya.
The participation of Arab countries in the international coalition against Gaddafi is considered vital to Unite States.
-Isabella Cotes
NOTICED
ResponderEliminarOn the Web, Every Day Is Casual Friday
By AUSTIN CONSIDINE
Published: March 18, 2011
“It seems that if you dress up too much, you run the risk of not being taken seriously,” said Erica Zidel,
Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook creator and 26-year-old billionaire after had been chosen as the 2010’s Person of the Year. He became the most (unfortunately) dressed men. But turn out to become a (new) style.
Mr. Zuckerberg’s famously (anti-fashion) stylist of (baggy) jeans, T-shirts or (hooded) sweatshirts and (casual) shoes is making imitators, or have symbolize success of a (new) generation of would be billionaire. The director David Fincher gives a new sartorial standard for success in the internet age with a film about Mr. Zuckerberg, “The Social Network” which provoke (swift) rebuttal around fashion blogs, that tells that Silicon Valley’s enfant should be a fashion icon. Mr. Zuckenberg isn’t the first one of (creative-class) casualness (see Bill Gates) and won`t be the last. His style is taken seriously by observers. Nathan Tone start selling Mr. Zuckuberg’s style in a blogger based in Austing, Tex. He sells T-shirts, hoodies and tote bags. Mr. Tone said informality was simply a benefit of working at start-ups. Ms Zidel uses this style in a competition to win (star-up) investment for her site. She wore jeans and wound up winning.
NOTICED
On the Web, Every Day Is Casual Friday
By AUSTIN CONSIDINE
Published: March 18, 2011
“It seems that if you dress up too much, you run the risk of not being taken seriously,” said Erica Zidel,
Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook creator and 26-year.old billionaire after had been chosen as the 2010’s Person of the Year. He became the most (unluckily) dressed men. But turn out to become a (recent) style.
Mr. Zuckerberg’s famously anti-fashion stylist of (sloppy) jeans, T-shirts or (cover) sweatshirts and (informal) shoes is making imitators, or have symbolize success of a (revolutionary) generation of would be billionaire. The director David Fincher gives a new sartorial standard for success in the Internet age with a film about Mr. Zuckerberg, “The Social Network” which provoke (fast) rebuttal around fashion blogs that tells that Silicon Valley’s enfant should be a fashion icon. Mr. Zuckenberg isn’t the first one of (imaginative-sort) casualness (see Bill Gates) and won`t be the last. His style is taken seriously by observers. Nathan Tone start selling Mr. Zuckuberg’s style in a blogger based in Austing, Tex. He sells T-shirts, hoodies and tote bags. Mr. Tone said, informality was simply a benefit of working at start-ups. Ms Zidel uses this style in a competition to win star-up investment for her site. She wore jeans and wound up winning.
by paola arocha
Oakland, Calif. Students Say: Please Let Us Graduate From High School
ResponderEliminarBy: Lauren Markham •
A school in California wants students graduate from high school but they have many expenses, some parents are asking for reasonable fares to send the students to school. There is a discriminatory fare policy which has adversely impacted 800-900 Oakland students who are just trying to get to school in hopes to graduate and prepare for their futures. Hundreds of concerned Americans have signed Change.org's petition to create a student rate bus pass for Oakland students--simply asking to charge reasonable fares for all of Oakland's K-12 learners. We need even more signatures to make this change happen. I think if parents and the school have a dialogue they will have an agreement
By: Juanita Landinez.
U.S. Returns Young Girl, a Citizen, to Guatemala
ResponderEliminarBy SAM DOLNICK
Emily a four-year-old citizen of u.s had been deported back to Guatemala. The media said it was just because their parent’s aren´t from u.s. the debate about immigrants son on u.s just began.
Leonel Ruiz was waiting atKennedy International Airport on the pre-mature morning of March 11 for his young daughter, Emily, to arrive home from a trip to Guatemala. The plane arrived hours late, but Emily was not on it, and neither was her grandfather, who was supposed to be escorting her back.
. Emily, a United States citizen, and her grandfather, a Guatemalan traveling with a legal visa, had been detained by immigration authorities at Dulles International Airport near Washington, where the plane had been diverted because of poor weather. The officials had told Emily’s grandfather that because of an immigration infraction two decades ago, he would not be allowed to stay in the country.
That has left Emily, a pigtailed native of Long Island, in an odd limbo. As a citizen, she has the right to re-enter her country. But her parents are illegal immigrants, which has complicated the prospect of a reunion.
Today, Emily is in Guatemala, her parents are struggling to bring her home, and lawyers and federal officials are arguing over parental responsibility and citizenship rights. T
The case comes as elected officials across the country have pushed for bills to end self-acting citizenship for children, born here, who are sometimes referred to pejoratively as anchor babies. Immigrant advocates say the proposals are different to American ideals.
There are two conflicting versions of the Ruiz story. Officials at Customs and Border Protection say they offered Mr. Ruiz the chance to pick up Emily at the airport, but he “elected to have her return to Guatemala with her grandfather.” The customs agency “strives to reunite U.S. citizen children with their parents,” Lloyd M. Easterling, a spokesman, said Tuesday.
