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Is BP guilty of manslaughter?
Eleven workers were killed in the 2010 Gulf explosion that led to a devastating oil spill. Now federal prosecutors are considering manslaughter charges for BP managersposted on March 30, 2011, at 12:38 PM
Some BP managers may reportedly be charged with manslaughter over the disaster, which killed 11 workers.
Almost a year after an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico caused the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, federal prosecutors are considering legal charges. Eleven workers were killed when the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20 last year, and the Justice Department is now reportedly examining whether negligence makes BP managers guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Is this just scapegoating?
If they were negligent, prosecute them: How do you divvy up blame for an accident, asks Stephen Reader at Death and Taxes. Well, it's quite easy when "government regulations are ignored or circumvented." And that certainly seems to be the case here: BP had reportedly been aware of problems with the cement used to seal the well for three years, and decided against installing a key safety device. If it's proved that BP chiefs "opted to use shoddy equipment, or no equipment at all," then by all means, let them face prosecution.
"BP honchos could face manslaughter charges."
Don't expect to see Tony Hayward in court: BP's former chief executive Tony Hayward became the villain of last year's oil spill, says Nitasha Tiku at New York, and many may be excited "picturing [him] in an orange jumpsuit." Don't get your hopes up. Charges will likely only be for "low-level managers who ran the operation."
"BP could face manslaughter charges for Deepwater Horizon deaths"
The feds won't prosecute, but this really hurts BP: It's unlikely that individual BP managers or executives will be hauled into court, says Kirsten Korosec at BNET. But the mere consideration of manslaughter charges is "horribly damaging" to BP. Why? Because that means prosecutors have enough evidence to pursue criminal charges against the oil giant. If the company is found to be grossly negligent, it might be forced to pay more than $20 billion in fines.
"Should BP managers face manslaughter charges?"
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
FAITH, TRUST & HOPE
FAITH, TRUST & HOPE
1. Once During Hot Season, All villagers Decided To Pray to GOD For Rain. On The Day of prayer, Everyone in the Village Gathered, But Only One Boy Came With an Umbrella. That's FAITH.
2. When You Throw a Baby In The Air, the Baby Laughs ..Because the Baby knows You'll Catch Him/Her. That's TRUST.
3. Every Night We Go to Bed, But..We have no Assurance That We'll Wake Up the Next morning, But Still We've Plans For Tomorroow. That's HOPE.
Have a Union Everyday with FAITH, TRUST & HOPE.
1. Once During Hot Season, All villagers Decided To Pray to GOD For Rain. On The Day of prayer, Everyone in the Village Gathered, But Only One Boy Came With an Umbrella. That's FAITH.
2. When You Throw a Baby In The Air, the Baby Laughs ..Because the Baby knows You'll Catch Him/Her. That's TRUST.
3. Every Night We Go to Bed, But..We have no Assurance That We'll Wake Up the Next morning, But Still We've Plans For Tomorroow. That's HOPE.
Have a Union Everyday with FAITH, TRUST & HOPE.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Nuclear Catastrophe!
50 courageousmen with honor in their heart are now sitting in Fukushima plant trying to avoid the worst. They know that they will die and that will make them immortal.
I hope their sacrifice will not go in vain.
Copy and paste this in your status to show your respect and your gratitude to the 50 men who are trying right now to prevent a global nuclear catastrophe..
I hope their sacrifice will not go in vain.
Copy and paste this in your status to show your respect and your gratitude to the 50 men who are trying right now to prevent a global nuclear catastrophe..
Saturday, March 19, 2011
'Money Bags!If you believe .. please forward.
This year, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This happens once every 823 years. This is called money bags.
So, forward this to your friends and money will arrive within 4 days.
Based on Chinese Feng Shui the one who does not forward.....will be without money. Not taking any chance!!
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This year, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This happens once every 823 years. This is called money bags.
So, forward this to your friends and money will arrive within 4 days.
Based on Chinese Feng Shui the one who does not forward.....will be without money. Not taking any chance!!
