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"We are one people. We cannot separate ourselves now.There are many good things to be done for our people and for the world.
It is important to let things be good and it is important to teach the younger generation, so that things are not lost."Gregornothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338271722280262501noreply@blogger.comBlogger437125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206464638022525701.post-54208049089507270862018-04-28T11:50:00.001-07:002018-04-28T11:56:39.484-07:00<h2>
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Gregornothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338271722280262501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206464638022525701.post-23558744388656869762018-02-27T12:20:00.001-08:002018-02-27T12:20:40.743-08:00CENSORED NEWS: RED NATION 'Greater Chaco Is Not for Sale! Stop Trump's Colonial Land Grab'<a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2018/02/red-nation-greater-chaco-is-not-for.html?m=1">CENSORED NEWS: RED NATION 'Greater Chaco Is Not for Sale! Stop Trump's Colonial Land Grab'</a>Gregornothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338271722280262501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206464638022525701.post-44987973257732290622017-11-30T09:16:00.001-08:002017-11-30T09:16:15.234-08:00Shoulder replacement is painful, unable to blog Still suffering from Shoulder replacement, sorry I have not been able to blog...<br />
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Standing Rock Water Protectors under Police Night Attack Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016<a href="http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2016/11/standing-rock-water-protectors-under.html">CENSORED NEWS: ALERT! 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I worked with Corbin Harney, for 18 years. I also worked with Mateo & Juile Moon Sparrow, before they broke up. Best friend with Steve'No Nukes' Willard, before he died ( Brain Tumor).<br />
I ran The Shundahai Network Web Domain until it got highjacked<br />
:-(. Friend of Sarah'Seeds' Willner, before she moved back to Baltimore, to be cared for her Sister.<br />
I am/was Reinard Knutsen Friend he also<br />
Lives in Salt Lake City, same as me.<br />
I am/was member of Seeds of Peace, before I got Hep C &,was in treatment for a year, spent a year in bed, due<br />
To Horrific Side Effects,<br />
was given 12% chance of Slaining the Dragon.<br />
But I slay the Dragon 4 years ago on my 63 birthday ( August 27 th, 1947). Then I spent a month in a Rehab hospital, learning how to Walk, that we 4 years ago.<br />
I turned 67 two days ago.<br />
Susi Sunder, before she moved to Europe & recently,<br />
Married Fabio.<br />
Read the blog which I have no be update to to Sickness. I am a True Anti-Nucler Activist,<br />
Lived at Peace Camp, until my Partner, got pregnant on The Nevada Test Site. My third son was conceived, at the place that we did the Occupation of the Test Site, Corbin's first illegal venture on to NTS, in 40 years. I carried the Teepee with<br />
Teryani, that time.<br />
MY PHONE JUST SCREWED UP & lost 800 contact numbers, including your number, which I got from Mateo.<br />
Before he married Michella & had 4 kids.<br />
They live in Espanola NM. Last they moved into to & they folk's they rented to burnt down the house.<br />
Mary Alex ( Alex Purbeck) wrote Corbin's Second book,<br />
Prior to moving back to Scotland, got married & has 2 or 3 children.<br />
Alex Seeds went into Rehab & now is working as a Chef in Santa Fe, he broke his neck 10 days ago. But is not Paralyzed, unlike Jim.<br />
Ask me anything you want I am Real, just stayed in the Background. Was Shundahai Staff for many, many years.Gregornothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338271722280262501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206464638022525701.post-35121522198345086672014-02-09T09:50:00.001-08:002014-02-09T09:50:52.865-08:00Lost Live Dead: San Jose Civic Auditorium, 135 W. San Carlos Street, San Jose, CA: 1965-72<a href="http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2012/02/san-jose-civic-auditorium-135-w-san.html?m=1">Lost Live Dead: San Jose Civic Auditorium, 135 W. San Carlos Street, San Jose, CA: 1965-72</a>Gregornothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338271722280262501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206464638022525701.post-85091558246481724252012-10-06T11:56:00.004-07:002012-10-06T11:56:55.571-07:00Eleanor Fairchild and Daryl Hannah were dragged from their positions in front of an excavator to keep it from tearing up Eleanor’s land<div class="node-header">
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Tar Sands Blockade: Along with Landowner, Actress Daryl Hannah Arrested</h2>
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Great grandmother, Eleanor Fairchild, and film actress both arrested after blocking machinery</h3>
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<span class="image-full" style="width: 540px;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.commondreams.org/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/eleanor_holding-_banner.jpg" style="height: 246px; width: 540px;" title="Arrested on her own property for trespassing, east Texas great-grandmother says: “From the White House to my house, I don’t want this pipe threatening anyone’s house anywhere in the world!” (Photo: TarSandsBlockade.org)" /><span class="caption">Arrested
on her own property for trespassing, east Texas great-grandmother says:
“From the White House to my house, I don’t want this pipe threatening
anyone’s house anywhere in the world!” (Photo: TarSandsBlockade.org)</span></span>Film
actress Daryl Hanna was arrested in Texas on Thursday along with
78-year-old and great-grandmother Eleanor Fairchild after they put their
bodies in front of heavy logging machinery and refused to move.<br />
<span class="image-right" style="width: 275px;"> <img alt="" class="imagecache imagecache-headline_image imagecache-default imagecache-headline_image_default" height="184" src="https://www.commondreams.org/sites/commondreams.org/files/imagecache/headline_image/article_images/el_dar.jpg.jpg" title="" width="275" /> <span class="caption">
Eleanor Fairchild and Daryl Hannah were dragged from their positions in
front of an excavator to keep it from tearing up Eleanor’s land.
