EDEN, N.C. — Three months after the disastrous Dan River spill, experts say its potentially harmful coal ash is on the move in some places and burrowing into the muck in others.
They say both routes could pose long-term threats to the environment, stemming from the Feb. 2 spill at Duke Energy's retired coal-fired plant in Eden.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Duke Energy and other members of a task force cleaning up the spill have found only a limited number of submerged coal ash deposits along the 70 miles of affected river, said Ken Rhame, an on-scene coordinator for the EPA who is monitoring the Dan River cleanup.
The rest of the huge spill apparently remains either suspended in the water as it migrates downstream or has settled into the river bed and surrounding areas in smaller concentrations.
The good news is that so far, the Dan seems to have evaded or at least minimized the most immediate, dire consequences that river watchers had feared after a drainage pipe broke underneath a basin full of the toxic ash.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says that as part of the task force, its agents have been on the river almost daily but have documented no direct link between the spill and the deaths of any creatures. That doesn't necessarily prove no such deaths occurred, but it is encouraging, a spokeswoman said.
Repeated tests of surface water up and down the river show it meets acceptable standards and has returned to pre-spill quality levels, though North Carolina health officials still maintain advisories against eating fish and shellfish taken downstream of the plant and against swimming or other "recreational contact" with the Dan in that same segment of the river.
Duke Energy plans to begin vacuum dredging the largest single deposit of coal ash from the spill, a clump 1,000 feet long and 60 feet wide near a hydroelectric dam in Danville, Va., about 20 miles downstream from the spill.
That effort should start sometime this week, although preparations were slowed by recent heavy rains, Duke Energy spokesman Jeff Brooks said. The utility has apologized for the spill and promised to clean up the Dan at its own expense under the supervision of federal and state regulators.
The spill left behind a mixed bag of conditions, not the continuous coating of coal ash that some people might envision, Brooks said.
"As you can imagine, the Dan is a powerful and dynamic river," he said. "As such, the material has been dispersed along the river in varying degrees.
Duke Energy dredged up and safely disposed of a deposit much smaller than the one in Danville about two months ago. That deposit was located in Eden near the drainage pipe that ruptured at the shuttered Dan River Steam Station to cause the third largest coal-ash spill in U.S. history.
A large deposit farther downstream near Town Creek in Rockingham County will be dredged up and taken to a landfill in tandem with the Danville cleanup, officials say.
Removal work can't get under way again soon enough, said Brian Williams, program manager with the nonprofit Dan River Basin Association advocacy group.
When he thinks of the Danville deposit — an estimated 2,500 tons near Schoolfield Dam — Williams recalls a huge "sand bar" of coal ash that appeared just downstream from the spill at the Eden plant right after the release.
That sand bar of coal ash is long gone now, but not because anybody cleaned it up, Williams said.
In the days immediately after the spill, Duke Energy pegged the lost ash at 50,000 to 82,000 tons based on its own rough estimates. The gray waste comes from coal burnt to make electricity and it was stored underwater in a large, riverside basin with the doomed drainage pipe running beneath.
But a "third-party" engineering firm later lowered the estimate of missing ash after an in-depth study put the more likely amount at 30,000 to 39,000 tons, according to the EPA.
Either way, it's a heck of a lot. And a substantial amount will never be retrieved from the river.
"You're not going to recover 100 percent of the spill," Rhame said.
The EPA coordinator said his agency, Duke Energy and other members of the cleanup team are examining each of the clumps of coal ash they have found downstream to decide whether it makes sense to remove them or whether a removal effort would create more pollution at that specific location than it would prevent. In addition to officials from Duke and the EPA, the task force brings together members of several federal and state agencies, including both North Carolina and Virginia environmental departments.
"We are continuing to take samples at all locations to determine if the ash is accumulating, moving, being buried or being uncovered," said Brooks of Duke Energy, adding that technicians are "modeling" the river in studies that aim to predict where it might take the ash.
Such modeling is difficult to do because every river is different and scientists lack in-depth data about the Dan and its makeup, said Avner Vengosh, a professor of geochemistry and water quality in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University.
Generally, coal ash behaves "much like any other sediment in the river," Vengosh said.
Some of it will settle out of the water in deposits at the river's bends and in other deeper, slower areas such as the pool behind the Danville dam. Another unknown amount will work its way more or less permanently into the riverbed, he and other experts said.
Scientists say it makes sense that the heaviest concentrations would be closer to the plant in the early going. But the general trend likely will see large amounts of ash migrating toward the mouth of Kerr Reservoir about 70 miles downstream, some predict.
"Once ash reaches Kerr Reservoir in significant amounts, which it will, exposure and toxicity to fish and wildlife in this ash deposition zone could be highly significant," said Dennis Lemly, a Wake Forest biology professor and U.S. Forest Service scientist.
Along the way, ash will continue to settle out in small clumps or "pockets" in the Dan's slower eddies, where rocks and other obstacles disrupt the river current, Lemly said.
When storms such as those that hit the Piedmont Triad last week disturb the river bottom, the settled ash could re-emerge in fresh bursts of pollution.
"If there are fish living there, suddenly you have a cloud of ash, and once again you have a problem," Vengosh said.
The main threat stems from heavy metals and other ingredients in the coal ash, particularly selenium, known to damage various species' ability to reproduce, said Lemly, who has devoted much of his career to studying how coal ash affects fish and other aquatic creatures.
Over the years, Lemly linked the ash and similar coal by-products to genetic deformities of the eyes, gills, spine and other body parts in fish, in addition to infertility.


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Gerald S. GuralnikChancellor's Professor of Physics
Programming the smart home: 'If this, then that'

Gerald S. Guralnik
Chancellor's Professor of Physics

April 28, 2014 Media contact: Kevin Stacey 401-863-3766

Physicist Gerald Guralnik, a member of the Brown University faculty for 47 years, died Saturday, April 26,  2014. A paper Guralnik co-authored 50 years ago predicted the existence of what became known as the Higgs boson, discovered by scientists in 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. (Read President Paxson's note to the community.)

