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	Zircon (satellite) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zircon was the codename for a British signals intelligence satellite, intended to be launched in 1988, before being cancelled.
		Zircon was cancelled by Chancellor Nigel Lawson on grounds of its cost in 1987.
		He discovered that the Zircon project had been hidden from Parliament, and estimated it was costing the government £100,000,000 a year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zircon_(satellite) (255 words)

	Zircon Corporation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Zircon is a remarkable mineral, if only for its almost ubiquitous presence in the crust of Earth.
		Zircons contain amounts of uranium and thorium (from 10 ppm up to 5 wt%) and can be dated using modern analytical techniques.
		Zirconic is the name of a program for the development of stealth reconnaissance satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/223/zircon-corporation.html (1405 words)

	Zircon - UK Eyes Alpha
		ZIRCON had been conceived by Brian Tovey to keep the special relationship sweet and to take his organization into space, the next logical area of sigint development.
		Tovey's vision of ZIRCON was to survive from 1983, when the Cabinet Office approved initial studies, to the autumn of 1986.
		Subsequent verdicts on the affair from two figures who were closely involved and still believe in the principle of de-unionization, but who felt deep reservations about its 'handling' - in other words, the politics of what was done - are instructive.
	www.fas.org /irp/eprint/alpha/zircon.htm (5128 words)

	zircon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Zircon had been hidden for Parliament and its costs (reckoned to be £100,000,000 a year) were a substantial amount in anyone's book.
		The cat was out of the bag and despite the (truthful) claim that Zircon had been cancelled, the problem lay in the government's bypassing of the parliamentary system.
		Another factor was the heavy-handed attempts to suppress the story (which reflected that of the "Spycatcher" Affair and was typical of the Thatcher government's attitude to intelligence matters).
	www.skomer.u-net.com /projects/zircon.htm (362 words)

	throwBack* (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		You see, Zircon used the R3 slide in SOCOM 1, which a lot of people were unable to do, unlike the wall slide.
		As we could never tell who was the master of Zircon strike force alpha and who was an ensign and who was a petty officer first class.
		Since Zircon refused to wall slide (lol or not) they said that grenade launchers should be legal, ya know since they're even and everything.
	obmstake.bartopwns.com /throwback/history7.html (508 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 205 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		BAEC estimates that the reserve of ilmenite, garnet, zircon and rutile in the coastal belt of Bangladesh are 10,25,558, 2,22,761, 1,58,117 and 70,274 tons respectively.
		Research at BUET also revealed that zircon found in Bangladesh coast containing 65.23 per cent zirconium oxide (commercial grades contain a minimum of 65 per cent zirconium oxide) is of good quality.
		As for the other two minerals, rutile and zircon, research results suggest that proper physical separation should be good enough to yield commercially acceptable mineral grade.
	www.thedailystar.net /2003/12/23/d31223150289.htm (2113 words)

	Zircon - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Zircon
		The revelation of the existence of the Zircon project (which had been concealed by the government), and the government's subsequent efforts to suppress a programme about it on BBC television, caused much controversy in 1987.
		It is usually coloured brown, but can be other colours, and when transparent may be used as a gemstone.
		Zircons contain abundant radioactive isotopes of uranium and so are useful for uranium–lead dating to determine the ages of rocks.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /zircon (207 words)

	How Good are those Young-Earth Arguments: Geologic Column
		Thus, zircons that are formed at about the same time in Noah's flood (from intruded magma close to each side of an unconformity, if such quick formation were even possible) would exhibit impossible differences in the decay of their uranium.
		Furthermore, the zircon crystals had to be created during Noah's flood in order to be "aged" according to the strata in which they were associated.
		Fresh zircon crystals are lead-free, because lead just doesn't fit in very well with their crystallization process.
	www.talkorigins.org /faqs/hovind/howgood-gc.html (7911 words)

