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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Funny laws in the United States.




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It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a motor
vehicle.

It is unlawful to wear a false mustache in church and cause "unseemly laughter."

Brewton - it is against the law to travel along the streets in a motorboat.

Mobile - it is illegal for pigeons to eat pebbles from composite roofs.



Phoenix - the law states that every man who enters the city limits must wear
pants.

Glendale - it is illegal for a car to back up.

Hackberry - there is a city ordinance that prohibits women from eating raw
onions while drinking buttermilk on the Sabbath.

Hayden - it is against the law to disturb bullfrogs or cottontail rabbits
within the city limits.


It is illegal to mispronounce the name of the state of Arkansas while within
the state.

The state legislature passed a law that the Arkansas River can rise no higher
than the Main Street bridge in Little Rock.






It is against the law for women to drive while wearing a bathrobe.

It is against the law for animals to mate publicly within 1,500 feet of a
tavern, school, or place of worship.

In some small community, a law was passed that forbid anyone from trying
to stop a child from playfully jumping over water puddles.

Apple Valley - it is illegal for ducks to quack after 10:00 PM within the
city limits.

Bellflower - the law states that "a drunken man has as much right to a sidewalk
as a sober man since he needs it a great deal more."

Bonsall - it is against the law to read the Sunday paper while sitting in
a rocking chair on the front porch while church services are in session.

Berkeley - it is illegal to whistle for a lost canary before 7:00 A.M.

Beverly Hills - the law states that "no male person shall make remarks to
or concerning, or cough or whistle at, or do any other act to attract the
attention of any woman upon or traveling along any of the sidewalks."

Buena Park - the law prohibits males from "turning and looking at a woman
in that way" on the Sabbath. If a second offense occurs, the assailant is
required to "wear horse blinders for a 24-hour period in public."

Camirillo - it is illegal for any man to purchase liquor without the written
consent of his wife.

Carmel - it is against the law to eat ice cream while standing on the
sidewalk.

Castaic - the law states that if a dentist accidentally pulls the wrong tooth,
then the patient has the right to pull one of the dentist's teeth.

Compton - it is against the law to have hip pockets in pants "since that
is a good place to hide liquor."

Costa Mesa - it is illegal to enter a movie theatre within four hours of
eating garlic.

Covina - according to this local law, a husband is not guilty of desertion
if his wife rents his room to a boarder and "crowds him out of his house."

El Monte - it is against the law for a horse to fall asleep in a bathtub
unless the rider is sleeping with the horse.

Gardena - it is illegal for any woman to chew tobacco without having the
permission of her husband.

Glendale - the law allows horror films to be shown only on Mondays, Tuesdays,
and Wednesdays.

Hesperia - the law states that "no one is allowed to duel if the opponent
selects water pistols as weapons."

Inglewood - it is unlawful "for any male person, within the corporate limits
of the city of Inglewood, to wink at any female person with whom he is
unacquainted."

Long Beach - any female attending a dance "must be found wearing a corset.
A physician is required to inspect each female at the dance."

Los Angeles - it is against the law to bathe two babies in the same bathtub
at the same time.

Los Angeles - a man can legally beat his wife with a leather belt or strap,
as long as the strap is no wider than 2 inches. The wife must give her consent
in order for him to legally beat her with a wider strap.

Los Angeles - it is illegal for the customer of a meat market to poke
turkey to see how tender it is.

Malibu - it is against the law to laugh out loud in a movie theatre.

Monrovia - the law states that in order to get married, a man must "prove
his manhood" by shooting six blackbirds or three crows and bringing them
to his prospective father-in-law.

Ojai - it is against the law for a woman to stand within five feet of a bar
when she takes a drink in any public establishment serving alcoholic
beverages.

Ontario - rooster crowing is outlawed within the city limits.

Pacific Grove - bothering the butterflies carries a $500 fine.

Pico River - it is against the law for women weighing over 200 pounds that
are attired in shorts to ride a horse.

Pomona - the law states that "no person shall hallo, shout, bawl, scream,
use profane language, dance, sing, whoop, quarrel, or make any unusual noise
or sound in any house in such a manner as to disturb the peace and quiet
of the neighborhood."

Prunedale - it is illegal to have two indoor bathtubs in your house.

