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.SLOWLY, THE TRUTH IS LEAKING OUT. Like I said, this oil spill could have been fixed had the U.S. accepted help from foreign governments. While those that publically offered do not include China, realize that China HAS THE TECHNOLOGY to fix the spill and would have, in my opinion, been more than happy to demonstrate CHINESE TECHNOLOGY in this matter. This entire matter is a crying shame as we see the oil seeping into the marshland, ruining them for most of our lifetimes, or for the next 50 years. Couldn't we accept some help? We have helped the world. If the world can help us, my God, let it be...
Despite the vow by President Obama to keep the Gulf oil spill a top priority until the damage is cleaned up, 50 days after the BP rig exploded, a definitive date and meaningful solution is yet to be determined for the worst oil spill in the U.S. history.
So, you would think if someone is willing to handle the clean-up with equipment and technology not available in the U.S., and finishes the job in shorter time than the current estimate, the U.S. should jump on the offer.
But it turned out to be quite the opposite. .
U.S. Refused Help on Oil Spill
According to Foreign Policy, thirteen entities had offered the U.S. oil spill assistance within about two weeks of the Horizon rig explosion. They were the governments of Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United Nations.
The U.S. response - Thank you, but no thank you, we've got it.
"..While there is no need right now that the U.S. cannot meet, the U.S. Coast Guard is assessing these offers of assistance to see if there will be something which we will need in the near future."
Blame It On The Jones Act?
Separately, Belgian newspaper De Standaard also reported Belgian and Dutch dredgers have technology in-house to fight the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, butthe Jones Act forbids them to work in the U.S.
A Belgian group--DEME-- contends it can clean up the oil in three to four months with specialty vessel and equipment, rather than an estimated nine months if done only by the U.S. The article noted there are no more than 5 or 6 of those ships in the world and the top specialist players are the two Belgian companies- DEME and De Nul - and their Dutch competitors.
The U.S. does not have the similar technology and vessel to accomplish the cleanup task because those ships would cost twice as much to build in the U.S. than in the Far East. The article further criticizes this "great technological delay" is a direct consequence of the Jones Act.
What Is The Jones Act?
The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 is a United States Federal statute that regulates maritime commerce in U.S. waters and between U.S. ports. Section 27, also known as the Jones Act, deals with coastal shipping; and requires that all goods transported by water between U.S. ports be carried in U.S.-flag ships, constructed in the United States, owned by U.S. citizens, and crewed by U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents.
The purpose of the law is to support the U.S. merchant marine industry. Critics said that the legislation results in increased costs moving cargoes between U.S. ports, and in essence, is protectionism, Supporters of the Act maintain that the legislation is of strategic economic and wartime interest to the United States. .
European Service Sector - Offshore Subsea Specialist
As discussed in my analysis of the oil service sector, the European companies typically possess the knowhow in offshore and subsea; whereas their North American counterparts excel in onshore drilling and production technologies.
So, it is more than likely that European firms do have the expertise to clean up the spill quicker and more effectively as DEME asserts.
Since the Jones Act means the Belgian ship and personnel cannot work in the Gulf, it does seem the Act has inhibited technology and knowledge exchange & development, and possibly prevented a quicker response to the oil spill.
Jones Waiver Time
On the other hand, waivers of the Jones may be granted by the Administration in cases of national emergencies or in cases of strategic interest. It would appear the U.S. government's initial refusal to foreign help most likely stemmed from a mis-calculation of the scale and deepwater technological barriers for this unprecedented disaster, and/or perhaps ..... pride.
Whatever the rationale, and if De Standarrd's claim that the Jones Act forbids the European companies to help fight the spill is true, it is high time the U.S. government grant the Jones waiver, and let this be an international collaborative effort.
It's always better late than never.
Global Research Articles by Dian L. Chu
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James Freeman, head of San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee, will join us for a full-day workshop on what makes a great cup of coffee. From roasting the beans and tampering espresso, all the way through to understanding the brewing process and refining the perfect brew. You’ll then leave with your own bag of perfectly roasted whole bean coffee and the knowhow on how to prepare it.
James Freeman, head of San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee, will join us for a full-day workshop on what makes a great cup of coffee. From roasting the beans and tampering espresso, all the way through to understanding the brewing process and refining the perfect brew. You’ll then leave with your own bag of perfectly roasted whole bean coffee and the knowhow on how to prepare it.
Auszeichnung „Dialog Schule – Chemie“ vergeben / Lehrerkongress mit mehr als 300 Besuchern
Bildungsthemen von Berufseinstieg bis Energiedidaktik
Filderstadt – 21. November 2013. Dr. Jürgen Braun, Chemie-Lehrer an der Johanna-Wittum-Schule Pforzheim, hat sich besonders gefreut: Der umtriebige Pädagoge erhielt auf dem diesjährigen Lehrerkongress der chemischen Industrie die Auszeichnung des „Dialog Schule – Chemie“. Zu der Veranstaltung in Filderstadt kamen überwiegend naturwissenschaftliche Lehrer aus ganz Baden-Württemberg. Sie konnten sich über aktuelle Themen aus den Naturwissenschaften ebenso informieren wie über den Berufseinstieg in die Chemie.
