Back in my studies I read that good detectives in law enforcement know to be wary of those who appear to be overly helpful in assisting them in a case for it sometimes is the criminal himself or herself who is feeding them disinformation that would lead them away from discovery of the truth.
Locking in premature premises about a case results in a kind of tunnel vision and precludes consideration of other possibilities. Read that in that manual for detectives, too.
:twocents:
Political ambitions and impartiality mix like oil and water:
http://www.magma.ca/~drcanrt/100908myers.html
In larger centres, members of the media resign their posts in order to run or serve in politics. Employers usually have clear policies about conflict of interest. Not the case in DR and area, if this is any indication.
The Keys Conference Centre property, along the waterfront, is one issue he believes needs to come to the council table.
"That doesn't mean selling it just for the sake of selling it," he says.
"Rather than going into it with a pre-conceived idea, put it out on the market, and see what offers and proposals may come back."
Huh? Maybe i'm mis-interpreting, but putting it "on the market" would normally mean listing it for sale. This is an exceptionallly ambiguous statement. This guy should run for cover, not council.
Thiokol Corporation, a producer of rocket propulsion systems, came to the Canadian Neutron Beam Centre following the space shuttle Challenger tragedy, to examine a piece of the booster rocket casing using neutrons. The measurements verified that computer modelling had provided the correct, conservative estimates of residual stresses near bolt holes - i.e. that there were no surprising conditions at these locations, which might have contributed to the accident.
I started getting curious about intellectual property pertaining to patents and found this on the NRC website:
http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/ibp/bri/patents/list.html
Obviously there is some kind of intellectual property policy in this regard. I'm not sure, but this particular part of the website might pertain to the area in which Piotr Drabik was working.
Another question: Is anyone familiar with NRC policies pertaining to scientific discoveries, and giving credit where credit is due?
"Technology transfer" is a term I've heard in relation to universities marketing products through companies and taking out patents on in-house discoveries. Sounds like it has the potential to involve large amounts of money. Universities often doe this under company names that have no obvious hints as to university involvement. Does anyone know the name of the NRC/AECL business marketing division?
Going on 8 months since LC disappeared and 3 months since his body was found, and the silence has become deafening.
With all the possibilities that surround this case, it is highly curious that LE would conclude misadventure when there is nothing to support their theory.
Was pondering Vidocq today and wishing they could get their hands on Lachlan's case. Has to be unsolved for 2 years and can only be brought forward by LE. Would be interesting to see which agency would bring it forward and which agency might be opposed.
Had to dig way back among my bookmarks for this, summerS; hope it produces some creative thought. We may have discussed it back in the threads. There is a google book entitled: Handbook of Stable Isotope Analytical Techniques, Vol. 1 By Pier Anne de Groot, published 01/01/2005
Page 19 there discusses Hokko Beads and page 20 lists the suppliers as:
A company in Tokyo; A US agent of the Tokyo company;
AECL: Marketing and Sales/Nuclear Products and Services (Attn: Chris Knight), Chalk River National Laboratory; Chalk River, ON, Canada KOJ IJO. Tel + 1(613)584-8811; Fax +1 (613) 584-1438.
It is my imperfect understanding that Chris Knight retired from AECL in the latter part of 2007.
http://books.google.com/books?id=zqMTBcPN9XEC&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=Chris+Knight,+Chalk+River,+Canada&source=bl&ots=lXSFNNH2pw&sig=74-TOCQfubNU0RQjBSkl9GN0aMc&hl=en&ei=mea5S663HYH98AbA1_ydDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CBkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Chris%20Knight%2C%20Chalk%20River%2C%20Canada&f=false
[Whooo-Boy! That link will never fly!]
:beagle: hmmmmm, that name kinda stirs up the thoughts that generated the first paragraph of my post which Salem brought over and posted at # 2 above....
Wait a minute:
"Scientist's body found in water near Deep River, friend says
Police awaiting official confirmation, but have alerted man's family
By Zev Singer, The Ottawa Citizen
June 15, 2010
A body pulled from the Ottawa River near Deep River on Friday is almost certainly that of Lachlan Cranswick, the National Research Council scientist who went missing earlier this year, according to a friend of Cranswick's.
The case of the 41-year-old physicist who worked at the Chalk River Laboratories, baffled police in January. Cranswick, unmarried and originally from Australia, was last seen on the 18th of that month, and appeared to have put out his garbage the next morning.
Only four days later, after he failed to turn up a curling event, did the search begin. But the trail was cold, with nothing to suggest either foul play or suicide. His wallet and laptop were in his unlocked home and his car was parked there, too. Extensive ground searches using dogs and helicopters also found nothing.
But on Monday, Chris Knight, a friend of Cranswick's, said police have informed the scientist's family in Australia that the body pulled from the river is all but officially confirmed to be his.
"They've been told that the clothes and identification on the body that was recovered virtually confirm that it's him," Knight said. "They have to do the forensic work to give a 100-per-cent confirmation, but there's virtually no doubt that it's him."
Knight said there will be a full autopsy, which could shed some light on how Cranswick died.
Cranswick enjoyed the ski- snowshoe trails, Knight said, but exactly how he ended up in the river, which was covered in only thin ice at the time, is still unexplained.
"There had been spottings of wolves in the previous weeks," said Knight, a retired scientist. "In fact, one fellow I talked to the other day told me that he had actually been chased by them. He had to hustle and run into the townsite.
"It's pure speculation on my part, but I don't see Lachlan as someone who was going to go out and try to walk across the river ... when the conditions weren't great, but he may have been forced into the situation."
If the autopsy concludes that Cranswick fell through the ice and drowned, it may never be known whether he was chased by wolves.
"We won't know that," said Knight. "We'll just know he went through the ice."
Knight said the family has decided to have Cranswick's body cremated and his ashes sent to Australia.
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