Dern microbes, might be busting out!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Up 12.88% Vol. 2,708,534
Sumpin brewing here.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
It definatly broke a pattern today.
Posted by BuyTex on :
BUGS!
sumpin brewing?
sounds like my sink, right after my Debbie Does Dallas Divorce from H*LL
lol, what's the story here? Just had a nice play this week, looking for another solid one. Also, if it has a little drama, that's a plus. A sense of humor? even better...good shot at returns? mo' better!
so, what's the one-sentence description?
over...
Posted by bdgee on :
Microbial clean up of polutants.......going good in Mexico.
Posted by BuyTex on :
competitors?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Competitors? hmmmmmmm........ BROOMS!
Posted by bdgee on :
And sponges.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Just thought I'd drag out da bugs. The stock is moving up.
Posted by patiencemaster on :
IT IS STARTING !!!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Well, up 141% today! 58,063,462 shrs traded.
Posted by patiencemaster on :
5$ soon ! watch it rocketing !
Posted by patiencemaster on :
BOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EXPLODING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Gotta luv those Microbes!!
Kaaa Chingggggggggggggggggg!!!!
Patience, 5 bucks? come on man, thats a bit of a stretch. HEHE
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
It will pull back some, these things always do..
But really radar this stock..
It is in a position to hold peoples attention for days.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Ya, I would like it to come back down so I can grab another position.........
But we get burned by these CEO'S so often I just can't buy at these price's, after a about a 300% run...This time I probably am wrong, but I am afraid of dilution...
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Back in, Looking good.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Nice gap, coming back up. Level 2's getting real interesting.
Posted by patiencemaster on :
We rock end of the day !
cu,
patiencemaster
short term 0.20 cents long term 5$
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by patiencemaster: We rock end of the day !
cu,
patiencemaster
short term 0.20 cents long term 5$
------------------------------------------------ shezzzz, howd ya know where I put my sell order at .20 hehe
I guess we can get away with a little pumping this stock..
It's begining to shape up like a no brainer 2-3 bagger even from these levels.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
By By .045's on the ask.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Watch for GNET to move up with that huge bid.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by patiencemaster: We rock end of the day !
cu,
patiencemaster
short term 0.20 cents long term 5$
------------------------------------------------- Good call. Ka Ching!!!!!
Posted by grandma007 on :
This thing hasn't even started yet IMO. Will move up above 10 cents!!
Posted by R1Man on :
I have watched this stock and held it for more then 2 years. The did all those spin-off where share holders were supposed to get X-amount of shares of each spin-off....never got any. I think they might get some business with the hurricane but I doubt it will do much. I wouldn't try buying more then $0.04. I don't see it hitting $0.20 this year....but I hope it does.....you guys can have my shares then.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by R1Man: I have watched this stock and held it for more then 2 years. The did all those spin-off where share holders were supposed to get X-amount of shares of each spin-off....never got any. I think they might get some business with the hurricane but I doubt it will do much. I wouldn't try buying more then $0.04. I don't see it hitting $0.20 this year....but I hope it does.....you guys can have my shares then.
------------------------------------------------- let me try to understand what the heck you're saying..
1 = You don't like the stock 2 = You have held the stock for 2 years 3 = The stock goes up a few hundred percent and you don't sell 4 = Yet you don't think it will go up 5 = But you are going to sell at .20 6 = Why do you post now? 7 = HUH? man your confused!
Sheezzzzzzzzz, do you sell used cars on the side?
Posted by R1Man on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101:
quote:Originally posted by R1Man: I have watched this stock and held it for more then 2 years. The did all those spin-off where share holders were supposed to get X-amount of shares of each spin-off....never got any. I think they might get some business with the hurricane but I doubt it will do much. I wouldn't try buying more then $0.04. I don't see it hitting $0.20 this year....but I hope it does.....you guys can have my shares then.
------------------------------------------------- let me try to understand what the heck you're saying..
1 = You don't like the stock 2 = You have held the stock for 2 years 3 = The stock goes up a few hundred percent and you don't sell 4 = Yet you don't think it will go up 5 = But you are going to sell at .20 6 = Why do you post now? 7 = HUH? man your confused!
Sheezzzzzzzzz, do you sell used cars on the side?
1. I wouldn't own this stock if it didn't like it 2. yes I have 3. If you look back at the chart 2 years ago....you would see it was way above $0.05. 4. I think it will go up slowly but holding long. 5. yes 6. Because I just came across this post 7. nope!
But if I would of bought at $0.011 like it has sat at for the past few months....then I would be selling.....not in at $0.011. But congrats if you bought in at those prices.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
R1man, I had a core holding at .0132 sold on the way up... I won't tell ya at what price, cause I sold to early! Bought back in at .034 and .044
Maybe you should free up some funds just in case we get a pull back, ya might cost average down a bit.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
85,000 barrels of oil released into the enviorment in just one area in the disaster region.
This will be multiplied many many times..
I hope BUGS can help out in the clean-up. It sure wouldn't hurt the PPS.
Microbes just love to binge on oil.
Posted by patiencemaster on :
We will gapping up today ! End of the day easily 10 cents and over !
Cu,
patiencemaster !
Patience is everytime the key for success or death! :-)
Posted by patiencemaster on :
we rock!!!
Posted by patiencemaster on :
NEWS!!!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Governor of the State of Puebla, Mexico Directs the National Autonomous University of Mexico to Fund SSWM Subsidiary Projects
September 08, 2005 09:45:01 (ET)
CARLSBAD, Calif., Sep 08, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (SSWM, Trade), announced that its Mexico subsidiary company Environmental Tec International, S.A. de C.V. (ETI) was named specifically in an official correspondence dated September 1, 2005 signed by Governor Mario Marin Torres of the State of Puebla, Mexico directing ETI strategic alliance and teaming partner the Zaragoza Graduate School of Studies of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) to provide immediate funding for engineering assessment and remediation of hydrocarbon discharges due to antiquated pipelines and storage tank farms. The recent Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) pipeline spills in Puebla have accounted for the contamination of hundreds of acres of productive farming land, rivers and lakes.
Bruce Beattie, CEO of SSWM stated, "In the Governor's letter UNAM was also instructed to work with ETI to form an Emergency Response Center in Puebla coordinating with the State's Ministry of Environment to train specialized environmental Engineers and Technicians to respond to future spills of hydrocarbons in the State."
On Friday September 2, 2005 Governor Mario Marin Torres held a press conference covered by local and national media reprimanding Pemex, the state owned oil company, for the irresponsible management of their petroleum pipelines in Mexico, specifically in the states of Puebla, Veracruz, Tabasco and Campeche. The following day, September 3, 2005, Mexico's leading newspaper -- The Reforma -- quoted the Governor as he stated that the three most recent spills of crude oil and gasoline have contaminated water reservoirs, farm lands and rivers, in some cases impacting up to hundreds of acres.
Governor Mario Marin Torres has formed an alliance with the governors of Veracruz, Mr. Fidel Herrera, Tabasco, Mr. Manuel Andrade and Campeche, Mr. Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, to ensure immediate restoration and remediation of the areas affected with Pemex's crude oil and gasoline releases, as these states have experienced hundreds of hydrocarbons spills during this year.
Governor Mario Marin Torres has requested an immediate meeting with the President of Pemex, Mr. Luis Ramirez Corzo to obtain Pemex's immediate acceptance of these remediation activities and their financial support for the same.
Environmental Tech International will be responsible for the majority of the restoration activities vis-a-vis these contaminated areas, i.e.: farming lands, rivers and water reservoirs in Puebla working through Governor Mario Marin Torres and his Secretary for the Ministry of Environment.
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS, Trade) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect" or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
SOURCE: Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc.
Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. Alan Kau, 888-795-3166 http://www.bugsatwork.com/19.asp Posted by patiencemaster on :
look now how we pop! yeahaaa
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Any mention of the Gulf disaster and hang on baby!! Because Houston is going to be tracking a new Stratosphere cruiser.
Posted by patiencemaster on :
buys over the ask and the size is wonderful !
the big guys are inside ! yeahhhaaa
Posted by patiencemaster on :
this stock is a 5$ stock dont sell to soon !
this is a big play stock !
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Yep, just wait til they go to clean-up New Orleans.
Posted by patiencemaster on :
agreed! @Peaser01
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Just turned up at .044
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Microbes eat Oil, sludge, and many of the contaniments that must be disposed of..
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Does BUGS have a monopoly on this market?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
About U.S. Microbics
U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS) is a recognized as a leader in the bioremediation industry. The roots of the company go back to four decades, to the pioneering work of George Robinson, who first advanced the idea of using microbes to consume oil spilled along the coast of Santa Barbara, California. His legacy includes thirty-years of theoretical and empirical research leading to the successful formulas for microbe separation, ultra-high yield fermentation, consortium formulations for specific problem solving tasks, long term storage of microorganisms, and completion of field-successful applications. Mery Robinson, George Robinson"s daughter, is Executive Vice President of U.S. Microbics, and President of two of the Company"s subsidiaries.
Operationally, U.S. Microbics consists of six majority-owned subsidiaries using biological technology to revolutionize environmental clean-up and agricultural growth.
1. Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware Inc. (SSWM) - provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services. Sub-Surface Waste Management"s team designs, permits, builds, and operates environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological, and filtration technologies.
2. XyclonyX - develops and applies its key technologies that include patents, proprietary knowledge, products, processes, and expert personnel. XyclonyX technologies are sold to the environmental, petrochemical, agricultural, and waste treatment markets. XyclonyX has developed a formulation for mass producing proprietary microbial blends in liquid and powder forms.
3. West Coast Fermentation Center, Inc. (WCFC) - cultivates microbial cultures for the Company"s product lines: Bi-Agra Remediline and Wasteline. WCFC operates a microbe laboratory, pilot plant, and quality control center. WCFC produces microbial blends using fermentation technology, powder blending, and combinatorial liquifaction.
4. Sol Tech, Inc. (doing business as Wasteline Performance Corp.) - was formed specifically to serve markets for treating wastewater in the U.S.A. and internationally.
5. Bio-Con Microbes, Inc. - provides microbial blends and bio-processing treatment systems for agricultural yield enhancement, odor control, insect control, and cogeneration. Bio-Con Microbes, Inc. has a wholly owned subsidiary in Mexico: Natura Agricultura, S.A. d. C.V., which has conducted tests that demonstrate microbial-based increases to sugar cane production.
Posted by doling2005 on :
Don't forget BUGS also owns a majority interest in SSWM, another clean-up stock that's 18 cents
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: About U.S. Microbics
U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS) is a recognized as a leader in the bioremediation industry. The roots of the company go back to four decades, to the pioneering work of George Robinson, who first advanced the idea of using microbes to consume oil spilled along the coast of Santa Barbara, California. His legacy includes thirty-years of theoretical and empirical research leading to the successful formulas for microbe separation, ultra-high yield fermentation, consortium formulations for specific problem solving tasks, long term storage of microorganisms, and completion of field-successful applications. Mery Robinson, George Robinson"s daughter, is Executive Vice President of U.S. Microbics, and President of two of the Company"s subsidiaries.
Operationally, U.S. Microbics consists of six majority-owned subsidiaries using biological technology to revolutionize environmental clean-up and agricultural growth.
1. Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware Inc. (SSWM) - provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services. Sub-Surface Waste Management"s team designs, permits, builds, and operates environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological, and filtration technologies.
2. XyclonyX - develops and applies its key technologies that include patents, proprietary knowledge, products, processes, and expert personnel. XyclonyX technologies are sold to the environmental, petrochemical, agricultural, and waste treatment markets. XyclonyX has developed a formulation for mass producing proprietary microbial blends in liquid and powder forms.
3. West Coast Fermentation Center, Inc. (WCFC) - cultivates microbial cultures for the Company"s product lines: Bi-Agra Remediline and Wasteline. WCFC operates a microbe laboratory, pilot plant, and quality control center. WCFC produces microbial blends using fermentation technology, powder blending, and combinatorial liquifaction.
4. Sol Tech, Inc. (doing business as Wasteline Performance Corp.) - was formed specifically to serve markets for treating wastewater in the U.S.A. and internationally.
5. Bio-Con Microbes, Inc. - provides microbial blends and bio-processing treatment systems for agricultural yield enhancement, odor control, insect control, and cogeneration. Bio-Con Microbes, Inc. has a wholly owned subsidiary in Mexico: Natura Agricultura, S.A. d. C.V., which has conducted tests that demonstrate microbial-based increases to sugar cane production.
Nice find Dusty.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Up, Up, and away. It's following the same trend as the previous 2 days.
Posted by patiencemaster on :
Here we go again! Bull time!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
U.S. Microbics, Inc. operates as a business development and holding company that facilitates and develops the deployment of environmental technologies. The company, through its subsidiaries, engages in two divisions, USM Solutions and USM Capital. USM Solutions division manufactures, develops, and markets proprietary microbial technologies that provide natural solutions to various environmental problems. The company's microbes or bugs can be used to break down various hydrocarbon substances, including oil, diesel fuel, methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether, Tetrachloroethene, certain toxic waste, and certain water and soil contamination. USM Capital division (UC) provides various services, including management consulting services, administrative services, and investor relations services. UC also facilitates the exchange of technologies and customers with the subsidiaries and their client companies.
Posted by doling2005 on :
Just hit 5 Posted by patiencemaster on :
lift off! :-)
Posted by grandma007 on :
Todays press release says it all: LOTS OF WORK IN MEXICO!!! ARIBA!!!!!
Posted by patiencemaster on :
big pop! watch it exploding!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by grandma007: Todays press release says it all: LOTS OF WORK IN MEXICO!!! ARIBA!!!!!
------------------------------------------------- Mexico is small potatoes compared to the contracts that may come in the disaster zone.
I think we have 4 bagger here. Up from 2-3 bagger of a couple days back.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Robert C Brehm Open Market Purchase 3,000,000 09/01/2005
Boca Investments Proposed Sale (Form 144) 314,000 08/25/2005
Conrad B Nagel Open Market Purchase 401,679 07/26/2005
Bruce Stewart Beattie Award of Stock 652,663 07/26/2005
------------------------------------------------- Mighty pretty eh? Insiders are buying into a climbing PPS It doesn't get much better than that.
Posted by patiencemaster on :
The suck all shares! yeahhhhhhh
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE OF DIRECTORS
All of our directors serve until their successors are elected and qualified by our shareholders, or until their earlier death, retirement, resignation or removal. The following is a brief description of our current director"s business experience.
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ROBERT C. BREHM has served as our chief executive officer, president and chairman of the board since July 1997. He also served as our vice president from November 1996 to January 1997 and as a consultant through Robert C. Brehm Consulting, Inc., an investment banking, investor relations and strategic planning company. From July 1994 through the present, Mr. Brehm has served as the president of Robert C. Brehm Consulting, Inc. From 1991 to 1994, he was the president of Specialty Financing International, Inc., a finance procurement company. Mr. Brehm has owned computer hardware, software, finance and consulting companies. Mr. Brehm has a double engineering degree in electrical engineering and computer science and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of California at Berkeley.
MERY C. ROBINSON has served as a director since September 1997 and our executive vice president and secretary since September 1997. Ms. Robinson was appointed chief operating officer on October 1, 1998. Ms. Robinson is the founder of XyclonyX and has served as its president and chief executive officer since August 1997. Ms. Robinson was the president of our subsidiary, Sub-Surface Waste Management, Inc., from 1992 to 1995 and president of Omega Resources Management from 1995 to 1997. From 1986 to 1992, she served as the vice president of finance and administration of Westside Telephone Systems in Santa Monica, California, a telephone interconnect service and equipment sales company. Ms. Robinson has held various other positions in operating and starting up high-tech engineering and biotech companies. She received her BS in Journalism from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, a Masters of Science in Environmental Science/Engineering from California State University, Dominguez Hills, and has and has attended the NFWBOsponsored/ Wharton Graduate School of Business/Entrepreneurial Mini-MBA program.
ROGER K. KNIGHT has served as a director since February 1990 and our vice president-business development since July 1997. Mr. Knight has significant experience in identifying business candidates for acquisitions, and served as our president from January 1995 through October 1996. Mr. Knight retired from the U.S. Navy as a Captain in July 1965, and has been involved in retail operations since the mid-1970s.
ROBERT H. KEY is chairman and chief executive officer of Arivest Corporation, a real estate investment and development firm, located in Phoenix, Arizona. Arivest Corporation is the parent corporation of Corporate Realty Advisors, Inc., a commercial real estate brokerage firm. Mr. Key joined Arivest Corporation as president upon its formation in April, 1979. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, (1972) with a major in Business Administration. Mr. Key has been a general partner, real estate broker, consultant or developer of a large number of commercial real estate projects.
MARK A. HOLMSTEDT has 23 years of public finance experience covering a variety of specialty areas. Mr. Holmstedt began his investment banking tenure with Blyth Eastman Dillon Co. (now PaineWebber) and was the director in charge of Bear Stearns Public Finance Department in Los Angeles prior to becoming a principal of Westhoff, Cone Holmstedt. He has a particular expertise in project financings and land secured transactions which involve the sale of securities through the use of an assessment district, redevelopment agency, community facilities district or combination thereof. Mr. Holmstedt graduated with honors in Business Management and Finance from the University of California, Davis.
CONRAD NAGEL has served as our chief financial officer since July 1998 and a director of Sub Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc.,since July 2003. Mr. Nagel was previously hired as the chief financial officer of Global Venture Funding, Inc. in April 1997, and served us as a consultant from September 15, 1997 through June 1998. Mr. Nagel has an MS degree in Accounting, University of Kansas (1964), a BS degree in Business, University of Kansas (1963) and has been a CPA since 1966. Mr. Nagel has been associated with SEC
work, auditing, and finance operations for the past 30 years including audit manager for Touche Ross (now Deloitte Touche), vice president of finance of Decision Incorporated, internal audit manager for Kaiser Aetna, Chief Financial Officer for Calusa Financial Medical, Inc., vice president of finance for Medical Capital Corporation and over 15 years CPA practice specializing in taxation and SEC work.
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This is a no nonsense company.. The talent just within the board directors is outstanding in a OTCBB..
We may see a vehicle arise that can move us to the Nasdaq.
Posted by patiencemaster on :
guys it is time to smoke big cigars ! ;-)
Posted by patiencemaster on :
BOOOMMMMMM!
Posted by patiencemaster on :
next wave is coming ! red vine is open! ;-)
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dustoff101: [QB] BUSINESS EXPERIENCE OF DIRECTORS
All of our directors serve until their successors are elected and qualified by our shareholders, or until their earlier death, retirement, resignation or removal. The following is a brief description of our current director"s business experience.
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ROBERT C. BREHM has served as our chief executive officer, president and chairman of the board since July 1997. He also served as our vice president from November 1996 to January 1997 and as a consultant through Robert C. Brehm Consulting, Inc., an investment banking, investor relations and strategic planning company. From July 1994 through the present, Mr. Brehm has served as the president of Robert C. Brehm Consulting, Inc. From 1991 to 1994, he was the president of Specialty Financing International, Inc., a finance procurement company. Mr. Brehm has owned computer hardware, software, finance and consulting companies. Mr. Brehm has a double engineering degree in electrical engineering and computer science and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of California at Berkeley.
MERY C. ROBINSON has served as a director since September 1997 and our executive vice president and secretary since September 1997. Ms. Robinson was appointed chief operating officer on October 1, 1998. Ms. Robinson is the founder of XyclonyX and has served as its president and chief executive officer since August 1997. Ms. Robinson was the president of our subsidiary, Sub-Surface Waste Management, Inc., from 1992 to 1995 and president of Omega Resources Management from 1995 to 1997. From 1986 to 1992, she served as the vice president of finance and administration of Westside Telephone Systems in Santa Monica, California, a telephone interconnect service and equipment sales company. Ms. Robinson has held various other positions in operating and starting up high-tech engineering and biotech companies. She received her BS in Journalism from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, a Masters of Science in Environmental Science/Engineering from California State University, Dominguez Hills, and has and has attended the NFWBOsponsored/ Wharton Graduate School of Business/Entrepreneurial Mini-MBA program.
ROGER K. KNIGHT has served as a director since February 1990 and our vice president-business development since July 1997. Mr. Knight has significant experience in identifying business candidates for acquisitions, and served as our president from January 1995 through October 1996. Mr. Knight retired from the U.S. Navy as a Captain in July 1965, and has been involved in retail operations since the mid-1970s.
ROBERT H. KEY is chairman and chief executive officer of Arivest Corporation, a real estate investment and development firm, located in Phoenix, Arizona. Arivest Corporation is the parent corporation of Corporate Realty Advisors, Inc., a commercial real estate brokerage firm. Mr. Key joined Arivest Corporation as president upon its formation in April, 1979. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, (1972) with a major in Business Administration. Mr. Key has been a general partner, real estate broker, consultant or developer of a large number of commercial real estate projects.
MARK A. HOLMSTEDT has 23 years of public finance experience covering a variety of specialty areas. Mr. Holmstedt began his investment banking tenure with Blyth Eastman Dillon Co. (now PaineWebber) and was the director in charge of Bear Stearns Public Finance Department in Los Angeles prior to becoming a principal of Westhoff, Cone Holmstedt. He has a particular expertise in project financings and land secured transactions which involve the sale of securities through the use of an assessment district, redevelopment agency, community facilities district or combination thereof. Mr. Holmstedt graduated with honors in Business Management and Finance from the University of California, Davis.
CONRAD NAGEL has served as our chief financial officer since July 1998 and a director of Sub Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc.,since July 2003. Mr. Nagel was previously hired as the chief financial officer of Global Venture Funding, Inc. in April 1997, and served us as a consultant from September 15, 1997 through June 1998. Mr. Nagel has an MS degree in Accounting, University of Kansas (1964), a BS degree in Business, University of Kansas (1963) and has been a CPA since 1966. Mr. Nagel has been associated with SEC
work, auditing, and finance operations for the past 30 years including audit manager for Touche Ross (now Deloitte Touche), vice president of finance of Decision Incorporated, internal audit manager for Kaiser Aetna, Chief Financial Officer for Calusa Financial Medical, Inc., vice president of finance for Medical Capital Corporation and over 15 years CPA practice specializing in taxation and SEC work.
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This is a no nonsense company.. The talent just within the board directors is outstanding in a OTCBB..
We may see a vehicle arise that can move us to the Nasdaq.
------------------------------------------------ Not even close to the time for cigars! We have alot of upside from here.. This could move North of .25 without alot of difficulty
52 week high is .06 Outstanding shares is only 218,947,008 shares Thats nothing in a OTCBB
Posted by patiencemaster on :
no selling only buying ! we are faster at 5$ i thought of ! a real rocket here!
Posted by doling2005 on :
Huge volume surge in last 10 minutes!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by patiencemaster: no selling only buying ! we are faster at 5$ i thought of ! a real rocket here!
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I understand your exuberance, but talking $5. a share right now may look a little like blind pumping to those trying to get in..
If we just settle down just a smigine and do good DD this stock will Sail us to Safe Harbor all on it's own merit..
This is going to be one of the long distance runners, lets treat it with the respect it deserves. Dustoff 101
Posted by patiencemaster on :
you are right ! but i see the movements and the having buying on big size buys. No one invests in such a company 1,7 Mio dollar i saw a trade yesterday. the big guys are inside and this is the time to say for me 5$ is not far away ! when we reach 5$ end of the year or next year is ok for me. :-)
Posted by bdgee on :
I'm a tad late to the show, but i'm in.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: About U.S. Microbics
U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS) is a recognized as a leader in the bioremediation industry. The roots of the company go back to four decades, to the pioneering work of George Robinson, who first advanced the idea of using microbes to consume oil spilled along the coast of Santa Barbara, California. His legacy includes thirty-years of theoretical and empirical research leading to the successful formulas for microbe separation, ultra-high yield fermentation, consortium formulations for specific problem solving tasks, long term storage of microorganisms, and completion of field-successful applications. Mery Robinson, George Robinson"s daughter, is Executive Vice President of U.S. Microbics, and President of two of the Company"s subsidiaries.
Operationally, U.S. Microbics consists of six majority-owned subsidiaries using biological technology to revolutionize environmental clean-up and agricultural growth.
1. Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware Inc. (SSWM) - provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services. Sub-Surface Waste Management"s team designs, permits, builds, and operates environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological, and filtration technologies.
2. XyclonyX - develops and applies its key technologies that include patents, proprietary knowledge, products, processes, and expert personnel. XyclonyX technologies are sold to the environmental, petrochemical, agricultural, and waste treatment markets. XyclonyX has developed a formulation for mass producing proprietary microbial blends in liquid and powder forms.
3. West Coast Fermentation Center, Inc. (WCFC) - cultivates microbial cultures for the Company"s product lines: Bi-Agra Remediline and Wasteline. WCFC operates a microbe laboratory, pilot plant, and quality control center. WCFC produces microbial blends using fermentation technology, powder blending, and combinatorial liquifaction.
4. Sol Tech, Inc. (doing business as Wasteline Performance Corp.) - was formed specifically to serve markets for treating wastewater in the U.S.A. and internationally.
5. Bio-Con Microbes, Inc. - provides microbial blends and bio-processing treatment systems for agricultural yield enhancement, odor control, insect control, and cogeneration. Bio-Con Microbes, Inc. has a wholly owned subsidiary in Mexico: Natura Agricultura, S.A. d. C.V., which has conducted tests that demonstrate microbial-based increases to sugar cane production.
