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Bromley Council accused of declaring "war on its workforce"
15:25 13 November 2012
Bromley Council has been accused of declaring "war on its workforce" after withdrawing from a national pay agreement adhered to by the other London councils.
The final decision for the council to dump the agreement, known as the Green Book, was made at a Civic Centre meeting last night, attended by scores of staff.
The Green Book sets out the minimum for the pay and conditions for 1.4million local authority employees across the country.
Onay Kasab, Unite regional officer, said: "Bromley has declared war on its workforce and residents. Pay, jobs and services are under attack from councillors who themselves will not see any cuts to their allowances."
However, Bromley Council believes a more flexible local arrangement will allow it to reward hard working staff in challenging times.
Cllr Graham Arthur, portfolio holder for resources, said: "There are good reasons why the council has agreed to implement its own local framework for the terms and conditions of our staff on an 'as is' basis so our staff will not see a reduction in their current terms and conditions.
"We have consulted with staff and their representatives on the proposals and sought to address concerns about any potential change. We value our staff and will continue to do so."

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text: Nov 28, 2011 00:28 Blackwell carries vendetta for Arkansas Blackwell carries vendetta for Arkansas Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING LSU center T-Bob Hebert (53) and LSU offensive guard Will Blackwell (60), after the second half of the LSU-Auburn game at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. LSU won, 45-10. MAGS OUT / INTERNET OUT/ONLINE OUT/NO SALES/TV OUT/FOREIGN OUT/ LOUISIANA BUSINESS INC./GREATER BATON ROUGE BUSINESS REPORT/225/10/12/IN REGISTER/LBI CUSTOM PUBLICATIONS OUT/ Gary Laney| theadvocate.com sports editor Nov. 24, 2011; 11:41 a.m. Comments Will Blackwell has seen some good times in his LSU career. The senior offensive guard was a redshirting freshman as LSU won a national championship in 2007. He has enjoyed numerous wins not only in Tiger Stadium, but places like Neyland Stadium, Bryant-Denny Stadium and Between the Hedges at Georgia. But one thing sticks in his craw about his career as he heads for his final home game. "We have a personal vendetta against Arkansas," Blackwell said matter-of-factly, speaking for LSU's senior class. "It's the only team that we've played consistently against in a series that we won't have a chance to have a winning record against in a career." Blackwell and LSU's other seniors will have a chance to get the last word in when No. 3 Arkansas visits No. 1 LSU Friday. The Razorbacks have indeed been a team that has constantly been a thorn in LSU's side. Arkansas has won three of the last four in the series, including a 31-23 win last year in Little Rock that likely cost LSU a spot in the Sugar Bowl. In 2007, Arkansas very nearly derailed LSU's national title hopes with a triple-overtime upset in Baton Rouge. "That stings a little bit," said Blackwell of LSU being 1-3 against Arkansas in his years at LSU, including the year he redshirted. "Especially against a team you play every year and are going to fight for a division title." In last year's loss in Little Rock, Blackwell said LSU made numerous mistakes that allowed the Ryan Mallet/Niles Davis-led Razorbacks to pull out the win. "We didn't play our best game on the road, the day after Thanksgiving," Blackwell recalled. "It was a little tough for us. We had some miscues." Blackwell, a starting guard for the Tigers who is the reigning SEC offensive lineman of the week for his efforts in spearheading a 353-yard LSU rushing attack in a 52-3 win over Ole Miss, will likely again be asked to help LSU establish a physical running game against Arkansas. In past games this season against high-powered passing offenses like West Virginia and Oregon, LSU has chosen to try to control the clock with the running game to keep the offense off the field. It would make sense for the Tigers, who are second in the SEC in both rushing yards (209.5 per game) and yards per carry (4.8 a game) to try the same approach today against Arkansas' SEC-best pass attack. Arkansas, meanwhile, has been vulnerable against the run, giving up 164.2 yards a game and 4.3 yards a carry. Both stats are eighth in the 12-team SEC. "We'll see what we can do," Blackwell said. What he doesn't want to happen is to see Arkansas spoil things one more time, not on his senior day. "It's the last game in Tiger Stadium," he said. "There's something about playing in that place that makes it special. "It's kind of bittersweet, but hopefully we can end on the right note." Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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My husband took this photograph at the Feast of the Hunter's Moon. Many of the handmade crafts and homemade cooking at the gathering made me think of my childhood, but none of them touched my heart as much as this bread dough. I remember my mother making homemade rolls. Sometimes she let me brush sweetened milk on top of the hot bread when she took it out of the oven. I also remember my grandmother rolling out pie dough, then helping me make "rolly doughs" with the leftover dough scraps that she trimmed from her hand fluted pie shells.
Most of my time at the feast was thought provoking in a nostalgic sort of way. Even the smell of rabbit stew and cobs of corn grilled over open fires made me daydream of years long gone. It was encouraging to be reminded of simpler more difficult times. Of course, in those childhood memories I was NOT the one doing the work.
I enjoyed the day. It was also nice to come home to modern conveniences. Unlike the women of the past that had no easier way to make bread, I can take a trip down memory lane and then put my feet up while the dough boy does the work.


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Let $T$ be a measure-preserving transformation on a probability space $(\Omega,\mathcal B,\mu)$. Assume that for any pair of measurable sets $A,B\in\mathcal B$ with $\mu(A), \mu(B)>0$, one can find $N$ such that $T^{-n}(A)\cap B\neq\emptyset$ for all $n\geq N$. Is $T$ mixing with respect to $\mu$? This is likely to be a simple exercise. So, apologies, and thanks in advance.
