Found Deceased Canada - Lachlan Cranswick, 41, Deep River near Ottawa ON, 18 Jan 2010 - #6

[maxfactor]

This is soooo sad:


Two Deep River residents were connected by a promise

Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Deep+R...cted+promise/6080380/story.html#ixzz1lCBq6ENy

 

[SyraKelly]

aww-that is sad..he was helping her to the end..what a gentleman!!

 

[dotr]

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2012/02/08/19354196.html
"LONDON - Directed energy weapons that use wave beams to cause pain, and electrical brain stimulation that boosts a soldier's combat ability - it may sound like science fiction warfare, but experts say advances in neuroscience mean it's on the horizon.

Rapid progress in the ability to map brain activity and manipulate its responses with stimulants could change the face of warfare, a panel of experts said on Tuesday.

The experts, looking at the scope for neuroscience in future military conflict, said researchers on the cutting edge of medical science should remember that their work could have other, more harmful uses".

 

[deputydawg2]

Thank you, dotr.
And who are to be the conductors for these mad orchestras of death and genocide? Heady power for the dark minded among us.

"...other more harmful uses..." like mass control of protesting citizens? Is this really news, or a threat to the mushrooming world-wide Occupy movement?

 

[deputydawg2]

Here's today's news of CRL. For me it keeps alive the question of what did LC know?

http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Federal+government+tests+private+interest+Chalk+River+labs/6127544/story.html

 

[deputydawg2]

The article at the link below gives several items of interest about the corporation that now owns the CANDUs and is a member of one team shown as interested in buying CRL and the old NRU.

http://www.bourque.com/snc.html

 

[dotr]

http://www.thestar.com/news/article...essor-s-work-plagiarized-by-iranian-academics

"A Ryerson University professor wants harsher punishment for two Iran-based academics who plagiarized his work.

Xavier Fernando said he was shocked to see a “carbon copy” of a research paper he wrote for the Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2004 republished four years later in the Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications.

“It’s a complete copy,” said the electrical and computer engineering professor. “Except for the title and the authors’ names, the paper is identical.”

 

[deputydawg2]

Please bear with me regarding the length of this posting. I feel it is necessary to document the basis of this summary.

1) On LC's website we found where he had ordered text books on Mechanical Engineering, Design of Scientific Instruments, and Robotics; (at link, about
1/2 inch down vertical scroll bar)

http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/other-links.html

Scientific Instrument design
a.. "Laboratory Instruments: their design and application" by A. Elliott and J Home Dickson, published by Chapman and Hall (1959)
b.. Elliott, A. and J. Home Dickson. Laboratory Instruments: Their Design and Application. Second Edition Revised. NY: Chemical Publishing Company,
1960. Hardcover. 514pp
a.. At
http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts...552/qid=1046096905/sr=1-1/002-0942087-3868069

c.. "Building Scientific Apparatus" by John Moore, Christopher Davis and Michael Coplan (Westview Press; 3rd edition (July 15, 2002)), ISBN: 0813340063
a.. At
Amazon.com: Building Scientific Apparatus (9780813340067): John H. Moore, Christopher C. Davis, Michael A. Coplan

d.. (for digitial control, ground loop, etc): "Microcontroller Based Temperature Monitoring & Control" by Dogan Ibrahim (Butterworth-Heinemann;
1st edition (August 15, 2002)), ISBN: 0750655569
a.. At
Amazon.com: Microcontroller-Based Temperature Monitoring and Control (9780750655569): Dogan Ibrahim

e.. Keywords:
a.. mechanical design
b.. mechanical automatic process control
c.. machine design
d.. industrial control
e.. electrical machines and drive systems
f.. handbook of machine design
g.. mechanism design
h.. planar mechanism
i.. kinematics and dynamics of machines and mechanisms
j.. mechanical batch control systems
k.. digital control
l.. robotics
m.. control of machinery
n.. mechanical systems interfacing
o.. automatic systems
p.. control engineering
q.. control systems
r.. control systems engineering
s.. systems engineering
t.. control systems design

