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Author: Wilbur Smith
Publisher: Pan MacMillan
Release Date: April 2011
Pages: 656
Another outstanding adventure from one of the world's best loved storytellers
Hazel Bannock is the heir to the Bannock Oil Corp, one of the major oil producers with global reach. While cruising in the Indian Ocean, Hazel's private yacht is hijacked by African pirates. Hazel is not on board at the time, but her nineteen year old daughter, Cayla, is kidnapped and held to ransom. The pirates demand a crippling twenty billion dollar ransom for her release. Complicated political and diplomatic considerations render the civilized major powers incapable of intervening.
When Hazel is given evidence of the horrific torture which Cayla is being subjected to, she calls on Hector Cross to help her rescue her daughter. Hector is the owner and operator of Cross Bow Security, the company which is contracted to Bannock Oil to provide all their security. He is a formidable fighting man. Between them Hazel and Hector are determined to take the law into their own hands.
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Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. He became a full-time writer in 1964 after the successful publication of When the Lion Feeds, and has since written over thirty novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books are now translated into twenty-six languages.
Those in Peril deals with a very topical subject, modern-day piracy. The private yacht of a rich oil baroness, Hazel Bannock, is hijacked by pirates and her daughter held for ransom. When legal means of recovering her daughter prove fruitless, she turns to the ex-military head of her private security; a man she doesn't trust or respect, but who will take actions that governments can't or won't.
The main character, Hector Cross, is an intelligent strong willed man of action who is employed as head of security for an oil company. Hazel Bannock is a strong, independent widow who inherited the company from her late husband and has since greatly increased its worth. When the yacht carrying Hazel's daughter Cayla is attacked and Cayla is kidnapped for ransom, the action really takes off. Hector plans, coordinates, and executes the mission to rescue Cayla. Along the way he and Hazel and his team have to deal with betrayal by someone they trusted, gun fights, car chases over brutal terrain, and injury to those they care about. Around the middle of novel, after I thought the action part was over, a new round of action begins as Hector and Hazel put in place a plan to exact revenge on those responsible for horrendous acts.
It is well written, sometimes with brutal and chilling descriptions of the violence, but also with good description of how living through the dangerous events draws the main characters together and sparks romance and lasting relationships.
Overall I would recommend this novel to anyone interested in a good action thriller. I noticed that Wilbur Smith has written quite a few other novels, and I would like to read more from this author.


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Eaton recently introduced cost-saving enhancements to its loadcenter designs, resulting in lower installation costs for electrical contractors, according to the company. The new patent-pending Cutler-Hammer plug-on neutral arc-fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) reduces installation time by eliminating the extra step of wiring the neutral of the breaker to the neutral bar. This is accomplished by the addition of a metal stab on the breaker that clips onto an inboard neutral bar of the loadcenter. This new design is optional on the company's Premium CH loadcenters. The new loadcenter is also designed to accept all standard CH circuit breakers.
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In October of 2010, federal regulations initiated by the Obama administration required institutions to disclose key gainful employment outcomes for students of all certificate programs that are eligible for federal financial aid. Below is a list of all Skyline College's Gainful Employment programs. By clicking on an individual program, you will find the following information for that program:
- Certificate name
- Normal time to complete the certificate
- Number of graduates completing in normal time
- Number of students who received any federal student loans
- Median student loan debt
- Estimated cost of tuition
- Estimated cost of books/supplies
- Estimated cost of fees
- Jobs related to this program
Please Note: Normal Time Completion and Median Loan Debt are not given for certificates with less than 10 graduates for privacy reasons.


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NHL Game Night: 4-2-10 Lightning at Rangers
It's over, Brian.
Mike Smith allowed 4 goals on 7 shots in the first period for the loss before giving way to Antero Niitymaki, who allowed 1 goal on 15 shots the rest of the way.
It's over, and it's time to throw some support down to Norfolk in the hope that at least one team in this organization can make the postseason. Right now the best case scenario is if the Lightning could somehow get in a position to take Taylor Hall or Tyler Seguin and add another franchise caliber piece to the puzzle. This season, however, is done.
Matt Lashoff had 1 shot, 1 hit, and 2 blocked shots in 19:43. That's the kind of performance he needed to get back in the conversation for next season. With the Lightning off until Tuesday, he'll presumably head to Binghamton to help the Admirals tomorrow night.
Vladimir Mihalik was -2 with 2 penalty minutes and 1 blocked shot in 12:01. It's striking that, even despite the rash of injuries, the coaching staff still is holding Vladdy down to a dozen minutes a game. That's not a good sign. He presumably will also be headed back to the Admirals for tomorrow night's game.
I kind of hope Paul Szczechura joins them, also. Not because Paul has played poorly, but because the Admirals need the help.
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RICHMOND, Ky. -- The Tennessee Tech tennis team pulled out a 4-3 victory Saturday at Eastern Kentucky, improving to 4-0 in Ohio Valley Conference action this year and running its regular season OVC winning streak to 12 straight. Tech is now tied for first place in the OVC with Austin Peay.
As they have done in every OVC match, the Golden Eagles claimed the doubles point for a 1-0 lead that would prove to be crucial to winning the match.
Syrym Abdukhalikov and Alejandro Augusto dispatched Alex Alvaro and Daridge Saidi, 8-3, on the No. 1 court to start things. The pair is 4-0 in OVC matches.
Shortly after, Vasily Eremeev and Artem Tarasov also moved to 4-0 in OVC matches with an 8-2 win over Juanjo De La Llera and Maio Joao, in the No. 2 spot.
With the doubles point already decided, the No. 3 match went unfinished.
Unlike Friday, when Abdukhalikov was the last one off the courts with a match-clinching win at Morehead State, the Golden Eagle senior got things done quickly in sinlges play. He improved to 9-2 in dual matches and 4-0 in the OVC with a 6-4, 6-2, straight-set win over Saidi.
EKU tied the match by grabbing the next two points. At No. 3, De La Llera downed Tarasov, 6-3, 6-2, and down at No. 6, Florian Graskamp notched a 6-0, 7-5 victory over Othon Lima.
Eremeev was the next player off the courts, bumping Tech to a 3-2 lead in the match with a three-set, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 victory at No. 4. He improved his record to 3-0 in OVC singles action.
Augusto, last year's OVC Freshman of the Year, battled through three sets to win the deciding point. He defeated Alvaro, 7-6, 2-6, 6-1, at No. 2, as the Golden Eagles built a 4-2 lead.
Maio and Arturo Santa Ruiz fought through a marathon contest at No. 5, before EKU earned the point in a tie-breaker, 6-4, 6-7, 10-8.
The Golden Eagles are home for their next three matches, including a contest that was rescheduled from earlier this year. On Wednesday, the Golden Eagles welcome Jacksonville State for a 1 p.m. match that had to be moved due to cold weather two weeks ago. On Saturday, Tech will host SIU Edwardsville at noon, and Sunday it's Eastern Illinois, also at noon.
Admission is free for all of Tech's home matches.
Tennessee Tech 4, Eastern Kentucky
3 03/30/13 at Richmond, Ky.
(Coach Tom Higgins Tennis Courts)
Doubles competition
1. Syrym Abdukhalikov/Alejandro Augusto (TTU) def. ALVARO, Alex/SAIDI, Daridge (EKU) 8-3
2. Vasily Eremeev/Artem Tarasov (TTU) def. DE LA LLERA, Juanjo/Joao Maio (EKU) 8-2
3. DOMBROWSKI, Jan/SMETS, Lucas (EKU) vs. Alvaro Cintas/Othon Lima (TTU) 7-3, unfinished
Singles competition
1. Syrym Abdukhalikov (TTU) def. SAIDI, Daridge (EKU) 6-4, 6-2
2. Alejandro Augusto (TTU) def. ALVARO, Alex (EKU) 7-6, 2-6, 6-1
3. DE LA LLERA, Juanjo (EKU) def. Artem Tarasov (TTU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Vasily Eremeev (TTU) def. SMETS, Lucas (EKU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
5. Joao Maio (EKU) def. Arturo Santa Ruiz (TTU) 6-4, 6-7, 10-8
6. Florian Graskamp (EKU) def. Othon Lima (TTU) 6-0, 7-5
Match Notes: Eastern Kentucky (9-12, 4-2); Tennessee Tech (4-9, 4-0)
Order of Finish: Doubles (1, 2); Singles (1, 3, 6, 4, 2*, 5)


