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September 28, 2007
Confusion over the Kjeller Incident
On 12 September, the environmental organization Bellona reported on their website that "The Norwegian Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) experienced a leak on Saturday in a pump used in conjunction with the recombination circuit at the Kjeller reactor outside of Oslo, resulting in a small release of radioactivity into the environment for about 15 minutes, IFE officials acknowledged over the weekend."
When an English friend told me about this, I was very confused. "But Norway doesn't have any nuclear power stations," I said. "It's all hydro-electricity here."
He then pointed out that there was a large golfball-like object outside the city, and it was from there that the radioactivity was released!
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Posted by barry at 5:26 EM
September 24, 2007
North FAQ?
Random picture of me: singing with Dacianos in June 2007. Click for a larger one (a new feature added by popular demand from North readers).
One reader emailed me this list of questions, adding that "What I was thinking was that if you kept a list of some of the more interesting and humorous questions and answers from people (not just me) you could put them on your site for all to read. This would also save people asking you the same questions over and over again." While I might construct a Frequently Asked Questions page, most of the emails I receive are along the lines of "Am 31 years a Ghanaian based in Italy looking for Norway woman for a serious relationship that i hope to get to marriage" or, occasionally, "Hello, I am a vampire!" So I'll answer these new questions as a blog entry for now.
Posted by barry at 8:53 EM
September 13, 2007
The Psychic Princess (postscript)
So the Princess finally opened the angel school about a month ago. The teaching began in August, but without a location for the school! So I can't go there to tell you what it's like.
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Posted by barry at 4:53 FM
September 12, 2007
Playing in Someone Else's Band
Pictured: Marie and Ida (cello) at the soundcheck at Dattera til Hagen.
Recently I've been playing in someone else's band other than my own. The band is Hanny.
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Posted by barry at 6:08 EM