TOKYO — Japanese officials struggled on Sunday to contain a widening nuclear crisis in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, saying they presumed that partial meltdowns had occurred at two crippled reactors and that they were facing serious cooling problems at three more.
An explosion occurred at the Daiichi nuclear power plant in northern Japan after the earthquake.
The emergency appeared to be the worst involving a nuclear plant since the Chernobyl disaster 25 years ago. The developments at two separate nuclear plants prompted the evacuation of more than 200,000 people. Japanese officials said they had also ordered up the largest mobilization of their Self-Defense Forces since World War II to assist in the relief effort.
On Saturday, Japanese officials took the extraordinary step of flooding the crippled No. 1 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, 170 miles north of Tokyo, with seawater in a last-ditch effort to avoid a nuclear meltdown.
Then on Sunday, cooling failed at a second reactor — No. 3 — and core melting was presumed at both, said the top government spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano. Cooling had failed at three reactors at a nuclear complex nearby, Fukushima Daini, although he said conditions there were considered less dire for now.
With high pressure inside the reactors at Daiichi hampering efforts to pump in cooling water, plant operators had to release radioactive vapor into the atmosphere. Radiation levels outside the plant, which had retreated overnight, shot up to 1,204 microsieverts per hour, or over twice Japan’s legal limit, Mr. Edano said.
NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster, flashed instructions to evacuees: close doors and windows; place a wet towel over the nose and mouth; cover up as much as possible. At a news conference, Mr. Edano called for calm. “If measures can be taken, we will be able to ensure the safety of the reactor,” he said.
One result of the venting may have been setting off an explosion, caused by either steam or hydrogen, that tore the outer wall and roof off the building housing reactor No. 1, although the steel containment of the reactor remained in place, officials said.
Even before the statement on Sunday by Mr. Edano, it was clear form radioactive materials turning up in trace amounts outside the reactors that fuel damage had occurred. The existence or extent of melting might not be clear until workers can open up the reactors and examine the fuel, which could be months.
A meltdown occurs when there is insufficient cooling of the reactor core, and it is the most dangerous kind of a nuclear power accident because of the risk of radiation releases. The radiation levels reported so far by the Japanese authorities are far above normal but still too small to pose a hazard to human health if the exposure continued for a brief period. The fear was that more core damage would bring bigger releases.
The Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said that as many as 160 people may have been exposed to radiation around the plant, and Japanese news media said that three workers at the facility were suffering from full-on radiation sickness.
Even before the explosion on Saturday, officials said they had detected radioactive cesium, which is created when uranium fuel is split, an indication that some of the nuclear fuel in the reactor was already damaged.
How much damage the fuel suffered remained uncertain, though safety officials insisted repeatedly through the day that radiation leaks outside the plant remained small and did not pose a major health risk.
However, they also told the International Atomic Energy Agency that they were making preparations to distribute iodine, which helps protect the thyroid gland from radiation exposure, to people living near Daiichi and Daini.
Worries about the safety of the two plants worsened on Saturday because executives of the company that runs them, Tokyo Electric Power, and government officials gave confusing accounts of the location and causes of the dramatic midday explosion and the damage it caused.
Hiroko Tabuchi reported from Tokyo, and Matthew L. Wald from Washington. Martin Fackler contributed reporting from Nakaminato, Japan, David E. Sanger from Washington, and Michael Wines from Tokyo.
While there may not be any direct references in the Bible by Jesus regarding a vegetarian diet, text does exist with Jesus teaching that we should not only be eating a vegetarian diet, but that we also should be eating a living-food diet (we should not be cooking our food). Jesus certainly taught compassion and love, so the thought of Jesus promoting a vegetarian diet should not be surprising to us. If you are a follower of Jesus, hopefully you will want to read the words he shared with the Essenes, found in ancient manuscripts from the 3rd century. If you are not a follower of Jesus, hopefully you will still be interested in his words. You do not need to be a follower of Jesus to understand the truth in these scriptures.
Here are some sections taken from The Essene Gospel of Peace with headings added. For the translations of the full scriptures, follow the link at the bottom of the page.
"Thou shalt not kill"
'Thou shalt not kill,' for life is given to all by God, and that which God has given, let not man take away. For-I tell you truly, from one Mother proceeds all that lives upon the earth. Therefore, he who kills, kills his brother. And from him will the Earthly Mother turn away, and will pluck from him her quickening breasts. And he will be shunned by her angels, and Satan will have his dwelling in his body. And the flesh of slain beasts in his body will become his own tomb. For I tell you truly, he who kills, kills himself, and whoso eats the flesh of slain beasts, eats of the body of death. For in his blood every drop of their blood turns to poison; in his breath their breath to stink; in his flesh their flesh to boils; in his bones their bones to chalk; in his bowels their bowels t o decay; in his eyes their eyes to scales; in his ears their ears to waxy issue. And their death will become his death.