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For use in extreme programming environments, the idea of single display groupware has become rather interesting.
I understand that applications need to be retooled in order to function as single display groupware in themselves. However, there is another idea that is worth considering, and I was wondering how involved it would be to develop this for Linux or if something like this already exists.
- Applications themselves do not need to be tooled to operate as single display groupware
- Multiple mice and multiple keyboards are to be plugged into USB drives
- Each mouse is internally paired with a keyboard by the OS to coordinate the relationship of a separate user with their mouse and keyboard
- Each mouse is given a unique colored cursor on the screen in the OS desktop environment
- Each mouse/keyboard/cursor is associated with a separate human being that we will call a "user" (does NOT have to be a "system" user, but it can)
- When a user clicks on an application window, that user "steals" focus for that application
- When a user has focus for an application, the OS channels that user's mouse and keyboard as the input controls for that application
- Focus can be "stolen" by any user at any time for an application by simply clicking on that application window
- The desktop environment can be extended to multiple displays (as is typical for multi-screen setups), and this ability for users to "steal" application focus should continue to work across these multiple displays
What would be involved to see something like this become a reality for Linux?


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3 Headed to Trial in Rapid City Mountain Lion Hunting Case
RAPID CITY - Two men accused of killing a mountain lion after it had been treed by hounds near Hill City in western South Dakota have pleaded not guilty.
Seventy-one-year-old James Jucht, of Sioux Falls, and 63-year-old David Terveen, of Emery, are scheduled for trial July 18 on misdemeanor charges of violating the conditions of a big game hunting license.
The Rapid City Journal reports they each face up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted. They also could lose their hunting privileges for a year.
It's illegal to use hounds to hunt mountain lions in South Dakota, outside of limited hound hunting in Custer State Park.
Another man faces a June 11 trial in the case. Forty-one-year-old Wade Musick, of Mitchell, is accused of controlling the hounds.
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NBC (National Broadcasting Company) is a US television network. It has frequently aired Muppet and Henson programming, including:
- Sam and Friends (WRC-TV, Washington DC only)
- Youth '68
- The Cube
- This Way to Sesame Street (1969)
- Saturday Night Live (1975-1976)
- Big Bird in China
- The StoryTeller
- The Jim Henson Hour
- Fraggle Rock (animated) (1987-1988)
- The Muppets at Walt Disney World
- Gulliver's Travels
- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
- A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
- Jim Henson's Pajanimals (started in July 2012)
The Muppets have appeared on many NBC network shows and specials, including the following: The Tonight Show, The Today Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and its time-slot successor Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Jack Paar Program, The Perry Como Winter Show, The Torkelsons, The Cosby Show, The West Wing, Scrubs, 30 Rock, NBC's Funniest Outtakes 2, America's Got Talent, Deal or No Deal, NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney, The Television Academy Hall of Fame, 1 vs 100, and Happy Birthday, Bob.
Additionally, the Muppets have referenced or been referenced on many NBC shows, including Seinfeld, Friends, Law & Order, ALF, Flipper, Dragnet, My Name is Earl, 30 Rock, and The Office.
The Children's Television Workshop offered Sesame Street to NBC, but they passed on it.[1]
The station runs portable media content site NBC Mobile Buzz, which has interviewed various Muppets in relation to Letters to Santa. Miss Piggy talked to the program in 2008, (YouTube) Kermit and Fozzie in 2009. (video)
In the summer of 2012, programming from PBS Sprout, including Pajanimals, began airing on weekend mornings on NBC stations, as part of a block called NBC Kids.
For the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games, Cookie Monster appeared in a series of short videos that began debuting in November 2017.
- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie was produced by the network, and the movie featured a few direct references to NBC and its shows (notably Scrubs and Fear Factor). In addition, the NBC chimes are heard and the network logo briefly appears on the bottom of Kermit's foot in a gag about corporate synergy. The chimes also are heard earlier in the movie when Daniel punches in the access code to The Boss's office.
- NBC is one of several networks to pass on The Muppet Telethon in The Muppets.
- ↑ Michael Davis, "Street Gang: The Complete History of 'Sesame Street", 2008.


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HO! HO! HO! To all you, hopefully, Merry Mac 4x4 2011ers! I hope you and your vehicles are all well and looking forward to the 10th Mac and our celebration of 100 years of Macmillan. I imagine a number of you are very involved in hearts and minds activities in your local area whether formally SAR or Responders – last year we had some very good PR as a result of '4x4s' helping in their local areas as opposed to the usual condemnation of gas guzzling, scenery spoiling comments.
Please remember to let me know if you open a Justgiving account as those donations go directly into Macmillan and if I don't register your page as part of the Mac4x4 it doesn't get attributed to the event! That would be a shame as we are 'only'! £107K off achieving the £3/4M mark, bearing in mind 2010 achieved a record £123K – wouldn't that be cause for celebration!!? Thank you for all your support which is really very much appreciated. Be safe and set a good example – enjoy a great Christmas and every best wish for a happy and successful 2011. See you in March.


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Pick up cash at a Western Union agent location, or, depending on where you live, have it deposited directly into your bank account or mobile wallet.
Cash: Visit an agent location near you with your government-issued ID. You'll also need to ask the sender for the tracking number (MTCN). Find an agent location.


