Implosion

We returned from Chicago with an air of confidence and success. C.P. had made some important business deals and, more importantly, soothed the nerves of some very skeptical authors (the company cash cows).The afterglow didn’t last long, however. The proverbial ‘red flags’ soon began to appear. The volume of complaints from authors steadily grew; the production backlog became the elephant

Obama's campaign is the most prickly group of people. Besides all of the race stuff, they tried to turn a routine case of government carelessness into "passportgate." Now, they've put the worst possible spin on Clinton's statement. From here. Statement: “I think it would be a great thing if we had an election year where you had two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interest of this country,” Clinton said. “And people could actually ask themselves who is right on these issues, instead of all this other stuff that always seems to intrude itself on our politics.” Half cocked reaction: “It sounds more like McCarthy,” McPeak said. “I grew up, I was going to college when Joe McCarthy was accusing good Americans of being traitor

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Off The Kuff has an interesting story about an investigation into whether or not a person was inside Houston’s Crowne Plaza Hotel when it was demolished last week. Regardless of the outcome of the official investigation, this sure seems like a Texas urban legend in the making.

A hat tip to Paco. The announcement is only 5 minutes old! Implosion of the Frontier Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to Make Way for Internationally Recognized Brand, The Plaza DATE:                         Tuesday, November 13, 2007WHAT:             A longtime icon of the Las Vegas Strip, the Frontier Hotel & Casino will be imploded to mark the beginning of the new home of the internationally recognized brand, The Plaza.  Elad Group and IDB Group, a joint venture on The Plaza, will bring the elegance and luxuriousness of the brand to the Las Vegas gaming and hospitality market.  The multi-billion dollar project is set to open in late 2011. WHO:             Isaac Tshuva, Owner of ELAD Group; Nochi Dankner, Chairman of the Board and CEO

“Sam PH” went out to the Brach’s Candy factory on Tuesday before its implosion for “The Dark Knight” to bring us a new report.Warning: This is spoiler information.I went by there today [Tuesday] and took a few photos from the perimeter fence. I talked to a couple of the local residents. It looks like it will happen about noon from what they have been told.They won’t be dropping the whole building, I’m guessing. Rather, they’ll just blow out the new glass facade they have installed on the north side of the standalone building.Sticks of dynamite are wired along the bottoms of the new windows. Aside from the new facade, they added a big red cross on the factory side with a few new windows and a “pharmacy” vertical sign.The north face of the pedestrian crossover has been nicely recovered and the word “emergency” has been painted on it. The neighborhood on the north side of the plant (to Chicago Avenue) will be closed off on Wednesday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. to anyone

“Secret Scoop,” who first informed me of the upcoming Brach’s Candy building implosion for “The Dark Knight,” at 1:11 p.m. on Friday submitted updated information about this historic scene.It is scheduled to happen between 10:30 a.m. and noon on Aug. 29. This will be two buildings. The larger building is to be filled with flammable liquids and the second smaller, four-story building will be imploded.This is the last big stunt for the film to be shot. By the way, [Friday night’s] filming features five SWAT guys being thrown out of a window of a high-rise to hang while Batman goes about his business.He doesn’t want to kill them. He just wants get them out of the way. 1:27 p.m. update: In a follow-up e-mail, I asked my source about the certainty of this new information. “Secret Scoop” said:I just got off the phone with my contact before I e-mailed you. I even asked if that could be a false date just to throw off fans. [It’s real.] 4:10 p.m. update: Several people have

As the hours count down to the Brach’s Candy building implosion for “The Dark Knight,” I continue to stay in close contact with several highly reliable sources to bring you the most accurate information.My most current information for this event is that it will be on Wednesday, Aug. 29 or Thursday, Aug. 30 if Wednesday is rained out. The time is “critical for the cameras to get the best lighting on the scene,” my source says.It is now scheduled to be between 11:50 a.m. and 12:55 p.m. on Wednesday or on Thursday if Wednesday isn’t the day. My source says “heavy traffic due to street closures” should be expected.