Gerald S. Guralnik Chancellor's Professor of Physics
Gerald S. Guralnik, a revered member of the Brown faculty for 47 years whose theoretical work helped complete the Standard Model of particle physics, died Saturday, April 26, 2014. He was 77.
Guralnik, the Chancellor's Professor of Physics at Brown, was a leading theorist in the field of elementary particle theory and made enduring contributions to the understanding of mass in the universe.
"Gerry forged his own path and yet always focused on fundamental issues in physics," said Chung-I Tan, professor of physics at Brown and a longtime colleague of Guralnik's. "He was an early advocate and important contributor to the numerical approach to quantum field theories and also in exploring the structure of strong coupling expansion – paving the way for two of the most important current research areas in theoretical particle physics."
In 1964, Guralnik and colleagues C.R. Hagen and Tom Kibble published what would become a landmark paper in particle physics. The paper described a field pervading space that breaks the symmetry between the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces, explaining why the elementary particles that make up matter have mass, while photons (particles of light) are massless. The paper came just months after two other papers — one by Peter Higgs and another by Francois Englert and Robert Brout — which described a similar mechanism.
The physical manifestation of that mechanism, which would become known as the Higgs boson, was discovered by scientists in 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. The boson was considered to be the final missing piece of the Standard Model of particle physics.
"It is a wonderful feeling of great satisfaction and amazement," Guralnik said shortly after the discovery that proved his theory. "We started out to solve an interesting and challenging abstract problem; we were surprised by the answer that turned up."
Guralnik, born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, joined the faculty at Brown as an assistant professor in 1967 following postdoctoral research at the University of Rochester. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1964 and conducted research at Imperial College, London, on a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship. He was a fellow of the American Physical Society and was an Alfred P. Sloan Research Foundation fellow.
Though Guralnik's 1964 paper would become vastly influential, it took years for his ideas to become mainstream, as he described in an essay for the Huffington Post.
"Werner Heisenberg (Nobel Prize in physics, 1932), one of the most important physicists of the 20th century, made it clear to me in the summer of 1965, at a conference in his honor, that he thought these ideas were junk," Guralnik wrote. "Another great 20th century physicist, Robert Marshak, told me that if I wished to survive in physics I must stop thinking about this sort of problem and move on. I wisely obeyed, but I was thrilled a few years later when Steve Weinberg and then Abdus Salam used our mechanism and a generalization of our simple example to build the unified model of weak and electromagnetic interactions and later, with Sheldon Glashow, received Nobel Prizes."
Brown faculty members remember Guralnik as a committed educator, who always offered guidance to students and junior colleagues.
"Gerry was above all a kind and generous man, as well as a beloved colleague," said James Valles, chair of the Department of Physics at Brown. "In addition to his unique and lasting contributions in theoretical physics, he was a passionate teacher who mentored countless undergraduates, graduate students and junior faculty members. We will miss him deeply."
"He had compassion for others," Tan said, "and quietly performed acts of kindness without any expectation of reciprocity."
Guralnik remained humbly pleased with the lasting power of his theory of symmetry-breaking and mass.
As he told the Wall Street Journal, "We are amazed and delighted that our mathematical exercise turned out to play a huge part in describing how nature works."
(Read President Paxson's note to the community.)

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As Chris Armas hints at buzzer-beating signing, Josh Sims rumor surfaces
Red Bulls' first legitimate transfer rumor comes on the eve of Deadline Day.
By James Justice III Updated Aug 6, 2019, 9:09pm EDT
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Southampton winger Josh Sims may be the starting-caliber signing Chris Armas has been hinting at.
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HANOVER, N.J. – Even with MLS's secondary transfer window set to shut tomorrow night and nary a rumor or whisper, head coach Chris Armas suggested after training this afternoon that the team is in advanced negotiations with multiple potential additions.
"Some of the things that are on the table for every team, it's just got to get over the last hurdle," Armas said. "So, we're close on a few things and we think that – you know, I won't be surprised if, right at the buzzer here, we can add a piece or two."
It was a familiar message for fans of the team, who no doubt need more than words at this late stage. It has been 24 days since the first inkling of a potential move: a July 13 tweet from Dylan Butler of Pro Soccer USA that quoted Chris Armas as saying he "wouldn't be surprised" with a signing in the next two weeks.
Also, a secondary transfer window signing seems imminent for #RBNY "I wouldn't be surprised in the next two weeks if you see a signing," Armas said.
— Dylan Butler (@Dylan_Butler) July 13, 2019
Tonight, with 24 hours remaining in the window, a name was put to the anonymity of transfer speculation for the first time, as an article in Football Insider reported that Southampton winger Josh Sims is on the verge of a one-year loan to the Red Bulls.
Nothing has been confirmed from the club at this stage, but the 22-year-old Englishman does fit the profile in several ways. He is young, fills a glaring need out wide (Armas conceded today that, while Florian Valot is progressing well, expecting him to return this season would be a stretch) and seems to possess the motor for the Red Bulls' high press.
Sims would also – with his quick burst of speed, technical ability and Premier League pedigree – seem to fulfill the starting-caliber description that Armas detailed when asked about potential transfer acquisitions last week.
"What I would say is that, we're not looking for depth right now," Armas said on Aug. 1. "We're looking to add a piece or two that makes us better, that, there's no question about it, that player makes us better.
"So, maybe that's why it hasn't happened already, because we're being selective of who would fit into our culture, to our style of play. So, I would say that, we're being careful who we add, because it has to clearly make us a better team. Otherwise, why make the move?"
It's important to note, the Red Bulls can still acquire players until the official roster freeze on Aug. 30, but receipts for international transfers are needed by tomorrow.
Sims spent the first half of last season on loan at Reading F.C. in the Championship, before returning to Southampton in January – a club he has been at since joining its prestigious academy in 2011.
Whether he proves to be the ultimate payout for the Red Bulls' patience and the possible match-winner Armas described remains to be seen.


