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POPSNothing says ‘drill safely’ like the smell of diesel in the French Quarter "Nobody was injured, but more than 419,000 gallons of heavy, almost tar-like fuel oil spilled from the barge, forming a slick 12 miles long, said Lt. Cdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau, a Coast Guard spokeswoman." The collision occurred about 1:30 a.m. CDT just upriver from the Crescent City Connection, a pair of bridges between New Orleans’ east and west banks. ~and I repeat~ "Nothing says “drill safely now” like an oil spill that closes 29 miles of the Mississippi River near New Orleans."
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POPSTugboats Harbour tugs are the most typical of the tugboats that people recognise. They’re used worldwide to move ships in and out of berth and to move industrial barges around waterfront complexes. Their job has remained the same but their design and engineering has changed much over the decades. Harbour tugs originally evolved from paddle wheelers into the conventional tug known by all, and evolved further into Ship Docking Modules and tractors. River tugs (also known as towboats or push boats) are designed as large squared-off vessels with flat bows for connecting with the rectangular stern of barges. They are large and powerful, most commonly seen on the big rivers of the world and are capable of pushing huge fleets of barges that are can be lashed together into "tows". Some tows can be up to 1,000ft long and 200ft wide. In inland waters, smaller push boats may be seen managing only a few barges. Despite their size, they are designed to push their tow rather than tow from the stern.
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POPSAwakening Statue Moved This is really sad. I grew up in the DC area my entire life, and this is one of the things that is stapled in my memories. It's definitely going to be missed.
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POPSFreedom of expression denied in Britain Looks like you can be banned from expressing your opinion if you do not have a permit. This is what Bush talked about when he mentioned the "new freedom". Goes something like, you have the freedom to choice between choice A and choice B and you must choose. You do it every day and you do not realise it. I'd bet you do not know what I mean also. Please, at least have a think about it you'll be better for it :) All the best, yb
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POPSJoyce's Ulysses via Twitter: oddly addictive A bot at the Institute for the Future of the Book is "reading" an etext of Joyce's Ulysses to the world via Twitter -- a line every twenty minutes or so. I thought this was incredibly stupid, but I keep coming back to see what's new.
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