U.S. Microbics, Inc. operates as a business development and holding company that facilitates and develops the deployment of environmental technologies. The company, through its subsidiaries, engages in two divisions, USM Solutions and USM Capital. USM Solutions division manufactures, develops, and markets proprietary microbial technologies that provide natural solutions to various environmental problems. The company's microbes or bugs can be used to break down various hydrocarbon substances, including oil, diesel fuel, methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether, Tetrachloroethene, certain toxic waste, and certain water and soil contamination. USM Capital division (UC) provides various services, including management consulting services, administrative services, and investor relations services. UC also facilitates the exchange of technologies and customers with the subsidiaries and their client companies.
Insider Buying:
Robert C Brehm Open Market Purchase 3,000,000 09/01/2005
Boca Investments Proposed Sale (Form 144) 314,000 08/25/2005
Conrad B Nagel Open Market Purchase 401,679 07/26/2005
Board Of Directors:
ROBERT C. BREHM has served as our chief executive officer, president and chairman of the board since July 1997. He also served as our vice president from November 1996 to January 1997 and as a consultant through Robert C. Brehm Consulting, Inc., an investment banking, investor relations and strategic planning company. From July 1994 through the present, Mr. Brehm has served as the president of Robert C. Brehm Consulting, Inc. From 1991 to 1994, he was the president of Specialty Financing International, Inc., a finance procurement company. Mr. Brehm has owned computer hardware, software, finance and consulting companies. Mr. Brehm has a double engineering degree in electrical engineering and computer science and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of California at Berkeley.
MERY C. ROBINSON has served as a director since September 1997 and our executive vice president and secretary since September 1997. Ms. Robinson was appointed chief operating officer on October 1, 1998. Ms. Robinson is the founder of XyclonyX and has served as its president and chief executive officer since August 1997. Ms. Robinson was the president of our subsidiary, Sub-Surface Waste Management, Inc., from 1992 to 1995 and president of Omega Resources Management from 1995 to 1997. From 1986 to 1992, she served as the vice president of finance and administration of Westside Telephone Systems in Santa Monica, California, a telephone interconnect service and equipment sales company. Ms. Robinson has held various other positions in operating and starting up high-tech engineering and biotech companies. She received her BS in Journalism from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, a Masters of Science in Environmental Science/Engineering from California State University, Dominguez Hills, and has and has attended the NFWBOsponsored/ Wharton Graduate School of Business/Entrepreneurial Mini-MBA program.
ROGER K. KNIGHT has served as a director since February 1990 and our vice president-business development since July 1997. Mr. Knight has significant experience in identifying business candidates for acquisitions, and served as our president from January 1995 through October 1996. Mr. Knight retired from the U.S. Navy as a Captain in July 1965, and has been involved in retail operations since the mid-1970s.
ROBERT H. KEY is chairman and chief executive officer of Arivest Corporation, a real estate investment and development firm, located in Phoenix, Arizona. Arivest Corporation is the parent corporation of Corporate Realty Advisors, Inc., a commercial real estate brokerage firm. Mr. Key joined Arivest Corporation as president upon its formation in April, 1979. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, (1972) with a major in Business Administration. Mr. Key has been a general partner, real estate broker, consultant or developer of a large number of commercial real estate projects.
MARK A. HOLMSTEDT has 23 years of public finance experience covering a variety of specialty areas. Mr. Holmstedt began his investment banking tenure with Blyth Eastman Dillon Co. (now PaineWebber) and was the director in charge of Bear Stearns Public Finance Department in Los Angeles prior to becoming a principal of Westhoff, Cone Holmstedt. He has a particular expertise in project financings and land secured transactions which involve the sale of securities through the use of an assessment district, redevelopment agency, community facilities district or combination thereof. Mr. Holmstedt graduated with honors in Business Management and Finance from the University of California, Davis.
CONRAD NAGEL has served as our chief financial officer since July 1998 and a director of Sub Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc.,since July 2003. Mr. Nagel was previously hired as the chief financial officer of Global Venture Funding, Inc. in April 1997, and served us as a consultant from September 15, 1997 through June 1998. Mr. Nagel has an MS degree in Accounting, University of Kansas (1964), a BS degree in Business, University of Kansas (1963) and has been a CPA since 1966. Mr. Nagel has been associated with SEC
work, auditing, and finance operations for the past 30 years including audit manager for Touche Ross (now Deloitte Touche), vice president of finance of Decision Incorporated, internal audit manager for Kaiser Aetna, Chief Financial Officer for Calusa Financial Medical, Inc., vice president of finance for Medical Capital Corporation and over 15 years CPA practice specializing in taxation and SEC work.
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This is a no nonsense company.. The talent just within the board directors is outstanding in a OTCBB..
Posted by patiencemaster on :
you will not regret it! @bdgee
Posted by patiencemaster on :
next wave is coming !
Posted by patiencemaster on :
here we go !!! :-) :-) :-)
Posted by doling2005 on :
Had a gut feeling about this one. How high do you think it will go?
Posted by patiencemaster on :
20 cents short term than no walls!!!
Posted by grandma007 on :
Sellers should move out of the way or get eaten alive by BUGS!!!! 12 cents next week........
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by doling2005: Had a gut feeling about this one. How high do you think it will go?
------------------------------------------------- Stay LONG!!!!!! Period
Posted by bdgee on :
I think this is a longer play
Posted by patiencemaster on :
7 cents break!
Posted by JL on :
HYRF and BUGS tommorow
Posted by patiencemaster on :
after hours buys ! wow
Posted by bdgee on :
There are sales of 0.073 - 0.075 after hours!
Posted by patiencemaster on :
0.075 high of the day ! we will see tommorrow a big gap up i think we will see 20 cents breakout the chance is very good!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by grandma007: Sellers should move out of the way or get eaten alive by BUGS!!!! 12 cents next week........
------------------------------------------------ After consulting with bdgee, I discovered the application in Mexico is a huge program.
I hope I don't get in hot water but bdgee is a scientist and I have a very high degree of respect for his judgement and knowledge..
Hopefuly this post will draw the young old dude out!
Bdgee, would you share with all about your knowledge of Microbes?
Posted by bdgee on :
p....master, don't hex it!
Don'tcha know not to talk about it if the pitcher has a no hitter goin?
Easy now.......PATIENCE!!!!
Posted by patiencemaster on :
@bdgee i will not ! :-)
cu longs!
patiencemaster
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Got BUGS? Posted by bdgee on :
Hahahaha
Dust.....,I know a little but I'm not an expert on microbes. Takes a bio scientist to claim expert status there. I'm more in the mold of Enrico Fermi when he said, "If I could remember the names of all these sub-atomic particles I'd have been a biologist". But those microb-biologist (microbiology isn't the field) are able able to isolate microbes that target things you want to get rid of and use them to clean up all manner of things......like almost ancient sewer systems in Mexico. I believe that sort of approach and experience in Mexico could and should lead to other projects there and in other places.
Then as progress is made cleaning up after katrina, they will have "things" there that need cleaning too.
And I really think that relationship they have started down in Mexico could turn out huge in time.
Posted by grandma007 on :
What your gonna do, if BUGS runs wild on you...... (Hulkamnia) If tomorrow goes well, expect a huge run monday after the weekend when people had time to look at this great stock! Mexico is so huge! They are tied with PEMEX! Enough said??
Posted by Peaser01 on :
BUGS ran pretty solid to the close, we could see some momentum carried over to tomorrow.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Excellent find! Easy to read and puts the concepts in reach of just about anyone, even those not normally inclined toward the technical. Thanks indeed.
Posted by patiencemaster on :
New levels will come guys ! hold this 1 or 2 years and you dont have to work anymore!
same scenario like bcon ! gold mine!!!
cu,
patiencemaster
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by bdgee: Peaser01,
Excellent find! Easy to read and puts the concepts in reach of just about anyone, even those not normally inclined toward the technical. Thanks indeed.
Your Welcome bdgee. The site has a lot of easy to find info on it.
I have a few other sites that are helpful in finding more info on BUGS. I'll post them shortly.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Just bought a bunch more at .065. I hope I waited long enough.
The minute RSI is at 31.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
RSI is at 29
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Look at the wall of buyers at .063!
RSI at 35. Could be turning around.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by Peaser01:
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: About U.S. Microbics
U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS) is a recognized as a leader in the bioremediation industry. The roots of the company go back to four decades, to the pioneering work of George Robinson, who first advanced the idea of using microbes to consume oil spilled along the coast of Santa Barbara, California. His legacy includes thirty-years of theoretical and empirical research leading to the successful formulas for microbe separation, ultra-high yield fermentation, consortium formulations for specific problem solving tasks, long term storage of microorganisms, and completion of field-successful applications. Mery Robinson, George Robinson"s daughter, is Executive Vice President of U.S. Microbics, and President of two of the Company"s subsidiaries.
Operationally, U.S. Microbics consists of six majority-owned subsidiaries using biological technology to revolutionize environmental clean-up and agricultural growth.
1. Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware Inc. (SSWM) - provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services. Sub-Surface Waste Management"s team designs, permits, builds, and operates environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological, and filtration technologies.
2. XyclonyX - develops and applies its key technologies that include patents, proprietary knowledge, products, processes, and expert personnel. XyclonyX technologies are sold to the environmental, petrochemical, agricultural, and waste treatment markets. XyclonyX has developed a formulation for mass producing proprietary microbial blends in liquid and powder forms.
3. West Coast Fermentation Center, Inc. (WCFC) - cultivates microbial cultures for the Company"s product lines: Bi-Agra Remediline and Wasteline. WCFC operates a microbe laboratory, pilot plant, and quality control center. WCFC produces microbial blends using fermentation technology, powder blending, and combinatorial liquifaction.
4. Sol Tech, Inc. (doing business as Wasteline Performance Corp.) - was formed specifically to serve markets for treating wastewater in the U.S.A. and internationally.
5. Bio-Con Microbes, Inc. - provides microbial blends and bio-processing treatment systems for agricultural yield enhancement, odor control, insect control, and cogeneration. Bio-Con Microbes, Inc. has a wholly owned subsidiary in Mexico: Natura Agricultura, S.A. d. C.V., which has conducted tests that demonstrate microbial-based increases to sugar cane production.
U.S. Microbics, Inc. operates as a business development and holding company that facilitates and develops the deployment of environmental technologies. The company, through its subsidiaries, engages in two divisions, USM Solutions and USM Capital. USM Solutions division manufactures, develops, and markets proprietary microbial technologies that provide natural solutions to various environmental problems. The company's microbes or bugs can be used to break down various hydrocarbon substances, including oil, diesel fuel, methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether, Tetrachloroethene, certain toxic waste, and certain water and soil contamination. USM Capital division (UC) provides various services, including management consulting services, administrative services, and investor relations services. UC also facilitates the exchange of technologies and customers with the subsidiaries and their client companies.
Insider Buying:
Robert C Brehm Open Market Purchase 3,000,000 09/01/2005
Boca Investments Proposed Sale (Form 144) 314,000 08/25/2005
Conrad B Nagel Open Market Purchase 401,679 07/26/2005
Board Of Directors:
ROBERT C. BREHM has served as our chief executive officer, president and chairman of the board since July 1997. He also served as our vice president from November 1996 to January 1997 and as a consultant through Robert C. Brehm Consulting, Inc., an investment banking, investor relations and strategic planning company. From July 1994 through the present, Mr. Brehm has served as the president of Robert C. Brehm Consulting, Inc. From 1991 to 1994, he was the president of Specialty Financing International, Inc., a finance procurement company. Mr. Brehm has owned computer hardware, software, finance and consulting companies. Mr. Brehm has a double engineering degree in electrical engineering and computer science and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of California at Berkeley.
MERY C. ROBINSON has served as a director since September 1997 and our executive vice president and secretary since September 1997. Ms. Robinson was appointed chief operating officer on October 1, 1998. Ms. Robinson is the founder of XyclonyX and has served as its president and chief executive officer since August 1997. Ms. Robinson was the president of our subsidiary, Sub-Surface Waste Management, Inc., from 1992 to 1995 and president of Omega Resources Management from 1995 to 1997. From 1986 to 1992, she served as the vice president of finance and administration of Westside Telephone Systems in Santa Monica, California, a telephone interconnect service and equipment sales company. Ms. Robinson has held various other positions in operating and starting up high-tech engineering and biotech companies. She received her BS in Journalism from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, a Masters of Science in Environmental Science/Engineering from California State University, Dominguez Hills, and has and has attended the NFWBOsponsored/ Wharton Graduate School of Business/Entrepreneurial Mini-MBA program.
ROGER K. KNIGHT has served as a director since February 1990 and our vice president-business development since July 1997. Mr. Knight has significant experience in identifying business candidates for acquisitions, and served as our president from January 1995 through October 1996. Mr. Knight retired from the U.S. Navy as a Captain in July 1965, and has been involved in retail operations since the mid-1970s.
ROBERT H. KEY is chairman and chief executive officer of Arivest Corporation, a real estate investment and development firm, located in Phoenix, Arizona. Arivest Corporation is the parent corporation of Corporate Realty Advisors, Inc., a commercial real estate brokerage firm. Mr. Key joined Arivest Corporation as president upon its formation in April, 1979. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, (1972) with a major in Business Administration. Mr. Key has been a general partner, real estate broker, consultant or developer of a large number of commercial real estate projects.
MARK A. HOLMSTEDT has 23 years of public finance experience covering a variety of specialty areas. Mr. Holmstedt began his investment banking tenure with Blyth Eastman Dillon Co. (now PaineWebber) and was the director in charge of Bear Stearns Public Finance Department in Los Angeles prior to becoming a principal of Westhoff, Cone Holmstedt. He has a particular expertise in project financings and land secured transactions which involve the sale of securities through the use of an assessment district, redevelopment agency, community facilities district or combination thereof. Mr. Holmstedt graduated with honors in Business Management and Finance from the University of California, Davis.
CONRAD NAGEL has served as our chief financial officer since July 1998 and a director of Sub Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc.,since July 2003. Mr. Nagel was previously hired as the chief financial officer of Global Venture Funding, Inc. in April 1997, and served us as a consultant from September 15, 1997 through June 1998. Mr. Nagel has an MS degree in Accounting, University of Kansas (1964), a BS degree in Business, University of Kansas (1963) and has been a CPA since 1966. Mr. Nagel has been associated with SEC
work, auditing, and finance operations for the past 30 years including audit manager for Touche Ross (now Deloitte Touche), vice president of finance of Decision Incorporated, internal audit manager for Kaiser Aetna, Chief Financial Officer for Calusa Financial Medical, Inc., vice president of finance for Medical Capital Corporation and over 15 years CPA practice specializing in taxation and SEC work.
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This is a no nonsense company.. The talent just within the board directors is outstanding in a OTCBB..
RSI at 39. Was 29 then 35 now 39.
Posted by HILANDER on :
Is this right? Microbial cleanup of hazardous materials? Why is this thing so cheap?
Posted by HILANDER on :
OK I'm in.
Posted by Zygore on :
This has no connection to Katrina as far as I can tell, what's making this move?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
RSI at 49.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by Peaser01:
quote:Originally posted by Peaser01:
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: About U.S. Microbics
U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS) is a recognized as a leader in the bioremediation industry. The roots of the company go back to four decades, to the pioneering work of George Robinson, who first advanced the idea of using microbes to consume oil spilled along the coast of Santa Barbara, California. His legacy includes thirty-years of theoretical and empirical research leading to the successful formulas for microbe separation, ultra-high yield fermentation, consortium formulations for specific problem solving tasks, long term storage of microorganisms, and completion of field-successful applications. Mery Robinson, George Robinson"s daughter, is Executive Vice President of U.S. Microbics, and President of two of the Company"s subsidiaries.
Operationally, U.S. Microbics consists of six majority-owned subsidiaries using biological technology to revolutionize environmental clean-up and agricultural growth.
1. Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware Inc. (SSWM) - provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services. Sub-Surface Waste Management"s team designs, permits, builds, and operates environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological, and filtration technologies.
2. XyclonyX - develops and applies its key technologies that include patents, proprietary knowledge, products, processes, and expert personnel. XyclonyX technologies are sold to the environmental, petrochemical, agricultural, and waste treatment markets. XyclonyX has developed a formulation for mass producing proprietary microbial blends in liquid and powder forms.
3. West Coast Fermentation Center, Inc. (WCFC) - cultivates microbial cultures for the Company"s product lines: Bi-Agra Remediline and Wasteline. WCFC operates a microbe laboratory, pilot plant, and quality control center. WCFC produces microbial blends using fermentation technology, powder blending, and combinatorial liquifaction.
4. Sol Tech, Inc. (doing business as Wasteline Performance Corp.) - was formed specifically to serve markets for treating wastewater in the U.S.A. and internationally.
5. Bio-Con Microbes, Inc. - provides microbial blends and bio-processing treatment systems for agricultural yield enhancement, odor control, insect control, and cogeneration. Bio-Con Microbes, Inc. has a wholly owned subsidiary in Mexico: Natura Agricultura, S.A. d. C.V., which has conducted tests that demonstrate microbial-based increases to sugar cane production.
U.S. Microbics, Inc. operates as a business development and holding company that facilitates and develops the deployment of environmental technologies. The company, through its subsidiaries, engages in two divisions, USM Solutions and USM Capital. USM Solutions division manufactures, develops, and markets proprietary microbial technologies that provide natural solutions to various environmental problems. The company's microbes or bugs can be used to break down various hydrocarbon substances, including oil, diesel fuel, methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether, Tetrachloroethene, certain toxic waste, and certain water and soil contamination. USM Capital division (UC) provides various services, including management consulting services, administrative services, and investor relations services. UC also facilitates the exchange of technologies and customers with the subsidiaries and their client companies.
Insider Buying:
Robert C Brehm Open Market Purchase 3,000,000 09/01/2005
Boca Investments Proposed Sale (Form 144) 314,000 08/25/2005
Conrad B Nagel Open Market Purchase 401,679 07/26/2005
Board Of Directors:
ROBERT C. BREHM has served as our chief executive officer, president and chairman of the board since July 1997. He also served as our vice president from November 1996 to January 1997 and as a consultant through Robert C. Brehm Consulting, Inc., an investment banking, investor relations and strategic planning company. From July 1994 through the present, Mr. Brehm has served as the president of Robert C. Brehm Consulting, Inc. From 1991 to 1994, he was the president of Specialty Financing International, Inc., a finance procurement company. Mr. Brehm has owned computer hardware, software, finance and consulting companies. Mr. Brehm has a double engineering degree in electrical engineering and computer science and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of California at Berkeley.
MERY C. ROBINSON has served as a director since September 1997 and our executive vice president and secretary since September 1997. Ms. Robinson was appointed chief operating officer on October 1, 1998. Ms. Robinson is the founder of XyclonyX and has served as its president and chief executive officer since August 1997. Ms. Robinson was the president of our subsidiary, Sub-Surface Waste Management, Inc., from 1992 to 1995 and president of Omega Resources Management from 1995 to 1997. From 1986 to 1992, she served as the vice president of finance and administration of Westside Telephone Systems in Santa Monica, California, a telephone interconnect service and equipment sales company. Ms. Robinson has held various other positions in operating and starting up high-tech engineering and biotech companies. She received her BS in Journalism from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, a Masters of Science in Environmental Science/Engineering from California State University, Dominguez Hills, and has and has attended the NFWBOsponsored/ Wharton Graduate School of Business/Entrepreneurial Mini-MBA program.
ROGER K. KNIGHT has served as a director since February 1990 and our vice president-business development since July 1997. Mr. Knight has significant experience in identifying business candidates for acquisitions, and served as our president from January 1995 through October 1996. Mr. Knight retired from the U.S. Navy as a Captain in July 1965, and has been involved in retail operations since the mid-1970s.
ROBERT H. KEY is chairman and chief executive officer of Arivest Corporation, a real estate investment and development firm, located in Phoenix, Arizona. Arivest Corporation is the parent corporation of Corporate Realty Advisors, Inc., a commercial real estate brokerage firm. Mr. Key joined Arivest Corporation as president upon its formation in April, 1979. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, (1972) with a major in Business Administration. Mr. Key has been a general partner, real estate broker, consultant or developer of a large number of commercial real estate projects.
MARK A. HOLMSTEDT has 23 years of public finance experience covering a variety of specialty areas. Mr. Holmstedt began his investment banking tenure with Blyth Eastman Dillon Co. (now PaineWebber) and was the director in charge of Bear Stearns Public Finance Department in Los Angeles prior to becoming a principal of Westhoff, Cone Holmstedt. He has a particular expertise in project financings and land secured transactions which involve the sale of securities through the use of an assessment district, redevelopment agency, community facilities district or combination thereof. Mr. Holmstedt graduated with honors in Business Management and Finance from the University of California, Davis.
CONRAD NAGEL has served as our chief financial officer since July 1998 and a director of Sub Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc.,since July 2003. Mr. Nagel was previously hired as the chief financial officer of Global Venture Funding, Inc. in April 1997, and served us as a consultant from September 15, 1997 through June 1998. Mr. Nagel has an MS degree in Accounting, University of Kansas (1964), a BS degree in Business, University of Kansas (1963) and has been a CPA since 1966. Mr. Nagel has been associated with SEC
work, auditing, and finance operations for the past 30 years including audit manager for Touche Ross (now Deloitte Touche), vice president of finance of Decision Incorporated, internal audit manager for Kaiser Aetna, Chief Financial Officer for Calusa Financial Medical, Inc., vice president of finance for Medical Capital Corporation and over 15 years CPA practice specializing in taxation and SEC work.
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This is a no nonsense company.. The talent just within the board directors is outstanding in a OTCBB..
RSI at 39. Was 29 then 35 now 39.
It usually turns up by 10:20 - 30
Posted by HILANDER on :
Are there any chances these guys will pick up a contract for clean up on the Gulf Coast?
Posted by bdgee on :
I think the problems of clean up along the Gulf may require their sort of cleaning. At any rate, I think it is worth holding to find out. And we may be getting another storm along the east coast!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Highlander, this company is in position to shake the OTCBB markets like a Sonic Boom.....
They have nearly 40 years of work behind them just waiting for this kind of oppertunity.
It's the perfect storm!!!!
They just had they're Patents renewed and they are ready to rock and roll.
Contracts for work in the disaster zone {USA} is a no- brainer..
The contract work thru Pemex {Mexican Oil} will change Mexico to the better.........
This will be a massive surprise to the investment world.
Hold your shares!!
This is the one in a hundred that comes out of the penneys a few times a year.
I figure for every $10,000,000 contract the PPS will rise $.20 per share.
Posted by HILANDER on :
Thanks Bdgee and Dusty, looks pretty cool. I'm in small, but at least I'm in.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
I think BUGS may be become a major take over target for a buyout or hostile takeover..
This company would fit nicely in a company like Halliburton.
However a more likely scenario is Halliburton will put BUGS under contract.
Posted by bdgee on :
Another stock that may have the same potential and for the same reasons is SSWM
Posted by Zygore on :
OK I'm in also...
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by bdgee: Another stock that may have the same potential and for the same reasons is SSWM
------------------------------------------------- bdgee, BUGS has a controlling interest in SSWM.
But I do see the cross over play.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by Zygore: OK I'm in also...
Welcome aboard
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Just a thought..... On the West Coast, Banks open at 08:30 - 09:00 HRS
Watch what happens at around 13:00 - 14:00 hrs EDT
Thats when the money should clear from Wells Fargo on the Bank Wires.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I wish I had more funds available today. It turned around just as it has in the previous three days.
Posted by Raptorsrule on :
I like this stock...made some bucks on this run....but in the interest of being fair to folks...the T/A says it's topped out for now. Unless it's a rule breaker, there's a nasty gap around .018 to be filled.
quote:Originally posted by Raptorsrule: I like this stock...made some bucks on this run....but in the intrest of being fair to folks...the T/A says it's topped out for now. Unless it's a rule breaker, there's a nasty gap around .018 to be filled.
Interest of being fair? Huh
Posted by Peaser01 on :
LOL Raptor
.018 don't sound too fair.
I think it's safe to throw the charts out the window with this stock.
Posted by Raptorsrule on :
Dust..Pease..I never said it will go there....although... almost all gaps do get filled. It very well could be a rule breaker though because it is an excellent co.
I'm not trying to rain on the parade here but I do think this will pull back a skosh before continuing to climb. I'm planning on buying back in when it does.
No offense intended guys...you've seen me around here long enough to know better than that.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I'm not so sure that this will pull back. We'll know for sure come 3pm this afternoon.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Peaser01: LOL Raptor
.018 don't sound too fair.
I think it's safe to throw the charts out the window with this stock.
------------------------------------------------ Hey, ya can't blame a guy to much for trying.LOL
Posted by Raptorsrule on :
Peaser...you may be right...you and Dust both have excellent track records. Again no offense was intended. If she keeps going up, great! I'll buy back in then too.
My comment on being fair was intended to state that folks MAY be able to get a better price...thats all. Remember....you don't have to pump a great stock.
good luck....
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
M2 Last Update: 9/9/2005 9:01:03 AM Data provided by
Rochester, NY, Sep 09, 2005 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- OTCStockExchange.com's "Stock Watch Alert" this morning are U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS), HydroFlo, Inc. (HYRF), WorldWater & Power Corp. (WWAT), Cascade Energy, Inc. (CSCE).