f.. (for digital control, ground loop, etc): "Temperature Measurement and Control (Iee Control Engineering Series 33)" by J. R. Leigh (Peter Peregrinus Ltd; (December 1988)), ISBN: 0863411118
a.. At
Amazon.com: Temperature Measurement and Control (Control Engineering Series) (I E E Control Engineering Series) (9780863411113)

g.. "Newnes Engineering Materials Pocket book" by W Bolton 2nd Ed (1996) ISBN 0-7506-2886-3
a.. At
Newnes Workshop Engineer's Pocket Book: Amazon.co.uk: Roger Timings: 9780750647199
h.. Mechanical Engineer's Data Handbook by James Carvill (1994) - Butterworth-Heinemann;
ISBN: 0750619600
a.. At
Mechanical Engineers Data Handbook: Amazon.co.uk: James Carvill

2) Lachlan's team completed the production of the robotic arm, it was vetted, approved, published in the Journal of Applied Crystallography in Dec/2009, and listed in the CNBC (Neutron Beam Center) acknowledgments for 2009-2010:

http://www.cins.ca/docs/CNBC_2009-2010.pdf

See page 25 of 28: Publication List, 2009,
#3 - "A Robotic Arm as a Simple Sample Changer for a Diffractometer with
Very Low Component Costs
D.Llan, I.P. Swainson, LMD Cranswick and R. Donaberger
Journal of Applied Crystallography 42 (2009)

3) Posting at the Wiley Online Library:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/advanced/search/results

Journal of Applied Crystallography 42 (2009)

a..
A robotic arm as a simple sample changer for a diffractometer with very low component costs
Journal of Applied Crystallography
Volume 42, Issue 6, December 2009, Pages: 1206-1208,
D. Lian, I. P. Swainson, L. M. D. Cranswick and R. Donaberger

DOI: 10.1107/S0021889809036164

a.. Abstract
b.. Full Article (HTML)
c.. PDF(266K)
more about it:

http://journals.iucr.org/j/issues/2009/06/00/he5457/index.html?sentby=wiley

buy article online
An online subscription or single-article purchase is required to access this article.
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J. Appl. Cryst. (2009). 42, 1206-1208 [ doi:10.1107/S0021889809036164 ]

A robotic arm as a simple sample changer for a diffractometer with very low component costs
D. Lian, I. P. Swainson, L. M. D. Cranswick and R. Donaberger
Abstract: Inexpensive model robots are a viable option for automation of simple, repetitive tasks and can be solutions when space restriction and funding are issues, both factors that may eliminate more advanced robots
from consideration. A simple-to-program, inexpensive robotic arm has been integrated in a sample changer for room-temperature experiments on a neutron powder diffractometer. In spite of the limited precision inherent in a model, servo-controlled robot, a very reproducible overall system can be made. Simple `tricks' such as incorporating self-centering mechanisms, e.g.
mechanically self-centering designs and magnets, can produce central forces that eliminate the need for high precision from the robot arm.

Keywords: robotics; sample changer; automation; powder diffractometer.

5) So, this was published in the Dec/2009 issue (#6)....don't know the exact date, but within a month, LC disappeared. Not coincidence, imo.

With that publication did some entity know for sure who was the brains behind the successful repair of the old reactor? The slightly built genius with the honest heart, indomitable spirit and the courage of a lion had defeated them.

6) On 05/14/2009 the old NRU reactor went down and the known leak became discovery of 10 more, plus another as well as tritium released into the air, found 12/05/2009 but not reported to regulators for four days after discovery.

I think that by June, 2009 LC had made his decision to invent the robotic arm(s) necessary to clean and repair the reactor; so he ordered the textbooks necessary to educate himself and did, with three colleagues, successfully accomplish that.