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If you believe .. please forward.
This year, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This happens once every 823 years. This is called money bags. So, forward this to your friends and money will arrive within 4 days. Based on Chinese Feng Shui the one who does not forward.....will be without money. Not taking any chance!
July 2011
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This year, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This happens once every 823 years. This is called money bags. So, forward this to your friends and money will arrive within 4 days. Based on Chinese Feng Shui the one who does not forward.....will be without money. Not taking any chance!
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Help The Stranded JEVENILE..Please!
Dear All,
Kindly, share this valuable information wherever possible.
1. If you see children Begging anywhere in INDIA, please contact:
"RED SOCIETY" at 9940217816. They will help the children for their studies.
2. Where you can search for any BLOOD GROUP, you will get thousand's of donor address. www.friendstosupport.org
3. Engineering Students can register in www.campuscouncil.com to attend Off Campus for 40 Companies.
4. Free Education and Free hostel for Handicapped/Physically Challenged children.
Contact:- 9842062501 & 9894067506.
5. If anyone met with fire accident or people born with problems in their ear, nose and mouth can get free PLASTIC SURGERY done by Kodaikanal PASAM Hospital . From 23rd March to 4th April by German Doctors.
Everything is free. Contact : 045420-240668,245732
"Helping Hands are Better than Praying Lips"
6. If you find any important documents like Driving license, Ration card, Passport, Bank Pass Book, etc., missed by someone, simply put them into any near by Post Boxes. They will automatically reach the owner and Fine will be collected from them.
7. By the next 10 months, our earth will become 4 degrees hotter than what it is now. Our Himalayan glaciers are melting at rapid rate. So let all of us lend our hands to fight GLOBAL WARMING.
-Plant more Trees.
-Don't waste Water & Electricity.
-Don't use or burn Plastics
8. It costs 38 Trillion dollars to create OXYGEN for 6 months for all Human beings on earth.
"TREES DO IT FOR FREE"
"Respect them and Save them"
9. Special phone number for Eye bank and Eye donation: 04428281919 and 04428271616 (Sankara Nethralaya Eye Bank). For More information about how to donate eyes plz visit these sites. http://ruraleye.org/
10. Heart Surgery free of cost for children (0-10 yr) Sri Valli Baba Institute Banglore. 10.
Contact : 9916737471
11. Medicine for Blood Cancer!!!!
'Imitinef Mercilet' is a medicine which cures blood cancer. Its available free of cost at "Adyar Cancer Institute in Chennai". Create Awareness. It might help someone.
Cancer Institute in Adyar, Chennai
Category: Cancer
Address:
East Canal Bank Road, Gandhi Nagar
Adyar
Chennai -600020
Landmark: Near Michael School
Phone: 044-24910754 044-24910754 , 044-24911526 044-24911526 , 044-22350241 044-22350241
12. Please CHECK WASTAGE OF FOOD
If you have a function/party at your home in India and food gets wasted, don't hesitate to call 1098 (only in India ) - Its not a Joke, This is the number of Child helpline.
They will come and collect the food. Please circulate this message which can help feed many children.
AND LETS TRY TO HELP INDIA BE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN
Please Save Our Mother Nature for
"OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS"
Please don't delete this without forwarding.
Let it reach the 122 Crores Indians and the remaining if any.
"Spend at least as much time researching a stock as you would choosing a refrigerator" - Peter Lynch
“JAI HIND”
Kindly, share this valuable information wherever possible.
1. If you see children Begging anywhere in INDIA, please contact:
"RED SOCIETY" at 9940217816. They will help the children for their studies.
2. Where you can search for any BLOOD GROUP, you will get thousand's of donor address. www.friendstosupport.org
3. Engineering Students can register in www.campuscouncil.com to attend Off Campus for 40 Companies.
4. Free Education and Free hostel for Handicapped/Physically Challenged children.
Contact:- 9842062501 & 9894067506.
