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Remove Margin Borders in OpenOffice Writer Document

By Jean · Comments (0)
Monday, April 9th, 2012

Remove Margin Border from OpenOffice Writer Document

 

Do you find the margin border in Openoffice Writer annoying and want to get rid of it?

 

Open an OpenOffice Writer Document

                                                            Page with Margin borders

 

 

In the page title bar Go to > Tools > Options which opens the Options Window

 

   

 

 

 

Click on the plus sign of OpenOffice.org which opens the drop down list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the list click on 'Appearance' and to the right of the window un tick 'Text boundaries'  Click 'OK' at the bottom of the window.  This will close the window and remove the margin borders from the writer page.

 

To show the margin borders again follow the above and tick the box beside 'Text boundaries' and click 'OK' at the bottom of the window. 

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Fraudulent Science is Widespread!

By Peter Daley · Comments (1)
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

Our science community is suffering from the same fatal ailment as the rest of our society, corruption, and fraud. Scientism the faithful belief in scientists to be truthful and honest, is a false paradigm. A lot of so called scientific, technological and medial research findings, that are published in our modern media and peer review publications, are outright fraudulent. These research findings are nothing more than corporate propaganda, to influence our purchasing habits, so they can make big profits.

“Trust Us, We're Experts” Here is a great book on how scientist and medical professional skew the truth. To summarise, they get very well paid to lie. It is worth just reading the synopsis on Amazon page about the book if nothing else. Here is a small excerpt.

“You think that if a scientist says so, it must be true? In the early 1990s, tobacco companies secretly paid thirteen scientists a total of $156,000 to write a few letters to influential medical journals. One bio-statistician received $10,000 for writing a single, eight-paragraph letter that was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. A cancer researcher received $20,137 for writing four letters and an opinion piece to the Lancet, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, and The Wall Street Journal.”

 

http://www.amazon.com/Trust-Us-Were-Experts-Manipulates/dp/1585421391

 

A lot of medical studies and research findings are released each year. After investigation by independent researchers, it is often found that up to 90% of these studies have no real substance to them, and are no more than just propaganda to promote the pharmaceutical industry profit agenda.

 

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-damned-lies-and-medical-science/8269/

 

Silent Forests is a documentary narrated by David Susuki, about the bad use of genetic science to promote a particular companies financial agenda, for GMO products. In this case forest trees that produce a toxic insecticide BT. This science has the potential to create an environmental nightmare. Large profits can be made from it in the short term, but at what cost to us and future generations? Organic farmers are having their lively hoods destroyed because pollen from genetically modified crops drifts into their fields. GMO companies are now shifting any future liability from damage that may arise from the use of their GMO products, to the farmer's who have purchased and used their GMO seeds.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w437uQf_A7c

 

These examples show that the world is facing a crisis situation. All our social systems, financial, scientific and technological, have been taken over by greed and corruption. Profit comes first and the human community and the Earth's biosphere last. A person who is willing to support a lie in the corporate or government interest, gets promoted, plus gets paid lots of money for promoting the lie. Even if the result of that lie could result in the deaths of large numbers of people, and irreparable harm to the environment.

 

If the wider community does not take action to stop this, it will get worse. Corrupt people or organizations will constantly test to see what they can get away with. If there is no resistance they will become more emboldened. Whistle blowers should have communities standing behind them and supporting them. They should be rewarded by our communities, for standing up to this, out of control, wide spread corporate and government corruption. This is an American site about whistle blowers but you get the idea. It is worth having a look at the blog on this page also.

 

http://www.whistleblowers.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=71&Itemid=108

 

Our society needs to be re-ogranised so that those who have the community interests at heart get promoted. At present our social systems promote those who are psychopathic. This is an excellent documentary on this very subject.

"I Am Fishead" Are Corporate Leaders Egotistical Psychopaths?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MWpxH-RlFQ&feature=related

 

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Print Grid Lines with no Input in OpenOffice Calc (Spreadsheets)

By Jean · Comments (0)
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

Print Grid Line with no Input in Open Office Calc (Spreadsheet)

 

It possible to print the lines showing rows and columns on a blank spreadsheet.

 

One way is to open a new Calc (Spreadsheet) and go into Format > Page > Sheet > Tick against Grid in the Print list and click OK. Then put a space in the top left hand cell and the bottom right hand cells of the sheet by placing the cursor in the cell and moving the space bar once or twice to give it something to print.