Rosemead - it is against the law to eat ice cream in public with a fork.

Riverside - it is illegal to carry a lunchbucket on the street.

Riverside - it is illegal to stick your tongue out "in the direction of"
a dog.

San Francisco - there is a law that guarantees sunshine for the people.

Santa Ana - it is illegal to swim on dry land.

Santa Ana - it is against the law for a horse to sleep in a bakery.

Santa Monica - the law states that "any person who shall in the city of Santa
Monica use or carry a concealed or unconcealed any bean snapper or like article,
shall, upon conviction, be fined."

Temecula - it is illegal to play cards with children or pregnant women on
the curb of a street.

Upland - it is unlawful for the owner or keeper of horses, mules, cattle,
sheep, goats, and hogs to "run at large."

Ventura - it is illegal to make "ugly faces" at dogs that are found "freely
roaming the community".

Victorville - it is against the law to shoot open canned goods with a
revolver.

Whittier - the law states "two vehicles which are passing each other in opposite
directions shall have the right of way."


The state passed a law making it legal to rip the tags off of pillows and
mattresses.

Denver - it is illegal to perform acrobatics that might frighten horses.

Denver - it is illegal to mistreat rats.

Denver - it is against the law to loan your vacuum cleaner to your next door
neighbor.

Pueblo - it is against the law to raise or permit a dandelion to grow within
the city limits.

Sterling - it is unlawful to allow a pet cat to run loose without a taillight.


According to state law, in order for a pickle to be qualified as a pickle,
it must bounce.

The law states that anyone caught biking at over 65 miles per hour will be
ticketed.

Devon - it is against the law to walk backwards after sunset.

Hartford - it is illegal to educate a dog.

Hartford - it is illegal to walk across the street on your hands.





It is illegal for small boys to throw stones.



It is against the law to pawn a wooden leg.




It is illegal for a single, divorced, or widowed woman to parachute on
Sunday.

It is against the law to fall asleep under a hair dryer. The people that
break the law and the salon owners can be fined for this.

The law states that if an elephant is tied to a parking meter, it must pay
the same fees as a car.

It is illegal to sing in a public place while in a bathing suit.

It is illegal for men to be seen in public wearing a strapless gown.

Miami - it is illegal to molest alligators.

Miami - it is illegal to imitate animals.

Key West - it is against the law to hold a turtle race within the
city limits.

Tampa Bay - it is against the law for rats to leave docked ships.


It is illegal for a barber to advertise his prices.

Atlanta - It is illegal to tie giraffes to street lamps.

Conyers - an ordinance was passed that prohibits saying the phrase
"two fried eggs and a fritter for a quarter" in an attempt to prohibit
slang talkin'.

Jonesboro - It is illegal to say "Oh, boy."

Quitman - It is against the law for chickens to cross streets.



It is illegal to put pennies in your ear.




According to state law, it is illegal for a man to give his "sweetheart"
a box of candy weighing less than 50 pounds.

Idaho Falls - it is against the law for anyone over the age of 88 to ride
a motorcycle.

Pocatello - the states that "the carrying of concealed weapons is forbidden,
unless the same are exhibited to public view."

Tamarack - it is illegal to purchase onions after dark without a special
permit from the sheriff.


Chicago - it is illegal to eat in a place that is on fire.

Cicero - it is against the law to hum on public streets on Sunday.

Decatur - it is against the law to drive a car without a steering wheel.

Joliet - it is against the law for a woman to try on more than six
dresses in one store.

Kirkland - it is illegal for bees to fly over the town or in any of its
streets.

Oblong - it is illegal to make love while hunting or fishing on your wedding
day.

Winnetka - it is legal for the manager of a theatre to kick out anyone
that has "odiferous feet."

Zion - it is illegal to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated
animals kept as pets.


According to state law, once your breath leaves your body, it is no longer
your property.

It is illegal to bathe in the winter.

Elkhart - it is against the law for a barber to threaten to cut off a youngster's
ears.

Gary - citizens are not allowed to attend a public theatre or ride in public
transportation within four hours of eating garlic.

South Bend - it is illegal for a monkey to smoke cigarettes. Violators
are fined 25 dollars.



According to the law, kisses may last for as much as, but no more than five
minutes.

Marshalltown - it is illegal for horses to eat fire hydrants.