U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB: BUGS - http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=BUGS.OB ) Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc., announced that its Mexico subsidiary company Environmental Tec International, S.A. de C.V. (ETI) was named specifically in an official correspondence dated September 1, 2005 signed by Governor Mario Marin Torres of the State of Puebla, Mexico directing ETI strategic alliance and teaming partner the Zaragoza Graduate School of Studies of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) to provide immediate funding for engineering assessment and remediation of hydrocarbon discharges due to antiquated pipelines and storage tank farms. The recent Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) pipeline spills in Puebla have accounted for the contamination of hundreds of acres of productive farming land, rivers and lakes.
Bruce Beattie, CEO of SSWM stated, "In the Governor's letter UNAM was also instructed to work with ETI to form an Emergency Response Center in Puebla coordinating with the State's Ministry of Environment to train specialized environmental Engineers and Technicians to respond to future spills of hydrocarbons in the State."
On Friday September 2, 2005 Governor Mario Marin Torres held a press conference covered by local and national media reprimanding Pemex, the state owned oil company, for the irresponsible management of their petroleum pipelines in Mexico, specifically in the states of Puebla, Veracruz, Tabasco and Campeche. The following day, September 3, 2005, Mexico's leading newspaper -- The Reforma -- quoted the Governor as he stated that the three most recent spills of crude oil and gasoline have contaminated water reservoirs, farm lands and rivers, in some cases impacting up to hundreds of acres.
Governor Mario Marin Torres has formed an alliance with the governors of Veracruz, Mr. Fidel Herrera, Tabasco, Mr. Manuel Andrade and Campeche, Mr. Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, to ensure immediate restoration and remediation of the areas affected with Pemex's crude oil and gasoline releases, as these states have experienced hundreds of hydrocarbons spills during this year.
Governor Mario Marin Torres has requested an immediate meeting with the President of Pemex, Mr. Luis Ramirez Corzo to obtain Pemex's immediate acceptance of these remediation activities and their financial support for the same.
Environmental Tech International will be responsible for the majority of the restoration activities vis-a-vis these contaminated areas, i.e.: farming lands, rivers and water reservoirs in Puebla working through Governor Mario Marin Torres and his Secretary for the Ministry of Environment.
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
------------------------------------------------ Looking good.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Doh! I only wish that I waited to buy more today when it dipped below .06
Posted by Peaser01 on :
This is gonna scream!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
.......on Monday. Either way, I'm holding it long.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
U.S. Microbics, Inc. CEO's Outlook - Updated 08/20/04
Printer Friendly Adobe Acrobat Version
How much longer will it take?
I get a lot of email, phone calls and personal questions from shareholders, venders, customers, employees, students, neighbors and even my mom asking “How much longer will it take?” I am sure you have been thinking of asking me that same question.
As I contemplate that question for what seems the thousandth time, I ask my self, “How did Jonas Salk , Thomas Edison, Henry Ford or Albert Einstein or any other pioneer in science or student of technological change answer that question?” My CEO Outlook this month answers that question by looking at where we started six years ago, what we have accomplished and where we expect to go in the future given the challenges of human nature, the consequences of environmental pollution, the political climate for environmental change and the willingness of the financial community and shareholders to support our efforts of paradigm change in a world that needs clean air, water and soil to sustain itself.
The Process of Change
You are probably reading this treatise on a computer or maybe a printed page. Either way, you or someone else used electricity to print or view its contents. A couple hundred years ago, we didn’t have electricity; we had whale oil that lighted the lamps in the streets and our homes. Many men made a fortune hunting whales on the East coast and selling the oil to merchants who sold it to their customers. When electricity was born, there was tremendous opposition (from the Whalers and the producers of natural gas – also popular at the time) to its use, in fact it was condemned as magic or harmful or deadly or too costly and would never replace the sanctity of whale oil or other natural substances! It took many years to go from the concept of electricity, to laboratory bench testing to pilot testing in the field to infrastructure building to full commercialization. It wasn’t done in 6 years or 10 years or 20, and a lot of money was spent to stop it, but today it is hard to find whale oil in the store and we all rely upon electricity or you wouldn’t be reading this without it.
Are you and I “better off” because of electricity? I think you would say so. On the other hand, the whalers and their families and their employees may have lost their job, their fortunes and political power. Are they “better off”? I think you would say “no” from their microscopic view. However from a macroscopic or bigger picture view (and some hindsight), I think mankind, as a whole, has benefited more from having electricity then staying with whale oil (and buggy whips, and horse drawn carriages, etc.).
The process of technological change involves the adaptation of useful technology for the betterment of mankind which often requires a concurrent political change and substantial financial investment to overcome the opposition who are quite “happy” with the status quo! Human nature has also taught us to resist change of any kind (early adopters excepted) if we are “comfortable” where we are now and are uncertain of when a higher level of comfort will be obtained in the future (How long will it take?). Human nature also defeats many potential winners because they don’t have the stamina or desire to complete the change mission, but fortunately our survival instinct and the potential of economic profit motivates others to pick up where the defeatist left off and change ultimately is made if it is better for mankind then pre-existing conditions.
So now you should understand the process of technological change and its effect on mankind as a whole and its effect on special interest groups. There is usually a group that can be labeled a “winner” and there another that can be called a “loser” (or perhaps a “short term loser”) when change is made. If mankind is the winner then the process of change may be good but at the expense to certain groups who oppose it from their self serving viewpoint. (If you want to explore this further, think about who would “win” and who would ”lose” if we had a vaccine for cancer that cured 100% of those using it – You might be surprised at your answer!)
Our World – like it or not!
After reading the last section, it might not surprise you that approximately 70% of all U.S. pollution cleanup projects started in the past 20 years have never been closed to regulatory cleanup levels. One of the reasons for this appalling record is the politics of public and corporate bureaucrats wanting to enhance their job security with lots of open projects and environmental contractors using outdated 1980’s technology that prolongs the cleanup project by treating the symptom of the problem rather than the source of the problem. Kind of like putting a water filter on your faucet to stop the foul odor and bad taste rather than fixing the source of the problem at the public water works or, better yet, at the underground source. This “symptom mentality” helps sell a lot of water filters, creates a large “monitor the problem and hope it goes away naturally” consulting industry, which prolongs the problem by keeping regulators happy, but really never solves the problem!
So here we are in a political environment that doesn’t want a solution for the environmental problem because it will upset the status quo for those who feed off the system of prolonging the problem! But what about mankind? I read the other day that perchlorate (used in rocket fuel), a chemical suspected of causing cancer, is now being detected in California grown lettuce and our milk supply (see www.ewg.org for the details) and we are ingesting it with unknown potential future problems. This contaminant is so harmful that California ex-governor Gray Davis signed a law that requires perchlorate users to got back 53 years and document their usage, storage and spillage of this chemical so that action may be taken to clean up the contamination we have been exposed to. I applaud the ex-governor for signing this legislation, but it had been sitting on his desk for a very long time and was only signed because a political opponent during his recall election got the endorsement of an environmental group and he needed to show that he was environmentally conscientious too! How much longer will it take to quit playing political games like this that affect you and I?
The environmental cleanup industry needs a change. We (mankind) needs to clean up the contamination mess, complete existing projects to regulatory cleanup levels, and move on to the numerous other cleanups before we pollute the earth so much it will not sustain itself in many areas where clean water, air and soil are required. In fact the biggest challenge I see over the next 50 years is the need for clean water. As this earth grows from 6 billion people to 9 billion by 2050, there will not be enough food or water to feed this population if we continue down the current environmental path. We need change – no - mankind will be required to change or face the environmental, political, economic, and survival consequences!
Defining our role in the Environmental World
In 1996 when BUGS acquired the microbial technology, it had been in use since 1968 in a variety of projects including contamination cleanup, agriculture, wastewater treatment, cell reproduction and various other projects in its attempt to find a profitable niche market where the participants accepted the use and validity of the technology. The technology was based on “naturally occurring” organisms rather than “genetically engineered” organisms. We thought that if we could solve a lot of key environmental cleanup problems using Mother Nature’s best microbes, grown in high concentrations in our laboratory, we would have a successful company in several years.
We didn’t count on the extreme opposition forces in the cleanup industry that would try and discredit our technology at every chance. We spent two years selling a microbial product with little success because our “customers” were the very consultants and contractors who didn’t want their projects to end with a new, innovative solution. Some of the early adopter contractors were willing to give it the old college try but they gave up because they didn’t understand the biology application. We then brought on our own engineering group and successfully married engineering with Mother Nature’s biotech solution and “suddenly” our cleanup projects were not only successful but profitable! It is now time for product rollout.
Winning the Hydrocarbon Cleanup War
In the key strategy book, “the Art of War” by Sun Tzu, it is suggested that to win a war, you must choose the battles that you think you can win, and then, using superior strategy (technology, political and financial clout), win the battle and reap the reward. The same strategy holds true in the fight for supremacy in the hydrocarbon wars in the environmental world. To be successful you must choose niche markets where your alternative technology reigns supreme, is accepted by customers as being “better, faster, and cheaper” and in our case also “safer” than conventional technology solutions, and provides above-average profits worthy of the battle. So how do we accomplish this task?
A New Environmental Cleanup Paradigm is pioneered successfully
Before SSWM came on the environmental scene, the predominate environmental cleanup paradigm, or strategy, was “Pay for Effort” or “PFE”, (a.k.a Time and Materials consulting) where the customer pays the consultant for the effort of “trying” to clean up the problem, or most often, the symptom of the problem to satisfy regulatory bodies. The net result of using 1980’s technology with the PFE paradigm was projects which generally took 5 to 30 years to meet regulatory “clean up” levels. Fully 70% of the projects started in the past 20 years have never been closed to regulatory levels. With such an appalling record it is amazing the public has put up with such a failure – but prior to 2001 maybe they didn’t care because the stock market was soaring, people had lots of money, employment levels were low and life was good (so they thought). Almost nobody was willing to move out of that comfort zone and clean up the mess they were leaving behind! Is there a white knight looking out for mankind and you and me?
SSWM does care about the environment and the effect of contamination on you and your family. That’s why we pioneered a new cleanup strategy based upon “Pay for Performance” (”PFP”) where we get paid for actually meeting predetermined cleanup levels much like a building contractor gets paid for milestone achievements like completing the building foundation, framing the house, completing the roof, etc. We have a financial incentive to eliminate the source of the problem, not just cover up the symptom. Isn’t that what our customers want and maybe our competitor’s customers want?
Apparently our PFP efforts are gaining support in a big way. Both the South Carolina and the Florida state Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Funds now only contract on a Pay for Performance basis for environmental cleanup projects. With an estimated $3 billion in LUST jobs pending for these two states and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) leaning in the same direction for governmental projects and also endorsing biotechnology solutions as having the most future potential for cost-effective environmental cleanup, we think we are onto a new strategy that will change the way cleanup services are delivered and catapult us into an industry leader. The big competitors have shied away from PFP and prefer PFE because they don’t want to (or can’t) guarantee their results using 1980’s conventional technology and are hesitant to adopt alternative (biotech) technology solutions that shorten the life of their consulting contracts.
Niche Market Opportunities
From 2000 to the present we have successfully done project demonstrations, competitive “bake offs”, undertaken pay for performance contracts and generated more revenue each year with record breaking results again in 2003. During this time period we have identified three niche markets that have the potential to generate over $100 million in revenue for BUGS and its majority owned subsidiary, Sub-Surface Waste Management (SSWM). These markets utilizes biological solutions for air, soil and water cleanup in three key areas including:
1. Perchlorate solvents cleanup for soil and groundwater
2. MTBE/Hydrocarbon soil and groundwater cleanup
3. Conversion of contaminated water to dinking water
The technology has been proven in each of these markets where it often cleans up the problem faster, cheaper, safer and better because it eliminates the source of the problem rather than treating the symptom of the problem. And because our solution uses biotechnology, our project profit margins are usually better than industry standards because we are off the job sooner and we get paid as the contamination is eliminated.
Clear Objectives
The objective of the SSWM engineering group is to refine technologies, finance their development or ramp up, and apply SSWM biological solutions directly or with teaming partners. In addition SSWM engineering staff teach and support their teaming partners and provide microbial products as needed for implementation. To date SSWM has teaming agreements for the carbon recycling technology with MFG, Inc. a subsidiary of Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ TTEK), for Bio-Raptor™ use with Grupo Bartlett in Mexico and drinking water cleanup technology with C. TradeUsa in several areas of concern. SSWM teaming partners are attracted to this alternative technology because it offers greater profitability potentials than conventional technology, creates new markets they can reach, and it offers their established clients a quicker more economical solution.
We do our homework to insure cleanup success
Before a technology is implemented by a teaming partner’s customers it is validated in the field by SSWM using sound engineering practices at actual customer sites. Current or completed work in this area includes carbon recycling at a major petroleum refinery, dry cleaning solvent cleanup for a One Hour Martinizing ™ franchisee, approximately $1,000,000 in gasoline and MTBE cleanups from underground storage tank spills in South Carolina , and rocket fuel cleanup for major aerospace contractors in California .
Why we should be successful
There are several driving forces, which provide great opportunity for U.S. Microbics and its subsidiaries. The first is the environmental cleanup mandate for members of the World Trade Organization, the second is the environmental industry shift to pay-for-performance standards, and the third is world population growth requiring increased environmental stewardship for clean water, land and air and natural alternatives to chemical fertilizers for agricultural growth enhancement. Let’s elaborate of each of these trends and why they help ensure the success of U.S. Microbics.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is comprised of recognized member nations who subscribe to a specific code of business and trade conduct and compliance that ranges from monetary to environmental compliance issues. They have issued a mandate to their members for environmental cleanup standards that must be met or they are restrained from shipping products and services to other members. Currently there is a major effort being made by WTO members to solve environmental problems and the bioremediation solution is one of the key choices.
The environmental industry is shifting to Pay for Performance standards for cleanup projects rather than Time & Materials standards. This paradigm is well suited to SSWM biological solutions which are the only alternative that is economical, gets rid of problem at the source, in time frames needed to meet closure deadlines, particularly for WTO member nations. The Pay for Performance philosophy is already supported by the EPA, the states of South Carolina and Florida with other State cleanup funds now actively considering Pay for Performance Source remediation.
Population Growth of world is forecast to be 9 billion by 2050 and it is estimated there will not be enough fresh water and agricultural land (as it is now used) to feed this population. Therefore alternative technologies, such as biological growth enhancement to feed people and bioremediation to clean up water, soil, and air should be in high demand.
Our past successes in environmental cleanup, agricultural growth enhancement coupled with sound engineering practices and the driving forces ensure a demand for our solutions for the foreseeable future. Our challenge is to provide superior, field-proven technologies, the rollout financing, and the political clout needed to implement the alternative technologies in the 21st century. Let’s look at where we stand today.
FY 2004 Progress Report
SSWM and its engineering team, with the help of XyclonyX, the BUGS R & D subsidiary headed by Mery Robinson , CEO, have developed a new biological, patent pending solution for the recycling of activated charcoal used as a filter medium for the industry cleanup of both liquid and air streams. The characteristics of the biotechnology allow a charcoal filter user to recycle the carbon medium onsite for approximately ½ the cost of convention carbon recycling technology or use the technology to pre-filter equipment converting contaminated water to drinking water.
Our challenge during 2004 is to solve the financing for the company. Two years ago our challenge from the competition was based on the technology results (or lack thereof). We solved that problem with field demonstrations and paid projects with definitive results.
But remember, the status-quo opposition still challenges us and our alternative technology change. They have now switched from technology attacks to financial attacks noting our weak balance sheet. They claim our weak financial position will mean we can’t complete multi-million dollar contracts, or large company purchasing managers will not take the risk of trying alternative technologies from companies with weak balance sheets. So we are attacking that problem by taking SSWM public and it now is trading with a respectable market cap of approximately $12,000,000. We have obtained a $6MM financing commitment (with an additional $6MM if needed) and are pursing acquisition financing. With a stronger balance sheet and/or credit lines and acquisition capital and project financing, SSWM could have a profitable future as it moves to commercialize the cleanup solutions and rollout its technology through acquisition company distribution channels.
Billion Dollar Company in the making
With the bust of many tech stocks, investors are looking for the next diamond in the rough, which could turn into a Microsoft success story in its own industry. I believe US Microbics has the potential and the technology to become a billion dollar firm as it acquires the financing, infrastructure and political clout needed to solve the challenges of growth facing all nations. Our defined market approach in the environmental industry coupled with subsidiary financing are a key element in our success plan.
As they used to say in the 1960’s – “either you are part of the problem or part of the solution.” U.S. Microbics and its shareholders choose to be part of the solution but in a unique manner and with alternative technologies which has been shown to be “better, faster, cheaper, and safer” in solving environmental cleanup problems.
We are all responsible for the environment we live in
U.S. Microbics salutes all people who stand up for saving environmental resources, protect clean soil, air and water, and use and apply bio-technology for the betterment of all humans, regardless of race, creed or color. If you support this position you will buy or recommend our products and services, invest in our private offering or purchase stock from the market, and tell others how our company can help the environment and their neighbors. I believe we should all stand united in our environmental stewardship as well as our other personal endeavors, which enhance the human race and provide service to others. Our world is changing and so must you – do your part by helping us succeed in cleaning up the world for not only our children’s future, but the rest of mankind.
Robert C. Brehm
Robert C. Brehm CEO
p.s. The answer to the question of “How long will it take” is “As long as in needed to finish”. If we believe in the journey and put our passion into it, the question ceases to be relevant.
As always, these statements are forward-looking and qualified by the statement below:
The information contained in this CEO Outlook includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words ``estimate,'' ``anticipate,'' ``believe,'' ``expect,'' or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the Company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the ``Risk Factors,'' ``Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation'' and other sections of the Company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the Company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
Posted by Black0r on :
It's still a very good writing from the CEO, even if it's a year old now.
quote:Originally posted by Peaser01: Billion Dollar Company in the making ... I believe US Microbics has the potential and the technology to become a billion dollar firm as it acquires the financing, infrastructure and political clout needed to solve the challenges of growth facing all nations.
Imagine their time would be just right now...
Not only will there be massive amounts of water to be cleaed up, there will be unbelievable masses of soil to be cleaned of chemicals and such, after the water got pumped away. So there're multiple long term oppurtunities for BUGS.
I really hope that the peoples interests count more than the interests of the groups that would clean up with outdated technologies, just to make more money for themself. And instead new ways will be taken, like BUGS great microbial technologies.
[ September 11, 2005, 11:07: Message edited by: Black0r ]
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Black0r: It's still a very good writing from the CEO, even if it's a year old now.
quote:Originally posted by Peaser01: Billion Dollar Company in the making ... I believe US Microbics has the potential and the technology to become a billion dollar firm as it acquires the financing, infrastructure and political clout needed to solve the challenges of growth facing all nations.
Imagine their time would be just right now...
Not only will there be massive amounts of water to be cleaed up, there will be unbelievable masses of soil to be cleaned of chemicals and such, after the water got pumped away. So there're multiple long term oppurtunities for BUGS.
I really hope that the peoples interests count more than the interests of the groups that would clean up with outdated technologies, just to make more money for themself. And instead new ways will be taken, like BUGS great microbial technologies.
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It's about time we all have a stock we can put some faith in..
BUGS is a winner and not just a few day wonder.
I noticed a bi-line about the shrimping industry in the gulf and how the infrastructure is wiped out..
I thought about something else when I saw it..
These Microbes could be placed right into the Sea.
Oysters and shrimp, plankton, heck the whole food chain could be cleansed of contaminates.
BUGS microbes not only eat biological agents they eat Oil, gas, solvents and even lead.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Well, I put $4250 more into Bugs Friday. Brought my cost average up to .058
Composite Indicator -- Signal -- -- Strength -- -- Direction -- Trend Spotter (TM) Buy Strong Strengthening
Short Term Indicators 7 Day Average Directional Indicator Buy Strong Weakest 10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Buy Strong Strengthening 20 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy Strong Strengthening 20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator Buy Maximum Strongest 20 Day Bollinger Bands Buy Weak Weakest
Short Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
Medium Term Indicators 40 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy Weak Weakest 50 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy Maximum Strengthening 20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy Maximum Strongest 50 Day Parabolic Time/Price Buy Strong Strengthening
Medium Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
Long Term Indicators 60 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy Strong Weakest 100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy Maximum Strengthening 50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy Weak Strongest
Long Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
Overall Average: 100% - Buy
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Looking good, may be a small pull back in the AM some may sell into strength..
But if there is a little selling I don't think it will last long.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Heads up folks, peaser is getting conformation on a mind blowing Newspaper article that may have a huge effect in a positive way pertaining to BUGS.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Related Quotes Sym. Price Chg. BUGS Trade News 0.057 -0.004 SSWM Trade News 0.195 -0.005 BUGS Offers Patented Technology to Katrina-Impacted State Agencies; Technology Could Help Clean Up Soil and Groundwater Contamination
September 12, 2005 09:15:03 (ET)
CARLSBAD, Calif., Sep 12, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS, Trade) today announced its subsidiary, Sub Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (SSWM, Trade), has contacted the environmental State agencies for Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi offering to donate the use of its patented water treatment technology, Bio-GAC(TM) (Patent No: US 6,905,603 B2) for the treatment of toxic waste streams such as those caused by Hurricane Katrina.
Robert Brehm, CEO of U.S. Microbics, stated, "These State agencies will be faced with an enormous number of sites requiring cleanup of both surface water and groundwater resources impacted by toxics released during the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Our companies are prepared to help the state agencies by providing this cost-effective, state-of-the-art treatment solution immediately under a royalty free technology license together with discounted engineering technical support and microbial products for use at critical contaminated sites. We will inform our shareholders on any and all interest response received from these State agencies on this treatment technology offer."
Bio-GAC(TM) is a patented water and air vapor waste stream treatment process that uses granular activated charcoal (GAC) as a filtration medium in a specially engineered process container to support live microbial products (bugs) specifically selected to degrade toxic pollutants such as those encountered in the Katrina disaster. The resulting treated effluent can in most cases be safely discharged to rivers, lakes and streams under both Federal and State regulations. The process can be used on a continual basis without replacing the GAC, thereby saving time, money and treating more toxics quickly, a key consideration for cleaning up contaminated water and soil caused by hurricane disasters.
For further information about U.S. Microbics and its technology companies, contact Bob Brehm at 760-918-1860 x102 or email at bob@bugsatwork.com or visit the website at http://bugsatwork.com.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect" or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the Company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the Company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the Company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
SOURCE: U.S. Microbics, Inc.
U.S. Microbics, Inc. Bob Brehm, 760-918-1860, ext. 102 bob@bugsatwork.com http://bugsatwork.com Copyright Business Wire 2005
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Good Job Zygore! There's are news! This is just the beginning!
Posted by Zygore on :
Strong Hold!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
No doubt! This should climb quicker than GTEL did when it's price per share was this low. And BUGS has a lot less outstanding shares than GTEL did at this price.
Posted by StockHawk on :
Wish I'd bought some more in the .040s!!!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Yah, me too bdgee. I've got some cash coming into the account tommorrow and Wednesday, I only wish I had it today!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Wow!! I got a nice buy in at .042 this AM.
If ya can cost average down or enter for the first time ,DO IT NOW!
Posted by midwest_trader on :
BUGS will have huge news in a week. My plan...ride SLXI up for the next 7 days...then buy BUGS in a week.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
bdgee, Highlander,Tex, who ever,, hey dudes if ya can raise some cash ya probably should at these levels.
I am happy with my buy at .042 this AM.
It could drop below .041 again so be ready to buy..
I don't think we will ever see the 3's again.
[ September 13, 2005, 11:06: Message edited by: Dustoff101 ]
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by midwest_trader: BUGS will have huge news in a week. My plan...ride SLXI up for the next 7 days...then buy BUGS in a week.
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I am to chicken to wait a week!! pluck pluck pluck ,,,don't want to chase this thing...
Posted by InForTheKill on :
BUGS will come down a little...already happening. SLXI is a safe bet now that they are starting the PR machine back up. Remember, QOIL got pumped up by the same guys...so, its safe to assume they'll run SLXI up too. I think SLXI is a real company, but I also don't feel there is anything wrong with riding the ups and downs of the promotion. BUGS will get promotion only after they sign up Clipper.
Posted by HILANDER on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: bdgee, Highlander,Tex, who ever,, hey dudes if ya can raise some cash ya probably should at these levels.
I am happy with my buy at .042 this AM.
It could drop below .041 again so be ready to buy..
I don't think we will ever see the 3's again.
Wish I could Dusty, gotta wait and see if the Guard is gonna employ me full time or not. I come off orders for the last time soon, and my civillian job, well it's loooong gone now.
Posted by BuyTex on :
Dusty, L2s?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
(BUGS) recently announced its subsidiary, Sub Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc., has contacted the environmental State agencies for Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi offering to donate the use of its patented water treatment technology, Bio-GAC(TM) (Patent No: US 6,905,603 B2) for the treatment of toxic waste streams such as those caused by Hurricane Katrina.
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Hang in there Highlander, ya might contact the VA for job leeds, they just may surprise ya!
This gesture by the company should open eyes and thinking minds in government, contracts should follow.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by BuyTex: Dusty, L2s?
