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Brink of disasterSeptember 23,2013We never knew it at the time, but it now appears certain that in January of 1961 just three days after President John F. Kennedy was inaugurated the United States barely escaped a nuclear disaster of unprecedented proportions when two hydrogen bombs were accidentally dropped near Goldsboro, North Carolina.
The B-52 aircraft carrying them broke apart in mid-air and the bombs, 260 times more powerful than the atom bombs that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945, fell to the ground.
Nuclear experts have estimated that had either bomb exploded the lethal fallout could have spread as far as Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York City, endangering thousands, if not millions, of lives. The bombs payload represented the equivalent of four million tons of TNT.
Fortunately, a low-voltage switch functioned properly and it appears that is the only thing that prevented the devastating explosion when the bombs struck the ground.
How do we know this after all these years? Because, over the weekend, The Guardian, the London newspaper that is more and more a source of significant international news (for example, it broke the story of Edward Snowden, the American security contractor who leaked so many classified documents), published in declassified form a secret government document that described the 1961 incident.
At the time of the incident, there had been considerable public speculation about how narrow the Goldsboro escape was, although the government repeatedly denied that any American lives were in jeopardy.
However, the newly-published document quotes a senior engineer in the Sandia National Laboratories (which are managed by Lockheed Martin on behalf of the defense department and are responsible for the mechanical safety of nuclear weapons) that one simple, dynamo-technology, low voltage switch stood between the United States and a major catastrophe.
Eight years after the incident, the Sandia scientist, Parker F. Jones, authored a document he called Goldsboro Revisited or: How I Learned to Mistrust the H-bomb and in it he stated conclusively that one simple, dynamo-technology, low-voltage switch stood between the United States and a major catastrophe.
The MK 39 Mod 2 bomb did not possess adequate safety for the airborne alert role in the B-52, he added.
Jones found that of the four safety mechanisms in the Faro (the small town near Goldsboro where the bombs actually fell), designed to prevent unintended detonation, three failed to operate properly, The Guardian reported. When the bomb hit the ground, a firing signal was sent to the nuclear core of the device, and it was only that final, highly vulnerable switch that averted calamity.
According to The Christian Science Monitor, which also reported on the matter this past weekend, the two bombs landed in a field and a meadow, near Faro, N.C., where theres now a roadside marker commemorating the nuclear mishap. A spokesman for the Pentagon once insisted to a wire service reporter that the bombs were, in fact, unarmed and could not have exploded.
There have been similar near-misses. Three years before the near-disaster in rural North Carolina, a 7,600 pound Mark 15 nuclear bomb disappeared in Wassaw Sound, near Tybee Island, Ga., after a bomber and a fighter jet, both on training missions, collided. The bomb has never been found, and the Christian Science Monitor adds arguments continue to this day about whether the lost Tybee Island nuke was armed.
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Women of UGA
Katharyn Richt, whose husband is head football coach Mark Richt, was the guest speaker for the inaugural meeting of the Athens chapter of the Women of UGA in August.
Sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association, the group began in Atlanta, providing programs at the alumni center in Buckhead for woman affiliated with UGA, either as alumni, faculty or staff. Speakers there have included Cathy Cox (ABJ '80), president of Young Harris College and former secretary of state, and cookbook author Anne Byrn (AB '78).
The Athens chapter has had two meetings. In October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Women of UGA gathered at the Student Learning Center to hear inspiring stories from breast cancer survivors and to get more information about the disease.
The group's goal is to build a community of women to network and help each other reach their professional goals, and to help other women and girls through public service projects in the greater Atlanta and Athens communities.
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Cahill's breakout success was the sci-fi/drama feature film Another Earth, which he wrote and directed, about a parallel planet Earth. He's an independent director who, although his last film was picked up by Fox, tends to work outside of the Hollywood structure. He's gearing up for his next feature film, a psychological thriller that has to do with iris mapping and duplication. Though the work done in this hackathon is not directly related to the film, it will be inspired by Cahill's current research into eyes, iris scanning/mapping, camera systems controlled with eyes, web applications that can scan eyes or are eye-activated, etc.


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The only thing with relays is they should have a diode across them to prevent 'miniature surges' when the relay turns off.
Tip: The red wire does not connect to the black wire. Especially not via a body part.
If your not afraid of 220v, then I'd definitely advise against it.
As someone who has been shocked a number of times with it, its not something to take lightly.
Although its interesting to note that mains is nothing compared to sticking your finger in a ordinary battery powered camera flash. Now *that* hurts.
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Chapter 133 Reviews
In this chapter we meet Franks sister.
I awoke to a bright white light. `shit, I'm dead' was my first thought but the room became clearer after a few seconds. It was a hospital room. The walls were an intoxicating bright white as was almost everything else, except from the five people in the corner all sitting in chairs.
I recognised my brother first, he was sitting on the centre chair, his newly dyed black hair and clothes contrasting with his skin and walls. On his right was one of my best friends, Shadows. He had on his usual casual style clothes and next to him was his girlfriend and another of my good friends AJ. She had a look of sadness worry and a hint of confusion painted on her face. On the other side of my brother was a boy with a floppy Mohawk and red lined eyes. Frank was the reason I was here. Next to him was my beautiful girlfriend. Her dark brown hair, falling softly to her shoulders. Her chocolate brown eyes surrounded by caramel skin and framed by pretty turquoise glasses. She was wearing a matching turquoise t shirt and a pair of jeans with converses, it all complimented her small frame well.
Autumns POV
"I think he's coming 'round." I say quietly.
Gerard and I got up and slowly walk over to the bed. I went to his right side and Gerard to his left. I took his hand as Frank left the room, probably to avoid the awkwardness, get a doctor, or (hopefully) both.