 

Do a Print Preview before printing to be sure what is done is correct.

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Ebay History

By Jean · Comments (0)
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

eBay History

 

Piere Omidyar had formed a sole proprietorship for his web consulting and freelancing technology work, which he named Echo Bay Technology Group.

 

In 1995, Pierre Omidyar created Auction Web, the forerunner to eBay. The company originally operated out of Omidyar’s house in San Jose, California. The company name, eBay, was arrived at by accident The company was originally known as Echo Bay Technology. In 1995, the company tried to register the domain name echobay.com; however, this domain was in use. The company shortened its domain name to eBay.com. ebay is short for echo bay and echo bay came from Echo Bay California.

 

The site began with the listing of a single broken laser pointer. Though Pierre had intended the listing to be a test more than a serious offer to sell at auction, he was shocked when the item sold for $14.83. Pierre knew that he’d created something big as soon as he contacted the winning bidder to ask if he understood that the pointer was broken. “I’m a collector of broken laser pointers,” came the reply.

 

eBay began as an online market from which people could sell goods and services on a local or international basis.

 

In 2010, eBay’s company information describes the company as global with websites in the Asia Pacific region, Europe and North America. With 90 million worldwide users, eBay is the worlds largest online marketplace. eBay grew rapidly, branching out from collectibles into nearly every type of market. eBay’s vision for success transitioned from one of commerce—buying and selling things—to one of connecting people around the world together. eBay thrived, eclipsing many of the other upstart auction sites that dotted the dot-com bubble. According to eBay, PayPal, the online banking website, became an important part of eBay.

 

In 2002, eBay took control of PayPal. In 2009 eBay sold goods worth $60 billion.

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Find Anything with Everything

By Jean · Comments (0)
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Find Anything with Everything

 

This small software application bypasses Windows search with a lightning quick interface and real-time results for all of the files and folders in your local hard drive or any subsection of it. The software doesn’t do much more than search, but its efficiency, effectiveness, stability, and low system resource usage make it a keeper utility.

 

The software is split into two main controls:-  the search box and the results page. When you first run Everything, it will create an index of all the files and folders on your machine. Unless you have millions of files, the index will be created before you know it. Searching is done in real time, as you type–i.e. the search term “rad” returns 379 objects, “radio” returns 160, and “radiohead” returns 71, all instantly.

 

The results screen can display seven different fields: Name, Path, Size, Last Write Time, Creation Time, Last Access Time, and Attributes. Sorting by any field takes a little longer than searching, but only slows down noticeably when you sort more than 1,000 results.

 

Everything also lets users connect to HTTP, FTP, or ETP (Everything Transfer Protocol) servers to allow remote searches, but its functionality is mostly singular–searching your local PC very quickly with minimal resources, and it accomplishes that well. If you’ve never struggled with Windows search before, you might pass Everything by; if your computer is a disorganized mess with files all over the place, Everything might be a wonderful gift.

 

The programme can be downloaded (free) from – http://www.voidtools.com/download.php – and will run on Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista and Windows 7

 

This site – http://www.voidtools.com/faq.php give information about the programme and answers questions about Everything including Searching, Results, Customizing and Troubleshooting.

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RSS Feeds

By Jean · Comments (0)
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

 

What is an RSS feed and what is it used for

(Reference – http://australia.gov.au/faqs/site-help/help-with-rss-feeds-and-podcasts) (This site also contains information about Podcasts)

 

Do you spend time looking at a favourite website or blog to see when something new is added? You could save this time and bother by having an RSS Feed to that site.

 

RSS is an abbreviation for Really Simple Syndication or sometimes Rich Site Summary

An RSS feed is a simple method for staying informed about new content on a website. Types of content that can have RSS feeds are news items, publications, media releases, alerts and blogs.

 

How does RSS Work?

 

RSS is a file format that is used to let people know when a certain website or part of a website has been updated with new content.

 

The service which alerts users to these updates is known as an RSS feed. A feed, like a website, is a file of computer code that your computer converts into something that can be read on your screen. Unlike a website, an RSS feed cannot simply be viewed in your browser window. To view an RSS feed, you will need to download an RSS reader (also called a feed reader or RSS aggregator).

 

When loaded into an RSS reader, a feed will deliver a brief summary of each update that is made to the website it comes from, along with a link to the updated area of the website.