An den Ständen von dreißig Ausstellern kamen die dreihundert Besucher mit Ausbildern aus Chemie-Unternehmen, Schulinitiativen oder auch Preisträgern von Jugend forscht und Wettbewerben wie „NANU?!“ ins Gespräch. In den Informationsforen des Lehrerkongresses ging es unter anderem um die Energiewende und die Beiträge der Chemie dazu. Außerdem standen der moderne naturwissenschaftliche Unterricht im „Cyber-Classroom“ und das sichere Experimenten im naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht auf dem Programm.
Ralf Müller, Geschäftsführer der Chemie-Verbände Baden-Württemberg, machte in seiner Begrüßung deutlich, dass die chemische Industrie beim Experimentieren größten Wert auf Sicherheit lege. „Wir unterstützen die Schulen wo wir können mit unserem Knowhow“, so Müller weiter. Die Chemie-Verbände bieten deshalb spezielle Lehrerfortbildungen an - in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Kultusministerium. Hier lernen Pädagogen, wie spannende Experimente trotz erhöhter Sicherheits- und Dokumentationsvorschriften im Unterricht gelingen.
Auszeichnung „Dialog Schule – Chemie“
Dr. Jürgen Braun, Studiendirektor am beruflichen Gymnasium Johanna-Wittum in Pforzheim, erhielt die mit 500 Euro dotierte Auszeichnung des „Dialog Schule – Chemie“. Sie wird jährlich unter dem Motto „Experimentieren – Begeistern – Vernetzen“ an herausragende Pädagogen im Land vergeben.
Ministerialdirektor Dr. Jörg Schmidt, Amtschef im Kultusministerium in Stuttgart, hob bei der Übergabe der Auszeichnung die vielfältigen Initiativen und Aktivitäten von Braun hervor: er hat unter anderem die Aktion und die Internetseite „modernebiotechnologie.de“ ins Leben gerufen, um mit Schülermentoren und Experimentierkoffern einfache biotechnologische Versuche an allen Schulen im Land möglich zu machen. Mit vielfältigen Kontakten zu anderen Schulen im In- und Ausland und zur Industrie hat er ein umfassendes Netzwerk aufgebaut. So sind beispielsweise Schüleraustauschprojekte mit spezialisierten Hochschulen in den USA in dieser Form einzigartig.
Dr. Jürgen Braun sagte zu seiner Motivation, es sei für ihn wichtig „dass ein Funke überspringt. Ich sehe oft an den Schülern, mit denen ich zusammen arbeite, dass eine besondere Chance sie dazu bringt, über sich hinaus zu wachsen und sich weiter zu entwickeln.“
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„Dialog Schule – Chemie: Experimentieren, Begeistern, Vernetzen“
Die Auszeichnung wird verliehen durch die Chemie-Verbände Baden-Württemberg an herausragende Pädagogen-Persönlichkeiten im Bereich der Naturwissenschaften. Im Internationalen Jahr der Chemie 2011 wurde der Preis ins Leben gerufen und erstmals an Hermann Heinzelmann, Kreisgymnasium Riedlingen, vergeben. Er hat unter anderem eine „Jugend forscht“ und Chemie-AG ins Leben gerufen und Schüler bis zum Bundessieg betreut. Der Preisträger 2012 war Joachim Lerch, „Vater“ der Science Days in Rust bei Freiburg. Durch seine vielfältigen Kontakte und Initiativen ist er ein wichtiger Förderer der naturwissenschaftlichen Bildung im Land.
Zum Dialog Schule – Chemie
Die Unterstützung und Vernetzung von Aktivitäten der Naturwissenschaftlichen Bildung wird bei den Chemie-Verbänden im Projekt „Dialog Schule – Chemie“ (DSC) gebündelt. Hier werden Fortbildungsveranstaltungen für Lehrer ebenso wie Schüler und Materialien für den naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht angeboten. Die Aktivitäten des DSC helfen bei neuen Kontakten zwischen den Unternehmen der chemischen Industrie und den Schulen im Land. Mehr dazu unter dsc.chemie.com.
James Freeman, head of San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee, will join us for a full-day workshop on what makes a great cup of coffee. From roasting the beans and tampering espresso, all the way through to understanding the brewing process and refining the perfect brew. You’ll then leave with your own bag of perfectly roasted whole bean coffee and the knowhow on how to prepare it.