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bid .0431 ask .044
Nite is at .0431 by .045
Liquidity is at the bid at present time.. My graphics show a building trend towards the ask
Posted by BuyTex on :
how are MMs stacked?
I'm looking at intraday charts...getting mixed signals for the moment...
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
BID
schb.043 nite .043 view .043 etrd .042 maxim.041 hdsn .041 999 gnet .04 seab hill jeff meri fanc vndm fran vert .04
ASK tdcm .044 schb .045 doms .045 nite .045 jeff .046 etrd .0475 fanc .05 view .052 hdsn .053 999 gnet at .06 maxm sacm vert alps vmin.061
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Well we hit .0401 sheeeezzz what the ?
But then Hill shows up at .07
Posted by Black0r on :
Game over or what? <-- Insane cow mien
But if I'm honest, I don't think it's over. But some crazy guys over at german boards think so. Hope they're wrong.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Black0r: Game over or what? <-- Insane cow mien
But if I'm honest, I don't think it's over. But some crazy guys over at german boards think so. Hope they're wrong.
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Those few shares put into the mix shouldn't have this kind of a wallupp...
Man this is a classic shake..
RNVO and NNNC did a similar trip, then wham-ooo Huge gains right after the worst possible news and rumors.
This is a real company that is on it's way to the Nasdaq...Some people and forces don't want that to happen.
Posted by InForTheKill on :
TOLD YOU GUYS.. BUGS is going down for the next 7 days. SLXI is going up. Ride SLXI for a week sell out and buy more BUGS this time next week. SIMPLE!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
It's screaming off the low!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Just watch, this thing is going to pull a RNVO!
10 bagger from these levels! I hope, I think, might, ah Hell, I'm going King Salmon fishing!
Posted by BuyTex on :
lol, catch me one!
Chart says it's looking for support to bounce from...imo
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Just bought more BUGS.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
It's starting to move up off the low. Looking promising.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Well, there just went the 1000% 10 bagger
200,000 SHRS at .0043 then a buy 200,000 shrs at .043
Somebody really fat fingered. 15:57:40 hrs
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
NEVER KNOW.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I just posted a link on the micros. I don't want to double-post it here because it will screw up the format of the thread.
Posted by Zygore on :
Starting out good this morning... Lets hope for some good volume today.
Posted by midwest_trader on :
BUGS down again (or flat). SLXI up again. SLXI is the buy for the next 7 days...then sell it and buy BUGS. The writing is on the wall!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
BUGS looks like it wants to move up at the end of the day. It's starting to look like it did when it was moving up earlier this month. Up early in the morning, a little dip until about noon, then moves up from 2:30ish on.
Posted by Zygore on :
Let's hope you are right Peaser...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
ta da! the fun is just beginning I believe. Bugs is a no brainer, let alone A REAL COMPANY.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Powerful close, I don't know what kind of games are going on with MM's, BUT, we've turned the corner and it looks like we are off to the race's!
Big buys coming in.
Posted by bdgee on :
I've still got my shares clutched tight in my money grubbin fist.
Posted by HILANDER on :
Yeah, well the stock does look good. Hopefully it's as explosive as the one I caught in Iraq.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by HILANDER: Yeah, well the stock does look good. Hopefully it's as explosive as the one I caught in Iraq.
STD? LOL j/k bud.
Posted by HILANDER on :
Nope, I wish though. Some of the women I saw over there were just plain hot. I thought I would be clever and brush my teeth with their water instead of the bottled water we were told to do it with.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
PPS moving up! It's gonna be a good day.
Posted by johnny14511 on :
Do you really think they will get contracts for new orleans???????????? is it still good to buy????????
Posted by Peaser01 on :
It's a very good possibility. The clean-up area is so large that it may take multiple companies working together to clean it up. I believe that the microbes are the best possible silution to eating up the spilled oil down there. Also, hurricane Ophelia jus flooded the Carolinas. Could be some nasty sewage in need of clean-up there as well. Who knows?
One thing is for certain, The money coming in from Mexican contracts sure is gonna look sweet in the next 10Q.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
We might see some buys going through here in the last half hour of trading for the day. I like these low volume days. The low volume is keeping BUGS moving up slow and steady and under the radar, not many sells in the past few days.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
L2's are primed for a take off tomorrow.
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
I sold money is money, look to buy back in at .039 range.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Always take your profits. Glad to hear you made a little money. I just hope that you don't miss a big PR tomorrow or over the weekend. That's what scares me about flipping this. With GNET sitting at .04 with a monster bid, I have a hard time believing it will retrace that far. If it does, I'll buy more.
Posted by bdgee on :
I don't think it's going to the .039 range soon....I think it will begin a slow growth process within the trend. But, if i'm wrong, what the hay? Buy at lower prices. I think this is a long hold...
Posted by Zygore on :
Thank you very much for your email note regarding the situation on the Gulf Coast and in particular in New Orleans and Lake Ponchatrain. I share your concerns that the impact on Lake Ponchatrain will be severe and that its recovery may take a considerable amount of time and effort. As you've probably seen on the news over the weekend, the EPA Regional Office (Region 6) and the Office of Water national program office have a number of people in New Orleans and the other coastal parishes who are there to assess the impacts. Preliminary information indicates that there may be substantial problems with coliform bacteria, petroleum and other chemical residues and lead. EPA is monitoring the water for over 100 priority pollutants.
Because the need to remove the hazard from the city and surrounding parishes to protect human health is so dire, EPA has allowed the contaminated water to be pumped back into the lake. There appear to be no other alternatives for removing this volume of water. I think the hope is that natural processes in the Lake will break down some of the chemical contaminants before they are released into the gulf, but I think everyone acknowledges that at least for the present time there will be serious problems and hazards in Lake Ponchatrain. The EPA Regional office is working very hard to assess those conditions and advise the public about the hazards http://www.epa.gov/katrina/testresults/chem/090305/chem2005_09_03.html
I'm not sure what may be under discussion with regard to treating the water in Lake Ponchatrain before it is released to the gulf. I expect that it would be costly and logistically difficult. Lake Ponchatrain water is already discharging into the gulf and some of the contamination, no doubt is moving with it. It seems at the moment that the hope is that natural ecological processes and dilution of the pumped water, both in Lake Ponchatrain and out in the gulf will adequately mitigate the problem over time. I think that as the assessments continue we may have additional information to guide us toward any additional steps. The driver at the moment is restoring safe conditions as quickly as possible for the people of New Orleans and the surrounding area. One of the priority steps for that will be to restore sanitary and drinking water treatment as quickly as possible. I suspect that building new infrastructure to treat the lake water before it discharges into the gulf might severely challenge the resources available to get sanitary and drinking water treatment back on line.
I wish I had a better answer.
Jerry Filbin
--------------------------------------------------- Gerald J. Filbin, Ph.D., Director Innovative Pilots Division (1807T) Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation US Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania, Ave., NW Washington, DC 20460
202-566-2182 202-566-2211 FAX ----- Forwarded by Gerald Filbin/DC/USEPA/US on 09/12/2005 12:41 PM -----
COMMENTS_OF_REQUESTOR
Lake Ponchatrain Clean Up
My question is, How is Lake Ponchatrain going to get cleaned up after they finish pumping all of this toxic materials in it? Has anyone thought of who is going to clean it up?
I came across one company that looks like it would be ideal for this situation.
[ September 16, 2005, 08:38: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by Peaser01 on :
EPA Region 6
DIVISION DIRECTORS:
Shirley Bruce, Team Leader Outreach Team (6WQ-CO) William B. Hathaway, Director Water Quality Protection Division (6WQ) US EPA Region 6 1445 Ross Ave., Suite 1200 Dallas, TX 75202-2733 214-665-8141 214-665-6490
COORDINATORS:
Debora Browning 214-665-8025 Dorothy Brown 214-665-8141
Please help me get the word out about BUGS to the right people. The more that know and hear what BUGS can do, the better chance Lake Ponchatrain can get cleaned up.
Posted by Zygore on :
NEWS:
BUGS Subsidiary Prepares Cost Estimates for New Work in Mexico
September 16, 2005 09:15:01 (ET)
CARLSBAD, Calif., Sep 16, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (SSWM, Trade) announced that senior engineers from its Mexico subsidiary company Environmental Tec International, S.A. de C.V. (ETI) and representatives from its strategic alliance and teaming partner, the Zaragoza Graduate School of Studies of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), have been asked by the Mexican state oil corporation, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), to submit detailed cost estimate engineering proposals to address urgent environmental compliance and remediation needs at Pemex operating facilities. The ETI/UNAM engineering team recently completed site visits to gather data for submitting their report as soon as possible in order that work can be commenced.
Representatives of ETI will be joining Governor Mario Marin Torres in his scheduled meeting Monday, September 19 with Pemex's President Mr. Luis Ramirez Corzo to discuss proposed remediation activities and a financing plan to address recent and historic releases of petroleum products from pipelines and bulk terminal facilities in the State of Puebla.
As previously reported, ETI will be responsible for restoration activities on contaminated areas including farming lands, rivers and water reservoirs in Puebla working through Governor Mario Marin Torres and his Secretary for the Ministry of Environment.
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS, Trade) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT, a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect," or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the Company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the Company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the Company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
SOURCE: Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc.
Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. Alan Kau, 888-795-3166 http://www.bugsatwork.com/19.asp Copyright Business Wire 2005
Posted by Peaser01 on :
RSI is at 14. Perfect time to buy.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I'm guessing that this starts to turn up between 11-11:45am.
Posted by HILANDER on :
HMMMM, what's up with that? Wake up turn on comuter, see there was news, oh, and the price drops.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
The one behind GNET on the ask is controlling the price I believe. Someone has a big buy order in for a lot of shares at a cheap price, my guess is the same person who has the sell order in has the buy order in. Someone knows something about BUGS I strongly believe. As soon as GNET gets his big buy orders out of the way, look for GNET to drop of the Ask. It's a classic market manipulation strategy on a low volume stock.
One person is basically controlling this stock today to buy more shares.
Posted by Black0r on :
Maybe there're "Some people and forces don't want that to happen."
Let's dump them away, they can't resist us! Posted by imakmony2005 on :
well im back in lets rock.
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
GNET seems to be sitting on alot at .039
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
well going surfing be back soon, sell set.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Governor of the State of Puebla, Mexico Directs the National Autonomous University of Mexico to Fund SSWM Subsidiary Projects Thursday September 8, 9:45 am ET
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2005--Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM - News), announced that its Mexico subsidiary company Environmental Tec International, S.A. de C.V. (ETI) was named specifically in an official correspondence dated September 1, 2005 signed by Governor Mario Marin Torres of the State of Puebla, Mexico directing ETI strategic alliance and teaming partner the Zaragoza Graduate School of Studies of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) to provide immediate funding for engineering assessment and remediation of hydrocarbon discharges due to antiquated pipelines and storage tank farms. The recent Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) pipeline spills in Puebla have accounted for the contamination of hundreds of acres of productive farming land, rivers and lakes. ADVERTISEMENT
Bruce Beattie, CEO of SSWM stated, "In the Governor's letter UNAM was also instructed to work with ETI to form an Emergency Response Center in Puebla coordinating with the State's Ministry of Environment to train specialized environmental Engineers and Technicians to respond to future spills of hydrocarbons in the State."
On Friday September 2, 2005 Governor Mario Marin Torres held a press conference covered by local and national media reprimanding Pemex, the state owned oil company, for the irresponsible management of their petroleum pipelines in Mexico, specifically in the states of Puebla, Veracruz, Tabasco and Campeche. The following day, September 3, 2005, Mexico's leading newspaper -- The Reforma -- quoted the Governor as he stated that the three most recent spills of crude oil and gasoline have contaminated water reservoirs, farm lands and rivers, in some cases impacting up to hundreds of acres.
Governor Mario Marin Torres has formed an alliance with the governors of Veracruz, Mr. Fidel Herrera, Tabasco, Mr. Manuel Andrade and Campeche, Mr. Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, to ensure immediate restoration and remediation of the areas affected with Pemex's crude oil and gasoline releases, as these states have experienced hundreds of hydrocarbons spills during this year.
Governor Mario Marin Torres has requested an immediate meeting with the President of Pemex, Mr. Luis Ramirez Corzo to obtain Pemex's immediate acceptance of these remediation activities and their financial support for the same.
Environmental Tech International will be responsible for the majority of the restoration activities vis-a-vis these contaminated areas, i.e.: farming lands, rivers and water reservoirs in Puebla working through Governor Mario Marin Torres and his Secretary for the Ministry of Environment.
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS - News) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect" or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. Alan Kau, 888-795-3166 http://www.bugsatwork.com/19.asp
It's nice to know that the Mexican Government has all ready ok'ed the funding for the work that BUGS will be doing in Mexico to clean it up. Now we just need to know how much BUGS will be getting in these contracts.
1 $10 million contract = about .20 in Price Per Share
Posted by Peaser01 on :
GNET just dissappeared on the ASK. Is it finally time to move up?!!!!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
We have an Uptick!! Amazing! LOL. It's only a matter a time.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Shoot, it might just turn around and go up in the next 30 minutes. Next week should be a good week with the estimates being figured up and hopefully announced.
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
HOPE YOUR RIGHT I STAYED IN.
Posted by bdgee on :
Every time I've voiced and opinion about BUGS it's been cantankerous enough to do exactly the opposite. Thus....therefore......hence.....and for the future, I'll try this:
This is the worst piece of *(&* stock I ever saw and I can't see any way it can even stay afloat. We'll be hearing of filings of bankruptcy any day now. Get out now. Just my opinion, of course....
Now we'll see.... Just in case, though, I have an emergency call across town to the and old friend the albino Mexican witchdoctor, Hecter Feliz, who learned the secret art as a boy from ancient Aztec master in the rain forest of central Mexico.
Posted by OnPoint on :
Maybe we need a session with him - this has been one ugly week - red across the board for me - I need to break the bad streak & get the mojo workin again.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
lol
Posted by bdgee on :
Well, if you do get a session with Hecter, DON'T let him talk you into playing cards. I've tried to explain to him that arranging the cards with the aid of black magic ain't fair, but Hecter just says winnings fair.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
As of Monday Sept 12th:
FEMA already is sending more than $100 million to reimburse the city for recovery expenses, and the city is close to signing a number of contracts for the work, Nagin said. The city’s only final contract as of Monday was for a waste-management company to clear debris.
quote:Originally posted by Peaser01: As of Monday Sept 12th:
FEMA already is sending more than $100 million to reimburse the city for recovery expenses, and the city is close to signing a number of contracts for the work, Nagin said. The city’s only final contract as of Monday was for a waste-management company to clear debris.
----------------------------------------------- Thats a peaser!!!Say that with an Italian accent. Man your working overtime on this one..
Whaaazzzzz up? think maybe we got a long haul winner here for a change?
I think we do.
I am not going to arque with a Battle Field tested Army of hungry Oil and sewage eating Microbes.!!
------------------------------------------------- bdgee your reverse pump job was one of the funniest Posts I've ever seen..
Thats what I do to the Salmon when they won't bite. Cuss everything in sight....
With the amount of money at stake here, I know your confidence is high..
But please keep um coming man, a good sense humor is greatly lacking in the markets these days..
[ September 18, 2005, 00:19: Message edited by: Dustoff101 ]
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by bdgee: Every time I've voiced and opinion about BUGS it's been cantankerous enough to do exactly the opposite. Thus....therefore......hence.....and for the future, I'll try this:
This is the worst piece of *(&* stock I ever saw and I can't see any way it can even stay afloat. We'll be hearing of filings of bankruptcy any day now. Get out now. Just my opinion, of course....
Now we'll see.... Just in case, though, I have an emergency call across town to the and old friend the albino Mexican witchdoctor, Hecter Feliz, who learned the secret art as a boy from ancient Aztec master in the rain forest of central Mexico.
------------------------------------------------- Well I guess those eat anything Microbes don't scare ya?
Where's some news, opinion, blind pumping/bashing sumpin?
Quess everyone is keeping a low profile so as to get in cheap in da morning.
Posted by BuyTex on :
Hey, I just wanna meet Hector...
Posted by bdgee on :
Hecter, not Hector, Tex. Maybe you already do. He hangs out on the north side, usually somewhere along Sylvania, now-a-days. If you have met him and made the mistake of betting with him, ya lost. Hecter cheats.
Posted by BuyTex on :
Well, if he spells his name wrong...maybe not, lol
What does he bet on? Sylvania is my turf. Riverside. NOT North Side...NS is west of the river...
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Betting on Microbe racing always ends in a Photo Finish...
Can Hecter fix da camera?
Posted by bdgee on :
Hecter is very sensitive about how he spells his name, Tex.
Dust..., I doubt he'd bother....probably jusr bribe the bugs. He talks to all sorts of beast. That Aztec magic is powerful. It's a wonder to me how the Spanish ever beat them.
Posted by midwest_trader on :
BUGS NOT UNTIL NEXT MONDAY...RIDE THE SLXI TRAIN!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I think BUGS may just start a movin' on up today. I'm hopimg for an early dip to buy more.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Well nothing like a little suspence to start trading into.........This thing is holding on a hair trigger...
Poor guy that got suckered at .036
Posted by Peaser01 on :
A rather large PR is due out soon I belive.
Posted by InForTheKill on :
BUGS will not move until next week! I think it will continue to dip this week. Midwest is right...SLXI is what you need to own right now.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by InForTheKill: BUGS will not move until next week! I think it will continue to dip this week. Midwest is right...SLXI is what you need to own right now.
------------------------------------------------- Scat MOMO! We don't want some 2 bit stock Hustler in here..
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Looking for an uptick.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Now looking for the bid to build at .036
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
5000 signals at the ask, lots of um...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
The one with order in for SCHB is a putz.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
ETURD has more to that bid than he is showing..
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
gonna turn, I wouldn't try a flip...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Here it goes. It looks like it turned, let's see if it continues to go up.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Will we see a bounce off of 50 RSI today or tomorrow?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
The L2's look like there are a lot of buyers just waiting to come in at .03 + .031. I'm thinking that those that were scared have finally sold out, now we're down to us longs just waiting for the right contract announcement.
Looks like we've found a stable bottom.
Posted by midwest_trader on :
BUGS will hit $.029 before it goes up...Like I've said...it will go down for the next week. BE PATIENT. SLXI is this week's winner...one more release and another double.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by midwest_trader: BUGS will hit $.029 before it goes up...Like I've said...it will go down for the next week. BE PATIENT. SLXI is this week's winner...one more release and another double.
-------------------------------------------------
Stop pumping other stocks on this thread... This thread is for BUGS, not your own personal agenda on other stocks.
It really blows any credibility you may ever hope to achieve...
Stop trying to HUSTLE people like a MOMO...
People are getting fed up with your B.S
Your dealing with adults here, and not mindless gullible people...
Your bashing style is right from the book, makes you look like a frigging Con Man...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
MM games, they want some shares. I wish I was an insider and knew what they did about BUGS.
Posted by midwest_trader on :
I never bashed BUGS...are you made because I have said don't buy BUGS until next week. Hmm..I said it last week when BUGS was almost $.05, now its almost $.03. BUGS will have its day in the sun, just not this week. I guess you can call me a basher, but others will agree I saved them 50% on not owning BUGS...oh and I made them 100% because that is what SLXI has done over the last week. Don't be a hater. BUGS will go up, just not for a bit. SLXI is the one that is going up now.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Actually, I believe that I do know what they know, I just am not too sure when the news will break.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
BUGS finally found it's bottom. I'm loading up tomorrow when the rest of my funds are available and then I'll be all in; that is as long as the news doesn't break today. The good old cost average will be nice then.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by midwest_trader: I never bashed BUGS...are you made because I have said don't buy BUGS until next week. Hmm..I said it last week when BUGS was almost $.05, now its almost $.03. BUGS will have its day in the sun, just not this week. I guess you can call me a basher, but others will agree I saved them 50% on not owning BUGS...oh and I made them 100% because that is what SLXI has done over the last week. Don't be a hater. BUGS will go up, just not for a bit. SLXI is the one that is going up now.
------------------------------------------------- That a boy MOMO, your starting to lose it.. Guess maybe a visit to your plunging con job stock is in order...
Hey, if ya want to rumble , cool.. But your gonna lose again and then you will have to come back in with a differant handle..
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Yep, now the poor sap is looking for an exit on his crappy SLXI. This moron has been pumping this garbage on just about every board.
Posted by bdgee on :
midwest_trader,
Just keep uour pumping away from here!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
If ya can, buy!
Hey, seriously, the level 2s are looking like a breakout...
Rita may move us up...What a mess if she hits packing all that water..How much more can these people in Harms way, take..
I know, we're Americans and can withstand, but,services and such are really getting wore out, and thin..
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Hey Peaser,
what is the rsi on this stock right now with the current price of .0315 TIA . Closeing all my positions looking at going all in the bugs only concern is the volume Im wondering how hard it will be to sell 500,000 shares what do you think?????
Posted by johnny14511 on :
quote:Originally posted by DENSKIJR: Hey Peaser,
what is the rsi on this stock right now with the current price of .0315 TIA . Closeing all my positions looking at going all in the bugs only concern is the volume Im wondering how hard it will be to sell 500,000 shares what do you think?????
hey DENSKIJR when you have a large quantity of stocks does it sell all at once or little by little. or how does it work?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by johnny14511:
quote:Originally posted by DENSKIJR: Hey Peaser,
what is the rsi on this stock right now with the current price of .0315 TIA . Closeing all my positions looking at going all in the bugs only concern is the volume Im wondering how hard it will be to sell 500,000 shares what do you think?????
hey DENSKIJR when you have a large quantity of stocks does it sell all at once or little by little. or how does it work?
------------------------------------------------- It all depends on momentum, news and volume on the day you decide to sell..
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Minute RSI is at 14 Daily RSI is currently at 49
@ .03
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Well when you sell you can specify that you only want it sold if they take all of them or you can sell it so they take it in chunks if you like either way i belive it is harder to sell them all at once I was under the impression as long as the give me my price I dont care if it is in chunks or all at once. He He
Posted by Peaser01 on :
After the estimates are released from the PEMEX clean-up project. BUGS will take off.
Just be careful flipping this because Katrina + Rita hurricanes may create contracts as well. The Growth potential here is pretty exciting to me.
[ September 20, 2005, 13:36: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by bdgee on :
DENSKIJR,
Careful! There are brokers that charge for each partial sale....others that charge twice if the sale is conducted through more than one day.
Posted by johnny14511 on :
hey DENSKIJR,
how do you put it to sell all at once
because they charge a fee each time
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by johnny14511: hey DENSKIJR,
how do you put it to sell all at once
because they charge a fee each time
------------------------------------------------- Hey momo, nice try, but no cigar!!
keep screaming fire and your going to wind up getting burned..
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
i use ameritrade and I put a gtc and if you want to sell all of them you go under special instuctions and instruct aon = all or none and that should do it.
Posted by johnny14511 on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101:
quote:Originally posted by johnny14511: hey DENSKIJR,
how do you put it to sell all at once
because they charge a fee each time
------------------------------------------------- Hey momo, nice try, but no cigar!!
keep screaming fire and your going to wind up getting burned..
whats that suppose to mean
hey thanks DENSKIJR,
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by DENSKIJR: i use ameritrade and I put a gtc and if you want to sell all of them you go under special instuctions and instruct aon = all or none and that should do it.
------------------------------------------------ Hey momo2 or which ever one you are, we got your number, ya frigging bozo....
Take your criminal activities and put it where the Sun DOSEN'T SHINE..
You are being reported again..
Remember when the criminal indictments come down everything you post will be used against you in a court of law..
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Dust
I think you've had to much caffine there buddy lie down before you hurt yourself. I have no idea what momo2 is supposed to mean.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
All I know is that GNET had a large sell order in over the past few days to purposely push the share price down, hmmm possibly to buy more shares cheap before it takes off?
What I know now is that GNET is no where to be found on the ask and he's getting his large order filled on the bid right now.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by DENSKIJR: Dust
I think you've had to much caffine there buddy lie down before you hurt yourself. I have no idea what momo2 is supposed to mean.
------------------------------------------------- Be careful if your in with momo and company.. They will burn your a$$ Dude.
Also, if your in with them ,I'll expose ya.
Posted by bdgee on :
Good work, Dust...
I see what Peaser is taqlking about with GNET....looks good...
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Dust
Just to set things straight I am not in with momo and company I have no idea who these people are. you can belive me or not personaly I dont care I'll sleep just fine either way. My purpose here is to make money but not at other people expences. I belive that the bugs will turn i just want to be in when it does to make a profit and recupe some recent losses wish I could pick em all right but oh well hopefully this is the one for all are sakes
Peace out
Dennis
Posted by bdgee on :
Sounds good to me, DENSKIJR ....
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Does anyone have the link for otcbb bid / ask thanks in advance
Posted by Peaser01 on :
dust no harm done all forgoten on to making money eh!!!!!!
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
WELL GUYS WHATS NEXT.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by imakmony2005: WELL GUYS WHATS NEXT.
------------------------------------------------- Hold! buy some more if you can afford to... This is a holding stock at this time..
Trying to flip it might be sailing in dangerous waters..
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
Well Dustoff101, ive got 26k in my penny acct tell me why some are all should go into BUGS, im holding 50,000 shares right now at .0305 and like there chances. why buy more??
