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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:51 am Post subject:
Rumor: Sony Hacker Arrested After Leak of Developer Source Code
Member of LulzSec group taken into custody earlier today, according to IRC chat log.
June 6, 2011
by Michael Thomsen
Earlier today one of the Sony hackers from the group LulzSec (Lulz Security) is said to have been arrested, according to a report from news site The Epoch Times. LulzSec is thought to be the group responsible for hacking the PlayStation Network in April.
According to the report, which is based on a chat log taken from an IRC server that was obtained by a security tools group, LulzSec cracked Sony's Developer Network and uploaded copies of the code onto a number of file sharing websites. The full implications of having access to this code are unclear but at the very least it would mean potential hackers could interface with the PSN using the privileges given developers.
The report claims the hacker has been taken into custody by the FBI. Neither Sony nor any law enforcement agency has made any statements regarding the matter.
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:07 pm Post subject:
71-yr-old man arrested for beating 32-yr-old son to death
Tuesday 07th June, 08:55 AM JST
AICHI �\
A 71-year-old man in Chita, Aichi Prefecture, was arrested on Monday for allegedly beating his 32-year-old son to death. Police that emergency services received a call at around 8 a.m. from a man who told them that his son was dead. Police rushed to the man�fs house and found that his son had apparently been beaten to death.
The suspect, identified as Tomoyuki Neguchi, told police that he lived with his son. He was quoted as saying they often quarreled. �gHe wouldn�ft listen to me. I got so angry and hit him.�h
Police said Neguchi punched his son in the face and kicked him in the stomach on Sunday night and early Monday morning. An autopsy has been ordered to establish the exact cause and time of death.
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:51 pm Post subject:
Japan has doubled its estimate of the amount of radiation spewed out by the Fukushima nuclear plant in the week after the crisis began. It comes after confirmation that plutonium has been found outside the facility for the first time.
Even before these revelations Japanese authorities were urging residents living just outside the Fukushima no-go zone to leave. Thousands are now packing up and evacuating, fearing radiation in soil and the atmosphere could lead to health problems, especially in children.
One of the districts being evacuated is Iitate, less than 40 kilometres from the crippled plant.
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:01 pm Post subject:
'Melt-through' at Fukushima? / Govt report to IAEA suggests situation worse than meltdown
Nuclear fuel in three reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has possibly melted through pressure vessels and accumulated at the bottom of outer containment vessels, according to a government report obtained Tuesday by The Yomiuri Shimbun.
A "melt-through"--when melted nuclear fuel leaks from the bottom of damaged reactor pressure vessels into containment vessels--is far worse than a core meltdown and is the worst possibility in a nuclear accident.
The possibility of the situation at the plant's Nos. 1 to 3 reactors was raised in a report that is to be submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
If the report is released as is, it would be the first official recognition that a melt-through has occurred.
It was revealed earlier that sections of the bottom of the pressure vessels where control rods go through have been damaged. Highly radioactive water from inside the pressure vessels was confirmed to have leaked out of the containment vessels, even outside the buildings that house the reactors.
The report also acknowledges problems with the vertical administrative structure concerning nuclear safety regulations. As a result, the report says, who was responsible for keeping people safe in the event of a nuclear accident was not clear.
The report proposes separating the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency from the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry and making it an independent organization. The report also proposes drastic reform of the nation's nuclear administration, including the Nuclear Safety Commission.
Japan's Earless Rabbit Sparks Worries About Radiation, Mutation
It's no Godzilla, but an earless rabbit allegedly born near Japan's severely-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant has become the latest poster child for the side-effects of radiation exposure.
The bunny -- purportedly captured on video just outside the crippled plant exclusion area and posted on YouTube on May 21 -- has become big news in Japan and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere, stoking fears that contamination from the damaged facility could cause genetic mutations.
But both rabbit experts and radiation researchers told AOL Weird News the bunny's bizarre looks could have a less sensational explanation.
Oh, cheerleader - why did I think she was playing in the NBA??
Go! Fight! Win!
