As expected, President Obama is planning to lift the drilling moratorium and to return to his planned drilling program off pristine areas of the East Coast. While Obama is no longer claiming that oil rigs really do not spill much, it really does not matter much. Bureau head Michael Bromwich has announced that the six-month ban is unlikely to be renewed in a blow to environmentalists. One lasting change? The Obama Administration changed the name of the scandal-laden Minerals Management Service to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
The Administration has been putting on a full court press with officials expressing relief that they can find no large amounts of oil left — brushing over the millions of gallons of toxic chemicals that they allowed BP to dump into the ocean to disperse the oil. Experts have objected that the Obama Administration has been actively downplaying research showing these chemicals remain in the food chain for many years. Administration officials have said that the health impact of these chemicals remains uncertain — leading others to question the decision to dump millions of gallons into the ocean.
The recent public offensive appears calculated in part to lift the ban. In the ultimate example of “out of sight out of mind,” Bromwich insists that he can “see no information so far that would justify extending the moratorium.”
Source: CNN
Money makes sluts out of most……Or perceived Status of Acclaim…. but really what is it all worth if you lose yourself.
AY,
I don’t know where Leona lived, but I lived off of Coolidge (my dad still does). I used to joke with a friend of mine (who has an MD) that I would call him ‘Doctor’ as long as he called me ‘Master’ (I had two master’s degree’s at the time). Unfortunately by the time I got my Ph.D. he had gotten a master’s in health care policy or some such from some diploma mill called Harvard… (he wasn’t much for reputable schools since he got his MD and bachelor’s at Michigan – at least he had the sense to do his residency at Duke and later have a tenured position there which was good until Ohio State made him an offer he couldn’t refuse and he traitored himself).
Slarti,
Did Leona live off of Coolidge Road? Hey, if you have a Phd and J.D. is it proper to be called Dr. Dr.? Or Drs.? or what?
I did two stints in Undergrad. Both at Texas 76 to 79 and then 80 though 84. I did graduate in May of 79 Accounting and decided that I did not like work so much that by the next January I was safe..no loner a Corp Auditor…and then the rest…well you can imagine….then off to the Blue and Maze…..Almost got busted at the bridge….lol..
AY,
Big Al Ruffe, the football assistant coach, taught us algebra – I would frequently ask him questions that I knew the answer to in order to verify that he didn’t… Leona Bronstein taught us chemistry – or as we used to call her ‘Attila the Nun’. She was a tall, thin woman who looked like a witch and wore fashions debuted on an AMF bowling ball in polyester. As for college, I got out in 4 years, but it took me 10 years of grad school at 3 different universities (5 counting multiplicity) over a decade and a half to get my Ph.D.
“Or as Lincoln so eloquently stated: “Energy is like an orchestra. They may have great potential, but until they are provided with direction they aren’t likely to work harmoniously (create what we would call music).”
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Now, that’s funny! (having spent years playing in an orchestra …)
High School? Algebra? Blackboard?
Wasn’t high school for fools? I hated it badly, rarely went. Cut about 98 days the Freshman year and 99 the Sophomore. I went when they had test and stayed on the AB honor roll for some reason. lol….Algebra? Did you have a Nun teach you as well? Her name was Sister Dana. She was rather large and when I say large. But for the Habit, Costume, she would have needed a moomoo….That was part of the reason that I hated High School….Ah yes, blackboards… did you know that they break? I found that out….lol…
Then I went to College and I did not want to get out….I never wanted to graduate….isn’t that sick?
Bob,
If you can’t take the time to review the link Byron posted, you’ll find a module on conservation of energy and how it’s used here:
http://cnx.org/content/m14106/latest/
I’ve posted this link before and it basically corroborates my entire methodology of using conservation of energy. Incidentally, when you demand that people look at your links but refuse to look at theirs, it’s kind of hypocritical… FYI.
As an aside, I’ve found that being an engineer, Byron has a very different view of energy and structure than I do, but our views never seem to contradict each other. I wonder why that is… It couldn’t be because both of our views are based on a correct interpretation of the physics, could it?
AY,
I apologize and, for penance I will tell you about how a friend of mine any I would spend the 10 minutes before Advanced Algebra II class my sophomore year in high school. We would cover the blackboards with trigonometric puns – sometimes we filled up both the front and back boards. We probably could have filled up another blackboard if you were there. How’s that for a tangent?
sin-ing off,
Slart
Well Slarti,
I am not appreciative of you being dismissive of my statement to you regarding tangents….
BobEsq:
just watch the first 5-10 minutes. He goes over a simple energy equation on the white board.