It is illegal to catch fish with your bare hands.

Lawrence - it is against the law to carry bees in your hat.

McLough - it is illegal to wash your dentures in a public drinking
fountain.

Natoma - it is agianst the law to practice knife throwing at men in
striped suits.

Russell - it is against the law to have a musical car horn.


It is against the law to ask a girl in a bikini for a date.

The law states that "no female shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway
unless she is escorted by at least two officers of the law or unless she
be armed with a club". An amendment to the law says that "the provisions
of this statute shall not apply to females weighing less than 90 pounds nor
to females exceeding 200 pounds, nor shall it apply to female horses."

Lexington - It is illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your pocket.

Owensboro - it is against the law for a woman to buy a new hat without
her husband first trying it on.



According to state law, it is legal to grow as tall as you like.

It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot the teller with a water pistol.

The law states that biting someone with your natural teeth is "simple assault",
while biting someone with your false teeth is "aggravated assault."





Portland - it is illegal to tickle a girl under the chin with a
feather duster.

Rumford - it is against the law to bite your landlord.

Waterville - it is against the law to blow your nose in public.



State law prohibits lions from attending the theatre.

Baltimore - it is illegal to throw a bale of hay from a second floor
window.



It is illegal to put tomatoes in clam chowder.

The law states that all dogs must have their hind legs tied for the month
of April.

It is illegal to deliver diapers on Sunday.

It is against the law to cool one's feet by hanging it out the window.

It is illegal to eat peanuts in court.

It is illegal for anyone at a wake to eat more than three sandwiches.

It is against the law for taxi drivers to make love in the front seat during
their shift.

It is illegal to kiss in front of a church.

All PDAs (Public Displays of Affection) are illegal on Sunday.

It is illegal to take loins to the theatre.

It is legal to allow one's livestock to graze on public grounds except on
Sunday.

Boston - it is illegal to have frog-jumping contests within the city
limits.

Boston - it is against the law to take more than 2 baths a month.

Fitchburg - it is illegal for barbers to carry combs in the back of their
ears.

Holyoke - it is against the law to water your lawn when it is raining.



According to law, if a man and wife kiss on Sunday, the guilty party shall
be punished.

It is against the law for a woman to cut her hair without her husband's
permission.

Clawson – there is a law that states that "it is legal for a farmer
to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens."

Grand Haven - it is illegal to abandon a hoopskirt on any public street or
sidewalk, with a penalty of $5 for each offense.

Rochester - the law states that anyone appearing in public in a bathing suit
must have it inspected by a police officer.



Blue Earth - it is illegal for anyone under the age of 12 to use a telephone
without the supervision of an adult.



Canton - it is illegal to kill a squirrel in a courtroom with a gun.

Hazelhurst - it is illegal to transport a fish on any street.

Meridian - it is against the law to roll a safe down the street on
its wheels.

Star - it is against the law to make fun of public buildings.


State law has a provision that allows any city in the state to levy a
tax to support a band, provided that "the mayor plays piccolo and each
band member can eat peas with a knife."

It is illegal to carry an uncaged bear down the highway.

St. Louis - it is against the law to drink beer from a bucket on any street
curb.


Sheridan - it is illegal for dogs to come within four feet of a fire
hydrant.



According to the law, parents can be arrested if their child does not hold
back a burp in church services.

Lehigh - it is illegal to sell doughnut holes.

Omaha - it is against the law for a barber to shave a man's chest.


Las Vegas - it is illegal to pawn your dentures.


It is illegal to detain a homing pigeon.

Manville - it is illegal to offer whiskey or cigarettes to animals at the
zoo.



It is illegal for females to appear unshaven in public.

White Horse - the law states that no married woman shall eat onions on the
Sabbath unless she is "properly looked after." This means that her spouse
must "follow 20 paces behind carrying a loaded musket over his left shoulder."


According to law, it is a misdemeanor to arrest a dead man.

It is illegal to flirt with a woman, punishable by $25 fine.

Albany - it is illegal to play golf on the street.

Carmel - it is illegal for a man to appear in public with pants and shirt
that do not match.

Greene - it is against the law to eat peanuts and walk backwards when a concert
is on.

New York City - it is against the law to have an unclothed mannequin in a
store window.

