Links for 12/27/10

But this was a disaster with two distinct parts — first a blowout, then the destruction of the Horizon. The second part, which killed 11 people and injured dozens, has escaped intense scrutiny, as if it were an inevitable casualty of the blowout.

It was not.

read more here about Deep Water Horizon’s final hours

Florida Spill Claimants

New Data on BP Oil Spill Damage

Read what scientists say about the latest results concerning the oil spill in the gulf of Mexico earlier this year.

Despite claims by BP and the EPA that Corexit, the chemical dispersant BP used to sink the oil was ‘as harmless as dish soap.’, on June 23, 2010, the US Coast Guard confirmed the death of two members of the cleanup crew who had been overcome by exposure to BP’s chemical dispersant.

BP Oil on Gulf Floor

The report leaves unanswered many questions about the spill’s environmental impact that scientists are likely to be researching—and BP and the government are likely to be fighting over—for years.

For instance, officials sprayed some 1.8 million gallons of chemical dispersants on the oil to break it up and prevent it from washing ashore. In some sediment, tests found a chemical contained in dispersant, but its environmental impact is unknown, the report said.

read more about BPs oil here

individuals impacted by the events are urged to get lawyers here

Aging Equipment Cause of Oil Accidents

On June 10, 1947, Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. won an auction for the right to drill for oil on a plot seven miles off the Louisiana coast. The company built a spindly steel platform and drilled a well in shallow waters. It struck oil, and in 1950, Stanolind sold its first Louisiana sweet crude for 2.02€ a barrel.
More than 60 years later, the West Cameron 45-A platform is, according to government records, the oldest functioning platform in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. One of more than 100 structures built in the 1940s and 1950s still in operation, the platform has survived seven Category 2 hurricanes and a major fire.

read more about the aging rigs at The Wallstreet Journal

Links for 11/18/10

Facebook | BP=Biological Predator

As the ocean becomes more acidic, coastal states should list them as impaired

1967 Tokai Humming Bird – a set on Flickr

The Trashmen – Surfin’ Bird / King of the Surf 7″ Single

Rarität Framus Hollywood Vintage guitar alte Gitarre bei eBay.de

P.B.C. Polverini Vollröhren-Amp 60er Jahre bei eBay.de: Vintage

Dynacord DA 20 1963 bei eBay.de

Hohner Concertophon IV 1961 bei eBay.de

Archtop Jazzgitarren-Banjo bei eBay.de

Roger Jazzgitarre/Archtop bei eBay.de

Höfner 173 (II) bei eBay.de

Astro Semiakustik 60er Jahre bei eBay.de

Framus 5/155 Strato 1965 absoluter Neuzustand bei eBay.de

Framus Jennings Vox Verstärker Vintage extrem rar f. B. bei eBay

Original Framus Peter Kraus Tenor-Gitarre bei eBay.de

Framus Television E-Gitarre Vintage Rarität bei eBay.de

BP, firms missed key errors before spill | Reuters

Links for 11/17/10

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Four Methods Of Generating Electricity For Powering Highways

1964 Fender Princeton and 1963 Fender Reverb Unit MINT! – eBay

Best Vacuum Tube Spring Reverb ever? Guitar or Studio! – eBay

Magnatone Typhoon X-20 Vintage Electric Guitar w/ case – eBay

Magnatone Mark V 1957 Paul Bigsby Design Very Few Made – eBay

1960 Magnatone Mark IX Vintage Guitar – eBay

Vintage 1967-68 Yamaha Guitar SA-50B w OHSC, Gibson 335 – eBay

Yamaha Electric Guitar 1960’s Hollow Body SA-15 – eBay

Hallmark Stradette guitar semihollow Mosrite style – eBay

Facebook | Tiki Horror Night – Public Premiere!

Facebook | Easitaly with Il Facile Duo on www.luxuriamusic.com DejaVu Special

Latin Music USA

YouTube – Kanal von LetsTiki

Links for 11/9/10

  • Green Matters: Good Environmental News from Palau (tags: ocean earth wildlife)
  • Disney vying for “Tiki” movie script from Frank Zappa’s son | Tiki Talk (tags: tiki movie)
  • Koch Brothers Are Kings of Alberta Oil Sands Too (tags: oil climate fossile capitalism)
  • Facebook | THE ART OF GILLIGAN’S ISLAND – Artists Reception at The TONGA HUT : (tags: tiki low-brow)
  • Facebook | Bosko’s “Mod Shapes & Scapes” art exhibit (tags: tiki)
  • Facebook | HULA BOOGIE! CHRISTMAS PARTY with Live Music from THE KEYTONES (tags: x-mas london tiki swing)
  • Facebook | TIKIYAKI 3 hour tour & the Art of Gilligan’s Island (tags: tiki)
  • surfboards by phil (tags: surfing longboard 1960s movies)
  • Tony Hayward: BP Was Unprepared For Gulf Oil Spill, ‘We Were Making It Up Day To Day’ Well, it became the biggest in history none the less. (tags: oil spill gulf bp aral health earth wildlife seafood ocean)
  • Will oil bring death to Gulf’s rich web of life? | HeraldTribune.com (tags: gulf oil spill bp aral health seafood wildlife ocean earth)
  • Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica @ Cafe Vivaldi on Dec 2, 2010 – Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica (a band) (tags: exotica)
  • An American Surf Legend Returns – Redondo Beach, CA Patch (tags: south-bay surfing)
  • The Rhythm Rockers – Soul Surfin’ Limited Edition LP ( LP 5325 ) – the Sundazed.com store (tags: surf-music vinyl)
  • Where’s the Gulf oil? In the food web, study says – Yahoo! News (tags: oil seafood wildlife health earth ocean bp spill drilling aral boycott gulf)