"Mikey, sweetie? Can you hear me?" I stroke his clammy hand with mine.
"Autumn?" he asked weakly.
"I'm here." I reassure him.
"I know, where's that sonofabitch that put me here?" he sounded surprisingly threatening, considering he had fallen down the stairs and broken a leg and a few ribs in the process.
"Mikey, just remember who's house you live in." Gerard warned him calmly, I was unsure how long that would last. "You haven't heard his side of it. Besides I hear it was you that started it."
"Whatever, just keep him away from me."
Frank returned with a doctor then. The doctor looked middle aged with a receding hairline. He had blue eyes and greying hair.
"Hello I'm Doctor Cox, I shall be treating you, Mr," he paused to look at a chart at the end of the bed "Way. now, you have a broken leg, three broken ribs and a nasty, nasty cut on your head." He put the chart back down. "Now, I hear there was a fight involved, and whilst I think it is a great way to reduce stress, I cannot recommend it to my patients."
"Um, will you have to call the cops or anything?" AJ asked him whilst Frank sat down in his chair and looked at the floor.
"That is up to you. I honestly don't care. Now, Mr Way, you will have to stay here for at least a week. If you need anything the nurses can help. Laverne is my favourite." He finished with a stage whisper.
We were told we could only visit between 2pm and 5pm so we went home.
Gerard POV
"I just feel so bad," Frank said in the car. "I didn't mean to push him down the stairs, it was self-defence." He sobbed.
"Frankie, I know. He started it; you just didn't want to fight. I don't blame you for it honey." I cooed and rubbed his arm.
"It was his fault for being a self-absorbed twat." Amber says, surprising everyone, even herself.
"What do you mean?" he asked me.
"Honey, he blamed you for leaving me. I know it wasn't your fault, but he isn't as," I paused to think. "understanding as I am. He only saw me depressed and blaming you for the first few weeks and so that's what he thought I meant. But none of us blame you, we know that you wouldn't hurt a fly even if it did punch you in the face." I took him into my arms and carried him into the house. I brought him up to our room and told him to get some sleep. I lay next to him, studying his face. His eyes were closed, hiding the beautiful hazel eyes underneath. His face was calm and his soft pink lips were slightly parted. He had deep purple bruises on his left cheek, and his hose had been bleeding. The eyeliner that once framed his eyes perfectly was now smudged and run half-way down his face from the tears that had infected the house this afternoon.
I left when I was sure he was sleeping, I needed a coffee. It had been a long day and it was full of drama. I entered the living room with a tray of mugs.
"He's sleeping. I just don't know what got into Mikey, or Frank. It makes no sense, neither of them are that sort of person." I slumped down in a chair with my coffee.
"You know what he's like." Autumn said. "He really does care about you, he just doesn't understand that even though he's trying to stop you from getting hurt, he's hurting you."
"Yeah, he really does want what's best for you. You're all he has left after your mom passed." AJ's reminiscence to my mother who had lost the battle to cancer last winter saddened me even further. She hadn't told me. I knew though. I had overheard her conversations with some friends and guessed that the tests were for that. I had spoken to Mikey and AJ about it, they were the only two people I had trusted enough to confide in and Mikey hadn't told anyone either. It wasn't a surprise when she died. We had been expecting it because she had become so very weak.
But now I had to concentrate on the matter at hands. If Mikey couldn't get along with Frank, I didn't know what to do. I didn't have the heart to kick either of them out. My brother and only family member left, or my one and only love. That was when the door bell rang.
I got up and answered it to reveal a girl with dark brown hair falling straight past her shoulders, she had pale skin and eyes that reminded me of Frank's but they were slightly more chocolaty brown. She was wearing denim skinnies and a plain white tank top. She also had on classic black converse and a small amount of eyeliner.
"Can I help you?" I asked.
"I'm Frank Ieros sister. I heard he was staying here." She replied and I immediately recognised the older girl. It was Hana.
"Oh Hana, right?" I asked inviting her in.
"Yes, I stayed here when my parents left with him. I was old enough and they bought me an apartment." She looked around. "Is he here?"
"Yeah, he's sleeping. Come and sit down, I think I should tell you something." I led her into the room with the other two girls.
"Girls, this is Frank's sister, Hana. Hana, this is my best friend AJ and my brothers girlfriend Autumn." We sat down and I explained the whole situation with the fight.
"But is Frank ok?" she asked after a while.
"Yes, just a bruised face and some hurt feelings. He's sleeping upstairs right now." I told her.
"Ok, do you mind if I talk to him? Please." She asked.
"Sure, I'll go get him now." I say walking up to my room. Did she know the reason Frank left? Did she know we were together again? I guess I would find out soon enough.
"Frank." I say, gently shaking his arm. "Frank, wake up." I looked at his face again, just seeing it broke my newly mended heart a little each time.
"W-what?" He stirred.
"Frank, your sister's here." I told him when he sat up.
"What?" he almost shouted in excitement. "Hana's here?"
"Yes, she's down in the living room." I say realising he was wearing nothing but his boxers. I couldn't help but stare.
Frank jumped up and ran to the door to go downstairs.
"Wait Frank." I called to him. "You might want to put some clothes on first." I chuckled.
"Oh, yeah." He giggled, throwing his jeans and the nearest top which happened to be one of my nirvana t shirts.
"OhMyGod! Hana!" he ran over and pulled her into the biggest hug such a small person could manage. Hana wasn't tall and she wasn't short, but next to Frank she looked pretty tall.
"Frankie." she smiled. "I've really missed you. How did you end up here again?"