RSS feeds can usually be found linked from a small orange icon such as

RSS or XML or RSS feed.

Where can I find RSS readers?

 

There are a large number of RSS readers (also known as feed readers or news aggregators) available to the public.

 

Some are downloadable programs that are installed on your computer, while others are web-based services that you log in to through your web browser. Some web browsers (such as Firefox, Opera and Safari) are also capable of tracking RSS feeds.

 

 

 

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Daily Local Background Radiation Levels and Advisories

By Peter Daley · Comments (4)
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

For the Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia, (The average local background radiation level for 4 years has been .1 uS/Hr, see historical chart at bottom of page)

Once the 24 hr data from 12am to 12pm for that day has been collected it will be posted here the next morning. At times significant peaks in radiation maybe detected which would warrant the issuing of a cautionary email advisory or an alert. Please take time to read the email advisory or alert information and come back to this web site during the day for further updates.

 

The logged local background  radiation data is recorded by a Gammascout Alert Geiger counter which is then downloaded onto a computer for analysis.

Handy Geiger Counter Use Guide

 Local background radiation  level trend for the last 24 hours,  Slightly above .10 uSv/hr 4 year average

Here is the montly average chart for 2012

May 2012

April 2012  ( Month average .112 uSv/hr )

Radioactive cloud detections on the 20th and 21st of April, see daily charts.

So far, all our radioactive cloud detections have occurred when the wind has come from the northern tropics. From my observations of the weather radar at the time, on the 20th and 21st,  two  air masses, a northerly and southerly, meet just north of Caloundra. The Geiger Counter alarm sounded on numerous occasions, indicating radiation levels went above .50 uSv/hr multiple times. These above .50 uSv/hr events where brief and were not recorded by the Geiger Counter data logger.  My theory is that when the northerly pressure system pushed a little bit south, we got the radiation detections. When the northerly air mass was pushed north background went back to normal. The radioactive cloud detections are a result of the huge amounts of radiation released by the still active Fukushima Nuclear disaster, breaching the Northern and Southern hemisphere air circulation barrier.

 

Daily 24 hour background radiation chart 20042012

(The dark blue line through the daily charts is that day's average.)

http://sccc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/24-hour-background-radiation-chart-20042012.jpg

Daily 24 hour background radiation chart 21042012

http://sccc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/24-hour-background-radiation-chart-21042012.jpg

Radioactive cloud detections on the 23rd of April

Here is the chart for the 23rd, peaks not as high as the 20th and 21st April, but the days overall average radiation level was higher.

Daily 24 hour background radiation chart 23042012

http://sccc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/24-hour-background-radiation-chart-23042012.jpg

March 2012  ( Month average .124 uSv/hr )

5th average background  up to 8.30am  .145uS/Hr,  24 hr average  .185 uS/Hr   elevated  – Advisory Issued
It may be wise to stay out of the rain. I am getting indoor peaks up to .63 uS/hr on the Geiger Counter, as this rain event moves through. It suggests it may be radioactively hotter outside. Maybe worth letting your local friends know. If you or a child gets wet in it, have a good shower when you can. I have no idea what isotopes are in the rain, only that my Geiger counter is registering 6x higher than our normal background radiation, in peaks. These peaks are only lasting for a very short period of time.

Here is the 24 hour data chart, the blue line through chart is the daily average.

http://sccc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/24-hour-background-radiation-chart-05032012.jpg

 

6th average background today .135 uS/Hr slightly above average

I am not getting any more peaks in radiation like yesterday. Peaks dropped off late Monday afternoon, plus the wind direction has changed from the north to south.

February 2012  ( Month average .137 uSv/hr )

Radiation Cloud detected over Melbourne Australia 26th February 2012, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q74OAsV2yPU

January 2012  ( Month average .143 uSv/hr )

Radiation Cloud detected over Australia 8th January 2012  read article here, http://sccc.org.au/archives/2490

Radiation Cloud detected over South Island of New Zealand 29th January 2012, http://sccc.org.au/archives/2517

Four year local background radiation levels recorded from 2007 to 2011.  ( 4 year average .10 uSv/hr )

Radiation Cloud detected over Australia 8th January 2012

http://sccc.org.au/archives/2490

Radiation Cloud detected over South Island of New Zealand 29th January 2012

http://sccc.org.au/archives/2517

Radiation Cloud detected over Melbourne Australia 26th February 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q74OAsV2yPU

 

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Is travelling in the Northern Hemisphere safe?

