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To: Peter V who wrote (251950)	6/4/2010 5:04:44 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 306849

James Cameron is the first guest on MSNBC's Hardball tonight -- he's giving his perspective after participating in a brainstorming session on how to deal with the Gulf oil spill.

To: Peter V who wrote (251950)	6/4/2010 5:53:46 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 306849

As I've mentioned elsewhere, the government needs to require Blow-out Preventers which can actually shut in a well. As oil companies drill deeper, they have been using stronger drill pipe which current BOPs are no longer capable of cutting through. This problem is such a no-brainer. An actually functional BOP, with a secondary back-up would have eliminated virtually of the well blow-outs we have experienced. The second device which failed was the BOP release, which releases the 5,000 foot riser string from the BOP on the sea floor. If this had worked, the drill rig would have drifted off from the flow of oil and gas and the rig fire would have stopped. We merely need BOPs and BOP release which actually work as they are specified. All of BP's shoddy well design would have meant nothing but a lost well if these two devices had functioned as they are supposed to. .

To: Peter V who wrote (251950)	6/4/2010 11:04:55 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

Legendary Wooden dead at 99. Glad I got to see him coach. rivals.yahoo.com Swing open the door to John Wooden’s tiny two-bedroom condominium, and the first thing that stands out is that there’s hardly any room to walk amid the clutter. Piles of items awaiting autographs occupy the living room table. Stacks of poetry anthologies, baseball books and Abraham Lincoln biographies litter the shelves. And enshrouding every inch of wall space are dozens of photos, some of Wooden’s late wife Nell and his extended family and others of the legendary basketball teams he coached. As his colorful condo suggests, college basketball’s most iconic coach lived a remarkably full life, from his all-American playing days at Purdue, to his success on the bench at UCLA, to his 53-year marriage to his high school sweetheart. He died at UCLA Medical Center on Friday four months shy of his 100th birthday, leaving behind an unparalleled legacy highlighted by a record-setting 88-game win streak, four undefeated seasons and 10 national titles from 1964 to 1975. ADVERTISEMENT Even after abruptly retiring following his last championship, Wooden remained relevant as an author and motivational speaker, mentor to younger coaches. Only after his failing health confined him to a wheelchair the past couple years did he finally stop attending games at Pauley Pavilion in his customary seat two rows behind the UCLA bench. Wooden was hospitalized several times over the past few years, suffering a broken left wrist and collarbone in a fall at his home in March 2008 and then overcoming a month-long bout of pneumonia nearly a year later. He remained as sharp and perceptive as ever during most of those medical woes, but former UCLA star Marques Johnson said Wooden’s condition deteriorated the past few weeks. “From a selfish standpoint, you’d love to see him live as long as possible, hit 100 at least,” Johnson said. “But after spending a couple hours with him two weeks ago and seeing how he was struggling, reclined in his easy chair and nodding in and out, I felt it would be selfish on our part to want him to stay around just to hit that milestone. He was never about numbers, in life or in basketball. It was always about the quality of effort.” That Wooden maintained those wholesome values throughout his life is a testament to his small-town upbringing. Wooden was born Oct. 14, 1910 in Hall, Ind, the second-eldest son of a hard-working farming couple. Soft-spoken Joshua Wooden taught his four sons the value of hard work, having them assist tending crops and livestock and then reading them poetry and scriptures every night by coal lamp. When John Wooden finished eighth grade, his father gave him a card with a seven-point creed on it that included such tenets as “Be True to yourself” and “Make each day your masterpiece.” Wooden later used those philosophies in coaching and kept a copy of the card in his pocket the rest of his life. It’s ironic that Wooden forged a career for himself in basketball because baseball was actually always his favorite sport. The Indiana native split much of his free time between a baseball diamond amid the cornfields and a hoop nailed to the hayloft, wisely choosing to pursue basketball when he blossomed into a three-time all-state selection at Martinsville High School. After leading Purdue to a national title and becoming the first college player ever to be named a three-time all-American in 1932, Wooden married longtime girlfriend Nell and began his professional life as a high school coach and English teacher. He amassed a 218-42 record at Central High in South Bend before breaking into the college ranks as coach at Indiana State in 1946. Two successful seasons at Indiana State caught the eye of more prominent programs, but Wooden and his wife desired to stay in the Midwest. His intention was to accept the coaching job at the University of Minnesota in 1948, but when a snowstorm prevented Minnesota’s athletic director from getting to the phone to offer him the position by a stipulated deadline, Wooden snapped up UCLA’s offer instead. “If fate had not intervened, I would never have gone to UCLA,” Wooden once said.