New York City - according to the law, "it is legal for a woman to ride the
subway topless since it is legal for a man to ride the subway topless."

Staten Island - it is illegal to water your lawn with a sprinkler.



According to state law, it its illegal to use elephants to plow cotton
fields.

It is illegal to sing out of tune.

Asheville - it is illegal to sneeze within the city limits.

Wade Mills - it is against the law to purchase or eat ice cream 30 minutes
before church on Sunday.

Wintson-Salem - it is against the law for children under the age of seven
to go to college.


It is against the law to serve beer and pretzels at the same time in a bar
or restaurant.


It is illegal for women to wear patent leather shoes in public.

Bexley - Ordinance #223 prohibits the installation and usage of slot machines
in outhouses.

Cleveland - it is illegal to operate a motor vehicle while sitting in someone's
lap.

Clinton County - it is against the law to lean on a public building at risk
of a fine.

Oxford - it is against the law for a woman to strip off her clothing while
standing in front of a man's picture.

Paulding – the law states that a policeperson may bite a dog to quiet
it.



According to state law, it is illegal to take a bite out of someone else's
hamburger.

It is against the law to get a fish drunk.

It is illegal for a female to cut her own hair without a license from the
state.

Cushing - it is against the law to drink beer in your underwear. Violators
can be ticketed.

Duncan - it is illegal to wash your clothes in a birdbath.

Hawthorne - according to city Ordinance #363, it is against the law to put
a hypnotized person in a display window.

Shawnee - it is against the law for three or more dogs to meet on someone's
property without a permit signed by the mayor.



Hood River - it is illegal to juggle without a license.



According to state law, it is illegal to have over 16 women living together
in one house because that "constitutes a brothel."

According to state law, it is illegal to sing in the bathtub.

A special ordinance prohibits homemakers from hiding dirt or dust under the
rug of a home.

York - it is illegal to sit down while using a water hose.



Greenville - it is illegal to sell whiskey unless the sun is shining.


Memphis - it is illegal for a woman to drive a car unless there is a man
running or walking in front of it, waving a red flag to warn approaching
motorists and pedestrians.



According to state law, "when two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing,
each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other
has gone." Apparently, a state senator did not want a particular law passed,
so he added this ridiculous law onto it, but no one noticed it, and so both
laws passed.

Abilene - a city ordinance states that "it is illegal to idle or loiter within
the corporate limits of the city for the purpose of flirting or mashing."

Commerce - it is illegal to climb a telephone pole unless you are
payed to do so.

Corpus Christi - it is against the law to raise alligators in your home.

Galveston - it is illegal for camels to wander around freely.

Plano - it is against the law to sale foam alligators at parades.



State law prohibits fishing from horseback.



A law makes it mandatory for everyone to take a bath every week on Saturday
night.

Rutland - it is illegal to allow your car to backfire.

It is illegal to whistle underwate. (Thanks Brian)



It is illegal to visit a cemetery for any other reason than visiting the
deceased.

It is against the law to have a bathtub inside your home.




According to state law, it is illegal to paint polka dots on the American
flag.

It is illegal to have possession of a lollipop.

A small community passed an ordinance that stated the following: "It is mandatory
for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone
the chief of police as he is entering town."

Seattle - it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon that is longer than 6
feet.

Spokane - it is illegal to purchase a television on the Sabbath.

Wilbur - it is illegal to ride an ugly horse.



Peewee - it is against the law to eat onions in the local cemetery.

Nicholas County - it is illegal for a preacher to tell jokes or humorous
stories from the pulpit.



It is against the law to take a picture of a rabbit in the months of January,
February, March, or April.

Newcastle - it is against the law "to make love in a meat freezer."




Wednesday, June 23, 2010

IT'S RAINING OIL IN LOUISIANA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


When you pour more than a million gallons of toxic chemical dispersants on top of an oil spill, it doesn’t just disappear.

In this case, it moves to the atmosphere, where it will travel hundreds, if not thousands of miles from the site of the BP oil spill, in the form of toxic rain.
 

BP’s oil spill-fighting dispersant of choice is Corexit 9500. It has been banned in Europe for good reason.