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It is still a 6X8 ft room.
There is still the same small single grayish yellow light is on. The upper half of the bulb is totally dark. No light is passing through that fraction, the ceiling is black. The floor and surroundings are equally dark and sad. The 60 watt blackish bulb is unable to lighten his room.
All the corners and ceiling are full of spiders' webs. Each of those is carrying lots of dark gray environmental waste. Ages old. Lots of dead insects are hanging. Some of them are probably hanging there from the very first day of the room itself.
There are still the same six almirahs there. Three on this side, three on the other. Don't remember if the doors were working earlier, but now most of them do not exist. He doesn't need to open the doors to bring out those tiny bottles. Or may be he doesn't need to bring them out at all.
Once there were glasses on those doors. You can make out looking at the remains of the infrequent broken glasses here and there. He knows where the glasses are broken, where not. He does not need to be careful to fetch any of his products for his very limited visitors.
Top of three almirahs are having photos of various Gods and Goddesses. You wonder the photos should be directly from the age when the Gods were walking on the earth. The glasses of the photos are gone, the frames are unable to contain themselves, leave containing the photos they were given responsibilities to. The faces of the Gods are hardly visible. Time does not spare even Gods.
Top of two of the remaining chests are having things that nobody would make out. You have few old pairs of spectacles, some tools like scissors, hammers, bundle of pens & pencils, some copies, some books, a umbrella, couple of torches, a few candles, a fan made of "talpata", a hurricane lantern (kerosene lamp), even a magnifying glass. And who knows what else. None of these things work. Thick and very even layer of dust and dirt is caressing them.
The last almirah does not have a top at all. He has probably spared that chest from any extra burden. The topmost rack of that almirah does not have any medicines. Instead there is a shawl lying there, along with a muffler, a bunch of keys, and a "Gita".
The back side of the room is now almost gone. The wall was made of local bamboo branches. Lower section of the wall is eaten by rain, water, soil, time. He has put an even older cloth to cover the holes of the wall. If you examine carefully, you probably will make out that the cloth was white once.
His working table is still the same. Now it is jet black. You can never make out its original color now. Two legs of the table are essentially non-existent. He has put two bricks under one leg, three bricks under another. The bricks are generation old, one of few still remaining specimens from the first production of the brick manufacturer in the town. Third leg is very shaky, can withdraw any moment. But surely it is in the same condition for at least a few years now. Surprisingly the fourth leg is intact, like a loyal servant carrying the whole burden of his master for decades.
On the table you have four-five old books, old enough to be called as almost manuscripts rather. You have an old stethoscope, box of the stethoscope have long retired from the job. You have a box of matches, a four cellar torch, three-four candles, one is ready and standing to serve, thirty percent has been utilized. You have at least ten pens, only one does work, that one is nearer to the bearer. You have a pad, simple writing pad, no names, no registration numbers, no phone numbers, no degrees, no histories, no details. You have a box for spectacles, the box is now incapable of closing down and opening as normal. He has used a small length of thin plastic rope to tie it in, to contain the two separated covers together. He uses this box to store his current pair spectacles.
Beside the table, a small plastic stool is sitting, brown. Proudly declaring that he is the youngest and the only intact member of the room. He arranged this stool to make his visitors to sit down near and in front of him. There is also an equally old bench lying on the left side of the room, again sitting on a pair of old broken bricks. It seems nobody has used this bench since long, a couple of nails are alarmingly showing their heads on each side.
He still sits on that same wooden chair which did not have the left armrest. Does not have even now. The right armrest is also broken now, someone tried to manage it by binding it using an equally weak and thin plastic rope. He knows how to use it. He carefully places his right hand on that armrest on a very specific angle when he needs the support.
He still sits there wearing his old faded white kurta and dhoti. Still wearing those pair heavy thick black pair of spectacles. Still reading the day's bengali newspaper putting so very near to his eyes, much like smelling the paper than reading it.
Still not bothered about whats happening just outside of the 6X8 chamber of his.
He is a homeopathy physician. He was our family doctor. He was the family doctor of lot many families like ours. Those families are gone, his patients are gone, his friends are gone. His name has gone. His time has gone.


Beryl Markham knew about maps. She was a pilot, author and racehorse trainer, most famous for being the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic from east to west, an adventure she recounted in her memoir, West with the Night. As an aviator, she would have been very familiar with the sight of the evening and morning star—the planet Venus—in the sky.
What she didn't know was that just a few years after her death, a robotic spacecraft would circle Venus, fire powerful bursts of radar through its veil of clouds, and begin to image the strange world's oven-hot surface. Those radar images would allow a new breed of explorer to make a new generation of maps, including one chart in particular that marks the location of a crater named Markham.
I like maps of the planets beyond Earth. They're both informative and beautiful. They embody craftsmanship, precision, and art. The US Geological Survey actually produces wall-sized paper maps of nearly every body in the Solar System. I love how these maps allow a mental line to be drawn: from a 17th-century sea captain poring over charts in his cabin as he explores new coastlines, all the way to a 21st-century post-doctoral student in front of a computer monitor, discussing potential landing sites on Europa with her peers on multiple continents in real time.
Even to most passing spacecraft, the view of Venus is nothing but cloud tops.
Several Soviet craft dared a landing. They only survived a few minutes. The key to piercing the veil of Venus planet-wide turns out to be radar. Scientists learned a lot using facilities like the giant antenna at the Arecibo Observatory to bounce radar signals through the clouds, off the surface, and back to Earth for analysis.
Even better, in the 1990s an orbiter named Magellan took up its station at the second planet. It carried a synthetic aperture radar system to map the surface. Radar imaging and altimetric and radiometric mapping covered 98 percent of the planet, with radar resolution of about 120 meters. This allowed Magellan to create lovely images of the landscape, like this one of the area surrounding Markham Crater. Venus explorers think a violent impact dug the crater, and either melted or released molten rock that flowed downhill.
In this view, we can see some of the planet's extremes. There are tall raised areas like Miralaidji Corona, which is an example of where hot magma welled up near the surface, creating radial fractures and causing lava to spill out across the plains. But in this same shot we can see part of Diana Chasma, a 900-kilometer-long trough that includes some of the deepest points on the globe. This is among the steepest terrain on Venus, with altitudes ranging from –2.5 to 4.7 km. In some places the slopes incline more than 30 degrees.
All this exploration yields more than pretty pictures. By analyzing data from the full suite of instruments on board Magellan, along with information from other orbiters, landers, and Earth-bound observers, scientists can begin to piece together the geology—and thus the history—of Venus as a whole. All without risking boots (smoking, melted boots) on the ground.
One product of the data collection and painstaking analysis is this gorgeous map of the Diana Quadrangle, including Markham Crater and Miralaidji Corona, along with many other craters, cliffs, and fissures.
You can see more detail by clicking the image, or get the complete map, key, and other notes on the USGS site.