But such a meeting could have put Mr. Ruiz possibly in detention, and he said he was never offered that option. In an interview conducted in Spanish, Mr. Ruiz, who speaks little English, said that an agent spoke to him over the telephone in English and laid out two choices: Emily could enter the custody of the State of Virginia, or she could return to Guatemala with her grandfather.
Terrified that she would be given up for adoption if she entered state custody, Mr. Ruiz said, he agreed to put her on a plane back to Guatemala. “We were very worried, and my wife was crying and crying at what was happening,” Mr. Ruiz said.
He said he would have gone to pick up Emily, and was in fact preparing to do so, but was not given the chance. “If we had to go there, we would have gone there,” he said.
The family’s lawyer, David M. Sperling, is planning to travel to Guatemala next week to escort Emily back to Long Island.
Last week, Arizona, which has become a national flash point in the immigration debate, rejected a measure aimed at pushing the Supreme Court to rule against automatic citizenship for American-born children of illegal immigrants. But elected officials in other states, like Kansas and California, have also signaled a desire to change the law to make it harder for such children to stay in the country.
Title: BlackBerry to Match Apple on the Price of Its Tablet.
ResponderEliminarBy: Ian Austen
BlackBerry Tablet will be having the same price as the Ipad 2, this would make it the first one to match Apple’s prices.
The success or failure of the BlackBerry tablet, which will have a base price of $499, is unlikely to be determined in the aisles of Best Buy, Staples, RadioShack or the other retailers that will begin offering it on April 19.The PlayBook will be the first tablet that is directly price-competitive with Apple’s offering.By comparison, both the Motorola Xoom and the Samsung Galaxy Tab cost more than the iPad 2.
While Best Buy began accepting advance orders for the PlayBook on its Web site on Tuesday, the primary buyers of the PlayBook are unlikely to be paying retail.But beyond the IDENTICAL prices, R.I.M. and Apple have taken several different approaches to their tablets.
The PlayBook, for example, has a 7-inch screen compared to the iPad 2’s 9.7-inch display. But unlike the iPad 2, the PlayBook can display Web pages that use Adobe Flash software. and it has a much HIGHER resolution camera for video and still photography.
Following Apple’s lead, R.I.M. said that in addition to the base model with 16 gigabytes of memory, the PlayBook will be offered as a 32-gigabyte version for $599 and a 64-gigabyte model for $699.
Despite the embrace of the iPad by consumers, the demand from businesses and governments for tablets remains, at BEST, unclear.
Still, Mr. Abramsky,an equity analyst with RBC Capital Market said that many corporations would probably prefer the iPad 2.
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BlackBerry Tablet will be having the same price as the Ipad 2, this would make it the first one copying Apple’s prices.
The success or failure of the BlackBerry tablet, which will have a base price of $499, is unlikely to be determined in the aisles of Best Buy, Staples, RadioShack or the other retailers that will begin offering it on April 19.The PlayBook will be the first tablet that is directly price-competitive with Apple’s offering.By comparison, both the Motorola Xoom and the Samsung Galaxy Tab cost more than the iPad 2.
While Best Buy began accepting advance orders for the PlayBook on its Web site on Tuesday, the primary buyers of the PlayBook are unlikely to be paying retail.But beyond the alike prices, R.I.M. and Apple have taken several different approaches to their tablets.
The PlayBook, for example, has a 7-inch screen compared to the iPad 2’s 9.7-inch display. But unlike the iPad 2, the PlayBook can display Web pages that use Adobe Flash software. and it has a much better resolution camera for video and still photography.
Following Apple’s lead, R.I.M. said that in addition to the base model with 16 gigabytes of memory, the PlayBook will be offered as a 32-gigabyte version for $599 and a 64-gigabyte model for $699.
Despite the embrace of the iPad by consumers, the demand from businesses and governments for tablets remains, at greatest, unclear.
Still, Mr. Abramsky,an equity analyst with RBC Capital Market said that many corporations would probably prefer the iPad 2.
Don’t Call Me, I Won’t Call You
ResponderEliminarBy PAMELA PAUL
Now a day no one uses its phone. This is ironic because years ago it was cool having a phone. A man called Jonathan Adler says that he never uses his phone and that in these days it seems like the rule is to not use the phone ever. A women obsessed with manners called Judith Martin says that for her a phone call as something rude. Jonathan Bumham a senior vice president and publisher say that where he works no one uses the phone; it is only used occasionally when people need to talk about very important topics. A publicist called Mathew Ballast says that years ago he uses the phone all day but now he only uses it two or three times a day and also that people use the phone when an email or a text message is not very clear, because it seems that now a day no one likes to use the phone.
BY: ISABELLA MAFION
By: Rafael Frieri
ResponderEliminarGrade: 8B
Article: N.F.L kickoffs to 35-yard line
Author: Judy Battista
In the N.F.L the rule moves the kickoff to the 35 from the 30 and allows members of the kickoff coverage team to line up only 5 yards behind the kickoff line. Also coaches worried that putting a touchback at the 25 instead of the 20 would be great for *intensive teams to take a touchback. In 1994 the N.F.L moved the kickoff line back to the 30 to generate more returns. Elias Sports Bureau, the number of touchbacks has been *steadily rising for a decade, from 9.3 percent of all kickoffs in 2000 to 16.4 percent last season.