Corexit 9500 is one of the most environmentally enduring, toxic chemical dispersants ever created to battle an oil spill.
Add to that the millions of gallons of oil that have been burned, releasing even more toxins into the atmosphere, and you have a recipe for something much worse than acid rain.
One of the millions of oil victims, and so many more are to follow..........
The European Union Times reports "A dire report prepared for President Medvedev by Russia’s Ministry of Natural Resources is warning today that the British Petroleum (BP) oil and gas leak in the Gulf of Mexico is about to become the worst environmental catastrophe in all of human history threatening the entire eastern half of the North American continent with “total destruction”.
The reports adds, "Russian scientists are basing their apocalyptic destruction assessment due to BP’s use of millions of gallons of the chemical dispersal agent known as Corexit 9500 which is being pumped directly into the leak of this wellhead over a mile under the Gulf of Mexico waters and designed, this report says, to keep hidden from the American public the full, and tragic, extent of this leak that is now estimated to be over 2.9 million gallons a day."
Oil in the environment is toxic at 11 PPM (parts per million). Corexit 9500 is toxic at only 2.61 PPM. But Corexit 9500 has another precarious characteristic; it’s reaction to warm water.

As the water in the Gulf of Mexico heats up, Corexit 9500 goes through a molecular transition. It changes from a liquid to a gas, which is readily absorbed by clouds and released as toxic rain. The chemical-laden rain then falls on crops, reservoirs, animals and of course, people.

It is futile to believe that we can keep ‘Corexit rain’ from occurring since it has already been released and the molecular transformation has begun. We have set off an unprecedented chain of events in nature that we cannot control.

By releasing Pandora’s well from the depths and allowing it bleed into the sea the unimaginable becomes material.
Yet unlike a bad dream, we will not wake up from this nightmare and find it gone. The BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be touching millions of earth’s life forms for uncountable years.

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US GULF DRILLING BAN OVERTURNED BY FEDERAL JUDGE

A US federal court judge has blocked President Barack Obama's six-month moratorium on deep water oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
The moratorium was put in place in the wake of the massive oil spill triggered by an explosion at a rig in April.
The judge said the lengthy ban was "invalid" and could not be justified, as the negative impact on local businesses was simply too great.
The White House said it would be appealing against the decision.
"An invalid agency decision to suspend drilling of wells in the depths over 500ft simply cannot justify the immeasurable effect on the plaintiffs, the local economy, the Gulf region and the critical present-day aspect of the availability of domestic energy in this country," judge Martin Feldman said.
The decision to overturn the ban follows vocal protests by the oil industry.

The world does need the oil and the energy that is going to have to come from deep water production going forward
Steve Westwell BP's chief of staff Newfoundland drilling continues, Global deepwater oil production
Top executives from BP, Transocean and other oil firms have warned against over-regulating deep sea oil drilling.
Oil found in deep waters is needed because the world will need 45% more energy by the year 2030, BP's chief of staff, Steve Westwell, told the World National Oil Companies Congress earlier on Tuesday.
Consequently, the world would need new reserves from "new frontiers", he said.
Steven Newman, chief executive of Transocean, which owned and operated the destroyed Deepwater Horizon rig that blew up on 20 April, had attacked the US ban on deep water drilling.
"There are things the [US] administration could implement today that would allow the industry to go back to work tomorrow without an arbitrary six-month time limit," Mr Newman said on the sidelines of the meeting in London a few hours before the ban was overturned by the judge.
A prolonged ban on deep water drilling would also "be a step back for energy security", added Chevron executive Jay Pryor, suggesting it would "constrain supplies for world energy".
Commercially viable Steven Newman, chief executive, Transocean Transocean's chief Newman called for the drilling ban lifted
Mr Westwell said BP would re-assess how it balanced risks, but he also insisted that the leak in the Gulf of Mexico would not lead to deep water production being halted.
It would be a mistake, he insisted, to create an environment in which investment in deep water would become impossible.
"The world does need the oil and the energy that is going to have to come from deep water production going forward," he said.
"Therefore, the regulatory framework must still enable that to be a viable commercial position."
And he said "BP will come through", suggesting that most of the flow from the well in the Gulf should be staunched by August.
Judge who overturned drilling moratorium reported owning stock in drilling companies

