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Imagine all of your spoons, whisks and spatulas stylishly contained and at the ready in our handmade terra-cotta crocks.
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Love Tarot Readings and the Seven of Swords Tarot Card
When the Seven of Swords Tarot card appears in a love tarot reading, it is often a sign that there may be a serious power battle between you and your partner. You and your partner may be so focused on proving that you are each right, that the relationship is at risk for becoming devastated by the battle itself. It's important to remember that it's not always about winning or proving your point.
In some cases, the Seven of Swords Tarot card can refer to someone taking advantage of you or perhaps you are the one taking advantage of someone else. If you have just begun to date someone new, your initial judgments of your new found love may be incorrect. Underneath their charm and charisma, you may find a not so appealing partner. In love tarot reading, the Seven of Swords can refer to deceit and trickery. Be careful that your new love interest isn't telling you some "untruths" in order to capture your interest.
The Seven of Swords does not always have to be taken literally. This is particularly true when it comes to love tarot. Sometimes it can refer to someone that is struggling with trust issues or finds it very difficult to let you get close to them due to the wounds from old relationships. There may also be an over concern with betrayal and disloyalty. Jealous or insecure feelings can cause unrealistic fears. Fear of rejection may also hinder you from allowing yourself to get more invested in your current relationship.
There are some cases where the Seven of Swords can indicate infidelity or unfaithfulness. If you have confronted your partner with your concerns, you may only be getting part of the truth. Your relationship will have difficulty moving forward if the two of you can't get honest. You may need to break the silence and force your partner to have a serious discussion about the future of your relationship.
If you are single and dating, the Seven of Swords can indicate a rivalry or trickery on the part of a friend. You also need to be careful to get to know a potential love interest before you jump in. Finally, don't allow anyone to push, force or manipulate you into a situation that makes you uneasy. If you feel uncomfortable with something, trust your gut and put on the brakes.
© 2010 Tarotreadingpsychic.com. All Rights Reserved. Images of individual tarot cards are from the Aquatic Tarot Deck created by Andreas Schröter and are used with his permission. They are for example purposes only.
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Closed-loop Biofuels Systems to decrease fertilizer usage in Southern Ontario
There is truth to the saying: "you get out what you put in". Well-constructed home renovations will withstand extreme weather. You're able to spend the money you've worked hard to gain.
This is no different from the story of advanced biofuels, a renewable energy source capable of using organic waste and lignocellulosic crops as sources of energy. There are a wide variety of raw materials, called feedstocks, which can be used in the production of biofuels. However, in order for advanced biofuels to become a practical and common alternative, their production must be economically favorable relative to crude oil. The production of high-quality final biofuel products must be evaluated to confirm that they are more valuable than the feedstock and energy used to make them.
Nutrients including nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium often limit both the quality and the yield of the crop. Although many nutrients are found naturally, soil conditions have begun to degrade globally as a result of issues such as climate change, land overuse, and desertification. This in turn, has put a strain on crop production. To replenish nutrients in soil, fertilizers are used. However, this creates an additional problem since fertilizers are both economically and environmentally costly to produce – 1% of the world's energy is dedicated to fertilizer production (http://www.agronomysociety.org.nz/2011-journal-papers.html). An organic product following the creation of biofuels can act as a substitute for the fertilizer.
Taking on the Challenge of Fertilizing Soil after Choosing Stover as the Feedstock
Dr. Brandon Gilroyed, at Guelph University's Ridgetown campus, uses anaerobic digestion systems in order to produce renewable fuels from waste products. Biogas, the primary product of anaerobic digestion, can include methane and carbon dioxide, which are transformed by microbes during the digestion process. At the Ridgetown site, this has been applied to waste crop products, called "stover", which includes the non-edible stalks, leaves, and cobs left over after the grain harvest. Corn cobs are particularly ideal as a feedstock because they have a uniform structure and produce less ash (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bbb.1485/abstract). However, corn stover has a low bioenergy yield, which is dependent on both the amount of dry matter that can be produced in a given area, and the ease for microbes to transform sugars into ethanol. This means that in order to get a quality biogas product, more financial and biological input is required. To decrease costs and to mitigate fertilizer use, waste products created by biofuels production, called digestate, can be re-invested into the soil (See Image).
Thus, the feasibility of a closed-loop system has been explored, although some challenges remain.
Schematic Abstract: the type of feedstock for biofuels production is determined by upstream factors such as the amount of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorous and others) found in the soil.
Closed-loop systems are those in which a product is used for the next generation's production.
According to an expert at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Regional Affairs (OMAFRA), one challenge is that waste products containing useful nutrients could potentially be dilute in a liquid state. A product which is capable of improving soil nutrients would require processing, such as densifying the liquid. However, the economics of this have yet to be understood.
Guelph Improving Closed-Loop Biofuels Production
Nonetheless, Gilroyed is still optimistic, stating that "purpose grown bioenergy crops that have a higher bioenergy yield will have a greater chance for success". He hopes to explore low-input perennial grass crops, which can be planted in areas where food crops cannot. Using these crops as a feedstock – as opposed to crop residues – could reduce production costs and improve output yields.
In New Zealand, Dr. Huub Kerckhoffs and his colleagues have already been exploring purpose-grown biomass crops, specifically on marginal land that has been impacted by drought (http://www.agronomysociety.org.nz/2011-journal-papers.html). Their first goal was to identify a suitable crop for a region similar to Southern Ontario which would be adaptable to frost and shorter growing seasons. Ideally, the feedstock should also be perennial, capable of digestion by microbes, as well as non-woody. Following the original planting process, these perennial plants would require fewer inputs. Jerusalem artichoke is a crop capable of surviving in these conditions as well as producing high biomass yields per hectare.
The picture of the Jerusalem artichoke is labeled for reuse at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_artichoke
Marginal land is unhospitable and can require unsustainable levels of inputs. It often has poor soil composition, climate conditions (ex. droughts), and terrain.
Applying Purpose-Grown Crops in Southern Ontario
The experts at OMAFRA have identified an alternative to recycling nutrients after the production of biofuels. In this case, only part of the crop is removed from the field. For the purpose-grown crop, miscanthus, the harvest occurs in the fall but straws are only removed in the spring. This remaining leaf material can subsequently replenish soil nutrients. The specific amount of grass or crop stover that can be removed is dependent on the region due to many factors, including crop rotation and soil conditions. This is the current challenge that scientists in Southern Ontario are researching.