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
O and thanks, peaser01 to, you both post some great dd on the thread.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by imakmony2005: Well Dustoff101, ive got 26k in my penny acct tell me why some are all should go into BUGS, im holding 50,000 shares right now at .0305 and like there chances. why buy more??
------------------------------------------------- GREED? j/k sorta I think microbes can turn the corner on so many of the problems facing America in the wake of the catostrophic events surrounding these Hurricanes..
The clean up is massive, 90,000 sqaure miles , so far..
The Sea food industry is devastated in the area of the storms...I am hoping these microbes can be placed directly into the Sea to clean Oysters and everything else in the food chain, including the mud, rocks, and sand..
Water under ground will have to be treated..
Microbes can do the job in nearly any enviorment..
The A/S is in good shape at 500,000,000 with the o/s only at about 283,000,000
This company has only one R/S about 8yrs ago.. There is no reason for it to do it again..
I think the R/S came when they bought the shell as a vehicle to get on an exchange..
Posted by Peaser01 on :
CEOCFO: Will you tell us about the magnitude of the environmental problem in Mexico? Mr. Brehm: “The magnitude of the problem is significant. PEMEX, the Mexican National Oil Company, which provides approximately 80% of the revenue for the entire country, wants to spend about $3 billion dollars over the next five years to clean up their mess. They have currently allocated about $1.1 billion to do that. Currently, there are very few vendors who tap into that funding. We have been given the opportunity, by meeting with the top officials in the PEMEX subsidiaries, to pick prime projects that are of deep concern. We expect significant project revenue over the next couple of years from both PEMEX work and State government work related to the environment. throughout Mexico. It is interesting to note that most of Mexican water is classified as contaminated in different degrees of contamination. There appears to be very few areas classified as “clean water” in the country, and that is why most of us in the U.S. that go down and drink the water, get sick. Therefore, BUGS is going to help solve that problem for the locals and for tourists.”
CEOCFO: Is there any direct competition? Mr. Brehm: “When you clean up contamination, there are three ways to do it; we call it the three B’s, you burn it bury it or bug it. Typically if you want to get rid of contamination in soil, you dig it up, put it in the incinerator and burn it. That is being phased out, although it is still popular in Asia, but causes massive air pollution. The second method is to dig it up, put it in someone else’s backyard; that it what is done with landfills. In Mexico and other countries, they are realizing that hydrocarbons are all hazardous materials and you cannot put them in landfills anymore and you cannot burn them. There is only one effective method to get rid of contamination and that is called Bugging it (also called bioremediation). The process is fairly simple to understand; you put Mother Nature’s natural bacteria in a recipe on the contaminate and what they do is literally eat it up and the excrete carbon dioxide and water. Over time, the contamination will be completely gone. Mother Nature can do that in approximately 50 to 100 years, and we typically do it in a period of less than a year. That is the way Mexico has decided to do the majority of their waste treatment. The technology has to be approved by Mexico. Currently, we are the only known bio remediation company that has an approved technology down there. There will be more. People have not figured out how to get approved and do business in Mexico. We have been able to go to the highest levels and work ourselves down the chain rather than up the chain. As a result, there are classical competitors that only offer the classical solutions, which is bury and burn. We probably won’t see much competition over the next few years as we have an opportunity to be first in the market and to make sure our solution is the one of choice. Any environmental clean-up process that is approved in Mexico is usually approved throughout Central and South America. Magazines and financial reporting news agencies in South America do interviews with us to see how our technology can be used in their country.”
quote:Originally posted by Peaser01: CEOCFO: Will you tell us about the magnitude of the environmental problem in Mexico? Mr. Brehm: “The magnitude of the problem is significant. PEMEX, the Mexican National Oil Company, which provides approximately 80% of the revenue for the entire country, wants to spend about $3 billion dollars over the next five years to clean up their mess. They have currently allocated about $1.1 billion to do that. Currently, there are very few vendors who tap into that funding. We have been given the opportunity, by meeting with the top officials in the PEMEX subsidiaries, to pick prime projects that are of deep concern. We expect significant project revenue over the next couple of years from both PEMEX work and State government work related to the environment. throughout Mexico. It is interesting to note that most of Mexican water is classified as contaminated in different degrees of contamination. There appears to be very few areas classified as “clean water” in the country, and that is why most of us in the U.S. that go down and drink the water, get sick. Therefore, BUGS is going to help solve that problem for the locals and for tourists.”
CEOCFO: Is there any direct competition? Mr. Brehm: “When you clean up contamination, there are three ways to do it; we call it the three B’s, you burn it bury it or bug it. Typically if you want to get rid of contamination in soil, you dig it up, put it in the incinerator and burn it. That is being phased out, although it is still popular in Asia, but causes massive air pollution. The second method is to dig it up, put it in someone else’s backyard; that it what is done with landfills. In Mexico and other countries, they are realizing that hydrocarbons are all hazardous materials and you cannot put them in landfills anymore and you cannot burn them. There is only one effective method to get rid of contamination and that is called Bugging it (also called bioremediation). The process is fairly simple to understand; you put Mother Nature’s natural bacteria in a recipe on the contaminate and what they do is literally eat it up and the excrete carbon dioxide and water. Over time, the contamination will be completely gone. Mother Nature can do that in approximately 50 to 100 years, and we typically do it in a period of less than a year. That is the way Mexico has decided to do the majority of their waste treatment. The technology has to be approved by Mexico. Currently, we are the only known bio remediation company that has an approved technology down there. There will be more. People have not figured out how to get approved and do business in Mexico. We have been able to go to the highest levels and work ourselves down the chain rather than up the chain. As a result, there are classical competitors that only offer the classical solutions, which is bury and burn. We probably won’t see much competition over the next few years as we have an opportunity to be first in the market and to make sure our solution is the one of choice. Any environmental clean-up process that is approved in Mexico is usually approved throughout Central and South America. Magazines and financial reporting news agencies in South America do interviews with us to see how our technology can be used in their country.”
Forgot to mention, this is a really good read.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
A $10 million dollar contract is peanuts compared to the $3 Billion dollars over the next 5 years that PEMEX plans on spending to clean up Mexico. And that's just for starting the clean-up. Who knows how long it will take?
The area of Mexico that is going to be cleaned is larger than the Katrina impact zone.
Dusty, what figures do you come up with for share price if say $500 million or more in contracts were awarded to BUGS?
I think we'd have our market cap high enough to go to the NASDAQ!
[ September 21, 2005, 09:24: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by Black0r on :
Oh man, wtf....
Didn't knew that there's such a great opportunity for BUGS.
This thing is going to make us millionaires!
If I get some more cash0r ready before this skyrockets, I surely will buy more.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Crap I should have gotten in yesterday well peaser you think i should buy on news or hold off till the end of the week to see if it dies down
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
By BusinessWire Last Update: 9/21/2005 9:45:01 AM Data provided by
CARLSBAD, Calif., Sep 21, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS) said today that it is discussing the possibility of reactivating its interest in the GaeaCare technology it helped pioneer in 2002 with Sub-Surface Waste Management, Inc. (SSWM), a ten percent shareholder of GaeaCare, and other technology partners for on-site facility vigilance and response for sudden and catastrophic toxic and hazardous material releases to both air and water resources. The company has been dormant for several years, but with the recent purchase by Winsted Holdings, Inc. there may be another opportunity to bring this vital technology to market for natural disasters such as the current wave of hurricanes slamming the U.S. borderline.
GaeaCare was originally planning to commence operations as a worldwide provider of 24/7 on-site facility vigilance and response for sudden and catastrophic toxic and hazardous material releases to both air and water resources. The protected facilities would be able to immediately alert emergency agencies to sudden airborne and/or surface toxic chemical releases and simultaneously begin to reduce potentially deadly effects of any gaseous cloud using naturally occurring microbial blends sprayed with water and fire retardants to precipitate toxics from the air and/or water using an enhanced proprietary formulation of nature's biological process to covert toxic materials into harmless CO2 and water. For more information on GaeaCare visit www.ags-gaeacare.com.
"Cutting edge environmental engineering applications with biotechnology solutions are the hallmark of the GaeaCare systems which can be applicable to petroleum & petrochemical refiners, bulk storage tank and pipeline operators, mining, manufacturing, power & munitions plants, government environmental agencies, military installations and Homeland Defense Security Agencies," said Bruce S. Beattie, President of SSWM. "SSWM can provide both the environmental engineering and biotechnology product solutions to enable GaeaCare to capture emissions either airborne or surface released and immediately apply proprietary, all natural, non-genetically engineered microbial blends that accelerate the process of turning harmful toxics into simple CO2 and water. SSWM environmental biotechnology solutions are directly applicable and eagerly being sought by the international market where cost-effective and reasonably rapid treatment solutions are in great demand in response to both World Trade Organization and ISO conventions for strict environmental compliance as a requirement for access to consumer markets."
Robert Brehm, BUGS CEO commented, "We welcome the new owners and their renewed interest in GaeaCare and fully support their efforts to bring this valuable disaster response technology to market with our technical support."
For further information about U.S. Microbics and its technology companies, contact Robert Brehm at 760-918-1860 x102 or email at bob@bugsatwork.com or visit the website at http://bugsatwork.com. Posted by DENSKIJR on :
It taken off lets see if I get mine at .037 shoulda bought a .03 yesterday but like i said I normally dont win them all but we shall see
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I wonder what these 5000 sells are what do you think????
Posted by Peaser01 on :
GNET has someone trying to hold this down. Thanks for telling me about the PR Dusty.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Well and the Denskijr folds down his hat and goes all in with the bugs 400k strong we shall see in a .036 good luck to you all
Posted by bdgee on :
Welcome aboard, DENSKIJR
Posted by R1Man on :
quote:Originally posted by DENSKIJR: Well and the Denskijr folds down his hat and goes all in with the bugs 400k strong we shall see in a .036 good luck to you all
For long term.....plan a few vacations...you'll have plenty of money. It could hit $0.20 before years end.....or higher.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I want someone to steal MOMO's shares at .039
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Todays PR is not in my opinion the "monster" PR we are waiting for, it's good, but not a block buster...
However, we see now how fast BUGS can fly on news..
Accumulation at these prices is probably a very good idea at these levels..
They might show up with a contract at any time.. I figgure a rise, based just on costs versus revenues at .10 increase per share at each announcement of a $10,000,000.00 contract..
I am revising down from .20 just so as to be very conservative..
But please understand, I am speaking of holding value and not retreating like ordinary OTCBB'S..
Posted by Zygore on :
I knew there was a reason I held my shares through the tough times. To the moon BUGS!...
Posted by R1Man on :
.04/.0425 moving up.....
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
oh baby its a good day Posted by janzik on :
I'm still holding some at 63.. bleh.. I wish I had more $$ in my account to grab it at the 28 I seen it at this morning... oh well.. I'll keep riding.. Don't let me down BUGS! Posted by Peaser01 on :
CEOCFO: Are you working with partnerships in other countries as well? Mr. Brehm: “Yes, we have announced a partnership in Germany and they are currently looking to get bids on particular projects. We have also announced a partnership with C-TRADE USA, with a joint venture company called Worldwide Water Systems and that is to put pure water machines in various countries around the world. That project is moving along too, so the partnership concept has worked well for us because it gives the people in the country the ability to control their own destiny with superior U.S. technology and project management techniques, which most countries do not have. It is very exciting, both emotionally as we help others and financially as we see the company grow and prosper for our shareholders. It has taken us a long time to find which market our technology is readily accepted. It turns out it is our neighbor to the south.”
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I'm planning to hold this for a few months or years. I started buying in a little too high as well, I was able to bring my cost average down to .052 though. I'm all in and planning to be for some time to come.
[ September 21, 2005, 12:06: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by OnPoint on :
I like your plan Peaser - I first got in at .0575 - more today brings my av. to .047. IMO this could rocket - give it some time.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Peaser01: I'm planning to hold this for a few months or years. I started buying in a little too high as well, I was able to bring my cost average down to .052 though. I'm all in and planning to be for some time to come.
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well, look on the brite side..You could be trying to buy in at .10 in the near future..
Posted by xeo on :
I just loaded this baby first time for .043.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
$10,000,000.00 contract = $.10 increase in PPS $100,000,000.00 in contracts = $1.00 PPS
$3 billion clean up in Mexico alone..
Now what ya think is going to happen in the USA if the disaster area increases to 150,000 sqaure miles..?
Posted by johnny14511 on :
today it went down all the way to .028 that was a good buy
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by johnny14511: today it went down all the way to .028 that was a good buy
------------------------------------------------- Lousy try at a bash , try again..
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: [QUOTE]Originally posted by johnny14511: [qb] today it went down all the way to .028 that was a good buy
------------------------------------------------- Lousy try at a bash , try again.
You didn't mention it went up nearly 70%
Posted by rider3160 on :
it should close very strong
Posted by OnPoint on :
What's going on with all the "shadows" - all buy & sell transactions are duplicated?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by OnPoint: What's going on with all the "shadows" - all buy & sell transactions are duplicated?
------------------------------------------------- That generaly means they sell um as fast as they get um...I think, might, could be, should, ah hell I ain't sure!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
What happend I leave for a couple hours and dust you let it drop to .038 thats it you no longer on watch duty were going to have peaser take over. Ha!!!!!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by DENSKIJR: What happend I leave for a couple hours and dust you let it drop to .038 thats it you no longer on watch duty were going to have peaser take over. Ha!!!!!
------------------------------------------------- Yep, I should be fired!
I think Ex-Fema director Michael Brown is looking for a position...You guys want to hire his lam bungling a$$ to watch the store?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by DENSKIJR: What happend I leave for a couple hours and dust you let it drop to .038 thats it you no longer on watch duty were going to have peaser take over. Ha!!!!!
LOL. I fell asleep on the couch around 11:30am yesterday, Dusty woke me up. Why I auhtaaah!!! He's doing just fine with lookout duty. LOL
Posted by Peaser01 on :
EPA Region 6
DIVISION DIRECTORS:
Shirley Bruce, Team Leader Outreach Team (6WQ-CO) William B. Hathaway, Director Water Quality Protection Division (6WQ) US EPA Region 6 1445 Ross Ave., Suite 1200 Dallas, TX 75202-2733 214-665-8141 214-665-6490
COORDINATORS:
Debora Browning 214-665-8025 Dorothy Brown 214-665-8141
Please help me get the word out about BUGS to the right people. The more that know and hear what BUGS can do, the better chance Lake Ponchatrain can get cleaned up.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
BUGS and Winsted to Collaborate on GaeaCare Future; Companies Join Efforts to Bring Proactive Environmental Protection Technology to Nation Now
September 22, 2005 09:45:01 (ET)
CARLSBAD, Calif., Sep 22, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Robert Brehm, CEO of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS, Trade), said today that he is discussing key strategic business strategy with Mark Ellis, CEO of Winsted Holdings, Inc. (WHLI, Trade), a Business Development Company (BDC), which recently announced the purchase of 90% of GaeaCare Syndicate Partners, Inc. BUGS subsidiary, Sub-Surface Waste Management (SSWM, Trade) is a 10% shareholder of GaeaCare and a contributing technical syndicate partner.
Brehm commented on his discussion with Ellis, "We both believe there could be a significant business opportunity for GaeaCare as a proactive environmental products and services corporation that intends to become a leading environmental cleanup, emergency response and environmental remediation company by the use of new computer systems technology, sensor technology, communications technology, systems concepts and microbial environmental cleanup treatment to serve the Homeland Security and environmental industries. The SSWM engineering and project management expertise coupled with the management resources and governmental agency contacts of WHLI could enable GaeaCare to obtain grants or emergency funding to help mitigate some of the consequences of natural disasters like the hurricanes currently pounding the U.S. coast."
Brehm continued, "I will continue my dialogue with Mark Ellis to determine what course of action would be appropriate for GaeaCare given our common resources, government contacts and strategic abilities. We have spent a lot of time and money in the past creating the business plan and developing strategic partners, and I feel we have both a moral obligation, as environmental stewards, as well as a financial incentive to bring this proactive environmental solution to the nation now rather than later." For more information on GaeaCare, visit www.ags-gaeacare.com.
For further information about U.S. Microbics and its technology companies, contact Robert Brehm at 760-918-1860 x102 or email at bob@bugsatwork.com or visit the website at http://bugsatwork.com. For further information about Winsted Holdings call Investor Relations at 949-476-3711 or visit the company website at http://www.winstedholdings.com.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect" or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the U.S. Microbics' status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the Company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the Company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
SOURCE: U.S. Microbics, Inc.
U.S. Microbics, Inc. Robert Brehm, 760-918-1860, ext. 102 bob@bugsatwork.com http://bugsatwork.com or Winsted Holdings Investor Relations, 949-476-3711 http://www.winstedholdings.com. Copyright Business Wire 2005
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
People, when you E-Mail these people tell them the name of the company not just the stock symbol!!!Looks a little suspicious..
U.S Microbics Suite C 6451 El Camino Real Carlsbad, California 92009 USA
[ September 22, 2005, 10:36: Message edited by: Dustoff101 ]
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Ameritrade is down..
Posted by bdgee on :
I'm hearing Scottrade is down partially too....lots of complaining....
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I see that I've been trying to get in for the last 20 min.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Ameritrade has me dead in the water WTF? Their giving me free trades in the accounts, but thats no cigar as far as I'm concerned..
All this is really slowing down the markets.. So who knows what sentimentality really is, regarding our stocks..
This mess is killing volume accross the markets..
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I agree it truely sucks I've been trying to get in for an hour now. Posted by BuyTex on :
quote:Originally posted by bdgee: I'm hearing Scottrade is down partially too....lots of complaining....
scottie seems to OK on my end...
5-min BB's getting real tight...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Eturd is working. Looks like a little buying going on right now, not sure .042 will be here for too much longer.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: Ameritrade has me dead in the water WTF? Their giving me free trades in the accounts, but thats no cigar as far as I'm concerned..
All this is really slowing down the markets.. So who knows what sentimentality really is, regarding our stocks..
This mess is killing volume accross the markets..
It sure is killing volume across the market, Ameritrade is the Big boy on the block.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Ameritrade back on line.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
TDCM probably won't last too much longer at .042
How many shares is he selling?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
D, is Ameritrade still back up? I saw on the micro's that it went back down?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
I got a trade in a few minutes back.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
10235 more?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Peaser01: 10235 more?
------------------------------------------------ yep
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Ok I'm out gonna try for to get back in next week will see if I was smart or not.HeHe Out at .042 for $2,500.00 profit It may be dumb but profit is profit I love the bugs Posted by Peaser01 on :
I think BUGS is setting us up for the Big PR. Be careful if you try to flip, you could miss the boat.
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
this stock has been great, i feel they will pr soon as well.
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
wind, rain , oil,sewage, GOT - BUGS.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS) traded as much as 12.5% over open on Thursday.
U.S. Microbics, Inc. operates as a business development and holding company that facilitates and develops the deployment of environmental technologies. The company, through its subsidiaries, engages in two divisions, USM Solutions and USM Capital. USM Solutions division manufactures, develops, and markets proprietary microbial technologies that provide natural solutions to various environmental problems. The company's microbes or bugs can be used to break down various hydrocarbon substances, including oil, diesel fuel, methyl tertiary butyl ether, Tetrachloroethene, certain toxic waste, and certain water and soil contamination. USM Capital division (UC) provides various services, including management consulting services, administrative services, and investor relations services. UC also facilitates the exchange of technologies and customers with the subsidiaries and their client companies.
provided by Marketwatch.com
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
and like i said it could have been stupid. felling rather stupid right now I hate when i leave money on the table seems its going up some more nice to the ones who held Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by DENSKIJR: and like i said it could have been stupid. felling rather stupid right now I hate when i leave money on the table seems its going up some more nice to the ones who held
-------------------------------------------------- We keep trying to tell ya, this is a holding stock..
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I'll have more cash in the account on Monday, I'm just hoping to be able to buy more.
Yep, flipping is Dangerous, with a capital D!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
YEP
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Looking for it to bounce back up now. Minute RSI is at 21.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I see an uptick!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I see allstocks is back online.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Hopefully we've got the BUGS worked out at Allstocks.com I couldn't resist.
Is everyone back online now? Looks like there was a server problem.
[ September 23, 2005, 12:16: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Heads up....If your in or thinking about it, level 2's are going up.
If we close going up, next week it's gone.
Posted by Catch22 on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: Heads up....If your in or thinking about it, level 2's are going up.
If we close going up, next week it's gone.
Care to translate for a newbie? Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Tick tick tick,,,,less than 24 hrs till the open.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Huge oil and chemical slicks all over Southern Louisiana caused by Hurricane Rita..
Their will be powerful political forces at work to clean this area up..People take they're farm land very seriously and you can bet they will clean it up..
Good agricultural land is at a premium and is a politically hot issue..
This is a made for order situation for BUGS....
The people in power are already speaking of a 30 year plan for clean up and restoration..
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Mindless bashing on other sites, good sign. Looks like large group trying to hold it back so they can accumulate..
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
An Army of microbes on the move....... Millions of microbes cleaning the World!
Wonder what would happen if we turned um loose on the PINKS?
GO BUGS
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
this sounds good hope they do a good job so I can reenter. I doubt they will but we will see. Ha! T- 8 Hours 45 min.
Mindless bashing on other sites, good sign. Looks like large group trying to hold it back so they can accumulate..
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Got BUGS?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
never hurts to have freinds in low places.... Hug your Microbes, they may save our collective arse!
GO BUGS!!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Microbes are happy eating toxic waste.. BUGS has billions of um ready to go to work..
BUGS on the march!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I would think that the estimates should be released early this week for the PEMEX clean-up in Mexico.
PEMEX has $1.1 Billion set aside for clean-up in the short term alone!
And $3 Billion total for the next 5 years!
[ September 26, 2005, 09:28: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
44 OIL SPILLS Found in Southeast Louisiana MSNBC News
Friday 16 September 2005
Largest is nearly 4 million gallons, most big ones are on Mississippi River.
More than 500 specialists are working to clean up 44 OIL SPILLS ranging from several hundred gallons to nearly 4 million gallons, the US Coast Guard said in an assessment that goes far beyond initial reports of just two significant SPILLS.
The report comes nearly three weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, and reflects the fact that the Coast Guard and other agencies are able to only now tackle environmental problems since the search and rescue effort is winding down.
The Coast Guard estimates more than 7 million gallons of OIL were spilled from industrial plants, storage depots and other facilities around southeast Louisiana.
That is about two-thirds as much OIL as spilled from the Exxon Valdez tanker in 1989. But unlike the OIL from the Valdez, which poured from a single source, these OIL SPILLS are scattered at sites throughout southeast Louisiana.
The OIL could threaten the region's fragile coastal marshes, but three-quarters of it was not posing a danger to wetlands, the Coast Guard said, noting that more than 1.3 million gallons had evaporated or dispersed.
Crews had recovered nearly 2 million gallons and had contained another 2.3 million gallons behind booms and other barriers, the Coast Guard said.
Activists ‘Very Concerned'
The Louisiana Environmental Action Network said it remains concerned given how late the cleanup began and what's known so far.
"We're very concerned," executive director Marylee Orr told MSNBC.com. "We're watching the limited data that has come out."
Of particular concern is a spill in Mereax, a town just outside New Orleans on the Mississippi River, where OIL mixed with floodwaters and sediment to submerge hundreds of homes.
Orr said people calling to report problems have been urged to document them until remediation begins.
The combination of sewage, chemicals, OIL and other pollutants is an environmental disaster of "epic proportions," Orr said.
No one knows what that "toxic gumbo does to the human body when its exposed at the same time."
In the case of OIL SPILLS, the state's Department of Environmental Quality had reported just two significant cases, the one in Meraux and another in Venice.
Below are the largest known SPILLS, most of them along the Mississippi River south of New Orleans.
Major SPILLS (Over 100,000 Gallons)
Bass Enterprises Production Company (Cox Bay): About 3.78 million gallons discharged, of which 960,000 gallons were recovered, 2 million gallons were contained and 982,000 gallons evaporated.
Shell (Pilot Town): About 1.05 million gallons discharged, of which about 718,000 gallons were recovered, 129,000 were contained and 105,000 gallons evaporated or dispersed. Some 87,000 gallons have not been contained.
Chevron (Empire): About 991,000 gallons were released, of which 983,000 gallons were naturally dispersed or evaporated, 4,000 gallons were recovered and 3,600 gallons were contained.
Murphy OIL Corporation (Meraux): About 819,000 gallons discharged, of which 305,000 were recovered, 196,000 gallons were contained and 312,000 gallons evaporated. Some 6,000 gallons were not recovered.
Bass Enterprises (Point a la Hache): About 461,000 gallons of OIL discharged, of which half was contained and half evaporated.
Medium SPILLS (10,000 to 100,000 Gallons)
Chevron (Port Fourchon): About 53,000 gallons were released, of which 21,000 gallons were naturally dispersed, 26,000 gallons were recovered and 420 gallons were contained.
Venice Energy Services Company (Venice): About 840,000 gallons of potential discharge are enclosed in bermed and boomed area, but only 25,000 gallons were actually discharged, of which 4,800 gallons were recovered.
Shell Pipeline OIL (Nairn): About 13,440 gallons discharged, of which 126 gallons were recovered, 2,940 gallons were contained and 10,500 gallons reached shoreline.
