6 leaky tanks ooze radioactive waste at Hanford nuclear site in Washington

Hanford Nuclear Reservation, in south-central Washington, is America's most contaminated nuclear site. Six underground tanks holding highly radioactive waste are leaking and must be emptied.?

By Shannon Dininny,?Associated Press / February 23, 2013

Then-Gov. Chris Gregoire makes her way down a set of stairs at the Hanford Vitrification Plant in Richland, Wash., in September 2012. Six underground radioactive waste tanks at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site are leaking, Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday. Inslee called the latest news "disturbing."

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Federal and state officials say six underground tanks holding a brew of radioactive and toxic waste are leaking at the country's most contaminated nuclear site in south-central Washington, raising concerns about delays for emptying the aging tanks.

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The leaking materials at?Hanford?Nuclear Reservation pose no immediate risk to public safety or the environment because it would take perhaps years for the chemicals to reach groundwater, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday.

But the news has renewed discussion over delays for emptying the tanks, which were installed decades ago and are long past their intended 20-year life span.

"None of these tanks would be acceptable for use today. They are all beyond their design life. None of them should be in service," said Tom Carpenter of?HanfordChallenge, a?Hanford?watchdog group. "And yet, they're holding two-thirds of the nation's high-level nuclear waste."

Just last week, state officials announced that one of?Hanford's?177 tanks was leaking 150 to 300 gallons a year, posing a risk to groundwater and rivers. So far, nearby monitoring wells haven't detected higher radioactivity levels.

Inslee then traveled to Washington, D.C., to discuss the problem with federal officials, learning in meetings Friday that six tanks are leaking.

The declining waste levels in the six tanks were missed because only a narrow band of measurements was evaluated, rather than a wider band that would have shown the levels changing over time, Inslee said.

"It's like if you're trying to determine if climate change is happening, only looking at the data for today," he said. "Perhaps human error, the protocol did not call for it. But that's not the most important thing at the moment. The important thing now is to find and address the leakers."

Department of Energy spokeswoman Lindsey Geisler said there was no immediate health risk and that federal officials would work with Washington state to address the matter.

Regardless, Sen. Ron Wyden, the new chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will ask the Government Accountability Office to investigateHanford's?tank monitoring and maintenance program, said his spokesman, Tom Towslee.

The federal government built the?Hanford?facility at the height of World War II as part of the Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb. The remote site produced plutonium for the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, and continued supporting the nation's nuclear weapons arsenal for years.

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Julian Assanage Is Suffering From a "Chronic Lung Condition"

For the past five months, Julian Assange has been holed up in a tiny room within the Embassy of Ecuador in London. It's the only place in the city he can avoid extradition to Sweden—but it's having some serious implications on his health. More »

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Raising Lexington: The Benefits of Board Games - Lexington, MA ...

I haven?t always liked board games, but now that I am older and wiser I know it is because my three older brothers always been the pants off me at most any game we played. My dad was about the only one who ?let? me win from time to time.

Now that I have kids we have really gotten into the spirit of board games, I look for games that teach them something no matter how small. Recently, I discovered that with a little coaxing most any board game can be a learning experience for kids.

Very quickly I saw how board games helped both kids learn about taking turns. My youngest was about 3-years-old when we started playing after dinner each night, and he wanted to go first all of the time. We told him if he wanted to play we would rotate who goes first. Took a little while for him to realize we weren?t kidding, but soon enough he would be the one to remind us.

It was about this time that my older child was struggling with sportsmanship. In other words, she was a sore loser. Oh, how she hated to lose. Still isn?t much of a fan, but at least she has some grace when she does lose. Board games were a great foray into the unwritten social rules, be it of board games or games of any sort. When one of us would win we would fuss over them and cheer and dance about. We pretty much ignored any pouting going on and just focused on the person who won. Now, from anywhere in the house, I can always tell when a game is over because I hear loud cheering and laughing all around.

Another big board game appeal in our house was teaching impulse control, especially for my son. He loves to play, but sitting still wasn?t his thing. He would climb on dad, hop around on all fours and roll around the room like a little puppy dog. It was distracting and, frankly, annoying. A new rule soon followed: While we don?t expect you (especially our son, a boy, after all) to sit still as a statue, we do expect you to stay reasonably calm ... unless you win! It was only after my son?s parent-teacher conference that I realized this little rule helped him at circle time, when sitting still for a longer than usually time was expected.

But I think my board game ?ah-ha? moment came when we started playing games like Connect Four and Chess. We hadn?t focused much on the strategy behind winning games in the past, but as the kids got older and they started wondering how mom and dad won so often, we clued them in on it. I took the lead and asked dad, ?How?d ya do that?? and he would explain his move to me. Or I would inquire, ?Why did you put your pawn there?? and watch as the kids lapped up the information on how to win. Soon we had the kids explaining their moves and it wasn?t soon after that we didn?t have to ?let? them win at all.

So play board games for the sheer fun of it all, but also, every once in a while, challenge your kids with questions about why they made a particular move, how they hope to win and if they think they can play better next time. I am secure enough with myself to move past the days of ?letting? my first-grader win and advance to hoping she does win -- and be in awe of how she did it!

Source: http://lexington.patch.com/articles/the-benefits-of-board-games

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WebmasterWorld Online Forums Acquired By Internet Marketing ...

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Austin, Texas-based WebmasterWorld Inc., one of the Web?s oldest and most authoritative Web

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technology message forum communities, with roots dating back to the mid-1980s computer bulletin board systems, has been acquired by Clifton Park, New York-based Internet Marketing Ninjas, a full service Internet marketing firm with a stellar reputation dating back to 1999.