OK, back to the regular *sigh* news....
is that even possible, 3 leagues at once, that'll be like Kobe playing hoops, baseball, and tennis at the same time, ok maybe not very possible.
and i have to say she is hot, but i'm guessing she is Japanese-american, not a Japanese national. ok...judging by her name, maybe she is a Japanese national, but came over from Japan at a young age, and knows english well.
is that even possible, 3 leagues at once, that'll be like Kobe playing hoops, baseball, and tennis at the same time, ok maybe not very possible.
and i have to say she is hot, but i'm guessing she is Japanese-american, not a Japanese national. ok...judging by her name, maybe she is a Japanese national, but came over from Japan at a young age, and knows english well.
The following is taken from the Western Kentucky University ESL website:
Some students travel thousands of miles from everything they know for excitement, cultural flavor or ambition. Then again, some students come to WKU, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Sophomore Emi Koike, 20, said she just graduated from her Tokyo elementary school when her parents told her and her sister, Anri, 22, that their family was moving to New York. Though they expected to return eventually, after two years the Koike family members were forced to leave their New Jersey home and return to Tokyo when their visas expired. While back in Tokyo schools, Koike said she was introduced to a new realm of athleticism and competition-cheerleading. She said she practiced about 15 hours a week. While she focused on cheerleading and finished her secondary education in Tokyo, Koike's mother and sister moved back to the United States as permanent residents. It would be four years before she and her father could rejoin their family in New Jersey. Though she was busy with school, upon her return to the United States she came to doubt her place in New Jersey. "I didn't like it," Koike said. "Too many Asian people. It's so close to New York. I only see some Americans. Everybody's immigrated. I wanted to learn English as fast as I can, so I wanted to be separated from my mom and my sister so I could learn language faster." That desire along with the dream to be on an American college dance team, brought Koike to Western Kentucky University last summer. She began improving her English at the English as a Second Language International Program at Cherry Hall while she studied textiles. "I didn't even want to go to college in Japan and do dance or cheer. I wanted to come to the United States and be on the team," Koike said. Koike said she feels like she expresses herself when she dances. She said making the dance team is the most exciting part of coming to the United States. Koike is currently on Western�Ls new junior varsity dance team. "She is quiet, but she works really hard and is always pushing to the max," said junior varsity coach Amy Kempf.
Koike, Emi - Japan
In the article, it stated that she was 20 years old, so that means it was written around seven years ago. To go from being a college JV cheerleader to being a cheerleader in the NBA, NHL, and now the NFL (obviously not all concurrently) means she's either really determined or that WKU is the mecca of cheerleading.
Black-rind watermelons sold for up to 300,000 yen in auctions
ASAHIKAWA (Kyodo) -- A black-rind watermelon grown in Hokkaido fetched a winning bid price of 300,000 yen Monday, the highest marked at this harvest season's first auction held at a fresh produce market in Sapporo.
An auction for the premium Densuke watermelon, a signature product of the town of Toma, was also held in Asahikawa on Japan's northernmost island, where the president of a seafood company in Toma bought one for 250,000 yen, becoming the highest opening-day bidder for the fourth consecutive year at the market.
"We will display the watermelon in the office for a while, and after that we want to enjoy eating it with our customers," Masuichi Fukase, the president, said.
A total of 104 Densuke watermelons, known for their black and shiny skin, were auctioned off at the two markets Monday. Some 67,000 watermelons are scheduled to be shipped this season and will be sold at a retail price of about 5,000 yen each.
Japan utility paying $1B to nuclear plant evacuees
MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) �\ The owner of Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant will pay an estimated $1 billion (88 billion yen) to thousands of residents who evacuated homes near the radiation-leaking plant and don't yet know when they can return.
Compensation Tokyo Electric Power Co. ultimately may pay for the world's second-worst nuclear disaster is expected to be trillions of yen.
Japan's Cabinet last week approved a bill to help TEPCO meet the massive costs, and parliamentary approval is pending. It would establish a fund from public money and contributions from utilities and special government bonds.
The estimate TEPCO released Wednesday is in addition to 50 billion yen paid in preliminary compensation to 50,000 households in late May.
TEPCO said it is preparing to distribute the latest compensation to about 150,000 people forced to evacuate areas around the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, which has leaked radiation since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami destroyed its power and crucial cooling systems.
