Major tsunami damage in N Japan after 8.9 quake

[namvet]

The Navy has pulled all our ships around to the Sea of Japan so they're on the west side, away from the prevailing winds.

seemed to me the emperor's lake was the best place to operate

[JLO]

And in other news, Gilbert Gottfried is a douchebag.

Here's a female version.

UCLA Student Posts Video Rant on Asians

Published March 15, 2011


Alexandra Wallace, a student at UCLA, posted a video rant on YouTube called "Asians in the Library," in which she criticizes the school for accepting "these hordes of Asian people" (YouTube).

LOS ANGELES -- The chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles said Monday he was "appalled by the thoughtless and hurtful comments" that a white student made about her Asian classmates in a video that has drawn national attention.

Alexandra Wallace posted a three-minute rant on YouTube called "Asians in the Library," in which she criticizes the school for accepting "these hordes of Asian people" who she said have no manners and invite their extended family to visit on the weekends. The UCLA political science student also faulted Asian students for disrupting her studies at the library by calling family members in the wake of the tsunami.

"I'll be in, like, deep into my studying, into my political science theories and arguments and all that stuff, getting it all down, like typing away furiously, blah, blah, blah, and then all of a sudden when I'm about to, like, reach an epiphany, overhear from somewhere, `Oh ching chong ling long ting tong, ooohh," she said.



UCLA Chancellor Gene D. Block said the video doesn't reflect the views of the university community

"Like many of you, I recoil when someone invokes the right of free expression to demean other individuals or groups," he wrote in a statement posted on the university's website.

Wallace, who couldn't immediately be reached for comment, issued an apology to the university's Daily Bruin newspaper on Sunday, calling the video inappropriate.

"I cannot explain what possessed me to approach the subject as I did, and if I could undo it, I would," she said. "I would like to offer my apology to the entire UCLA campus."

University officials are evaluating whether there have been any violations of the student code of conduct and what sanctions, if any, are appropriate.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/03/14/ucla-student-posts-video-rant-asians/#ixzz1GjPp5I6Q


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/03/14/ucla-student-posts-video-rant-asians/

[NHSparky]

UCLA political science student

'Nuff said.  Then again, UCLA DOES stand for, "University of Continuously Lost Asians."

[namvet]

'Nuff said.  Then again, UCLA DOES stand for, "University of Continuously Lost Asians."

this it??? Embedding disabled by request

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoLLEZlpUxk[/youtube]

[NHSparky]

I think I'll e-mail that to my cousin, she of the "UCLA is the best university EVAR!" alumni of said school.  Then again, she may be an airhead racist, but nice rack!

[Revolution]

That's not common sense loaded in her tits, that's for sure...

[Rebel]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOGpGoEMu2s[/youtube]



 


BTW, is it possible that I agree and disagree with some of both their points?

[vesta111]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOGpGoEMu2s[/youtube]



 


BTW, is it possible that I agree and disagree with some of both their points?

Me also but, this young woman is loosing the best education in life she will never get--- and this is out of school. 
 
 She hears people in dread fear of the lives of their family and well being, what the hell is wrong with going to the person that interrupted her euphony and giving them a hug. These students must speak English, and even if they do not, a hug and a caring moment is universal as to care. So all this young woman hears is chinck chong, would she be happy to hear Finnish or Russian ??

What the **** is more important then the agony of family over not knowing if their family is still alive, --not one spoiled brat wanting to have them shut the **** up so she can pass a test.

The song from  HAIR comes to mind, " How can people be so hartless, so easy to be cold."

This child does not understand that if she has to say screw the test i NEED TO GIVE MY SELF AND COMPASSION TO THOSE IN DIRE STRATES ---SO BE IT.    She can take that test at a later date.

Sorry but when distaster strikes I have to put the people effected before my or my family's needs.  When my family is unaffected by a disaster's, then I expect them to respond, in some way, even if my 7 year old bakes cookies for those in shelters.