As policies are put forward and experiments are designed, policy makers and scientists should be mindful of the feedstock they choose, so as to optimize the system by improving the quality of products while decreasing the economic and environmental requirements of soil inputs.
Proposed closed-loop system: Gray boxes indicate inputs and orange boxes indicate end products while arrows show movement throughout. Notably, nutrients such as nitrogen can be added to the crop through fertilizers or digestate from a previous harvest. Digestate is a product following anaerobic digestion of solid material that has not been converted into fuel. It is often rich in compounds containing nitrogen. Another way of closing the system is by using the biofuel product for agricultural equipment or transportation to processing plants.
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Acknowledgements: I would like to thank Dr. Brandon Gilroyed and the research team at OMAFRA for participating in email and phone interviews.
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More than 250 Northland boy racers have been convicted under laws brought in to crack down on illegal street racing.
However, the threat of drivers losing vehicles to a "third strike and you're out" offence appears to have deterred them, with no cars confiscated and crushed in the North.
Figures released under the Official Information Act show Northland showed 257 street racing convictions from December 2009 to June 2013. Ten were second-strike convictions. There were no third-strike offences.
The 2009 "Boy racer legislation" gave courts power to destroy a car if a driver ticked up three illegal street racing offences in four years.
Offences include racing, speeding, and "sustained loss of traction", which includes "burnouts" and "drifting".
Cody's D1NZ National Drifting Championship director Brendon White said there was "no excuse" for boy racers to use residential streets: "When we established, there was a lot of [boy racing] going on and that was the whole reasoning behind establishing a series where both learners and professionals could come."
However, Northland was in desperate need of a motorsport facility, he said.
Car clubs and enthusiasts had organised for land to be set aside, but the wheels were not yet in motion.
"That's what the community needs ... until it happens young people that don't respect the laws and the dangers that come with doing it on the street will still do it on the street," Mr White said.
"The best drifters in New Zealand still spin out. If those are the best drifters in the country ... where does that leave you when you're doing it on the street?"
Nationally, Ministry of Justice figures record 5002 street racing convictions, 10 drivers notching three or more convictions since the legislation came in.
The first car to be flattened under the boy-racer legislation was at a Lower Hutt scrap-metal yard in June 2012.
Two more have been crushed since then - the most recent a 1995 BMW belonging to Tauranga boy racer Braedyn Clothier.


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Shure isn't a company that needs to update its products often. Among the audio nut crowd, they're held aloft as one of - if not the - most reliable manufacturer of earphones around. The SE215 takes over from the classic SE210, adding a detachable cable and a new earpiece design.
Shure's new range of SE215, SE315, SE425 and SE535 earphones are the (fairly) new kids in town, and in this revolution the SE215 have arguably gained the most of them all. They're not cheap at around £100, but they benefit from the detachable cable design and great cable quality of their more expensive brothers.
The previous-model Shure SE 205 had a less bulbous look than the manufacturer's higher-end models, but now the whole set has adopted a similar look that's similar to the all-time classic Shure SE530. It's curvier and more organic-looking and demands to be worn over-the-ears. Like Ultimate Ears's top-end earphones, a malleable ear loop is built into the 5cm or so of cable that shoots out of the earpiece.
The Shure SE215 are available in clear plastic or shiny black, the former exposing the wires inside the housing and the gold connectors that form the earphones' detachable mechanism. The bud itself swivels around freely on this joint, with coloured dots on each side of the divide showing you the position they need to be in to be pulled apart - red for the right side and blue for the left, so you don't get them mixed up.
Adding extra moving parts to something as fragile as an earphone is always a concern, but the cable connection seems very solid. A good hard yank is required to pull out the earpiece, and you should only need to do so if your cable packs it in. This shouldn't be a common occurrence either judging by the heavy-duty right-angled jack used here. It's exactly the same as the cable used in the Shure SE535, SE425 and SE 315. Replacements cost upwards of £40 (where Ultimate Ears's cables tend to cost around £20) but this should indicate what a bargain these earphones really are.
The cables have a slightly textured finish that's very successful at reducing tangles. They're reinforced with Kevlar too. It's as though the Shure SE215 is a C-list celebrity invited to an A-lister's dinner party and treated to the fine dining and adulation of the superstars around it. That's not to do these earphones down - we're comparing them directly to the SE535 here, which cost 3-4 times the price.
The Shure SE215 come with six pairs of foam and rubber tips, Shure's standards. These are of excellent quality and you should have no trouble attaining a good fit with them. Also typical of Shure's SE series, sound isolation is excellent. These earphones are the perfect partner for a noisy commute, blocking out screaming children and inane conversations with ease.
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U.S. Rep. John L. Mica (R-Fla.) was confirmed by the House Republican Conference Wednesday to serve as Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) in the 112th Congress. He replaces Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), the committee's former 18-term chairman who was edged out of office by 4,000 votes to a political newcomer in the biggest midterm shift of power in 70 years last month.
"Americans everywhere have no choice but to do more with less," Mica said in a statement released by the committee. "This will also be the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's mandate."
He added that one of his priorities will be to get stalled projects completed, particularly in light of a report last week by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, which is forecasting a 4.4% drop in the U.S. highway and bridge construction market in 2011. Everything from the completion of stimulus-funded projects to the unresolved Highway Trust Fund reauthorization has been blamed for the slowdown.
"The committee must pass stalled major surface transportation, aviation, and water resources bills, and I will do so as soon as possible in a manner that protects the taxpayers and creates jobs. It is critical that Congress jump-starts transportation projects to rebuild our nation's crumbling infrastructure and get people working," Mica added.
"Mica is highly regarded for the role he's played as ranking member. There's a consistent pattern of bipartisanship in this committee that we hope continues," says John Horsley, executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).
Mica has served as the committee's Republican leader during the previous two Congressional sessions. He has been a member of the committee since his election to Congress in 1992.
The move marks the end of Oberstar's 30-year tenure on the committee, raising renewed concerns that the future of transportation infrastructure may largely depend on Oberstar's replacement as the ranking Democrat.