"Um, I got kicked out and Gee happened to be in Wales at the time and shit happened but we're both fine now." He rambled.
"Um, have you looked in a mirror Frank? no offence, but you don't really look fine." She gently touched his face.
"Oh. That was my fau-" I interrupted him. "Stop it!" I shouted at him. "it wasn't your fault. Mikey started it and you acted in self-defence." I took his hand and looked into his beautiful eyes.
"Umm?" Hana posed it as a question.
"Me and Gee are still together. That's why I'm here." He said confidently.
"Oh, good for you little bro." She smiled and hugged us both.
"Wow, you certainly don't take after your parents." AJ laughed from the sofa.
"Yeah, they're dicks. Why else would I stay here." She replied.
We sat in the room for a while, before Hana said she had to go home.
"It's been great catching up." Frank hugged his sister again.
"Same, and nice meeting you guys." She waved to us before getting into her car.
"Wow, she's changed a lot." I say to Frank. "How old is she now?"
"21, I think. She's about four years older than me." He said after a little thought.
"Well, I'm going to bed. You coming?"


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CHARLES d'AUTREMONT, JR.
The story of the origin of Charles D'Autremont, Jr., of Duluth, has all such elements of romance and tragedy as are expected in the lives of descendants of participants in the affairs of France at the time of the revolution. Duluth is indebted to the Reign of Terror for one of her most prominent citizens. Mr. d'Autremont's great grandmother was Mme. Jeane d'Ohet d'Autremont. She was the widow of Hubert d'Autremont, and with her three sons, Louis Paul, Alexander Hubert and Auguste Francois Cecile, escaped from France in 1792, and settled on a tract of land previously acquired on the Chenango River, in the state of New York. They had been there but a short time when they removed to a colony called Asylum, established by French Royalists in Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna river, near the present town of Towanda. A few years later the oldest son, Louis, returned to France with Talleyrand in the capacity of secretary to that great statesman. He afterwards visited England and portugal as a representative of the French government. When Napoleon in 1800 granted amnesty to the emigrants who left France during the "Reign of Terror," the colony of Asylum was abandoned, nearly all its inhabitants returning to France. But Mme. d'Autremont, with her two remaining sons, went
back to the Chenango, where they remained until 1866, when, having purchased a tract of land on the Genesee river, they moved to Angelica, New York, where many of their descendants have since lived. The subject of this sketch was descended from Alexander d'Autremont, whose son Charles retired from business at an early age and continued to reside at Angelica until his death in 1891. Mr. d'Autremont's mother was a daughter of Judge John Collins, of Angelica. Judge Collins was a native of Connecticut. His wife was Ann Gregory, an English woman. He was a lieutenant in the army in the war of 1812. After the close of the war he, with others, purchased a large tract of land in Allegheny County and moved there, to practice his profession, and dispose of his land. Charles d'Autremont, Jr., was born at Angelica, on June 2, 1851. He commenced his education at Angelica Academy, and in 1868 entered the freshman class at Cornell University. On account of ill health he left college at the end of his junior year and went to Lausanne, Switzerland, and entered the Academy there. Upon his return to America in 1872 he commenced the study of law in the office of his uncle, Judge John G. Collins, at Angelica. After reading with Judge Collins for a year Mr. d'Autremont went to New York and entered Columbia Law School, from which he graduated in the spring of 1875. After a summer in Europe he entered the law office of Hart & McGuire, at Elmira, New York. Two years later he opened an office of his own. In 1879 he again visited Europe. The fall of 1882 found Mr. d'Autremont a resident of Duluth. It came about by chance. On his way east from a hunting trip on the Little Missouri, Mr. d'Autremont happened to miss the steamer at Duluth, and was compelled to wait over several days. This delay afforded an opportunity of meeting the people of the town, and he was so pleased with them, and so favorably impressed with the place that, immediately upon reaching home, he packed up hi belongings and returned with his family to Duluth. In politics Mr. d'Autremont has been steadfastly and consistently a Democrat. While at Elmira he was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Chemung County. In 1884 he was elected county attorney of St. Louis County, Minnesota. Four years after he was


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Made these for a birthday party in August and they were devoured in seconds! Making them again for a Christmas party. They are just so darn good!
Shrimp Jalapeño Poppers
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Leyden is a Dutch cheese that's like gouda with cumin seeds mixed in. If you can't find it, use regular gouda and a few more toasted cumin seeds.
Yield: Serves 8 (serving size: 3 poppers)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 217
- Calories from fat: 74%
- Protein: 11g
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated fat: 11g
- Carbohydrate: 3.7g
- Fiber: 0.7g
- Sodium: 415mg
- Cholesterol: 84mg
- 12 jalapeño chiles
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 8 ounces Leyden cheese, shredded
- 3 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 cup cooked bay shrimp
- 1. Preheat grill to medium (350° to 450°). Wearing kitchen gloves, halve chiles lengthwise. Scoop out seeds and ribs with a spoon.
- 2. Toast cumin seeds in a small frying pan over medium heat until fragrant, 1 minute. Transfer to a food processor, add cheeses, and whirl to blend. Put cheese mixture in a bowl and stir in onions and shrimp.
- 3. Spoon cheese filling into chiles. Lay a sheet of greased foil on cooking grate. Set chiles, filling side up, on greased foil, cover grill, and cook until chiles are tender and cheese is melted and starting to brown, 15 minutes. Let cool slightly before serving.
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- MAIN INGREDIENT: Shellfish
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Carbohydrate
- COOKING METHOD: Food Processor, Grill
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Welcome to Malmö Museer
Southern Sweden´s largest museum is located on Malmöhusvägen in the heart of Malmö in a beautiful park-like setting surrounded by canals.