Sundown Energy (West Potash): About 13,000 gallons discharged, of which 153 gallons were recovered, 2,000 gallons were contained, and 5,000 gallons reached shoreline.
[ September 26, 2005, 10:15: Message edited by: Dustoff101 ]
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
News is coming...
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
BUGS Rolls Out New Website for International Business; Multi-Language Website Aimed at International Customers and Shareholders
By BusinessWire Last Update: 9/26/2005 9:45:01 AM Data provided by
CARLSBAD, Calif., Sep 26, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Robert Brehm, CEO of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS), announced that BUGS has published a new website at www.bugsatwork.com to bring the company's innovative environmental clean-up solutions to international customers seeking to solve their country's environmental problems using local resources and labor with the help of BUGS' engineering services, proprietary products and patented processes.
Brehm commented on the driving force behind the efforts, "As our world population grows and per capita resources are shrinking, innovative methods to provide clean air, soil and water are being sought out by many third world countries where environmental priorities have been ignored but now must be addressed to be in compliance with World Trade organization policies. Over the past year we have had many inquiries from countries that need to clean up environmental contamination impacting their water supplies and causing sickness, disease and poverty conditions. In response to this pressing need, BUGS created a multi-language website that educates potential customers, including in-country engineering teams, how to develop their skills on assessment, quantification and treatment of the problem using our technology, project management and engineering skills."
Brehm concluded, "With the success of our business model in Mexico, it is important that the people of Mexico understand, in their language, how we can help them solve their environmental problems using local expertise under the supervision of our engineering teams. This new website helps in that endeavor and could open up new avenues for revenue in the future."
About U.S. Microbics Inc.
U.S. Microbics is a business development and holding company that acquires, develops and deploys innovative environmental technologies for soil, groundwater and carbon remediation, air pollution reduction, modular drinking water systems, and agriculture enhancement. For more information on the company or its Strategic Partner Program, contact Robert Brehm at 760-918-1860 x102 or visit the website at http://bugsatwork.com.
SOURCE: U.S. Microbics Inc.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Well it looks like the big boys are trying to make it drop Im wondering when bottom will be. Im tempted to try to get back in at .038 but not sure desicions desicions.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Strong Growth Potential–Environmental Industry Aggregator – BUGS is poised for strong growth over the next three years as products and services are brought to market and engineering and environmental service companies are acquired or teamed with to expand the revenue base using proprietary, patented biological solutions. Investors needing aggressive growth potential should investigate further.
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
NOT THE PR I WANTED. STILL GOT BUGS.......
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Well they didn't do a good enough job you know my intentions I want it to drop to the low three's so I can load up again. we shall see what the week brings. Good luck to you all
Dennis
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
CEOCFO: Will you tell us about the magnitude of the environmental problem in Mexico? Mr. Brehm: “The magnitude of the problem is significant. PEMEX, the Mexican National Oil Company, which provides approximately 80% of the revenue for the entire country, wants to spend about $3 billion dollars over the next five years to clean up their mess. They have currently allocated about $1.1 billion to do that. Currently, there are very few vendors who tap into that funding. We have been given the opportunity, by meeting with the top officials in the PEMEX subsidiaries, to pick prime projects that are of deep concern. We expect significant project revenue over the next couple of years from both PEMEX work and State government work related to the environment. throughout Mexico. It is interesting to note that most of Mexican water is classified as contaminated in different degrees of contamination. There appears to be very few areas classified as “clean water” in the country, and that is why most of us in the U.S. that go down and drink the water, get sick. Therefore, BUGS is going to help solve that problem for the locals and for tourists.”
CEOCFO: Is there any direct competition? Mr. Brehm: “When you clean up contamination, there are three ways to do it; we call it the three B’s, you burn it bury it or bug it. Typically if you want to get rid of contamination in soil, you dig it up, put it in the incinerator and burn it. That is being phased out, although it is still popular in Asia, but causes massive air pollution. The second method is to dig it up, put it in someone else’s backyard; that it what is done with landfills. In Mexico and other countries, they are realizing that hydrocarbons are all hazardous materials and you cannot put them in landfills anymore and you cannot burn them. There is only one effective method to get rid of contamination and that is called Bugging it (also called bioremediation). The process is fairly simple to understand; you put Mother Nature’s natural bacteria in a recipe on the contaminate and what they do is literally eat it up and the excrete carbon dioxide and water. Over time, the contamination will be completely gone. Mother Nature can do that in approximately 50 to 100 years, and we typically do it in a period of less than a year. That is the way Mexico has decided to do the majority of their waste treatment. The technology has to be approved by Mexico. Currently, we are the only known bio remediation company that has an approved technology down there. There will be more. People have not figured out how to get approved and do business in Mexico. We have been able to go to the highest levels and work ourselves down the chain rather than up the chain. As a result, there are classical competitors that only offer the classical solutions, which is bury and burn. We probably won’t see much competition over the next few years as we have an opportunity to be first in the market and to make sure our solution is the one of choice. Any environmental clean-up process that is approved in Mexico is usually approved throughout Central and South America. Magazines and financial reporting news agencies in South America do interviews with us to see how our technology can be used in their country.”
There taking it down in 5000 buy/sell incraments only problem is Im not sure when they will stop now at .035
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
looks good,I'd try an buy at .036 that low volume is spooky..Don't get cought on the outside.
If it turns, it's gonna turn hard...
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Hold it!!!!!!! it's still coming down!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I dont know it seems like down to the low 3's again Im going to sit out till then or later in the week. But as you know I could be kicking myself later.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Damn, hey peaser, did ya catch the bottum?
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Crap like i said just droped to .031 oh baby now what do I do hmmmmmm
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Man alive I would grab a piece of that .032
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
DENS, was that yer 100k?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I'm trying to buy 70k more at .032 They've only filled me for 5k of it so far.
Posted by johnny14511 on :
hey dust you think its a good buy at .031 ?????
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Oh ya baby!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Crap I was to slow I didnt get any. Hey peaser get out of my way Posted by Dustoff101 on :
ya might get it at .034
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Seems to be at a stand still now big gap between bid and ask .032/.035 I havent got anything yet peaser did you get anymore?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Eturd may have afew in there at .033
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
lets get you guys filled and then lets get the hell away from this friggin bottum!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I haven't got any more than the original 5000. I ain't budging either, they'll fill us.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Nite bid .033 ask .04 watch out.......
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I guess that there is someone else using the same market maker as me. My bid is still in there at .032 even though my MM is at .034
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
liquidity is poor on the ask, sometimes thats not a good sign...These guys just luv to hide they're true asks!
just changed that fast! Looks like they are heading to .041
Posted by Peaser01 on :
My MM came back to me at .032
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
geezzz that ask sucks.....They just won't show the strength...
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Still didn't get any I think they like Peaserman more than me I hear he has good hookups with the girls LOL
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I'm just hoping to get my order completed. That wall of buyers at .03 looks nice and solid, so .032 is a safe price to buy more.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Nah, thats Tex "the ladies man" SNL
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Where's bdgee? or maybe we don't want to know!
Posted by bdgee on :
Silly wanna-bes.
Can't learn to be a dirty ol' man.
It's like teachin....it's a God given talent.....genes!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by DENSKIJR: Still didn't get any I think they like Peaserman more than me I hear he has good hookups with the girls LOL
Don't tell my wife that. LOL 2nd month Anniversary is about a week and a half away. We've been together for about 8 years now.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by bdgee: Silly wanna-bes.
Can't learn to be a dirty ol' man.
It's like teachin....it's a God given talent.....genes!
------------------------------------------------- You and Tex just keep right on chasing all the women around here..But be caerful, some of um may not believe in the hook and release rules!!!!
You guys ain't got a chance with LIL now, she thinks I'm cute and cuddly........
Woman is in fer a terrible surprise...
Posted by bdgee on :
Old Russian proverb:
For every man there is a woman and a dog that will love him.
Now, which are you sayine lil' is? Or are you
saying you can just take one package to get two?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Well beeg, I've seen some couples before where I couldn't exactly make out which was the woman and which was the man. Posted by Dustoff101 on :
bdgee,I don't believe I can answer that without winding up in deep ka-ka...
Old Dustoff proverb," answering a question you don't know the answer to ,can get ya killed!"
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Our good friend GNET just came back.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
ya, he is still burning off shares..He should be done with any strong volume, then Ka-BOOOOOM!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Yep, I just hope that I can get my fill before we go Ka-BOOOOOM! Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Still haven't gotten any of mine Come on you want to give them to me I think I've gone Instant Graemlin crazy Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: ya, he is still burning off shares..He should be done with any strong volume, then Ka-BOOOOOM!
------------------------------------------------- nan a nan a nan NA na, my KA--Booooom was first!!!
The .05's are interesting, eh?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
lol
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Drum roll anybody?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
umm, no.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
If you see ETURD jumping around on the ASK, I'm just playing around, trying to entertain myself while I'm waiting for my order to fill.
Posted by podcaster on :
BUGS == JUST A HEADS-UP TO ALL... this one may or may not be a good play.... i'll probably be dropping by during October to see how it's doing... and i'll be commenting on how mm's are reacting to boycott... i'm rooting for you if you're successfully playing it, since that hurts the mm's ... i'm also rooting for you if you're in on the october A-G boycott october boycott thread on this board good luck to you! Posted by DENSKIJR on :
You crack me up!
If you see ETURD jumping around on the ASK, I'm just playing around, trying to entertain myself while I'm waiting for my order to fill.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
isn't NITE ameritrade or am I mistaken ???
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I just hope a big buy doesn't go through and suck up all my shares. I'd really be !*#%#$!**&(!* then.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Ya what do you have those set at??????? Posted by Peaser01 on :
well, someone would be pretty desperate to buy above the ask.
Hmm, I know NITE is the big boy on the block, and I know Ameritrade is the big boy on the block.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Greed is our friend, and they are using that...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I just might get my buy order at .032 filled!!!!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I'm hoping someone gets nervous seeing eturd jumping around on the ask and sells me some shares on the bid.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Dang theres more people lineing up buy orders at .032
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Yep, I'm just glad that I got my order in before they did.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by DENSKIJR: Dang theres more people lineing up buy orders at .032
------------------------------------------------ Like I said GREED is our friend! If you have a position!
Bad timing can hurt here, real bad.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Did you get your full 70?????
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Nope, I'm a gambler though. I'll get them either today or tomorrow.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Thats what Im thinking as well Im not going up to getem I think they'll come down to me
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
For the sake of a tick or two, you guys are really stretching it...When this stock takes off, you will have to buy in front of the ask, or just wait till the next time around..
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I know Im getting edgy even at .034 was better than my last entry at .036 but excuse me if I sing alittle " You gotta know when to hold em know when fold em know when to walk away know when to ruuunnnnnnn... wait big finish now LOL
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
A gambling mind set in this stock will tear yer head off..This ain't a friggin pink!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
ruuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Man he still going what a voice Thank God nobody else is in the office Posted by Peaser01 on :
Good tune. Here's my favorite country music station. This is in Tex's and beeg's neck of the woods.
Hey maybe if I keep posting I'll get you two bums filled!LOL
Gimmi a commish! eh?
Whooops going up, wrong way, bye bye commish!lol
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Ha!! where would you like the 10.95 sent
Interesting the .033 now changed to .032 maby they belive they'll get filled as well quite a wall at .032 we shall see
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
you know I wonder how that works you set up at .033 dont get filled then change it to .032 and now your at the top of the list on lv 2 are you now first in line of the .032 or it doesnt matter kinda sneaky trick Im just wondering if it works or not another bullet to put in my holster if it does
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
careful guys the 5's are getting stronger..
Posted by Peaser01 on :
All I know is that NITE and I have been at .032 longer than all other MM's today. I'll let you know if I get filled first.
Well, I wasn't the first to get filled. Still waiting.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
OH, The Humanity of it all!!!!!!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
OK so I was second. That last one was me. Well, I got 40k more. Almost filled!
I'm still waiting for 23K more.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Ya but at least you got some I havn't gotten any yet!!!! Crap theres more at .032 is that you peaser
Posted by Peaser01 on :
C'mon just 23014 shares more and I'll have my fill for this week.
Still waiting, my buy order is almost completely filled. It's taking all day!!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
You rat fink how the heck do you get ahead of me Im telling its the girl hookup I swear. Im telling ya i need the girl hook than I could look like peaser Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Will you guys please get filled so we can get on with the show!!!!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
You rat fink how the heck do you get ahead of me Im telling its the girl hookup I swear. Im telling ya i need the girl hook up than I could look like peaser Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by DENSKIJR: You rat fink how the heck do you get ahead of me Im telling its the girl hookup I swear. Im telling ya i need the girl hook than I could look like peaser
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Damn you peaser!!! you beat my cost average now, why ya no good .................................ing...............
But I've been playing possum buddy, I've got 200,000 shrs now..
What a guy I am ,,huh?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
DOH!!!! I only got 2162 on that last go around. I'm still waiting for 20852. Looks like I got my buy order in at the right time this morning. They're trying to fill me. It's just taking all day!!!!
[ September 27, 2005, 14:58: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by Peaser01 on :
The good old cost average is almost under .04
As soon as I get filled completely, I think it'll be just under.
200K!!!!!!!!! You ^%#^#(*_#&*()!!!
LOL I'm not telling how many I'm holding. All I'm saying is I believe in BUGS!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
None of the last three 20k's were mine.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Well they wern't mine either. Dust you son of a gun your filling yourself arn't you acting like were the culprits Ha
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
I never thought I would! cost av about .038 Never did get any at .032, I bought some, up above..
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
You guys ever get filled, or what?
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I havn't gotten any of mine I dont think I'll get them today glad peaser got his unless something happens in the last hour we shall see I'll be back tommorrow if I dont get mine today
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I'm still waiting for 20852.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
There's some there at .033 but who knows if ya can get um..
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Who knows, I'll get mine though.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Health authorities state people will need shots if they want to work in New Orleans...
I think BUGS will get hired, bases loaded.. Ever hear of microbes neading shots? NOT..
Posted by George on :
You guys making money on this? Looks like it had a nice run.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Hey Geo. It's at bottom now I believe. Getting ready for a MONSTER PR any day. Read through the thread. There's very good DD in here. This reminds me of GTEL in the beginning, the only difference is we've got a patented product with BUGS that works.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Not a stinkin share Nay Nay Nay
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Peaser your rat fink changing to .0321 I'm giving you the tongue gremlin LOL
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Gotta hope that I get the remainder of my buy order filled tomorrow. C-ya'll tomorrow.
Nope, I didn't change my bid. Still at .032, I don't want to pay another 7.99 in commissions . That was someone else. My bid should be one of the first to get filled tomorrow.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I think I will as well good luck to ya. It'll be intresting say none the least
Posted by Peaser01 on :
They filled me yesterday after the close at 4:14pm and after I shut my computer down for the day. Yee Haw! I just saw all the shares in my account this morning.
[ September 28, 2005, 08:17: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Will today be the day that a BIG PR comes out?
Posted by George on :
I am watching from the sideline for now. The only thing that bothers me is they are involved with WHLI and I do not trust them (WHLI). I think they PR stuff for the he77 of it. I am talking about WHLI PRing for the he77 of it, not BUGS. As far as I can tell BUGS is doing what they say.
[ September 28, 2005, 09:27: Message edited by: George ]
Posted by Peaser01 on :
LOL. BUGS will be a winner. The Monster PR is due out anytime.
[ September 28, 2005, 09:35: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
See I told you they like Peaser more Ha! we shall see what the day brings.
Good morning all Posted by Peaser01 on :
This should bounce today RSI will hit 50 and bounce. I'd be all loaded up by 3pm est today if I were everyone. 3pm was the time that this took off when it ran a few weeks ago. West coast lunch time.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Well, maybe it won't wait until 3pm to take off.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
That would be my goal we shall see since you are out of the way if I can get mine Ha!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Started getting some see you move peaser out of the way and things start happening. Who Hoo load em over here boys thats right put your back into it.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I'm just happy that I got filled yesterday.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Same Bat Time same Bat channel!!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Got some big chunks so far. Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Hope ya ain't seasick..Calm Sea's here..
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I see that ARCA has picked up where GNET left off. There's a lot of people out there trying to buy BUGS as we are.
The good thing is that most of us holding BUGS are long on it, so those at .03 + .031 might just miss the boat if they wait too long to buy.
Posted by Catch22 on :
Do you guys really think this stock will go up? or just trying to see how long of a thread you can make between the 3 of you?... just wondering
Posted by Peaser01 on :
LOL. No thinking needs to be done here. We're at bottom now, there are a lot more than three of us watching/owning BUGS. Just look at the MM's lined up to buy it on the L2's. That says it all for me.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
All filled for me Trying for my dad now.=-0
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
No we have nothing else to do here. Dust sickem with the momo and stuff.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
MOMO is trying to buy BUGS at .03 + .031 I believe. Watch the PR come out and they all miss this run. I would love it.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Catch22: Do you guys really think this stock will go up? or just trying to see how long of a thread you can make between the 3 of you?... just wondering
------------------------------------------------- 5 posts? and come in with a negative? kinda makes people wonder..eh?
Howz about some DD. or are ya capable?
Coming in like momo sure isn't a wise thing to do around here..
Posted by Catch22 on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101:
quote:Originally posted by Catch22: Do you guys really think this stock will go up? or just trying to see how long of a thread you can make between the 3 of you?... just wondering
------------------------------------------------- 5 posts? and come in with a negative? kinda makes people wonder..eh?
Howz about some DD. or are ya capable?
Coming in like momo sure isn't a wise thing to do around here..
eh.. 5(6!!) posts here.. but i wasnt born yesterday. I just noticed that the last 4 pages were posted by just 3 people that praise the stock while it's not really doing all that much.. Im not being negative, just a little cynical perhaps.
One love, Tom
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Peaser01: MOMO is trying to buy BUGS at .03 + .031 I believe. Watch the PR come out and they all miss this run. I would love it.
------------------------------------------------- I think ya may have sumpin there peas.. I've been getting some really weird PM'S..
Hey MOMO is a full contact sport now, so might be fun to have him show up for a round or two, till we knock him out..
Maybe some new posters will show as a preliminary strike..What the hay, it's always fun dealing with um..
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Catch22:
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101:
quote:Originally posted by Catch22: Do you guys really think this stock will go up? or just trying to see how long of a thread you can make between the 3 of you?... just wondering
------------------------------------------------- 5 posts? and come in with a negative? kinda makes people wonder..eh?
Howz about some DD. or are ya capable?
Coming in like momo sure isn't a wise thing to do around here..
eh.. 5(6!!) posts here.. but i wasnt born yesterday. I just noticed that the last 4 pages were posted by just 3 people that praise the stock while it's not really doing all that much.. Im not being negative, just a little cynical perhaps.
One love, Tom
----------------------------------------------- Yep, just like MOMO... Getting cought at making incorrect posts.. Read again, there is more than 3 posters.
You guys are Ooo so easy to spot anymore..
Now come on and lose your temper, so we can have some fun!
Posted by OnPoint on :
I'm here, lurking - holding my position at .04+ This is a great chance to get in (if you can) before the pop. If I had more cash right now, I'd be in for more.
Posted by bdgee on :
Me too!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Catch 22 states he wasn't born yesterday..
Hell, we all know that!!
What is it now? A dozen or so re-births for MOMO now?
Posted by Catch22 on :
wtf is this a witch hunt? I'm just a dude who made an observation about this thread. Calm.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Here we GO! The days to come should be great! .033 didn't last too long on the Ask.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Catch22: wtf is this a witch hunt? I'm just a dude who made an observation about this thread. Calm.
------------------------------------------------ Atta boy! start losing it, mean while the rest of us will be making money..
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Peaser01: Here we GO! The days to come should be great! .033 didn't last too long on the Ask.
------------------------------------------------- Hope everyone got filled, cause here we go!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: Catch 22 states he wasn't born yesterday..
Hell, we all know that!!
What is it now? A dozen or so re-births for MOMO now?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I think I feel .035 coming.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
1 MM left at .034. It's just a matter of time. I can see this slowly climbing for the next few day(s) until the PR comes out, then Ka-BOOOOOM!!!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Dang Im good but my dad only got 55500 at .032 I dont know if it will get back down for him or not?????
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
DENSKI, did ya get filled?
Having fun yet?
Might get interesting around here, I think we are going to run before the groups can finish accumulation..
That is really gonna hurt um in the pocket book!
Remember it is a full contact sport with the bashing ya who's, and as you know I give no quarter..Let alone take prisoner's...
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Ya my truck is full but was trying to get my dad filled I figured if both of us were trying they would bump it up Still wondering what to do if I should move him up or not Im not sure theres enough shares out there left for him to pick up
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I wouldn't be surprised if more bashers do show up, of course, in their dreams of bringing the price down to fill their buy orders. Just wanted to pass this along to everyone, so's that everyone is aware, and doesn't get scared by a basher as the basher is looking to buy the stock that we all own. Don't give them the satisfaction.
Posted by Catch22 on :
you guys are hilarious
fyi.. i already have BUGS. You might as well stop with the bull..
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
We try Hmmmmmmmm .034 and moving up!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
yepper
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Dont worry I dont think will quit are day jobs
Ya peaser I think that .032 was the bottom I think we will move up from here Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Bottum feeders? Chow time!!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
On a more serious note folks...
The Oyster and shrimp grounds in Louisiana have taken a major hit from polution, from these hurricanes...
I don't think it is any where out of the realm of posibility that BUGS may play an important part in cleaning up the shrimp grounds and Oyster beds..
They say at least four years before the clean-up will be done in this one area alone..
Posted by podcaster on :
quote:Originally posted by Catch22: you guys are hilarious fyi.. i already have BUGS. You might as well stop with the bull..
Catch22-- i hear ya loud and clear about these guys. anytime a stock starts getting pumped like this the mm's smell blood and all the TA in the world is useless... anyway, the october A-G boycott may or may not pull it down... WYA Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by podcaster:
quote:Originally posted by Catch22: you guys are hilarious fyi.. i already have BUGS. You might as well stop with the bull..
Catch22-- i hear ya loud and clear about these guys. anytime a stock starts getting pumped like this the mm's smell blood and all the TA in the world is useless... anyway, the october A-G boycott may or may not pull it down... WYA
------------------------------------------------- This cat is just trying to make some kind of name for it's self...What a joke!
All he does is pump his goof ball boycott agenda' and give us sumpin to laugh at when things are boring..
Come on man lets rumble..I got a couple minutes to waste on ya..
Posted by Peaser01 on :
LOL. The bashers must be getting pretty worried about getting their buy orders filled, the bashers are coming out of the woodworks now. MOMO is rearing his ugly head in all directions, the bashers are coming out as we predicted. The signs of the times are good for BUGS!
It's really comical.
Don't get left behind is all I can say.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I thought we were at a stand still there but some one is still buying at .034 so that is nice to see Posted by Peaser01 on :
This is a good site for getting your news on BUGS, a lot of the other info hasn't been updated since July on this site but the news updates pretty quick when it breaks:
[ September 28, 2005, 14:01: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Not a whole lot going on seems to be at a stand still again. Ho Hum Peaser jump it up to the 4.s again
Posted by Peaser01 on :
It'll be there tomorrow I believe or maybe today. It just takes a little time. Our volume will come in good time I believe.
And there's the .035 I was asking for this morning. It's almost 3pm! Could it really happen again? If I'm right about 3pm, I think that I'll even scare myself for guessing that.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Just remember that a slow steady climb is a good thing. Real investors are coming into our stock. The potential for growth in BUGS is tremendous. I BELIEVE!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Nice job!!! Hey I hope too man that would be In rememberance of Tony the Tiger Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeatttttttttteee.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Thanks JR. Chances of me batting 1000 today are slim, but it's like the NY Lotto's slogan, "Hey, You Never Know"
We can sure hope though.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
.035! definatly on track now...
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Well not a bad day hopefully better days ahead I'm just glad I got filled today lock and load still don't see alot of heavy buying but dont see alot of heavy selling I think we are in good shape. See you tommorrow if my wife doen't have a baby things are quite up in the air right now Posted by Peaser01 on :
Wish you the best and see you tomorrow!
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
pr soon, SWING
Posted by Peaser01 on :
It's gonna be a great day!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Here we go folks. Upticking hard in pre-market.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Good Morning nice day so far sorry overslept my boys got up twice last night and with my wife down for the count you know who has to get up with them No baby yet either but theres plenty going on in my house Ha
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Good morning JR. It looks like another steady day for us. I can only imagine what great news the next PR will bring us. The estimates might be getting close to being done if they aren't already. I wonder if BUGS is going to wait and announce that PEMEX has accepted the estimates before revealing the actual cost.
PEMEX is dedicated to cleaning up thier mess. $1.1 billion set aside for clean-up and that's just the beginning.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I think I remeber dust saying that if all this takes place that puts us at about a .10 per share ratio is that correct?????
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Well, Dusty did the math and figured that every $10,000,000 in contracts should bring .10-.15 in share value conservativly speaking of course.
Dusty had to go to Portland today, he wasn't sure if he'd be home tonight or not.
[ September 29, 2005, 12:38: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by Peaser01 on :
My guess is that all/most of the MM's lined up at .03 are representing a MOMO group of trader's. If they get filled before the PR is announced, BUGS will really take off, if I am correct in my thinking. Regardless if MOMO jumps on our stock or not, BUGS will scream when the BIG ONE is released. All I know is that I'm not giving MOMO my shares.