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Last week, it was Jeff Larentowicz in the 71st minute who changed the game against Toronto for the Colorado Rapids. At almost exactly the same point on Saturday in New England, it was his central midfield colleague, Pablo Mastroeni, who turned things on their head.
Club captain Mastroeni, who has now scored only three times in his whole career with Colorado, drilled one in from outside the penalty area after 72 minutes following great holding work from Conor Casey. Much like his goal against Chivas USA last season at home, it was a wonder strike.
Before Mastroeni's pile-driver, it looked as if the Rapids may have lost their chance to take home three points after dominating the first 45 minutes but going into halftime tied after once again conceding a goal from a set piece. The Rapids still have yet to concede a goal in open play this season in the league.
Inevitably, New England pressed more in the second half and the chances appeared to be running out for Colorado. Before Mastroeni's strike, that is. Casey had a great chance to release a wide-open Omar Cummings in the closing minutes to secure the game but could not make the pass. It didn't matter in the end as the Rapids, strong in defense all night, held firm and secured the three points.
Coming back from conceding a goal, and then going on to win a tough game is largely unfamiliar territory for the Rapids. Head coach Gary Smith has wanted to build such a mentality in the team, and it looks as if all the hard work is beginning to pay off.
"The big difference in the group this year is having the confidence they can go on and win it," he told MLSsoccer.com after the game. "Last year, there was a bit of concern when we conceded. Now, there is a steely determination, and there is nothing better to help that than by winning games of football."
Smith had called for a positive approach from his players for this always-difficult game. As he had hinted earlier in the week, he gave a start to Wells Thompson, one of Colorado's most positive players so far this season. It was the former New England midfielder's first MLS league start for the Rapids.
Surprisingly, Smith also opted to start Mehdi Ballouchy ahead of Colin Clark, and the gamble paid off massively as the Moroccan midfielder, playing in a more accustomed central role just ahead of Larentowicz and Mastroeni, opened the scoring in the 14th minute with a beautiful finish from outside the area.
"We've forgotten about Mehdis' strike with Pablo's goal, but it was a very good strike and the build-up was wonderful," Smith said. "His general play was excellent. I know he has his critics but he has answered them today."
Smith also pushed Cummings out wider.
"Omar and Wells have both been very confident, and I wanted to get at [New England's] fullbacks and make them play a bit quicker than they wanted," Smith said. "Wells has been very positive and I wanted to reward the lad. He put in a sterling performance."
The one disappointing aspect of the night for Colorado was conceding a goal from a set piece again. In truth, it was a beautiful free kick from Marko Perovic, but Smith—always a perfectionist—will again have to go back to the drawing board and work out how to avoid such giveaway goals. After viewing the videotape of the incident, Smith said he was disappointed that a foul was committed in an apparently innocuous passage of play.
But such disappointments aside, it will be a happy group retuning to Colorado with a strong sense of self-belief after a fine victory. The Rapids have now won two road games in the opening few weeks of the season, which is as many as they won away from home all of last season. They face San Jose Earthquakes in another road trip next Sat., May 1.


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Jay-Z Applied To Become A Baseball Agent
As expected, rapper/business mogul Jay-Z applied to become a certified baseball agent, the Major League Baseball Players Association said on Friday. Two weeks ago, Jay-Z's Roc Nation Sports, which is partnered with Creative Artists Agency, signed New York Yankees' second baseman Robinson Cano as its first client. This means Jay could be the one shaking down the Steinbrenner family for Cano's new contract after the 2013 season.
Becoming a certified baseball agent is the latest step for Jay-Z, who signed a separate agreement to assist the marketing interests of New York Giants' wide receiver Victor Cruz. Jay-Z also began selling his stake in the Brooklyn Nets NBA franchise last week so that he can court basketball players as clients someday soon.
With all the activity undertaken by Jay-Z to transition from owner to agent, it's worth asking if Hova is convinced that being an agent to talented athletes is a much better business to pursue than owning a major sports franchise. With his massive wealth attained through his artistry and entertainment ventures, Jay-Z could easily invest more heavily in a team or franchise, but instead he's choosing to side with the talent. Hmmm.


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The challenge with organizations' Web analytics efforts is finding a way to meaningfully represent digital behavior at the customer-level. Pentaho and our big data partners, Semphonic and Infobright ( Columnar databases), came together to address this challenge and turn websites into revenue generating machines.
Great results happen when you bring together great technology and expertise. The three of us have created a customizable framework for Web analysis and digital measurement. CMO's, product managers or marketing analysts can rapidly answer questions regarding Website usage, customer behavior, marketing effectiveness and site performance and quickly uncover meaningful insights from big data Web analytics.
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text: Hello, Got a serious problem with our MySQL service a couple of days ago. You cannot login as root unless you type in "-h 127.0.0.1". I've searched and searched on the web and looked up so many things but still not getting it to work. The things I've tried: Checked that /etc/hosts points localhost to 127.0.0.1 Mysqld is running on port 3306 and with IPv4 The path to the mysql socket is correct both in my.cnf and debian.cnf Checked that "bind adress" is uncommented Getting really frustrated as ISPConfig is not able to make database changes! I appreciate all the help I can get!! Best regards, Mattias


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Bob Feller throws no-hitter
On April 16, 1940, the Cleveland Indians' Bob Feller pitches his first no-hitter. He went on to throw two more no-hitters in his career; only two other pitchers in baseball history have recorded more no-hitters.
Feller, who grew up playing catch with his father on his family's farm in Iowa, made his major league debut at just 17 years old with the Cleveland Indians on July 19, 1936. His overpowering fastball quickly established him as a strikeout king. In September of his rookie year, in a game against the Philadelphia Athletics, he struck out 17 batters. On October 2, 1938, in a game against the Detroit Tigers, the "Heater from Van Meter" (Feller was also nicknamed "Rapid Robert") struck out 18 players and set a major league record for strikeouts in a single, nine-inning game.
On April 16, 1940, Feller threw his first no-hitter, against the Chicago White Sox on opening day at Comiskey Park. The Indians won the game, 1-0. Feller's no-hitter remains the only one to occur on any opening day in baseball history. He pitched a second no-hitter against the New York Yankees on April 30, 1946, and his third no-hitter came on July 1, 1951, in a game against the Detroit Tigers.
Nolan Ryan holds the record for most no-hitters, with seven. Sandy Koufax had four, while Cy Young and Larry Corcoran, along with Feller, recorded three in their pitching careers.
After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor during World War II, Feller joined the Navy, the first big-leaguer to enlist in the armed forces. He spent the majority of his time aboard the U.S.S. Alabama in the gunnery department before being discharged in 1945, after missing four seasons of baseball. In 1946, Feller set a big league record for most strikeouts in a single season, with 348.
After spending his entire career with the Indians, he retired from baseball in 1956, with 266 wins, 162 losses and a total of 2,581 strikeouts. He led the American League in strikeouts seven times and in wins six times. In addition to his three no-hitters, he recorded 12 one-hit games in his career. Feller was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.