At Malmö Museer you can see everything from the Nordic region´s oldest surviving Renaissance castle to a real submarine and fantastic vehicles. The museum´s permanent exhibitions focus on history, natural history, technology and seafaring. There are also about a dozen temporary exhibitions every year.
Malmö Museer is responsible for preservation of the cultural environment and has extensive collections, including those of textiles and photography.
We´re building a new aquarium!
The aquarium at Malmö Museer was opened in 1937 and time has left its mark. That´s why we´re now renovating and expanding the facility.
The aquarium is scheduled to reopen in 2015.
Public tours of the U3 submarine
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Former crew members of the U3 talk about life on board.
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This is where Denmark´s money was coined in the Middle Ages, where Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark held wild parties in the 16th century and where prisoners were decapitated in the castle courtyard during the 19th century when the castle served as a prison. Today Malmöhus has been restored in the spirit of the 16th century and forms part of Malmö Museer. The castle is part of Sweden´s cultural heritage and is managed by the National Property Board.
The castle presents historical exhibitions. By Order of the King is an exhibition about the 17th-century wars over Skåne and how Skåne became Swedish in 1658. Power over People depicts the history of Malmöhus Castle over the past 300 years.
Animals and Nature
We´re building a new aquarium! Therefor the exhibitions with focus on animals, natural history and nature are temporarily closed.
Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Malmo Museer have a large archaeological collection that reflects the region's development from the Ice Age to the Renaissance. Work is currently underway on the new permanent exhibition Your History, which will display objects from recent years´ excavations in Malmö. The exhibition will open in 2015.
The Science and Maritime House
The exhibition The City of All Timesdescribes Malmö´s development from the 1850s to today. For a long time Malmö was one of Sweden´s biggest industrial cities. But the city was not only factories and work. There was also room for nostalgia, a delight in making discoveries, and visions for the future. In the Spegeln film viewing room visitors can watch films about Malmö from different eras.
Impressions — Linnaeus, Science and the Printed Word gives glimpses of the 1700s´ thirst for knowledge and order, but above all the sense of wonder people felt about nature.
Join us on a journey through history from the early 1900s into our own future! The exhibition Vehicles of the Future will give you insights into how people have historically felt about the future, with a sustainable perspective.
Why was the Renaissance man Tycho Brahe so famous? Meet the world's best-known inhabitant of Skåne and product of the Age of Liberty, Marten Triewald, in the exhibition The Heavens and the Earth.
Muscles and Motors tells of the time when hand- and horse-powered machines were replaced by engines that ran on steam, electricity, gas, oil and petrol. The exhibition presents the museum's largest and most spectacular objects.
Toothpicks and a baking spit for pyramid cakes, pacemakers and nanotechnology. These are some of the 32 inventions from Skåne presented in Smart!
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Divorce Detox: Separation and divorce are traumatic for the whole family, yet each person will have a unique experience when it comes to dealing with and healing from this life transition. Learning to honor and respect each family member's emotional response to the situation is an important part of moving on in a healthy, adaptive way.
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OH BY THE WAY MOMBcast #142 came out last Thursday. It's awesome! Well, it's okay. But we talk about comics, and James nearly dies WHILE WE'RE DOING THE SHOW. Which HAS to be a selling point.
Also, James struggles through one of his delightful Asterix spotlights. This time, Asterix And The Banquet!
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MOMBcast #139 Was There!
Been super remiss at posting over here this week. SORRY!
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The Wheat Export Charge (WEC) is a compulsory levy which provides funding for the control and monitoring of wheat exports from Australia performed by WEA.
An export charge of AUD0.22 per tonne is payable for all Australian wheat exports (both bulk and non-bulk).
Exporters must pay the WEC to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Levies Revenue Service.
This export charge must be paid within 28 days after the end of the month in which the wheat was exported.
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Despite the industry's cautious and inconsistent approach, the smart grid is becoming a reality. Projects and pilots have provided valuable experience about what works and what doesn't. Recent...
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BG&E itself still has only 200 trunk lines for calls, but as Pelligrini explains, its outsource partner can handle 100,000 calls per hour. When a severe outage hits, calls to the company's outage reporting number are routed to the outsourcing center. Once that center issues a work order, the information is sent back to BG&E for action.
Having some type of geographical dispersion of the utility's call center is key to managing outages well, says Julie Hance, senior director of applications and services manager at Orcom.
Utilities can achieve such geographical dispersion by locating call centers in different areas locally, which prevents a centralized call center from being the victim of an outage itself.
Yet in large-scale, massive blackouts, locally dispersed call centers may not be enough. "You can't put just put four guys in a truck and go fix [the local call center]. You can't just all of a sudden have a backup infrastructure," notes Hance. That is why many utilities turn to outsourcing for their outage calls during an event.
Location, Location, Location
Whether or not utilities choose to go with an outsourcing company for call management during an outage crisis, Hance says three components are necessary for all outage management plans:
- Ability to maintain current status of utility data;
- Having a backup plan in place and testing it often; and
- Ability to bring in additional personnel, or leverage personnel off-site.
As Len Turner, executive vice president of Orcom's client operations, points out, it's one thing for a utility to say it will have a geographical dispersion of systems and servers. "But if you do, yet don't have the people to run them, it's kind of a moot point, isn't it?" he asks.
As Hance explains, with outsourcing, when there's a weather disaster in Michigan, a utility there can tap resources outside the local area to keep call centers open and outage information flowing to the affected customer. Because the outsourcing company maintains resources to serve several clients, the affected utility is saved the cost and effort of redundant staffing in several locations.