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Today in Masonic History Alexander Roberts Dunn is born in 1833.
Alexander Roberts Dunn was a Canadian soldier.
Dunn was born on September 15th, 1833 in York, Canada, which later became Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended Upper Canada College until his mother passed away. His father moved the family to England after, where he attended the Harrow School.
In 1852, Dunn joined the British Army in the 11th Hussars as a junior officer. Two years later the unit was one of the first sent to Russia at the outbreak of the Crimean War. As a lieutenant he participated in the battle of Balaclava and took part in the infamous "Charge of the Light Brigade" It was during this battle, Dunn saved a sergeant by cutting down two or three Russian Lancers. He also, later, saved a private who was being attacked. It was for these actions Dunn received the Victoria Cross, making him the first to Canadian to receive the medal. He was also the only officer from the battle to receive the medal. It is believed the medals were made from melted down Russian cannons.
At the end of the Crimean War, in 1856, Dunn returned to Toronto and began managing the family estate just north of Toronto. In 1857, when the Indian Mutiny began, Dunn organized the 100th Regiment of Foot, a British unit entirely recruited in Canada.
In 1864, Dunn transfered to the 33rd Regiment of Foot. There he was promoted to the rank of colonel and became the first Canadian to command a British unit. In 1868, Dunn and his unit were sent to the Horn of Africa where they took part in the Expedition to Abyssina (now Ethiopia). Before any military actions could take place, Dunn was killed under unusual circumstances during a hunt on January 25th, 1868. Dunn was buried in Ethiopia and his grave was for some time lost.
After World War II, Dunn's grave was discovered. It appeared an Italian unit stationed in the area of the grave maintained it until it was found by a British Officer.
Dunn's medals, including his Victoria Cross were on display at his old school, Upper Canada College, until 1977. At the time there was a rash of thefts involving the Victoria Cross medals. The school had a duplicate medal made for display and the original was put in safe keeping.
Dunn was a member of Ionic Lodge No. 25 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


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Britain To Boost Intelligence Agency, Aviation Security Spending Amid Rising Terror Threat
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Britain will boost its intelligence agency staff by 15 per cent and more than double spending on aviation security to counter the increasing threat from Islamist militants, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday.
The government said it had decided to increase resources in the wake of the growing number of plots against Britain and recent militant attacks, including those in Paris and Tunisia.
"I am determined to prioritise the resources we need to combat the terrorist threat because protecting the British people is my number one duty," Cameron said in a statement.
"This is a generational struggle that demands we provide more manpower to combat those who would destroy us and our values."
The government said that as part of a broader five-year defence and security review, due to be published on Nov. 23, it would fund an extra 1,900 officers at its MI5 and MI6 spy agencies and GCHQ intelligence agency.
It also plans a "step change" in aviation security following the crash of a Russian airliner in Egypt last month, which Britain has said it believes was brought down by a bomb.
Cameron is due to discuss aviation security with other world leaders at the G20 summit in Turkey on Monday, including during a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The British leader has also ordered a rapid review of security at several airports around the world, in particular in the Middle East and North Africa and airports through which high numbers of British citizens travel.
The assessments, due to be conducted over the next two months, will focus on measures such as passenger screening, physical security at the airport, hold baggage and freight screening.
Additional security measures put in place at potentially vulnerable airports over the past year will also be reviewed, and the National Security Council will on Tuesday discuss British aviation security policy, the government said.
Cameron said he planned to more than double government spending on aviation security, currently around 9 million pounds ($13.70 million) a year, over the next five years.
This new funding will provide extra aviation security experts to regularly assess security at airports around the world as well as advice, training and equipment for other countries to help them increase security at airports.
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Libyan Justice Minister Accuses Gadhafi of Personally Ordering Pan Am 103 Bombing Over Lockerbie, Scotland
'I have proof,' minister says; victims' families want justice for 270 killed.
ByRUSSELL GOLDMAN
Feb. 23, 2011— -- Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 that killed 270 people, the country's recently resigned justice minister said today.
In an interview with Swedish newspaper Expressen, Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, a confidant of Gadhafi's who resigned his post amid this week's anti-government protests and civil strife, said, "I have proof that Gadhafi gave the order about Lockerbie."
Some family members of the victims said the admission vindicated what they had long believed and called on the U.S. government to officially acknowledge that the 1988 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, was state-sponsored terrorism.
"There can no longer be any doubt about the involvement Gadhafi had in murdering American citizens," said Bert Ammerman, whose brother, Tom, died in the attacks. "He ordered the bombing of Flight 103. I challenge President Obama to respond accordingly. There must be justice."
Abdel-Jalil told the paper that Gadhafi ordered Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, a suspected intelligence agent and the only man convicted of the bombing that killed 259 people aboard the plan and another 11 on the ground, to carry out the attack.
"To hide it, [Gadhafi] did everything in his power to get al-Megrahi back from Scotland," Abdel-Jalil told the paper.
Megrahi was released from a Scottish prison in 2009 on compassionate grounds because he had cancer and claimed he had only weeks to live. His release caused an uproar in the West, with some family members of victims accusing the British government of cutting a deal with Libya to secure lucrative oil contracts.
Megrahi returned to Tripoli to a hero's welcome. He is still alive and living in a seaside mansion provided by the government.
U.S. officials have long suspected or known Gadhafi was likely behind the attack, but were unable to accuse a head of state of murder without significant proof and the political will to call for his arrest, said Brad Garrett, a former FBI agent and ABC News consultant.
"At the time of the investigation, FBI agents found substantial evidence that they believed Gadhafi was linked directly to the bombings but never proved it," Garrett said.
'Everyone Believed Gadhafi Was Behind the Attacks'
"If you point a finger at a head of state, you've really got to have it down pat. The level of evidence available was just not there," he said. "Just about everyone on the joint FBI and Scottish task force believed Gadhafi was behind the attacks."
Since the late 1990s, Gadhafi has been trying to revamp his image on the international stage, making small concessions to successive U.S. presidents and cooperating openly with Europe.
Without acknowledging any wrongdoing, his government has paid settlements to family members of the victims. In 2001, he dismantled his nuclear arms program, normalizing relations with the United States.
The latest accusations by Abdel-Jalil have again raised the ire of some victims' family members, most of whom are Americans.
"Gadhafi has been accused of an act of war on the U.S.," Bert Ammerman said.
"Bush 41 [George H. W. Bush] said in 1989 if there was any evidence of state-sponsored terrorism, he would act militarily. The Obama administration must react to this statement now," he said.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said he is "in no position to corroborate" the story Abdel-Jalil told Expressen.
Asked by ABCNews.com whether the information would lead to the United States' officially accusing Gadhafi of state-sponsored terrorism, Crowley said:"You know, that is an interesting story. Beyond that, I can't comment at this point."
ABC News' Kirit Radit contributed to this report.