7) LC may have suspected or known that at least some of the leaks were from sabotage, for in June/2009 he made a list of all the passwords to the website and programs (which he had created) pertaining to the Curling Club and sent them to the Club Executive, as related by Chris Knight in his speech at Lachlan's memorial service in Deep River:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGPd0xqOprM&feature=related

At 06:52 in the video Chris Knight told that
Lachlan said, "In case I get hit by a bus here's all the passwords..."

8) Did he have a premonition? Or was it a calculated probability?

The old NRU went down 05/14/2009 - is there a connection between that occurrence and LC's prophetic e-mailing of the passwords to the Executive in June/2009.... "in case I get hit by a bus"...?

Did he by June, 2009 fully realize the situation, the stand and actions he was going to take regarding it, and the possible consequences of those actions?

I think he knew; and knew what he was up against and who was involved. So he educated himself and set his sights on designing the robotic tools to
repair the old NRU in spite of knowing there were those who desired its death so the sell-off would come about.

And... on January 18, 2010 "the bus" hit him.


dd2

 

[deputydawg2]

Please bear with me regarding the length of this posting. I feel it is necessary to document the basis of this summary.

1) On LC's website we found where he had ordered text books on Mechanical Engineering, Design of Scientific Instruments, and Robotics; (at link, about
1/2 inch down vertical scroll bar)

http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/other-links.html

Scientific Instrument design
a.. "Laboratory Instruments: their design and application" by A. Elliott and J Home Dickson, published by Chapman and Hall (1959)
b.. Elliott, A. and J. Home Dickson. Laboratory Instruments: Their Design and Application. Second Edition Revised. NY: Chemical Publishing Company,
1960. Hardcover. 514pp
a.. At
http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts...552/qid=1046096905/sr=1-1/002-0942087-3868069

c.. "Building Scientific Apparatus" by John Moore, Christopher Davis and Michael Coplan (Westview Press; 3rd edition (July 15, 2002)), ISBN: 0813340063
a.. At
Amazon.com: Building Scientific Apparatus (9780813340067): John H. Moore, Christopher C. Davis, Michael A. Coplan

d.. (for digitial control, ground loop, etc): "Microcontroller Based Temperature Monitoring & Control" by Dogan Ibrahim (Butterworth-Heinemann;
1st edition (August 15, 2002)), ISBN: 0750655569
a.. At
Amazon.com: Microcontroller-Based Temperature Monitoring and Control (9780750655569): Dogan Ibrahim

e.. Keywords:
a.. mechanical design
b.. mechanical automatic process control
c.. machine design
d.. industrial control
e.. electrical machines and drive systems
f.. handbook of machine design
g.. mechanism design
h.. planar mechanism
i.. kinematics and dynamics of machines and mechanisms
j.. mechanical batch control systems
k.. digital control
l.. robotics
m.. control of machinery
n.. mechanical systems interfacing
o.. automatic systems
p.. control engineering
q.. control systems
r.. control systems engineering
s.. systems engineering
t.. control systems design

f.. (for digital control, ground loop, etc): "Temperature Measurement and Control (Iee Control Engineering Series 33)" by J. R. Leigh (Peter Peregrinus Ltd; (December 1988)), ISBN: 0863411118
a.. At
Amazon.com: Temperature Measurement and Control (Control Engineering Series) (I E E Control Engineering Series) (9780863411113): J.R. Leigh

g.. "Newnes Engineering Materials Pocket book" by W Bolton 2nd Ed (1996) ISBN 0-7506-2886-3
a.. At
Newnes Workshop Engineer's Pocket Book: Amazon.co.uk: Roger Timings: 9780750647199
h.. Mechanical Engineer's Data Handbook by James Carvill (1994) - Butterworth-Heinemann;
ISBN: 0750619600
a.. At
Mechanical Engineers Data Handbook: Amazon.co.uk: James Carvill