One of the keys to effective outsourcing for outage management is ensuring up-to-date data mirroring, so that when records are switched over, there's no data loss. Without current data, of course, the outsourcing company's hands will be tied. Yet it isn't only a matter of mirroring data between the utility and the outsourcing com pany, according to Hance. She says the best practice for an outsourcer to mirror data is to maintain client data on geographically distant systems as well. Orcom, for example, maintains two data centers, one in New York, the other in Nebraska. In addition, Turner explains, the two centers swap primary and backup roles for a few days every month, to ensure proper functioning of both in the event of an emergency. (Editor's note: At press time, Alliance Data Systems acquired Orcom.)
Tying Together Outage Management and CIS
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Ex-Halliburton manager charged in Gulf spill probe3By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
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The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns after a deadly explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.NEW ORLEANS A former Halliburton employee was charged Thursday with destroying evidence following BPs 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Anthony Badalamenti, who had been the cementing technology director for Halliburton Energy Services Inc., was charged in federal court Thursday with instructing two other employees to delete data during a post-spill review of the cement job on BPs blown-out well.
Halliburton was BP PLCs cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf in April 2010, killing 11 workers and triggering the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
The 61-year-old Badalamenti of Katy, Texas, is charged in a bill of information, which typically signals that a defendant is cooperating with prosecutors.
Also on Thursday, a federal judge accepted a plea agreement that calls for the Houston-based company to pay a $200,000 fine for conduct related to the charge against Badalamenti.
U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo said she believes the plea agreement is reasonable and agreed with prosecutors and the company that it adequately reflects the seriousness of the offense.
Unlike BP and rig owner Transocean Ltd., Halliburton was not charged with a crime related to the causes of the disaster. The charge to which it agreed to plead guilty a misdemeanor count of unauthorized destruction of evidence involved a post-spill review of the cement job on BPs blown-out Macondo well.
The fine Halliburton agreed to pay is the statutory maximum for the charge. The deal announced in July also calls for Halliburton to be on probation for three years and to make a $55 million contribution to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, but that payment was not a condition of the deal.
BP resolved a Justice Department criminal probe of its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster when it pleaded guilty in January to manslaughter charges for the deaths of the rig workers and agreed to pay a record $4 billion in penalties. Transocean pleaded guilty in February to a misdemeanor charge of violating the Clean Water Act and agreed to pay $400 million in criminal penalties.
Prosecutors said that in May 2010, Badalamenti directed a senior program manager to run computer simulations on centralizers, which are used to keep the casing centered in the wellbore. The results indicated there was little difference between using six or 21 centralizers. The data could have supported BPs decision to use the lower number.
Badalamenti is accused of instructing the program manager to delete the results. The program manager felt uncomfortable about the instruction but complied, according to prosecutors.
A different Halliburton employee also deleted data from a separate round of simulations at the direction of Badalamenti, who was acting without the authorization of the company, prosecutors said.
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On Tuesday, October 14th, from 12:15-1pm, the CCPL will host a much-requested, return engagement by the Wilhelm Brothers. There was chemistry and musical sparks flying when The Wilhelm Brothers, Chris Wilhelm (guitar/lead vocals) and Cristof Ensslin (cello/vocal harmonies/tamburin) hit off their first note together at a recording session for Trail Of the Lonesome Pine in early 2012. Since then, they have been sharing the same dream: to play for crowds of 10,000 and more. All their energy is focused on this vision, playing over 200 shows per year. Highlights on their journey so far are recording their debut EP Lay Your Burden Down with Lenny Kravitz-producer Henry Hirsch, opening for Pearl And The Beard (as trio Wilhelm McKay), and receiving radio airplay including getting their own Pandora Radio channel.
Adult Summer Reading Club
The Summer Reading Club 2014 for children may be finished, but the fun is just beginning for the adults! Register any time, starting September 2nd. The Club only runs until September 30th, so be sure to register early! Read any genre: non-fiction, mystery, biographies, history, romance, graphic novels, etc… It's your choice. Books may be in any format: audio,playaway, etc…For every book, record the title and author in your log. Reveal your logs to staff and receive one prize drawing form for each book read and recorded. Every book read enters you into the weekly prize drawings.Turn in your Reading Record by September 30th to be entered into the Grand Prize drawing. The more you read, the better your chances are of winning!
Please come by the library to sign up or call Kendra at 864-487-2711 for more information.
Cherokee County Public Library Announces Opening of Learning Resource Center for Students
Gaffney, SC (March 7, 2014) – Thanks to a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the South Carolina State Library, the Cherokee County Public Library (CCPL) will be opening a Learning Resource Center at the Gaffney Library on Monday, March 24th, 2014. This new area will offer two iMacs and five iPads for use by students ages eighteen and under while at the library. The devices will be available exclusively for student use, and will be loaded with educational apps and research software, as well as Microsoft Office and other software to complete papers, homework, and projects. Students do not need a library card to log on to the new devices, and will be allowed to print up to ten pages for free.
Tara Smith, Youth Services Manager, said, "By receiving this prestigious grant, we have been able to supplement and enhance our services to Cherokee County students, which will help them thrive in school, transition to higher education, and become successful adults in the job market. In this digital age, it is important for us to provide students with a chance to engage with new technologies they may not have at home."
This grant will provide excellent opportunities for the county's youth by allowing them access to new technologies, providing a dedicated space for homework completion in the library, and offering updated homework help materials to supplement their education in school. Throughout the year, the library will also use these new resources to engage with the community through outreach to local schools, special technology-enhanced programming, and additional services.
