June 18, 2014

Palladium Used To Transform Radioactive Waste Into Rare Earth Element

http://www.kitco.com/ind/Albrecht/2014-06-18-Palladium-Used-To-Transform-Radioactive-Waste-Into-Rare-Earth-Element.html

Wednesday June 18, 2014 11:44

Events like Fukushima are urgent reminders of the need to develop new technologies to contain or neutralize radioactivity.

Dr. Yasuhiro Iwamura of the Advanced Technology Research Center at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan recently presented groundbreaking successes at a conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His new process (see schematic below) uses a permeable palladium film to transmute radioactive cesium into praseodymium.

Praseodymium is a rare earth element used to produce high strength metal for aircraft engines; it is also used as a UV absorbing colorant in glass, and boosts the performance of neodymium in magnets, which are used in electric motors.

Tech Metals Insider spoke with Dr. Iwamura to learn more about the process and its implications.

“Our approach can be characterized by the permeation of D2 (deuterium) gas through the nano-structured Pd complex and the addition of an element that is specifically targeted to be transmuted,” he said. “Permeation of deuterium is attained by exposing one side of the Pd multilayer thin film to D2 gas while maintaining the other side under vacuum conditions.”

More at the link.

June 17, 2014

Montana House: An Urban Homestead

June 5, 2014

Next time you're having a bad Day, think of this guy....

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=618340051576816&set=a.217624521648373.53040.217624108315081&type=1

June 1, 2014

A commercial worth watching

http://mashable.com/2014/05/29/local-farm-commercial/

May 31, 2014

How Covert Agents infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/

April 24, 2014

A different perspective on the Bundy Ranch Saga.

March 4, 2014

Video from Ukranian Naval Base in Crimea

https://news.vice.com/video/russian-roulette-the-invasion-of-ukraine-dispatch-two

March 3, 2014

Revealed: The forgotten treaty which could drag the US and UK into WAR with Russia

A treaty signed in 1994 by the US and Britain could pull both countries into a war to protect Ukraine if President Putin's troops cross into the country.

Bill Clinton, John Major, Boris Yeltsin and Leonid Kuchma – the then-rulers of the USA, UK, Russia and Ukraine - agreed to the The Budapest Memorandum as part of the denuclearization of former Soviet republics after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Technically it means that if Russia has invaded Ukraine then it would be difficult for the US and Britain to avoid going to war.

The revelation comes as reports suggest the Kremlin was moving up to 2,000 troops across the Black Sea from Novorossiysk to their fleet base at Sevastopol.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2570335/Former-British-Ambassador-Moscow-warns-Russia-invaded-Ukraine-difficult-avoid-going-war.html

February 18, 2014

Rioting in Kiev Live-HD

January 12, 2014

The Troll under the Bridge

Once upon a time there were three billy goats, names Gruff. They were on their way to eat on the hillside, but they had to cross a bridge. Under the bridge lived a troll, with eyes as big as saucers, and a nose as long as a poker.

The first goat over the bridge was the youngest Billy Goat Gruff. "Trip, trap, trip, trap!" he walked across the bridge.

"Who's that tripping over my bridge?" roared the troll.

"I am the smallest Billy Goat Gruff, and I'm going up to the hillside to make myself fat," said the billy goat, with a tiny voice.

"I'm coming to gobble you up," said the troll.

"Oh, no! please don't eat me. I'm too little!" said the billy goat. "Wait for the second Billy Goat Gruff. He's much bigger."

"Well, be off with you," said the troll.

A little while later, the second Billy Goat Gruff crossed the bridge. "Trip, trap, trip, trap, trip, trap" went the bridge.

"Who's that tripping over my bridge?" roared the troll.

"I am the second Billy Goat Gruff, and I'm going up to the hillside to make myself fat," said the billy goat, with a medium voice.

"I'm coming to gobble you up," said the troll.

"Oh, no! Don't eat me. Wait for the last Billy Goat Gruff. He's much bigger."

"Very well! Be off with you," said the troll.

Next, the big Billy Goat Gruff crossed the bridge. "Trip, trap, trip, trap, trip, trap!" went the bridge. This billy goat was heavy and the bridge creaked and groaned under him.

"Who's that tramping over my bridge?" roared the troll.

"I am the big Billy Goat Gruff ," said the billy goat, with a big ugly voice.

"I 'm coming to gobble you up," roared the troll.


"No, you're not!" said the biggest Billy Goat Gruff. "I am bigger than you and I could crush you into bits and bones."

And when the troll saw how big the billy goat was, the troll let him pass. After that, the three billy goats went to the hillside. They got so fat they could hardly walk home. And if the fat hasn't fallen off, they're still fat; and so,

Snip, snap, snout. This tale's told out.

http://www.coedu.usf.edu/culture/Story/Story_Norway_Troll.htm