On Aug. 14, I first reported about the upcoming Brach Candy building implosion in “The Dark Knight”. On Aug. 23, I reported what the building will be transformed into for the purposes of the film.My report that night showed you a photo verifying the credibility of that information. As it was dark and rainy, my source couldn’t get too close. That same source went back to shoot clear imagery this time.Warning: This is spoiler information.The building will be a Gotham hospital.Depending on conditions, the implosion is currently scheduled to take place between 10:30 a.m. and noon either on Wednesday, Aug. 29 or Thursday, Aug. 30. I will update you when I learn more. 1:52 p.m. update on 8/26/07: I received more photos from “Sam PH,” which is the same person from above.This text came in along with these new photos:Hey, Adam. It would appear crews are working 24/7 on this. [On Saturday,] a landscaping crew was ridding the northerly parking lot of all debris and weeds. The complex i

I've been following the events at the Huffington Post over the past couple of days, and I have to say it's pretty funny. I love to see anti-gunners turn on each other, and that's exactly what's happened with Josh Sugarmann from the Violence Policy Center and anti-gun Rep. Carolyn McCarthy. It all started out when Sugarmann wrote about my blogs, "It's Not a Gun Control Bill" parts one and two, from back in June. Sugarmann believes me when I say the new NICS improvement bill isn't a gun-control...(read more)

Play Video Market Outlook: Problems in Subprime Could Spill Over Bloomberg-Clip - (BLOOM-Clip) Jul. 02, 2007. 10:00 AM EST Analysis and Discussion with Nick Sargen of Fort Washington: GDP Will Grow at 2.5% and Earnings at 5%; Corporate Balance Sheets Are Still Strong; 3Q Stock Trading Credit Standards, mortgage news, Mortgage Video, Subprime Mortgage Industry ---Related Articles at Consumer Mortgage Reports:Safer to Buy Subprime Paper NowSubprime Mortgage Lenders Told To Tighten StandardsSubprime Mortgage Industry Is 'Making A Comeback'How Private Equity Is Skirting TaxesManhattan Real Estate Is Best In The Country65% Of Subprime Mortgage Debt Didn't Meet Rating Standards

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Sadly, the same scene throughout the Orioles season has played itself again. Well, last night in Seattle, the Orioles lost by a score of 7-4.The designated ace of the Orioles, Erik Bedard, went six innings, struck out seven and gave up three runs, but left the game with a 4-3 lead.Too bad the Orioles could not hold onto it.Chad Bradford came in the 8th inning, after Jamie Walker came in and got two outs, but also gave up two singles.Then John Parrish came in.Pinch hitter Jose Vidro drove in the tying run on a single off Parrish, and then Inchiro Suzuki to drive in another run and then Jose Lopez added the final two runs with a double.The O’s were able to touch young phenom Felix Hernandez for 11 hits and four runs over five innings plus, but that was all scoring they were able to muster.Red-hot Brian Roberts had 3 hits, and Nick Markakis had two hits and drove in two runs. Aubrey Huff and Melvin Mora had two hits; meanwhile Jay Payton and Ramon Hernandez drove in the other runs.This

The mortgage implosion spider is continuing to weave it web!  We are nowing seeing the more affects of defaulting mortgages as they relate to current mortgage qualifying.  In previous blogs, we have discussed the Mortgage Implosion in general and some clarification of what to expect.  But here is one thing most consumers don’t think about…their appraisal and future property value! So, what’s the BIG deal?  Simple…decreasing values and a small check box our appraisers have to fill out.  They have three options when it comes to rating the property values of a neighborhood:  1.  Increasing Values  2. Stable Values  3. Decreasing Values.  Which one is the issue…Door 3!! It’s no surprise that in our local Tampa market, we have seen increasing values for the past couple years, but now homes are not increasing at the rate they were before.  The issue is when the appraiser says…Yep, this is an area of decreasing values...We (the le