2) Lachlan's team completed the production of the robotic arm, it was vetted, approved, published in the Journal of Applied Crystallography in Dec/2009, and listed in the CNBC (Neutron Beam Center) acknowledgments for 2009-2010:

http://www.cins.ca/docs/CNBC_2009-2010.pdf

See page 25 of 28: Publication List, 2009,
#3 - "A Robotic Arm as a Simple Sample Changer for a Diffractometer with
Very Low Component Costs
D.Llan, I.P. Swainson, LMD Cranswick and R. Donaberger
Journal of Applied Crystallography 42 (2009)

3) Posting at the Wiley Online Library:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/advanced/search/results

Journal of Applied Crystallography 42 (2009)

a..
A robotic arm as a simple sample changer for a diffractometer with very low component costs
Journal of Applied Crystallography
Volume 42, Issue 6, December 2009, Pages: 1206-1208,
D. Lian, I. P. Swainson, L. M. D. Cranswick and R. Donaberger

DOI: 10.1107/S0021889809036164

a.. Abstract
b.. Full Article (HTML)
c.. PDF(266K)
more about it:

http://journals.iucr.org/j/issues/2009/06/00/he5457/index.html?sentby=wiley

buy article online
An online subscription or single-article purchase is required to access this article.
--------------------------------------------------------

J. Appl. Cryst. (2009). 42, 1206-1208 [ doi:10.1107/S0021889809036164 ]

A robotic arm as a simple sample changer for a diffractometer with very low component costs
D. Lian, I. P. Swainson, L. M. D. Cranswick and R. Donaberger
Abstract: Inexpensive model robots are a viable option for automation of simple, repetitive tasks and can be solutions when space restriction and funding are issues, both factors that may eliminate more advanced robots
from consideration. A simple-to-program, inexpensive robotic arm has been integrated in a sample changer for room-temperature experiments on a neutron powder diffractometer. In spite of the limited precision inherent in a model, servo-controlled robot, a very reproducible overall system can be made. Simple `tricks' such as incorporating self-centering mechanisms, e.g.
mechanically self-centering designs and magnets, can produce central forces that eliminate the need for high precision from the robot arm.

Keywords: robotics; sample changer; automation; powder diffractometer.

5) So, this was published in the Dec/2009 issue (#6)....don't know the exact date, but within a month, LC disappeared. Not coincidence, imo.

With that publication did some entity know for sure who was the brains behind the successful repair of the old reactor? The slightly built genius with the honest heart, indomitable spirit and the courage of a lion had defeated them.

6) On 05/14/2009 the old NRU reactor went down and the known leak became discovery of 10 more, plus another as well as tritium released into the air, found 12/05/2009 but not reported to regulators for four days after discovery.

I think that by June, 2009 LC had made his decision to invent the robotic arm(s) necessary to clean and repair the reactor; so he ordered the textbooks necessary to educate himself and did, with three colleagues, successfully accomplish that.

7) LC may have suspected or known that at least some of the leaks were from sabotage, for in June/2009 he made a list of all the passwords to the website and programs (which he had created) pertaining to the Curling Club and sent them to the Club Executive, as related by Chris Knight in his speech at Lachlan's memorial service in Deep River:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGPd0xqOprM&feature=related

At 06:52 in the video Chris Knight told that
Lachlan said, "In case I get hit by a bus here's all the passwords..."

8) Did he have a premonition? Or was it a calculated probability?

The old NRU went down 05/14/2009 - is there a connection between that occurrence and LC's prophetic e-mailing of the passwords to the Executive in June/2009.... "in case I get hit by a bus"...?

Did he by June, 2009 fully realize the situation, the stand and actions he was going to take regarding it, and the possible consequences of those actions?

I think he knew; and knew what he was up against and who was involved. So he educated himself and set his sights on designing the robotic tools to
repair the old NRU in spite of knowing there were those who desired its death so the sell-off would come about.

And... on January 18, 2010 "the bus" hit him.


dd2

 

[deputydawg2]

Please forgive the double post; don't know how that happened. Also, as my #508 was first posted it had pictures and the video of Chris Knight's speech.