The federal judge who overturned Barack Obama's offshore drilling moratorium reported owning stock in numerous companies involved in the offshore oil industry — including Transocean, which leased the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig to BP prior to its April 20 explosion in the Gulf of Mexico — according to 2008 financial disclosure reports.
U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman issued a preliminary injunction today barring the enforcement of the president's proposed six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling, arguing that the ban is too broad.
According to Feldman's 2008 financial disclosure form, posted online by Judicial Watch [pdf], the judge owned stock in Transocean, as well as five other companies that are either directly or indirectly involved in the offshore drilling business.
It's not surprising that Feldman, who is a judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, has invested in the offshore drilling business — an Associated Press investigation found earlier this month that more than half the federal judges in the districts affected by the BP spill have financial ties to the oil and gas industry.
The report discloses that in 2008, Judge Feldman held less than $15,000 worth of stock in Transocean, as well as similar amounts (federal rules only require that judges report a range of values ) in Hercules Offshore, ATP Oil and Gas, and Parker Drilling. All of those companies offer contract offshore drilling services and operate offshore rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Judge Feldman also owned between $15,000 and $50,000 in notes offered by Ocean Energy, Inc., a company that offers "concept design and manufacturing design of submersible drilling rigs," according to its website. None of the companies were direct parties to the lawsuit seeking to overturn the ban.
Judge Feldman did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
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The Everglades National Park in Florida and the Padre Island National Seashore in Texas are among 15 "special places" most threatened by the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, says a report today by two environmental groups.
The oil threatens, among other wildlife, brown pelicans, whooping cranes, manatees, bottlenose dolphins and sea turtles that live in these state parks, wildlife refuges and national parks, according to the report.
"This could become America's greatest environmental disaster," says Theo Spencer of the Natural Resources Defense Council, which co-wrote the report, adding it illustrates the dangers of U.S. "over-dependence on fossil fuels."
"Because the potential reach of this catastrophe is so broad, our list certainly cannot include more than a tiny fraction of what is at stake as oil continues to gush into and spread around the Gulf," says Stephen Saunders, president of the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, the report's other author.
The report picked the following 15 places to show the range of protected public areas and their resources that are vulnerable to contamination:
  1. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
  2. Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama
  3. Breton National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana
  4. Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana
  5. Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
  6. Everglades National Park, Florida
  7. Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
  8. Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Mississippi and Alabama
  9. Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi and Florida
  10. John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Florida
  11. Key West National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
  12. Padre Island National Seashore, Texas
  13. Pass a Loutre Wildlife Management Area, Louisiana
  14. Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana
  15. St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
The report says the list does not reflect judgment on where the oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, leased by BP, will go and which areas will be most affected. It says:
At this is being written, it still is not clear how much oil has already escaped from the BP blowout, when the gush of oil will be stopped, where the Gulf's currents and winds will take the oil, and what may happen if one or more hurricanes enters the Gulf this year. Instead, our list is based on, to begin with, the judgment of the National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that coastal areas they manage are vulnerable all around the Gulf.
It discusses how oil can harm various Gulf wildlife:
The iconic brown pelican, Louisiana's state bird, which feeds by plunging headfirst into waters to grab underwater fish. Their feathers can get fouled by oil to the point that they can no longer fly.
Whooping cranes, one of the world's rarest birds and America's tallest, which
survive primarily in one natural migratory flock that winters on the Texas coast and two introduced flocks that winter on Florida's Gulf Coast. Their seafood prey can be contaminated by oil, poisoning the cranes.

Manatees and bottlenose dolphins, marine mammals which must surface to breathe air. They can inhale oil and chemical dispersants on the surface of the water.
Sea turtles, which return to land only to nest on beaches around the Gulf. They can choke on oil in the water, and their eggs and hatchlings can be contaminated by oil on beaches.
LATEST NEWS:
NEW ORLEANS – Tens of thousands of gallons more oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday after an undersea robot bumped a venting system, forcing BP to remove the cap that had been containing some of the crude.

It was yet another setback in the nine-week effort to stop the gusher, and it came as thick pools of oil washed up on Pensacola Beach in Florida and the Obama administration tried to figure out how to resurrect a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling.

When the robot bumped the system just before 10 a.m. Wednesday, gas rose through the vent that carries warm water down to prevent ice-like crystals from forming, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said.

Crews were checking to see if crystals had formed before putting it back on. BP spokesman Bill Salvin could not say how long that might take.