There is a condition known to be intermediate between the one you mention and mixing. A transformation is lightly mixing if $\liminf_{n\to\infty} \mu(T^{-n}(A)\cap B) > 0$ for all $A$ and $B$ of positive measure. For a transformation which is lightly mixing but not mixing, see for example Friedman and King's paper "Rank One Lightly Mixing".
The authors left out that $T$ is ergodic in Lemma 2.4. If $T$ is ergodic and $\liminf_{n\to \infty}\mu (T^nA\cap A) > 0$ for all sets $A$ of positive measure, then $T$ is lightly mixing. In other words, $\liminf_{n\to \infty}\mu (T^nA\cap B) > 0$ for all sets $A,B$ of positive measure. Proof: Suppose there exists sets $A,B$ of positive measure such that $\liminf_{n\to \infty}\mu (T^nA\cap B)=0$. There exists a sequence $n_k$ such that $\lim_{k\to \infty} \mu (T^{n_k}A\cap B)=0$. Since $T$ is ergodic choose, $\ell$ such that $\mu (A\cap T^{\ell}B)>0$. Let $A'=A\cap T^{\ell}B$. Thus, $\mu (T^{n_k+\ell}A'\cap A')\leq \mu (T^{n_k+\ell}A\cap T^{\ell}B) = \mu (T^{n_k}A\cap B)$. The last equality holds by measure preservance. Therefore, $\lim_{k\to \infty} \mu (T^{n_k+\ell}A'\cap A')=0$.


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"Is there something going on that I should know about?"
If season 15 of 'SVU' could be boiled down to one sentence, this would likely be it.
This statement is usually the underlying theme of many of the crimes that the squad investigates, most of them involving a he-said, she-said narrative.
Wednesday's episode, "Reasonable Doubt," certainly falls into this category with a bitter ex-wife accusing her estranged husband, a powerful television producer, of molesting their young daughter.
This case, as with every other one this season, is tinged with gray in a way that no one knows who to believe, and this is precisely the thing that makes it so, sadly, realistic.
But, it's not just this case that has things stirring in that squad room. Because viewers have become enmeshed in the personal lives of these detectives, every situation now acts as a prism into their individuality; into their thought process and decision-making methods.
While this may be true given what we know about Benson, Rollins, Amaro and Fin, it's certainly not true of the newest member of the squad, Lieutenant Murphy. Other than the fact that he spent several years undercover and that he's proven he's willing to lie to protect his crew, viewers have seen very little of his course of action when it comes to actually dealing with the accused and their accusers.
Until now.
It's rather amazing that adding this one new faction to the group can change the dynamic so significantly that this deep into the season, 'SVU' feels like a whole new ballgame. Murphy's presence in the interrogation scenes is charged with something, something that's hard to decipher, but that seems, for some indeterminate reason, to feel like a throwback to the original "Law & Order." Maybe it's his hard-nosed approach, maybe his old-school, grizzled cop attitude. Whatever it is, his pairing with Benson in getting to the truth doesn't contain the slightest bit of newness as these two give the impression that they've worked together this way for years. It's a sort of a comforting feeling – not for the person in the hot seat per se, but for those watching them chip through the minutia, knowing that they're using each other and everything they have to expose what's fact and what's fiction.
When Murphy's not in the interrogation room, he continues to look out for the well-being of his staff in a way that he can only achieve by close observation of his underlings. While the detectives are still a bit guarded about his motives for this, the notion that his actions are simply for the sake of intrusion seems to be dwindling in the squad room. The slow dissolution of this barrier is allowing for some intriguing communication within this group and is a bit reminiscent of the revelatory process that viewers experienced when both Rollins and Amaro joined the team.
You may have noticed here that little has actually been revealed here about what specifically transpires in the main plot of "Reasonable Doubt." Rest assured, this is an engaging story complete with the by-now-almost-patented 'SVU' twists and turns one expects of this show. It's also chock full of guest stars, including, in lesser roles, Ann Curry and Gerald Rivera, with Samantha Mathis, Celia Keenan-Bolger, who's nominated for a 2014 Tony Award, Jeffery Tambor and Bradley Whitford as the principals involved in the core storyline. All are outstanding but Mathis and Whitford, as the feuding exes, are especially worthy of praise here as both portray their characters in such a way that viewers will find these people both believable, and yet despicable, at the same time.
Thrown in the middle of this case is a moment involving the detectives that will certainly stir up a variety of emotions among fans. Depending on one's disposition, moments of confusion or disbelief may be experienced. Or, conversely, one might be delighted by this turn. No matter what, this revelation will certainly come as a surprise. And, it's a pretty safe bet that what comes to light will undoubtedly cause a massive amount of social media discussion as well. With this in mind, kudos to the writers for the sly insertion of this interaction into the plot.
All of these things together – the bitter spouses battling each other, the new guy finding his way, the surprise that on one sees coming but that will affect everyone – beg an answer to the oft asked question, "Is there something going on that I should know about?"
Why yes, yes there is. Always. That's what keeps 'SVU,' deep, deep into this 15 season, both relevant and captivating.
Hashtags this week = "ReasonableDoubt & #RenewSVU
PS. A round of applause goes to the 'SVU' production designers for accurately depicting all facets of '70s TV, and reminding everyone just how truly cheesy it was, and how incredibly far we've come. Well done!
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From where I sit in Vico's Miami, Florida office, I see what I will dare to call an East/West divide on BIM adoption across the United States.
From my vantage point, I see the West Coast thriving with new projects - from complex hospitals to new high tech company campuses to transportation hubs to public works projects – and they are all using 5D BIM. Not only were the projects won by GCs who are highly proficient in Virtual Construction, but they are being planned, executed, and tracked with Vico Office.
However, on the East Coast, I hear a lot of crickets. Don't get me wrong, there are some incredible examples of 5D BIM coming through loud and clear at Cranshaw in Massachusetts, at Turner in NYC, and Hoar Construction in Alabama. But for the most part, the East Coast is woefully lagging the West.