In the N.F.L the rule moves the kickoff to the 35 from the 30 and allows members of the kickoff coverage team to line up only 5 yards behind the kickoff line. Also coaches worried that putting a touchback at the 25 instead of the 20 would be great for *overwhelming teams to take a touchback. In 1994 the N.F.L moved the kickoff line back to the 30 to generate more returns. Elias Sports Bureau, the number of touchbacks has been *stiff rising for a decade, from 9.3 percent of all kickoffs in 2000 to 16.4 percent last season.
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How To Save $15 Billion Of Health Care Costs
ResponderEliminarThe federal funding to DEVELOP health center capacity is in DISBELIEVE right now as Congress CONSIDERS a new budget. House Republicans have proposed cutting $1.3 billion from health center funding.
The Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, points just how much we stand to lose in health care efficiency savings if the funding is REDUCED as proposed; $15 billion.
Dr. Shin and co-author Sara Rosenbaum, JD, DEMONSTARTED that by losing the investment dollars, health centers would not be able to offer their services to 10-12 million additional patients as planned in the the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA).
But, it's not too late. Your legislators in Washington are working out the details of the budget right now and they need to COMPREHEND your opinion. FALL IN with us!
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Textbook Renter Chegg Becomes More Social
ResponderEliminarBy MIGUEL HELFT
“Education is one of the areas where technology has not had a chance to work its magic,”
Chegg is known as the Netflix of college textbooks. The Silicon Valley has raised more than $200 million in debt and equity, that allows students to rent costly college textbooks, they ship the books back and order new ones. The business, which plants a tree for every textbook rented, has planted four million trees. Chegg is now trying to get more of its customers’ attention. On Thursday, the company is unveiling a new Web site that in addition to rentals helps students to select courses and to study. “We aspire to be relevant to students every day of their college experience,” Mr. Rosensweig said in an interview. Course Rank, let’s easily students see reviews of courses and professors written by other students. Students can also see when a class meets so they can plan their schedule online and who among their friends have signed up for a given course, what textbooks are required. Chegg acquired Cramster, a online community site for study groups, where students can help each other solve homework problems and answer questions on a range of subjects. With the integration of the two services into the Chegg Web site, Mr. Rosensweig hopes to help students save time and money.
Isabella Olivieri8b
BP’s Move to Join Russian Company in Arctic Drilling Set Back
ResponderEliminarA Russian group of billionaires who are BP’s partners in TNK-BP have opposed the plan since it was announced. The TNK-BP partners have argued that the deal conflicted with their shareholder agreement, which they said obliged the British oil giant to pursue Russian business opportunities with them exclusively.
BP said it remained committed to the deal with Rosneft. “BP looks forward to finding a way to resolve its differences with its Russian partners to allow these (important) Arctic developments to proceed in the future,”
Following the accident in the Gulf, BP has been forced to put aside $40 billion to pay claims, an effort that required it to sell off assets around the world.
But in recent months, the company’s (stock) price has recovered considerably and Robert Dudley, has returned some sense of steadiness to its operations. Wall Street analysts said they thought BP would eventually be able to drill in the Russian Arctic despite the setback. Some say BP would probably need to bring their TNK-BP partners into the deal. Others think the Russian partners in TNK-BP are merely trying to force a buyout from BP. Mark Gilman said an oil and gas analyst at The Benchmark Company. “It’s going to be negotiated out. How that will be handled remains to be seen.”
Fadel Gheit said with the backing of the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin, the BP deal with Rosneft would eventually persevere. “The question is not if; it is how,” he said. “This is basically TNK’s way of forcing BP’s hand to buy them out. This is their exit tragedy.”
A Russian group of billionaires who are BP’s partners in TNK-BP have opposed the plan since it was announced. The TNK-BP partners have argued that the deal conflicted with their shareholder agreement, which they said obliged the British oil giant to pursue Russian business opportunities with them exclusively.
BP said it remained committed to the deal with Rosneft. “BP looks forward to finding a way to resolve its differences with its Russian partners to allow these (useful) Arctic developments to proceed in the future,”
Following the accident in the Gulf, BP has been forced to put aside $40 billion to pay claims, an effort that required it to sell off assets around the world.
But in recent months, the company’s (stick) price has recovered considerably and Robert Dudley, has returned some sense of steadiness to its operations. Wall Street analysts said they thought BP would eventually be able to drill in the Russian Arctic despite the setback. Some say BP would probably need to bring their TNK-BP partners into the deal. Others think the Russian partners in TNK-BP are merely trying to force a buyout from BP. Mark Gilman said an oil and gas analyst at The Benchmark Company. “It’s going to be negotiated out. How that will be handled remains to be seen.”
Fadel Gheit said with the backing of the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin, the BP deal with Rosneft would eventually persevere. “The question is not if; it is how,” he said. “This is basically TNK’s way of forcing BP’s hand to buy them out. This is their exit tragedy.”