Lachlan was very careful in the words he used and was particular about the specific meaning of words. His entries on his website prove that.

After reading my post here, our colleague sent me this link:

http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/12/under-the-bus-to-throw/

Here is a poignant excerpt:
"...“To throw someone under the bus” is defined as meaning “to sacrifice; to treat as a scapegoat; to betray,” but I think the key to the phrase really lies in the element of utter betrayal, the sudden, brutal sacrifice of a stalwart and loyal teammate for a temporary and often minor advantage. There is no retirement dinner, no gold watch, for poor schmuck “thrown under the bus.” On the contrary, the scapegoat’s name is liable to disappear....."

dd2

 

[dotr]

This one also seemed to fit...
"The phrase bears a strong resemblance to the expression “throw someone to the wolves” which connotes sacrificing a member of one’s own group to a predator in an act of self(ish) defense."

 

[deputydawg2]

Please reference my post #508 above, specifically regarding Lachlan's ordering educational material for designing and construction of scientific tools. Also see the section which cites the Journal of Crystallography's acceptance of the paper on the robotic tools designed by the team of which Lachlan was one of four members.

I read all the list of papers published by NRC employees (see above) and that was the only reference I saw on the subject of robotic tools.

Here is the link to a calendar of news reports by AECL on the shut-down, cleaning and repair of the old NRU reactor.

http://www.aecl.ca/NewsRoom/Community_Bulletins.htm

Here is the link to the report which gives credit to Lachlan's team for the design (invention) of those new tools:

http://www.aecl.ca/NewsRoom/Community_Bulletins.htm

NRU Status Report #26 - AECL provides update on NRU activities
Chalk River Information Bulletin
(2009 October 21) The following information bulletin is in accordance with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's (AECL) ongoing commitment to voluntary public disclosure of events related to the Chalk River Laboratories (CRL).

Cleaning activities are approximately 88 per cent complete. Progress on this activity has been made possible through the use of the customized tooling designed and built by AECL staff working at the Chalk River Laboratories. This is a critical step in the repair process as the cleaning prepares the repair sites for welding.

That calendar of reports by AECL refers several times to "the non-destructive examinations" of the reactor interior and aluminum housing. I don't think I presume too much in thinking that Lachlan's work using neutron beam diffraction was vital to those non-destructive examinations.

I just wanted to put it in plain words that, in my opinion, Lachlan deserved more openly expressed acknowledgment, credit and pride in his accomplishments as well as his remarkable loyalty AECL and the NRC.

dd2

 

[deputydawg2]

Article in North Renfrew Times (Deep River news):

http://www.magma.ca/~drcanrt/120215aecleoi.html

February 15, 2012
Feds seek "interest" in AECL
by Terry Myers

With part one of the restructuring of Atomic Energy of Canada out of the way, the federal government is moving on to part two - the future of the company's nuclear laboratories, including the Chalk River labs.

Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver issued a request for “expressions of interest” (EOI) in the labs last Thursday......

Snip>
dd2

 

[dotr]

"Ottawa ‘muzzling’ scientists, panel tells global research community "


Tamsyn Burgmann

Vancouver— The Canadian Press

Published Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 5:43PM EST

Last updated Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 8:39PM EST"




http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...2342707&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links
“It’s pretty clear that for federal scientists, Ottawa decides now if the researchers can talk, what they can talk about and when they can say it,” senior science journalist Margaret Munro, with Postmedia News, told a group gathered at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting.

 

[deputydawg2]

Thank you for this most important post, dotr! The article was first published at 5:43 p.m. today and there are already 618 comments and the number grows by the minute.

The article stated that the muzzling of scientists began "4 years ago)....that means 2008. I recall that a new position was created at CRL in the Neutron Beam Centre in May, 2008; that of Manager of Communications and Planning. I also recall that NRC announced that all future communications with the press had to be approved by the minister. (must dig through notes for links).