Christian Klein, vice president of government affairs for Associated Equipment Distributors, told PUBLIC WORKS that Democrats Peter A. DeFazio (Ore.) and Jerry F. Costello (Ill.) may get the nod to replace Oberstar, although neither has seniority over Rep. Nick Rahall (D-West Va.) - who in May 2008 said he would urge President Obama to appoint Oberstar as secretary of transportation. Obama chose Oberstar's former colleague, former Representative Ray LaHood (R-Ill.), for the cabinet job.
Rahall, who has chaired the Committee on Natural Resources, is the senior Democrat on the House T&I Committee.
Klein is optimistic that the shift in power from a Democratic majority to a Republican majority - and ideology - may move to the forefront the issue of a renewed surface transportation bill.
Oberstar's proposed $450 billion, six-year bill would have set aside $87 billion in highway trust fund money for transit, would have consolidated the current 108 programs by eliminating or combining 75 of them, and would have established a National Infrastructure Bank. But few lawmakers expected it to pass. "Power was ceded from committee chairmen to [House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's] office, so transportation infrastructure hasn't been on anyone's agenda," Klein said.
The extension of the current bill expires at the end of the month, but President Obama has said that he wants to pass a $50 billion bill in 2011 in addition to a long-term transportation plan - both of which would be created by the T&I committee.


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G'day people!
I'm totally loving the cold, rainy days. In Islam, rain is a sign of blessings and love from God. And even if you don't believe in God and blessings and Islam, I mean, come on. It was SWELTERING HOT and HUMID the week before this, raining is just natural for the skies to cool down the Earth a lil bit eh. And it's also true that I'm loving the cold more because I'm unemployed and bumming around the house, but hey. C'est la vie :)
Anywho, today I will be bringing some swatches and reviews of some of my favourite lipsticks, which happen to be nudes and pinky-nudes, which also happen to be some of my most-used lipsticks.
When I first wore makeup about 4 years ago, I gravitated towards lipsticks in nudes and pinky-nudes as they were 'safer'. At that time, lipsticks were not an 'in' thing for teenagers. I was still a teen then. 18. HAHAHA So long ago. I liked lipstick better than lipgloss but didn't want to look old or like I was trying too hard, so I went for nudes. Naturally, they are what I feel most comfortable wearing and they are what I get the most wear from.
Let's get on to the lip products. En garde!
L-R: Stage Wonderluxe Lipstick in 04 Pastel Posy, Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in 070 Soft Nude, Revlon Matte Lipstick in 003 Mauve It Over
Here I am showing off how little of each lipstick I have left. Well, it's still quite a lot left, I know, but hey. I am barely able to 'shorten' the bullet on my other lipsticks, so this is good schtuff ;)
When photographed with flash. Here the colours show up truer to life. You can see how Stage Pastel Posy is more on the pink side, Revlon Soft Nude is very peachy nude, Revlon Mauve it Over is pinky-browny-nude and also sort of see the goldy undertones to Rimmel's Airy Fairy.
Without flash on a cold rainy wet and dark afternoon.
With flash on a cold rainy wet and dark afternoon. Here you are able to see the finishes of these lipsticks alot better.
Rimmel Airy Fairy and Revlon Soft Nude come off looking creamier than the matte finishes of Revlon Mauve It Over and Stage Pastel Posy obviously. Although, Pastel Posy looks decidedly very matte when compared to Mauve It Over. Makes sense because Mauve It Over does feel creamier on the lips when compared to Pastel Posy even if it still gives a matte look.
I love using Stage Pastel Posy when I wear pink glosses. I know that it kinda defeats the purpose to wear a gloss over matte lipsticks, but I find that it also defeats the purpose when you wear gloss over a creamy lipstick. Get my drift? Usually, I want the colour of my pink gloss, like the Revlon Super Lustrous lipgloss in Pink Pop, to stand out. Using Pastel Posy underneath helps bring out the colour AND helps it stay on longer. Using gloss over a creamy lipstick tends to slide off, so this works for me.
Rimmel Airy Fairy has been another staple nude for me ever since Maybelline stopped carrying their moisture whatever lipsticks in the red tubes. I was using that lipstick in Naturally Nude (ahh I still remember the good old days) and was devastated when it melted and I tried unsuccessfully to depot it. I used to not like the strong cough medicine smell of this lipstick, but it grew on me. As it grew on me and I was using it EVERY DAY, I got scared that I'll run out of this one too so I stopped using it. Only rediscovered it recently and loving it again :)
I have a review of Revlon Soft Nude here. I think I mentioned in that post that I like using this both on its own and as a base colour for other lipsticks. This lipstick is not too stark for my skintone so I can wear it alone. It is also great as a 'concealer'-like lipstick base that helps the true colour of other lipsticks stand out more.
Revlon Mauve it Over is just the PERFECT my-lips-but-better colour (as much as I detest that term) and I love pairing it with Chanel's Rouge Allure Extrait de Gloss in 55 Confidence (which I think might be a LE colour, but I didn't know that the time I got it) (featured here and here). Just the perfect lip combi to look polished, put together, everyday, fail-safe, no-brainer.
Rimmel Airy Fairy and Stage Pastel Posy are not available in Singapore.
The next two are non-lipstick lip products. First is MAC's kissable lipcolour in Super and NYX pencil liner in 860 Peekaboo Neutral.
In case you don't believe me when I tell you what colour it is.
The colour of Peekaboo Neutral in the pencil.
Without flash.
With flash.
NYX Peekaboo Neutral is hands-down my favouritest, most used and most-well-loved lip pencil in the whole world wide web ever. In the swatches, it looks more pink than nude but on my pigmented lips I find the colour 'neutralises' the natural colour of my lips and, like the Revlon Soft Nude, helps the colour of other lipsticks I layer over it to stand out more. The lip pencil is also not drying and definitely pigmented, so no tugging and pulling when applying. SUCH A DREAMBOAT.
When I got the MAC kissable lipcolour in Super, it was pretty much THE ONLY THING I wore on my lips for the month. I love the pinky-browny colour, the consistency and how it feels on the lips. The only thing it lacks is prolly in the staying power department. Never mind though, cos application on-the-go is not a problem because it's so easy to throw on. You can also pop this into your pencil case (IF YOU STILL CARRY ONE!) and it fits in just fine with Mr and Miss Pens and Pencils ;)
SO THOSE ARE ALL MY MOST-USED AND FAVOURITE NUDE LIP COLOURS. What are yours and do you think I should check out anything?