Caption: One particularly compelling project on the East Coast is the new MathWorks campus expansion in Boston being led by Cranshaw Construction. With Vico's Coordination Resolution service, additional deliverables include 2D installation drawings and a 6D BIM model for facilities management.
I've been trying to divine some possible reasons, but why do you think there is an East/West divide?
I really can't believe the last one is true, but would really like to understand the reasons why there is a significant delta. If you have an insight you'd like to share, please comment at the bottom of this blog.
There is change on the horizon, though. Owners are requesting the use of 5D BIM more and more. This is part of an RFP for a recent huge project in Broward County, Florida. Just take a moment to read through it and see if your firm can deliver on the all the points…
It sounds to me like this Owner wants a whole lot of Vico Office! First, Vico Office allows you to work with all the popular BIM-authoring platforms like Revit, ArchiCAD, Tekla, even SketchUp, CAD-Duct, IFC files, and 3D DWGs. Next, Vico Office serves up clash detection and coordination. With the coordinated models, we can establish the location breakdown structures and location systems for individual trades. This means we can process the quantities by location. With these quantities by location and productivity rates from our subs (garnered from pull scheduling sessions or their bid packages), we can calculate task durations. And by simply associating schedule tasks with their line items in the cost plan, we have a fully resource- and cost-loaded schedule even at a very early stage. Brilliant, huh?
If you want to be poised to satisfy Owner's conditions like this, please give me a call. I've seen first-hand how companies are winning new business and successfully delivering it. The early adopters in the West have been reaping the rewards for a long time.
It's the future, like it or not, and it's never too late to get involved. Luckily for GCs and CMs on the East Coast, there are huge benefits to starting BIM for Construction now as adoption is still slow and the early bird catches the worm!
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There is then a world-tour of all the monsters coming back, including the grand daddy of them all, Godzilla. I get the feeling that this world gets lot of monsters and monster attacks all over the world. I might get flack for this but I really want to listen to Monster by Lady GaGa. Monsters! Come on!
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BP's Gulf Oil Well May Be Leaking AGAIN: "The Oil May Be Coming From Cracks And Fissures In The Seafloor"
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Read your blog, GW, but can't post there. While I don't always agree with you, I do appreciate the issues that you bring to the forefront. And you've been busy lately!
Shovel ready work, ho!
You're basing this article on the opinion of a lawyer? You have to be kidding me.
I decided to see if the local newspaper had any coverage on this story and they had at least two. In this story http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2011/08/bp_denies_reports_of_oil_leaki.html the Stuart Smith piece is addressed specifically. BP denies calling out any Vessels of Opportunity, much less 40 of them as the Times-Picayune reported. If it turns out BP is stonewalling, it wouldn't be the first or last time. It seems hard to sweep 40 boat leases among independent sea captains under the rug though. Of course, this may just be part of managing the news cycle and Smith will produce hard evidence in the next phase.
Here's a "don't worry your pretty little head" article from the Mobile (Alabama) Press-Register http://blog.al.com/wire/2011/08/oil_companies_investigate_repo.html Note that there are about 45,000 abandoned wells and roughly 5,000 active wells in the Gulf of Mexico (see National Geographic for details). Many of them leak some oil from time to time. By now we all know that the Gulf has microbes that thrive on eating crude oil, so they probably take care of much of the oil leaking from old wells and that naturally seeps through the seafloor, a process which has been going on for millions of years.
What I kept wondering all through the Macondo disaster was why someone didn't just do a more careful job of tapping this well soon after BP fouled it up. If another team of explorers was to tackle Macondo and cut fewer corners during the process, this well should be producing huge amounts of oil. Of course, that would entail another company either leasing BP's rights to this field within the Federal Exclusive Economic Zone. Perhaps the oil cartel and the Feds are happy enough to just leave this oil under the seafloor for a while longer to let the bad press dissipate and keep supply down and prices up. Why haven't we seen more MSM stories about the extreme corruption in the Interior Department that rendered their oversight toothless prior to the Macondo disaster? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050404118.html (May 2010 story) We are fortunate BP Atlantis has not also blown up http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-spill-the-scandal-and-the-president-20100608 Here is a story detailing the whopping $2500 fines paid by MMS officials caught in the drugs and hookers scandals as the industry they were to supervise bought their compliance. http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/broken_government/articles/entry/1022/
In another story, the Times-Picayune also maps out how the three phases of next year's BP court trial are expected to proceed.
We went to Pensacola, Florida in late June and had a fine time on a gorgeous state park beach just on the Florida side of the Florida-Alabama state line. We didn't see any evidence of an oil spill, but we did have to endure a weeklong "controlled burn" of old vegetation in Gulf Shores Park, Alabama. Two days of it and we were so miserable we moved to a Florida park instead. Good ol' Alabama. It's the peak of tourist season, the park is booked to the brim, and after a small wildfire is contained, you go ahead and let it burn on for another week to clear out brush and 2/3 of the tourists in that huge state park. Where do you suppose they took their tourist dollars and 9 percent sales taxes? On a side note, the ferry to Dauphin Island was more fun than Dauphin Island. Dauphin Island was the site of the main Confederate fort that caused Admiral Porter to exclaim, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" Next time, I'm thinking Smoky Mountains in summer, Gulf Coast in September after tourists clear out and the water is still warm.
You are right. We should trust the opinions of an oil company.
I don't know if his theory is right or not.
But a lawyer who wins billion dollar judgments knows how to consult with top, credible experts and accurately convey what they've said...
Is there a new slick/plume building in the area or not (surface or sub-surface)?
Evidence not claims is required with a story like this.
