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

[deputydawg2]

Thanks for that news, Hazel. I think it's being kept pretty quiet down south of the border, too.
Question: If the old reactor now uses LEU, why is more HEU slated for shipment to Canada this year?

There is documentation that GE had a method in the late 1970s of converting nuclear waste into a state that rendered it unusable for making bombs, but the Carter administration nixed it. Probably got a patent on the process though, and that may be why CA doesn't have the means to do that now.

The stupidity of greed....just think if each nuke facility had employed that process since the 1970s, there wouldn't be all those mountains of potential death piled up all over the world. AAAARRRRGGGG!

dd2

 

[Mole]

... "I find it unbelievable that Lach would go walking on the river or do anything silly like that — no way," .... "And I found it silly that on the Monday night, we found evidence that he was using his computer until about 11:30 at night, so I find it unbelievable that my brother, who had to start work early in the morning would suddenly go out walking the ski trails."[/url]

It is not really hard to imagine that Lachlan was walking outside so late at night. He had increased his exercise over the few months prior to his death as he was worried about putting on weight (perhaps less Coke and Junk Food would have been more sensible) and was doing 2 walks each night (one early and one late). Also his Sister-in-Law commented during her visit to Deep River that Lachlan was often prone to late night rambles when he was living with her in Melbourne and that this was a habit of his from a young age. Rupert may not have been aware of this as he had not lived with Lachlan since childhood and had little contact with him as an adult. As for walking on the river, we don't know if he did do this often or at all as most of his walks were solo. However, it is possible that the frozen edge of the river is easier to navigate than the adjacent solid snow-covered ground.
Just as a side comment, he knew that the sugary foods were a problem as he had a titanium implant for a rotton tooth from too much Coke - that was the reason why he had not followed his usual routine of returning to Australia every second year.
Finally, Lachlan would have been very upset had Ian Swainson (his best friend) left Deep River while he was there. I don't think that the same could be said for John Root!

 

[deputydawg2]

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Chalk+River+spent+fuel+rods+shipped/7954672/story.html

Here is the location in SC to which the nuclear waste is to be shipped:

http://www.areva.com/EN/operations-1209/mixed-oxide-fuel-fabrication-facilitymfff--savannah-river-usa.html

ht: ss :seeya:

dd2

 

[deputydawg2]

I discovered today that Hazel's photographs of the recovery of the first male body from the Ottawa River, near the PM's residence on June 11/2010 at
7:00 a.m. are mis-titled as Thread # 6. These important photos are on Thread #2, Pg 2.

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114125&page=2&highlight=Cranswick

I feel that the photos really should be transferred to this page for anyone researching in the future....but Hazel knows the problem I have with doing anything with photos!! :banghead:

dd2

 

[Sillybilly]

Odd. Wasn't that the date his body was found?

Apparently not odd at all ... of course i can't find the link now, but the other day i read that when a date of death is not known, they will use the date of recovery of the body and/or date death pronounced by the coroner.

 

[deputydawg2]

I stumbled upon this link to LC's history of CCP14 from March, 1997 - Nov 9/2002 which gives many dates of LC's travels to symposiums all over the world during that period. Maybe it will help me to put approximate dates to some of his bluehaze postings and pictures.

http://sdpd.univ-lemans.fr/DU-SDPD/nexus/ccp14/web/whatsne2.htm

He made many trips to the US during this period, as well as after he went to Canada. On bluehazae he reminds himself that there is a US law that mandates that all aliens, of whatever classification, must be able to show their passport at any time required to do so. This supports my belief that LC would have kept his passport up to date and on his person at all times.

dd2

 

[deputydawg2]

Book listed at Amazon:

Principles and Applications of Powder Diffraction [Hardcover]
Abraham Clearfield (Editor), Joseph Reibenspies (Editor), Nattamai Bhuvanesh (Editor) Published 2008

Principles and Applications of Powder Diffraction: Abraham Clearfield, Joseph Reibenspies, Nattamai Bhuvanesh: 9781405162227: Amazon.com: Books

Contributors to the book:

Dr Lachlan Cranswick
Dr Natammai Bhuvanesh
Dr Karen Chapman
Dr Peter Chupas
Professor Abraham Clearfiled
Dr James Kadak
Dr Arnt Kern
Dr Armel LeBail
Dr Lyndon Mitchell

I noted that Lachlan's name is preceded by the designator, Dr.
I also noted that Lachlan's name is listed first and not in alphabetical order as the 11 other contributors' names are given.