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The new BDXL format increases the data that can fit onto a single Blu-ray disc to 128GB - but will require new hardware.
Originally Posted by Omnituens
To be fair, Blu-ray disks are far more durable than normal DVDs.
the idea of a disc which can have data written to it, potentially locking a film to a single playback device and killing the second-hand market, is something which Hollywood is going to find extremely tempting.
Originally Posted by rollo
i think it will have a retricted usage limitation built into the disk so if you use it on say 3 blue ray players in the house that would be fine
but once you say hit 5 it wont work anymore ( who has 5 blueray players lol)
Originally Posted by talladega
you guys need to be more careful.
My parents just bought their first DVD player two years ago. They don't have to be careful when their products are hopelessly outdated in a couple of years :(Originally Posted by talladega
its just like dual layer dvd burners. same thing except way bigger improvement in storage.
in my family we are still using our first dvd player that we bought. you guys need to be more careful.
Originally Posted by talladega
you guys need to be more careful.
Ouch....looks like you've been butthurt. Don't worry I've called the Wahmbulance for you.Originally Posted by eternum
And you need to be less of a prat.
Use leads to wear and wear leads to failure. Your single data point doesn't invalidate the laws of physics or the fact that most electronics are made in such a way as to be readily available and cheap - even the best brands have a failure rate.
Correct, and who uses dual layer writable DVD's? Due to their price, next to noone...its just like dual layer dvd burners. same thing except way bigger improvement in storage.
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2013 Super Hunt Winners
Both 2013 Super Hunt drawings are done and 34 lucky hunters have won the hunt of their dreams. Here are the 2013 Idaho Super Hunt winners by state:
Trophies Come in All Sizes!
Well, the Super Hunt tag thing didn't go as I had planned.
The morning of October 1, I found myself 80 yards from a really heavy bull. Trees were thick, but open enough. Weather was bitterly cold, which was refreshing. Elk were going crazy.
If My Friends Could See Me Now!
Don Seitz's friends thought he was wasting his time buying a Super Hunt ticket. They told him Idaho doesn't have any elk because wolves have eaten them all. He bought a ticket anyway and won a Super Hunt tag for an elk.
I'll be back!
"Calling in a 354 inch 8x9 Bull in the rut was really something to experience. I'll never forget it! Thanks to my friends and to IDFG for the excellent tag program my year was a huge success!
To Choose Any Hunt was Amazing.
Just to be able to choose any hunt was amazing. It's a hunter's dream. I wanted to hunt a place with few people and a lot of big bucks. That's just what I did. After hunting for nine days and looking over a ton of bucks, I saw him.
Best $50 I Ever Spent!
It all started with phone call from my brother, Dallas. "You lucky SOB, your name was drawn for the Super tag," he told me. "I couldn't believe it - best $50 I have ever spent. After the initial shock wore off, it was time to start scouting for the "WOW" buck."
2010 Super Hunt Elk
Had the Super Hunt elk tag last year. I hunted unit 40 with all the other Super Hunt winners. Not bad, there are lots of drainages. Was able to take a nice 6/7 bull elk on the second day of the hunt that scored 364. If anyone needs info about the unit just post.
2010 Super Hunt Deer Tag Winner.
It was in Unit 45. Awesome unit!!! - Facebook post as Mark.
Idaho Super Hunt Combo Winner 2011
What a great opportunity to hunt Idaho again this year. Thanks to Idaho Super Hunt for the tags. Hunted some of the most beautiful places in Idaho. I hunted only with family and friends, no outfitters or trespass fees.
Luck has everything to do with it!
My Idaho Super Hunt. By Ross Rackliff
Sometimes, it's better to be lucky than good.
While this old adage applies to every kind of hunting, it's perhaps even truer when it comes to big mule deer.


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Bank of England governor Mark Carney today warned of "clear risks" if an independent Scotland tried to carry on using the pound without reaching a deal with Westminster.
In a speech in Edinburgh, he struck a blow to Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond by saying that the chaos in the eurozone could be repeated in any currency union not underpinned by clear agreements and compromises.
His speech came as polls show a narrowing lead for the No campaign before the independence referendum in September, with the currency at the heart of the debate. Mr Salmond claims an independent Scotland could carry on using the pound and rely on the Bank of England to oversee its banks.
But in a speech that highlighted the practical hurdles without taking sides, Mr Carney said a sterling zone after a vote for independence "requires some ceding of national sovereignty" by Scotland and the remainder of the UK. "If such deliberations were to happen, they would need to consider carefully what the economics of currency unions suggest are the necessary foundations for a durable union, particularly given the clear risks if these foundations are not in place," he said.
"Those risks have been demonstrated clearly in the euro area over recent years, with sovereign debt crises, financial fragmentation and large divergences in economic performance."
Before the speech, Mr Carney and Mr Salmond held private talks and agreed to discuss technical issues further.
Mr Salmond said: "I was delighted to welcome the new Bank of England governor to Edinburgh... We greatly value our strong working relationship with the Bank of England and its commitment to operational independence and impartiality in political debate."
Chancellor George Osborne and No campaigners have scoffed at the idea that an independent Scotland could enjoy the same influence over interest rates or the same protection from banking shocks as the Bank of England currently provides.
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H. P. Bope, 1907 - 1916 E. A. S. Clarke, 1916 - 1970 Kinsman Voyager, 1970 - 1974
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"Anybody who runs interference for Obama on this one issue [the
Benghazi attack] is deliberately misleading the American people,"
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assassination of Amb. Chris Stevens and three others at the Benghazi
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Navistar yesterday, March 18, introduced a new 15-liter version of the MaxxForce engine for its International truck brand at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
The engine "was developed using a proven formula of collaboration," said Eric Tech, president of Navistar's engine division. The company worked with Caterpillar in producing the MaxxForce 15, "leveraging a proven platform," including the block, crankshaft, head and other components of the Caterpillar C15, he said. Navistar will add to that foundation the fuel and air systems it developed for the MaxxForce 11- and 13-liter engines.