TransCanada’s machinery operator refuses to turn off engine despite
peaceful protestors a few feet in front of them. (Photo:
TarSandsBlockade.org) </span></span>The arrest took place on Fairchild's
own property, where Canadian pipeline company TransCanada is
clearcutting forests to make a path for the southern portion of the
controversial Keystone XL pipeline, designed to bring tar sands oil from
Alberta to Texas refineries.<br />
Daryl’s involvement in the Fairchild Farms story brought a cascade of
media attention to the Tar Sands Blockade which has been ongoing for
nearly two weeks in east Texas.<br />
"How can you be arrested for “trespassing” on your own land?" asked members from Tar Sands Blockade in a <a href="http://ecowatch.org/2012/daryl-hanna-arrested/">statement</a>. "Well, anything can happen when a multi-national corporation comes in and expropriates your farm for their profit."<br />
On Thursday afternoon, Hannah marched across Fairchild’s property
with the ranch owner to block construction crews who have cleared large
swaths of land along the controversial tar sands pipeline’s route.
Keystone XL will permanently bisect <a href="http://tarsandsblockade.org/eleanor/" target="_blank">Fairchild’s 300 acre ranch</a>,
which includes undeveloped wetland areas and natural springs producing
more than 400 gallons of fresh water per minute from her property.
Hannah, whose outspoken anti-Keystone position dates back many years,
expressed pride to be able to stand with Fairchild who is watching her
home and its delicate ecosystems destroyed in front of her eyes.<br />
“I am standing in solidarity with the farmers, ranchers and
landowners who have been bullied, coerced and threatened by TransCanada.
Texans do not want this <a href="http://ecowatch.org/2012/transcanadas-latest-extreme-energy-pipelines-in-the-u-s-and-canada/" target="_blank">toxic export pipeline</a>
coming through and compromising their land and water,” said Fairchild.
“Texas has already experienced a tragic and epic drought. We cannot
afford to compromise our water supply for a multinational corporation’s
profits.”<br />
“I couldn’t be prouder to take a stand with my new inspiration,
Eleanor,” Hannah said. “We’re rising up to defend homes here and now,
because if a multinational corporation like TransCanada can come in and
steal private property from Texans, then they’ll do it to anyone.”<br />
“Tar sands is the dirtiest fuel on the planet, and I want the world
to know that Texans do not want this pipeline forced through their
homes,” Fairchild said, pushing back against the argument that her
stance was solely about protecting her own property and water supply.