While it's pure conjecture I suspect the oil disaster was an act of self sabotage done to keep the price of oil up by limiting the supply. If indeed there is a mountain of oil down there underneath the gulf, wouldn't that be enough to positively effect the global supply and bring the price down? But if a disaster on a large enough scale was created that would cause a ban on drilling into that mountain of oil then that supply would not be tapped.
Given that oil is a liquid and therefore not compressable, it would seem that there would have to be a tremendously large pocket of oil down there for the gusher to have maintained such a high pressure level with no apparent let up until it was finally plugged.
"While it's pure conjecture I suspect the oil disaster was an act of self sabotage done to keep the price of oil up by limiting the supply. If indeed there is a mountain of oil down there underneath the gulf, wouldn't that be enough to positively effect the global supply and bring the price down?"
A "mountain of oil" is HOW MUCH? If a herd of unicorns were to...
ANYTHING is possible, even a group of unicorns appearing on the horizon. But, the PROBABILITY is exceedingly LOW.
Current world output (extraction) is just shy of 90 MILLION barrels per day. How much of this total would be required to significantly alter the price of oil? 10%? 20%? Saudi Arabia produces about 13%. The Gulf, then, would have to produce at least as much as Saudi Arabia, whose oil fields are the largest EVER discovered (and back BEFORE all the major high-tech equipment existed- nearly 50 years ago!). Factor in that existing wells are in decline and that bringing on new wells takes several years, and it becomes clear that the probability of oil from the Gulf having any significant impact on reducing oil prices is pretty low.
BTW - liquids ARE compressible, it's just that it's not easy to do (and not likely occurring here).
But keep in mind the Saudi's are now having to pump sea water into their oil fields just to push the oil up the well. At Macondo the oil kept gushing and gushing at very high pressure levels without any human intervention. Now I haven't tried to do any calculations on the matter but instead have relied on my intuition of physics to determine how big that mountain of oil might be. But if we take as a given that the 'bulkhead' of that mountain is what was providing the oil pressure at the well head, my intuition is telling me that if that mountain were merely the size of an appalacian mountain top then all that pressure would have been released long before the well was plugged. I'm guessing the surface area of that bulkhead would have to be more compareable to an entire Himalayan mountain for the oil pressure to have been maintained for so long on such a big pipe. Now, surely the volume of something like a mount everest containing oil would be sufficient to significantly affect the global oil supply.
If it is leaking or isn't leaking, what exactly is anyone here on ZH going to do about it?
How is this information, if true, actionable in any sort of financial or ecoomic way by anyone here?
This is a finance and economics site, not a 9/11 truth site, conspiracy theory site, nor Deepwater Horizon BP disaster site. It's not theoildrum.com. It's not an Alex Jones / Infowars / PrisonPlanet mirror site. And it ain't the Fukushima covered-up-truth site either.
Huge enviro disasters have economic and financial consequences. Dumbass. Shut the fuck up.
- Short BP.
- Don't go there for vacation (or live there).
- Don't eat Gulf seafood.
- Don't invest in MBS, CMBS, or any product having to do with real estate on the shore lines there.
I'm sure this list is much longer.
Exploding batteries in Macs, and defective brakes in Toyota have nothing to do with the aura of Steve Jobs or with the bottom line of the "most proficient car maker in the history".
In doubt, kill the whistleblower to obtain a max. truth.
It must suck that GW has such a power over you that he can persuade you to click on his posts.
Not trying to run your life here, but maybe here is a tip.
If you don't like the subject of a post, why the fuck dont you avoid clicking on it?
If you want to be the supreme editor of all content here, buy the fucking site.
As an aside, what does an ass in a thong have to do with economics or financials?
Or is that merely self expression? Self expression that a wanna be editor in chief deems appropriate?
Right.same as the ones fucking off at work worrying about a worksafe environment.Do your job assbites or simply leave .
Never said I was perfect. Of course, when I asked that avatars remain porn free a while back, it was asking. And I was not being an asshole about it. I even recall a thank you, IIRC.
GW, have you seen the map the U.S. Navy put out of what happens to the U.S. when that well in the GoM goes BOOM?
We won't need a "Superhighway" up the middle of the U.S. for transport of goods.
We'll just float that stuff up the middle of the U.S,
BP can't cap it for the same reason it blew.
Intense pressure.
FWIW GW, I read most of your stuff here on ZH, your blog, or when linked to your site from another site for reference.
If you don't like GW's writing, don't read them!! I for one enjoy them.
Vive la difference!!!
Is GW one of your favorites as a male dude in the nude...I am impressed. Vive la difference.
Reply to the Geezer: You are trully a pinched old geezer, why don't you hurry up and die!
Snoop around for RPV video showing methane hydrate plumes in a wide area(very wide) around this site...hell even shows fracture ..geology of this stinks...generations of oilmen salivated and lusted for the Macondo.....hell, these rotten bastards lost all thier gear in the first attempt...too deep..too much pressure...crappy fractured salt...after they lost all thier tools downhole....they move 25000 ft and try again....me ? I think it is/was national policy to do this...bring Macondo on...screw SSE asia oil producers...at the end of the day the only thing the facsist gulf oil mob will be good at is making excuses...just say'n
Not to be a Debby Downer here but we do have natural seeps in the Gulf. Are they still maintaining a camera on the capped well or not? Anyone think to ask?
Meanwhile, Barry is all about helpin the common man out...
"At Wednesday's town hall in Atkinson, Ill., a local farmer who said he grows corn and soybeans expressed his concerns to President Barack Obama about "more rules and regulations" — including those concerning dust, noise and water runoff — that he heard would negatively affect his business.
The president, on day three of his Midwest bus tour, replied: "If you hear something is happening, but it hasn't happened, don't always believe what you hear."