I am very glad that these three editors recognized Lachlan's expertise in his field in this manner while he was alive to know it.

dd2

 

[deputydawg2]

How can I ever thank you, Hazel??? Words just won't get the job done...So, I guess the best way is to use your work product the best way I can in presenting the story to which that picture and its accompanying information is the key.

I'm not excluding anyone from the information I've compiled; I just haven't figured out how to compose the information so that the message will be conveyed properly and understanding accomplished.

I only found this vital info yesterday...and I'm badly in need of sleep. I'll try not to take too long to post in full.
Applause all around to Hazel, Websleuths best screen shot capturer!! :applause: :applause: :applause:
Dd2

 

[dotr]

Hazel and DD2, you guys rock- thanks for " lifting the veil "!!

 

[Hazel]

How can I ever thank you, Hazel??? Words just won't get the job done...So, I guess the best way is to use your work product the best way I can in presenting the story to which that picture and its accompanying information is the key.

I'm not excluding anyone from the information I've compiled; I just haven't figured out how to compose the information so that the message will be conveyed properly and understanding accomplished.

I only found this vital info yesterday...and I'm badly in need of sleep. I'll try not to take too long to post in full.
Applause all around to Hazel, Websleuths best screen shot capturer!! :applause: :applause: :applause:
Dd2

please don't DD2, that's just way too embarrasing
:blushing: :blushing: :blushing: :blushing: :blushing: :blushing: :blushing: :blushing: :blushing:
and honestly capturing screenshots is not much of a deal lol

 

[deputydawg2]

Aw, Hazel, don't be embarrassed -- be proud of your work! You're good, and I know it.
(good thing we can't see each other.....
have you ever seen that character called "Maxine"? :floorlaugh:

dd2

 

[McMill]

Sorry if this is old news... You sleuths probably already know about this treasure trove of Lachlan lore. In case you don't ....

Before he had a website of his own he was a prolific poster. For example, between 1992 and 1996 he posted 839 messages to 133 online discussion groups. Here they are:
http://groups.google.com/groups/pro...OJdSqZ_Dv3v_rN7eZ2DAv1gjB5F_bYFCetU2Rw&group=

Click the drop-down menu to the right of the "Activity in" box and you'll see all the groups he posted to and the number of his messages in each.

Between 1998 and 2001 he posted 669 to 58 groups
http://groups.google.com/groups/pro...AAL7JLUicateKRAMXbiYczrJLbSsPCNxQbO1sdBguHIdA

Between 2005 and 2009, he posted to 88 messages to 2 groups
http://groups.google.com/groups/pro...ACRb-iqPdqq7BQaVqDhAMWmWZtl3Z-bVRVR4obzBi-aiA

Here are 97 messages to 19 groups between 1999 and 2003. (Not sure if this is an overlap with above list)
https://groups.google.com/groups/pr...ACh5O-YvfUVlsmv0-GD_vx5Q-gj9FyQjob07H9fJtRNQw

Here are 287 messages to 7 groups between 2000-2005 (again is this an overlap?)
http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=rP3_AAwAAAB5hn39dzzHlu-PUvTkacBC

Perhaps the best way to search this trove is with a google search of the website where it's all posted, namely http://groups.google.com/

so in the google search bar you type the following

site:http://groups.google.com/ "lachlan cranswick"

here's what it looks like:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=site...s=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a

This yields "About 2,780 results"

Then for example, you can search all through those 2780 results for specific things that come up on the same page as his name, like, oh i don't know, let's try "Canada"

In google search bar you type

site:http://groups.google.com/ "lachlan cranswick" canada

there are 792 results
https://www.google.ca/search?q=site...94,d.b2I&fp=e6daecf0b4de2d2e&biw=1920&bih=886

sorry again if you folks already know all this...

cheers
McMill

 

[deputydawg2]

I'm amazed, McMill!!! I followed your step-by-step instructions and, though have spent only a few hours studying what is there, a whole new concept of Lachlan's involvements has opened up for me.

Early in the 1990s Lachlan sent out a request for information about how to sep up an internet newsgroup. He must have quickly received expert answers for he was soon contacting individual groups in the scientific community for their interest in creating a newsgroup for sharing information among members all over the world. This was when he was at CSIRO in Australia.