"I have given you every herb bearing seed... to you it shall be for meat"
Kill not, neither eat the flesh of your innocent prey, lest you become the slaves of Satan. For that is the path of sufferings, and it leads unto death. But do the will of God, that his angels may serve you on the way of life. Obey, therefore, the words of God: 'Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is breath of life, I give every green herb for meat.
"eat not anything which fire, or frost, or water has destroyed"
But I do say to you: Kill neither men, nor beasts, nor yet the food which goes into your mouth. For if you eat living food, the same will quicken you, but if you kill your food, the dead food will kill you also. For life comes only from life, and from death comes always death. For everything which kills your foods, kills your bodies also. And everything which kills your bodies kills your souls also. And your bodies become what your foods are, even as your spirits, likewise, become what your thoughts are. Therefore, eat not anything which fire, or frost, or water has destroyed. For burned, frozen and rotted foods will burn, freeze and rot your body also. Be not like the foolish husbandman who sowed in his ground cooked, and frozen, and rotten seeds. And the autumn came, and his fields bore nothing. And great was his distress. But be like that husbandman who sowed in his field living seed, and whose field bore living ears of wheat, paying a hundredfold for the seeds which he planted. For I tell you truly, live only by the fire of life, and prepare not your foods with the fire of death, which kills your foods, your bodies and your souls also."
"It is the fire which blazes outside your body, which is hotter than your blood. With that fire of death you cook your foods in your homes and in your fields. I tell you truly, it is the same fire which destroys your foods and your bodies, even as the fire of malice, which ravages your thoughts, ravages your spirits. For your body is that which you eat, and your spirit is that which you think. Eat nothing, therefore, which a stronger fire than the fire of life has killed. Wherefore, prepare and eat all fruits of trees, and all grasses of the fields, and afl milk of beasts good for eating. For all these are fed and ripened by the fire of life; all are the gift of the angels of our Earthly Mother. But eat nothing to which only the fire of death gives savor, for such is of Satan."
"So eat always from the table of God: the fruits of the trees, the grain and grasses of the field, the milk of beasts, and the honey of bees. For everything beyond these is of Satan, and leads by the way of sins and of diseases unto death. But the foods which you eat from the abundant table of God give strength and youth to your body, and you will never see diseases
Eat, therefore, all your life at the table of our Earthly Mother, and you will never see want. And when you eat at her table, eat all things even as they are found on the table of the Earthly Mother. Cook not, neither mix all things one with another, lest your bowels become as steaming bogs. For I tell you truly, this is abominable in the eyes of the Lord.
What would Jesus do? What would Jesus eat? These scriptures help clarify what Jesus would have eaten and what he would have recommended to others.
"Animals are God's creatures, not human property, nor utilities, nor resources, nor commodities, but precious beings in God's sight. ... Christians whose eyes are fixed on the awfulness of crucifixion are in a special position to understand the awfulness of innocent suffering. The Cross of Christ is God's absolute identification with the weak, the powerless, and the vulnerable, but most of all with unprotected, undefended, innocent suffering."
--Rev. Andrew Linzey
Jesus' message is one of love and compassion, yet there is nothing loving or compassionate about factory farms and slaughterhouses, where billions of animals live miserable lives and die violent, bloody deaths. Jesus mandates kindness, mercy, compassion, and love for all God's creation. He would be appalled by the degree of suffering we inflict on animals to indulge our acquired taste for their flesh.
Christians have a choice. When we sit down to eat, we can add to the level of violence, misery, and death in the world, or we can respect His creation with a vegetarian diet.
The Garden of Eden, God's perfect world, was vegetarian (Gen. 1:29-30). Immediately, God calls this ideal and non-exploitative relationship "good" (Gen. 1:31). There follow many years of fallen humanity, when people held slaves, waged war, ate animals and committed various other violent acts. But the prophets tell us that the peaceable kingdom will be nonviolent and vegetarian; even the lion will lie down with the lamb (e.g., Isaiah 11). Jesus is the Prince of Peace, who ushers in this new age of nonviolence. When Christians pray, "Your will be done, on Earth as it is in heaven," the one prayer given to us by Jesus, this obligates us to change our lives, to make choices that are as merciful and loving as possible. There will be no factory farms and slaughterhouses in heaven.