By: Patricia Abisambra
florida governor chomps down on aligator skin marketing
ResponderEliminarflorida aligator industry is made up of 30 gator farms and thay are all mad at the state governor.Governor rick scott is against gator skin marketing and he says the state shouldn’t be in that business. money is administered by the Florida Department of Agriculture, and it pays for alligator farmers to promote their alligator meat and skin products at conferences, in brochures and on websites. The gator farmers say their marketing efforts have "focused on convincing people that it's okay to eat and wear alligator. But it isn't okay to eat or wear alligator. A peta undercover investigation of a gator farm in florida reveals the sufering of gator when farmers are trying to kill them by braking the gator spine or skinned them alive. The peta undercover investigation convince companies like victoria secret to stop selling gator askin and also to stop promoting it.The animal rigths group recently targeted tiffany&co for their use of aligator skin althought tiffany%money is administered by the Florida Department of Agriculture, and it pays for alligator farmers to promote their alligator meat and skin products at conferences, in brochures and on websites. The gator farmers say their marketing efforts have "focused on convincing people that it's okay to eat and wear alligator."
by:juandavid robles
Camila Consuegra Ruiz 8B - Travel
ResponderEliminarPlane Tickets: Buy Early or Wait?
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
Airline ticket prices go up and down, and trying to figure out when to get the (best) fare can be (tricky). Oil prices is a (major) fact in ticket prices and (recent) world events have been causing oil prices to fluctuate, making the calculation of when to buy even more (challenging). So far this year airlines have raised rates six times, compared with just three increases last year. Overall, fares are up about 18 percent for travel in (late) May through(early) June, compared with the (same) period (last) year. The professional crystal-ball gazers all agree you should not wait to book your flight if you are traveling in a (near) future. It is also suggested to buy your airfares for summer as soon as you can. But others recommend waiting just a bit. Several airlines have introduced business class sales to Europe for spring and summer travel. One of the (best) deals is Book now for business class to Europe. (Another) option is to book early and watch for price drops in an attempt to get a refund. (Most) airlines have long offered to refund the difference in their fares (minus a rebooking fee) in the form of a voucher to customers who ask. Airlines sometimes slash rates at the 11th hour, so it pays to keep checking: Look for sales at the last minute. Check package deals, when travelers obsess over the (right) time to pull the trigger on air fares, they can miss out on (other) opportunities to save.
Airline ticket prices go up and down, and trying to figure out when to get the (ideal) fare can be (guileful). Oil prices is a (dominant) fact in ticket prices and (new) world events have been causing oil prices to fluctuate, making the calculation of when to buy even more (difficult). So far this year airlines have raised rates six times, compared with just three increases last year. Overall, fares are up about 18 percent for travel in (tardy) May through (undeveloped) June, compared with the (very) period (previous) year. The professional crystal-ball gazers all agree you should not wait to book your flight if you are traveling in a (close) future. It is also suggested to buy your airfares for summer as soon as you can. But others recommend waiting just a bit. Several airlines have introduced business class sales to Europe for spring and summer travel. One of the (ideal) deals is Book now for business class to Europe. (Different) option is to book early and watch for price drops in an attempt to get a refund. (Almost all) airlines have long offered to refund the difference in their fares (minus a rebooking fee) in the form of a voucher to customers who ask. Airlines sometimes slash rates at the 11th hour, so it pays to keep checking: Look for sales at the last minute. Check package deals, when travelers obsess over the (correct) time to pull the trigger on air fares, they can miss out on (another) opportunities to save.
Circus Elephant Abuse Caught on Video as Parliament Considers Ban on Animal Acts
ResponderEliminarBy: Stephanie Feldstein
Circuses make everyone think that animals are treated well, and also that they are like family, but that is not what they demonstrate behind the scene. Everyone see love from everyone to the poor animals, but one example of this bad treating in them is the Super Circus in UK. Some animals are suffering and one example is the elephant of the UK Circus called Anne; she is an elephant of 57 years old who had been with the circus for around 40 years. She had been alone since his companion died in 2001. Some videos showed how the people of the circus hit Anne with some metal and kicked her in all her body and face. Everyone seem to be amassed of the abuse that this poor animal suffered, and people like Moira Roberts that is one of the proprietors of the circus was shocked and angered because of this, she thought it was committed by an rogue worker. ADI and other animal protection groups exposed abuse of circus animals. And they say that was not fair for the animals who suffer extreme stress from constant travel, performing, and living in unnatural environments; not to mention the isolation, incarceration and exploitation. There are three clear things. 1. Anne needs to get away from the circus. 2. People who committed this crime need to be charged. 3. Is time for the UK to prohibit the use of animals in the circus. And about things that the owners of the circus tell they are going to rehome Anne. Is time for the UK government to act, they need to sign the law that prohibits animals in circuses.
Name: Johanna Acevedo Guarin 8B
Radiation higher than the regulatory limit has been found in beef from Fukushima Prefecture, near Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the nation's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Thursday.
ResponderEliminarThe ministry said 210 bequerels of Cesium 134 and 300 bequerels of Cesium 137 per kilogram were found in the beef. The total of 510 bequerels per kilogram is higher than the limit of 500 becquerels per kilogram in guidelines set by Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission.