CCPL will hold a ribbon-cutting reception to celebrate the Learning Resource Center's opening and share information with community stakeholders on Friday, March 21st, and the services will be open to the public beginning on Monday, March 24th. Learning Resource Center devices will be available for use from 30 minutes after library opening until 15 minutes before library closing. To use the iMacs and iPads, students need only bring a parent or legal guardian to sign a release form on their first visit, at which point they can begin to take advantage of these exciting new resources.
The Cherokee County Public Library strives to connect the community with quality resources that encourage literacy, expand learning, and enrich lives. For more information about CCPL, visit www.cherokeecountylibrary.org or email email@example.com.
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Libraries today are more than repositories for books and other resources. They are trusted places in the community. "Service to the community has always been the focus of the library", said Lana Gardner, CCPL director. "While this aspect has never changed, libraries have grown and evolved in HOW they provide for the needs of every member of their community."
Near the end of 2012, the library completed a new Strategic Plan. Recognizing the need to evolve from a traditonal library to a community center that provides information, education, entertainment and meeting places, a new era of library services began with technology leading the way. Through this plan and in tandem with community initiatives, the library has made a commitment to impact the community in critical areas, such as literacy, technology skills, families and youth at risk and workforce development. In support of the library's mission of connecting community with quality resources that encourage literacy, expand learning and enrich lives, renewed effort is underway to provide an array of books, educational and entertaining programs and special events that meet the needs and interests of a growing and diverse community.
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Four years ago Ellis Holtom, of Stratford-upon-Avon, was born with half a working heart. Later, the Herald featured his condition as a tribute to the work of Birmingham Children's Hospital where he was treated. Now, to mark Congenital Heart Defect Week his mum, Vicki, updates his story. . .
ALL 326 local planning authorities in England, councils like Stratford-on-Avon District, need a local plan. The core strategy is a component of that local plan. It contains all the local district wide policies that need to be considered when processing planning applications. New development needs to satisfy local needs, helping to realise the hopes and ambitions of its communities and protect them from situations they fear. New homes and places to work should provide then with a healthy lifestyle, a pleasant place to live, good recreational facilities and above all the infrastructure that enhances their quality of life. The buzzword to describe this is 'sustainable'.
THE poor are paying more than they should be for their energy, according to damning new evidence from Stratford-upon-Avon's Citizens Advice Bureau. Prepayment meters (PPMs) are costing users in fuel poverty a "disproportionate amount" for what little gas and electricity they can afford, the bureau has found. There are around 7.2 million people on prepayment meters in the UK and several thousand in the district of Stratford. Despite Stratford's reputation as an affluent area, the bureau is being forced to come to the aid of more and more people living in fuel poverty on an increasingly regular basis.
AN OFFICIAL paving stone commemorating Stratford-upon-Avon's forgotten war hero for the 100th anniversary of the First World War will be placed in the town, the government has confirmed. Rex Warneford – the first man to single-handedly shoot down a zeppelin - was ignored in the government's initial plans to recognise Victoria Cross winners because he was born abroad in India. The Herald launched a campaign, together with King Edward VI school, where Rex lived and studied for five years, to get the fighter pilot recognised.
CYCLING on pavements in Stratford-upon-Avon has divided opinion in the town. Never before has one issue caused such controversy and stirred such vigorous debate.
The whole subject is rapidly becoming a hot political potato. An in-depth investigation, into what appeared to be a straightforward discussion about the legal implications of cycling on pavements, is available on the front page of this week's paper.
It has unearthed a whole range of deeper social issues relating to the debate. Issues which include, intimidation, hostility, socially unacceptable behaviour, human rights, road safety, motoring and the environment.
The Herald has talked with people who call themselves responsible cyclists and who ride on the town's pavements. They say they're too scared to use the roads which they describe as dangerous and frightening places to be. They also don't see why the lives of their children should be put at risk by cycling on Stratford's busy roads.
But some pedstrians in the town oppose this reasoning. They say cyclists shouldn't even be on the pavements in the first place because they're breaking the law. and they fear it's only a matter of time before a pedestrian, resident or possibly even a tourist is seriously injured – perhaps fatally – as a result of a bike crashing into them.
Embedded within the debate there's also the fundamental question about individual freedom. Both parties say they choose to live and work in Stratford because of its charisma and its history, but our investigation reveals that the town is not alone when confronting this thorny issue. According to one motoring organisation – The Automobile Association – selfish pavement cycling is widespread across the country and on the increase.
Talk of the whole situation spiralling out of control is perhaps premature but what the Herald investigation clearly shows is the debate is ongoing, can be discussed from several intelligent viewpoints, has effectively split public opinion and is undeniably heating up.
See this week's Stratford Herald for the full story!
Tony Jefferson is a keen campaigner on pedestrian safety.


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Minor injuries were reported after a two-vehicle accident at 2:37 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of East Presqueisle and North Ninth streets in Philipsburg Borough. Ariel E. Welch-Selfridge, 24, of Clearfield was traveling eastbound, while a vehicle operated by Suzanne N. Willis, 66, of Philipsburg was stopped on East Presqueisle Street and waiting to turn left onto North Ninth Street.
The Welch-Selfridge vehicle approached that of Willis and attempted to stop. However, her foot slipped from the brake pedal, and her vehicle rear-ended that of Willis.
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After staying away from scheduled performances on New York stages for a decade, the comedian Dave Chappelle announced on March 27 that he would make his return at Radio City Music Hall on June 19. By the time tickets went on sale, on Friday, the run had been extended to four shows (though June 22), and on Monday, with only premium tickets remaining ("official platinum seats" for up to $495, compared with the standard top price of $96.30), a fifth show has been added — on June 18. If Mr. Chappelle's comeback is a test of show business proverbs – "the audience is fickle and will forget you if you're not out there" versus "absence makes the heart grow fonder" – the absence one appears to be winning.
