A Wish of Comfort for the Japanese People.

My heart throbs with empathy for the Japanese who are experiencing such all-encompassing destruction and suffering from the natural disaster.

I hold you in my heart through-out the day, and wish I could just spend some time with each person suffering to offer a warm blanket, listen to your fears and comfort your distress in any small way that I can. Perhaps a warm wash cloth to wipe off the grit or soft socks to bring some small comfort to your strong spirit.

I don't have a lot of money but I have found a few dollars to send with love; from one family member to another. I watch the news reports with the level of concern that I would have for a direct family member. I truly feel each human being as family because I have seen the power and reality of interconnection. We are all in this thing called life together and when one of us suffers, we all suffer.

My tears give way to conviction that the proud Japanese culture will over-come this trial like the noble and spiritually strong siblings that they are. I lend them my heart for whatever these words of electronic bit and bites can convey. I am with you in spirit--I listen to your cries on the news and embrace you with my energy and offer my patient ear should your stress call for such aid. I bow to your resilience and await the day when I can visit the land of Zen.

May the deep compassion of the Buddha's soothing words carry you through this time of struggle. The international internet Sangha is holding you tight in our collective arms and send you our support in full. We are with you for the long-haul--you are not alone, ever. Even though there is a long physical distance, we are together in the oneness of the Dharma--think upon your international sangha family and take hope and strength in our united determination. I leave you with this wish, from my heart to yours, from the mouth of the wise Buddhist scholar, Shantideva...

For as long as space exists
And sentient beings endure,
May I too remain,
To dispel the misery of the world.

Whatever joy there is in this world
All comes from desiring others to be happy,
And whatever suffering there is in this world
All comes from desiring myself to be happy.

~Peace to Japan~

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Local Radio Station Threatened by Cuts

ORLAND — Roughly a quarter of WERU 89.9 FM’s annual operating budget would disappear if lawmakers kill federal funding for public broadcasting.

Karen Doherty deejays her Monday afternoon radio program at WERU’s Orland headquarters. The community radio station, which broadcasts everything from reggae to organic gardening tips, is threatened by possible cuts to federal funding for public broadcasting. — ELLSWORTH AMERICAN PHOTO BY CYNDI WOOD

“Everything we do there could be less of,” said General Manager Matt Murphy.

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UN Approves Military Action by U.S., Allies Against Libya

By Ola Galal, Massoud A. Derhally and Bill Varner

(Updates 11th paragraph with Obama telephone call to British, French leaders. For more news on Mideast turmoil, see EXTRA and MET.)

March 18 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations Security Council authorized a no-fly zone and other military action to prevent Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi from making good on his threat to conquer the rebel capital, Benghazi, and “destroy” the opposition movement.

The council provided the legal basis for the U.S., France, the U.K. and several Arab nations to intervene in the Libyan conflict to avert a feared bloodbath if Qaddafi defeats the opposition. The embattled Libyan dictator said yesterday he would show “no mercy” to “traitors” who do not surrender.

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Japan works to restore power at crippled reactors

Japanese engineers are racing to restore a power cable to the quake-ravaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in the hope of restarting pumps needed to pour cold water on overheating fuel rods and avert a catastrophic release of radiation.

Even if the engineers manage to connect the power, it is not clear the pumps will work as they may have been damaged in the earthquake or subsequent explosions and there are real fears of the electricity shorting and causing another explosion.

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Japan works to restore power at crippled reactors

Japanese engineers are racing to restore a power cable to the quake-ravaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in the hope of restarting pumps needed to pour cold water on overheating fuel rods and avert a catastrophic release of radiation.

Even if the engineers manage to connect the power, it is not clear the pumps will work as they may have been damaged in the earthquake or subsequent explosions and there are real fears of the electricity shorting and causing another explosion.

Officials will also continue water-bombing in the hope of bringing radiation emissions under control.

Australia is among a number of countries expressing growing alarm about radiation leaking from the plant, about 240 kilometres north of Tokyo, which was severely damaged by a magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami a week ago.

The disaster triggered a series of destructive explosions, compromising the nuclear reactors and depleting fuel storage tanks.

Authorities are also hoping they will be able to reconnect electricity supplies to the Fukushima plant by the weekend, meaning they can restore pumps and cooling systems that would lessen the chance of further radiation leaks.

Yesterday, helicopters and fire trucks were used to douse the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors with water.

It is believed fuel rods stored in a spent fuel pond have started to heat up after cooling systems broke down.

"Preparatory work has so far not progressed as fast as we had hoped," an official of plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) told a news briefing, adding that engineers had to be constantly checked for radiation levels.

Radiation readings at the troubled nuclear plant have consistently followed a downward path through Friday morning, according to measurements by Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency.

The agency said the radiation reading at 5:00am (local time) came to 279.4 microsievert per hour, compared with 292.2 microsievert per hour at 8:40pm Thursday, shortly after the self-defence forces discharged water from fire trucks.

US president Barack Obama said the crisis posed no risk to any US territory but ordered a comprehensive review of domestic nuclear plants.

Yukiya Amano, head of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was due back in his homeland later Friday with an international team of experts after earlier complaining about a lack of information from Japan.

This afternoon Japanese police said 6,405 people were now confirmed dead and more than 10,000 were missing

Twelve Australians are currently unaccounted for.

- ABC/wires

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