God created every animal with the capacity for pain and suffering. But on today's factory farms, animals are dehorned, debeaked, and castrated without anesthesia. To maximize profits, they are crowded together in the least space possible, and are genetically bred, so that most suffer lameness, crippling leg deformities, or bone breaks, because their legs can't keep up with their scientifically enhanced bodies. Finally, they are trucked without food or water, through all weather extremes, to a frightening and hellish death.
A vegetarian diet is good for your health and spares animals unimaginable suffering and violence. Remember: As we do to the least, so we do to Him.
De dolfijnen redders 15 minuten na de aardbeving !
*Steven ThompsonThis was taken by Brian with Scott driving and Tarah probably in the car with probably radio contact with three others 15 minutes after the quake and before the aftershocks and before the tsunami.
Every once in a while we hear the kind of story that takes us all by surprise, and also warms our hearts.
The story of a three-month old puppy, Wall-E, began Friday morning in a cage full of puppies found at a shelter in Sulphur, Oklahoma by animal control officer Scott Prall. After evaluating the space available at his shelter, the cage of puppies were put on the kill list, to be euthanized that same night.
Somehow this puppy miraculously survived being euthanized not once, but twice! Scott Prall and the kennel technicians at the shelter were shocked to find the puppy alive and well after spending a frigid night in the dumpster.
Thanks to kennel technician Amanda Kloski, Wall-E was listed on Petfinder. Marcia Machtiger from Pittsburgh, who regularly advocates for shelter animals, set out to raise funds for the puppy and has received an astounding 2000+ e-mails of support and from people wanting to adopt him.
Not every puppy at a shelter gets a happy ending like this so if you haven't already, look into adopting from your local shelter!
'Zorgwekkende bijensterfte leidt tot internationale crisis'
*Noot: Als imker is me opgevallen dat de bijen vooral begonnen uit te sterven bij het verschijnen van de CHEMTRAILS !!!
ANP − 10/03/11, 14:34
NEW YORK - Het milieubureau van de Verenigde Naties (UNEP) luidt de noodklok over de internationale bijenpopulatie. Op sommige plekken in de wereld is het aantal bijen met wel 85 procent gedaald. Dat kan leiden tot een internationale crisis, aldus een VN-rapport dat donderdag naar buiten is gebracht.
Volgens het milieubureau moet meer worden gedaan om de bij te redden. Zo zouden boeren een toeslag moeten krijgen als ze 'bijvriendelijk' boeren. Ook moet voorzichtig worden omgesprongen met pesticiden en moeten beheerde bijenkorven vrij worden gehouden van ziektes.
Pesticiden Waarom het aantal bijen de afgelopen jaren zo hard afneemt is nog onduidelijk. Volgens de UNEP zijn een aantal factoren bepalend: het verlies van leefgebied, parasieten, luchtvervuiling en het gebruik van pesticiden zouden allen een rol spelen.
Cruciaal Bijen zijn cruciaal in het bestuiven van planten. Honderd plantensoorten leveren nagenoeg al het voedsel in de wereld en zeventig daarvan zijn afhankelijk van bijen, aldus UNEP. Zonder de diertjes moeten de planten handmatig worden bestoven, een zeer kostbare bezigheid.
'Mensen hebben de illusie gecreëerd dat we in de 21ste eeuw onafhankelijk zijn van de natuur door de technologische vooruitgang. Bijen onderstrepen de realiteit dat we juist meer, niet minder afhankelijk zijn van de diensten van de natuur', aldus Achim Steiner, directeur van UNEP.
DIERENVRIENDEN, Voor de dieren in de opvang doen we alles, energie, tijd, liefde en geld is voor hun...echter met dit laatste redden we het niet en hebben we dringend hulp nodig! Wilt U ons hier in steunen, het kleinste bedrag is WELKOM !
Indien u een bedrag aan onze stichting wil schenken mag u dat doen op volgend rekeningnummer. Het geld wordt integraal besteed aan de dieren en hun verzorging, onderkomen en voeding.
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Ik ben Leny, en gebruik soms ook wel de schuilnaam De Bosheks.
Ik ben een vrouw en woon in Planeet Aarde (Heelal) en mijn beroep is Medisch Entomoloog.
Ik ben geboren op 22/05/0000 en ben nu dus 2013 jaar jong.
Mijn hobby's zijn: Flora en Fauna, Muziek,Kunst,Humor,Boeken,PC,Paarden/Mensport,Films,enz..
Op deze planeet zijn we allemaal gemaakt uit hetzelfde genetische materiaal,dwz.dat alles wat leeft,eigenlijk onze broeders en zusters zijn!Zoals St.Franciscus ook de dieren aansprak met broeder wolf,zuster vogel en zuster bloem.HOU VAN ALLES WAT LEEFT!!!
Ik ben Leny, en gebruik soms ook wel de schuilnaam De Bosheks.