5. If anyone met with fire accident or people born with problems in their ear, nose and mouth can get free PLASTIC SURGERY done by Kodaikanal PASAM Hospital . From 23rd March to 4th April by German Doctors.
Everything is free. Contact : 045420-240668,245732
"Helping Hands are Better than Praying Lips"
6. If you find any important documents like Driving license, Ration card, Passport, Bank Pass Book, etc., missed by someone, simply put them into any near by Post Boxes. They will automatically reach the owner and Fine will be collected from them.
7. By the next 10 months, our earth will become 4 degrees hotter than what it is now. Our Himalayan glaciers are melting at rapid rate. So let all of us lend our hands to fight GLOBAL WARMING.
-Plant more Trees.
-Don't waste Water & Electricity.
-Don't use or burn Plastics
8. It costs 38 Trillion dollars to create OXYGEN for 6 months for all Human beings on earth.
"TREES DO IT FOR FREE"
"Respect them and Save them"
9. Special phone number for Eye bank and Eye donation: 04428281919 and 04428271616 (Sankara Nethralaya Eye Bank). For More information about how to donate eyes plz visit these sites. http://ruraleye.org/
10. Heart Surgery free of cost for children (0-10 yr) Sri Valli Baba Institute Banglore. 10.
Contact : 9916737471
11. Medicine for Blood Cancer!!!!
'Imitinef Mercilet' is a medicine which cures blood cancer. Its available free of cost at "Adyar Cancer Institute in Chennai". Create Awareness. It might help someone.
Cancer Institute in Adyar, Chennai
Category: Cancer
Address:
East Canal Bank Road, Gandhi Nagar
Adyar
Chennai -600020
Landmark: Near Michael School
Phone: 044-24910754 044-24910754 , 044-24911526 044-24911526 , 044-22350241 044-22350241
12. Please CHECK WASTAGE OF FOOD
If you have a function/party at your home in India and food gets wasted, don't hesitate to call 1098 (only in India ) - Its not a Joke, This is the number of Child helpline.
They will come and collect the food. Please circulate this message which can help feed many children.
AND LETS TRY TO HELP INDIA BE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN
Please Save Our Mother Nature for
"OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS"
Please don't delete this without forwarding.
Let it reach the 122 Crores Indians and the remaining if any.
"Spend at least as much time researching a stock as you would choosing a refrigerator" - Peter Lynch
“JAI HIND”
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
FASTING UN TO DEATH, AGAINST CURRUPTION!
A mahatma announces fast unto death
Anna Hazare has given an ultimatum to the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to enact stringent anti-corruption law – the peoples “Jan Lokpal Bill”! Jail to the corrupt must happen! We have been betrayed by those that are leading us!
When & Where?
From 5th April at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.
Who is Anna Hazare?
A soldier, lone survivor in his unit in 1965 Indo-Pak war, Anna dedicated his life to the well-being of society. A bachelor, an ascetic, he has no possessions, no bank balance and lives in a temple. He is a living Mahatma Gandhi!
In Maharashtra, Anna has single handedly transformed barren and dry regions into green and food surplus areas. He has fasted unto death on several earlier occasions. He forced the Maharashtra government to dismiss the corrupt - 6 ministers and 400 officers. Due to his fast, the govt enacted the Maharashtra RTI Act. In 2006, when government of India tried to amend the Central RTI Act, he again went on an indefinite fast and forced the Indian government not to amend RTI Act.
Leaders, organizations and the common man from across India will be with him. This is a do or die moment – let us make it happen!
Across India, join Swami Ramdev, Sri Sri Ravishankar, Swami Agnivesh, Arch Bishop Vincent Concessao, Mahmood A Madani, Kiran Bedi, J M Lyngdoh, Shanti Bhushan, Prashant Bhushan, Arvind Kejriwal, Mufti Shamoom Qasmi, Mallika Sarabhai, Arun Bhatia, Sunita Godara, All India Bank Employees Federation, PAN IIT Alumni Association, Common Cause and many other prominent organizations and leaders, as India comes out on the streets! 100+ CITIES WILL RALLY BEHIND ANNA!