“From the White House to my house, I don’t want this pipe threatening
anyone’s house anywhere in the world!”<br />
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<a href="http://tarsandsblockade.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Epic-Hollywood-Fairchild-sm.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1977" src="http://tarsandsblockade.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Epic-Hollywood-Fairchild-sm.jpg" style="height: 302px; width: 540px;" title="Daryl and Eleanor Stop The Excavator" /></a><br />
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<strong>UPDATE 6:30PM</strong> - Photos and video of the action are coming soon. Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/KXLBlockade">twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TarSandsBlockade">facebook</a> to be the first to see them.<br />
<a href="http://tarsandsblockade.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Img_0170.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1980" src="http://tarsandsblockade.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Img_0170.jpg" style="height: 360px; width: 540px;" title="Daryl and Eleanor v. KXL" /></a><br />
<strong>UPDATE 4:30PM </strong>- TransCanada has arrested Eleanor for “trespassing” on her own land.<br />
<a href="http://tarsandsblockade.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Eleanor_Holding-1.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1983" src="http://tarsandsblockade.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Eleanor_Holding-1.jpg" style="height: 303px; width: 540px;" title="Eleanor Holding Them Off" /></a><br />
<strong>UPDATE 3:40PM</strong> – Daryl has been arrested for helping
Eleanor defend her farm from toxic tar sands. Eleanor defiantly standing
her ground with arms raised to halt TransCanada’s machinery.<br />
<a href="http://tarsandsblockade.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Img_0219.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1969" src="http://tarsandsblockade.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Img_0219.jpg" style="height: 360px; width: 540px;" title="Daryl Arrested, Eleanor Stands Strong" /></a><br />
<strong>UPDATE 3:35PM</strong> – Police officer trying to push Daryl and Eleanor out of the way! Yes, we got it on video.<br />
<a href="http://tarsandsblockade.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Img_0211.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1973" src="http://tarsandsblockade.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Img_0211.jpg" style="height: 360px; width: 540px;" title="Police Trying to Push Daryl and Eleanor" /></a><br />
<strong>UPDATE 3:30PM</strong> – Eleanor and Daryl defiantly step out
in front of an excavator, a large piece of heavy machinery, to keep it
from tearing up Eleanor’s land. TransCanada’s machinery operator refuses
to turn off engine despite peaceful protestors a few feet in front of
them.<br />
<a href="http://tarsandsblockade.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Img_0047.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1970" src="http://tarsandsblockade.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Img_0047.jpg" style="height: 360px; width: 540px;" title="Daryl and Eleanor" /></a><br />
Daryl brave’s fire and Keystone XL machinery to defend Eleanor’s farm.<br />
<a href="http://tarsandsblockade.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Img_0136.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1981" src="http://tarsandsblockade.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Img_0136.jpg" style="height: 360px; width: 540px;" title="Daryl Holding Back KXL Machinery" /></a><br />
<strong>UPDATE 3:15PM</strong> – Eleanor and Daryl march from
Eleanor’s home down to the Keystone XL path of destruction that cuts
through her 300 acre beloved farm and wetlands.<br />
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3 nuclear reactor at Doel Nuclear Power Station in Belgium was shut
down on August 8, 2012 under the suspicion that one of its components
might be cracked. “We have found anomalies,” said Karina De Beule,
spokesman for the ACFN, the federal agency for nuclear control.<br />
Doel 3
reactor will be shutdown until at least the end of August, but it is
possible that the reactor could be shut down for good.<br />
The station
is located in the most densely populated area of all nuclear power
stations in Europe, with 9 million inhabitants within a radius of 75
kilometres (47 miles). Construction of this plant started in 1969 and
commission started in 1975. <strong>More info <a href="http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2012/08/08/nuclear-reactor-belgium-shut-due-suspicion-cracked-component/" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong><br />
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<strong>USA</strong></h2>
<span style="color: red;"><strong>(2)</strong></span> <strong>August 12, 2012 – Maryland, Calvert Cliffs – Shutdown</strong><br />
Operators
of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Southern Maryland have
shut down one of the two reactors there because a control rod
unexpectedly dropped into the reactor core, causing a reduction in power
generation, a plant spokesman said Monday.<br />
The 793-MW unit was
shut after a leak was identified Aug. 12. Since July, the NRC has been
monitoring a gradual increase of unidentified leakage at the reactor and
sought safety assurances from Entergy on those leaks.<br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">(3)</span> August 12, 2012 - Connecticut, Millstone Power Station – Shutdown</strong><br />
Connecticut’s nuclear power plant shut one of two units on Sunday because seawater used to cool down the plant is too warm. <strong>More info <a href="http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2012/08/14/nuclear-reactor-connecticut-shut-due-excessive-seawater-temperatures/" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">(4)</span> August 12, 2012 - Michigan, Palisades – Shutdown</strong><br />
Palisades
is shut down because of a leak of coolant from the control rods. It’s
supposedly fixed now but the NRC is bringing in three more inspectors.<br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">(5)</span> August 14, 2012 - Minnesota, Prairie Island – Shutdown </strong><br />
One