[Evil_Conservative]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOGpGoEMu2s[/youtube]



 


BTW, is it possible that I agree and disagree with some of both their points?

That was awesome.

[NHSparky]

From NEI:

UPDATE AS OF 10:00 A.M. EDT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16:
News reports that high radiation levels led to the evacuation of all workers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station are not accurate. Workers were evacuated for about an hour but returned to the site to continue efforts to restore safe conditions at the plant.
Restoration of electrical power to the site was underway at the Daiichi plant as of 6:00 a.m. EDT Wednesday. A temporary cable was being connected between an off-site power line and Daiichi reactor 3. Off-site power has not been available at the site since the earthquake on March 11.
Reactors 1, 2 and 3 at the plant are being cooled with seawater. There is some level of uranium fuel damage at all three units, and containment structure damage is suspected at units 2 and 3, NucNet reported.
Before the earthquake, Reactor 4 had been in refueling and was completely defueled. Attempts to provide cooling water to the used fuel pool at reactor 4 by helicopter were not successful. Preparations are being made to inject water into the fuel storage pool using a high-capacity spray pump. There have been two fires inside the reactor containment building at reactor 4, but they have been extinguished. Although the reactor containment building at Unit 4 was damaged, the primary containment vessel remains intact.
At the Fukushima Daini site, all four reactors are safely shut down and cooling functions are being maintained.
(End of NEI Report)

[IassaFTots]

From NEI:

UPDATE AS OF 10:00 A.M. EDT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16:
News reports that high radiation levels led to the evacuation of all workers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station are not accurate. Workers were evacuated for about an hour but returned to the site to continue efforts to restore safe conditions at the plant.
Restoration of electrical power to the site was underway at the Daiichi plant as of 6:00 a.m. EDT Wednesday. A temporary cable was being connected between an off-site power line and Daiichi reactor 3. Off-site power has not been available at the site since the earthquake on March 11.
Reactors 1, 2 and 3 at the plant are being cooled with seawater. There is some level of uranium fuel damage at all three units, and containment structure damage is suspected at units 2 and 3, NucNet reported.
Before the earthquake, Reactor 4 had been in refueling and was completely defueled. Attempts to provide cooling water to the used fuel pool at reactor 4 by helicopter were not successful. Preparations are being made to inject water into the fuel storage pool using a high-capacity spray pump. There have been two fires inside the reactor containment building at reactor 4, but they have been extinguished. Although the reactor containment building at Unit 4 was damaged, the primary containment vessel remains intact.At the Fukushima Daini site, all four reactors are safely shut down and cooling functions are being maintained.
(End of NEI Report)

Sparky, regarding the bolded bit.  Why is everyone now flipping out about Unit 4 not having any water.  Isn't that pretty much what you quoted above?    I appreciate your input, because my nuclear knowledge is VERY limited, and the media is just going balls to the wall about it.  As usual.

[namvet]

 on the science channel last night they did a special on volcano's and earthquakes. including this

 Historic Earthquakes


Tonankai. Japan
1944 December 07 04:35 UTC
Magnitude 8.1

998 deaths. More than 73,000 houses were destroyed or heavily damaged by the earthquake and an additional 3,000 houses were washed away by the tsunami. The quake was felt from northern Honshu to Kyushu. A large tsunami struck the Pacific Coast of Japan from Choshi, Honshu to Tosashimizu, Shikoku. Maximum wave heights of up to 8 m (26 ft) were observed on the east coast of the Kii Peninsula, Honshu. A 0.5-m tsunami was recorded on Attu, Alaska and a small tsunami was recorded at San Diego and Terminal Island, California.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1944_12_07.php

it was wartime of course. at first they thought the shake was from allied bombings

[Ptarmigan]

Cappie Pondexter.

