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To: elmatador who wrote (41487)	10/17/2008 8:46:40 PM
From: dvdw©	Respond to of 220351

Petrobras Americas is pretty innovative, this test bodes well for them in the future exploration of Tupi and the other deep sub salt structures. Petrobras Americas Inc., the Brazilian oil producer and exploration company, in conjunction with Akers. The project -- taking place in the Cascade and Chinook fields in the Gulf of Mexico -- is designed to demonstrate the ability of carbon fiber rods to succeed where steel cables begin to fail -- in counteracting the greater axial loads encountered in ultra deepwater -- meaning depths exceeding 8,000 feet. At these depths, steel is subject to deformation or stretching. so much for peak oil, when hulbert wrote his myths into stone the possibility of oil at depths wasnt even an issue. deserves a song; youtube.com now thanks to innovation in material sciences, many issues concerning the missing information will be debunked. want a model, learn about the limitations of the foundation of the existing model, and then and only then proceed to step two.

To: elmatador who wrote (41487)	10/17/2008 9:31:18 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 220351

"U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown" is paddling somewhere far away, thinking of Lazarus. Well, it must be tough, two-party system and his peace-Labour-party (cannon Labour-fudder) did make that silly war, Blair was praying with Bush, while the traditional war-party opposed him, every firing of every Blair-Brain stuffed down the cannon.. EMU-Illegal-Aliens, ever since the dead body of Thatcher, the MilkSnatcher, her body which she promised as a sound base for the Yuro. It will be interesting, for at least some 2-6 years, will the diety of pests, rotting decease, zombies and bankruptcies, socializations and negative state finances, even national non-EMU-growth, illegal tax-heavens, really destababalize that silly UK house of the lords, commons and single seats. (Plus Gordon Brown) youtube.com

To: elmatador who wrote (41487)	10/18/2008 4:15:33 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 220351

most if not all of today financial troubles are rooted in the way the Clinton administration tackled the then US recession. 1. Changes in how CPI is calculated 2. Robert Rubin policy of "strong USD" to unload US debt on others 3. Forcing Fanny and Freddy in providing subsidized mortgages to low income folks (a political move) 4. Introducing and legitimizing the home equity loans 5. Issuing mortgages based on appraisals which included brokers fees and all other fees 6. Promoting an American dream of "Home Ownership" policy in the US The Bush fiscal policies after Sept. 11, and FED monetary policies only accelerated those damaging policies initiated under the Democratic Congress During the Bush administration the principles of "home ownership" where strongly pushed by a Democratic Congress who resisted any closer oversight of the GSM and issuance of mortgages in general - after all the low income class where Democratic voters. The Thieves and Swindlers on WS only took advantage of the popular programs and no one is out there to recoup the ill received bonuses and compensations of WS “Big Wigs”. Best example is Goldman Sachs top management collecting hundreds of millions followed by Lehman and AIG and so on, and Bush policy of total "no intervention" and complete "free markets" as WS sese it fit did not help First move to recovery from the bad financing practices would be to alter the way RE is evaluated world wide and not relay only on comparative appraisals of the latest sales, but also on actual cost with unadjusted prices for the underlying value of land – this will also reduce land speculation, and some kind of regional construction index - same should be adopted on commercial loans who relay only on free cashflow and asset valuations