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(CNN) -- A federal magistrate set bail at $50,000 Monday for one of the three men charged with lying to federal agents during a wide-ranging terrorism inquiry, as the men made their first appearances in courtrooms in New York and Colorado.
Najibullah Zazi is accused of making false statements to officials about an alleged bomb plot in the United States.
Mohammed Wali Zazi, 53, whose son is at the center of the terrorism investigation, will be allowed to go home under electronic monitoring and required to remain there except for work, medical care, religious services or court appearances, prosecutors said.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Craig Shaffer in Denver, Colorado, set bail at $50,000, but Zazi is unlikely to be released until later this week.
Prosecutors are asking that his son, 24-year-old Najibullah Zazi, be held until trial. Shaffer set a detention hearing for the younger Zazi for Thursday.
Investigators said Najibullah Zazi has admitted attending courses and receiving instructions on weapons and explosives at an al Qaeda training facility in Pakistan's tribal areas during a 2008 trip and lied to federal agents about explosives-handling instructions they found on his computer.
His attorney, Arthur Folsom, has denied the allegations.
The Zazis and Ahmad Wais Afzali, a 37-year-old Muslim cleric and funeral director from the New York borough of Queens, are the first people charged in connection with what the Justice Department has said was a plot to detonate bombs in the United States.
Earlier Monday, Afzali appeared in a federal court in New York, where a not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf. He smiled as he listened to the magistrate read the charge against him, blowing kisses to his wife during the hearing.
Ron Kuby, Afzali's lawyer, said his client had tried to help federal agents find Najibullah Zazi and called the charge against his client "a bootstrap case" the government brought "to cover up their own failings and the fact that they were the ones who blew this investigation."
According to affidavits outlining the charges against him, Afzali warned Najibullah Zazi that his phone call was being monitored. But Kuby said Afzali was helping "absolutely frantic" federal agents find Zazi, who had attended his Queens mosque with his family as a teenager.
"My client didn't tip him off, he was already tipped off," Kuby said. "And now the FBI is looking for somebody to blame."
Afzali was ordered to remain in custody until a bond hearing later this week. Kuby said his client had been an occasional source for New York's Joint Terrorism Task Force when it looked into previous terror plots, and a detective who had sought out Afzali as a source in previous cases would testify on the imam's behalf Thursday.
All three suspects are originally from Afghanistan. Mohammed Wali Zazi is a naturalized U.S. citizen, and Afzali and Najibullah Zazi are permanent legal residents. If convicted, each faces eight years in prison. Watch why authorities wanted to talk with Zazi »
The plot may have been targeting a major transportation center, such as a large railroad or subway station, sources close to the investigation said last week.
Federal agents have "no specific information regarding the timing, location or target of any planned attack," David Kris, assistant attorney general for national security, said in a written statement.
Court papers describe conversations among the men. At one point, according to the papers, Afzali warned Najibullah Zazi that their phone call was being monitored.
"I was exposed to something yesterday from the authorities," Afzali allegedly told Zazi in a September 11 call. "And they came to ask me about your characters. They asked me about you guys. ... I told them that they are innocent, law-abiding."
Afzali, however, called the questions from police "a good sign."
"The bad sign is for them coming to you guys and picking you up automatically," he said. And he allegedly told the younger Zazi, "Don't get into the Afghanistan garbage, Iraq garbage. ... Listen, our phone call is being monitored."
The federal complaint against Afzali says he falsely asserted that he never told Zazi that agents were monitoring him on the phone, an assertion Kuby slammed.
"Why on Earth is the imam going to lie to the FBI about the contents of a conversation that he knows they're recording?" Kuby asked Monday.
The criminal complaint against Afzali also says he falsely told federal agents that he did not ask Zazi about evidence in his rental car.
The inquiry emerged after a series of raids in Queens on September 14, three days after the intercepted calls. A police stop of Najibullah Zazi during a visit to New York raised investigators' concern that he would discover he was under surveillance, a former counterterrorism official familiar with the investigation said last week.
At the Queens residence where Zazi stayed during his visit, FBI agents seized a black scale containing several AA batteries. Zazi's fingerprints were on both, the criminal complaint against him said.
And agents searched his rental car and laptop computer while he was there, turning up what they said were handwritten notes of his that explained how to make, handle and detonate explosives, according to the complaint.
An FBI expert determined that the handwriting in the photographed document was similar to Najibullah Zazi's, according to the complaint. But during an interview with investigators Wednesday, Zazi denied having the instructions and said that if it was found on his computer, he must have unintentionally downloaded it as part of a religious book. He said he deleted the book within days after he realized that its contents discussed a holy war, investigators said.
According to court records, Mohammed Wali Zazi falsely told investigators that he had not called, nor had he received a call, from anyone in New York asking him about his son's activities. He also said he did not know anyone named Afzali, despite recorded phone calls that showed he did, the FBI stated.
CNN's Jeanne Meserve, Jim Spellman and Deborah Feyerick contributed to this report.
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WORCESTER � Mayor Joseph M. Petty is pushing for an amendment to the city's zoning ordinance that would allow urban farmers to grow food for commercial purposes in areas zoned for manufacturing and industrial uses.
Mr. Petty said he would like to see city planners and local community agencies collaborate in creating an urban agriculture zoning ordinance similar to one that was recently established in Boston.
That ordinance, known as Article 89, allows urban farmers to grow food for commercial purposes in much of Boston, whether it be in soil, in water, on rooftops or even in shipping containers.
The mayor said urban farming is a growing trend in New England cities, including Boston and Providence, as well as in other urban areas across the country, including New York City.
Mr. Petty said many areas of the city do not have access to fresh food and allowing urban farms in designated areas is a good way of getting locally grown food to the tables of those homes.
"I've met with some people about this, and they would like to see what is happening in Boston be allowed in Worcester," Mr. Petty said. "Groups are getting together producing fresh food in many cities across the country. With this (urban agriculture zoning) designation, fresh food could be produced here and brought right to the table. It's something we should look at."
In addition to providing city residents with greater access to fresh food, the mayor said the urban agriculture zoning designation could serve as an economic development catalyst through the creation of jobs.
At Mr. Petty's request, the City Council Tuesday night referred the matter to City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. for consideration.
The council also wants its Public Health and Human Services Committee to study the matter in conjunction with items pending before that committee relative to a proposed ordinance that would allow people to raise chickens on their property.
That ordinance, which was pushed for by former City Councilors Barbara G. Haller and Joseph C. O'Brien, has been sitting in committee for more than two years.
In 2013, a group of Worcester Polytechnic Institute students did an Interdisciplinary Qualifying Project entitled: "Mapping the Potential for Urban Agriculture in Worcester."
As part of their research report, the students � Jay Ringenback, Matthew Valcourt and Wenli Wang � found that Worcester does not have any zoning provisions for agricultural use of land.
They concluded that the lack of agricultural zoning serves as a barrier to the development of urban agriculture.
The WPI students said urban agriculture can provide jobs to people of all ages, through the growing, harvesting or preparation of locally grown food.
They added while urban farms are not expected to generate enough food to support an entire city, they can help by providing access to affordable healthy food.
"Other cities have addressed this issue by amending their zoning ordinance to allow for agriculture to take place in certain parts of their respective cities," the students wrote in their 133-page report. "We recommend that Worcester identify the barriers in their zoning ordinance to urban agriculture, as well as explore options to make use of parcels that have been vacant for an extended period of time.
"In this manner, the land would not be dedicated to agricultural use solely, but the option would be available. As a result the number of vacant lots in Worcester could be reduced, thus serving to create a more economically and ecologically sustainable city."
As part of their project report, the three WPI students also did a survey/inventory of Worcester's land use and identified 337 vacant parcels totaling more than 2,500 acres.
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I was in Chicago last month watching the Cincinnati Reds play the Chicago Cubs. I got to sample a few tasty beers brewed right in the Windy City. Here are a few of my faves.
Goose Island 312
312 is classified as an American Pale Wheat Ale. You can definitely taste the wheat, along with citrus flavors. This is a creamy and refreshing medium-bodied beer. I've continued to buy 312 here at home, although it's probably more of a summer beer (I've started to stock up on Sam Adams Oktoberfest for the Fall since it's only available for a limited time).
Goose Island Green Line
Green Line is considered an American Pale Ale with a bright, hoppy aroma and citrus fruit flavor. It is light, crisp with a little spice and a slightly bitter finish. Green Line Pale Ale is the beer at the core of Goose Island's environmental sustainability initiative, the Green Line Project. The beer is available on draft only in Chicago to help cut down on packaging waste and reduce the impact from refrigerating and transporting the beer.
Goose Island Matilda
Matilda is a Belgian Style Pale Ale. It has a spicy aroma and a slightly fruity – with a hint of honey – taste. The beer is a little dry; not overpowering, but smooth and very drinkable.
Metropolitan Brewing Krankshaft
Krankshaft is a Kolsch style beer. Kolsch is a clear German brew with a bright, straw-yellow hue, and just slight hoppiness. This was the lightest beer of the four and perfect for a hot day . This crisp, light-bodied beer has a lemony sweetness and light malt flavor. Metropolitan Brewing is the newest microbrewery in Chicago.
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Author Notes: A few days ago I actually believed the weather forecast: snow and lots of it. I decided to stop on my way home to pick up groceries for a few days just in case it was accurate (it was). I was looking for fennel for a salad I had in mind, given the fact that it was the last sunny day we might see for a while. I was thinking of just a few simple ingredients oriented around bright, beautiful citrus. Tender, colorful Cara cara oranges; tart Kalamata olives, and some crisp, sweet fennel. I went to 2 stores, my limit before I start getting irritated (and the radio had already gotten on my bad side for continuing to beat the same poor horse of election debates and primaries). Not so much as a frond in sight. So I stood some distance from the chilled produce, arms crossed, concentrated a frown, and just scanned back and forth to see what might do instead. One of the produce guys walked (quickly) past, head down, holding me in the corner of his eye just in case I might try to trip him or something. My irritation wasn't with him any more than it was with the radio. The former has to do with living in produce-challenged Montana in winter; as for the latter, well, enough said. Finally I squinted at the cabbages, and actually said out loud, "Oh, that's it!" when I spied a frilly head of tender Napa cabbage. So here is an honestly uncomplicated salad to perhaps take the edge off these complicated times. It makes a wonderful lunch or dinner side. It's also a great, uh, candidate for a buffet. It holds up perfectly under stress, it will be faithful to you, never try to be something it isn't.
To see a photo, visit my blog, thesolitarycook.wordpress.com: http://wp.me/p27pPl-6H —boulangere
Food52 Review: Opening Statement: I ate this salad three nights in a row. It is really a perfect balance of sweet and salty brine, oniony goodness and lemon tartness. All combined with the crispy Napa cabbage to make a salad that you will eat until it's gone no matter how much you make. Our head of Napa was enormous, and after three salad we still have some, so use your judgment as far as using a whole head. I also added some shiso to the dressing in the third round, just because I had some. It is good right when you make it, and even better after an hour or so in the fridge while you finish up cooking the rest of you dinner. —aargersi
Serves: 2
For the Salad
2 cara cara oranges, peeled and suprême
1/2 cup kalamata olives, drained, halved
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
1/2 head Napa cabbage, finely shredded
For the Dressing
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar (use a good Italian one if you can)
Juice of half a lemon (Meyer, if possible)
1/4 cup feta cheese, roughly chopped
3 or 4 fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Sea or kosher salt and pepper to taste
- On my blog, I have what think is a fairly easy description (with photos) of how to suprême any citrus fruit: thesolitarycook http://wp.me/27pPl. Basically, you need to remove all the peel and white pith from the outside, then remove each segment, leaving behind all the membranes. Yes, it's worth the effort.
- Place all the salad ingredients in a salad bowl or large mixing bowl.
- You'll get the best blend on the dressing if you use a food processor or a blender. The cheese purées into a creamy emulsion with the olive oil, vinegar, and lemon juice. If you can't get Meyer lemons, by all means use an ordinary lemon, but add 1/2 teaspoon or so of honey because Meyer lemons have a touch of sweetness to them. Purée the first five ingredients, then season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour over the salad, then toss to blend.
- Divide between plates. Serve with some good crusty bread so none of the luscious dressing is left behind.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Citrus Recipe


