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elderban @ 09-3-10 13:24
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Oil platform explodes in Gulf |
| Posted by elderban - 09-2-10 09:32 - 8 comments |
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QUOTE U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough tells CNN that 12 people from the production platform are in water immersion suits as they await rescue.
Colclough told CNN there are reports the production platform is still on fire.
"We don't know what caused the rig to catch on fire," he told CNN, noting the incident is under investigation.
Asked about concerns regarding oil leaks or pollution, Colclough said "there are reports the rig was not actively producing any product, so we don't know if there's any risk of pollution."
The incident comes nearly five months after a separate explosion on a BP rig in the Gulf triggered oil leak disaster ::sigh::
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Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off |
| Posted by Mustanger - 09-2-10 06:29 - 0 comments |
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I have a question about this. Why even take the chance in doing this now? Admiral Allen has said repeatedly that the government is requiring that BP complete the killing of the well with the "bottom kill". BP has been putting that off and at this point I think they are not going ahead with the relief wells and the ultimate solution to save some money and make it easier to produce this well in the future. Damn shame when any corporation can dictate to our government and further endanger our environment. I think that may well be what is happening. QUOTE Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The image of thick crude gushing from a blown-out oil well a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico was turned off when a tightly fitting cap was secured on top a month-and-a-half ago.
Engineers weren't expecting that sight again Thursday when they planned to delicately remove the cap as a prelude to raising the massive piece of equipment underneath that failed to prevent the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
But the government wasn't offering a guarantee no more oil would leak. Plans were being made for oil collection vessels to be on standby in case of a problem.
With the cap and failed blowout preventer removed temporarily until another blowout preventer can be installed, a lot will be riding on the stability of a plug that was created when mud and cement were pumped down into the well from the top. Essentially, the pressure exerted downward served to counter the pressure coming up.
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AA's Hidden Test to Find How Bags Get Lost, Late |
| Posted by Mustanger - 09-1-10 08:59 - 3 comments |
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Is this the start of another insidious plot to watch you and take away more freedoms? Or maybe it is just a good way to improve service and not loose your bags? QUOTE AA's Hidden Test to Find How Bags Get Lost, Late Airline tracks volunteers and their bags through DFW Airport with RFID technology
American Airlines is using high-tech tracking devices to figure out how it can move passengers and their bags through the airport faster and with fewer hassles.
When Takeshi Misutake lands at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport at 9 a.m., a white tag attached to his backpack tracks some of his moves. He volunteered to be part of the test when he boarded Flight 176 in Tokyo.
The tag on Misutake's bag contains a tiny radio-frequency identification antenna. The airline placed another identical tag on the suitcase he checked. As the bags move through critical points in the airport, they pass under scanners that read the RFID tag, telling the airline exactly how long it took for the luggage and the traveler to move through parts of the travel process.
American is trying to find any hidden bottlenecks or points where bags are more likely to disappear.
"Where did the passenger get slowed? Was there a line? Was there a number of bags in one area waiting to get through?" AA spokeswoman Stacey Frantz said.
The RFID technology allows the company to see what actually happens to bags and travelers, without anyone from the company having to be there to personally watch.
----------------------------------------------------- The airline is careful to point out that it is only relying on volunteers who agree to have their carry-on and checked bags tracked. The RFID tags cannot be tracked outside of the airport, American said.
"All of our customers have very willingly said, 'Yes, I would like to participate in the study' because any improvement, of course, directly impacts our customers," Frantz said.
American ran the test through Tuesday using volunteers who were connecting from international flights arriving at DFW. The airline was able to see how long it takes passengers to clear immigration and customs and retrieve their bags before traveling on.
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California students get tracking devices |
| Posted by elderban - 08-31-10 18:22 - 8 comments |
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QUOTE California officials are outfitting preschoolers in Contra Costa County with tracking devices they say will save staff time and money.
The system was introduced Tuesday. When at the school, students will wear a jersey that has a small radio frequency tag. The tag will send signals to sensors that help track children's whereabouts, attendance and even whether they've eaten or not.
School officials say it will free up teachers and administrators who previously had to note on paper files when a child was absent or had eaten.