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Take A Peek Inside Tutankhamun's Newly Renovated Crib
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After 10 years of hard graft, King Tutankhamun's newly renovated digs have been completed – and you can take a peek inside.
The boy pharaoh's final resting place is one of Egypt's top attractions, drawing throngs of tourists every year. The result has been decades of damage, reaped by harmful dust particles carried on visitors' clothing, heavy footfall, and filming equipment scratching the delicate wall paintings decorating the tomb.
In response, the Getty Conservation Institute in partnership with Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities began a decade-long restoration project to bring it back to its former glory, while protecting the tomb from future damage. Work began in 2009 and finished in the fall of 2018, the Institute reveals.
New visitor viewing platform in the Tomb of Tutankhamun © J. Paul Getty Trust
It is the most extensive renovation project to take place in the tomb since its discovery in 1922, when British archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter and his team inadvertently stumbled across the site.
The Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, is full of incredible historical monuments but Carter's find was even more extraordinary. It had been sealed for more than 3,000 years and was the very first tomb to be found entirely intact with all its treasures as they were at time of burial. Somehow it had managed to stay hidden and avoid being looted.
East wall of the tomb's burial chamber. Tutankhamun's mummy is shown, lying in a shrine mounted on a sled, being drawn by twelve men in five groups. The men wear white mourning bands over their brows. The last pair, distinguished by their shaven heads and different dress, are the two viziers of Upper and Lower Egypt. Credit: Carleton Immersive Media Studio; Carleton University © J. Paul Getty Trust
Every object removed from the tomb during the following decade was met with awe and fascination from the media and public. And though today the tomb contains just a few of its original artifacts, including a quartzite sarcophagus, a gilded wooden outermost sarcophagus, and – the main attraction itself – King Tut's mummy (his famous golden death mask is housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo), it continues to attract the interest of visitors from across the world.
At the time the renovation works began, the tomb was covered in a gray veil of dust brought in on the clothing and shoes of visitors. There was also damage to the wall paintings, caused by visitors as they brush past and heavy equipment brought in by film crews. The dust has been removed and barriers have now been installed to restrict visitor access in areas showing localized flaking and loss of paint. Ventilation and filtration systems have been put in to cap humidity and dust levels, and so protect the tomb from future damage.
Wall paintings conservation work being conducted in the burial chamber of the tomb in spring 2016 © J. Paul Getty Trust
The team also noted the appearance of brown blemishes (microbial growth) within the paintwork. They are hard to remove without further damaging the paintwork but, fortunately, DNA testing and chemical analysis found that these growths are no longer alive, therefore, no longer a threat. According to Lorinda Wong, a specialist in wall paintings, the growths are unusual and haven't been seen in the tombs of other pharaohs.
The burial chamber's west wall depicts an extract from the Book of Amduat or "What is in the Underworld". The upper register depicts the solar barque preceded by five deities. In compartments below are twelve baboon-deities, representing the twelve hours of the night through which the sun travels before its rebirth at dawn. Credit: Carleton Immersive Media Studio; Carleton University © J. Paul Getty Trust
"This project has greatly expanded our understanding of one of antiquity's most storied places," Tim Whalen from the Getty Conservation Institute, said in a statement.