"We're doing it as quickly as possible," he said.

Before the problem with the containment cap, it had collected about 700,000 gallons of oil in 24 hours. That's oil that's now pouring into the Gulf. Another 438,000 gallons was burned on the surface by a different system that was not affected by the issue with the cap.

A similar problem doomed the effort to put a bigger containment device over the blown-out well in May. BP had to abandon the four-story box after the crystals called hydrates clogged it, threatening to make it float away.

The smaller cap, which had worked fine until now, had been in place since early June. To get it there, though, crews had to slice away a section of the leaking pipe, meaning the flow of oil could be stronger now than before.

The current worst-case estimate of what's spewing into the Gulf is about 2.5 million gallons a day. Anywhere from 67 million to 127 million gallons have spilled since the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig that killed 11 workers and blew out the well 5,000 feet underwater. BP PLC was leasing the rig from owner Transocean Ltd.

Meanwhile, the Obama administration plotted its next steps after U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman in New Orleans overturned its moratorium on new drilling, saying the government simply assumed that because one rig exploded, the others pose an imminent danger, too.

Feldman, a 1983 appointee of President Ronald Reagan, has reported extensive investments in the oil and gas industry, including owning less than $15,000 of Transocean stock, according to financial disclosure reports for 2008, the most recent available. He did not return calls for comment on his investments.

The White House promised an immediate appeal of his ruling. The Interior Department imposed the moratorium last month in the wake of the BP disaster, halting approval of any new permits for deepwater projects and suspending drilling on 33 exploratory wells.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a statement that within the next few days he would issue a new order imposing a moratorium that eliminates any doubt it is needed and appropriate.

"It's important that we don't move forward with new drilling until we know it can be done in a safe way," he told a Senate subcommittee Wednesday.

Several companies, including Shell and Marathon Oil, said they would await the outcome of any appeals before they start drilling again.

Asked about it Wednesday on NBC's "Today" show, BP managing director Bob Dudley said his company will "step back" from the issue while it investigates the rig explosion.

BP said Wednesday that Dudley has been appointed to head the new Gulf Coast Restoration Organization, which is in charge of cleaning up the oil spill. He takes over from BP CEO Tony Hayward, who has been widely criticized for his handling of the crisis.

In Florida, dozens of workers used shovels to scoop up pools of oil that washed up overnight, turning the sand orange.

Tar balls have been reported as far west as Panama City, Fla., and heavier oil is predicted to wash ashore further east along the coast line in the coming days. Oil has also washed up on beaches in Alabama and coated wetlands in Louisiana.

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Associated Press Writer Curt Anderson in Miami and Melissa R. Nelson contributed to this report.

See pictures Pensacola beach by Gregg Hall, june 25 2010.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Bavaria - Budweiser: 1 - 0.

APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICAN WORLD SOCCER GAMES


Bavaria big winner
exclusive video's
Txs. 'geen stijl'.
It started 2 weeks ago:

ROTTERDAM - Er is ophef ontstaan over het oranje jurkje van bierbrouwer Bavaria, de 'DutchDress'. Voetbalbond KNVB zou het bierjurkje willen weigeren bij de oefeninterland Nederland-Ghana, omdat biermerk Heineken de hoofdsponsor is.


Voetbalvrouw Sylvie bij de presentatie van de DutchDress.


Dat beweerde althans De Telegraaf. De KNVB spreekt het echter tegen. "Wij zullen geen supporters met oranje jurkjes uit het stadion weren. Maar we zullen wel bekijken hoe we Heineken het alleenrecht op bierreclame kunnen garanderen", zei een KNVB-woordvoerder.
Tijdens de oefenwedstrijd tussen Nederland en Mexico trokken 60 Bavaria-babes in de voetbaljurkjes nogal de aandacht. De actie van Bavaria schoot bij hoofdsponsor Heineken in het verkeerde keelgat. Mevrouw Van der Vaart trok de 'DutchDress', zoals de alcoholische reclamecreatie is gedoopt, aan om de oranjegekte nog wat op te voeren.