Sung Kim of the county's employment and human services department said the system could save thousands of hours of staff time and pay for itself within a year.
It cost $50,000 and was paid by a federal grant. Sure, tag 'em while they're young, that way they'll be used to being tracked by the government by the time they reach adulthood. Aside from the laundry list of issues I see with this, this article scares the crap out of me, especially the part that says it was funded by a federal grant.
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Consumer Confidence in U.S. Rose More Than Forecast |
| Posted by Mustanger - 08-31-10 08:45 - 1 comments |
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This is the best news I have seen lately and that shows how bad it has been. We have been and continue to be in a "Catch 22" situation. Businesses are afraid to invest and hire more people because they are worried about being able to sell thier products. Consumers are afraid to buy more products because the businesses are not hiring and they are worried about their jobs....Catch 22! QUOTE Consumer Confidence in U.S. Rose More Than Forecast (Update2)
Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Confidence among U.S. consumers rose more than forecast in August, a sign the biggest part of the economy may avoid a slowdown that would derail the recovery.
The Conference Board’s confidence index increased to 53.5 from a five-month low of 51 in July, figures from the New York- based private research group showed today. The median forecast of economists in a Bloomberg News survey was for a 50.7 reading.
More confidence may help ease concern that consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of the economy, will falter. To sustain the expansion, companies need to step up hiring and reduce unemployment, which Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke last week said will take time.
“Even with this month’s increase, confidence is at a stunningly low level,” said Tom Porcelli, senior economist at RBC Capital Markets Corp. in New York, who had forecast the index would rise to 53.2. “We shouldn’t expect much from the consumer at this point.”
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Obama Administration Proposes Steps to Tighten U.S. Trade Rules |
| Posted by Mustanger - 08-26-10 18:14 - 4 comments |
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Imagine this...our anti-business, anti-jobs president trying to level the playing field a bit for our industries. Good for you Mr. President! Our jobs will continue to be shipped overseas as they have been for the last decade if something like this is not done. QUOTE Obama Administration Proposes Steps to Tighten U.S. Trade Rules
Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration, vowing to crack down on countries such as China that it says help subsidize exports of cheap goods to the U.S., introduced 14 measures to toughen enforcement of trade laws.
Proposals offered yesterday include changes to make it harder for individual companies to be excused from country-wide duties, adjustments in methods of anti-dumping calculations and alterations to how labor rates are calculated when determining if products are being sold at artificially low prices.
---------------------------------------------------------- “This is a very important move on the part of the administration,” said Dan DiMicco, chief executive officer of Nucor Corp., the largest U.S. steelmaker. He said the U.S. also needs to resolve issues tied to the yuan because China’s currency is undervalued by as much as 60 percent.
“Before American manufacturers get out of bed in the morning, they’re already at a 40 to 60 percent disadvantage,” DiMicco said in a telephone interview. “As long as we continue to let them get away with it, they’ll keep doing it.”
DiMicco, a member of an administration advisory panel on manufacturing issues, said the proposals are consistent with recommendations from the group.
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If you cannot believe Snoops then who can you believe? |
| Posted by Hamp - 08-26-10 12:26 - 4 comments |
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If you cannot believe Snoops then who can you believe? Snoops is no longer to be trusted. When asked if Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court was due to her work in keeping his birth records sealed, their answer was a slippery No! I say slippery because of the wording they used. If you read what they said, you would take it as a no, but if you study what they said, you see clearly that it is purposely misleading. The make it sound as if Elena Kagan did not work on keeping the records sealed at all by stating over and over again that ‘None of the Nine docket items….” Well that may or may not be as they did not link to the nine listed dockets, something Snoops would do to prove their point, which makes me suspicious. But there is proof positive that Elena Kagan did in fact work as legal council for the great obama. For the fact of the matter is quite possibly the great obama did in fact appoint Elena Kagan because of her work. Then I thought, well maybe I was jumping the gun, maybe there was an explanation, I could not find any on Snoops, so I used Google, and what I found was that a lot of people had links pointing to the liberal bias of Snoops. So from this point forward, Snoops is no longer a credible resource for arguments and debates on TRP.
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