Three suicide bombers struck in Saudi Arabia on Monday in a rare incidence of multiple attacks in the kingdom where the Islamic State group has previously staged deadly attacks.Wait until they hit the oilfields.
There were no immediate claims of responsibility.
The latest explosion occurred at one of Islam's three holiest sites, the Prophet's Mosque in Medina in the kingdom's west where Mohammed is buried, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news channel reported.
Other blasts occurred in the Red Sea city of Jeddah near the US consulate and in Shiite-dominated Qatif on the other side of the country.
Monday, July 4, 2016
Mideast On Edge -- Multiple Suicide Blasts Hit Saudi Arabia -- July 4, 2016
Link here.
Happy 4th Of July, 2016
Beer can chicken, they say, is a myth. I'm a believer.
Sophia appears to be a bit skeptical of the whole thing.
At the big table. To get to the big table, one needs to answer "Harry Potter Trivia." Sophia does just fine.
Tonight, Sophia learned how to "snap" asparagus:'
Sophia appears to be a bit skeptical of the whole thing.
At the big table. To get to the big table, one needs to answer "Harry Potter Trivia." Sophia does just fine.
Tonight, Sophia learned how to "snap" asparagus:'
WOW! Kevin Durant To Join The Warriors! -- July 4, 2016
Two-year, $54 million contract.
The Gay 20's are coming.
July 5, 2016: 60+ people shot in Chicago over the weekend. Twelve shot in 15 hours. Apparently only four were fatally shot.
Hey, Chicago: at least 32 reportedly shot so far this July 4, 2016 weekend. And it's barely even noon, Monday. Must have been quite a weekend. The good news: most of these were flesh wounds; only one man was actually killed.
I actually hope this works. It's a very clever concept.
Charge your Tesla at work -- for free or for pennies.
Then drive home and use the Tesla batteries to power one's solar-powered home at night.
Connect the dots here.
Whether it's cost effective or not, whether it cuts emissions or not, whether it makes anyone millions or not, it's a clever concept: using Tesla batteries as the storage battery for home solar.
The Gay 20's are coming.
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Poor Shots?
Updates
July 5, 2016: 60+ people shot in Chicago over the weekend. Twelve shot in 15 hours. Apparently only four were fatally shot.
Original Post
Dozens of people have been shot in Chicago since the start of the Fourth of July weekend despite increased police attention in the areas known for the most violence.
Between Sunday afternoon and early Monday alone, 12 people were shot in a 14-hour span. The paper reported 32 were shot over the entire weekend so far. One man was killed.
After a month in which nearly 15 people were shot every day, Chicago Police announced a July 4 weekend show of force that included thousands more officers on the streets, officers toting high-powered weapons at airports and teams of officers patrolling the city's most dangerous neighborhoods, tourist attractions, train stations and parks.
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Teslas: The Home Battery
I actually hope this works. It's a very clever concept.
Charge your Tesla at work -- for free or for pennies.
Then drive home and use the Tesla batteries to power one's solar-powered home at night.
Connect the dots here.
Whether it's cost effective or not, whether it cuts emissions or not, whether it makes anyone millions or not, it's a clever concept: using Tesla batteries as the storage battery for home solar.
Brazilian "Super-Giant" Oil Discovery Now Delayed To "At Least 2022" -- July 4, 2016
Updates
July 6, 2016: Petrobras to sell "junk" oil fields off the coast of Sergipe and Ceara states; minimal production. the huge field is the deep water Sergipe. This is an unimportant article but it discusses again the Indian discontent that Petrobras has delayed Sergipe from 2018 to 2022 (see below).
Original Post
Petrobras has warned its Indian partners in a huge offshore project to not expect oil from the site until 2022, a fresh sign of how low oil prices and the state-owned company's corruption scandal and mountain of debt are dragging on Brazil's energy industry.From an earlier Reuters story:
The previously unreported, four-year delay in the "super-giant" discovery off the northeastern coast of the Brazilian state of Sergipe is forcing India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp and IBV Brasil Petroleo Ltd to seek ways to speed up the Petrobras-led project which has cost them $2.1 billion with no return in sight.
The delay and pressure from the Indian partners is just one of many challenges for new Petrobras Chief Executive Pedro Parente, named by Brazil's interim-President Michel Temer in late May amid an ongoing financial crisis.
In the face of a massive bribery and kickback scandal and Petrobras' $126 billion of debt, Parente has pledged to run the company in a more market-friendly way but has declined to comment on individual projects. He has also promised a revamped investment plan by the end of October - though it is unclear whether it will address the Sergipe offshore standoff.
In April, Petrobras told IBV, a 50-50 joint venture between state-owned Bharat Petroleum Corp and privately held Videocon Industries Inc, that there will be no oil output from Sergipe "until at least 2022," an IBV executive told Reuters. A year ago, Petrobras' promised first oil by 2018.
Petrobras is the operator and has a 75 percent stake in the prospect, in partnership with India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp , which holds 25 percent.
Deepwater exploration in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin by Petrobras, ONGC and India's Videocon Industries Ltd and Bharat Petroleum Corp. has resulted in some of Brazil's largest oil discoveries outside the giant finds in the Santos Basin.
Not Quite Ready For Prime Time -- For The Archives -- Global Cooling Arguments Gaining Traction? -- WUWT -- July 4, 2016
Link here. Are scientists preparing for a flipflop back to global cooling predictions.
Don spotted an earlier article on same subject some time suggesting that scientists may be looking for "way out of their dilemma" and will blame it on decreased solar activity.
In the link above, the writer notes a number of articles now being posted that suggest scientists are starting to look at the very real possibility of global cooling. My hunch is that if this gains traction, the "warmists" will say nothing has changed in the long run. This simply "buys us a bit more time" to continue working on lowering CO2 emissions.
By the way, we should be getting the latest atmospheric CO2 levels any day now. It takes awhile for the "warmists" to massage the data before releasing the press release.
Summertime, Billy Preston (plays J. S. Bach and Ray Charles)
Link here.
A bit of trivia: traditionally, mountain cheeses are produced in sturdy medium-to-large wheels, increasing the odds they’ll make it intact to lower elevation, where they’re sold in towns and cities.
Don spotted an earlier article on same subject some time suggesting that scientists may be looking for "way out of their dilemma" and will blame it on decreased solar activity.
In the link above, the writer notes a number of articles now being posted that suggest scientists are starting to look at the very real possibility of global cooling. My hunch is that if this gains traction, the "warmists" will say nothing has changed in the long run. This simply "buys us a bit more time" to continue working on lowering CO2 emissions.
By the way, we should be getting the latest atmospheric CO2 levels any day now. It takes awhile for the "warmists" to massage the data before releasing the press release.
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Cheeses: A-to-Z -- WSJ
And, How To Build A Cheese Board
Link here.
A bit of trivia: traditionally, mountain cheeses are produced in sturdy medium-to-large wheels, increasing the odds they’ll make it intact to lower elevation, where they’re sold in towns and cities.
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