The meat will not be sold and will be retested, the ministry said.
The finding is the first such in beef, although authorities have banned the sale and transport of some vegetables grown in the area after tests detected radiation.
Cesium 134 has a half life of 2.1 years, according to the Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois. Cesium 137, experts have said, has a half life of 30 years -- meaning it will lose half of its radiation in three decades.Cesium 137 levels have also spiked in ocean waters off the nuclear plant, the nation's nuclear safety agency. A Wednesday afternoon sample showed levels of 527 times the standard.
Because of its long half life, experts have said its presence is worrisome.
"That's the one I am worried about," said Michael Friedlander, a U.S.-based nuclear engineer, explaining cesium might linger much longer in the ecosystem. "Plankton absorbs the cesium, the fish eat the plankton, the bigger fish eat smaller fish -- so every step you go up the food chain, the concentration of cesium gets higher."Also, the amount of the radioactive iodine-131 isotope in the samples, taken Wednesday some 330 meters (361 yards) into the Pacific Ocean, has surged to 4,385 times above the regulatory limit. This tops the previous day's reading of 3,355 times above the standard -- and an exponential spike over the 104-times increase measured just last Friday.
Radiation greater than the regulatory limit has been found in beef from Fukushima Prefecture, near Japan's destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the nation's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Thursday.
The ministry said 210 bequerels of Cesium 134 and 300 bequerels of Cesium 137 per kilogram were found in the beef. The total of 510 bequerels per kilogram is higher than the limit of 500 becquerels per kilogram in guidelines set by Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission.
The meat will not be sold and will be retested, the ministry said.
The finding is the first such in beef, although authorities have banned the sale and transport of some vegetables grown in the area after tests detected radiation.
Cesium 134 has a half life of 2.1 years, according to the Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois. Cesium 137, experts have said, has a half life of 30 years -- meaning it will lose half of its radiation in three decades.Cesium 137 levels have also gone in ocean waters off the nuclear plant, the nation's nuclear safety agency. A Wednesday afternoon sample showed levels of 527 times the standard.
Because of its extensive half life, experts have said its presence is very warning.
"That's the one I am worried about," said Michael Friedlander, a U.S.-based nuclear engineer, explaining cesium might linger much around in the ecosystem. "Plankton absorbs the cesium, the fish eat the plankton, the large fish eat little fish -- so every step you go up the food chain, the concentration of cesium gets higher."
Also, the amount of the hot iodine-131 isotope in the samples, taken Wednesday some 330 meters (361 yards) into the Pacific Ocean, has surged to 4,385 times above the regulatory limit. This tops the previous day's reading of 3,355 times above the standard -- and an exponential spike over the 104-times increase measured just last Friday.
Revamped Bullpen Closes Yankees’ Opener
ResponderEliminarIt was a day for pitching. In relief of C. C. Sabathia, three relievers supplied an ending to a season against the Detroit Tigers. It was nine up, nine down for Joba Chamberlain, the new set-up reliever Rafael Soriano and the indomitable closer Mariano Rivera.
It was the second highlight of the. Put the Yankees ahead, 4-3, and marked the third consecutive opening day that he went deep. Earlier in the he was definitely surprised that he recovered so quickly from a strained oblique muscle he sustained March 22. A dominant spring training — 0.96 earned run average in 28 innings — prepared the Tigers ace Justin Verlander for his fourth consecutive opening day start, and the Yankees approached him with a definite strategy. They focused on driving up his pitch count. Mark Teixeira saw seven of them, and he came up in the third with a more aggressive plan. With runners on first and third and one out, he drilled a 1-1 fastball deep into the second deck in right field, only his second hit in 18 career at-bats against Verlander, to put the Yankees ahead, 3-1. Opening days have not been kind to Sabathia. Even for an ace. The transition from the warmth of spring training to miserable circumstances can affect his feel for his pitches. He seemed to throw more off-speed pitches earlier in the at-bat. After minimizing damage in the second, when he allowed one run after the Tigers loaded the bases with nobody out, Sabathia was victimized by a leadoff walk to Miguel Cabrera in the fourth, when the Tigers drew to within 3-2. Ryan Raburn . They evened the score at 3-3 in the fifth on an unearned run, after Robinson Cano dropped a flip on Will Rhymes’s bunt attempt, putting runners on first and second with no outs. Two hitters later, Cabrera lined a one-out sacrifice fly to center.
By: Diego Echeverry
ResponderEliminar“One David Beckham! There’s only one David Beckham”, “ One of us! One of us! One of us!” Los Angeles Galaxy fans sang during Beckham’s introduction to nearly 5,000 people on a WARM July morning in 2007. “Four years later, on the blog for the L.A. Riot Squad, the team’s LARGEST supporters group, Cristobal Guillermo posted: “Not one of us! Not one of us! Not one of us!”
The EMOTIONAL contrast is as stark as the difference between that morning and the RAW, WINDY, STORMY night that awaited Beckham, his teammates and the New England Revolution here Sunday night in the Galaxy’s home opener, which ended in a 1-1 tie.
