Una delle cose che mi mancherà di più della vita da Erasmus è la sensazione che fare amicizia sia facile.
Qui viviamo in un limbo, quasi del tutto separato dalle nostre vite ‘vere’. Viviamo una vita che condividiamo tutti.
Non so, forse è la paura della solitudine che…
“The true cost of Internet romance scams is $50,399,536.16, the amount of losses reported by Americans in 2011 to the The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a low-key quasi-project of the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center. Women constituted more than $39 million of the losses, with the most vulnerable segments of the population being specifically women in their fifties and over the age of 60; however, even within that group, women in their fifties are more likely to hand over large sums of money to scammers than their older counterparts. As the IC3 soberly puts it, the scammers “use poetry, flowers and other gifts to reel in victims, while declaring ‘undying love.’” Then, of course, the PayPal payments and checks start arriving.”
Calcium supplements might increase the risk of having a heart attack, and should be “taken with caution,” concludes research published in the online issue of the journal Heart.
Not all scientific misconduct is flat-out fraud. Much falls into the murkier realm of “questionable research practices.” A new study finds that in one field, psychology, these practices are surprisingly common. The survey of more than 2,000 research psychologists, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that most have engaged in at least one of the questionable practices at some point in their career.
The producers of two of Italy’s best-known cheeses – Parmesan and Grana Padano – are facing losses of hundreds of millions of pounds after around 15,800 tons were ruined in last week’s earthquake.
“I nostri concittadini, al riguardo, erano come tutti quanti, pensavano a se stessi. In altre parole, erano degli umanisti: non credevano ai flagelli. Il flagello non è commisurato all’uomo, ci si dice quindi che il flagello è irreale, è un brutto sogno che passerà.”
1. Castello delle Rocche - Finale Emilia
2. Chiesa di Buonacompra - comune di Cento, Ferrara
3. Torre dell’Orologio - Finale Emilia
4. La Rocca - San Felice sul Panaro
An earthquake struck the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna on Sunday, killing five people, wounding dozens and damaging historic buildings as well as warehouses and factories, officials said. The earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.0 according to the U.S. Geological Survey, was felt as far away as Liguria on the country’s eastern coast and Friuli Venezia Giulia in the west.
What does Schlumberger know about the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster?
This post from GCaptain on May 20 2010 @ 12:27 AM:
“I have gone to the oildrum website & confirmed this story myself. When it first broke a couple of days ago their was a lot of drama attached which led me to believe it was not true. The confirmation of this news now removes any doubt that could have been left in my mind that BP was absolutely, undeniably beyond any shadow of a doubt guilty of gross neglegance leading to the disaster which occured on the eveing of 4/20/10. They had a substandard cement design which had to have been made or at least approved by their engineers. They had a wireline crew ON BOARD that they chose not to use to determine the strength of the cement bond & the undermining of it by nitrogen gas bubbles at extremely high temperatures. They had evidently approved or excused the jerryrigging of BOP tests that could not have occured without their knowledge as they had represintatives on baord the rig during this time. They disregarded the warning signs of failed negative hydrostatic tests against the casing hanger seals & cement job. They had to have lied to the MMS about those test results & sought approval for premature removal of the 14.3 PPG mud which they displaced with 8.7 PPG seawater causing the well to become underbalanced & allow for the migration of gas bubbles to destroy whatever strength the cement held & allowing oil to destroy the ability of the cement to cling to the casing & shale walls. They evidently continued to order the continued pumping of displacement fluid even though gauge pressures indicated they were already recieving a kick & had removed some if not all of the killweight mud from the rig which is required by indusrty standards & to be self enforced by MMS regulation.
Anyone that is still a BP apologist after these damning pieces of evidence have been brought forth is not worthy to hold a job in this industry & should seek employment at a bologna sandwich factory, because you have decieved yourself beyond the point of being helped. BP executives, engineers, drilling supervisors on sight & in their chain of command that had any thing to do with anyone of these actions should be brought up on charges of neglegent homicide & multiple counts of neglegant destruction to private, state, & federal property & have to answer for these indefensible decisions. Unless people like this are held accountible we can expect that no matter how many laws, techniques, safety devices, & standards are implemented, this stands an all to good chance of happening again.
As I have said before, I work here. I LIVE HERE. This is my home. I adhere to the recommended practices as set forth by the API & adhere to MMS requirements & do not appreciate the black eye all of us in this industry are recieving over this disaster caused by BP’s systematic lack of respect for the citizens of the gulf coast, colleagues in this industry, the recommended practices of the american petroleum institute, & the laws of the government of the United States