	Zircon names new MD - Telco/ISP - www.itnews.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Zircon said in a statement it had appointed former Something Inventive managing director Gwen John to run the company alongside another new appointment, operations director Anthony Shewan.
		John's plans were for Zircon to act as something of a helpmeet for the telecommunications channel.
		Zircon was also seeking new resellers to add to its stable of 60, John said.
	www.itnews.com.au /newsstory.aspx?CIaNCID=38&CIaNID=19084&r=rss (400 words)

	Beach Pneumatic : 5
		The car is brilliantly illuminated by means of a single zircon light … The portal of the tunnel … is a massive ornamental structure, of circular form, nine feet in diameter, its bed twenty-one and a half feet below the surface of Broadway.
		Against this little pencil of zircon the two gases impinge, and heat it so intensely as to make it glow with a clear and steady light … The light carried on the car before mentioned burns steadily for seven hours without being touched.
		The zircon pencil lasts for three months, and is, in effect the wick of the light … The tunnel and other portions of the Pneumatic Company’s premises are lighted by the above method.
	www.columbia.edu /~brennan/beach/chapter5.html (4274 words)

	Political manipulation of the BBC - Alasdair Milne - Zircon - Dennis Potter - BBC Charter obligations
		The Zircon film was eventually shown in a House of Commons hall packed with MP’s on Thursday 22nd January 1987 under laws of parliamentary privilege but not to the public.
		In particular, the Zircon programme about an alleged British spy satellite, the cost of which the programme claimed had been concealed from the Public Accounts Committee in direct contravention of an agreement made when Joel Barnett was PAC Chairman, was causing anxiety.
		This was the Zircon programme and as the transmission date approached, I explained, pressure from many angles was brought to bear on Alisdair to drop it.
	copy_bilderberg.tripod.com /milne.htm (12066 words)

	The secret world of Mrs Thatcher
		MRS Thatcher's sensitivity as Prime Minister to the Zircon spy-satellite affair reflected her compulsion to keep all intelligence matters shrouded in darkness.
		Despite her generous attitude towards the intelligence services, she and the senior Cabinet colleagues who knew about the plan were coming to the conclusion that Zircon was too expensive.
		Others felt that the publicity attending all three cases had been damaging and that the Prime Minister "lacked the sophistication to know what was in the best interests of her secret services".
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1996/09/01/nspy201.html (432 words)

	PART FOUR: PUBLIC TELEVISION IN BRITAIN AND NORWAY IN THE 1980S AND EARLY 1990S: IMPLICATIONS AND RESPONSES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1987, the BBC news and current affairs departments serving network radio and television were brought together in a huge directorate of 1700 people working in specialist units across the boundaries of radio and television, and similar (controversial) reorganisations aimed at achieving economies of scale, were also made in the regional structure.
		Thus, to identify the specific role which the BBC and the NRK were expected to play in the new media situation, it is necessary to move beyond general definitions of 'public service' and to examine also more specific expectations in the form of criticisms, complaints, 'suggestions', ideas and attempts at programme redirection.
		On the other, they obliged the BBC to be 'responsive to viewer choice' (Home Affairs Committee 1988a para 164) and stated their expectation that both the BBC and the ITV-network 'should be able to sustain much of their hold over the television audience' (Home Affairs Committee 1988a para 52).
	www.media.uio.no /personer/trinesy/PHD4.html (19426 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Horseracing - Volcane looks the one - Saturday \| February 10, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Nine starters have been declared and with most showing good form, it promises to be a highly competitive affair.
		Horses such as ZIRCON, SIR MOHANDAS BABA, VOLCANE, PALMETTO XPRESS, TECH ALL and SEDUCTION will have their share of supporters, while those looking for an upset could look no further than CASTANGA.
		The five-year-old gelding from the stable of Wayne DaCosta carries a mere 48.0kg after finishing 7 1/4 lengths fourth to ZIRCON and SIR MOHANDAS BABA over the circular nine course on January 27, this after he was engaged in a battle royal for the lead with ZEEDON.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20010210/sports/sports3.html (311 words)