There are many eyes watching BUGS and just waiting to get on the train as soon as the expected PR comes out.
[ September 29, 2005, 13:40: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
sorry just went to the doctor with my wife turns out we will have that c-section tommorrow so I think now it's time to get ready nothing like procrastination at its finest. suprised to see it drop down again Im going to try to get my dad filled again we shall see.
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
Just wait boys the big one is coming.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Best wishes to you, your wife, and new baby today JR.
Posted by abram on :
Undervalued.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Good Morning all,
Thanks Peaser how did you know Id check my stocks before we went to the hospital Ha. Ya couldn't sleep much last night all the excitement of it all I guess this is the 3rd time around youd think Id be be a professional by now =-) Im going to be gone till tuesday C-sections your in there for 5 days and my wife likes me to stay with her which is should accumilate points for me have you ever slept on the dad beds its like a chinese torture chamber but I dont know about you I need all the points I can get trying to get back to zero Ha
Posted by Peaser01 on :
BUGS and SSWM End Fiscal Year 2005 on Upbeat Note; Record 2005 Revenues and International Opportunities Prelude to 2006 SuccessadvertisementRelated information E-mail this article Print-friendly versionStocks mentioned in this articleU S MICROBICS(BUGS) Quote, Chart, News SUB SURFACE WST MGMT DELA(SSWM) Quote, Chart, News Related topicsEarnings Reports
All Business Wire NewsRobert Brehm, CEO of U.S. Microbics, Inc. BUGS (BCN:615212), an innovative environmental products and services company, announced that BUGS has completed FY 2005 with record-breaking revenues and backlog, new patented technology, a new website, and new business opportunities in Mexico that sets the pace for an optimistic FY 2006 that should bring the company's innovative environmental clean-up solutions to international customers seeking to solve their country's environmental problems using local resources and labor with the help of BUGS' engineering services, proprietary products and patented processes.
Recent investing newsKore Holdings Revenue up $1 Million for Quarter MORNING UPDATE: Seven Summits Research Issues Alerts for MU, NOVL, KR, TER, and AMLN BUGS and SSWM End Fiscal Year 2005 on Upbeat Note; Record 2005 Revenues and International Opportunities Prelude to 2006 Success Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. 'NYSE:NAT' Updated Financial Calendar US personal income and spending slips Brehm commented on the FY2005 accomplishments, "2005 has been an exciting year with many accomplishments and I am proud to be associated with a group of loyal employees who understand the wisdom and commitment we have in making the world a better place using mother nature's technology applied with engineering precision."
Brehm added, "The Mexico operations, under the guidance of Sub-Surface Waste Management SSWM, continued to generate record-breaking revenues each quarter this fiscal year (up 82% in first 3 months, 129% in six months, and 334% in nine months compared to prior year), indicating improved market acceptance of our technology and services. We expect revenues to further increase as we complete existing contracts and receive additional contracts in Mexico." A recent interview given by Mr. Brehm including an update on progress in Mexico is available at www.CEOCFOinterviews.com.
Brehm continued, "As our world population grows and per capita resources are shrinking, innovative methods to provide clean air, soil and water are being sought out by many second and third world countries where environmental priorities have been ignored but now must be addressed to be in compliance with World Trade organization policies and public healthcare concerns. Over the past year we have had many inquiries from countries that need to clean up environmental contamination impacting their water supplies and causing sickness, disease and poverty conditions. In response to this pressing need, BUGS created a multi-language website at www.bugsatwork.com that educates potential customers, including in-country engineering teams, on developing their skills on assessment, quantification and treatment of the problem using our technology, project management and engineering skills.
"Our research and field development team was also busy this year as it had published its patented water treatment technology, Bio-GAC(TM) (Patent No: US 6,905,603 B2) for the treatment of toxic waste streams such as those caused by Hurricane Katrina and other man-made and natural disasters. We expect to license this technology in 2006 and use it in our own projects," added Brehm.
Speaking on customer education, Brehm said, "This year we created coloring books and comic books in English and Spanish for both the environmental newbie and kids at www.MikeyMicrobe.com. Coupled with our new BUGS website, these two websites allow potential investors, customers and clients and interested parties new insight into our technology, our management and our success in cleaning up the world."
Brehm commented on the increased share price and investor interest by saying, "After many years of hard effort by all our dedicated employees, I have never seen this level of investment community interest in our future potential. It seems like we are getting many offers and proposals for new business opportunities, financing alternatives, potential mergers or acquisitions, new technologies to license or just new investment by existing shareholders. If we maintain our current growth rate, we anticipate being cash-flow positive within the next twelve months, opening up new opportunities for growth and stock appreciation."
About U.S. Microbics Inc.
U.S. Microbics is a business development and holding company that acquires, develops and deploys innovative environmental technologies for soil, groundwater and carbon remediation, air pollution reduction, modular drinking water systems, and agriculture enhancement. For more information on the company or its Strategic Partner Program, contact Robert Brehm at 760-918-1860 x102 or visit the website at http://www.bugsatwork.com.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect," or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the Company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the Company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the Company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
Contact Information: U.S. Microbics Inc. Robert Brehm, 760-918-1860 x102
Friday September 30, 9:45 am ET Record 2005 Revenues and International Opportunities Prelude to 2006 Success
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2005--Robert Brehm, CEO of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS - News; BCN:615212), an innovative environmental products and services company, announced that BUGS has completed FY 2005 with record-breaking revenues and backlog, new patented technology, a new website, and new business opportunities in Mexico that sets the pace for an optimistic FY 2006 that should bring the company's innovative environmental clean-up solutions to international customers seeking to solve their country's environmental problems using local resources and labor with the help of BUGS' engineering services, proprietary products and patented processes. ADVERTISEMENT
Brehm commented on the FY2005 accomplishments, "2005 has been an exciting year with many accomplishments and I am proud to be associated with a group of loyal employees who understand the wisdom and commitment we have in making the world a better place using mother nature's technology applied with engineering precision."
Brehm added, "The Mexico operations, under the guidance of Sub-Surface Waste Management (OTCBB:SSWM - News), continued to generate record-breaking revenues each quarter this fiscal year (up 82% in first 3 months, 129% in six months, and 334% in nine months compared to prior year), indicating improved market acceptance of our technology and services. We expect revenues to further increase as we complete existing contracts and receive additional contracts in Mexico." A recent interview given by Mr. Brehm including an update on progress in Mexico is available at www.CEOCFOinterviews.com.
Brehm continued, "As our world population grows and per capita resources are shrinking, innovative methods to provide clean air, soil and water are being sought out by many second and third world countries where environmental priorities have been ignored but now must be addressed to be in compliance with World Trade organization policies and public healthcare concerns. Over the past year we have had many inquiries from countries that need to clean up environmental contamination impacting their water supplies and causing sickness, disease and poverty conditions. In response to this pressing need, BUGS created a multi-language website at www.bugsatwork.com that educates potential customers, including in-country engineering teams, on developing their skills on assessment, quantification and treatment of the problem using our technology, project management and engineering skills.
"Our research and field development team was also busy this year as it had published its patented water treatment technology, Bio-GAC(TM) (Patent No: US 6,905,603 B2) for the treatment of toxic waste streams such as those caused by Hurricane Katrina and other man-made and natural disasters. We expect to license this technology in 2006 and use it in our own projects," added Brehm.
Speaking on customer education, Brehm said, "This year we created coloring books and comic books in English and Spanish for both the environmental newbie and kids at www.MikeyMicrobe.com. Coupled with our new BUGS website, these two websites allow potential investors, customers and clients and interested parties new insight into our technology, our management and our success in cleaning up the world."
Brehm commented on the increased share price and investor interest by saying, "After many years of hard effort by all our dedicated employees, I have never seen this level of investment community interest in our future potential. It seems like we are getting many offers and proposals for new business opportunities, financing alternatives, potential mergers or acquisitions, new technologies to license or just new investment by existing shareholders. If we maintain our current growth rate, we anticipate being cash-flow positive within the next twelve months, opening up new opportunities for growth and stock appreciation."
About U.S. Microbics Inc.
U.S. Microbics is a business development and holding company that acquires, develops and deploys innovative environmental technologies for soil, groundwater and carbon remediation, air pollution reduction, modular drinking water systems, and agriculture enhancement. For more information on the company or its Strategic Partner Program, contact Robert Brehm at 760-918-1860 x102 or visit the website at http://www.bugsatwork.com.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect," or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the Company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the Company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the Company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: U.S. Microbics Inc. Robert Brehm, 760-918-1860 x102 http://www.bugsatwork.com. Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Howd you beat me see that just like getting shares that peaserman is amazing Posted by OnPoint on :
thanks Peaser & Dens on the quick news updates. Have a fun day Dens with the family & #3. Let's see if this baby will fly today.
Posted by OnPoint on :
Here she goes.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Holy cow breaking out booo yaaa wheres podcaster Im so excited lets go boycot everything Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Well well well.........
Arca is getting out gunned by Nite, this is going to get very interesting..
up 20% and climbing..
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Nobodys selling a very good sign I belive Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Damn droping like a rock again whats up with that
Posted by OnPoint on :
arca keeps moving that big ASK around - from .045 to .047 now .046 ??
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Everybodys very quite just watching the thing or what
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Just watching, holding, an waiting.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Could this be another one of those 3pm runner days?
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
What do you mean?
Could this be another one of those 3pm runner days?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
And here's the turn.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by DENSKIJR: What do you mean?
Could this be another one of those 3pm runner days?
This ran up from .01 to .07 in three days. On the days that it ran, the biggest run started around 3pm.
A similar scenario to today, the PR came out early in the morning and the big run began at 3pm.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
The stock just needs to consolidate a new higher bottom...Which it is doing right now...
We don't want it running to hard...
A positve 5-7% per day increase per week is more than enough..
Think long man!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Yep, slow and steady wins the race. And it's also a good sign of investors coming in, not traders.
.039+.038 are looking pretty supportive to me.
Posted by SBLACK on :
It kinda BUGS me that I didn't get in on this one.. Good pick and good luck
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Ya, this really is a no-brainer stock...
Kinda like the old days..
If ya just keep your head you will be rewarded long.
This stock is a very easy play..
Just hold a position you can afford, at these levels ya can't lose...
When we get to a bottom of .07 and it holds the doubles will come slower, but they wiill hold much stronger than in the past..relax, and have some fun!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Might see a little run for East coast lunch at noon.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Just to inform exited today between .04 and .045 Im going to be gone for a week and couldn't watch it I love the bugs so far this month I'm up $7,500.00 on the bugs Made $5,000.00 this week on my sons birthday what a great day One happy daddy off to the hospital in t minus 53 min. good luck to you all and thanks for the best wishes I'll update you next week
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Sorry, it looks like you may have sold a bit early.
Posted by R1Man on :
quote:Originally posted by DENSKIJR: Just to inform exited today between .04 and .045 Im going to be gone for a week and couldn't watch it I love the bugs so far this month I'm up $7,500.00 on the bugs Made $5,000.00 this week on my sons birthday what a great day One happy daddy off to the hospital in t minus 53 min. good luck to you all and thanks for the best wishes I'll update you next week
Way to go!!! Money in hand is better than money laying on the table.....you never know what might happen to it. You did the right move. I say this because I see it dipping back down next week around $0.035 range. There are remarkable improvement in support....it started like dust said...$0.01 range...shoot to $0.09...I believe....then never dipped lower than $0.031...thats awesome!!! I agree with Peaser and Dust...this will slowly gain grounds....it will just take a while.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
My guess is that R1 sold today too and is looking to bring the price down and buy it back cheaper. Am I correct?
I doubt that it comes down much/any more than .035. I'm long and holding.
Congrats to those who were able to swing this today and bought it back at a cheaper price.
Posted by OnPoint on :
common peaser, you called it - how bout the nice EOD run?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
.04 last trade.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
well peaser your're firing on all 8 cylinders!
Good call on the 3pm uptick..
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Thanks D + OP
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Starting to move. Let's see some volume. EOD run coming?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
If it starts to run harder .042 won't last long
Posted by OnPoint on :
I'm working off delayed l2's. on the Ask: .042x4 .044x1 .045x3
Posted by Peaser01 on :
currently .039x.04
I'll keep you posted on a change
Posted by Peaser01 on :
.04x.041
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
bid .04 ask.041
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
They have enough in there at .042 to make a buy fairly easy, if it really starts to take off.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Bid is strengthening Buyers looking to come in at .04
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Doh!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
BUGS may be setting us up for a big run next week. Waiting to see what they have in store for us.
Long on BUGS
Posted by OnPoint on :
Good day to day +20%. Good weekend to all. Looking for BIG BUGS next week.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by OnPoint: I'm working off delayed l2's. on the Ask: .042x4 .044x1 .045x3
------------------------------------------------- Working off of delayed L2's is difficult at best..When I mentioned .042 I assumed people would be working from real-time L2's..
Trying to trade without real-time L2's is primative, can't your broker set you up with real-time?
Sometimes when one of these stocks starts running hard you have to go out in front of the ask if ya want in...
I have the same thing happen on Nasdaq runners..OTCBB'S behave the same as Nasdaqers when they begin running hard..
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
HOLDING.
Posted by OnPoint on :
Hey Dust - thanks for the feedback - I'm on Scottrade & of course have realtime feed with current bid & ask & transactions, but.... I have been considering picking up the premium service (Elite) but havn't sprung for the xtra buck/mo. yet. Given my limited experience & having been burnt twice already just as you described, it may certainly be worth it.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
$1/month is peanuts compared to one tick on share price. I believe it would be a good investment for you OP.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
SSWM Mexican Subsidiary Hires Senior Petroleum Expert Tuesday July 26, 9:54 am ET 30 year veteran with Pemex joins ETI
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2005--Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM - News), announced that its Mexican subsidiary company Environmental Tec International, S.A. de C.V. (ETI) has appointed Mr. Guillermo Andrade Gelabert, P.E. as Vice President and Program Director to develop business opportunities with Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the Mexican state oil corporation. Bruce Beattie, CEO of SSWM, stated, "Guillermo brings over 30 years' experience as a multi-degreed and accomplished registered environmental engineer who recently retired from Pemex as Director of Environment Remediation for Pemex Corporation over all operating divisions of Pemex; Petrochemical, Refinery, Production and Primary Exploration. Guillermo will apply his contacts, knowledge and expertise to develop environmental cleanup contract opportunities for ETI from all operating divisions of Pemex."
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS - News) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM and its Mexican subsidiary company ETI is capitalizing on its licensed patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
Investors and media contact Bruce Beattie at 760/918-1860, ext. 105 or bbeattie*bugsatwork.com; or learn about the company by visiting its Web site at http://www.bugsatwork.com. Posted by Peaser01 on :
Oil company provides much of the government's income
By James C. McKinley Jr. and Elisabeth Malkin NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
May 15, 2005
MEXICO CITY – Juan Gonzalez Duran, who like nearly everyone in Nanchital works for Pemex, the state-owned oil monopoly, had no doubt about who was responsible for his brother's death last month when a work crew cut into the wrong pipeline and six men died in a blast of ammonia gas.
Gonzalez blamed a Pemex engineer who had been overseeing the job but left just before the accident.
"I was a worker for Pemex for years, and I worked on deep-sea platforms, and there I could tell you many bad things that the engineers would do, that they would not pay attention to the work," he said. "It makes me sick."
Gonzalez is not the only one fed up in this region, the heart of the oil and petrochemical industry. The blast that killed his brother and five other workers was the latest in more than 12 pipeline accidents to befall Pemex since October.
The spills have focused Mexico's attention on what even company officials acknowledge is an old and poorly maintained network of pipelines. About a third of the network is more than 30 years old, and some pumping equipment is so antiquated that the company cannot find spare parts, Pemex officials say.
But the recent spate of accidents also highlights the complicated symbiotic relationship between the company and the government that is supposed to regulate it. Pemex provides about 40 percent of the government's income, and the environmental agency charged with policing the oil company is woefully underfinanced.
This year, Pemex's authorized budget for maintenance is almost $1 billion less than it needs, Luis Ramirez Corzo, who became Pemex's director general last December, has said. Lawmakers control Pemex's budget, and it pays some two-thirds of its revenue in taxes. Despite record high oil prices that increased revenues to $69 billion last year, Pemex, short for Petroleos Mexicanos, reported a loss of $1.3 billion.
Pemex officials complain that the government mainly uses the oil industry to finance the rest of its spending and puts too little money into infrastructure and maintenance.
Environmentalists say the company's sins, including padded payrolls and oil spills, go unpunished because its enormous importance to the nation's coffers gives it unparalleled political power. In particular, the federal environmental enforcement agency, known as Profepa, has proved toothless when policing Pemex facilities, they say.
"It's a fact that Profepa is very limited; it definitely follows the party line, they can't touch Pemex much," said Francisco Villagran Ballesteros, a lawyer who has sued Pemex officials over the recent spills.
The Profepa chief, Jose Luis Luege, has been reduced to making threats he cannot carry out. On Thursday, he held a news conference to demand that Pemex repair 35 problem pipelines, but he acknowledged that it would cost $770 million. Pemex says it has money to repair just seven. Luege acknowledged that any decision to shut down a major pipeline – and halt a refinery – would probably have to be made by the president.
To many Mexicans who can recall catastrophic Pemex accidents in the recent past, the company is synonymous with a callous disregard for safety and the environment. In 1986, a liquefied petroleum gas terminal blew up outside Mexico City, killing more than 500 people. Six years later, a pipeline explosion in Guadalajara killed more than 200 people.
Since then, the company has worked to upgrade safety and maintenance, its officials say. It has opened its installations to government inspectors, and Pemex executives now submit to public questions and rebukes in Congress. But the spills in Veracruz suggest that the company has a long way to go to repair decades of neglect along its 38,000 miles of pipelines.
Ramirez Corzo said Pemex needed to spend $12.3 billion on maintenance through 2008, a third of that on upgrading pipelines. "This is the crude reality," Ramirez Corzo said in April at a Senate hearing on the Veracruz accidents. "This is the company we have got, not the company we would like to have."
Jose Manuel Olivares Paez, a Pemex official in charge of the oil pipelines, said: "Our infrastructure has started to become old and tired. There are always risks, but the key is to evaluate periodically that your pipelines are secure. There are many points where they are not secure."
But Pemex says it cannot fix all those weak spots. Although the government keeps tight control over Pemex's budget, its ability to watch over Pemex's compliance with environmental and safety regulations is hindered by a tiny budget and weak laws.
Profepa employs 150 industrial inspectors nationally, and Pemex has 2,000 installations to check, said Jose Ramon Ardavin Ituarte, the deputy prosecutor for industrial inspection.
The pipeline from Nuevo Teapa to Poza Rica that burst last December had long been earmarked as a risk, but Pemex had promised to make improvements.
"We knew there was a risk there, but we could not do anything," said Gerardo Alvarado Salinas, Profepa's director general for inspection of pollution sources. "The law does not allow us to take preventive action. I cannot close this pipeline because tomorrow there might be a spill. I have to wait until there is a spill."
After an accident, environmental officials' tools are limited, because the law sets low fines. Since 2001, Pemex has paid less than $5 million in penalties. And prosecuting officials in connection with negligence is the responsibility of Mexico's Attorney General's Office, which has shown little appetite for taking on the company. In five years, the government has carried out one prosecution.
The accident in Nanchital in April released a plume of ammonia gas, estimated at 60 liquid tons, killed six workers in the excavation, blackened trees and plants for hundreds of yards and forced the evacuation of at least 900 people. It took two days to retrieve bodies.
Just up the road from the site, family members waited grimly. The dead men left behind wives and children with little or no money. Most had been working for the subcontractor, Reparaciones Navales de Petroquimica, for only a few months. On May 4, Pemex gave $74,500 to the families of the six men, although it said it might be ordered to pay more in the future.
Pemex officials have tried to divert blame, saying the subcontractor cut into the wrong pipe after a supervising engineer left to check on the location of the right one. But family members asked why the workers had no protective suits.
"They put him in there to work without any protection," said Victor Armas Mayo, 56, whose 30-year-old son, Daniel Armas, was killed. "I don't know how Pemex allowed this."
Mexican university to fund SSWM unit groundwater cleanup at state direction CARLSBAD, CA, Sept. 8, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware Inc. announced that its Mexico subsidiary company Environmental Tec International S.A. de C.V. (ETI) was named specifically in an official correspondence dated Sept. 1 and signed by Gov. Mario Marin Torres of the state of Puebla, Mexico, directing ETI strategic alliance and teaming partner the Zaragoza Graduate School of Studies of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) to provide immediate funding for engineering assessment and remediation of hydrocarbon discharges due to antiquated pipelines and storage tank farms. The recent Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) pipeline spills in Puebla have accounted for the contamination of hundreds of acres of productive farming land, rivers and lakes. Bruce Beattie, CEO of SSWM stated, "In the Governor's letter UNAM was also instructed to work with ETI to form an Emergency Response Center in Puebla coordinating with the State's Ministry of Environment to train specialized environmental Engineers and Technicians to respond to future spills of hydrocarbons in the State."
On Friday September 2, 2005 Governor Mario Marin Torres held a press conference covered by local and national media reprimanding Pemex, the state owned oil company, for the irresponsible management of their petroleum pipelines in Mexico, specifically in the states of Puebla, Veracruz, Tabasco and Campeche. The following day, September 3, 2005, Mexico's leading newspaper -- The Reforma -- quoted the Governor as he stated that the three most recent spills of crude oil and gasoline have contaminated water reservoirs, farm lands and rivers, in some cases impacting up to hundreds of acres. Governor Mario Marin Torres has formed an alliance with the governors of Veracruz, Mr. Fidel Herrera, Tabasco, Mr. Manuel Andrade and Campeche, Mr. Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, to ensure immediate restoration and remediation of the areas affected with Pemex's crude oil and gasoline releases, as these states have experienced hundreds of hydrocarbons spills during this year. Governor Mario Marin Torres has requested an immediate meeting with the President of Pemex, Mr. Luis Ramirez Corzo to obtain Pemex's immediate acceptance of these remediation activities and their financial support for the same. Environmental Tech International will be responsible for the majority of the restoration activities vis-a-vis these contaminated areas, i.e., farming lands, rivers and water reservoirs in Puebla working through Gov. Mario Marin Torres and his secretary for the Ministry of Environment. Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics Inc. (www.bugsatwork.com) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
[ October 01, 2005, 07:08: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Pemex Wants $9 Billion to Fix Pipes, Oil Spills MEXICO: February 1, 2005
MEXICO CITY - Mexican state oil monopoly Pemex Monday confirmed an oil spill in Veracruz state -- it's fifth spill of oil or fuel in four months -- as energy authorities said $9 billion was needed to fix the country's old and rusting pipeline network.
Pemex said the Jan 26. crude oil spill occurred near the town of Hueyapan de Ocampo, Veracruz. A Pemex spokeswoman in the nearby Gulf of Mexico port of Coatzacoalcos told Reuters around 45,000 liters (283 barrels) of oil had seeped into the subsoil from a faulty pipeline.
She said the leak was caused by corrosion.
Local media have quoted Veracruz Governor Fidel Herrera as saying the spill could pollute underground water sources.
A joint statement by Pemex, Mexico's energy and environment ministries, and environmental watchdog Profepa said Pemex needed to invest 100 billion pesos ($9 billion) over the 2006-2008 period for a huge backlog in repairs to 36,738 kilometers (22,961 mile) of aging pipeline.
The recent spate of spills has thrust attention onto the state of pipes pumping oil, gasoline, natural gas and chemicals around the Gulf of Mexico states of Veracruz, Tabasco and Campeche, where the oil industry is centered.
Pemex chief Luis Ramirez is due to appear before Congress later Monday to discuss the situation.
Mexico's IMP oil research institute estimates that half of Mexico's pipelines are more than 30 years old and corroded.
While Pemex has cleaned up the worst of the spills and trucked bottled water into contaminated areas, residents and fishermen were still suffering the aftermath, illustrated by photos in the local media of dead fish and oil-stained earth.
Pemex, which pays taxes worth 61 percent of its revenue, has complained for years that it cannot operate properly with the budget Congress gives it. Last week Pemex said pipeline repairs would cost $3 billion over six years.
Mexico is the world's No. 9 oil exporter, selling much of its 1.95 million barrels per day to the United States.
A reform to ease Pemex's tax burden by trimming royalties on oil produced from new oilfields has been held up in Congress by opposition Senators wary of any changes to Pemex's statute.
The company is spending the bulk of its $11 billion investment budget this year on exploration and production, its main focus based on concerns that output from its largest oilfield will start declining from 2006.
Pemex officials at a spill of toxic naphtha fuel a week ago near the town of Agua Dulce, Veracruz, told Reuters over the past weekend that the company needs to extend a computerized leak alert system to its entire pipeline network.
Northeast Mexican Ranchers Worry About Burgos Drilling Projects
Ranchers' associations in the states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León are concerned that gas drilling will damage springs and other water sources on their land. One cattle owner in Tamaulipas has already complained about two incidents in which PEMEX subcontractors allegedly stole property from his holdings. PEMEX is Petróleos Mexicanos, Mexico's national petroleum company.
To confront their worries the rancher's associations from the three northeast Mexican states have asked for the help of federal-level elected officials. They have requested that federal diputados (representatives) intervene with PEMEX to see that ecosystems and herds are not damaged by installation of the natural gas infrastructure.