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I'll make a confession: I'm not organizationally gifted. This was painfully clear recently when I frittered away frustrating moments of a busy day searching for a document that I needed now! It occurred to me that, had I organized and versioned the document more appropriately, I would surely have what I needed -- without delay and without the heart palpitations.
It was during this small and mundane moment that I got thinking about the state of enterprise IT today. Most IT shops look an awful lot like my desktop. Of course, I'm only slinging documents. IT systems are a different deal entirely.
For IT, in the haste to meet deadlines, a lot is left to chance. Many best practices are traded for paths of least resistance. Systems are cobbled together using more art than science; what software is used -- sources, versions, dependencies -- remain unclear. So, when the system finally makes it to production, it immediately falls down -- or threatens to do so just as soon as you fiddle with anything. For many organizations, update processes are as unsettling as a surgeon with astigmatism.
A profound lack of transparency ensures that, when change occurs, bad things happen. It's no wonder that 80 percent of IT outages are attributable to system updates -- it's the Law of Unintended Consequences enacted, ratified and applied in full force.
You can trace the origin of this Law to the way systems are constructed today:
- Developers grab whichever IT-issued platform is available to build an application.
- They throw it over the wall to QA, who recreates the system based on whichever version of the platform they have laying around; they resolve undocumented dependencies, tweak, tune and fiddle until it's working.
- They certify the system and pass it to the production teams who recreate the system, again, based on their latest version of the platform.
During each of these handoffs, software versions and system configurations drift. Dependencies are missed, found, resolved, poorly documented and, consequently, missed again. Deployments fail, the system cycles back to development and test for hot fixes and recertification. Finally, the production team gets the system to run. Exactly what gets deployed is anyone's guess.
When it's time to update the system, the scenario becomes even more gruesome -- resulting in one of three certifiably dysfunctional behaviors:
- Updates are deferred (putting compliance and performance at risk).
- Changes are made blindly (leading to outages and job retention issues).
- Changes are tested extensively (slowing IT and adding significant cost).
Of course, there's a better way. It's an approach based on the principles of knowledge management which brings us back to my document issue.
Just as I need a consistent way to organize and version my documents, IT needs to do the same for all of its system artifacts. The solution begins with a "definitive software library," which is a fancy ITIL description of the source of record IT organizations must establish for controlled reuse and management of system artifacts across the operational lifecycle.
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- They then check in the complete, dependency resolved system -- application, OS and middleware components -- which is identified by its own version number.
- QA is alerted, and they pull down the very same version and run their test suite.
- Production grabs the certified version and successfully provisions the system.
Dev, test and prod are all accessing the same exact version -- no drift, no confusion.
And once a system is deployed, a version manifest becomes the basis for seamless change. Updates can be quickly matched to system inventories, change impact is clearly documented, and patches and updates can be implemented incrementally. When outages do occur, restoration is as simple as reverting to the previous version. It's a refreshingly simple answer to a complex operational challenge.
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The MTV Movie Awards depart pretty seriously from most award shows, forsaking prestige and formality -- and, for that matter, voting by an elite body -- in favor of freewheeling fun, fan-driven prizes, 11-pound gilded popcorn trophies and zany honors like best shirtless performance and most WTF moment.
Still, though an unabashedly commercial affair -- its April date was chosen mainly so studios could hype spring and summer movies -- the ceremony offers a temperature read on what will be popular in the months ahead, and can offer some entertaining television to boot.
Here are five story lines to watch for during this year's awards, which MTV will broadcast Sunday evening from the Nokia Theatre.
Conan O'Brien's youth appeal: During the reign of Jay Leno and David Letterman, Conan O'Brien was the subversive rebel of late-night TV, the guy younger audiences identified with and gravitated toward. But now that Jimmy Fallon has taken over "The Tonight Show" and Stephen Colbert is poised to replace Letterman on "Late Night," it's clear O'Brien will have to fight for Millennial attention. The MTV Movie Awards, then, represent a chance for O'Brien to prove his relevance to a youthful demographic. (It's worth noting that at 50, O'Brien is the oldest performer ever to host the show, which tends to favor 20- and 30-something emcees.)
The Shailene Show. Indie and TV actress Shailene Woodley took a Jennifer Lawrence-like step toward megastardom this year by kicking off her own dystopian YA franchise, "Divergent," and has a much-anticipated movie coming up in the romantic drama "The Fault in Our Stars." During the Movie Awards pre-show, Woodley and co-star Ansel Elgort will show off the first completed scene from the John Green adaptation. So far this year, "Divergent" was a solid but not spectacular hit (though studio Summit has enough faith to be planning three sequels). Now the question is whether "Fault" can surpass that success, and lift Woodley along with it.
Guaranteed gold for Mark Wahlberg, Channing Tatum. At 42, Mark Wahlberg is already an elder statesman in the MTV universe, which therefore makes him eligible for the Generation Award, its equivalent of a lifetime achievement prize. The award will be presented to Wahlberg by the cast of "Entourage," the bro-centric HBO series produced by Wahlberg and partly based on his early days in Hollywood. Conveniently, there's an "Entourage" movie in the works, scheduled for release next summer. Wahlberg also will be there to flog the new "Transformers" movie, subtitled "Age of Extinction" and due out in June.
Speaking of special awards, Channing Tatum will become the first non-Emma to receive MTV's Trailblazer Award, after Emma Stone and Emma Watson. So does Tatum have any movies coming up, say, this summer? Naturally. There's "22 Jump Street" in June and "Jupiter Ascending" in July.
Paul Walker remembered. Amid the unpredictable antics, shameless self-promotion and pyrotechnic music performances, the Movie Awards will observe a rare moment of solemnity to memorialize the late "Fast and Furious" actor Paul Walker, who died Thanksgiving weekend in a single-car crash. "Fast" co-star Jordana Brewster will take the stage to speak about Walker and introduce a video tribute. Walker and "Fast 6" co-star Vin Diesel are also nominated for best on-screen duo, an award that will be presented during an unrelated portion of the show.
Superhero showdown. The summer movie season has become synonymous with superhero movies, and this year is no different. The Movie Awards will tease two of them, both opening in May. Ellen Page will appear on stage to introduce a sneak peek at "X-Men: Days of Future Past," an "Avengers"-like attempt to unite the contemporary characters of the original trilogy with their 1962 counterparts from "X-Men: First Class."
Not to be outdone, Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Jamie Foxx will appear in a taped segment previewing "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," the second installment of the Marc Webb-directed reboot that has designs on at least two more sequels as well as "Venom" and "Sinister Six" spinoffs. There are no doubt plenty of MTV Movie Awards segments in those movies' futures as well.