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Interview with the Jewish author Judith Katzir
Friendship across the divide
Judith Katzir is one of the most interesting young authors in Israel. Her books deal mostly with strong women who undertake journeys into their own past. Her new novel, "Tzila", is based on letters belonging to her great-grandmother and describes her journey to Gaza, where her Jewish family once lived. Igal Avidan spoke to the author
Your new novel, which is very successful in Israel, is called "Tzila". Who was this woman?
Judith Katzir: Tzila Margolin was a strong woman who never attended school, but nevertheless published feminist articles. She nearly lost her life in a pogrom, in which she lost one eye.
Tzila was also a mother of five and kept a secret. What was this secret?
Katzir: She shared her life with two men. Her relationship with her husband, Eliezer, was burdened by her intellectual superiority and her wider horizons. At the age of 37, she met Chanan, who was nine years younger than she. He was literarily gifted, spoke nine languages and was a committed vegetarian. He lived together with Tzila's family for 25 years, until Eliezer passed away.
Judith Katzir's family saga "Tzila", which has thus far only been published in Hebrew, tells the story of Katzir's great-grandmother Tzila, who lived with two men for 25 years and in peace and harmony with her Arab neighbours in Gaza
The affair began when Eliezer found work in Gaza.
Katzir: In 1919, Eliezer moved to Gaza in order to start operating an abandoned flour mill, which had belonged to a German who had fled during the First World War. Eliezer renovated the mill – the only one left in the destroyed town – which allowed him to feed his family.
My great-grandmother Tzila could not be without Chanan, so she brought him to Gaza to work as a private teacher to her children. It was only when other Jewish families moved in that the first Hebrew school – the "Samson" School – was opened and a professional teacher arrived.
What was life like for the few Jews living in Gaza?
Katzir: My family, the Margolins, was the first to move to Gaza after the war, in the autumn of 1919. They rented a five-room apartment with an inner courtyard, where all Jewish visitors would spend the night before the first guesthouse in Gaza opened. Encouraged by the British government and the Zionist Council, other Zionist families settled in Gaza – a doctor, a watchmaker, a baker, a carpenter. Then, in the autumn of 1920, the Zionist leadership sent the first Hebrew teacher, a new immigrant from Russia.
How important was your family for this tiny community?
Katzir: Very important. Tzila was very active in the community, and her four children made up the majority in the class of seven pupils. Very soon however, she became dissatisfied with this school. She criticised the huge age difference among the children, some of whom could barely speak Hebrew. To begin with, classes were held outdoors and later in a shabby room. When Tzila moved back to Tel Aviv, the teacher resigned in 1921. As a result, the Zionist Council refused to send a replacement for a school with less than twelve children.
Eliezer then accused Tzila of destroying the Jewish community in Gaza: it was feared that the other families would leave if their children did not receive any education. Tzila gave in. She put the common good above her private life and returned to Gaza in the autumn of 1922 with her five children, but without Chanan. A new teacher soon arrived, and the Hebrew school was reopened.
The above photo shows Tzila with Chanan (left), Eliezer (centre) and four of her children. It was taken in 1929
Describe the relations between the Arabs and the Zionist Jews in Gaza?
Katzir: In the early years, they were very good. Eliezer, who was head of the community and represented it in the local court, was called Abu Jusuf by the Arabs. He was a close friend of the former mayor Said al-Shawa.
Eliezer's eldest son, Josef, recalled that the family maintained close ties with the Arab mill workers. When one of them married, Josef spent a whole week at the groom's house and celebrated according to Arab tradition with singing, dancing and story-telling.
The Jews lived right next door to the Arabs, and their children grew up together. The five children and my great-grandmother all spoke fluent Arabic in addition to Yiddish, which they spoke at home, and Hebrew, the language of education.
Several Arab neighbours saved Jewish families during the civil war of 1921 by secretly providing them with water against the orders of the Arab leadership.
Despite criticism from Israel and radical Palestinians, the Geneva Initiative accord was signed on 1 December 2003. According to the website of the initiative, "the accord presents a comprehensive and unequivocal solution to all issues vital to ensuring the end of the conflict." Pictured here are former Israeli Minister of Justice Jossi Beilin (left) and former Palestinian Minister of Culture Yassir Abed Rabbo
But in the riots that took place in August 1929, even these Arab were powerless. Why?
Katzir: Tzila and the children left Gaza in 1925. At the time of the attack, Eliezer was still living in Gaza, and two of his daughters were visiting for the summer holidays.
When news of the massacre of Jews in Hebron arrived, the 44 Jews in Gaza locked themselves in the only Jewish guesthouse, where they spent the night. When most of the British soldiers fled the next morning, the Arab mob broke in. However, the Jews poured acid over the attackers and pushed them back.
When al-Shawa, the former Arab mayor, arrived, he helped the British soldiers evacuate the besieged Jews to a train that had been provided in order to take them to Tel Aviv. They were evacuated under a barrage of stones being thrown by rioting Arab teenagers.
Did the friendship between your family and their friends in Gaza last after Tzila's death in 1967?
Katzir: Yes. Until the first Intifada of 1987, they visited each other in Gaza and Israel.
These days, my two daughters and I repeatedly have to shelter from the rockets fired from Gaza on the staircase.
The increasing violence by Jewish right-extremists and the intolerance shown towards those who think differently about the war really shocks me. I used to be active in the "Geneva Initiative", in which Israelis and Palestinians negotiated a common model for a peace deal. Now, in view of the great despair, I hope there will soon be an end to the bloodshed and a diplomatic solution to this conflict. Then, I hope, I will one day be able to visit the descendants of my great-grandparents' neighbours in Gaza.
Interview conducted by Igal Avidan
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cnote
=====

A **platform independent** command line note app.

Cnote is suitable for **rapidly taking and getting note** of plain text of tens of words.

With cnote, you can conveniently manage note in command line. You can install a drop-down terminal like [Yakuake](http://yakuake.kde.org), so you can instantly call the terminal with a shortcut.

Cnote supports **backup** and **restoring** from backup, you can also **import** notes from backup of others.

Cnote stores all data in a embedded database [goleveldb](https://github.com/syndtr/goleveldb), an implementation of the LevelDB key/value database in the Go programming language. The path of database files is ```~/.cnote/``` in *nix operating system and ```C:\Users\Administrator\.cnote\``` in Windows 7 for example.