	Political manipulation of the BBC - Alasdair Milne - Zircon - Dennis Potter & BBC Charter obligations
		Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, a BBC governor, emerged as one of the main figures in the feud between the BBC and the government in the fallout of the Hutton inquiry into the death of weapons scientist Dr David Kelly, being blamed personally by former-director general Greg Dyke for his sacking.
		She insisted the BBC was not covering rural affairs properly, and got a full investigation, costing thousands of pounds.
		Martin woollacott, the eminent guardian foreign affairs columnist, described this well at a media conference in dubai in april 2002, saying "the israelis have captured the language".
	www.bilderberg.org /milne.htm (19011 words)

	Flexicon Corporation Case Histories: Bulk Bag Filler: N-1183
		As one of the world’s largest suppliers of color and associated coating materials, Johnson Matthey sells zircon as an alloying agent in ceramic compounds.
		In the Jacksonville plant, two ball mills crush 100 mesh, high bulk density (170 lb/cu ft) zircon material, processed from Florida mines, to four grades, which are loaded into four 50-ton silos.
		In a conventional installation, relocating stationary bag packing machines or bulk bag fillers is a 3-hour affair.
	www.flexicon.com /us/Articles/CaseHistories/index.asp?ArtID=465 (652 words)

	Case Study: Flexibility in Filling - Archives - Ceramic Industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Two ball mills crush 100-mesh, high bulk density (170 lbs/cubic foot) zircon material, processed from Florida mines, to four grades, which are loaded into four 50-ton silos.
		In a conventional installation, relocating stationary bag packing machines or bulk bag fillers is a three-hour affair.
		Plant electricians and mechanics, under supervision of the packing machine operators, disconnect floor fastener plates, wiring and pneumatic lines, move the machine, bolt it down, and reconnect the wiring and pneumatics.
	www.ceramicindustry.com /CDA/Archives/411e949fcc9c7010VgnVCM100000f932a8c0____ (753 words)

	Earrings
		And the party continues...A gorgeous swirl is surrounded by Swarovski crystals in Citrine, Peridot, and Blue Zircon.
		You don't need a fl tie affair to wear these....they are HOT even with your favorite pair of jeans.
		These hoops match the Woven Mystery bracelet perfectly and can be purchased as a set for less.
	www.pickledbeads.net /page4.html (638 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Robin Cook
		That venom intensified when it emerged that a Labour member of the Foreign Affairs Committee had leaked its report on Sandline to Cook in advance of publication.
		Cook's decision, shortly after returning from Hong Kong, to divorce his wife Margaret after 28 years and marry his secretary and mistress Gaynor Regan on hearing that their affair would be exposed in the next day's papers left a sour taste, given the zeal with which he had coruscated Tory ministers for low morals.
		Margaret Cook, an NHS consultant in Cook's Livingston constituency who had won the class medal in venereal disease when at Edinburgh University, sought revenge in a book entitled A Slight and Delicate Creature, and maintained the media pressure on her ex-husband - and the government - despite starting a new relationship.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=X3MKJT1IUB3WZQFIQMFCM54AVCBQYJVC?view=DETAILS&grid=&targetRule=10&xml=/news/2005/08/08/db0801.xml (2907 words)

	Holistic Magnet \| Sterling Silver Earrings \| Best variety of artistically handmade earrings with amethyst, peridot, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Best variety of artistically handmade earrings with amethyst, peridot, zircon, garnet, pearl, jade, turquoise, carnelian and very rare poppy jasper.
		Gems used: amethyst, peridot, zircon, garnet, pearl, jade, turquoise, carnelian, very rare poppy jasper, and more.
		They cannot be reproduced or copied without the exclusive permission of the owner, Holistic Magnet.
	www.holisticmag.net /Earrings.htm (69 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| A noisy end of term at Holyrood
		He moved a motion to "require" the BBC to surrender the tapes to parliament.
		He was referring, presumably, to the Zircon spy satellite affair.
		The only major announcement of the week was a reform of the planning laws, but it turned out to be less of an event then a process.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/3595539.stm (1072 words)