Only Landon Donovan’s name elicited more cheers than Beckham’s when the starting lineups were introduced. But although Beckham may not have worn out his welcome, neither has he endeared himself to the Galaxy’s most ardent supporters. And when Juan Pablo Angel entered the game in the 63rd minute, fans gave him a LOUDER ovation than Beckham received.
As Beckham enters the FINAL year of his contract and continues to pursue his international ambitions, he risks forfeiting support from the Galaxy’s most vocal fans.
“He’s really lost a lot of the loyalty that a player gets just for wearing the shirt,”
“I’m sick of this guy! Just when I was starting to have a change of heart with his play on the field last season and it seemed like he actually wanted to win with us.”
These are some of the comments that the disappointed fans made.
Beckham’s off-season loans to European clubs, and the ACCOMPANYING drama, have attracted such wrath. At the LAST minute and after MUCH public posturing, M.L.S. allowed Beckham to extend his first loan to A.C. Milan to July 2009. Beckham said he needed to play overseas to keep fit and PREPARE for the 2010 World Cup, returning Feb. 25, a month after the Galaxy began training, why would he extend his ‘training session’ for two weeks?
“It’s not important to me what other people think,” David added. “It’s important that I get myself right and get myself right for this season. I’ve done that.”
For the M.L.S. commissioner, Don Garber, there is a larger universe.
“They’re entitled to think about their club and their players in a very focused way,” Garber said of Galaxy fans. “I’m looking at a more global perspective: what impact David has had on our awareness and credibility internationally, what he has done for our commercial business, for our television ratings.”
That impact, Garber said, exceeded his expectations when Beckham signed in January 2007.
“The league has far more credibility, far more awareness, far more respect five years after David came in than we did prior,” Garber said. “When I travel abroad, people know about Major League Soccer today because David’s playing in our league.”
Menchaca does not ENTIRELY disagree.
“If you think about it from a business standpoint, he’s been a net gain and this is a business,” Menchaca said.
“But if you think about it from growing the sport as something that people are really passionate about, he’s probably been a net loss.
“There are a lot of people who showed up to watch him play and they left disappointed after his theatrics: missing half the season to go to Italy, constantly being injured because he was too committed somewhere else.”
“He’s certainly a special case,” the official said. “He’s got his own ambitions and his own desires. I don’t think anybody on the inside would fault him so much for having those ambitions.”
by: DIEGO ECHEVERRY
ResponderEliminarWITH NEW ADJECTIVES
“One David Beckham! There’s only one David Beckham”, “ One of us! One of us! One of us!” Los Angeles Galaxy fans sang during Beckham’s introduction to nearly 5,000 people on a HOT July morning in 2007. “Four years later, on the blog for the L.A. Riot Squad, the team’s BIGGEST supporters group, Cristobal Guillermo posted: “Not one of us! Not one of us! Not one of us!”
The SENTIMENTAL contrast is as stark as the difference between that morning and the RUDE, BLOWY, STORMFULL night that awaited Beckham, his teammates and the New England Revolution here Sunday night in the Galaxy’s home opener, which ended in a 1-1 tie.
Only Landon Donovan’s name elicited more cheers than Beckham’s when the starting lineups were introduced. But although Beckham may not have worn out his welcome, neither has he endeared himself to the Galaxy’s most ardent supporters. And when Juan Pablo Angel entered the game in the 63rd minute, fans gave him a HIGHER ovation than Beckham received.
As Beckham enters the LAST year of his contract and continues to pursue his international ambitions, he risks forfeiting support from the Galaxy’s most vocal fans.
“He’s really lost a lot of the loyalty that a player gets just for wearing the shirt,”
“I’m sick of this guy! Just when I was starting to have a change of heart with his play on the field last season and it seemed like he actually wanted to win with us.”
These are some of the comments that the disappointed fans made.
Beckham’s off-season loans to European clubs, and the PARALLEL drama, have attracted such wrath. At the FINAL minute and after A LOT of public posturing, M.L.S. allowed Beckham to extend his first loan to A.C. Milan to July 2009. Beckham said he needed to play overseas to keep fit and READY for the 2010 World Cup, returning Feb. 25, a month after the Galaxy began training, why would he extend his ‘training session’ for two weeks?
“It’s not important to me what other people think,” David added. “It’s important that I get myself right and get myself right for this season. I’ve done that.”
For the M.L.S. commissioner, Don Garber, there is a larger universe.
“They’re entitled to think about their club and their players in a very focused way,” Garber said of Galaxy fans. “I’m looking at a more global perspective: what impact David has had on our awareness and credibility internationally, what he has done for our commercial business, for our television ratings.”
That impact, Garber said, exceeded his expectations when Beckham signed in January 2007.
“The league has far more credibility, far more awareness, far more respect five years after David came in than we did prior,” Garber said. “When I travel abroad, people know about Major League Soccer today because David’s playing in our league.”
Menchaca does not COMPLETELY disagree.
“If you think about it from a business standpoint, he’s been a net gain and this is a business,” Menchaca said.