Dependencies
------------

No. Thanks for [golang](http://golang.org) and [goleveldb](https://github.com/syndtr/goleveldb).

Cnote is **only an executable binary file** without any data or configure files.

Download
--------

Download lastest release from [release page](https://github.com/shenwei356/cnote/releases).

Usage
-----

    USAGE:
       cnote command [arguments...]

    COMMANDS:
       new          Create a new note
       del          Delete a note
       use          Select a note
       list, ls     List all notes

       add          Add a note item
       rm           Remove a note item
       tag, t       List items by tags. List all tags if no arguments given
       search, s    Search items with regular expression

       dump         Dump whole database, for backup or transfer
       wipe         Attention! Wipe whole database
       restore      Wipe whole database, and restore from dumpped file
       import       Import note items from dumpped data

       help, h      Shows a list of commands or help for one command

Examples
--------

    ############### Create a new note ###############

    $ cnote new fruit
    note "fruit" created.
    current note: "fruit".
    $ cnote new people
    note "people" created.
    current note: "people".

    ############### List all notes ###############

    $ cnote ls
    note: fruit     (#. of items: 0, last update: 2014-07-20 04:07:00 +0800 CST).
    note: people    (#. of items: 0, last update: 2014-07-20 04:07:00 +0800 CST). (current note)

    ############### Choose note fruit ###############

    $ cnote use fruit
    current note: "fruit" (last update: 2014-07-20 04:07:00 +0800 CST).

    ############### Delete a new note ###############

    $ cnote del test

    ###########################################################################

    ############### add note item ###############

    $ cnote add red,green apple
    item: 1 (tags: [red green])     apple
    $ cnote add green,yellow pear
    item: 2 (tags: [green yellow])  pear
    $ cnote add yellow banana
    item: 3 (tags: [yellow])        banana

    ############### Show all tags ###############

    $ cnote tag
    tag: green      (#. of items: 2).
    tag: red        (#. of items: 1).
    tag: yellow     (#. of items: 2).

    ############### Show items by tag ###############

    $ cnote tag yellow
    item: 2 (tags: [green yellow])  pear
    item: 3 (tags: [yellow])        banana

    ############### Search items by regrexp  ###############

    $ cnote s ea
    item: 2 (tags: [green yellow])  pear

    ############### Show all items, just search with .  ###############

    $ cnote s .
    item: 1 (tags: [red green])     apple
    item: 2 (tags: [green yellow])  pear
    item: 3 (tags: [yellow])        banana

    ############### remove a note item ###############

    $ cnote s .
    item: 1 (tags: [red green])     apple
    item: 2 (tags: [green yellow])  pear
    item: 3 (tags: [yellow])        banana
    $ cnote rm 2
    $ cnote s .
    item: 1 (tags: [red green])     apple
    item: 3 (tags: [yellow])        banana

    ###########################################################################

    ############### Dump database for backup  ###############

    $ cnote dump
    config  {"current_note_name":"fruit"}
    item_fruit_000000001    {"itemid":"1","tags":["red","green"],"content":"apple"}
    item_fruit_000000002    {"itemid":"2","tags":["green","yellow"],"content":"pear"}
    item_fruit_000000003    {"itemid":"3","tags":["yellow"],"content":"banana"}
    note_fruit      {"noteid":"fruit","sum":3,"last_update":"2014-07-20 04:13:00 +0800 CST","last_id":3,"tags":{"green":{"1":true,"2":true},"red":{"1":true},"yellow":{"2":true,"3":true}}}
    note_people     {"noteid":"people","sum":0,"last_update":"2014-07-20 04:07:00 +0800 CST","last_id":0,"tags":{}}

    $ cnote dump > dumpdata

    ############### Wipe whole database, and restore from dumpped file  ###############

    $ cnote restore dumpdata
    Attention, it will clear all the data. type "yes" to continue:yes

    ############### Import note items from dumpped data  ###############

    $ cnote import fruit fruit dumpdata
    3 items imported into note "fruit".
    $ cnote dump
    config  {"current_note_name":"fruit"}
    item_fruit_000000001    {"itemid":"1","tags":["red","green"],"content":"apple"}
    item_fruit_000000002    {"itemid":"2","tags":["green","yellow"],"content":"pear"}
    item_fruit_000000003    {"itemid":"3","tags":["yellow"],"content":"banana"}
    item_fruit_000000004    {"itemid":"4","tags":["red","green"],"content":"apple"}
    item_fruit_000000005    {"itemid":"5","tags":["green","yellow"],"content":"pear"}
    item_fruit_000000006    {"itemid":"6","tags":["yellow"],"content":"banana"}
    note_fruit      {"noteid":"fruit","sum":6,"last_update":"2014-07-20 04:22:00 +0800 CST","last_id":6,"tags":{"green":{"1":true,"2":true,"4":true,"5":true},"red":{"1":true,"4":true},"yellow":{"2":true,"3":true,"5":true,"6":true}}}
    note_people     {"noteid":"people","sum":0,"last_update":"2014-07-20 04:07:00 +0800 CST","last_id":0,"tags":{}}

Copyright
--------

Copyright (c) 2014, Wei Shen (shenwei356@gmail.com)

[MIT License](https://github.com/shenwei356/cnote/blob/master/LICENSE)

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The Wall Street Journal Quotes Beth Kaufman on Tax-Smart Philanthropy Made Easy
August 22, 2014, The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal quoted Beth Shapiro Kaufman regarding points to consider when deciding between forming a private foundation or opening an account with a donor-advised fund. For the complete article, please visit The Wall Street Journal's website.
Excerpt taken from the article.
Consider a private foundation. Although such vehicles can be burdensome and expensive to administer, they do allow donors to do things that charitable funds can't—such as hire family members, make grants to individuals (as opposed to charities) and have a greater say in investing the foundation's funds.
How many millions does it take for a private foundation to make sense? That varies, says Beth Kaufman, an estate-tax lawyer at Caplin & Drysdale in Washington, but the minimum is generally considered $5 million — some advisers say $20 million — because of the expenses involved.
"Most people giving away single-digit-million amounts choose donor-advised funds," she says.