By Peter Daley · Comments (0)
Sunday, March 4th, 2012

There are increasing independent reports coming in from people with radiation testing equipment that is strongly suggesting that travelling to certain areas in the Northern Hemisphere could be a serious risk to you and your family's health. I know a lot of members travel, that is why I have written this article. Study the information in the articles provided, and do further research before making travel arrangements. It could mean the difference between life and death for you or a family member. Radiation fallout will not kill you instantly, but depending on the internal and/or external doses, it can considerably shorten one's life.

Last year the Japanese tourist industry was offering ten thousand free flights to Japan. They said that the Fukushima nuclear disaster was under control, and  that is was now safe to travel there, as long as you stayed outside of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster exclusion zone. The evidence provided here strongly suggests otherwise.

This very recent February 25th 2012 independent report shows a recording of 6.5 uS/Hr background level of radiation at Tokyo Station. For those who don't understand what 6.5 uS/Hr means, it is 65 times higher than our average local background, and ten times Chernobyl mandatory evacuation level. At this level, it should also be a mandatory evacuation zone, the same as the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone!

Tokyo railway station is a railway station in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda. Tokyo station is near the Imperial Palace grounds and the Ginza commercial district. It is the main intercity rail terminal in Tokyo, the busiest station in Japan in terms of number of trains per day, with over 3,000 trains per day, and the fifth-busiest in Eastern Japan in terms of passenger numbers.

Tokyo railway station has tens of thousands of men, women and children travelling through it daily. It means that a lot of radioactive dust has been transported from contaminated areas by travellers and it is also being stirred up as they move through the station.

Ingested radiation from contaminated food, liquids or air, radiates body cells with high doses of radiation for long periods of time. Radioactive dust breathed in is very dangerous because if it gets stuck in you lungs, it will irradiate the cell it is next to, and those around, it with high doses of radiation, and you can't walk away from it. Unlike a piece of radiation that maybe lying on the ground. So this is a very serious health issue for anyone travelling through, or working at the station.

Gammarscout Geiger Counter

Is it now necessary to own a Geiger Counter and learn how to use it properly, if you intend travelling overseas? This is a question some of you may have to ask. I will be available to show you how to use a Geiger counter at club meetings, for those who are interested.

This is the cheapest Geiger I have seen, but only if you already own an iphone.

http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/03/01/radiation-watch-46-pocket-geiger-counter-for-iphone/

Read the full article here.

http://enenews.com/report-6-5-microsvh-at-japans-busiest-train-station-equal-to-57-millisieverts-per-year-10-times-chernobyl-evacuation-levels-near-imperial-palace-photos

Are aircraft flights across the Northern Hemisphere also becoming very risky?

All the evidence is suggesting that a lot of the fallout from Fukushima Nuclear disaster is still being released into the upper atmosphere in the Northern Hemisphere. When planes fly through this higher atmosphere,  the radioactive fallout cloud  is sucked into the cabin of the aircraft, together with radioactive hot particles.

This article by By Michael Collins,  EnviroReporter.com documents a flight across America on December 23rd 2011. The big differences between him and his new wife, and the normal passengers, was that they took  a Geiger counter and also wore respirators.

Hot particles where detected on their respirators at the end of the flight. Also they had readings as high as 1,238 CPM in flight, or over 36 times higher than the background radiation in the jet, at the terminal. This article clearly shows the dangers in travelling by air in the Northern Hemisphere at present. Pregnant women or small children are much more sensitive to the effects of radiation. So it is important that your family becomes fully aware of the risks of travelling overseas at present. If they are not aware of the risk, they can't take action to protect themselves.

http://www.enviroreporter.com/2012/01/seasons-readings/

These articles suggest that travel hubs are becoming concentrators of radioactive fallout carried around by people travelling through them. Again it is the ingested radiation that is the most dangerous, because you can't get away from it.  Try as best you can to educate your families to the present risks, as there is no main stream media reporting of this issue.

I would like to point out again that the people in these reports are using radioactive testing equipment that clearly shows what they are reporting is true. So there is strong physical evidence to back up what they are saying!

UPDATE: 22 Febuary 2012 another report of high radiation levels when flying across America. It is normal to have raised radiation levels of 4x to  5x ground background levels when flying at high altitudes. This is way above that!