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Dave Chappelle Set to Perform at Radio City Music Hall in JuneBy Daniel McDermon
The comedian Dave Chappelle, whose last major public appearance in New York City was at a Brooklyn block party in 2004, will perform at Radio City Music Hall in June, the concert promoter Live Nation announced Thursday night.
After abandoning "Chappelle's Show" on Comedy Central, in 2005, he rarely appeared in public before he resumed regular live performances last year, selling out performances across the South and touring with the Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival.
Mr. Chappelle is not renowned for his predictability, but the announcement and the listing on the Radio City website pledge that he will, in fact, perform at 8 p.m. on June 19. Tickets are to go on sale April 4.
Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards for a Fourth TimeBy Dave Itzkoff
It doesn't actually say this in the official announcement that the organizers of the Tony Awards sent around on Thursday morning, but you can almost hear them telling it to their industry colleagues at the Oscars: find a host who works, and stick with him. While the choosing of an Academy Awards host is an annual cycle of wondering who's available to do it; wondering if the person or people chosen are up to the task; and then wondering what went wrong the morning after, the Tonys have dispensed with such uncertainty by naming Neil Patrick Harris to host the awards program for a fourth year.
Mr. Harris, a star of the CBS comedy "How I Met Your Mother" and the Broadway musicals "Cabaret" and "Assassins," first hosted the Tonys in 2009; he took a year off in 2010 and handed the torch to Sean Hayes, then returned in 2011 and 2012. He won Emmy Awards in 2010 and 2012 for his Tony work (shared with the show's executive producers, Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss, who will also return this year), as well as an Emmy for his guest performance on "Glee." Mr. Harris has also hosted programs like the Spike Video Game Awards. (And yet, he's never hosted the Oscars.)
This year's Tony Awards will be held on June 9 at Radio City Music Hall and will be broadcast live on CBS.
MoMA Plans New Antony and the Johnsons Work to Take Flight at Radio CityBy Dave Itzkoff
The Museum of Modern Art is not getting into the concert promotion business just yet, but its latest commission has, at least on paper, the components and the pedigree of a pop-music spectacle.
On Tuesday the museum said that it had commissioned Antony Hegarty, the artist and lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons, to create and perform a new work called "Swanlights" that will be presented at Radio City Music Hall on Jan. 26. The performance event, which MoMA described in a news release as a "meditation on light, nature, and femininity," will include songs from all four albums by Antony and the Johnsons (including their most recent release, also called "Swanlights") with symphonic arrangements by Nico Muhly, Rob Moose, and Maxim Moston and performed by a 60-piece orchestra.
Klaus Biesenbach, the chief curator at large of the Museum of Modern Art and director of MoMA PS1, said in a telephone interview that "Swanlights" was originally conceived for MoMA's Marron Atrium – an idea that became less and less feasible as Mr. Hegarty's plans fell into place.
"As he became more and more clear with the symphony orchestra and the lasers," Mr. Biesenbach said, "if we do everything as he wants it, we have no place for the audience. And then we moved it to Radio City. Because he fills it so much with light and sculptures and the orchestra – it's so full, it literally wouldn't allow for any audience anymore." Read more…
Not Your Brother's Circus: Cirque du Soleil Prepares for Return to New YorkBy Jason Zinoman
The first time I saw Cirque du Soleil was in Washington in the early 1990s and it was like no circus I had ever seen. There were no lumbering animals or clown cars. These performers were whimsical, the mood oddly dreamlike and, in between the death-defying acrobatics, there were moments of minor-key theatrical grace.
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Guy Laliberté, the chief executive of Cirque du Soleil, prepares to open three huge shows before the end of the year, including a production at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
The next time I saw a Cirque show was over a decade later, in Las Vegas. The company had become a global brand and the production, "O," reflected that. It was grand spectacle marked less by an individual style than several coups de theatre. In particular, I recall the frightening and beautiful image of a diver leaping down several stories into what seemed to be a shallow puddle but was actually a pool much deeper.
Once I started catching up on Cirque productions, I noticed that they were full of such bold gestures: the daredevils in "Kooza" leaping on top of the Wheel of Death, a spinning apparatus from "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome," and the giant puppets and impossibly bendy contortionists in front a snowy landscape in "Wintuk" at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. The performers still had a gentle artistry, but now married that with athletic power.
I began reporting on Cirque du Soleil in an attempt to understand the company's evolution into one of the most overlooked success stories in popular culture today. In this article online, which will appear in print in Arts & Leisure on Sunday, I explore the company's history and the outsized ambition and drive of its owner, Guy Laliberté. With rare access to report on Cirque's unique artistic process, I will write next week about its latest show, "Zarkana," which will play in three cities, including New York, where the show will open at Radio City Music Hall on June 9.
What Cirque du Soleil shows have you seen? And what awe-inspiring feats or dynamic routines have stuck with you? What show has been your favorite? Post a comment below.
Oh, 'Zarkana': New Cirque du Soleil Show Gets a Suitably Weird NameBy Dave Itzkoff
Cirque du Soleil, the Montreal-based circus company whose show titles have given us such linguistic innovations as "Kà," "Koozå" and "Zaia," has arrived at a name for the new acrobatic production it will open next year at Radio City Music Hall. And that name is…
(Commence a whimsical drum roll on an imaginary drum made from rainbows and played with sunbeams)
… "Zarkana." "Zarkana"? O.K., our Webster's defines "Zarkana" as — well, it's oddly silent on the subject. But according to press representatives for the show the title is "a fusion of the words 'bizarre' and 'arcana,' " meant to evoke "an elusive destination that is fantastic yet bizarre" and describe "the irresistibly odd and delightfully strange aura of this place and its inhabitants." Got that?