Caterpillar announced in June 2008 that it will exit the heavy-duty on-highway engine business effective with the next round of emissions cuts in January 2010.
Tech said maximum ratings will include 500 hp with 1,850 lb. ft. of torque as well as a 550-hp version at the same torque level. Both 1,800 and 2,000 rpm-governed speeds will be offered. The engine will be built at Navistar's Huntsville, Ala., plant along with the MaxxForce 11- and 13-liter engines.
The necessary testing, verification and certification for the MaxxForce 15 means it won't be available in January 2010. Five million miles of testing will be done before the engine is introduced, according to Tech.
As a bridge, Navistar will use Cummins ISX engines built in 2009 to the extent allowed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said Tim Shick, director of business and product strategy for Navistar Engine Group. In addition, the MaxxForce 13 will be used for applications that don't require 15-liter power. Shick expects the 15-liter engine to be available in early 2011.
"Development of the MaxxForce 15 took several years," said Jim Hebe, senior vice president of North American sales operations. "It's all about integration, and International wanted a more integrated engine strategy. Today, International is the most vertically integrated truck manufacturer."
Referring to the fact that Navistar is the only engine maker not using selective catalytic reduction to meet new emissions regulations that go into effect in January 2010, Hebe said, "The competition says we're on an island. We think it's more like an oasis." Navistar will meet the 2010 regulations using a combination of enhanced exhaust gas recirculation and emissions credits.
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Music of Sunday, 30 May 2004
Source: ghanamusic.com
Bandana Bandana from Ghana ? Mokohoo. Afi nee ngbe fee naa ? Mokohoo. Se enyum mu yewu de a bra ma yen sa. Aafee fee shi still anyee?This is the chorus of the new artiste in the raglife game, Bandana.
Bandana a name he derived from his peers way back in school. He used to wear ?Ghana flagged bandana (scarf)? a lot. ?To me I think I am representing Ghana, my motherland's colours which are Red, Yellow and Green everywhere I go with my songs?, he said.
Speaking to Ghana Music.Com at the Liquid Bar, he was asked how he got into the fast growing raglife scene. ?Way back in SSS, Doggie was then my stage name and I was then rolling (moving) with the late Terry Bonchaka a lot when I was in SS1. There where the likes of Shaaba Ranks, Chaka Demus but I think CJ Lewis was making it big on the International market in the 90s so I took him as my role model and started doing copyright of some of his songs and other ragga artistes songs.?
?I really started rapping at a tender age when I was in class 3 and guess what my fans my first composed song was a gospel song. I partook in some school events like Mr & Miss SSS, Inter Schools X?mas Fiesta and Best Brain Competition which I placed first. So to put everything short it wasn?t easy though, but I never gave up my spirit and now my music is blazing the airwaves.?
Asked about how he sees the hiplife and raglife scene? ?I think the competition is very tight and I am also out to make it tighter?
For now Bandana hopes to be a full time musician and hopes to go into the computer science field later. Bandana is an artiste who gets his inspiration from everyday happenings and adds it to his lyrics.
Currently his ?Mokohoo? and ?Eye Onoa? track is rocking the airwaves. And also the Mokohoo video clip is also out and is being shown on the Ghanaian TV stations. He also got other hot tracks like ?Ahye Wo?, ?Obaa Yaa?, ?Fakye Me?, ?Tribute To Terry Bonchaka?, ?a Dance hall track? and lastly ?Have fun?. For his fans out there who have heard or not heard the Mokohoo track, just go grab a copy of his cassette and get to know Bandana more.
For those who don?t know Bandana well, he was at the Ghana Institute of Languages (GIL) show, Music Music, Anansekrom, Shinny Beach and also promoting his album on some radio stations like Radio Gold, Adom FM and Joy FM recently.
Bandana wants to ?big up? people like Mr X (Producer) ? Julius K. Yeboah, Mufty Dabre ? manager, Sugar Tone - engineer, Nana Kwame ? Show manager, Lillian ? Dancer, Blackman, Dombohene, Michiko, his family and everyone who has helped him in any small way uplift this album and could be reached on his phone on 233 27 7731425.
In two years to come Bandana hopes to be big like Sean Paul and the other likes in Ghana and also has hope that he will be an international star. For his next album, he says his fans and music lovers should expect something big and phat.
Bandana who hails from Amanfrom, Winneba was born to Mr Charles Mensah Snr and Madam Elsie Evelyn Mensah as Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr on the 17th October. He is a product of Divine Education, Seven Great Princess Academy and Winneba Secondary School.
Now that he is busy with promoting his album, he still has basketball and designing as his hobbies. He?s got two lovely sisters named Karen and Winnie Mensah who are very supportive of his music career.
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We have stayed here many times and enjoyed our stay. On a recent stay the park is getting a little shabby and in need of a little freshening up. Had to disconnect standing in mud, and a lot of grass needs to be replaced.
Date of Stay: July, 2013
Restrooms and showers have been under construction for a long time, very long time. Could have built new ones faster, Sites are very small. Had to wait until next door left so I could pull out. Requested a clear sit so my sat. would work, they assured me that it was a good spot for sat. Front office was not to friendly.
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Spain hosted 1.2 million more foreign tourists in 2012 than the previous year, the government said on Wednesday, thanks to more visitors from emerging markets like Russia and Brazil, political unrest in North Africa and a relatively weak euro.
Tourism accounts for around 11 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the euro zone's fourth-largest economy and is one of the few areas of growth in a country blighted by a severe recession and 26 percent unemployment.
Domestic tourism remained steady in 2012 from the year-ago period.
"2012 has been a good year ... and the number of tourists, spending and overnight stays will also increase in 2013," said Industry Minister Jose Manuel Soria.
Just under 58 million international tourists visited Spain in 2012, and they spent 6 percent more there than the previous year at 56 billion euros - nearly 1,000 euros per person.
More Germans and French visited, and the number of Russian tourists jumped 41 percent from 2011.
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Credit Swaps in U.S. Hold; Thomson Reuters Sells 3-Part Bonds
A gauge of U.S. company credit risk was little changed as Janet Yellen, the nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve, said she will maintain stimulus until the economy improves. Thomson Reuters Corp. (TRI) sold $1.5 billion in debt.