When the room broke into soft laughter, the president added, "No — and I'm serious about that."
"Talk to them directly. Find out what it is that you're concerned about," Obama told the man. "My suspicion is, a lot of times, they're going to be able to answer your questions and it will turn out that some of your fears are unfounded."
"When this POLITICO reporter decided to take the president's advice and call the USDA for an answer to the Atkinson town hall attendee's question, I found myself in a bureaucratic equivalent of hot potato — getting bounced from the feds to Illinois state agriculture officials to the state farm bureau."
Singing the praises of statists and nanny bullshit artists everywhere ;-)
Ya but it sounds and looks so good on t.v. . Soundbites thats all we need, no follow up. MJ Lee is a rogue reporter and some people say she is a terrorist.
"MJ Lee is a rogue reporter and some people say she is a terrorist."
LOL!!!...one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter afterall ;-)
Man George, you must be walking around with an open MIC-The trolls were here in a N.Y. minute. Milestones
Expect them to blame it on an earth-quake, either one that has happened last year or one that will happen soon
Do you ever admit you are wrong?
BP said Thursday that the shiny substance floating on the water's surface didn't come from its operations, and officials said it had since dissipated. Reports of sheen are common: More than 200 were called in last year in an area far from BP's well where the new sheen was reported, and 13 were reported Wednesday alone off Louisiana's coast.
BP wouldn't be hiring boats to lay boom around their well site just for the fun of it. They are too cheap for that, as anyone with a brain should know by now.
Thanks for posting, BP P.R. department!
Maybe, maybe not:
Mr. Orr took a sample from the southern end of Breton Island National Park – and sure enough, lab-certified tests results established a fingerprint match to BP's Macondo Well (see link to my previous post and test results below).
The most alarming part of the finding was not simply that the Breton Island sample had BP's fingerprint on it, but that the test results were nearly identical to those from the fresh oil seen in the early days of the BP spill – instead of the heavily weathered and degraded oil we've come to expect in recent weeks and months.
Cast iron balls...a freakin stupendous amazing pile...I mean 5lb cast iron balls. ..dropped on the fracture zone..till the gravity load on point overcomes uplift pressure...why iron shot ??..delivery to the bottom in a consistant manner...Chernobyl
In front of God and everyone these rotten bastards drilled through a mile of salt to get to that deposit......
Long on iron shot.....short beach front RE....Seafood
Hurray! The relief well worked and the Macondo Oil Well is sealed! Sept. 2010.
Black out news coverage, continued secret chemical spraying, and seal the area off; no observers.
Those who follow the saga know it's all a lie and that BP just needed time to distance themselves from the disaster that they created.
The oil could be cleaned up before it reached shore 50 miles away. The supertanker A-Whale could have been stationed at the site and siphoned the oil from the deep to the ship for separation. The separated oil could have been sent ashore for processing into useful product.
But Oh, the Expense! BP wouldn't make billions in profit this year, only millions!
That's why Tony Hayward was all smiles after dropping 3$20B to Obama graft account. He left for pennies on the dollar.
It keeps gnawing at my mind because I've done a few big geo repairs involving underground water intrusion. What is to stop that BP well from undermining the area, creating a massive sinkhole, and having a MEGA blowout? What the hell would we do if it was 100 feet wide all of a sudden? I have that cold tingle run up my spine when I think of that well.
Not much, if the salt domes collapse,which once the warm water dissolves them (since they are now breached) another bad scenario can develop.
Its ok though the government is here to help you along with that super enviro green concious BP.the have even had exercises in that area.Not to mention the "Synthia" flesh eating dna manipulated eco hazard. if you do not know about that,it is very interesting check it out.
No forgiveness needed they know what they do.Like drilling in the worst possible place .They are educated and we are not so shut up and sit down.
there will be another crisis around the corner to focus attention on soon.Like that magical misery tour
In your opinion, would it only be 100 feet wide?? how about 1000 or 10,000 feet??? Can you Tsunami of death for 1 million+++ people, that area under the sea that contains oil is enourmous is it not??? imagine a 10 mile by 10 mile 'eruption' of rock pushed by trillions of lbs of pressure from below. The wave would wash clear over all of FL......
and oh. "We" as in humans, would do .... nothing.
100 feet is a very conservative speculation based on simply eroding the "plugged" well. Honestly I don't see a mile wide monster as all that improbable if the oil under pressure continues to push itself through fissures in the rocky material making up the seafloor in that region.
You only need to move the sea floor a small distance if a large enough chunk of it moves at once to have a catastrophic set of conditions line up for coastal communities along the Gulf of Mexico. The location is also relatively close to the Louisiana coast so they would have very little warning.
This is an ongoing problem, no doubt of it in my mind, I won't buy Gulf seafood and encourage my family not to eat it.If the Alaska clean up went on for years afterwards, it seems logical that this spill (so much worse) would be going on too.
However, I have heard that the structure out there is not conducive to the kind of thing you are describing. I heard it is not big pockets of void that will cave and crater, but that they are draining porus rocks (more like a sponge holding the oil).
What are your thoughts on this?
won't, won't, won't...how about will, will, will. Makes a refreshing change, like a sponge soaking up sweet human sweat and smooth porous skin rather than gooey oil from a sickening sea side slick, created by a derelict rig, run by a huge prick that would not be fit to cook as boiled rooster inspite of his imposing tootser.
In your opinion, would it only be 100 feet wide?? how about 1000 or 10,000 feet??? Can you Tsunami of death for 1 million+++ people, that area under the sea that contains oil is enourmous is it not??? imagine a 10 mile by 10 mile 'eruption' of rock pushed by trillions of lbs of pressure from below. The wave would wash clear over all of FL......
and oh. "We" as in humans, would do .... nothing.