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Brussels, 4 October 2012
Nuclear stress tests: confirmation of high safety standards but need for further improvement
The standards of safety of nuclear power plants in Europe are generally high but further improvements in the safety features of almost all European nuclear power plants are recommended. Nevertheless national safety authorities came to the conclusion that no closure of Nuclear Power Plants was warranted. This is the main message of today's European Commission communication on results of the nuclear stress tests. These tests have established that not all safety standards promoted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and not all international best practices are applied in all Member States. The Commission will follow closely the implementation of the recommendations and will at the same time propose legislative measures to further enhance nuclear safety in Europe.
Commissioner Günther Oettinger said: "The stress tests have revealed where we are good at and where we need to improve. The tests were serious, and they were a success. Generally, the situation is satisfactory but there is no room for complacency. All authorities involved must work to ensure that the highest safety standards are in force in every single nuclear power plant in Europe. For the safety of our citizens".
In addition to recommending numerous of plant specific technical improvements, the stress tests have shown that International standards and practices have not been applied everywhere. In addition, lessons from Fukushima need to be drawn. In particular, these include:
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National action plans with timetables for implementation will be prepared by national regulators and will be made available by the end of 2012. The action plans will go through peer reviews in early 2013, in order to verify that the stress tests recommendations are consistently implemented in a transparent way throughout Europe. The Commission intends to report on the implementation of the stress test recommendations in June 2014, in full partnership with national regulators.
In addition to the specific technical findings and recommendations, the Commission has reviewed the existing European legal framework for nuclear safety and will present a revision of the current nuclear safety directive in early 2013. The proposed amendments will focus on safety requirements, the role and powers of nuclear regulatory authorities, transparency, as well as monitoring.
This will be followed by further proposals on nuclear insurance and liability and on maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination in food and feedstuff. The stress test process has also highlighted the need for further work on nuclear security (prevention of malevolent acts), where the main responsibility lies with the Member States.
Following the Fukushima accident in March 2011 the European Council called for comprehensive and transparent risk and safety assessments of all EU nuclear power plants.
The main aim of the stress tests was to assess the safety and robustness of nuclear power plants in case of extreme natural events. This means especially flood and earthquakes. Both scenarios were assessed simultaneously. Air plane crashes have been covered to the extent that they have the same effect as tsunami and earthquakes, meaning that they shut down normal safety and cooling functions.
These stress tests consisted of three phases. In phase one the nuclear power plant operators carried out a self-assessment, in phase two national regulators evaluated these self-assessments and prepared country reports. In phase three, these reports were analysed by multinational teams in a peer review process, organised by ENSREG. In addition, the peer review teams have visited nuclear power plant sites. 17 countries fully participated in the stress tests (all 14 EU countries with operating nuclear power plants, Lithuania with a plant under decommissioning, plus Ukraine and Switzerland).
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- During the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, the Forensic Science Program of Penn State invites visitors to join an interactive crime scene investigator experience to solve "the Mystery of the Purloined Art." Penn State forensic scientists will provide hands-on training to help participants find, collect and process evidence to identify the perpetrators who pilfered the precious art of Blake Ketchum, a forensic facial reconstructionist. In this self-paced workshop, visitors will learn the real techniques used to process a crime scene, analyze the evidence and make a case for "whodunit." Visitors may work as a team with friends or family or they may compete against each other to see who solves the mystery first.
To participate, interested crime solvers may visit Spruce Cottage on the Penn State campus anytime between 1 and 3 p.m. Friday, July 12, or from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Children and adults are welcome. Admission is $4.99 per "investigative unit," which can be comprised of family members, friends or roommates. Proceeds benefit the Forensic Science Student Club to support student travel to professional conferences.