It appears that by 1994 he had become the go-to-guy for establishing newsgroups for all fields of the sciences - oceanography, archeology, crystallography, math, astronomy, -- you name it.

He was then only 25 years old.

For me, the most astounding group he and a small team approached to set up a news group was the petroleum industry!

https://groups.google.com/group/sci.geo.petroleum/browse_frm/month/1998-02

Scroll down to this topic:

[Click the star to watch this topic] sci.geo.petroleum
FAQ: HOW WAS SCI.GEO.PETROLEUM ESTABLISHED?


1. James Huang
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More options Feb 1 1998, 2:00 am

FAQ: "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"

HOW WAS SCI.GEO.PETROLEUM ESTABLISHED?

MONTHLY POSTING

First released: September 11th, 1994
Last modified: May 31st, 1997

HISTORY:
--------
This petroleum newsgroup was established with the cooperation of E&P
staff, petroleum researchers, data and computer specialists worldwide on
September 6th, 1994. (apparently the internet was then callled Usenet, which rules for setting us newsgroups.)

Formal project launch was on April 29th, 1994, following establishment of
a small coordination team comprising volunteers at ARCO (Alaska), ARCO
(Texas), BHP Petroleum Americas (Houston), BHP Petroleum (Melbourne), BP
(Houston), the National Centre for Petroleum Geology & Geophysics (NCPGG,
Adelaide), Oryx Energy Company (Dallas), Scandpower A/S (Oslo) and the
University of Edinburgh. Important new volunteer facilitators soon
emerged at Baker Hughes INTEQ (Houston), Chalmers University of
Technology (Gothenburg), CSIRO Division of Petroleum Resources
(Melbourne), Intera (UK), Petrocorp (New Zealand), Santos Ltd (Adelaide),
Schlumberger (Austin), Syncrude Canada Ltd (Alberta), the University of
New South Wales (Department of Applied Geology) and Victoria University
of Wellington (Research School of Earth Science and Department of
Geology).
A public vote was initiated in accordance with Usenet regulations on
August 1st, 1994. The public vote was required to maximise global access
to the network. The voting phase lasted for 22 days (standard). There
were 1284 YES votes (98%) and 18 NO votes (1.4%), for a total of 1302
valid votes. There were 4 abstains and 4 invalid ballots.
INDIVIDUAL VOTER SUPPORT (1.8.1994 - 22.8.1994):
================================================
OIL COMPANIES: (list the heavy hitters in the 'oil patch')
SERVICE COMPANIES: (oil service companies, i.e. Baker Hughes, Halliburton, Schlumberger branches all over the world, etc.)
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS (shown here)

Alberta Research Council (Canada), Australian Geological Survey
Organisation (AGSO), Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory (Washington),
Bureau of Resource Science - Petroleum Resources Branch (Australia),
California Academy of Sciences, CSIRO - Division of Petroleum Resources
(Melbourne and Sydney offices), David Taylor Research Centre (Maryland),
Department of Health and Human Services (Maryland), Geological Survey of
Canada, Institute for Petroleum Research and Geophysics (Israel),
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories (Berkeley), Los Alamos National Laboratory
(New Mexico), NASA -Johnson Space Centre (Houston), Naval Oceans Systems
Centre (San Diego), Nebraska Geological Survey, Northern Territory
Department of Mines and Energy (Darwin), Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(Tennessee), US Bureau of Reclamation (Denver), US Geological Survey,
Victorian Department of Mines and Energy (Australia).

ACADEMIC & PETROLEUM RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS (impressive list, including:
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory (NY), MIT, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Mass.), and major universities all over the world)

OTHER ORGANISATIONS: (computer systems, communicaions, ..HP, IBM, )

OBJECTIVES:
-----------
Sci.geo.petroleum was created for the more efficient dissemination of
public petroleum data. The aim is to provide an electronic communication
venue for specialists of varying backgrounds employed by, or associated
with the oil and gas industry who would not, normally, attend the same
conferences or short courses.
An important secondary objective is to encourage global communications
between technical experts, managerial staff, government and environmental
organisations and the general public. The integrated approach to problem-
solving is aimed at accelerating advancements in global energy planning,
leading to the more efficient recovery and use of hydrocarbons, and
further improvements in health and safety and environmental protection.