The production, which is written and directed by François Girard ("Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould") and has a cast of 71 performers, will tell the story of Zark, a failing magician seeking his lost love in a world of unusual creatures (see above). Cirque du Soleil said it would begin performances at Radio City Music Hall on June 9, with its limited run scheduled to end on Sept. 4.
If you're still not sure what "Zarkana" will be, these illustrations for the show provided by Cirque du Soleil may or may not help, but they're nice to look at. Read more…
Cirque du Soleil Unveils New Radio City ShowBy Dave Itzkoff
To the extent that whimsical Canadian clowns can be described as sober people, a chastened Cirque du Soleil on Tuesday disclosed the details of an ambitious new production that it plans to bring to Radio City Music Hall next summer. The announcement follows the commercial failure of another Cirque show earlier this year at the Beacon Theater that was supposed to be the Montreal-based company's beachhead in a wider expansion into New York.
The Radio City show, which does not yet have a name, will be a $50 million production that returns to the time-tested Cirque brand of acrobatic spectacle. Similar in scale to the company's long-running Las Vegas shows, this new production will employ a cast of more than 70 performers and will be directed by the filmmaker François Girard ("Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould"; "Silk"). The creators hope that the show will run for at least four months starting in June and return annually for the next four years.
"There is only one way to succeed in New York, by becoming a citizen of New York City," Daniel Lamarre, the president and chief executive of Cirque du Soleil, said in a telephone interview. "We have to earn our citizenship."
In a news release, Cirque described the Radio City show as taking place in an abandoned theater where a magician "has lost his love and with her, his magic has disappeared." Seeking her return, the magician "is plunged into a world inhabited by surreal creatures."
Though that may sound like typical Cirque fare, it represents a pivot away from "Banana Shpeel," the broadly comedic vaudeville-style show which opened at the Beacon in the spring after months of delays — and which closed after six weeks of performances at a cost of more than $25 million. Read more…
Crossover NightmaresBy Anthony Tommasini
The Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky is one of the most vocally gifted, sophisticated and charismatic singers around. He's a favorite at the Metropolitan Opera and has an international following as a superb classical artist. So, I never imagined that one day I would be forced to use foam rubber noise-reduction ear plugs to listen to him.
But that's what happened on Saturday night at Radio City Music Hall when I took in "Déjà Vu," Mr. Hrovostovsky's concert with the Russian pop music songwriter Igor Krutoi.
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Has Holiday Entertainment Become a Luxury Item?By Dave Itzkoff
As the dancing toys, fairies and rodent royalty of "The Nutcracker" arrive at the David H. Koch Theater for New York City Ballet's annual production of the classic Balanchine version of that Tchaikovsky work (which Roslyn Sulcas reviews here in The New York Times), many of the city's best known — and most expensive — holiday-themed shows have started their year-end runs.
In addition to City Ballet's "Nutcracker" (whose undiscounted ticket prices range from $20 to $215), theatergoers with a yuletide yen can also choose from "Wintuk," the annual Cirque du Soleil extravaganza that runs through Jan. 3 at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden (with tickets from $30 to $220); the Broadway musical "Irving Berlin's White Christmas," which runs through Jan. 3 at the Marquis Theater (tickets from $65 to $250); and the annual "Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular," which plays through Dec. 30 (tickets from $45 to $250).
While these shows and others are a tradition for many families, rising ticket prices and a tightening economy may have shifted them from an annual imperative to a luxury purchase.
Have you altered your year-end entertainment plans because of the economy? Are there holiday shows or other events you normally attend but aren't buying tickets for this year? Have you found other inexpensive (or free) alternatives that you would recommend to others? Post a comment below and let us know.
Five Questions for a RocketteBy Erik Piepenburg
Being a Rockette is more than high kicks, ivory smiles and precision spot-turns. There are six-show days, slippery tap shoes and Santas who miss their cues.
"It's crazy how challenging this job is," says Amy Love Osgood, who has been performing as a Rockette since 2005.
One of the main attractions in the annual "Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular," the Rockettes — who helped open Radio City in 1932 — are as iconic of the holidays in New York City as the skating rink at Rockefeller Center or "The Nutcracker."
But what does it take to be a Rockette? Ms. Osgood, a 30-year-old mother of two boys, answered questions about her grueling schedule, backstage drama and juggling motherhood and character shoes. Read more…


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Councillor Gill Mitchell, Leader of the Labour and Cooperative group responds to the news that the Green group of Councillors have expelled Councillor Christina Summers from their group.
"With the news that Christina Summers has been expelled by her former colleagues for sticking to her Christian principles, I have immediately written to the council's Acting Chief Executive to clarify whether the Greens will now lose their casting vote on four of the seven main council committees, including the powerful Policy & Resources Committee.
Labour is very concerned about the conduct of the Green Administration. As a responsible Opposition we felt that it was right to give them the opportunity to run the council but a series of events has now proved that they are not capable.
Their budget cuts strategy is proving incompatible with protecting essential services and some savings identified, particularly parking fee increases, have damaged the city's reputation. Meanwhile talented staff continue to leave the council and there is a lack of political leadership.
Labour will not side with either of the other two parties on the council. Our sole aim is to protect services for city residents from the Government's cuts programme and the Green Party's misguided priorities that spend extra on their own pet Green projects while cutting the very basic services relied on by the majority.
If there are Councillors who prefer this more sensible approach then they should work with us."