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?Internet Marketing Ninjas, led by company founder Jim Boykin, is the ideal match for WebmasterWorld,? said Pubcon and WebmasterWorld founder and chief executive Brett Tabke. ?I couldn?t have asked for a better situation than a long-time member acquiring WebmasterWorld,? Tabke added.

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?Jim and Internet Marketing Ninjas are the perfect crew to give WebmasterWorld the resources and commitment to keep the community strong for many years to come,? Tabke said.

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Boykin, a long-time member and supporter of WebmasterWorld, was also happy with the acquisition.

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?I feel like I grew up on WebmasterWorld,? Boykin said. ?I?ve learned so much from so many of the members there over the years, that it gives me the uttermost pride to be able to work with the community to move WebmasterWorld into the future,? Boykin added.

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Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Internet Marketing Ninjas offers link-building, social media marketing, content creation, SEO analysis, widget creation, Web design, SEO speaking and consulting, along with local search marketing and reputation management services.

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Pubcon Inc., which runs the popular series of social media and optimization conferences, will continue operating as a separate entity from Internet Marketing Ninjas? WebmasterWorld.

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The acquisition will see WebmasterWorld director of forum operations Neil Marshall continuing his key role in the success of the online message forums under new owner Internet Marketing Ninjas.

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About Internet Marketing Ninjas

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Internet Marketing Ninjas is a full service Internet marketing company operating out of upstate NY since 1999. Founder and CEO Jim Boykin has built a team of specially trained ninjas with expertise in

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link-building, SEO analysis, social media, content development and local marketing. Internet Marketing Ninjas is a results-driven company focused on search engine visibility, engagement and driving relevant traffic.

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More information about Internet Marketing Ninjas is available on its website.

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About Pubcon

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Pubcon is a multi-track educational conference hosted by Pubcon Inc.. Pubcon, supported by the industry?s leading businesses, speakers, exhibitors, and sponsors involved in social media, Internet marketing, search engines, and online advertising, offers an in-depth look at the future of technology presented by the world?s top speakers in provocative cutting-edge sessions

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For more information about the conference, contact Brett Tabke at 512-231-8107 or brett at pubcon.com

For more details about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, contact Strategic Marketing Director Joseph Morin at 512-231-8107 ext 104 or joe at pubcon.com

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Source: http://www.pubcon.com/webmasterworld-online-forums-acquired-by-internet-marketing-ninjas

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LiquidPiston's Hyper-Efficient Engine: Turning the Rotary Inside Out

As automakers augment the reciprocating piston engine with hybrid systems and improved accessories, independent inventors are busily working to make huge improvements to the basic efficiency of the internal combustion engine. Novel designs are popping up at engineering expos everywhere, and the newest comes from?Bloomfield, Conn.-based LiquidPiston. Its X1 engine is a simple machine with just three moving parts and thirteen major components, but it aims to raise thermal efficiency from the 20 percent of a normal gas engine to more than 50 percent, with drastic reductions in weight and size. How? By wasting much less energy during the course of an combustion cycle.?

Up to 80 percent of the energy in fossil fuels is thrown away normal engines through the heat and pressure of exhaust, or dumped to the atmosphere through the radiator. LiquidPiston's design attempt to capture all of that waste within a tiny package.?"We stretched the performance curves in every direction to get much higher efficiency," said?Alec Shkolnik,?President and CEO of LiquidPiston, "We took the best parts of many different thermal cycles and combined them." The design is theoretically capable of 75 percent thermal efficiency, but the group is targeting 57 percent in real world applications, still a huge jump.

The basic idea is similar to a Wankel rotary, but turned on its head. Where the rotor holds the seals in a normal Wankel, the crankcase does that job in the X1 engine. This allows significant reduction in oil consumption over a regular rotary motor. Other enhancements include direct injection, a high compression ratio at 18:1, and a dramatic change to the geometry of the combustion chamber, which maintains a constant volume during ignition. This change means the air-fuel mixture auto-ignites like a diesel, and can be burned much longer than normal. The result is a more complete combustion ending in low emissions and very high chamber pressures. This high pressure is allowed to act on the rotor until it reaches nearly atmospheric pressures, so almost all the available energy is extracted before the exhaust is physically pushed out. Again, this is different than a normal internal combustion engine, which releases very energetic, high-pressure exhaust gas.

Some other slick features: Since the engine is designed to convert so much more heat energy into mechanical force, less heat has to be removed from the block, so there's actually no water cooling system. In cases where the engine is under load and needs to cool down, it can skip an fuel injection event and just suck in cool air, which is then heated by the block and gets exhausted. Another option is to inject water into the combustion chamber. This has three effects: cooling the engine, reducing NOx emissions, and converting some of the water to steam, which increases power.

The compact design of LiquidPiston's lab engine currently tips the scales at 80 lbs for the 40-hp model. It would weigh less than 50 lbs in production, the company claims, far?less than a comparable 40-hp diesel that would tip the scale at around 400 lbs. LiquidPiston's current aim is to continue developing the engine with an eye on the sub-100 hp market?compressors, hybrid range-extenders, military applications, boat engines?and license the intellectual property to manufacturing customers. We love seeing plucky inventors like these to completely rethinking the gasoline engine.

Source: http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/auto-blog/liquidpistons-hyper-efficient-engine-turning-the-rotary-inside-out-13817971?src=rss

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