MIND MAP ON JAPAN FUKUSHIMA - HIDDEN TRUTH

BRIEF SUMMARY OF JAPAN FUKUSHIMA - HIDDEN TRUTHS OF RADIATION CONTAMINATION DUE TO NUCLEAR PLANTS THAT WERE DESTROYED BY THE 11 MARCH 2011 (311) TSUNAMI

Some friends forwarded youtube links which I find interesting. You may also like to view it?

http://tinyurl.com/FUKUSHIMA-VICE  (13mins)

http://tinyurl.com/FUKUSHIMA-FARMERS-ANGRY (9mins)

http://tinyurl.com/FUKUSHIMA-TOKYO-DOCTOR

http://tinyurl.com/FUKUSHIMA-TOKYO-DOCTOR-WARNS

It really motivated me to do a simple mind map using my iMindmap software to summarise what really happened since the 11 March 2011 tsunami that struck Japan.

Well, I thought I could do a bit of research on the internet so as to add a few useful write-ups and video interviews from experts both within and outside of Japan, to say something about what is really happening to the nuclear disaster and the subsequent cleaning up operation that is still taking place under lots of secrecies. It seems that many millions of innocent people are still visiting Japan...... apparantly being not aware of the health hazard.

To add salt to injury, Japan just pushed through a Secrecy Bill that "...journalists and whistle-blowers can go to jail for reporting what the government doesn't want the public to know....". Is Japan hiding something? You may read all about it from William Pesek's Bloomberg View article:

http://tinyurl.com/JAPAN-SECRECY-BILL  

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Update: The secrecy bill has become part of Japanese Law as of 10 Dec 2014. To a layman like myself, I would interpret it that we should be aware of what you say, write or do with reference to any Japanese Government Policies in Japan. Does it violate the secrecy bill? Beware......! If it does, you may find yourself jailed up to 10 years. Haha. Do you find it curtailing the thoughts and creativity of the human mind in the areas of government policies? Would it lead to improvements? Would bad practices and wrong policies be swept under the carpet? etc........!
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Decide and judge for yourself. To visit Japan or not? Remember radiation stays for hundreds of years...... Google for the tons of information....and....if, after all the news/research about the dangers of fukushima radiation which Japanese scientists found, one still wants to visit Japan, then, there is nothing that the mind could not creatively think or find a reason to do so!

Frankly, I think, one may not find out about the radiation sickness until it probably affect the second or third generation in one's family. By that time, it is obviously too late.... as one may not even be around. It is quite sad.....especially since it is something that is preventable, if one knows about it. Right?

A friend jokingly threw me a challenge that he is willing to sponsor my trip to the land of the rising sun -- first class all the way.....but, I declined to give him an answer. He should know my answer just by reading/viewing the above interesting links - The second video is much longer (38mins) and gives quite a complete summary from the beginning of the tsunami that struck on 11 March 2011 (311) till today.

 http://tinyurl.com/FUKUSHIMA-BREAKING-NEWS

Please enjoy and have fun analysing the mind map!

Hope it helps to throw some light of what is happening, in Fukushima, .....in Japan and ....in the world today! How the radiation contamination could affect the world food chain.

Are there any suggestions that we could give to the Japanese Government to help in the radiation cleaning up operation? ABE hopes to clean up by "TOKYO 2020"!  .... But....., Where are they going to dispose/hide the tons of radiated Fukushima top soil? How are they going to contain the radiated Fukushima cooling water that is seeping away into the Pacific? How transparent is Japan in her responsibility to warn visitors about the radiation? What is the possible TRUE extent of the radiation effects on the people of Japan and the world? Can we trust the Japanese government to give an HONEST report?......because, the real truth may create a panic??

You decide......! Thank you.

SOME NOTES ON THE MIND MAP:
The mind map that I drew above definitely violated one cardinal rule in mind mapping. If you have seen my mind map on the "LAWS of MM" you would have noticed that I used many words in one branch instead of one word per branch in some areas. Why is this so?

The purpose is to help readers to quickly understand what I was trying to say in my blog than to figure out the keywords that I used for each branch. Why? The answer lies with the brain. Each of us associates differently with each of the keywords used. Thus to make my mindmap "readable" to a wider audience, I add more words per branch for some areas, and in others, I maintained the one word per branch rule. Hope it explains my deviation from the norm.

AFTERNOTE:
After writing the above, I recalled reading Singapore's AVA Media Release that imports suspension for the following food stuff - " para. 4 - fruits and vegetables, milk/milk products, meat, green tea and green tea products, and rice" have been lifted from Fukushima in Japan with effect from 31 May 2014. It also added that the following food products - " para. 6 - seafood and products from the forest as well as agricultural produce from demarcated areas and the control zone (close to the nuclear power plant) in Fukushima prefecture are not allowed to be imported"......and also added that the same products "from the prefectures of Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma will still require pre-export tests".