Blouise,
Yeah, Bob’s taken a lot of umbrage based on my misunderstanding the term ‘heat of fusion’ initially (plus being condescending and dismissive of his allegations of controlled demolition) – the fact that I’ve been able to document (or in a very few instances correct) all of the physical arguments I’ve made since then with references from multiple sources must really piss him off…
Bob,
I wan’t commenting on what I think the law is, I was commenting on what I believe and why. Everything I said was an honest attempt at an accurate reflection of my reasoning. I’m sorry if you can’t understand my reasoning, but we don’t get to choose between some ideal liberal and President Obama, we get to choose between the president and the Republicans. In my opinion a liberal third party candidate in 2012 would almost certainly ensure the election of the Republican candidate (which could plausibly be Sarah Palin). To me this is a catastrophic outcome. I’m a pragmatic person (I think of myself as a pragmatic idealist – I advocate what I see as the best available step towards as lofty goals as possible), if you have a better short-term option than supporting President Obama (in general) that you think leads to better outcomes with a higher probability, then I’d love to hear it.
Byron,
I’m sorry, I had no patience for professors that struggled with English in college; and still don’t now. It’s incredibly distracting. If there’s a specific point in the video you’d recommend I view, please point it out. But I will not spend 45 minutes listening to tortured English that distracts me from the subject at hand.
Other than that, I deem Lincoln’s assessment of Slarti’s argument as spot on; since he’s voicing the same complaint I had the whole time.
Pointing out the existence of a sum certain of GPE in no way explains how said GPE was DIRECTED to result in the observations at Ground Zero; i.e. the collapses as well as the molten metal found in the three building footprints.
Or as Lincoln so eloquently stated: “Energy is like an orchestra. They may have great potential, but until they are provided with direction they aren’t likely to work harmoniously (create what we would call music).”
BobEsq:
But energy calculations can be used to determine force and vice versa. And the direction of the movement is the direction of the force.
Please review the video I posted.
What you care about is not necessarily what the law IS. Whether or not you care about that distinction is another topic entirely; as I attempted to show you.
My God, did I just get hit with an “I know you are but what am I” response?
Here’s another spin on ‘Deserve’s got nothing to do with it.’:
I probably have a very different view of the prospect of another Depression than you do since I’m currently unemployed (working towards being self-employed) and living in Michigan, but right now I don’t care about what Bush and Obama deserve regarding executive overreach, I care that, in my opinion, the Obama administration’s policies are improving the economy and the policies advocated by the Republicans would hurt the economy further. To use another quotation:
‘IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID!’
Whatever Bob. You can go on explaining how I don’t understand my own opinions, I’m content with people judging my opinions based on what I’ve written. I’ve repeatedly documented your hypocrisy, ignorance, and lack of intellectual honesty in the past so I don’t think people will give much credence to your allegation that I’m a wide-eyed liberal apologist and a hypocrite but, as always, everyone gets to make up their own mind.
Anonymously Yours
1, August 14, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Sure cut the middle man’s profit only looking for a little take. That is ok. When Vito shows up Blouise, you’ll know….lol
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Bob,Esq.,
Sarcasm … honey …. sarcasm … in a style you employed rather poorly
Now it’s your turn to wallop me with one of your favoites:
“Jesus H. Tap Dancing Christ” and hope I’ll run away and hide from the big bruiser .. not a chance bully-boy … not a chance
I’ve been reading the thread … you were the first one to mention the Towers in a post to Byron, then Robert chimed in with his “charges left from 1994” theories but you were the first to address the subject to Slarti in the manner as follows:
“First, you apparently wouldn’t know Ockham’s razor, or the law of parsimony, if you were pissing on it. “Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora” [“It is pointless to do with more what can be done with less”].” (Slarti had been addressing Robt. 1994 charges theory)
Slarti’s first post to you:
“The fact that there are whackjobs with doubts similar to yours doesn’t mean you’re wrong, but it sure as hell doesn’t add credibility to your argument.”
And then you to Slarti:
“Jesus H. Tap Dancing Christ. You don’t even know what the term “heat of fusion” means. How can you be so bold in your statements when you’re so ignorant of basic chemistry and physics?
Fifty dollar philosopher talk for “since your ‘argument’ is based on an informal fallacy of logic, it’s a load of horseshit.””
But I am going to give you this … I bet you’re a lot of fun at the track!
Byron: “So yes energy alone can be used to analyze an event. And the thread about 9/11 brought that home to me in a big way. The tell tale is the amount of movement either elongation or compression that a member sustains. You can determine the amount of energy required to bend something and then you can determine the force required or vice versa.”
Force necessitates direction. The fact that force necessitates a directional component holds true analytically; i.e. the concept of the predicate is contained within the concept of the subject. Stating that all forces have a directional component is as patently obvious as stating that all bachelors are unmarried.
Thus the reason Lincoln said: “Energy alone cannot be used to analyze an event. Two energies do not engage in battle. They must be directed. This directed energy is known as force.”
Lincoln:
“Energy alone cannot be used to analyze an event. Two energies do not engage in battle. They must be directed. This directed energy is known as force. When the force is applied to an object work can be performed. The trick is to have the force needed to perform the work be greater than the force trying tom stop you.”
What does a force do to a structural member? It causes it to elongate or compress. In other words strain. Strain is caused by a force but what is work? Work is a force over a distance or the area under the force strain curve.
So yes energy alone can be used to analyze an event. And the thread about 9/11 brought that home to me in a big way. The tell tale is the amount of movement either elongation or compression that a member sustains. You can determine the amount of energy required to bend something and then you can determine the force required or vice versa.