	Supreme Court of Canada - Decisions - Canada (House of Commons) v. Vaid
		The appellants contend that these hard-won powers and immunities, collectively referred to as the privileges of Parliament, permit the Senate and the House to conduct their employee relations free from interference from the Canadian Human Rights Commission or any other body outside Parliament itself.
		I agree that this is a more appropriate category than one of the other terms suggested, “internal affairs”.
		“Internal affairs” and equivalent phrases are loose and potentially extremely wide in their scope.
	scc.lexum.umontreal.ca /en/2005/2005scc30/2005scc30.html (9743 words)

	Liege Calling - Clippings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Some Shiite politicians are pushing to supplant the civil courts that have long governed marriage, divorce, child custody and inheritance with religious courts that are based on Sharia, or Islamic law.
		The total number of families affected will be much higher than one in 25, the researchers say, because for every "false" father identified through testing there will be a true biological father elsewhere, possibly with a family of his own.
		Just before all that, he was discovered by the News of the World to be having an affair with his secretary and had to be ordered by Alastair Campbell, Mr Blair's spinmaster, to put some “clarity” into his personal life.
	eduardo1dacosta.multiply.com /journal?&=&view:journal=table&page_start=925 (15993 words)

	Political control of the BBC - Zircon - BBC Charter obligations
		A veteran of classic satire That Was The Week That Was and daily current affairs programme Tonight he took independence from the Thatcher government seriously.
		Milne backed programmes that were as critical of the government as they were of the trades’ union movement that was taking on Thatcher’s friends at Wapping and in the coalfields.
		The Zircon film was eventually shown in a House of Commons hall packed with MP’s on Thursday 22nd January 1987 under laws of parliamentary priviledge but not to the public.
	www.mega.nu:8080 /ampp/www.bilderberg.org/milne.htm (9558 words)

	Red Action Discussion Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Strathclyde Police want to view video footage of violence outside the pool but BBC chiefs have accused them of a "fishing expedition" saying they have not been told what crimes, if any, are being investigated.
		The legal arguments expected to be used today were similar to those used when the Beeb re-fused to hand over video footage from a programme on the Zircon spy satellite affair in 1986 before giving up in the face of a Special Branch raid on its Glasgow headquarters.
		Today Alistair Bonnington, solicitor to the BBC, said: "We are concerned that this is a fishing expedition, as the warrant is extremely vague.
	www.redaction.org /wwwboard/msgs3/2945.HTM (335 words)

	Articles
		Murray Rothbard, David Friedman, Morris and Linda Tannehill and others have presented arguments that dispel the "public good" myth that surrounds such services as roads, pollution control, policing etc., but as yet they have to provide adequate concepts for the private provision of National defence.
		The libertarian opposes such actions as the present farcical attempts to ban "SpyCatcher" and the seizure of material belonging to Duncan Campbell during the Zircon affair.
		If somebody is a believer in private property they cannot condone such an invasion by state powers, for whatever reason, as the present Prime Minister does.
	www.jaguar.demon.co.uk /articles.htm (1743 words)

	Boston Gems & Findings - Featured Facets - Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Pink was the most popular color this past holiday season, and the public’s love affair with it shows no signs of ending.
		The demand for pink stones is stronger than even – especially as we head into spring and summer.
		From peridot, green tourmaline and pale amethyst, to citrine, aqua and blue zircon, the public is much more educated about their choices for colored stones.
	bosgems.com /bgf/ff-article.asp?a=91 (186 words)

	All Shop's Jewelry : Siah Designs Artisan Jewelry
		These are great, of course with jeans but work beautifully with fl, white or brown.
		Dinner or a formal affair, this set will work for you.
		The chain is a 14kt gold fill chain with a 22kt vermeil heart shape toggle clasp.
	www.rubylane.com /shops/siahdesigns/ilist/,cs=Jewelry,page=3.html (1990 words)

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