Measured radiation on a flight from Flint Michigan to San Diego, CA and @ 32.000 feet, "Radiation reached approx. 2.85 mcSv/h Microsiverts per hour"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb7006DEj68&context=C4a9e506ADvjVQa1PpcFPDUPpSLwArBWsTJHgh9bmKsNwYQeUJU10=

This article is my opinion and does not necessarily represent that of the club.

Other related articles on radiation from Fukushima

Fukushima and safe radiation levels

http://sccc.org.au/archives/428

Radiation Cloud detected over Australia 8th January 2012

http://sccc.org.au/archives/2490

Radiation Cloud detected over South Island of New Zealand 29th January 2012

http://sccc.org.au/archives/2517

Nuclear Power Technology, an extinction level event.

http://sccc.org.au/archives/2186

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Text in a Circle – Open Office

By Jean · Comments (2)
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Open Office – Text in a Circle Shape

 

Open an Open Office Writer document

Go to > View > Toolbars > tick beside Fontwork (This opens a Fontwork Window at left top of page.)

The Fontwork Window has these options available -

Fontwork Gallery – adds another Fontwork object

Fontwork Shape – edits the shape

Fontwork Same Letter Heights – changes the height of characters

Fontwork Alignment – aligns the text

Fontwork Character Spacing – changes the character spacing and kerning

 

 

Click on frame with A in centre . This opens the Fontwork Gallery.

 

 

Choose a simple font (eg – use the second one in from top left – disregard the shape at this stage.)

Double Left Click on the chosen font. This will close the Fontwork Gallery window and copy ‘Fontwork’ to your document with green handles around it and a yellow dot.

 

 

From the Fontwork Window Click on Fontwork Shape to show the drop down box of shapes.

 

 

Choose the narrow circular shape (second bottom row and second from right end) by a double left click on it. The word ‘Fontwork’ will change shape..

 

 

Double-left click the word ‘Fontwork’ to enter text edit mode. This will bring a line of text reading ‘Fontwork’ in the middle with a flashing cursor to the end of it. (Cursor is not showing in image below)

 

 

Select the text in the middle by holding down the shift key and move the cursor back over the the word using the left arrow key so it is highlighted. Now type in new text (Happy Birthday). Double Left click in the word Fontwork. This will change your text and the shape it is.

 

 

Click the text in the shape so there are the small green handles around it. Move the cursor over a green handle until the cursor changes to a double ended arrow. Move the arrow to drag out to the circle shape.

 

 

With the green handles around the circle click on the text to get a cross with double ended arrows. Using these arrows with the cursor the shape and text can be moved around on the page.

 

 

At this stage the colour bar will be added at the top of the page -

which will allow the text colour to be change. The text can have a line colour around it or colour as

Invisible, Colour, Gradient, Hatching or Bitmat. Try the varitations that are here.

The font style can be changed – just double click and highlight the middle text as below and change the font, size, or colour (as above). Click away from the straight text in the centre and the text will return to circle shape.

 

 

To increase the gap between words (with the green handles on) hover you mouse over the yellow dot (near the centre dot on the left hand side above) and your pointer will turn into a hand. Click and drag the circle upwards slightly and that will create a bigger gap between the first and last words. Another method to give more space between words (with the text highlighted in the centre) is press the space bar to make a space before or between words.

 

The number of letters in the text being used and the size of the circle will determine the finished size of the text.

It may be a bit difficult to do some of the steps above at first attempt but persevere and experiment a little using more or less letters in the wording, add extra spaces between words, change the font being used, change colours and more.  Experiment with different shapes.  Have fun!

Once satisfied with the circle of text it can be copied to use in a card programme (if the one you use does not have this capability), to an e mail, or included in a slide show or text document etc.

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Radiation Cloud Detection Dunedin New Zealand 29th January 2012

By Peter Daley · Comments (34)
Monday, January 30th, 2012

 

I have been in contact with a person In New Zealand who just sent me information of a detection of a high level radiation cloud passing over Dunedin New Zealand. You will find a copy of his email correspondence below. This chart is the recorded background radiation level during this event.  Visual observation saw peaks reach an incredible 1.89 uS/Hr !

“Dear Peter,

Now that I have regained my composure, I thought I would write. It has been a wild afternoon! I shall write you a report upon what was observed later, if you wish to publish it, you can. Feel free to include those images on your website.