Thanks for George in staying on top of this and sharing what is really happening in the GOM
Wow. Could have fooled me.
Build a great rig and skimp on somethings and fuck it all up and it bites us all in the ass for a long time.
What a greasy slippery mess.
Build a bunch of rigs and drill the goddamn place DRY while we still have it below the seafloor.
Hey, GW...stay out of your hot tub.
oil's well that ends well...seriously this sucks...i like going to the coast
If the original site is leaking through cracks, then the obvious solution is to suck the formation dry. This effort would most certainly pay for itself.
They should have plugged it and redrilled the hole.
GW should do some reading. Around the world there are cracks in the mantle where oil leaks out through the ocean floor. This is normal. The earth's core due to heat is making oil around the world 24x7.


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We said to ourselves: 'As it is always the highest duty and pleasure to shew reverence to whom reverence is due, and our chief, perhaps our only Benefactor is he who by act and word, instructs us in Wisdom; so we, undersigned, feeling towards the Poet Goethe as the spiritually-taught towards their spiritual Teacher, are desirous to express that sentiment openly and in common. For which end we have determined to solicit his acceptance of a small English Gift, proceeding from us all equally, on his approaching Birthday; that so, while the venerable Man still dwells among us, some memorial of the gratitude we owe him, and think the whole world owes him, may not be wanting.'
And thus our little tribute, perhaps among the purest that men could offer to man, now stands in visible shape, and begs to be received— May it be welcome, and speak permanently of a most close relation, tho' wide seas flow between the parties!
We pray that many years may be added to a life so glorious; that all happiness may be yours, and strength given to complete your high task, even as it has hitherto proceeded, 'like a star, without haste, yet without rest.'


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In 2014, I've focused extensively on America's latest credit bubble due to the fact I believe we have now entered the final "crack-up boom" phase where things just get downright ridiculous. In early May, I wrote an article highlighting the triumphant return of some of the worst practices of the pre-financial crash era in the post: Is the Credit Bubble Popping? Carlyle Group Warns on Frothiness and Junk Bond Deals Get Pulled. In it, I noted two particular types of resurgent debt deals:
The first of these are known as "dividend deals." For those of you who are unfamiliar with them, you might not believe what they actually are. Basically, dividend deals are when companies owned by private equity firms tap the credit markets, and then a sizable percentage of the money borrowed is used to cut a check to the private equity owners themselves. Often times, the remainder of the debt is used to refinance existing debt.
Yes, you heard that right. The money earned from credit issuance isn't used to expand operations, it isn't spent on R&D, or anything productive whatsoever. Rather, funds are used to pay money directly to the private equity owners. From a private equity owner perspective, this is free money and of course they will take it. The insane thing is that creditors are willing to buy this garbage, and buying it they are. By the billions. In fact, you might own some in your mutual fund or pension fund. Who fucking knows, but this is insane.
The second sign of insanity is the increase in "payment-in-kind" notes. What this means is that interest on the debt can be paid back in, wait this is no joke, more debt! Even crazier, we are seeing examples of "payment-in-kind" notes being issued for the purpose of paying out dividends to private equity owners. I want to know which fund managers are buying these notes, and you should too.
Meanwhile, in a separate post titled, Leverage in PE Deals Soars Despite Fed Warnings, I noted that The Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency last year issued guidance urging banks to avoid financing leveraged buyouts that would rest in a debt/EBITDA ratio of over 6x. Of course no one gives a shit what the Fed says, what matters is what the Fed does, and the Fed has quite intentionally promoted what is now a nuclear debt bomb on planet earth.
Frighteningly, all these insane practices have finally come together in an orgy of financial irresponsibility also known as the planned $150 million bond issuance by Wave Division. It is both a "dividend deal" and "payment in kind" (PIK) bond, and to top it all off, will result in debt/EBITDA of 6.9x.
Bloomberg: reports that:
WaveDivision Holdings LLC, the West Coast cable provider taken private two years ago, is borrowing $150 million to pay a dividend to owners including Oak Hill Capital Partners LP and GI Partners LLC.
The five-year securities will have a payment-in-kind option, allowing the company to pay interest with additional debt, according to Standard & Poor's. The credit-rating company ranks the bonds B-, six levels below investment grade. Moody's Investors Service rates the securities one level lower at Caa1.
Companies are taking advantage of the Federal Reserve's easy-money policies by selling PIKs, one of the riskiest forms of debt. Issuers have sold $2.94 billion in eight PIK deals to pay dividends this year, compared with $1.74 billion in five offerings in the similar period of 2013, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
WaveDivision's offering reflects an "aggressive" financial policy and will increase its ratio of debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to 6.9 times from 5.9, according to a Moody's rating statement.
Meanwhile, as if you needed any more evidence of the financial lunacy happening, Bloomberg published a separate piece yesterday titled, Subprime Trading Like It's '07 in Car-Loan Bonds. The article notes that despite rising delinquencies in subprime auto loans, investor demand remains insatiable, and yields spreads are near record lows. We learn that:
In response to rising default rates on subprime U.S. auto loans, bond investors are deciding the best thing to do is pile into securities backed by the debt.
In the market where auto loans to people with spotty credit are bundled into bonds, the difference in yield between the lowest-rated securities and the safest has narrowed to the least since August 2007, according to Wells Fargo & Co. data. Demand for the bonds is translating into cheap funding for lenders, allowing them to make even more loans though payments more than 60 days late are on the increase.
"People have to reach further and further," said David Schawel, a money manager at Square 1 Bank in Durham, North Carolina. "The objective now is to reach a certain yield target instead of feeling good about the underlying credit."
