A little too plainly with the wrong people.

I certainly find myself a little too plainly with the wrong people. Maybe its occasion to place a slight hindrance between my the under duress brain (four very strong blows in my head tonight with test of blood in my mouth. Maybe because of late evening call?), and where my mouth is? Than, let’s put in this way, I’ll just give you the image. And then call it: “In ancient Greece, a parade of athletes and gladiators”.

The British settled reserve homosexual swans Lenta.Ru 2 hours ago. In one of the reserves in the British county of Dorset, situated on the south-west of the country, settled swans sexual orientation, wrote on Wednesday, 14 April, The Daily Telegraph. According to experts, the region has not previously been reported such cases. , Told the publication, the representative of the reserve, Dave Wheeler, two male swan, who have formed a pair, hold together for several seasons, nesting and behave as if preparing to start young. These two males were the first pair of birds with different sexual orientations, ever resided on the territory of the reserve. "They always sit together in the nest and do not pay attention to the females. They say that sometimes they fight, but ultimately still tolerated. We've just got over a thousand birds, but only those we have seen homosexual. Previously, this was not "- said the source publication. Instances of homosexuality in animals is not too common, but still regularly recorded by scientists. Thus, in sex with notice of whales, penguins, cats, snails, worms and other animals, including, not least, the swans. More news from Lenty.Ru. German eyes court challenge over Greece. Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:05am BST. BERLIN (Reuters) - A German economist plans to launch a legal challenge at the Constitutional Court against the euro zone aid package for Greece agreed by finance ministers at the weekend, a German newspaper reported on Wednesday. Joachim Starbatty, a professor at Tuebingen University, was quoted by the Rheinische Post paper as saying the aid package breached the EU's Maastricht Treaty. "We will file a suit at the Constitutional Court against the credit from euro states," Starbatty told the newspaper, which said he was working with constitutional lawyer Wilhelm Hankel and others. Separately, Handelsblatt daily quoted an unidentified member of the German cabinet as saying the 30 billion euro aid package for Greece was only a first step and could end up being "at least double the amount." The Rheinische Post said Starbatty viewed the aid package as a subsidy which was forbidden as the interest rate offered was under the market rate for Greek bonds. Starbatty, who had previously threatened to take legal action if aid for Greece was granted, was not immediately available to comment.

De Beers listing speculation. Could De Beers relist? It’s being talked about again by some leading diamond and mining analysts who think the primary motivating role is that the shareholders – Anglo American (45%) and the Oppenheimer family (40%) – are seeking an exit strategy from the business,miningmx.com reported. It’s easy to see why Anglo would want to quit diamonds. As Macquarie First South analyst David Pleming said in a recent note, the diamond business looks a bit lonely in Anglo American, which is increasingly focusing its efforts on developing bulk products like iron ore and coal, said the report. It’s less easy, however, to see why the Oppenheimers may want out given the long association between the family wealth and the diamond industry. History shows, in fact, that the Oppenheimers are likely to have more affinity with Anglo American than De Beers, since the former is the business Sir Ernest Oppenheimer founded, the report said. By contrast, the Oppenheimers derived a healthy commission from De Beers’ diamond trading activities by dint of a cross-holding through Anglo American and De Beers. Even Nicky Oppenheimer’s executive chairmanship role is a relatively new one. Until Anglo’s listing in London in 1999, the Oppenheimers had a non-executive role in De Beers only, it said. David Prager, a spokesperson for De Beers, seemed a tad weary of the relisting speculation. “It was being talked about 12 months ago, six months ago and we’ll probably be talking about it in 12 months time,” he said in a telephonic interview with miningmx.com. That’s true: the relisting speculation has some history. But I also remember Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll rolling her eyes when asked whether Anglo could become a takeover target only weeks before Xstrata made its merger of equals proposition last year. Analysts reckon that if De Beers does relist, it’ll be in 18 months to two years time with a value of somewhere between $6bn and $9bn, the report said. And with the diamond market in full recovery mode – Prager said the firm was cautiously optimistic about sales at the first three sights of the year, which were nearly triple the first three of 2009 – you’ve got to wonder if now would be a good time for a relisting. Unfortunately, that can’t happen. “It would be a popular listing,” said Des Kilalea of RBC Capital Markets. The problem for De Beers is that it needs to have Botswana ’s Debswana re-sign a mining contract first. This is a delicate situation for De Beers. The Botswana government has been chipping away at the terms of its mining contract with De Beers, to the point where De Beers may have to review whether it’s getting a decent enough return on its investment, said the report. Jwaneng and Orapa, Debswana’s mines, provide the bulk of the 30 million-odd carats/year (2008 figure before the output cuts) De Beers shares in Botswana diamond production, but with capital spend coming up for review on the mines, now is the time for De Beers to do some hard bargaining. As for Anglo, De Beers is not really a dripping roast for it. The mining is ex-growth with Venetia mining beyond its resources, Finsch due to downsizing if not closure, Snap Lake in Canada not knocking investors off their feet and then the uncertainty over contract negotiations at Debswana, the report said. Anglo doesn’t really need De Beers or a diamond business in its portfolio, and is most likely to have a highly decent-looking balance sheet in two years’ time such that it can go one of two ways: afford to divest of De Beers, notwithstanding cash flows it’s positioned to make, or buy out the Oppenheimers and bring the business to the centre to mould, cut and shape as it deems fit.
For their part, the Oppenheimers still own about 2% of Anglo American. And Nicky must know that Anglo, which has a veto over appointment of the De Beers Group MD, wouldn’t countenance for whatever reason the appointment of his son Jonathan at De Beers, thus further cutting the family links with the diamond business.

Collision in Ymuiden. On April 11 in Ymuiden during mooring operation reefer Green Egersund allided with berthed reefer Tasman Start, both vessels, as can be seen on a pic, slighlty damaged above waterline.Green Egersund IMO 8804567 Status Live Flag U.K. build 1990 DWT 6101. Tasman Start IMO 8221844 Flag Barbados build 1983 DWT 9499. Pic from shipspotting.com author Marcel, Holland.