Gammascout detection of radiation cloud .81uS/Hr Dunedin New Zealand 29th January 2012

 

The steady-ish readings of 0.81 (photo) were taken when I came in off the street. It was briefly reading 1.89 on the street in the wind. I decided to come inside asap to the back yard, and then left the GS sitting outside for a while (0.25 photo) – checking on it. I’m in a relatively sheltered section. There was no way I was going to stand in ~2 microSieverts per hour in the wind!! No detectable radiation on me as such, it appears to be in the air. I can only speculate as to what it is. To be honest, it scared the cap out of me!

I remember waste drums putting out 1.2 micros per hour … but almost 2 in the wind – well?! You don’t stand in that and wait around. So far, I’ve kept it relatively quiet from the press, and shall continue to monitor – as we have a rain front system approaching from the South. I’m not sure how to handle this, as I wish to maintain a very very low profile.

It is clear, that both ARPANSA and NRL are intentionally playing dumb. That said, it is probably best that I feed information to you, and it can be used at your end effectively. I’m now set up with camera and logging everything on 1 minute sampling (in case the data fouls on transfer and also that a photographed reading says more than a data point)”

Here is his follow up report.

“Hello Peter!

Please find the following notes.
Notes re yesterday:

On Sunday 29/1/2012 at 13:30 local time an increase in radiation inside was noted. This was investigated, and found to be emanating from the atmosphere itself. Wind conditions were gusting to strong from the NW direction at the time. Standing in the street, a peak climbing rate of 1.89 microSieverts/hr was noted (the observer did not remain to see how high it would go, as it was considered unwise to do so).
The Gammascout was reset to collect data (as its memory was full), and the sampling window set to 1 minute.
Several excursions were made outside to investigate the conditions, and the results can be seen in photographs and in the logs supplied. These were recorded in a sheltered ‘back yard’.  These logs did not record the peak events see earlier, unfortunately.
From 16:51 events were recorded inside. The Gammascout memory was downloaded when it was full. Outside natural background average is 0.10-0.12 micro Sv/hr, inside average ranges from 0.15-0.18 microSv/hr.

Further monitoring will take place in conditions when the wind direction is from the Tasman Sea. Further photographs await processing on 35 mm film.”

Another radiation cloud,  this time a massive 4.5 uS/Hr  passing over Dunedin New Zealand 1st February 2012, around 1 to 2am in the morning, during a rain event!

4.5 uS/Hr radiation cloud passing over Dunedin New Zealand 01022012

” The GS unit wasn’t set properly after the first recorded spike. Hence, the uncorrected date data was published. The time is correct, for the date specified … it was never envisioned that fallout would be here, and the date was never correctly set after its last service.

The missing patch between the logs is the down time for the GS uni switching from 1 minute to 7 day logging as the memory fills.

Average 24 hours is 0.14 … climbing to 0.23/0.24 and higher for these events … and lasting for a while post … dropping to 0.14 from 0.23 … inside.

The dip after the heavy counts is really curious, and has been seen with several GS units. There is not explanation … none. But it is real … the ocean/beach rate here is 0.03 to 0.05 micro/hr … land is a bit warmer.
The evening that it occurred coincided with a heavy brief downpour …. when the rain stopped, so did the radiation. The drops were really large, and weird … also, there had been fallout previous to the unit being reset – you can see the earlier blips. Some of the earlier zeros are from guests playing with the unit resetting it. These were recorded inside – outside would have been hotter. You can see the different spikes as the gs unit was moved to the window … the window was slammed shut … and there is 2 feet of brink and mortar in this place! Solid as!!

We have had a smaller event her recently also with the rain … as the ground dries up, it does as well. Background stays elevated for a bit … then it disperses. Short half life and mobile. Either or, in the rain, or free in the wind … with small amounts of residue … ”

Here is the location of Dunedin. It is on the south island of New Zealand, what I considered to be one of the safest places on the planet, if a Nuclear disaster like Fukushima happened. So what is going on?

Latest potrblog video  provides a good explanation of what is happening with the jet stream air currents at present. A split in the jet stream  has occurred which is driving some of the Fukushima fallout radiation into the Southern Hemisphere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQPIRDGFOTM&feature=player_embedded

 

Other related Articles

How governments can arbitrarily raise so called radiation safety levels. No increase is safe!

http://sccc.org.au/archives/428

Radiation Cloud detected over Australia 8th January 2012

http://sccc.org.au/archives/2490

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