of the two nuclear generators at the Prairie Island plant was shut down
because its emergency diesel generators suffered exhaust leaks.<br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">(6)</span> August 14, 2012 - Minnesota, Monticello – Shutdown</strong><br />
The
Monticello nuclear plant’s single generating unit, which had been
operating at 10 percent capacity since last weekend, was shut down
because of a leaking pipe inside the plant’s concrete containment
structure, the company said.<br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">(7)</span></strong> <strong>August 16, 2012 – Michigan, Fermi – Loss of data</strong><br />
At
approximately 14:58 EDT, a portion of the Fermi 2 Integrated Plant
Computer System (IPCS) failed. This resulted in a loss of approximately
60 percent of data on the Safety Parameters Display System (SPDS). <strong>More info <a href="http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/en.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong><br />
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BELGIUM</h2>
<span style="color: red;">(8)</span> <strong>August 16, 2012 – Tihange 2 nuclear reactor, Tihange Nuclear Power Station – Shutdown</strong><br />
Belgium
has halted the 1,008-megawatt Tihange 2 reactor, as it has the same
pressure vessel as Doel 3 at Doel Nuclear Power Station.<br />
“I would
like to remind that Doel 3 and Tihange 2 have been halted and do not
represent any danger for the population, the workers and the
environment,” Willy De Roovere, head of the FANC regulator agency.<br />
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<strong>JAPAN</strong></h2>
<strong><span style="color: red;">(9)</span> August 16, 2012 – No. 4 reactor turbine building, Fukushima No. 1 - <strong>Radioactive water leakage</strong></strong><br />
Tokyo
Electric Power Co. discovered possibly highly radioactive water on the
first floor of the No. 4 reactor turbine building at its
disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Tuesday
morning. The company believes the water leaked from a pipe that is
transferring highly radioactive water from the basement of the No. 3
reactor’s turbine building. <strong>More info <a href="http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2012/08/16/possibly-highly-radioactive-water-found-on-floor-of-no-4-reactor-in-fukushima-nuclear-plant/" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong><br />
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<strong>UK</strong></h2>
<strong><span style="color: red;">(10)</span> August 18, 2012 – East Lothian – Torness nuclear power station – Fire</strong><br />
Fire
crews were called to Torness nuclear power station in East Lothian
early yesterday after a blaze broke out. The plant’s on-site fire team
dealt with the incident, which involved lagging on a pipe catching
alight at 12:25am. Managers insisted there was no risk to the public
during the incident at the plant, operated by French firm EDF Energy.<br />
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Posted <abbr class="comment-datetime" title="2012-08-19T20:08:29+00:00">August 19, 2012 at 8:08 PM</abbr></div>
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ah – i was thinking wrong, as in “events” being protests and rallies – oops <img alt=";)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" /><br /> nonetheless, a big 10 days!</div>
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Ya
when stuff gets older and weaker, still has pressure on it, and the
ground quakes……….10 in 10 days huh? Could this just be the beginning of a
line of events that is going to gradually increase ugly wise? Is
Canada next? What is going to happen this Sept 2012 when Japan gets
whacked again with 8.9 and 9.8M+ Quakes: and/or higher, same day events;
and their containment fields are not exactly ready now? I’m just so
happy they built them right where they did <img alt=":(" class="wp-smiley" src="http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif" />
Every one is focused on melting water to raise the Oceans and flood
coastal regions. But when large mountains burst out of our Oceans the
water will rise.</div>
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there
were quite a few more events in the US – OWS was involved along with
Occupy New Mexico, OWS Environmental Solidarity, etc., but i guess this
article was to cover only the 8th to the 18th (?) – these were all
around “Hiroshima Day”<br />
here are a few links:<br /> <a href="http://rceezwhatsup.blogspot.com/2012/08/occupy-nukes-hiroshima-day-august-6-ows.html" rel="nofollow">http://rceezwhatsup.blogspot.com/2012/08/occupy-nukes-hiroshima-day-august-6-ows.html</a><br /> <a href="http://rceezwhatsup.blogspot.com/2012/08/los-alamos-national-call-to-action.html" rel="nofollow">http://rceezwhatsup.blogspot.com/2012/08/los-alamos-national-call-to-action.html</a><br /> <a href="http://rceezwhatsup.blogspot.com/2012/08/livermore-group-to-commemorate-atomic.html" rel="nofollow">http://rceezwhatsup.blogspot.com/2012/08/livermore-group-to-commemorate-atomic.html</a><br /> <a href="http://rceezwhatsup.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-6-day-of-action-against-us.html" rel="nofollow">http://rceezwhatsup.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-6-day-of-action-against-us.html</a></div>
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Scientists first began tracking common butterflies around the nuclear
plant two months after the disaster. They collected 121 insects, and
found 12 percent of them had unusually small wings. That number jumped
more than 5 percent when butterflies collected from the plant site had
offspring of their own.<br />
In another group of butterflies collected six months after the
disaster, scientists found 28 percent had “abnormal” traits. That number
nearly doubled among the second generation born.<br />
“At the time of the accident, the populations of this species were
overwintering as larvae and were externally exposed to artificial
radiation,” the researchers wrote in their study. “It is possible that
they ate contaminated leaves during the spring and were thus also
exposed to internal radiation.”<br />
It has been 17 months after the worst nuclear disaster since
Chernobyl, and its effects on human health have largely been considered
minimal, with no radiation-related deaths or illnesses reported so far.