And Cappie Pondexter, again for some reason best known only to her, decided to use Twitter to express her own racism, directed specifically at Japanese citizens suffering from one of the worst disasters in recorded history. Yep. The same Rutgers University Basketball Player Cappie Pondexter who was called a "nappy headed ho," by Radio Talk Show Host Don Imus, and said that was "unacceptable and inappropriate," got on Twitter a few days ago and said:

First: "maybe god was tired of the way they treated there own people"

Then: "u just never knw! They did pearl harbor so u can't expect anything less"

Are we seeing women as the new racists? Is it all because they can't find a guy of a certain color? What's the deal here with this spewing of female racism? Not only that, it oddly underscores the point that the best man out there for a woman doesn't always have the same skin color, so they should get over it.

Alexandra Wallace Cappie Pondexter Racist Anti-Asian Rants Show Racism Still Alive
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail?entry_id=85143

[Ptarmigan]

Gilbert Gottfried apologizes for Japan earthquake jokes; Howard Stern, Joan Rivers slam Aflac firing
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2011/03/15/2011-03-15_gilbert_gottfried_apologizes_for_japan_tweets_howard_stern_joan_rivers_slam_afla.html

Joan Rivers and Howard Stern are clearly irrelavant. I guess all the plastic surgery Rivers got messed up her brain. How about Stern no longer what he was, a shock jock.

[NHSparky]

Sparky, regarding the bolded bit.  Why is everyone now flipping out about Unit 4 not having any water.  Isn't that pretty much what you quoted above?    I appreciate your input, because my nuclear knowledge is VERY limited, and the media is just going balls to the wall about it.  As usual.

Because unlike the primary fuel, the spent fuel pool is just that--a pool of about 20-25 foot deep water (normally) used not only to cool the used fuel, but to provide shielding as well.  Remove that and bad things will happen, especially where there is a lot less of a barrier between it and atmosphere.

[IassaFTots]

Because unlike the primary fuel, the spent fuel pool is just that--a pool of about 20-25 foot deep water (normally) used not only to cool the used fuel, but to provide shielding as well.  Remove that and bad things will happen, especially where there is a lot less of a barrier between it and atmosphere.

Ok, that makes sense.  Thanks!

[vesta111]

Ok, that makes sense.  Thanks!

Ok here is perhaps the most stupid questions of the year so far.

As if what has been said so far is true, there is some radiation just floating away from the Island.   Now what effect will the rain and snow have on the drifting radiation, will it somehow capture the radiation and pull it to the ground hooked to the snow or rain.????

What about FALL OUT that we equate with radiation and think of something that sort of reminds me of Ivory Soap Flakes.?????   Is fall out visible to the human eye???

BTW, those silly Scientists that were it not for the tragedy going on at this time, I would get a belly laugh out of watching them debate.

Yesterday on FOX two of them with opposing view points were being interviewed and both came close to blows on their theory's. Both of them with EGO'S the size of a barn were raising their voices, talking over each and the interviewer had to cut them off.

 Really came across that NO ONE knows what can or will happen, we have been playing with fire for years and can only now realise that we actually have very little knowledge about this beast and had better rethink out of the box.

[debk]

Ok here is perhaps the most stupid questions of the year so far.

As if what has been said so far is true, there is some radiation just floating away from the Island.   Now what effect will the rain and snow have on the drifting radiation, will it somehow capture the radiation and pull it to the ground hooked to the snow or rain.????

News show this morning, just showed the expected "drift" path across the Pacific.

It stopped just at the coastal edge of the US.

I didn't know the wind stopped when it hit California.

[namvet]

dog Leads Rescuers to Injured Friend

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdksXMfCWHM[/youtube]

[Wineslob]

dog Leads Rescuers to Injured Friend

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdksXMfCWHM[/youtube]

If my wife sees this.............................

[CG6468]

If my wife sees this.............................

My wife's the same way. She saw this a few days ago, and she said that both dogs were rescued and taken to an animal shelter and are fine.

[seahorse513]

Dogs are the most amazing creatures, in the way that they feel compassion for human, or even another animals.