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...never been patient before he went flying with his grandkids. "I forced it on myself so I don't become anxious or annoyed," says the computer-systems architect, 58. "I don't want to associate anything bad with the thrill of flying." Ron Vickrey, 69, a retired executive in Port Orange, Fla., believes his daughters were too young when he taught them to fly. By 16, when they were eligible to get a license, they had lost interest. With his granddaughters, he plans to wait and start them at 16. But he hasn't told them yet. "I'm lying...
RULED NEGLIGENT. THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, which owned and operated the World Trade Center; in the 1993 truck-bomb explosion in the building's underground garage that killed six and injured 1,000; after a long-awaited four-week trial, in a victory that clears the way for damage suits for victims of the attack; in New York City. Plaintiffs' attorneys, seeking a total of up to $1.8 billion, said the agency ignored warnings from its own experts of such an attack...
...Kala Dhaka tribesmen are ignorant of the world beyond their towering peaks. Some have worked as laborers in Karachi's port. Others, stirred up by preachers, took their guns and crossed into Afghanistan after 9/11 to join the Taliban fighting American troops. In the 19th century, they repeatedly drove back British forces from the Indus. These tribes were known to be as fanatical as they were fierce, but they do like to joke around. "Would you like to see your President Boosh?" asks tribesman Tariq Angar as he drags over a white-bearded elder with a mean squint. Lose...
...cliff top. Growing up in the area, Tom Denniss was fascinated by these eruptions, caused when waves rushing deep into a cave force a mix of compressed air and water out through a gap in the roof. Now, a few miles south of Kiama, in the industrial city of Port Kembla, Denniss and his company, Energetech, are using the principles of the blowhole to turn wave energy into electricity...
...oscillating water column successfully generated power during trials outside Port Kembla harbor in June. (A rival system called Pelamis, using 120-m-long hinged cylinders, was successfully tested in Scotland in April.) Once commissioned, Energetech's plant is expected to feed into the local grid enough clean power for 500 homes. Energetech is developing several commercial-scale projects from Israel to Rhode Island. Wave energy, Denniss says, is "more consistent, predictable and concentrated than wind. It's also inexhaustible." Having studied the ocean's power all his life, he's in no doubt that it will soon be turning...