The Markit CDX North American Investment Grade Index, a credit-default swaps measure that investors use to hedge against losses or to speculate on creditworthiness, decreased 0.3 basis point to 71.7 basis points as of 5:17 p.m. in New York, according to prices compiled by Bloomberg.
Yellen, in testimony at her nomination hearing today, said she is committed to promoting a strong economic recovery and will ensure that monetary stimulus isn't removed too soon. Traders are evaluating when the U.S. central bank may start to reduce its $85 billion of monthly bond purchases that have bolstered credit markets.
"The CDX is marginally tighter as the markets celebrate Yellen's pro-stimulus comments," Michael Kraft, a senior money manager at Vanderbilt Avenue Asset Management in New York, wrote in an e-mail.
The swaps index typically falls as investor confidence improves and rises as it deteriorates. Credit swaps pay the buyer face value if a borrower fails to meet its obligations, less the value of the defaulted debt. A basis point equals $1,000 annually on a contract protecting $10 million of debt.
Fragile Recovery
"I consider it imperative that we do what we can to promote a very strong recovery," Yellen said in response to a question during her testimony today to the Senate Banking Committee in Washington.
"It's important not to remove support, especially when the recovery is fragile and the tools available to monetary policy, should the economy falter, are limited given that short-term interest rates are at zero," she said.
Thomson Reuters, a provider of news and information services, issued $550 million of 1.3 percent notes due 2017 yielding 90 basis points more than similar-maturity Treasuries, $600 million of 4.3 percent, 10-year bonds at a spread of 170 basis points to benchmarks and $350 million of 5.65 percent, 30-year debentures at 195 basis points, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Proceeds will be used to redeem the company's $800 million of 5.7 percent, senior unsecured notes due October 2014, the company said in a statement today.
Thomson Reuters competes with Bloomberg News parent Bloomberg LP in selling financial data and news services.
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Custody bank State Street Corp. may issue $1 billion of 10-year notes as soon as today, according to a person with knowledge of that offering. The debt is expected to be rated A1 by Moody's, said the person, who asked not to be identified, citing lack of authorization to speak publicly.
The risk premium on the Markit CDX North American High Yield Index, a credit-swaps benchmark tied to speculative-grade bonds, rose 2.6 basis points to 351.3 basis points, Bloomberg prices show. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point.
The average extra yield investors demand to hold dollar-denominated, investment-grade corporate bonds rather than similar-maturity Treasuries decreased 1.6 basis points to 130.2 basis points, Bloomberg data show. The measure for speculative-grade, or junk-rated, debt fell 0.7 basis point to 554.2.
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As a frum singer, my work is seasonal. Detract the obvious 3 weeks and Sefirah, include the quiet June-August summer months when people are away, add the 2 big holiday months, Tishrei and Pesach, and throw in a pregnancy or 3, and you're left with only a few dates that work all around. That said, I am thrilled and grateful to Hashem when I have concerts booked back to back, like I had the last few weeks.
First was the Bais Shmuel Melava Malka in the home of Chavi Lebovic, a salad chef and hostess with the mostess. Chani gave a great presentation about preparing gorgeous and delicious salads and even though she commented to me that she was "uncomfortable speaking" she did a great job. (I told her not to worry cuz I am "uncomfortable cooking"). It was a cozy night, the kind that leaves you warm and tingly like a nice glass of white wine (see left of picture, there was plenty to go around...).
Chani prepared al of these salads and set up this table. Amazing. I couldn't manage that without breaking a serious sweat. Or at all.
Next was off to Miami for the Nshei Chabad Chof Bet Shvat gathering.
What was especially unusual about this series of concerts was the diversity of the audiences. From the gals in my Shul to my hometown in Miami Beach, the next gig was in front of my childhood, literally. There was my first grade teacher Mrs Bogerod, my elementary school principal Mrs Mermelli, my lovely and adorable aunt Goldie Tenenhaus who brought my favorite great aunt Tanteh Blanka (!!!) plus bunch of old friends from my Florida days. We sang and danced in the gorgeous home of my friend Peri who lives mamash ON the water, I kid you not. I learned a thing or two from the panel of speakers that included Aunt Goldie and old friend Tzippy Lehr. I am always extra thrilled and humbled when I can pick up a spark of inspiration and humor from the wise women who speak at such gatherings. It was a powerful, special night!
The next stop was the gorgeous West Palm Beach where Hindel Levitin (nee Deitch) lives with her 4 little daughters. On Shlichus, she hosted a magnificent program for the women in her community that included a silent auction, desert buffet and inspiring video about great women through the ages.
We had a grand ol' time and although it was hard to see through the spotlight I could hear the laughter and feel the tears. I also managed to grab 2 of the adorable glasses Hindel had printed with my name and a picture of a guitar! Best take-away EVER
Last but not least was a Kumzits with the girls in Chaya Eidel Seminary in Hallendale. Sigh, to be a teenager again...
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I know it's impolite to openly salivate, but I'm only human, and a book nerd can only take so much and keep her cool! Wouldn't these bricks painted to resemble books make the greatest bookends ever? My shelves have been crying out for these and I didn't even know. They are the brain-child of an […]Read more


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We set sail but our luggage never made it to our room. We complained to the guest-relations manager, who initiated a search of the ship, but our luggage was nowhere to be found. We were later informed that our suitcases were found back at the pier in Miami. The guest-relations manager said she would try to have the suitcases delivered to us at the first port, which was Aruba.
When we reached Aruba, we were told that due to strict airline security, our luggage would not be arriving as we had hoped. We decided at this point to leave the ship.
Please note that by this time we had been wearing the same winter clothes from New York for four days. We were expected to stay on the ship for the entire 14-day trip with only the clothes on our backs. It was embarrassing because other passengers were dressed in fine casual clothes and the second night was a formal night. We missed the formal events, and we couldn't even swim.
When we got home, we sent a detailed description of our problem to Royal Caribbean's customer-service department, and they told us they would investigate. I called Royal Caribbean to follow up on my complaint weeks later, and the cruise line said it could not verify my claim. Our suitcases did eventually show up at our home; they had traveled all the way from Panama.