Aided by low interest rates, the U.S. auto industry has been one of the bright spots of the economic recovery. Vehicle sales rose 11 percent to 1.61 million in May, bringing the annualized pace to 16.8 million, the most since February 2007, according to researcher Autodata Corp.
The subprime auto segment has ballooned since contracting following the financial crisis. Private-equity firms, attracted by the high margins, have flocked to the business during the past three years. New York-based Blackstone Group LP acquired Irving, Texas-based subprime lender Exeter Finance Corp. in 2011, the same year that Perella Weinberg partnered with CarFinance Capital LLC.
The influx of new players to the business has fueled concern that companies are lowering underwriting standards to win business.
Not surprising to see the private equity giants at the center of this fiasco as well.
Defaults on the debt are climbing as the segment reaches an "inflection point" with borrowers falling behind and loan terms easing, S&P analyst Amy Martin said in an interview in March.
At this point, I'd like to extend a big thank you to the morons at the Federal Reserve. The fascist cartel that continues to intentionally feed billions into the pockets of the 0.01% at the expense of humanity.
In Liberty,
Michael Krieger
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Vital statistics Dumbbell
shaped island 7 kms long and 1km wide at its narrowest point.
Land area is 1,083 hectares.
Location Off the northwestern tip of Panay
island in the Visayan region of the Philippines, 300kms south
of the capital, Manila.
Beaches Boracay actually has 30 beaches
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ribbon of powder white sand and getle, warm water.
Resorts There are about 200 on the island,
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The word Boracay is said to have come from
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first, let's toast that sunset cocktail!
Diversions are certainly no problem in this tropical eden
with leisure activities calendared throughout the year and
amenities offered by some 350 tourist establishments.
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|Ed Reed has delivered years of greatness for Ravens fans, but he longs for a Super Bowl title. (Getty Images)
OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- It's another ridiculously humid morning in the Baltimore area and Ed Reed is running around with about 100 kids at his camp, with the heat index at 105 degrees, wearing a vest carrying about 10 pounds of additional weight, no less. For as excited as these youngsters are to be learning from the future Hall of Famer, the most enthusiastic camper seems to be Reed himself.
When a teenager intercepts a pass at the end of Monday's session, and takes it to the imaginary house a la Reed, the safety is the first to greet him in the end zone, sprinting over to congratulate him. Even the most monotonous of drills -- instructing group after group of kids on proper technique to run through a ladder exercise -- has Reed's face aglow, as he urges them on, running alongside some of the youngest campers, stressing the need to stay focused and listen to their parents and teachers along the way.
As the hours mount and the sun settles directly above the glistening facilities at Stevenson University, baking the Division III school where the camp is being held, one thing is abundantly clear: Ed Reed loves football, as much as he ever has. In what has been a murky offseason, with veiled and not-so-veiled threats of a possible holdout, Reed trading shots with critics on Twitter and making cryptic remarks about the Ravens and his future and the business side of the game seemingly overshadowing all, to see the 33-year old in his element, between these lines, is to see a man at peace.
Make no mistake, the deep thinker still has much on his mind, and things to contemplate, as he revealed during a rare exclusive sit-down interview after the campers had departed, but those who know Reed best are confident that he will be back in the purple and black on Sundays this season. I can't imagine any absence of more than a few days at most.
"Everyone is talking about a holdout," said one of Reed's close family members. "Ed isn't going to hold out. He told me he isn't going to hold out. He speaks his mind about some things, gets some things off his chest, but he's never said he is going to hold out. He'll show up when he has to be there and he'll play out his contract."
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Reed, set to make $7.2 million in the final year of his deal, stopped just short of proclaiming that he won't hold out. He did concede he goes back and forth about it, but his love of the game has not waned. It is a passion instilled in him from a very young age with his father taking him to the park religiously to play, and watch, sports.
"I love this game, and I put my heart and soul into it," Reed said. "You could see it out here today. I'm sure the Ravens are confident I'll be there for camp, because they know how much I love the game, too. But I'll say this, they're not going to get me for cheap, not a chance.
"People don't know everything that has gone on behind closed doors, and what's been said. A lot of people out there want to judge you, but they don't know what goes into this, and they don't see both sides when it comes to contracts and this business.
"They want to say it's about money, but it's about more than that. I speak up, because there are a lot of guys in this league who can't. I fight for the little guy. This isn't just about me. The things I talk about don't just apply to me."
A chat with Reed has its twists and turns. It can start with discussing the compensation of football players, in this most dangerous of sports, relative to other major pro athletes. In the next breath, on to the violence in hip hop vs. the music of his youth, "that was more about love, more about inspiring each other." Then on to his desire to one day write a screenplay based on his father, an exceptional athlete himself who forged Reed's love of sports. And his work ethic, as Reed remembers hearing his dad leaving their humble home at 4 a.m. to head to work at the shipyard.
Reed is an open book, and will speak what is on his mind, with no interest in "being corporate," as he puts it. ("Football doesn't make us," he said. "It's part of our makeup, but it's not who we are.") He is honest. Maybe too brutally honest for some, which is just part of what makes him such a lightning rod with many detractors.
Ed, Unfiltered.
He also happens to be fairly complicated. And sensitive. It's a combination that can agitate Ravens brass and fans at times.
But lest we forget, the man is also something of a football genius, that rare breed who strikes fear in the likes of Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, (Reed's 57 interceptions lead all active players, he has scored 13 touchdowns, holds records for the longest returns in league history and as recently as 2010 he led the NFL in interceptions despite being limited to 10 games). Whether it be the world of art or music or business, the most creative and talented are often also those whose egos are most easily bruised, who on some level can't help really caring what others think of them.
Combine all of the above, and you have the makings for what has transpired with Reed, the Ravens and the city of Baltimore during this contentious summer, with everything he says or tweets under scrutiny as an aging defense tries to spearhead a Super Bowl run with the clock ticking on Reed and Ray Lewis.