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A short ride into history on Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine
When Electric Boat launched the world's first nuclear-powered submarine into the Thames River 60 years ago, Henry Nardone stepped on a cleat on the deck so he would be the only one with a bent knee standing on the hull.
"I figured that picture would be shown around the world, and I wanted to be able to identify myself to my grandchildren," the 91-year-old resident of Westerly said.
It worked. Nardone, who was a young naval officer at the time, can be seen standing on the bow of the USS Nautilus in one of the famous pictures from that day.
"I show everybody that picture and say, 'That's me,'" he said.
Tuesday is the 60th anniversary of the day when more than 15,000 people gathered at the Groton shipyard to watch first lady Mamie Eisenhower break a bottle of champagne across the hull to christen the Nautilus, and to see the submarine that was destined to revolutionize naval warfare touch the water for the first time.
In recent interviews, Nardone, who worked at the supervisor of shipbuilding office at EB, and members of the Nautilus' first crew vividly recalled the excitement and promise of that day.
The men who served on Nautilus, who are now in their 80s and 90s, consider themselves lucky, both to have been selected over every other submariner who wanted that assignment, and to have arrived in Groton in time for the christening.
Retired Vice Adm. John Nicholson, 89, said the launching was the "most exciting thing we'd ever done" since they had all joined the first crew.
Then a lieutenant, Nicholson went on to serve as the executive officer on Nautilus.
"I'm very proud to have had the part that I had in the Nautilus and I'm proud of what Nautilus accomplished and I always will be," said Nicholson, of La Jolla, Calif.
Nineteen crew members rode the vessel into the Thames that day, including Clare "Bill" Billing, 85, then a yeoman, who now lives in Gales Ferry, and Leslie Dorris Kelly, 90, a lieutenant then who now lives in Nashville, Tenn.
Only about a quarter of the 19 are alive today. The commanding officer, retired Vice Adm. Eugene P. Wilkinson, died last year at the age of 94.
Before the ceremony, the crew was in the Idaho desert, learning how to operate a prototype nuclear reactor identical to the one on Nautilus.
Some of the men who drove from Arco, Idaho, to Groton didn't get there in time for the ceremony, said Tom Brames, a radioman on Nautilus. His car was damaged in an accident on his way to Idaho, so when it was time to come back, he and his wife, Marilyn, flew.
The weather that day was foggy, overcast and cold, recalled Brames, 82, of Vacaville, Calif., but the sun came out when the first lady smashed the bottle of champagne.
"It was almost like it was ordained," he said. "It was wonderful."
A junior officer on Nautilus, David Boyd, now 85, said he remembers the crowds, the excitement, and the knowledge that he was part of something historic.
"I certainly had that feeling, and the feeling of camaraderie standing among my shipmates on the deck," the Santa Barbara, Calif., resident said. "… I certainly felt honored to be part of a chosen few."
The wives of the crew, who ran the households while their men worked long hours to get ready for the launching, intimately shared in the excitement, said Boyd, who served 30 years in the Navy. And, he added, they had a better view of Mamie Eisenhower breaking the bottle than did the men on the deck of the ship.
Gravity takes over
EB carpenters had built a wooden cradle for Nautilus and had slathered it with thousands of pounds of grease so the submarine would slide into the river on cue.
Once the supports and restraints were removed, Brames said, it felt as if someone had pulled the rug out from under his feet. He had expected that Nautilus would move slowly at first.
Brames briefly lost his balance. He heard the crowd cheer and saw the flashbulbs of many cameras.
"It is as clear in my mind today as it was then," he recalled. "It's one of those things that, if you're a very fortunate person, that happens to you one time."
The 3,400-ton submarine reached a speed of about 17 mph and splashed into the Thames, Nardone said. Tug boats came alongside to guide it back to the pier.
"It was pretty thrilling. The ship is a free body sliding down the building ways, and there is very little control that you can exercise over it," he said. "… It was a matter of gravity."
If the Nautilus had gone too far across the river toward New London, weights could have been dropped to slow the ship, Nardone added.
The last submarine christened in this dramatic fashion was the USS Columbia (SSN 771) in 1994. Today, submarines remain in a dry dock that is flooded so they float.
The Nautilus (SSN 571) was commissioned eight months after the launch, on Sept. 30, 1954. On Jan. 17, 1955, Wilkinson sent the historic message, "Underway on nuclear power." The submarine went on to shatter records for speed and distance while submerged, and became the first ship to cross the North Pole on Aug. 3, 1958.
"It made every other ship in the Navy obsolete from the time it went to sea," said Brames, who retired from the Navy in 1965.
U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney,
D-2nd District, said Nautilus "ushered in 60 years of American dominance in the undersea domain."
EB's new president, Jeffrey S. Geiger, said in a statement released Friday, "The U.S. Navy revolutionized warfare with its development of the most powerful submarine force in the world. We're proud of the role Electric Boat played in that process by building the Navy's first commissioned submarine, and then christening the world's first nuclear-powered ship, Nautilus, 60 years ago. Nuclear power provides submarines with unmatched endurance and speed, which in combination with a submarine's inherent stealth makes them formidable warships."
Nautilus was decommissioned in 1980 after more than 25 years in service and more than half a million miles traveled. The Submarine Force Library and Museum, with the Nautilus as its centerpiece, opened in Groton in 1986.
Nardone, who worked at EB for nearly four decades, said, "It has been an amazing 60 years for nuclear-powered submarines and the nuclear-powered Navy."
And like the other men who rode the Nautilus into the Thames, he said, "I'm pretty proud to have been a part of it."
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Rihanna Mourns Grandmother at Funeral
Our condolences to Rihanna. The singer jetted off to Barbados for the funeral of her beloved grandmother, "Gran Gran" Dolly Braithwaite.
The singer had her black hair piled atop her head in a pretty, sophisticated curly updo, sported a conservative black halter dress, black and gold heels (still fierce, even at a funeral) and deep plum lipstick. Her nails were her typical talon-length and painted gold, matching her bracelet and rings, and sported simple (albeit large) pearl earrings. She later changed from her heels to high top black Converse to walk around in.
Braithwaite passed away on July 1 following a battle with cancer. Rihanna took to Twitter to mourn her beloved Gran Gran and post personal photos of her with her adorable late grandmother. Rihanna tweeted a photo last night of herself alone with a bottle, presumably of beer, writing, "I had to!!! Sorry granny."
RiRi was particularly close to Braithwaite, so she took her death hard. She delivered what's been described as a disastrous performance in Sweden, which could be easily forgiven given her tragic circumstances. Her work ethic is better than ever, delivering a kick butt show at the Barclaycard Wireless Festival this weekend.