Royal Caribbean refuses to refund the $2,737 we spent on the cruise and the $1,500 airfare home. We are a retired couple who looked forward to our dream vacation but it turned out to be a nightmare. We can't afford this. Can you help us?
—Renata Gozzoli, Yonkers, N.Y.
Answer: I couldn't imagine that Royal Caribbean expected you to wear the same clothes for an entire 14 day cruise — or that the company has never heard of, say, UPS to ship your suitcases to you en route — so I contacted the cruise line to find out what went wrong.
The cruise line makes every attempt to get misplaced luggage back to passengers during their cruises, and it has even flown company employees out to ports with suitcases gone astray, according to Royal Caribbean representative Jaye Hilton.
The luggage tags from Panama on your suitcases show that Royal Caribbean did try to reunite you with your bags, but they were a little too late. The ship reached Panama on the fifth day of the cruise, just two days after you left at Aruba, and with nine days of the cruise remaining. Royal Caribbean shipped your bags back home to you via DHL, so they know all about freight shipping options too.
That doesn't necessarily mean you made the wrong decision to leave, though. Royal Caribbean agreed that the unpleasant beginning of your cruise could well have left a sour taste for the duration of the voyage, even once you finally got some fresh clothes. But it was a bit of a gamble, since the cruise line had not promised to reimburse your airfare home.
To figure out what compensation would be fair for your cruise gone wrong, Royal Caribbean wanted to review copies of letters you were given on board the ship, to see if you had been given incorrect information about when and if your suitcases would rejoin you — information that prompted you to give up and head home. However, the customer-service department no longer had copies of the letters you were given on board.
Fortunately, you saved a copy of a letter from the guest-relations manager detailing your luggage travails and documenting that the suitcases did not arrive in Aruba as expected, along with relevant receipts and lost-luggage reports.
Royal Caribbean agreed to refund you $2,000 for the portion of the cruise you missed, and to reimburse you for your $1,500 airfare back home. The company also agreed to give you a $750 credit towards a future sailing. Hopefully the next time around, you'll finally enjoy the relaxing cruise of your dreams.
How can you avoid trouble?
For the most part, lost luggage isn't something travelers can control. The best you can do is report your loss promptly and work with customer-service personnel to get information and updates on the status of your missing bags. And you should keep copies of all correspondence and receipts, which will help resolve any claims later.
Most cruise lines won't reimburse you for expenses and missed cruises if you opt to leave the ship early. Carnival has a satisfaction-guarantee policy, but it's by no means an industry standard. If you choose to depart a cruise early, be aware that you may be doing so at your own expense.
Unfortunately for cruisers, getting stuck without your clothes and toiletries leaves you with few options. Shopping aboard the ship can help you replace some necessities, and in this case Royal Caribbean did give you a $100 onboard credit while it searched for your missing bags. But replacing an entire suitcase's contents can be quite expensive, especially on sailings that feature formal nights. Travel insurance can help defray those costs; many policies include both baggage-delay and lost-luggage coverage.
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Linda Burbank first began troubleshooting travelers' complaints for the Consumer Reports Travel Letter. She now writes regularly for Consumers Union publications and is a contributing editor for National Geographic Traveler. E-mail her at email@example.com. Your question may be used in a future column.


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Very very friendly staffs are always ready to pamper guests with a great smile. Some of the staffs need to improve towards speaking english
Excellent and attentative staff. Facilities kept in immaculate condition on a daily basis. Food selection at breakfast excellent. Hotel a little away from town if shopping is your thing. Restaurant variety good but a bit on the pricey side compared to outside venues. Overall, an excellent property if your want a beachside holiday. Restaurant prices a bit expensive.
Perfect location to relax but also do as much as you wanted to do within the area. Swim up pool room excellent value and staff superb. Zeus Beach Bar and Restaurant excellent value and ambience (Chefs and staff exceptional) (though, unfortunately this is only open during peak season). The French Club Lookea groups tended to take over when there and were very loud with their activities!! If the Zeus Beach Bar and Restaurant are not open (due to lack of patrons) you are stuck with the Restaurant (Buffet style) and tends to be expensive for Thailand. Mattress was exceptionally hard (like lying on a concrete slab)!!Swim up pool bar not operating and swim up pool spa not operating also. (though in hindsight this was probably better as it kept a lot of people out of the swim up pool).
We enjoyed a great one night stay at La Flora for our wedding anniversary. I asked in my booking if they could do something to surprise my wife and when we arrived, the room was beautifully made up with flowers and a greeting on the bed, and then they delivered a complimentary cake for us. The staff were among the best I have encountered in Asia and a credit to the hotel. We would definitely recommend the hotel to others. Just the weather but we are not blaming anyone for that!
Beautiful surroundings Beach buffet wasn't that great. There are much better restaurants in town.
All of it, the best ever.
Nice beach and sea... It does not fit into a 5 star category. Breakfast is very average... Duvet in the room didn't have a cover. Mini bar was not restocked for 4 days... Staff at reception didn't understood basic english
We enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere and closeness to the beach. The facilities were very good and the staff excellent. We were looking for a relaxing holiday & La Flora provided that.
The rooms were excellent in size. Everyone of the staff was extremely friendly and helpful. Lovely setting on the beach, good facilities.
Rooms were very nice, breakfast and beach The hotellocation was far away from nearest village or city
We really liked the hotel. The poolside villas were excellent. The food was very good and the staff excellent.
This hotel is really beautiful and a perfect place to relax. the staff was extremly friendly and helpful.
Rooms were great, service was excellent, and having the day spa on site was an added bonus.
Bungalow was very good, cozy, beautiful, bigger than we had expected.Breakfast was also good.There are also many good restaurants by few minutes walk, very good location. Some stuff of the reception were not good at English.They should practice harder. The driver did not come to the airport though we have comfirmed the pick up service.We had to take the taxi to get the resort, but it was a little bit cheaper and fixed price, so you don't have to ask the shuttle service at the hotel.
Quiet surroundings, large rooms, great landscaping. April was very hot and air conditioning unit may have been slightly undersized for the large rooms and high ceilings.
The beach and 2 swimming pools were what we mainly used. The swimming pool was perfect for my children and they enojyed having such easy access to the ebach.