One may read about the full detailed announcement from AVA's website: "AVA EASES RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORT OF FOOD FROM JAPAN" at http://www.ava.gov.sg/ .

The above news was also reported in an Online news website. The first paragraph of the news from AVA Singapore that was reported gave one an impression that "....food from Fukushima prefecture, is being eased.....! However, it is ONLY upon reading the full text of the AVA Media Release that one will fully understand the entire scope of the lifting of food suspension from Fukushima as I have quoted.

COMMENTS:
1. Please read the full scope of AVA's Media Release document on the lifting of food restriction before you start consuming something that even the Japanese AND Locals living in Japan are afraid of taking it?? Haha.

http://tinyurl.com/FUKUSHIMA-FOOD-SAFETY

2. I suddenly felt that the online news that was reported by a quite reputable News Online website should have been more responsible to report the FULL extent of the lifting of the food suspension rather than leaving it to the reader to open AVA's Media Release pdf document. Para 4 tells of the lifting of some food products....BUT, para. 6 tells of some food imports (from Fukushima) restrictions that still remains.

3. Although AVA wrote that they "...like to assure the (Singapore) public that food imported from Japan that is available in the (Singapore) market is safe for consumption", I still remain sceptical about consuming any Japanese food, drinks, etc...... for now and a few hundred years. We all know, radiation in food that we consume, accumulates in the body over time....!  

You have to decide - to consume or not! Good luck and thank you for reading. 

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MIND MAP on CPF CASE - FOR or AGAINST - 7 JUNE 2014

"CPF - FOR or AGAINST" DEBATE

As a Singaporean, I read and viewed many postings in ST, CNA, various blogs etc..... on a very recent topic of public interest, i.e. our Central Provident Fund (CPF).

Gathering the facts and trying to get an overview of what the arguments are all about, could be quite difficult as each side tend to offer their side of the story.

I quickly drew a simple Mind Map using my iPad's iMindMap(PRO) software to list some key points "For or Against" CPF while it is still fresh in my mind. I noted the growth of the CPF from 1974 to include lots of amendments and additions as Singapore changes. Wouldn't it be interesting to draw a giant CPF Mind Map on the purposes for its formation/evolution, from birth till this present age?

Notice that the mind map is an extremely useful compact tool to brainstorm and analyse the pros and cons of a very controversial topic. We should judge every debate to provide information/data as delightful and interesting......if not, it would be very difficult to keep focus.

Please enjoy and have fun analysing the mind map!

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Using iMindMap to Present Yourself

I attended the world's first iMindMap Certification course conducted by Mr Chris Griffiths, the CEO of ThinkBuzan. It is the world's only Mind Mapping software that is officially endorsed by Tony Buzan, the Inventor of Mind Maps.

The above powerpoint slide was easily created by the iMindMap software. The application is quite user friendly and I would recommend it to anyone who likes the beauty of the organic branches and also in the manner in which you can do presentation in a natural, brain-friendly way.

For viewers with Apple's iPads or Andriods, a tablet version is downloadable from the internet. It is useful to have one on your iPad rather than your mobile phone, as with a bigger screen you would be able to have a good overview of your mind map.

My CV could easily be read from the above iMindMap. Enjoy.

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Tony Buzan and My Mind Maps by Lim Choon Boo

INTRODUCTION
I started this post with the aim of having all my mind maps housed under just one post. But after trying various layouts, I decided, it would be best to create another blog just to house all the mind maps that I drew during Tony's lectures. It will be a collection of mind maps that are directly linked to Tony's work, while the other blogs would showcase other mind maps that I drew.

Please click this LINK to be transported to"Tony Buzan and My Mind Map" Blog for my collection of Mind Maps on Tony Buzan courses and lectures

[ LINK to testimonials and recommendations of professionals whom I have the privelege of working with ]

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My Mind Map on "Google, iPhone, What's Next" Lecture by Prof Yong LIAN, NUS Provost's Chair Professor on 22 Sep 2011 at the Engineering Auditorium

I was quite excited when I received an invitation from the Engineering Alumni Singapore for which I was a member, to attend the prestigious bi-annual Engineering Lecture on "Google, iPhone, What's Next" that was delivered by Professor Yong LIAN (Synopsis and his CV are given below). It was hosted by the Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore at the Engineering Auditorium on 22 Sep 2011 at 7pm-8pm.

Naturally, I was all ready to mind map the talk in real-time on my iPad2. Needless to say, the talk was really interesting and excellently presented by Prof YongLIAN.

Above is an enlarged image of the mind map I did on Prof Yong LIAN's lecture. [If you need the full image of the mind mapped lecture that I did, please send me an email request (lcblcb1@gmail.com). I would be pleased to let you have a copy of the mind map that was done using my iMindMap software on my iPad2 which I just bought in Jun 2011]. I was pleased that I was able to mind map the lecture in real-time without bringing my bunch of coloured pens/markers as all the colours can be found in the software. 

For more information regarding the synopsis of the talk and speaker, please click here

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