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In Russia, foreboding about America's war in Afghanistan
MOSCOW — Thirty years ago this week, the Red Army began its invasion of Afghanistan, a move that sank the Soviet Union in a decade of guerrilla war and hastened the collapse of the Cold War empire.
Today, as former Soviet soldiers watch American troops trying to pacify the same stretches of Afghan land they once fought for, aging Soviet generals and grunts alike are reminded of a war they'd rather forget.
While Russians are willing, and often eager, to predict utter defeat for U.S. efforts based on their own failure in Afghanistan, they're much less comfortable talking about the pain of reportedly having lost more than 14,000 lives in a war that ended in retreat.
Comparing wars is a process riddled with inconsistency — the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan was far different from the American presence today — but on the eve of the anniversary of the Soviet war, the somber and at times anguished way that veterans in Russia spoke of their time in Afghanistan was a disturbing reminder of the hurdles that American forces now face.
The retired soldiers talk about Afghanistan in terms that echo the American experience in Vietnam: of winning battles but losing the campaign, watching the local population throw its support behind an insurgency and, finally, coming home to a country that no longer understood or supported their war.
As the Obama administration sends in 30,000 to 35,000 more troops by next summer — raising the total of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan to at least 140,000 — men such as Alexander Tsalko say they can't fathom why anyone would want to fight in that land of sharp mountain ridges and hot desert sands.
"Nothing was achieved while I was there. ... There wasn't anything good there; they fired at us, we fired at them," said Tsalko, who commanded a helicopter unit in Kandahar from 1982 to 1983.
Tsalko was later the deputy head of a Soviet state defense committee and then a member of a Russian government commission for veterans affairs. He's spent the last several years working for an organization that helps disabled veterans.
What are his thoughts in late December, the period when the Soviets thrust into Afghanistan with a troop buildup on Dec. 24 and Dec. 25 and then the overthrow of the government on Dec. 27?
"Bitterness and regret that we were drawn into this war," Tsalko replied.
In short, he said, "those who fought there do not want to talk about it when they're not drunk."
Unlike Russia's springtime celebration of its World War II victory over Nazi Germany, a national holiday that includes a triumphant, sparkling military parade in Red Square, the anniversary of the Soviet war in Afghanistan is hardly mentioned in the cold, dark days of December.
"It's especially difficult to remember those episodes that so many would like to leave behind," said Vladimir Kostyuchenko, a helicopter pilot for three tours in Afghanistan who's now active with an Afghan veterans group in Russia. "These generals at the top, they had no sense of reality. They gave us murderous orders. I still bear a cross because I fulfilled those orders."
Kostyuchenko, a slightly pudgy man with a friendly face whose helicopter was shot down in 1988, continued the thought: "Later we saw the results, and they were terrible."
Igor Rodionov, who from 1985 to 1986 commanded the Soviet 40th Army, its main military force, said it wasn't just the troops who were conflicted.
"On one hand, I was indignant when I understood what this decision to invade Afghanistan would result in. I could say that to my friends, but I could not say it out loud because I was a general," said Rodionov, who retired as a four-star general and later was a Russian defense minister and then a parliament deputy. "Our sacrifices were not needed."
Rodionov, who's now 73, looked down at a table in front of him and arranged a pen, plate of crackers and a napkin to demonstrate the flanks of a troop position. He gazed at them for a moment with a bemused expression, as if to recognize the absurdity of talking about the violence of war while pointing at a napkin.
Pushing the items forward, Rodionov said that commanders often sent their men to hunt for the enemy in villages on either side of mountain gorges near vital transport routes.
"We could fight for two weeks in this gorge, killing the Afghans," he said in a gravelly voice. "In return they kill our guys. We have used all our water, ammunition and food, and then we must go back to our rear position."
Rodionov pulled the pen, crackers and napkin back to their starting places: "Then the mujahedeen" — meaning holy warriors, the term used by Afghan fighters — "would return to the gorge, and the whole thing continues."
The Soviet experience, of course, isn't proof that the same fate will befall the United States, which is now more than eight years into its Afghan war.
While the Soviet invasion in 1979 was widely seen across the world as an act of wanton aggression, a broad coalition of countries supported the U.S. decision in the aftermath of 9/11 to topple the Taliban government in Kabul and hunt down al Qaida.
The Soviets were badly hobbled by Western and Arab financial and arms support for the Afghan fighters, especially U.S. Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, which American pilots haven't had to face.
The current collection of insurgents and terrorists — though they include some of the same men the U.S. backed against the Soviets — aren't thought to receive anywhere close to that level of foreign help.
Still, the men who took part in the Soviet fight for Afghanistan say that no matter how smart the Obama administration's plans are for turning the tide, they stand little chance in a country that's known as the graveyard of empires.
"Afghans will fight foreign troops as long as foreign troops are there," said Lev Serebrov, whose time there was bookended by the Soviet invasion and retreat. He arrived in 1979 and stayed through 1981 as a lieutenant colonel and deputy division commander, and returned from 1987 to 1989 as a major general and deputy to the Soviet operations commander for the Afghan war.
"No one should go there armed," said Serebrov, who's now a deputy in Russia's lower house of parliament.
Kostyuchenko, the helicopter pilot, hosts a neighborhood remembrance of the war on Dec. 27, the date that Soviet forces murdered Afghan President Hafizullah Amin in order to replace him with a more loyal pawn. Killing Amin was the point of no turning back, Kostyuchenko explained.
On Sunday night, a group of old women, some of them wearing black scarves, will shuffle into a drab apartment on Mikhailov Street and light candles for their dead sons. The candles, from a nearby church, are thin so that they'll fit into the spent bullet cartridges that Kostyuchenko lines up in a row at a small exhibit about the war that he tends.
Tsalko, the veterans' issues advocate, didn't say whether he'd be attending any memorial services.
After speaking of the bad dreams and drinking that come after a war ends, Tsalko thanked a reporter for his time and headed toward the door. Putting on his scarf, long winter coat and thick brown fur hat, he had one last thought: "It's very hard to fight in Afghanistan. Your leadership will have to find a way out."
Russian advice: More troops won't help in Afghanistan
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For Afghanistan news, go to Checkpoint Kabul


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