A very relaxing atmosphere, along with good facilities, very attentive staff and a beautiful location
Nice hotel, adjacent to beach. Relaxed, good value, good location. Room numbers in Thai pose a bit of a challenge
Stuff are very helpful, even if they don't know English very well they trying to find alternative way, breakfast - very good Smell of the room - a little dump - but that is usual for tropics - altogether not so distinctive. Aircon a little too noisy.
After some reports that the Mukdara is on the downhill we where a bit tensed but we find absolutly no reason to complain. The breakfast is good for Thai and you have it straight on the beach, the Bungalows are pretty big and very nice. We did not eat dinner there cause there a heaps of places to go close by. We stayed before in the Laguna Resort and this is much nicer for the same money. We will come back.
The resort has a tropical relaxing private park like feel.All staff are very friendly and efficient - really great service. The quality,quantity and value for money food and drinks was excellent. The choice for breakfast buffet ,lunch and dinner was very good. Massage at spa centre was excellent and discount of 50% offer for 1 hour treatment was very good value. Our room had a leak in the airconditioning in the bathroom which was acted on very quickly and fixed by the engineer. The cost of the 2 bedroom villa for low season was just ok - would not say value for money at high season price. Recommend updating televisions to flatscreen. Rooms were a little dark inside.The water to shower was hot in morning but just only just warm in evening.
A wonderfully relaxing hotel set in beautiful tropical gardens. Fabulous staff that really couldn't do enough for you.
Very quiet, relaxing and beautiful resort. Staff were friendly and attentive throughout our entire stay.
Clean rooms, good value for money Staff service could be improved; during my stay the staff was - for my taste - not reserved/discrete enough; hotel facility feels like a maze - a lot of dead ends - makes it sometimes hard to find your way (or a direct way)
we liked the friendly and competent staff, the lovely surroundings, the many pools and the massive bathrooms. floors in rooms were slippery when wet.
Top many mass Tourist travelling with organisations. Hotel is too big.
we only stayed one day so cannot really comment on this. generally speaking the hotel made a good impression. we only stayed 1 night because they were chopping down palm trees next doors - with a chainsaw - and the noise was inacceptable. the hotel management could not provide an alternative and was not willing to reduce the rent. hence we moved out to another hotel.
We had a wonderful week at the Khaolak Merlin Resort. The two-room villa was perfect, great for families. The service was fantastic and the tours were exciting. I would highly recommend this resort. The large area allows everyone "space" to enjoy the wonderful facilities and beach views. The management was accomodating and very helpful.
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An unconventional tactic might one day ease concerns that spent fuel could be used to make a bomb
Mujid Kazimi
How might a determined terrorist group get hold of the uranium or plutonium needed to make an atom bomb? That question has been weighing heavily on many people's minds. The easiest way is probably to buy it, perhaps from North Korea, which, according to intelligence reports, may have the means to produce a modest stockpile. Although the nuclear aspirations of Pyongyang have been much in the news this year, experts also worry about other "nations of concern" obtaining these terrifying weapons. The North Korean example is, however, rather clear-cut, and the details illuminate a longstanding problem of international security, one that nuclear engineers like myself would dearly like to help solve.
Almost a decade ago the world breathed a sigh of relief when diplomatic efforts, including those of former President Jimmy Carter, defused what then threatened to become a violent conflict: At the time, North Korea was interfering with the monitoring work of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in clear breach of that country's obligations as a signatory to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. In particular, the North Koreans were asserting that they had produced just a tiny amount of plutonium from the spent fuel taken from their nuclear reactors—far too little to make even one bomb—but they refused to allow inspectors to verify this claim.
Why was North Korea reprocessing nuclear fuels in the first place? After all, the peaceful pursuit of civilian nuclear power does not require any reprocessing, as the United States and several other countries have demonstrated. (At U.S. power plants, the spent fuel materials are simply stored in dry casks or in cooling ponds, in preparation for their eventual disposal at the Yucca Mountain Repository in Nevada, which should begin operation around 2010.) Was not North Korea's decision to reprocess spent nuclear fuels prima facie evidence that it intended to extract the plutonium generated within its reactors and use it to fabricate nuclear bombs?
Not exactly. North Korea's nuclear power reactors are quite different in design from the ones now operating in the United States, which use water both as the coolant and the moderator, the substance that slows the neutrons released during nuclear fission, allowing them to initiate further fission reactions. The North Korean "magnox" reactors (a name derived from the magnesium oxide alloy that encloses the uranium fuel) use gas as the coolant and graphite as the moderator, having a design similar to one long in use in the United Kingdom. It turns out that the spent fuel from magnox reactors cannot safely be stored: It must be reprocessed to a form that is less susceptible to oxidation in air or water. So the fact that the North Koreans were reprocessing their spent fuels could not in itself be taken as evidence of ill intent. Their interference with international inspectors was, however, quite troubling.
The accommodation that Carter helped to work out alleviated many worries: In return for mothballing their graphite-based reactors, Pyongyang received assistance from Washington in obtaining nuclear power plants of the type used in the United States, along with a generous aid package. The solution was, at least in part, a technical fix, offering the North Koreans a way to develop a peaceful program of nuclear energy. They could then continue to operate nuclear power plants without creating so much concern abroad that in the course of reprocessing spent fuel they might extract plutonium for bombs.
Of course, without adequate oversight the North Koreans could conceivably use their newer reactors for breeding plutonium, by reprocessing the spent fuels at some secret site. Indeed, their penchant to work clandestinely to obtain bomb-making materials became obvious last year, when it was reported that Pakistan had sent North Korea high-speed centrifuges—equipment for making weapons-grade uranium—in return for missile technology. Such apparatus is growing increasingly easy to obtain, and thus efforts to transform ordinary uranium into the highly enriched form suitable for bombs are becoming harder and harder to police. So the world will probably always face that threat. But what of the problem of spent nuclear fuels being used for bomb making?
One of the important barriers to such a diversion of spent fuel is that it remains highly radioactive for centuries after discharge, thus requiring remote handling and facilities with adequate shielding for extracting the plutonium. Might there be effective technical solutions to further limit the problem of spent nuclear fuels being exploited for military ends? That is a question that the designers of nuclear fuels have asked themselves over and over. Here, I would like to explore one possible answer that has garnered much recent interest: thorium.
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