The estimate is based on criteria adopted by a government panel this week �\ up to 120,000 yen ($1,500) per month to each family for the first six months, a reduced 50,000 yen ($625) per month each for another six months.
TEPCO is also preparing to pay separate compensation to fishermen, farmers and agriculture cooperatives, and others who have suffered because of disaster. Those figures are not available yet.
On Wednesday, the Iitate village office moved into the prefectural, or state, government office in Fukushima City after more than 6,000 residents evacuated the village, which was designated as high-risk for long-term radiation exposure.
"I hope we can all return to our homes as soon as possible," village chief Norio Kanno told reporters.
At the Fukushima plant, workers are struggling to get a crucial water treatment system fully operational. Fresh water being pumped into the reactors to keep them cool becomes contaminated with radiation, and 110,000 tons of radiation-tainted water have pooled across the plant.
It could overflow within 10 days if action is not taken. The treatment system that went fully operational Friday was halted because a cartridge to absorb radioactive particles reached its limit within five hours, not several weeks as expected.
After cleaning and adjustment, the water treatment system is being tested again and has processed 1,700 tons of water, TEPCO spokesman Junichi Matsumoto said.
The contaminated water has hampered work to install a sustainable cooling system at each reactor that incorporates the water treatment system. Unit 1 is close to that stage, but the other two reactors have fallen behind due to high radiation or debris.
TEPCO has reduced water put into the reactors, so that less water accumulates, but there is a risk. Matsumoto acknowledged the temperature at Unit 3 has slightly risen and requires careful monitoring.
TEPCO hopes to bring the reactors to a stable cold shutdown state by early January, �\ a goal some experts have questioned as too ambitious.
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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:24 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Japan utility paying $1B to nuclear plant evacuees
MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) �\ The owner of Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant will pay an estimated $1 billion (88 billion yen) to thousands of residents who evacuated homes near the radiation-leaking plant and don't yet know when they can return.
Compensation Tokyo Electric Power Co. ultimately may pay for the world's second-worst nuclear disaster is expected to be trillions of yen.
Japan's Cabinet last week approved a bill to help TEPCO meet the massive costs, and parliamentary approval is pending. It would establish a fund from public money and contributions from utilities and special government bonds.
The estimate TEPCO released Wednesday is in addition to 50 billion yen paid in preliminary compensation to 50,000 households in late May.
TEPCO said it is preparing to distribute the latest compensation to about 150,000 people forced to evacuate areas around the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, which has leaked radiation since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami destroyed its power and crucial cooling systems.
The estimate is based on criteria adopted by a government panel this week �\ up to 120,000 yen ($1,500) per month to each family for the first six months, a reduced 50,000 yen ($625) per month each for another six months.
TEPCO is also preparing to pay separate compensation to fishermen, farmers and agriculture cooperatives, and others who have suffered because of disaster. Those figures are not available yet.
On Wednesday, the Iitate village office moved into the prefectural, or state, government office in Fukushima City after more than 6,000 residents evacuated the village, which was designated as high-risk for long-term radiation exposure.
"I hope we can all return to our homes as soon as possible," village chief Norio Kanno told reporters.
At the Fukushima plant, workers are struggling to get a crucial water treatment system fully operational. Fresh water being pumped into the reactors to keep them cool becomes contaminated with radiation, and 110,000 tons of radiation-tainted water have pooled across the plant.
It could overflow within 10 days if action is not taken. The treatment system that went fully operational Friday was halted because a cartridge to absorb radioactive particles reached its limit within five hours, not several weeks as expected.
After cleaning and adjustment, the water treatment system is being tested again and has processed 1,700 tons of water, TEPCO spokesman Junichi Matsumoto said.
The contaminated water has hampered work to install a sustainable cooling system at each reactor that incorporates the water treatment system. Unit 1 is close to that stage, but the other two reactors have fallen behind due to high radiation or debris.
TEPCO has reduced water put into the reactors, so that less water accumulates, but there is a risk. Matsumoto acknowledged the temperature at Unit 3 has slightly risen and requires careful monitoring.
TEPCO hopes to bring the reactors to a stable cold shutdown state by early January, �\ a goal some experts have questioned as too ambitious.
TEPCO's credit rating from Moody has been downgraded to junk status.
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