James Freeman, head of San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee, will join us for a full-day workshop on what makes a great cup of coffee. From roasting the beans and tampering espresso, all the way through to understanding the brewing process and refining the perfect brew. You’ll then leave with your own bag of perfectly roasted whole bean coffee and the knowhow on how to prepare it.
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James Freeman, head of San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee, will join us for a full-day workshop on what makes a great cup of coffee. From roasting the beans and tampering espresso, all the way through to understanding the brewing process and refining the perfect brew. You’ll then leave with your own bag of perfectly roasted whole bean coffee and the knowhow on how to prepare it.
Zamias ...ancient plants that created vast forests over 20 millions of years ago. They grow very slowly, at 2m high they could be around 2000 years old. This variety only grows around and in the Jarrah forest regains of Western Australia's southwestern corner.
Zamias or Cycads are a ancient group of plants which look palm-like.
They have male and female plants.
The female plants produce large, pineapple-like cones containing large red-orange seeds.
www.nyungar.com.au/knowhow.html
iayu (zamia palm) fruit is similar to a pineapple and in the past wadjellas
assumed they could eat the wida (nuts).
When they did, it had adverse effects because they did not leach the poison out.
By cracking the kernel and grinding it into paste,
2kg of food would be secured for making damper or porridge.
It could only be consumed after leaching it in water for up to a week.
The wida was also used for stunning fish.
The palm fern was used for mia mias (shelters)
and fish gathering and the fluff was used in firemaking
and for hygienic purposes.
This lineup begins on Linz's Main Square, proceeds clear across the Nibelungen Bridge, right through the AEC and out into the Ars Electronica Quarter. It's made up of countless young experts who, on Saturday, September 3 from 1:30 to 3:30 PM, demonstrate their skills as well as discuss and make available their specialized knowledge. Passers-by perusing this array of topics. The Marketplace of Talent lets you take a peek into the younger generation's world of knowledge.
Photo showing Emma, whose talent is drawing stars.
credit: rubra
Illustration By Frits Ahlefeldt. Drawn Journalism reportage.
Drawing up understandings
Official looking man standing in binder, with a law sign on it. He is pointing at basket of a woman picking wild, edible plants, with her child on her back.
James Freeman, head of San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee, will join us for a full-day workshop on what makes a great cup of coffee. From roasting the beans and tampering espresso, all the way through to understanding the brewing process and refining the perfect brew. You’ll then leave with your own bag of perfectly roasted whole bean coffee and the knowhow on how to prepare it.
James Freeman, head of San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee, will join us for a full-day workshop on what makes a great cup of coffee. From roasting the beans and tampering espresso, all the way through to understanding the brewing process and refining the perfect brew. You’ll then leave with your own bag of perfectly roasted whole bean coffee and the knowhow on how to prepare it.
Due for the 2018 season.a full race development is the AM001RB
mid engined car with the 5.7 litre V12 power unit, technical knowhow came from Adrian Newey.
picture Aston Martin.
James Freeman, head of San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee, will join us for a full-day workshop on what makes a great cup of coffee. From roasting the beans and tampering espresso, all the way through to understanding the brewing process and refining the perfect brew. You’ll then leave with your own bag of perfectly roasted whole bean coffee and the knowhow on how to prepare it.
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Vuoi realizzare facilmente una LAN privata Internet, creando in pochi minuti una VPN semplice da installare e che puoi utilizzare anche per scambio file peer-to-peer con amici e colleghi ? Se utilizzi Hamachi, sfruttando una normale connessione Internet..
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In the early days, photo retouching was done tediously by hand using special paint, very fine brushes and a magnifying glass. Todays technology offers endless imaginative possibilities.
James Freeman, head of San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee, will join us for a full-day workshop on what makes a great cup of coffee. From roasting the beans and tampering espresso, all the way through to understanding the brewing process and refining the perfect brew. You’ll then leave with your own bag of perfectly roasted whole bean coffee and the knowhow on how to prepare it.
13/03/2023, Port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain.
Bear with me, while I explain how these Scottish truck drivers found themselves delivering equipment to an oil drilling ship here at Las Palmas.
Since the the oil price plunge of 2014-2016 - the biggest drop in oil prices in modern history - primarily caused by an oversupply in the market, most oil majors and prospectors found themselves in an uneconomically viable situation.
Over capacity in oil production and especially in oil exploratory drilling forced many of the mega expensive drilling ships to have their drilling contracts forestalled, or at the end of their existing contracts to find no new work.
These ships were being contracted at wild, but necessary prices of up to $500,000 per day, due to huge mortgages on the ships and their initial building costs.
(I believe the most expensive example's building cost was the Billion dollar plus 'Stena Icemax'. See here: flic.kr/p/RZ5QJr )
So, much oil exploration work was being undertaken on the West African coast, and across the Atlantic, offshore Brazil.