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EXPOSED: Apple CEO Tim Cook signed secret $275 billion deal with the CCP, betraying America
It is being reported that Apple CEO Tim Cook signed a secret agreement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) promising to prop up China's economy and technological capabilities.
The $275 billion contract, which was confirmed through "interviews and purported internal Apple documents," was signed in 2016 with a timeline of five years. That five years is just about complete.
Concerned about bad publicity in China, Apple executives reportedly pushed for a closer alliance with the CCP. China, by the way, is where all Apple products are manufactured.
The alleged internal documents show that Cook "personally lobbied officials" in China over threats made against key company products such as iCloud, the App Store and Apple Pay, a cashless payment system.
A 1,250-word agreement was then forged by Apple's government affairs team in China, establishing a "memorandum of understanding" between the tech giant and the communist regime.
This memorandum called on the National Development and Reform Commission to establish and agree upon various concessions in exchange for certain regulatory exemptions.
"In May 2016, Cook announced that Apple would be investing $1 billion in the Chinese ride-hailing startup Didi Chuxing in a pointed attempt to mollify authorities," reports explain.
"Shortly after, Cook, Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams, and government affairs head Lisa Jackson met with senior government officials in Zhongnanhai, the central headquarters of the Communist Party of China."
Apple censors Bible apps in China because CCP hates Christianity
With Cook at the helm, Apple was able to get the CCP to sign the multibillion-dollar agreement, eliminating all sorts of regulatory actions against the company with special exemptions.
In exchange, China received significant investments, business deals, and worker training in the country, among other perks.
Apple specifically pledged in the agreement to help Chinese manufacturers develop "the most advanced manufacturing technology," as well as "support the training of high-quality Chinese talents."
Apple further promised to use more Chinese suppliers' components in its various products, as well as invest capital into Chinese tech companies. There was also a clause about assisting more than a dozen Chinese government causes, which sounds like treason.
If no objections were made to the agreement, then it was also baked into the deal that it would be extended for a sixth year with an expiration date of May 2022, which is on the way.
Apple zealously promised "many billions of dollars more" to China for new retail stores, renewable energy projects, and research and development facilities as well.
Another key component of the deal was Apple's agreement to censor certain apps that the CCP does not want Chinese people accessing, including popular Bible apps such as Olive Tree.
The Quran Majeed, developed by PDMS, is also banned in Apple's Chinese App Store, as are a number of other religious apps.
"Helping the enemy in any endeavor is a crime, is it not?" wrote one commenter at Neon Nettle, which covered the revelation. "This puke (Cook) is unamerican at the least and treasonous at the most. Boycott Apple and their Chinese products!"
"It is obvious that Apple CEO Tim Cook hasn't an inkling of allegiance to the U.S. nor to the idea of preserving unalienable individual rights, let alone any form of a limited government republic," wrote another.
Another joked that Cook must be related to Hunter Biden because "both need to be tried for treason."
Yet another asked, "Doesn't America have a statute criminalizing trading with the enemy?"
This is a valid question indeed, and one that everyone should be asking themselves right about now as increasingly more of these tech "gods" get exposed for collusion and conspiracy with enemy powers.


This Cinnamon Blueberry Rice Pudding puts a fun twist on the classic recipe by adding a simple blueberry compote to the cinnamon rice pudding.
Ohhhh la la RICE PUDDING. What? Please tell me you know the deliciousness that is rice pudding. See, rice pudding is my JAM, but I also tend to forget about it. You too? We are creatures of habit and we tend to eat the same foods over and over again, and while rice pudding is not necessarily one of those foods for me, I'm starting to think it needs to be.
Speaking of "same old same old" foods, I'm so happy to be back to eating my familiar foods again. I love vacation and getting to try new things—I really do, especially in Spain—but it's also comforting to be back in my own kitchen whipping up my egg breakfasts and almost always healthy dinners. There's nothing quite like home cooked meals and routine in general.
I don't recall the first time I ever tried rice pudding, but I'm pretty sure I found the concept to be kind of strange. Rice and milk? Pshhhhh. Rice is supposed to be savory! But then I tried it and fell in love—the rice+milk+cinnamon is out of this world tasty.
For this blueberry rice pudding, I decided to put a fun spin on the classic recipe by adding a simple blueberry compote. The best part is that you can cook the rice and the compote at the same time; Minimal prep work and minimal dishes as well—just two saucepans!
The rice mixture is simply rice, milk, cinnamon, sugar, and a little vanilla. I didn't want to add the sugar—I figured it'd be sweet enough with the compote—but just 1 tablespoon of cane sugar (or brown sugar) makes a huge difference in the overall taste.
If you're looking to switch up your breakfast (or heck, even dessert), this blueberry rice pudding is for you!
Add rice and milk to a saucepan and bring to a boil; then, cover and reduce heat to a simmer until milk has absorbed and rice is cooked.
Once rice has cooked, pour rice into a jar or bowl and stir in the sugar, cinnamon and vanilla.
Add all ingredients to a small saucepan and bring to a boil; then, reduce heat to a simmer for 10-15 minutes or until blueberries have broken down.
Pour compote over rice, sprinkle with extra cinnamon and add a few extra tablespoons of milk for serving.
They look so pretty. I can't wait to try them… can you make a batch and just store them in the fridge or does the flavor and texture change?
If you're going to make a batch of it, I recommend waiting until you're ready to eat it/serve it to combine the rice and blueberry compote. Otherwise, the compote gets a little… old tasting (ha!) and it changes to dull blue color instead of the fresh bright blue.
I've never made rice pudding before! Love the addition of berries…perfect for summer!
I just LOVE the idea of making this for breakfast! Thanks for the inspiration!