Warning: This post is intended to start a dialog on the topic for the general edification of everyone involved. I’m not billing myself as an expert on the subject. I’ve been the recipient of much love from Google as of late for the search terms “Mortgage Implosion.” Frankly, when the whole thing went down, I had no idea what was going on. That’s one of the main reasons why I brought on the Mortgage Godess….to explain it to me and everybody else. She broke it down Barney style. Now I’ve pretty much got the hang of it. Here’s what it means to the potential home buyer: 1) You can still buy a house. There’s no need to panic. There are still houses for sale, and there are still ways to get into them. There are many great first time home buyers programs out there that can even help you if you don’t have much of a down payment. Certain municipalities will even give you a grant for the down payment. I know… 2) Down

Yesterday, the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing titled “Mortgage Market Turmoil: Causes and Consequences” on the topic of the mortgage meltdown.The hearing presented two panels of witnesses which included government regulators, lending industry representatives, as well as affected consumers.Opening the hearing, the committee chairman, Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) offered a generally accurate, yet slightly disingenuous account of the evolution of the easy lending era in the US which was then followed by a round of opening statements from the other committee members.During these statements there was an unusual amount of Greenspan bashing, placing a substantial amount of the blame on the former Federal Reserve Chairman’s shoulders.“In February 2004, the leadership at the Federal Reserve Board seemed to encourage the use of adjustable rate mortgages that today are defaulting and going into foreclosure at record rates. The then chairman of the Fed said in his speech to th

I know this has nothing to do with college football, the SEC, Tennessee, or anything like that, but the only big sporting event of the weekend is the All-Star weekend emanating from sunny Las Vegas, Nevada. That being said, and my need for sports not being completely satiated by the NFL Replay of Super Bowl XLI, I decided to tune in to the network that so cleverly named itself after trinitrotoluene, an explosive chemical compound.  Good play Ted. But Ted’s brain must be about to explode (haha, see what i did there? that’s super clever) at the coverage of the event.  I don’t know what TNT’s operating budget is, but I would imagine it would be more than the people who are submitting videos of the event via their cell phone cameras to YouTube.  The reason I bring up YouTube?  Well, the quality of the video on the popular video site is at least 20 times better than the quality of the crap they’re spewing out from Vegas. There are glitches, skips, burps, a

Number 900Folk Implosion"Natural One"(1997)...Genre:AlternativeThis is one trippy little number, i like it. Its different, its quirky, tremendous beat and obviously sounds good on a soundtrack."Barlow’s prodigious creative energy has manifested itself in 20 albums. From an early gig playing bass in Dinosaur Jr., to leading indie rock standard bearer Sebadoh and releasing cassettes of his lo-fi home taping solo project Sentridoh, through to scoring a Top 40 hit with “Natural One” from the Kids soundtrack with Folk Implosion, his quality to quantity ratio has been inordinately high. "If you like and appreciate Quentin Tarantino ears for sounds, you will love this automatically.Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Oddly, even to advant for them) and the Album ranked at Number (I Don't Think so Tim)This song has a crowbarred rating of 57.3 out of 108

October 21, 2006 - a 13-second implosion of the A.W. Higgins power plant in Oldsmar reduced the eight-story (65,000 square foot) concrete, brick and steel structure to a 40-foot-high heap of rubble. It was owned by Progress Energy Florida.The video of the demolition of the structure by implosion can be seen at http://tbo.com/news/demolish/demolish.htmlTags:videoimplosiondemolitionimplosion video

The links below are to various videos of the jamestown bridge demolition by implosion. After clicking on the link go to the right side of screen to select video to watch.November 16, 2006: Almost Last Blast At Jamestown Bridge Set For Thursday August 8, 2006: Blasts Mark Demolition Of Old Bridge PiersAugust 2, 2006: Jamestown Bridge Demolition Continues With More ExplosionsMay 19, 2006: Remaining Parts Of Jamestown Bridge Come Down May 2, 2006: Date Set For Second Jamestown Bridge BlastApril 19, 2006: Workers Prepare To Clean Up Jamestown Bridge DebrisApril 18, 2006: Jamestown Bridge Erased From SkylineVarious videos of the demolition of this structure by implosion can be seen by clicking here.

Do you like seeing these implosion videos? If you would like to see more of these, less of these or something else, please let us know at dkozul@dallascontracting.com. We would like to hear from you.Implosion of the Grove Stadium Press Box in Winston-Salem.To see the video of the demolition of the structure by implosion click here.