As the drilling ships became unemployed, the necessity of finding a suitable, large, deep-water port to keep them safely moored in, and with a pleasant climate to prevent corrosion and humidity damage, and that is where Las Palmas found itself to be the ideal location, at the 'crossroads' of the Atlantic.
In addition, the port has long established and experienced shipyards with specialist engineers and technicians.
The port quickly found itself in great demand for the laid up ships, and as an economic boost, there were lucrative mooring fees, tug requirements, stores, and large engineering projects to be had.
The drilling ships (& oil rigs) require ongoing maintenance and often, modifications to suit each specific drilling contract, both before and after completion.
The 'northern oil capital of Europe' is Aberdeen in Scotland and thus, specialist knowhow, equipment and hauliers are based there.
The result being a regular stream of heavy duty trucks, not least those of Grampian Continental haulage, picking up and delivering equipment to the ships, from all over Europe.
A former, regular driver, and Las Palmas visitor, for Grampian was Rab Lawrence, a well known contributor to Flickr, and a sometime correspondent of mine, although our paths never directly crossed.
Here are a few of his compatriots waiting to have their truck loads discharged, before having to catch the circa 36 hour ferry back to Huelva, or Cadiz, in southern Spain.
This lineup begins on Linz's Main Square, proceeds clear across the Nibelungen Bridge, right through the AEC and out into the Ars Electronica Quarter. It's made up of countless young experts who, on Saturday, September 3 from 1:30 to 3:30 PM, demonstrate their skills as well as discuss and make available their specialized knowledge. Passers-by perusing this array of topics. The Marketplace of Talent lets you take a peek into the younger generation's world of knowledge.
credit: rubra
Am Anfang des Nachrichtentechnik-Studiums steht das Basteln - großes knowhow-Vorbild: Eduard Kreiger, Funkamateur OE8IQ
Hey everyone! What did I miss?
I'm currently trying to finish school before mid-June, so don't expect anything more 'til then. That, and it's the NHL playoffs. 'Nuff said.
Song of the day: Song of India by Tommy Dorsey.
Contact Spotlight: KennyBerry.
One of my favorite people on flickr. Overflowing with enthusiasm, skill, and humor, Kenny has it all. He's never not cheerful. Not only does he have the technical knowhow to take creative photos, he's a real good friend too.
He's getting a testimonial in the summer. Promise.
James Freeman, head of San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee, will join us for a full-day workshop on what makes a great cup of coffee. From roasting the beans and tampering espresso, all the way through to understanding the brewing process and refining the perfect brew. You’ll then leave with your own bag of perfectly roasted whole bean coffee and the knowhow on how to prepare it.
Museum info:
Built 2002
Original build time: two days
Engine: 750c.c. Suzuki four-cylinder
Top speed: 150+mph
Saline Warrior's transformation from a three-wheeled economy car to a 150mph-plus racer in just two days is almost unbelievable, but thanks to Saunders' imagination and knowhow, this is exactly what happened to this Reliant Rialto.
When filming for the B.B.C. T.V. series Panic Mechanics, Saunders was tasked with modifying the 1989 model to win a drag race. His solution was to emulate the appearance of a classic salt lake racer, with a lowered roofline, lengthened nose cone and smooth wheel discs, while a turbocharger was fitted for filming. After a frantic two-day build, the streamlined Saline Warrior was victorious on the drag strip.
Saunders sold Saline Warrior to French speed enthusiasts Les Triplettes de Bonneville. Over four years, they built a full space-frame racing car chassis, with four wheels rather than three and a fiery 750c.c. Suzuki motorcycle engine. Saline Warrior was then shipped to America to take part in the legendary Bonneville Speed Week. Unofficially breaking the 750c.c. speed record with a run of 143mph, this unlikely racer has since topped more than 150mph.
Apart from being resprayed in team colours, Saline Warrior looks the same. When the owner bought the creation at the Beaulieu Autojumble, he had never been to Bonneville and had no thoughts of starting a race team, but it caught his imagination and Les Triplettes de Bonneville has raced there every year since 2009. They hold 29 world records and are the most successful Bonneville team to come out of France, all because of the inspiration that Saline Warrior gave them.
Andy Saunders: The Art of Kustom
National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hants.
Around 1970's : De Schutter booth at DRUPA.
DRUPA International Trade Fair for Prepress and Printing Equipment in Germany.
The new school building, bathing in the first rays of sun in the new year, teeming with knowledge hungry pupils.
James Freeman, head of San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee, will join us for a full-day workshop on what makes a great cup of coffee. From roasting the beans and tampering espresso, all the way through to understanding the brewing process and refining the perfect brew. You’ll then leave with your own bag of perfectly roasted whole bean coffee and the knowhow on how to prepare it.