This is a defining moment for India that can give our children a better future! Let us unite and stand by him! Thousands will be there to support him. Will you be there?
Anna’s appeal to the people:
When I sit on fast from 5 April, I urge my fellow countrymen to
Join me in fasting for one, two, three or whatever number of days you can comfortably fast.
Along with fast, please pray to God (whoever you believe in) for better and corruption free India. Collective prayers from all the people of India would definitely have a huge impact.
Write an impassioned plea to our Prime Minister that we look upon him to pass “Jan Lokpal Bill”, else we will be compelled not to vote for his party in next elections.
Remain calm and peaceful and develop the courage to go to jail, if required, in this next freedom movement.
If possible, come and stay with Anna at Jantar Mantar for a few days from April 5th.
Would you like to stay updated about this movement? Let us know your contact details at indiaagainstcorruption.2010@gmail.com
Anna Hazare has given an ultimatum to the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to enact stringent anti-corruption law – the peoples “Jan Lokpal Bill”! Jail to the corrupt must happen! We have been betrayed by those that are leading us!
When & Where?
From 5th April at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.
Who is Anna Hazare?
A soldier, lone survivor in his unit in 1965 Indo-Pak war, Anna dedicated his life to the well-being of society. A bachelor, an ascetic, he has no possessions, no bank balance and lives in a temple. He is a living Mahatma Gandhi!
In Maharashtra, Anna has single handedly transformed barren and dry regions into green and food surplus areas. He has fasted unto death on several earlier occasions. He forced the Maharashtra government to dismiss the corrupt - 6 ministers and 400 officers. Due to his fast, the govt enacted the Maharashtra RTI Act. In 2006, when government of India tried to amend the Central RTI Act, he again went on an indefinite fast and forced the Indian government not to amend RTI Act.
Leaders, organizations and the common man from across India will be with him. This is a do or die moment – let us make it happen!
Across India, join Swami Ramdev, Sri Sri Ravishankar, Swami Agnivesh, Arch Bishop Vincent Concessao, Mahmood A Madani, Kiran Bedi, J M Lyngdoh, Shanti Bhushan, Prashant Bhushan, Arvind Kejriwal, Mufti Shamoom Qasmi, Mallika Sarabhai, Arun Bhatia, Sunita Godara, All India Bank Employees Federation, PAN IIT Alumni Association, Common Cause and many other prominent organizations and leaders, as India comes out on the streets! 100+ CITIES WILL RALLY BEHIND ANNA!
This is a defining moment for India that can give our children a better future! Let us unite and stand by him! Thousands will be there to support him. Will you be there?
Anna’s appeal to the people:
When I sit on fast from 5 April, I urge my fellow countrymen to
Join me in fasting for one, two, three or whatever number of days you can comfortably fast.
Along with fast, please pray to God (whoever you believe in) for better and corruption free India. Collective prayers from all the people of India would definitely have a huge impact.
Write an impassioned plea to our Prime Minister that we look upon him to pass “Jan Lokpal Bill”, else we will be compelled not to vote for his party in next elections.
Remain calm and peaceful and develop the courage to go to jail, if required, in this next freedom movement.
If possible, come and stay with Anna at Jantar Mantar for a few days from April 5th.
Would you like to stay updated about this movement? Let us know your contact details at indiaagainstcorruption.2010@gmail.com
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Shoul US Navy Intervene in LIBYA?
US Navy or UN Forces shall intervene in the Political Unrest Situation in TRIPOLI in order to bring PEACE to the People of LIBYA & other nationalities stuck & troubled over there. In Every Nation, It is of utmost importance to protect the PEOPLE considering the Human Rights & DEMOCRACY is the Perfect System to ensure the same. Therefore, The World Community should support the counter measures by the Armed FORCES to put an end to the Dictatorship by Col. GADHAFI & guide the Nation to DEMOCRACY, since A Government is The PEOPLE, For the People & shall be formed By The People!
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