But traces of radioactive cesium exceeding government safety levels have
been detected in seafood off the Fukushima coast, limiting the catch
for fisherman there.<br />
Tiny amounts of cesium of 137 and cesium 134 were detected in more
than a dozen bluefin tuna caught near San Diego in August last year. The
levels were 10 times higher than tuna found in previous years, but well
below those the Japanese and US governments considered harmful to human
health.<br />
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She has been arrested 40 or 50 times for acts of civil disobedience and
once served six months in prison. In the Nevada desert, she and other
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Sister Rice is one of three people arrested in a break-in at a the Oak Ridge nuclear reservation. </div>
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She gained so much attention that the Energy Department, which maintains
the nation’s nuclear arsenal, helped pay for an oral history in which
she described her upbringing and the development of her antinuclear
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Now, Sister Megan Rice, 82, a Roman Catholic nun of the <a href="http://www.shcj.org/society.html">Society</a>
of the Holy Child Jesus, and two male accomplices have carried out what
nuclear experts call the biggest security breach in the history of the
nation’s atomic complex, making their way to the inner sanctum of the
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“Deadly force is authorized,” <a href="http://blogs.knoxnews.com/munger/2012/08/a-sign-of-deadly-force-at-y-12.html">signs there</a> read. “Halt!” Images of skulls emphasize the lethal danger. </div>
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With flashlights and bolt cutters, the three <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/us/pacifists-who-broke-into-nuclear-weapon-facility-due-in-court.html?ref=energydepartment">pacifists defied</a>
barbed wire as well as armed guards, video cameras and motion sensors
at the Oak Ridge nuclear reservation in Tennessee early on July 28, a
Saturday. They splashed blood on the Highly Enriched Uranium Materials
Facility — a new windowless, half-billion-dollar <a href="http://www.babcock.com/news_and_events/2010/20100323a.html">plant</a> encircled by enormous guard towers — and hung banners outside its walls. </div>
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“Swords into plowshares,” read one, quoting the Book of Isaiah. “Spears
into pruning hooks.” The plant holds the nation’s main supply of highly
enriched uranium, enough for thousands of <a class="meta-classifier" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/atomic_weapons/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="More articles about nuclear weapons.">nuclear weapons</a>. </div>
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The actions of Sister Rice, a New York native who grew up on a
prosperous block in Morningside Heights, and her companions, ages 57 and
63, are a huge embarrassment for President Obama. Since 2010, he has
led a campaign to eliminate or lock down nuclear materials as a way to
fight atomic terrorism. Now, the three — two of whom, including Sister
Rice, are free and are awaiting trial in October — have made nuclear
theft seem only a little more challenging than a romp in the Tennessee
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In interviews this week, Sister Rice discussed her life — somewhat
reluctantly at times — and kept emphasizing what she called “the issue.”