"Don't judge me, or say something attacking me, and not expect me to say something back," Reed said. "There are so many people out there always looking to tear somebody down, without even knowing him. Unless you know a person, how are you going to judge him? You can't express how you feel about your profession, about your career, without someone wanting to tear you down?
"I preach to myself all the time not to let it bother me, to let it go, not to worry about people who want to hate. I don't care as much as I used to, but you still hear it. ...
|Age and injury concerns could be playing a part in the Ravens' reluctance to go long-term with Reed. (Getty Images)
Reed, who starred in a playoff game a few years back days after losing his younger brother, remained calm as the sun beat down on us in the bleachers, relaxed behind his shades. His words, in any one sound bite of a radio interview, or as a snapshot, could come off as a screed, when in reality he is merely expressing how he is feeling in that very moment. With Reed, it's always subject to change.
One day he might hint of a holdout. The next, he'll hit the golf course, a siren call to him, surrounded by his closest confidants, good friends and financial advisors Brad Davis and Brad Schwartz, and he could be in a totally different mindset.
No one I talked to in Reed's inner circle thought the man would walk away from the game. But could Reed, who feels underappreciated by the team at times, and felt betrayed when some teammates weighed in on his contract dealings with the Ravens, miss some time the opening week of camp? Would he stir the pot some in that regard, maybe rattle the Ravens' cage a bit to make a point, and possibly spur more dialogue?
Perhaps. But that, too, is part of the business of football, and in a sport without guaranteed deals, Reed wouldn't be the first player to exert what leverage he has.
There is a game of chicken going on here. Reed and the team talked quietly about a new contract after the lockout, according to sources, and the Ravens presented a multiyear deal two days before the 2011 season opener with Pittsburgh, a deal that would keep Reed below $8 million a year (a threshold far less accomplished safeties like Eric Weddle and Michael Huff have reached). From Baltimore's perspective, Reed is much older than those two and has experienced serious neck and hip injuries in recent years as well, making an already touchy negotiation even more delicate.
If Reed has another monster season, could they really let him get away in free agency? But then again, Baltimore is tight against the cap, still must secure Joe Flacco long-term, and has given Ray Rice, Haloti Ngata and Terrell Suggs big deals in the past few years.
Add in the fact that the team has to deal directly with the player in negotiations -- Reed is currently without an agent, and not actively looking to hire one right now -- and the propensity for bruised feelings escalates further.
Reed parted with former representative Eugene Mato some time ago, and, seeing how players and former college teammates have gone broke or lost millions getting bad advice from or being taken advantage of by agents and associates, he is very careful about who he trusts.
"Do I have an agent? No," Reed said. "I am him. Should I hire an agent at some point in time? Possibly. People say I should have an agent, but there are problems on the business side with that, too."
So for now, Reed takes counsel from Davis and Schwartz, from his friends, and from his family. With this football camp in Maryland over, he will host one more in his native Louisiana, and he continues to work with parks and recreations projects through his Ed Reed Foundation, including getting a three-acre multipurpose sports complex constructed in New Orleans.
He'll head to Georgia to spend more time with his son, and swap fatherhood stories with good friend Reggie Wayne ("He's taught me that it's more important to be a Pro Bowl dad than a Pro Bowl player"). And by then the start of camp will be near.
Reed doesn't need the money (notoriously frugal and far less splashy than most NFL stars, he has saved millions, friends say), but is still searching for that first Super Bowl ring, and the Ravens came a dropped ball in the end zone from playing for a championship a year ago.
It should be noted that Reed seemed genuinely touched that defensive coordinator Dean Pees stopped by camp Monday to say hello, and they continue to be in contact. And Reed broke down every huddle at his camp with the chant, "1,2,3 Ravens!" Staying away from camp, for more than a day or two, would be a shocker.
Before too long you'll probably find Ed Reed back at his locker, purposely situated in a part of the locker room populated by undrafted free agents and relative no-names. There he's most at home, looking to impart wisdom of matters on field and off, and preparing for what could be yet another All-Pro campaign.


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Interference with the normal function of endocannabinoids is caused by the initiation of the formation of beta-amyloid proteins that signal the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Endocannabinoids are very similar in structure to the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Dr. Daniel Madison, associate professor of molecular and cellular physiology at Stanford University School of Medicine, is the first to elucidate the function of endocannabinoids in Alzheimer's. The research was published in the June 18, 2014, edition of the journal Neuron.
The researchers examined the activity of small amounts of beta-amyloid proteins on the nerves in the hippocampus area of the brain. Normal levels of beta-amyloid proteins were found to enhance the ability to determine and remember location in space and to segregate, store, or disregard memories. Higher levels of beta-amyloid proteins produced the typical lack of memory retention and loss of spatial orientation seen in Alzheimer's.
Endocannabinoids are produced when a memory or event is important. The production of endocannabinoids and the transfer of the electrical impulses that is a memory are directed to specific nerve cells that preserve the memory. Even small amounts of beta-amyloid proteins were found to prevent the binding of endocannabinoids to the proper receptor. The time involved for the endocannabinoid function in memory is extremely short.
One would expect that the use of marijuana or the active ingredient in marijuana might be an effective treatment for this part of Alzheimer's disease. The time frame that marijuana is effective in the human body is much longer than the time frame that endocannabinoids are active. Marijuana does not exhibit the capacity to distinguish between memory impulses that need to be retained and memories that should be discarded.
This is the first research that has found a definite chemical link between beta-amyloid proteins and the endocannabinoid function in memory retention. The study was done with mice. The chemistry of mouse brains is almost exactly the same as human brains. The research may provide a method to prevent Alzheimer's but marijuana is not the answer.