Maar van een stadionverbod is dus geen sprake, zegt KNVB-woordvoerster Renske Bruinsma. "Natuurlijk willen we onze sponsor beschermen, maar we zijn met belangrijker zaken bezig dan deze jurkjes.'' Ook Bavaria directeur Swinkels vindt dat logisch. "Je kunt vrouwen moeilijk opdragen de DutchDress uit te doen. Er staat niet eens 'Bavaria' op.'' De Brabantse brouwer is echter de lachende derde. Volgende week komt de laatste lading jurkjes binnen. Er zijn er al zo'n 160.000 verkocht. De verkoop is inmiddels gestopt, omdat Bavaria de vraag niet meer aankon.





Gecensureerd..



(geen stijl):
Het uit de hand gelopen Bier Oorlog marketing-dingetje heeft nu ook Buitenlandse Zaken bereikt. BuZa wil opheldering van de ZuidAfrikaanse autoriteiten omtrent de FIFA-terreur naar aanleiding van deze onschuldige striptease. Zoals bekend mag men alleen dat vieze Budweiser tijdens het WK nuttigen, en wie ook maar even de naam noemt van een ander merk opdrinkbier krijgt subiet problemen met de MaFIFA. GeenStijl heeft de hand weten te leggen op exclusieve beelden van Bavaria babes, die worden afgevoerd uit het Soccer City stadion in Johannesburg. Op DEZE VIDEO is te zien hoe de akela van het promoteam aangesproken wordt door 2 FIFA-rugzakjes met oortjes. Vervolgens worden de dames met zachte hand het stadion uit gebonjourd door de stewards (foto boven). Op een afgelegen plek, ver weg van de wereldpers, worden de meisjes onder handen genomen door de gewillige beulen van de FIFA. Zie HIERRR hoe de meisjes worden weggeleid. Kan het gekker? Ja, het kan gekker. In DIT FILMPJE is te zien hoe een geheim agent van de FIFA Brand Police de boel nog probeert te downplayen: "They weren't arrested. They were chaperoned out of the stadion because 80.000 horny Dutch fuckers wanted to mount them." Maar de dames zijn wel degelijk gearresteerd. De paspoorten zijn korte tijd ingenomen, en alle 60 promo-chicks hebben een STADIONVERBOD van de FIFA gekregen.


NB: Alle gelinkte filmpjes zijn illegaal naar Nederland gesmokkeld. FIFA controleert de feed van de EBU dagelijks op WK-gerelateerde content. Alles wat met het WK te maken heeft, en de FIFA niet goed uitkomt, mag niet worden doorgepompt.


Update: Het MAFIFA-mannetje met rugzak en oortje is door de collega's van ElfVoetbal herkend als Miguel Portela.



Censuur...
Maradonna has a better use for the Vuvuzela...

 

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Bacteria in the Large Intestine Play Positive Role in Weight Management

Good food at the right time...

Dutch research shows that short-chain fatty acids, in particular propionic acid, have a health benefit. After fat tissue has been exposed to propionic acid it increases the production of the satiety hormone leptin and reduces the production of another hormone, resistin.

--- Short-chain fatty acids such as propionic acid, which are produced by bacteria in the large intestine, can improve the health status of fat tissue in the body. When fat tissue comes in contact with propionate the tissue produces the satiety hormone leptin.


This hormone makes people feel fuller, thus reducing their appetite. Propionic acid also reduces the production of resistin. Resistin improves the effectiveness of insulin. It especially appears that insulin does not function optimally in overweight people. These are the conclusions of research of Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN) carried out by TNO and the University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG).


International research shows that the activity of bacteria in the large intestine plays a important role in weight management. The bacteria in the large intestine break down food components that cannot be digested by the human body. In the process they produce short-chain fatty acids (acetic acid, propionic acid and butyric acid). These short-chain fatty acids are absorbed by the body and act as an energy source for a variety of organs, such as the gut wall, liver and muscle tissue.


The Dutch research shows that short-chain fatty acids, in particular propionic acid, have a health benefit. After fat tissue has been exposed to propionic acid it increases the production of the satiety hormone leptin and reduces the production of another hormone, resistin. The influence of propionic acid on the production of these two hormones has a two-way effect on the health status of individuals who are overweight or obese. On the one hand, it leads to reduced food intake and, on the other hand, to increased insulin sensitivity. The results have been published in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation.


TIFN is investigating how to increase the production of propionic acid by bacteria in the large intestine, for instance by eating specific foods or food components.

Source:Nutrition Horizon