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“It’s the criminality of this 70-year industry,” she said. “We spend
more on nuclear arms than on the departments of education, health,
transportation, disaster relief and a number of other government
agencies that I can’t remember.” </div>
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Federal prosecutors, needless to say, take a different view. “This is a
matter of national security,” William C. Killian, a United States
attorney, told reporters outside a Knoxville courtroom. “It is a
significant case.” </div>
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Sister Rice is no geopolitical strategist. But her bold acts and
articulate fervor highlight how the antinuclear movement has evolved
since the end of the cold war. They also illustrate the fierce
independence of Catholic nuns, who <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/us/catholic-nuns-meet-to-weigh-reply-to-vatican.html">met this week</a> in St. Louis to decide how to respond to a Vatican appraisal that cast them as rebellious dissenters. </div>
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“We’re free as larks,” Sister Rice said of herself and her older
religious friends. “We have no responsibilities — no children, no
grandchildren, no jobs.” </div>
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“So the lot fell on us,” she said of fighting nuclear arms. “We can do
it. But we all do share the responsibility equally.” </div>
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Megan Gillespie Rice was born in Manhattan on Jan. 31, 1930, the
youngest of three girls in a Catholic family. Her father was an
obstetrician who taught at New York University and treated patients at
Bellevue Hospital. Her mother received a doctorate from Columbia
University in history, writing her dissertation on Catholic views about
slavery. </div>
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In the <a href="http://digital.library.unlv.edu/objects/nts/1247">oral history</a>,
by the University of Nevada, Sister Rice portrayed her mother as
strongly in favor of interracial marriage. “I just can’t wait,” she
quoted her mother as saying, “until everybody in the world is tan!”
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Sister Rice went to Catholic schools in Manhattan, became a nun at 18
and received degrees in biology from Villanova and Boston College, where
her studies included class work at Harvard Medical School on how to use
radioactive tracers. From 1962 to 2004, with occasional breaks, she
served her order as a schoolteacher in Nigeria and Ghana. </div>
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“We slept in a classroom — no electricity, no water,” she said of her early days in rural Africa. </div>
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While visiting Manhattan in the early 1980s, she joined in antinuclear
protests. She began visiting the Nevada test site for demonstrations and
prayer vigils. Her mother accompanied her at times. </div>
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Around 1990, Sister Rice and other nuns set out on foot in the desert
toward the site’s operational headquarters to distribute antinuclear
leaflets. But guards, she recalled, “came up with their guns and treated
us as though we were terrible criminals.” </div>
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In 1998, she was arrested in a protest at the School of the Americas, an
Army school at Fort Benning, in Georgia. It taught generations of Latin
American soldiers to fight leftist insurgencies; some went on to commit
human rights abuses. The school has since been closed. </div>
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Sister Rice served six months in federal prison. “It was a great
eye-opener,” she said. “When you’ve had a prison experience, it
minimizes your needs very much.” </div>
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Malaria and typhoid fever began to impede her work in Africa and brought
her back to the United States permanently. Around 2005, her order gave
her permission to join the Nevada Desert Experience, an activist group
based in Las Vegas that organizes spiritual events near the atomic test
site in support of nuclear abolition. </div>
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“She’s the kind of person who would risk her life to protect others,”
Jim Haber, the group’s coordinator, said in an interview. </div>
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Late last month, Sister Rice set her sights on the Oak Ridge <a href="http://www.oakridge.doe.gov/external/publicactivities/emergencypublicinformation/oakridgereservationfacilities/tabid/321/default.aspx">nuclear reservation</a>,
which covers more than 50 square miles, including wooded hills. Her aim
was to draw attention to its nuclear work. After the break-in, the
protesters released an <a href="http://blogs.knoxnews.com/munger/2012/07/oak-ridge-y-12-indicted-for-wa.html">“indictment”</a> accusing the United States of crimes against humanity. </div>
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On Thursday in Knoxville, federal prosecutors shot back with an
indictment of their own. They charged Sister Rice, Michael R. Walli, 63,
of Washington, and Gregory I. Boertje-Obed, 57, of Duluth, Minn., with
trespassing on government property (a misdemeanor) as well as its
destruction and depredation (both felonies). The charges carry penalties
of up to 16 years in prison and fines of up to $600,000. All pleaded
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A trial in Federal District Court in Knoxville is set for Oct. 10. If
found guilty, the three defendants might be allowed to serve their
sentences for the various charges concurrently, shortening their
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“She’s a pretty sympathetic character,” Ralph Hutchison, coordinator of the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace <a href="http://orepa.org/about-2/">Alliance</a>, said of the nun. “Sixteen years would be signing her death warrant.” </div>
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Sister Rice plans to leave Knoxville on Saturday for the Catholic Worker
residence in Washington and commute to the trial from there. </div>
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She called her life privileged. “I’ve sort of fallen heir to it,” she
told the interviewer from the University of Nevada. “I’m grateful.”
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