“But if you think about it from growing the sport as something that people are really passionate about, he’s probably been a net loss.
“There are a lot of people who showed up to watch him play and they left disappointed after his theatrics: missing half the season to go to Italy, constantly being injured because he was too committed somewhere else.”
“He’s certainly a special case,” the official said. “He’s got his own ambitions and his own desires. I don’t think anybody on the inside would fault him so much for having those ambitions.”
In the eyes of many Arabs in the region, a deeply troubling Western double standard is emerging. Many in the region are asking a simple question: Why is the West willing to intervene in Libya, while there is total Western silence about the brutal suppression of dissidents in Bahrain?
ResponderEliminarThe West appears to be quite selective in lending its support to the "Arab Spring."
As Ramy Khouri, an insightful analyst from Lebanon, warns us: "The lesson that many are drawing is that two distinct standards apply to Arab citizens' rights. In countries like Libya, Egypt and Tunisia, the world will accept or actively support constitutional changes that citizens of those countries demand. In other Arab countries, like Bahrain, the rights of citizens are secondary to wider energy and security needs."
All the world is concern about how is a civil war happenings with out a reason, people is died in Lybia because the international court did not enter to solve it.
the big solution we have in our hands think about , countries in Europe are fighting with friends we have to use the dielogue.
Alfredo Palencia
Haiti's presidential election results delayed by fraud
ResponderEliminarBy Moni Basu, CNN
March 31, 2011
(CNN) -- Fraud has forced Haiti's election council to delay results of a highly anticipated runoff intended to decide the next leader of the troubled Caribbean nation.
Results were supposed to have been announced Thursday. But the Provisional Election Council asked for four more days and will post preliminary results on Monday instead. Final results are not expected until April 16.
The agency said "a high level of fraud and irregularities of various kinds has been detected in the tabulation of votes."
The election pitted former first lady Mirlande Manigat, 70, against bad-boy musician Michel Martelly, 50. The initial election in late November ended in controversy when Jude Celestin, the government-backed candidate, placed second after Manigat.
Charges of massive vote-rigging and other irregularities surfaced and protests erupted for several days on the streets of Port-au-Prince and other cities. In January, a vote review disqualified Celestin and prompted the runoff between Manigat and Martelly. Both candidates have expressed confidence in their showing.
The second round of elections unfolded peacefully for the most part amid concerns that the return of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a polarizing figure in Haiti, would disrupt the vote. Aristide arrived in Haiti two days before the runoff but has kept a low profile so far and did not endorse a candidate.
Haiti's next leader will inherit a job laden with challenges as the impoverished country struggles to rebuild after last year's devastating earthquake and a cholera epidemic.
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(CNN) -- Fraud has forced Haiti's election council to DENIED results of a highly anticipated runoff intended to decide the next leader of the SCOURGE Caribbean nation.
Results were supposed to have been announced Thursday. But the Provisional Election Council asked for four more days and will post preliminary results on Monday instead. Final results are not expected until April 16.
The agency said "a high level of fraud and PLAGIARISM of various kinds has been detected in the tabulation of votes."
The election pitted former first lady Mirlande Manigat, 70, against bad-boy musician Michel Martelly, 50. The initial election in late November ended in controversy when Jude Celestin, the government-backed candidate, placed second after Manigat.
Charges of MASSIVE VOTES and other FRAUDS surfaced and protests erupted for several days on the streets of Port-au-Prince and other cities. In January, REVIEW disqualified Celestin and DISPUTE the runoff between Manigat and Martelly. Both candidates have expressed confidence in their showing.
The second round of elections unfolded peacefully for the most part amid concerns that the return of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, AN IMPORTANT figure in Haiti, would disrupt the vote. Aristide arrived in Haiti two days before the runoff but has kept a low profile so far and did not endorse a candidate.
Haiti's next leader will inherit a job laden with challenges as the impoverished country struggles to rebuild after last year's devastating earthquake and a cholera epidemic.
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Radiation, once toll-free, Can Follow difficult Path
ResponderEliminarThe article is about that the days after the earthquake and tsunami happened in Japan are dangerous because they crippled a nuclear plant and the radiations that’s emit the radioactive elements used by the nuclear plant as Mercurial produce defective levels of radiations in foods: milk, cheese and principally in water.
SUMMARYZE BY JOSE GARCIA
Armed Students? Texas May Allow Concealed Guns On College Campuses
ResponderEliminarLast year's shooting at the University of Texas at Austin, where a 19-year-old opened fire on students before killing himself, has gotten students riled up.
University of Texas at Austin grad student Aron Weinberg says concealed weapons won't make students any safer, but rather, will only bring more danger onto college campuses. "I think it would compromise the quality of classes because it would put a damper on the level of intellecutal discourse that occurs in the classroom."
Weinberg admits he's been shocked by shootings on campus like the one on his campus just last year. But he says more weapons on campus aren't the answer.
And while Weinberg acknowledges that there's a potential that a concealed weapon could be used to help in situations where a shooter opens fire on campus, he's concerned about the everyday situations college students encounter - drinking, parties, sexual assault and adolescent conflict - that could be made way more dangerous with concealed weapons.