FOR DISCUSSION: (subjects)
wANTED: (input on specific issues)
BENEFITS OF THE NETWORKmany listed)
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THIS NEWSGROUP PREVIOUSLY BY * (listed must be every oil related business in the world!!)

In every monthly report online for this sci.geo.petroleum newsgroup, Lachlan Cranswick is listed with his e-mail address. (1994-1997).

(my first thought upon finding this was, "Oh, Lachlan, didn't your Mama tell you not to go into the water where there's alligators ??")

Thank you, McMill -- so much more to learn!!
dd2

 

[deputydawg2]

CORRECTION to my post # 653 above:

"Usenet" is not the old name for the internet as we know it. It is a $$$ service (browser, websites, storage, etc.), and is still an entity of that name:

http://www.giganews.com/usenet-special/?gclid=CPu3zp6667UCFcme4Aod8DsAjw

Sorry folks...I'm just a learner here.
dd2

 

[McMill]

I created a "Custom Search Engine" using Google.

It is publicly available at this link
http://www.google.com/cse/publicurl?cx=018386928920674794834:_jc5safkrzu

This allows anyone to search LC's entire Bluehaze site.

Important: Type your search terms into the search bar BELOW the title of the search engine, i.e., below
"Lachlan Cranswick (Search his Bluehaze site)"


Don't use the search bar at the top where it says "Search in CSE home".
CSE stands for Custom Search Engine

For example, if you type the word "petroleum" into the Lachlan search engine, you will find only one hit.

If you type in "Lachlan", you get 1500 hits.

Hope this is helpful in your research...

Try creating your own CSEs. You can add many websites and search them all at once!!!

cheers
Mickster McMill

 

[deputydawg2]

WHEW !! :whoosh:
:goodpost:

McM, I don't know if my 1934 "Turtle" equipment can do this thing....but I'll give it my best shot!

Thanks, McM.
dd2

 

[Hazel]

CTVNews.ca
Published Tuesday, Mar. 12, 2013 11:21AM EDT
Last Updated Tuesday, Mar. 12, 2013 1:23PM EDT

World's first: Japan extracts 'fire ice' from ocean floor

Japan says it has for the first time extracted so-called "fire ice," or methane hydrate, from deep under the ocean. This opens up new possibilities for the energy-starved country, where nuclear reactors have been shut down for two years.

An estimated 40 trillion cubic feet of methane hydrate -- a key ingredient in natural gas -- is believed to lie under the ocean floor off Japan. A study estimates there is enough energy to supply the country's energy needs for 11 years.

Japan has been importing virtually all its energy since 2011 when a tsunami hit the island nation, sending a wall of water into the Fukushima reactor and triggering a massive nuclear meltdown.

Only two of Japan's 50 nuclear reactors are currently operating, and the country has set out to explore new options to meet its energy needs in the future.

Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/worl...-ice-from-ocean-floor-1.1192183#ixzz2NLx7tLyb

 

[dotr]

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/27/tech/invisibility-cloak/index.html?eref=edition

(CNN) -- Some scientists seem to take their cues from science fiction or fantasy novels.

Physicists in Texas have developed a method to make objects "invisible" within a limited range of light waves. It's not Harry Potter's invisibility cloak just yet, but scientists say it has a lot of potential.

The desire to become invisible dates back to the ancient Greeks, if not further. In mythological literature, gods and goddesses donned a headdress to disappear from sight. Like Potter's cloak, the "cap of invisibility" was imbued with magical powers.

A fixture in magic, the invisibility cloak has now advanced to science.


New technology makes troops invisible
Researchers at the University of Texas in Austin have developed a thin material called a 'mantle cloak,' according to a report published in the New Journal of Physics Tuesday"

 

[dotr]

http://technology.canoe.ca/2013/03/27/20689451.html
Details emerged Wednesday about what's being called one of the biggest cyber attacks ever perpetrated after a non-profit spam-busting site was bombarded by data, knocking it offline and allowing the entire Internet to get clogged up and slowed down

 

[dotr]

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2013/06/19/20911031.html

"TOKYO – High levels of a toxic substance called strontium-90 have been found in groundwater at the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, the utility that operates the facility said on Wednesday.

Strontium-90 is a by-product of the fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear reactors as well as nuclear weapons, according to the website of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The discovery of rising levels of such radioactive material is likely to complicate efforts by the utility, Tokyo Electric Power Co, to get approval to release what it describes as water contaminated with low levels of radiation into the Pacific Ocean"