Paragraph 3, last sentence at this link:

http://www.danielbanks.ca/bio.php

We all know how Lachlan felt about the need for all scientific knowledge to be openly shared for the betterment of all mankind. His self-sacrificing actions prove to us just how dedicated he was to that belief.

On page 2 of the comments for this article, the post by Walrus Jr speaks volumes. Excerpted, here is a portion of it:

".... but above all, they fear those who are more competent, better informed, or who have a more authoritative claim to the truth (in Science or other knowledge) than themselves...."

The fear of those who will not be muzzled has caused the deaths of over 100 scientists during the decade since 9/11.

dd2

 

[deputydawg2]

Today's Vancouver Sun continues the issue of the muzzling of federal scientists to which I refer in #515 above:

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Scientists+journalists+call+Harper+order/6171447/story.html

Scientists and journalists call on Harper to end gag order

By Douglas Quan, Postmedia News February 18, 2012 9:14 AM

VANCOUVER — Groups representing scientists and science writers sent an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday calling on his government to stop "muzzling" federal researchers.
Snip>
It was signed by several groups, including the Canadian Science Writers Association, World Federation of Science Journalists, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, the union that represents 23,000 federal scientists.

The Prime Minister's Office referred questions Friday to the office of Gary Goodyear, minister of state for science and technology.
Snip>
One of the presenters at the conference was Postmedia News senior science writer Margaret Munro.

Munro described how, in the past, reporters could get interviews with government scientists within an hour of submitting a request.

That began to change in late 2007, she said, when Environment Canada issued a new "media relations protocol" that required scientists to refer media inquiries first to communications officers, who would help craft responses to reporters' questions.
Snip>

Coincidence that the plan to restructure AECL was launched in November, 2007 ??

dd2

 

[dotr]

“We’ve delivered a proof of concept.”
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...l-isotopes-possible-without-a-nuclear-reactor

 

[deputydawg2]

Please forgive if this info has been posted previously. Dr. Lewis Lebeare, noted crystallographer in the video at link below, died suddenly 10/05/2009. He appears healthy to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogSuM7Gi3SQ

dd

 

[deputydawg2]

Thank you, dotr. I've read discussions about this before. I guess new announcements now will influence the sale price of Chalk River Labs which was announced just a short time ago.
dd

 

[deputydawg2]

Posted on the Fukushima Diary website:

A member of atomic energy society of Japan found dead on the street
Posted by Mochizuki on February 28th, 2012 · No Comments



Following up this article..City councilor to measure radiation in Mizumoto park the first was found dead

Prof. Ogawa (68) from Risk management department of Chiba institute of science was found dead on the street. A passerby found him and reported.
It was in Chuoku Kobe, 2:55 AM 2/25/2012.

Only administrative autopsy was operated for some reason. As the result, it was death of disease.
He attended at a meeting of National research institute for earth science and disaster prevention.
He specialized in earthquake engineering, belonged to atomic energy society of Japan.

http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/02/...gy-society-of-japan-found-dead-on-the-street/http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/02/a-member-of-atomic-energy-society-of-japan-found-dead-on-the-street/

And another:

City councilor to measure radiation in Mizumoto park the first was found dead
Posted by Mochizuki on February 23rd, 2012 · 21 Comments

City councilor to measure radiation in Mizumoto park the first was found dead2

Following up this article ..Tokyo is contaminated as the worst place in Chernobyl

Mr. Kabayama, a Tokyo city councilor of Liberal Democratic Party died after measuring radiation in Mizumoto Park.

He was measuring radiation in various areas in Tokyo and posted it on his blog.

On 6/30/2011, he measured 0.25 microSv/h in Mizumoto Park.

http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/02/city-councilor-to-measure-radiation-in-mizumoto-park-the-first-was-found-dead/

Sadly two more truly valiant scientists, their beautiful minds and courageous spirits are lost to our world that needs them so desperately.

dd2