The organization Students for a Gun Free Schools has spoken out about concealed carry, saying the move is an overreaction to high-profile shootings, when in reality, students are much safer on college campuses than off.
The organization says there's Lots College campuses can do if they want to keep their students safer.
By: Tarquino Pacheco
Ferrer and Ljubicic Advance at Monte Carlo Masters
ResponderEliminar• David ferrer bear milos raonic 6-1, 6-3 in the third round.
• The Canadian rarely threatened, managing only one ace and losing his own serve five times.
• Ferrer will next face either Tommy Robredo of Spain or Viktor Troicki of Serbia
• Ivan ljubicic advanced by beating Tomas berdych of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-2.
• Ljubicic could next meet with Rafael nadal. The top ranked was to play Richard Gasquet of France.
David Ferrer beat Milos Raonic in 6-1 and 6-3 in the third round. The Canadian rarely threatened, only one ace and doenst give him that lose his own serve five times as well. Ferrer will next face either Tommy Robredo of Spain or Viktor Troick of Serbia. Ivan Ljubicic also advanced, beating Tomas Berdych, of the Czech Republic, he beat by 6-4, 6-2 to reach his third quarterfinal of the season. Ljubicic could next meet Rafael Nadal, actual champion.
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Randy Jackson Gives 'American Idol's' James Durbin The Edge: He 'Could Win The Whole Thing'
ResponderEliminarPast "American Idols" David Cook and Lee DeWyze better watch their backs; there might be a new "Idol" rock god in the making in the form of James Durbin, at least according to judge Randy Jackson.
The 22 year old from Santa Cruz California impresed the judges with his performance in the last week in whitch he sand Uprising by Muse, eventhrough he performed amazing this week everytime we hear him he always knows how to put on a show and give Idol his heavy metal touch.
Every time he is becoming more innovatator and mature so its awsome how he founds himself in music.
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ResponderEliminarSuccess! Gainesville Meal Limit On the Way to Change
by Rich Lombino & Elizabeth Lombino · May 02, 2011
Gainesville is listening now that many people signed a petition. There’s a rule thats states that soup kitchens can provide meals to only 130 people each day. And if for some reason you are 131, no matter what there are no exeptions.
Kent vann made a appeal in officials and he’s creative activism has proven successful!
The Gainesville City Plan Board voted to change the limit to reflect Mr. Vann's suggestion of a 3-hour time limit. This recommendation will go to the City Commission in the coming weeks and they decide if the changes can be made.
Some city officials are listening and responding to the pressure of activists.
Activists involved in this, feel any meal limit is unnecessary and they are fighting to remove all limits.
The fight will continue. This move forward is big news. the fighting does not stop until all changes are made, activists know it very well. The GvCComission has shown empathy for the most vulnerable city residents. There is the possibility that they will not agree to this change.
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ResponderEliminarThe Youngest Casualties of Cancer
And I cried, and I told him, “You know, I want you to stay here too, but ultimately God has the say-so, so we have to abide with his wishes.” We haven’t talked about it again. If he brings it up we talk, and if he doesn’t then we don’t.
For all the advances that have been made against childhood cancer, it remains the leading cause of disease-related death among children younger than 15
More than half of childhood cancers are caused by leukemia or tumors of the central nervous system. They are generally treated the same way as adult cancers; However other issues in childhood cancer are quite different from those faced by adults
Beyond the consequences of the disease itself, cancer can leave deep emotional scars on its patients and their families. And if a child doesn’t survive, how does a family move on?
Here we have three examples of families that have had someone close to them with cancer, here are there experiences.
John Carey, Colorado Springs
Now 16, he learned he had Hodgkin’s lymphoma at age 13, and has been in remission for a few months.
I’m glad I got cancer, because it completely changed my outlook on life. I think of things completely differently, and I value life so much more.
People don’t really like going to school, but when you’re in the hospital getting chemotherapy or in the doctor’s office or just sitting at home being really, really sick, it’s just not fun.I’ve been feeling pretty good and just working my way to a more normal life.
Max Mikulak, San Diego
Melissa Mikulak’s son died from a neuroblastoma on Aug. 31, 2008, at age 7.
Max was told he had “no evidence of disease” when he was 4. We went home and we were ready to plow ahead. We had a great year off. And then he relapsed.
We thought, “O.K., we’re going to have a great time,” and two days later we learned the cancer had spread into his liver.
It’s been two and a half years since he died, and we’ll always be a family of five. He’ll always be with us.
Never lose hope
Jaiden Ramirez, Houston
Toshia Ramirez’s son Jaiden, 7, has diffuse pontine glioma, an inoperable cancer surrounding his brainstem.
We spend a lot of time on our knees, praying and asking God to let Jaiden be one of the miracles.
I told Jaiden that there was a possibility that God would take him home with him. So he cried. He said he didn’t want to go live with God; he wanted to stay here with Mommy and Daddy.
And I cried, and I told him, “You know, I want you to stay here too, but ultimately God has the say-so, so we have to abide with his wishes.” We haven’t talked about it again. If he brings it up we talk, and if he doesn’t then we don’t.
By: Maria jose Oliva