Ranchers are bothered that PEMEX is not taking responsibility for the actions of its subcontractors, says Ramón Serna, president of the regional ranchers' association for Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. PEMEX should remember that ranchers control who goes on their land, he stated.
According to Serna, on two occasions in May of this year, property was allegedly missing from the Sabino Verde ranch where PEMEX subcontractor PGS Mexicana is said to be working.
The associations also complained to elected officials that the oil company has not told them the true extent and nature of the Burgos Basin gas project. The basin, which extends under all three states, is just experiencing the beginning of billions of dollars worth of investment. Ranchers would also like to have greater information from PEMEX about when and where drilling will take place.
Ranchers are also worried that springs and other water sources could be affected by drilling, Serna said.
Source: EnLínea Directa (Tamaulipas), June 14, 2004.
Reynosa's "La Escondida" Lagoon Still Awaits Clean Up
A group of Reynosa architects and other city organizations are demanding that city officials, political candidates and the state government finally take action to restore the city's Laguna La Escondida (Hidden Lagoon). The architects and other organizations say that too many promises have been made for too long but nothing has been done to improve the site.
Remembered by those that grew up in Reynosa in the 1950s and 60s as an idyllic spot to picnic and watch migrating birds, the lagoon was filled in with garbage and junked cars in following decades. At one point the area became a dump for a nearby PEMEX plant and its waters later dried up completely.
More recently, Reynosa guaranteed a water supply to La Escondida and 1997 it was officially declared a natural, protected area. A restoration plan was put forth in that year but has yet to be implemented.
In April 2001, FNS described an open sewage canal that ran around the edge of the lagoon. During rains residents said that the canal would spill over its banks and contaminate the lagoon.
Bruno Mariel Lezama, head of Reynosa's environment department, responded to the group of architects by saying that the city has taken action to improve La Escondida. He says that the city has planted "little trees" on its banks and has ordered strict monitoring of the site to ensure that companies do not dump waste there.
The city official noted that "it is a little impossible to be aware" of dumping but stated that two hamburger restaurants were each fined nearly the equivalent of US$3,000 for dumping grease in the lagoon.
Mariel says the city has talked to PEMEX and the oil company has offered to take care of the pollution problem. However, the company wants some "some people" to lose their property rights to land on the lagoon. Mariel described PEMEX's reaction as "infantile".
EnLínea Directa did not specify who these other owners were but the reference could be to families that built homes on the garbage that filled in part of the lagoon.
Previously, part of the restoration plan included relocating area residents. Residents however were opposed to this and protested vigorously at city hall.
Source: EnLínea Directa (Tamaulipas), April 29, 2004.
The Baldenegro and Rivas Case: Incarceration of Indigenous Tarahumara Forest Activists Continues in Chihuahua
Greenpeace has joined with other international and Mexican organizations that are demanding the release of indigenous environmental and community activists Isidro Baldenegro and Hermenegildo Rivas. Baldenegro and Rivas, Rarámuri men from the embattled Sierra Tarahumara community of Coloradas de la Virgen, were arrested in their home town on March 29, 2003.
The Sierra Tarahumara, better known in the US as the Copper Canyon, is a 10,000 square mile mountainous area that begins 250 miles south of the US-Mexico border and extends to the Chihuahua-Durango border. It is home to nearly 100,000 indigenous people and the region contains old-growth forest, deep canyons, water falls, and endangered thick-bill parrots.
Baldenegro and Rivas say that Chihuahua state police broke into the men's homes without search warrants and planted guns and marijuana so that they could arrest the pair. Eye witnesses from Coloradas de la Virgen confirm the raid on the men's homes.
The police version of what happened is that agents saw Baldenegro and Rivas walking around with AK-47s and detained them for this. Upon searching Baldenegro they claim that they found him to be carrying marijuana. In Mexico, having weapons of a type only allowed for military use is a serious federal crime. If convicted the men would receive more than ten years in jail.
Environmental and human rights groups like Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Fuerza Ambiental, and Chihuahua's own State Commission for Human Rights say that Baldenegro and Rivas were targeted because of their success as community leaders and environmental activists. It has been noted that the two were arrested just days after Coloradas de las Virgen community members stopped logging trucks that were working in their community. Previously, in 2002, a Mexican court had ordered an end to all cutting in the area.
As FNS reported in April 2004, Baldenegro's father was also a community and forest activist when he died in 1984 after being shot by a high-power rifle--one allegedly fired by a contract killer working for a local, well-known narco-logging family. Other Tarahumara in the area were killed for organizing against illegal forest cutting. Baldenegro's brother, Trinidad Baldenegro, and another men were arrested prior to Isidro Baldenergro and Rivas but have since been freed.
According to environmentalists in the Sierra, the narco-logging dynamic is one in which drug traffickers buy up or use logging companies to launder drug money. In this fashion drug money is run through companies and is made to look like profits from logging. Unfortunate for the Sierra's fauna and flora is the fact that such mechanisms allow otherwise unprofitable logging to continue.
Marijuana and opium cultivation is also threatening peace in the region. Although drug traffickers used to pay a bit of cash to men to tend the growing fields, they now often pay in cocaine which leads to addiction or to the arrest of men that are trying to sell cocaine for cash. Cocaine is brought into the region by low-flying aircraft that use rough landing strips in the Sierra.
Source: El Norte (Cd. Juárez), May 11, 2004. Article by Guadalupe Salcido.
Expanded Farming Threatens Species and Water in Northern Chihuahua
The illegal conversion of grassland to farmland and the drilling of unauthorized wells is threatening ecosystems and communities in Northern Chihuahua, according to an article in the Chihuahua City newspaper El Heraldo. More than 300 species of animals live in the region and some may be threatened by increased development including the Golden Eagle, the Harris Hawk, the Red Tail Hawk, the Pronghorn Antelope and the Prairie Dog.
The Heraldo article pointed to two specific areas that are seeing the plowing of their prairies. One area is in the northwestern corner of Chihuahua, near the cities of Janos and Ascensión. The other area is between Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua City, in the area around El Sueco. Mennonite agricultural communities in these regions are said to be responsible for most of the unauthorized farming.
José Mario Sánchez, the head of the Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente (Federal Environmental Protection Office, Profepa) in Chihuahua, said that before grasslands are plowed into farmland another federal environmental agency, Semarnat, must perform an impact study and then give a favorable recommendation to the government of Chihuahua. At that point Chihuahua environment officials must approve or deny the permit. Sánchez says that this process is not being followed in the above mentioned regions.
Not only are animals losing habitat with the creation of new agricultural fields but those working the land are burning it before they plant. Although this practice is prohibited, El Heraldo indicates that the grass is set aflame so that it is harder to detect the conversion.
Due to the slight rainfall the region receives, wells are necessary to irrigate new fields. However, there is currently a ban on well drilling in the areas that are experiencing increased farming. Too much drilling could affect water supply to existing wells in the area, El Heraldo noted.
Source: El Heraldo de Chihuahua (Chihuahua City), June 11, 2004. Article by Juan Francisco Garay Ruiz.
Northern Mexico Water Resources Would Be Viewed as Critical by UN
Along with the other states in Northern Mexico, Chihuahua has less than 2,000 cubic meters of water per person, says Salomón Abedrop López, the vice president of the executive council of the Asociación Nacional de Empresas de Agua y Saneamiento (National Association of Water and Sanitation Businesses, ANEAS). To put this in perspective, Abedrop notes that countries with less than 5,000 cubic meters of water per person are considered by the United Nations to be in critical condition in terms of water resources.
Northern Mexico has just 1,900 cubic meters of water per resident which puts it in a class with nations such as Egypt, Iraq and Iran in terms of water resources. However, Mexico as a whole is not in such dire shape. Nationwide there is an average of 4,900 cubic meters of water per person.
While Mexico has greater water resources in the south, 60% of the nation's population is in northern and central Mexico, Abedrop said. He also noted that 70% of Mexico's gross internal product comes from this same region--which has only 25% of the nation's water.
Not only is water supply a problem in Mexico but so is waste water treatment. Within the next 18 months all cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants will have to have water treatment facilities. There are 306 cities in Mexico of this size and many of them lack the funds necessary for construction. According to Abedrop these cities will start paying fines in 2006 if they do not have waste-water treatment plants in operation.
In Chihuahua City, from August 3, 2004 to August 6, ANEAS will have its yearly conference. It is the second largest in Mexico and will have between 1,500 and 1,800 people in attendance. Water industry companies from Canada, the US, the UK, France, Spain and other nations will exhibit at the conference.
Source: Heraldo de Chihuahua (Chihuahua City), June 3, 2004. Article by Antonio Rosales Rodríguez.
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World Environment Center The World Environment Center welcomes this fifth annual report of Pemex on Safety, Health and Environment and applauds Pemex’s commitment to the principles of sustainable development. The role of large scale corporations in society is changing at an accelerating pace. Sustainable development –whether at the global or local level– depends on meaningful cooperation between communities and the governments, industries, development agencies, international organizations and NGOs that support growth and the creation of wealth. Pemex is the largest company in Mexico and recently ranked as the eighth largest oil and gas company in the world, and the third largest producer of crude oil in the world. Corporations like Pemex are rethinking their roles in development and searching for new approaches that seek to incorporate sustainable development concepts into worldwide operations that go well beyond environment, health and safety best practices to minimize risks and increase shareholder value. As one of the world’s largest corporations and the leading company in Mexico, Pemex has undertaken the most serious responsibility of developing and implementing a pathway to sustainable development. This is an ongoing process characterized by goal-setting, continuous improvement, and regular reporting of its progress. Pemex’s commitment to sustainable development is supported by a number of initiatives cited in this report: its efforts to benchmark against other leading multinationals in its industry sector; its decision to support cleaner production techniques and processes at its installations; its goal of strengthening its management systems for industrial safety and environmental protection; and its efforts to promote the efficient use of energy and water. While Pemex has made great strides over the last year in a number of key areas related to environment, health and safety, decreases in its air emissions, waste generation, and emissions and discharges per unit of production would be desirable. With its commitment to cleaner production, resource efficiency and stewardship, and improved environmental management systems, Pemex is establishing a framework that will enable it to make further environmental advances. The World Environment Center commends Pemex for its decision to renew and strengthen its social policy in its drive to become a socially responsible business that generates economic, social and cultural value for its stakeholders, the citizens of Mexico. John Mizroch President & CEO World Environment Center
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Taken from USAID "Frontlines," September, 2003, p.10
MEXICO CITY—With air quality a pressing issue in auto exhaust-choked Mexico City, U.S. technicians are working with national oil company PEMEX to reduce emissions in its operations. An added bonus is significant cost savings.
USAID’s cleaner production program in Mexico is part of a region-wide effort to show industries that reducing pollution in their activities can also be good business.
USAID and its multilateral partners have opened and supported 14 Cleaner Production Centers across Latin America and the Caribbean to advise companies on techniques to eliminate pollution during production, such as recycling or recovering industrial byproducts.
“ The impact of a relatively small USAID training investment is paying big dividends for Mexico's environment.” USAID/MEXICO DIRECTOR PAUL WHITE, 1998–2003 USAID and PEMEX specialists scrutinized the oil production cycle—from exploration and drilling to refining, petrochemical production, and distribution.
Simply reducing natural gas flaring at oil-field wellheads led to major reductions in emissions by PEMEX, the world’s seventh-largest petroleum company.
Energy-intensive oil refining was closely studied. Engineers reexamined every step to boost efficiency, sealing steam leaks, recycling process heat, and generally using less energy to “crack” petroleum into gasoline and other marketable compounds.
This focus on cleaner production saved PEMEX energy, water, and materials worth an estimated $562 million over the past two years. PEMEX might save $1.2 billion more in the next 10 years, if it continues the process.
Not surprisingly, PEMEX has decided to launch programs for cleaner production and efficient use of water in all of its operating subsidiaries. “PEMEX has clearly demonstrated that protecting the environment can also positively affect a firm’s bottom line,” said PEMEX Corporate Director for Industrial Security and Environmental Protection Rafael Fernández de la Garza.
Reduced energy consumption in refining and other operations meant that less carbon dioxide—the greenhouse gas known as CO2—was released. CO2 emissions were reduced by 3.1 million metric tons, based on estimates by PEMEX and USAID engineers. That’s about 8 percent of the estimated 40 million metric tons of CO2 emitted by PEMEX in 2001.
Mexico produced 514 million tons of CO2 emissions in 2001. Its energy sector, including fixed sources such as power plants, emitted an estimated 45 percent of the total.
The Cleaner Production Centers were established through collaboration between technology transfer and energy teams from the Bureau for Economic Growth and Trade and field missions in the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean.
USAID staff say firms have shown interest in the program because it helps them come to grips with environmental and worker health and safety issues. Economically, firms can cut production costs and improve their competitive position. The process can also yield improvements in product quality and enhance a firm’s public image.
Gil Jackson, Christian Smith, and Ian May contributed to this article.
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BUGS subsidary SSWM presented at the Southern California Investment Association's National Investment Conference yesterday...this could reflect positively on the stock price on monday.
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BUGS Subsidiary Prepares Cost Estimates for New Work in Mexico
CARLSBAD, Calif., Sep 16, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM) announced that senior engineers from its Mexico subsidiary company Environmental Tec International, S.A. de C.V. (ETI) and representatives from its strategic alliance and teaming partner, the Zaragoza Graduate School of Studies of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), have been asked by the Mexican state oil corporation, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), to submit detailed cost estimate engineering proposals to address urgent environmental compliance and remediation needs at Pemex operating facilities. The ETI/UNAM engineering team recently completed site visits to gather data for submitting their report as soon as possible in order that work can be commenced.
Representatives of ETI will be joining Governor Mario Marin Torres in his scheduled meeting Monday, September 19 with Pemex's President Mr. Luis Ramirez Corzo to discuss proposed remediation activities and a financing plan to address recent and historic releases of petroleum products from pipelines and bulk terminal facilities in the State of Puebla.
As previously reported, ETI will be responsible for restoration activities on contaminated areas including farming lands, rivers and water reservoirs in Puebla working through Governor Mario Marin Torres and his Secretary for the Ministry of Environment.
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT, a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect," or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the Company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the Company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the Company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
SOURCE: Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc.
Copyright Business Wire 2005
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-GAC (™) Patents "Our research and field development team was also busy this year as it had published its patented water treatment technology, Bio-GAC(TM) (Patent No: US 6,905,603 B2) for the treatment of toxic waste streams such as those caused by Hurricane Katrina and other man-made and natural disasters. We expect to license this technology in 2006 and use it in our own projects," added Brehm.
US patent No 6,905,603 B2 United States Patent 6,905,603 Mirzayi , et al. June 14, 2005 ________________________________________ Treatment of contaminated activated charcoal Abstract The method of providing for a fluid treatment, that includes providing a treatment zone containing granular activated charcoal, and providing a stream of water containing nutrients, contaminant degrading microbes and dissolved oxygen, and introducing the stream to a treatment zone to effect adsorption of nutrients and microbes onto the granular activated charcoal, thereby to provide a contaminant treatment matrix, whereby contaminant in fluid flow through the matrix is reduced. ________________________________________ Inventors: Mirzayi; Behzad (8228 S. Jackson St., Littleton, CO 80122); Robinson; Mery C. (6965 El Camino Real, Number 105-279, Carlsbad, CA 92009); Smith; Alvin J. (4379 Modoc Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93110); Colasito; Dominic J. (2707 Panorama Dr., Bakersfield, CA 91101) Appl. No.: 052295 Filed: January 18, 2002 Current U.S. Class: 210/615; 210/150; 210/616; 210/617 Intern'l Class: C02F 003/00 Field of Search: 210/615-617,150
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Claims
1. The method of providing for a fluid treatment, that includes
a) providing a treatment zone containing granular activated charcoal, and
b) providing a stream of water containing nutrients, contaminant degrading microbes and dissolved oxygen, and
c) introducing said stream to said treatment zone to effect adsorption of said nutrients and microbes onto the granular activated charcoal, thereby to provide a contaminant treatment matrix, whereby contaminant in fluid flow through the matrix is reduced, and
d) providing a seeding zone in matrix form upstream of said treatment zone and through which said stream of water is passed prior to its introduction to said treatment zone, to entrain microbes growing in the matrix to which nutrient is supplied.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the granular activated charcoal in said zone has one of the following forms:
i) pellets
ii) a mat or mats
iii) fabric
iv) a support matrix
v) adsorption media.
3. The method of claim 1 including passing a separate treatable aqueous fluid stream into contact with said granular activated charcoal, in a treatment path, and recovering treated fluid from said path.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein said granular activated charcoal is disposed as a porous support media for said nutrients and microbes.
5. The method of claim 3 including adjusting the pH of the separate fluid stream to between 6.0 and 8.5 prior to said introducing step.
6. The method of claim 5 including adjusting the temperature of said separate fluid stream to a level less than 110° F., prior to said introducing step.
7. The method of claim 1 including adjusting the temperature of said separate fluid stream to a level less than 110° F., prior to said introducing step.
8. The method of claim 1 including introducing O2 to said treatment zone.
9. The method of claim 1 including aerating said treatment zone.
10. The method of claim 1 including providing a series of said treatment zones, and said seeding zone upstream of said treatment zones, and from which microbes are supplied in fluid flow to the treatment zones, for adsorption on the granular activated charcoal therein.
11. The method of claim 1 including passing a separate waste water stream containing toxic contaminants through said matrix, to reduce the concentration of said contaminants.
12. The method of claim 1 including passing gas transported toxic contaminants through said matrix, to reduce the concentration of said contaminants.
13. The method of providing for a fluid treatment, that includes
a) providing a treatment zone containing granular activated charcoal in pellet form, and
b) providing a stream of water containing nutrients, contaminant degrading microbes and dissolved oxygen, and
c) introducing said stream to said treatment zone to effect adsorption of said nutrients and microbes onto the granular activated charcoal, thereby to provide a contaminant treatment matrix, whereby contaminant in fluid flow through the matrix is reduced, and
d) providing a seeding zone in matrix form upstream of said treatment zone and through which said stream of water is passed prior to its introduction to said treatment zone, to entrain microbes growing in the matrix to which nutrient is supplied. Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to treatment of granular activated charcoal (GAC) filtration systems; and more particularly it concerns use of micro-organisms for removal of contaminating hydrocarbons from such systems.
"Liquid phase" GAC systems are typically used as water filtration media to adsorb toxic chemicals found in wastewater and extracted groundwater plumes. Treated water typically must meet Clean Water Act standards for discharge into sewers or streams. GAC becomes spent when its adsorption potentials are met and breakthrough of toxics occurs. There is need for apparatus and methods that not only extend service life, but also, actively effect scrubbing of the effluent water stream to mitigate GAC breakthrough of daughter degradation compounds such as Tri-Butyl Alcohol (TBA), which is created in the breakdown of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE), the clean fuels additive found in gasoline.
More generally, granular activated carbon or charcoal (GAC) is used extensively to treat water, wastewater and groundwater at remediation sites contaminated with various organic pollutants such as petroleum hydrocarbons including BTEX and MTBE, chlorinated solvents, volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds. Historically, this technology has been used because it is effective, predictable, economical, and simple to implement at a variety of sites and operating conditions. Recently, however, increasing regeneration costs and the regulation of compounds that have lower adsorption efficiencies has made traditional GAC systems less economical. For example, hundreds of sites across the United States and overseas with groundwater impacted by MTBE, and its daughter products including TBA, must be remediated to near non-detect levels, but GAC has a very low adsorption efficiency for MTBE and TBA. The result is that MTBE and TBA breakthrough occurs very rapidly and carbon change-out frequencies must increase.
Such toxic chemicals include for example tri-butyl alcohol created in the breakdown of MTBE, Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether, the clean fuels additive found in gasoline.
As noted, granular activated carbon (GAC) is used extensively to treat groundwater and vapor streams at remediation sites and industrial facilities across the U.S. and abroad. To date, the standard practice has been to replace spent carbon with virgin carbon, or to have the carbon thermally regenerated. Replacing spent carbon with virgin carbon is more expensive, but is often done since the alternative thermal regeneration breaks down the carbon, resulting in more "fines". The cost of thermal regeneration has also been increasing due to increasing energy costs. At the same time, the increasing presence of MTBE and its daughter products like TBA have resulted in increasing carbon usage rates and expense, since GAC has a lower adsorption efficiency for these compounds.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is a major object of the invention to provide an improved method for fluid treatment, that includes
a) providing a treatment zone containing granular activated charcoal, and
b) providing a stream of water containing nutrients, contaminant degrading microbes and dissolved oxygen, and
c) introducing that stream to the treatment zone to effect adsorption of nutrients and microbes onto the granular activated charcoal, thereby to provide a contaminant treatment matrix.
An important advantage of such a method, and its associated system, over traditional granular activated charcoal per se treatment of fluid such as water, is that the system is very effective in the treatment of hydrocarbon contaminants such as MTBE and its byproducts, resulting in typical cost savings of up to 50 percent relative to traditional GAC systems.
The surface of granular-activated carbon adsorbs organic compounds, such as MTBE, and acts as a "storage site" to buffer variations in influent concentration. The surface is also an excellent attachment medium for bacteria. This allows the bacteria to thrive in the presence of uniform aqueous concentrations of MTBE and other organic compounds.
A further advantage lies in elimination of need for thermal desorption facilities which roast toxics from the GAC, causing indirect damage up to 25% of the GAC by volume, and necessitating addition of virgin GAC to blend back to specified adsorption levels or properties. The present on-site process can be operated at one-third to one-half the cost of conventional thermal reactivation.
Another object includes provision of a process wherein microbial blends are employed to inoculate bacteria directly upon out-of-service and spent Granular Activated Carbon from both "liquid phase" and "vapor phase" filtration systems. "Liquid phase" GAC systems are typically used as water filtration media to adsorb toxic chemicals found in wastewater and extracted groundwater plumes. "Vapor phase" GAC systems are typically used to scrub or reduce airborne or gas-borne toxics that vent from filling and emptying large storage tanks and process treatment vessels as found in petroleum refineries and tank farms.
# A further object includes provision of microbe adsorbing granular activated charcoal in a treatment zone, where the charcoal has one of the following matrix-like forms:
* i) pellets * ii) a mat or mats * iii) fabric * iv) a support matrix * v) adsorption media.
Yet another object includes provision of a process that includes passing treatable aqueous fluid into contact with such matrix adsorbed substances, in a treatment path, and recovering treated fluid from that path. Such fluid typically includes water. As referred to, the GAC is typically disposed as a porous support media for such nutrients and microbes.
An additional object includes adjusting the pH of the fluid to between 6.0 and 8.5 prior to its introduction to the matrix; and also adjusting the temperature of the fluid to a level less than 110° F., prior to the introducing step.
Further objects include provision of a multi-tank system containing GAC, and connected in series for reception of fluid to be treated, and microbial nutrients to be adsorbed on the GAC. At least one of the upstream tanks typically and preferably contains seeding microbes to be carried downstream onto the GAC in successive tanks. Porous synthetic resinous ball-like "seeders" may be employed in the upstream tank to disperse microbes into the flow, the microbes having been deposited on the seeders.
These and other objects and advantages of the invention, as well as the details of an illustrative embodiment, will be more fully understood from the following specification and drawings, in which:
DRAWING DESCRIPTION
FIG. 1 is a preferred system diagram;
FIG. 2 is another system diagram.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Referring first to FIG. 1, a bioreactor surge tank is shown at 10. Nutrients and microbes are supplied to the upper interior of tank 10 at 11 from a tank 12, via a metering pump 13; and air or oxygen is supplied to the lower interior of the tank 10, as via a blower 14, to increase dissolved O2 levels in the fluid in the tank. Process water, conditioned as to pH level and temperature, is supplied at 15 to the tank upper interior.
The reactor 10 contains a bio-support matrix or bed 16 through which process water flows downwardly to an exit at 17. The matrix 16 serves to maintain an active or "healthy" microbial population to ensure that a portion of the microbes will be picked up and carried by the water flowing through 16 and to and from exit 17, for seeding the granular activated charcoal GAC in a subsequent vessel or vessels. Matrix or bed 16 may advantageously consist of a mass of synthetic resinous (plastic) pieces such as porous balls, held in position as for example by upper and lower screens at 19 and 20. The O2 supply may include a fine-bubble aeration device or devices, or by adding or supplying hydrogen peroxide or other oxidizer.
Usable bacteria as for treatment (for example consumption) of hydrocarbon contaminants, include one or more of: Achromobacter, Arthrobacter, Aspergillus, Bacillus, Candida, Cladosporium, Corynebacterium, Myrothecium, Nocardia, Punicillium, Phialophora, Pseudomonas, Rhodotorula, Streptomyces, Trichoderma, and a blend of Anerobic and Faculative Organisms.
# Process water flows through the interstices in and between the plastic pieces or balls in the matrix or mass to entrain bacteria growing in the matrix, by virtue of the nutrient supply. Nutrient material may include one or more of the following:
The second step in the system employs one or more treatment vessels or canisters 25 to which process fluid such as water is supplied. See paths 26 and 27.
The process water containing nutrients, microbes, and dissolved oxygen enters the vessels where a carbon matrix adsorbs and concentrates the organic compounds carried in the upward flow in the vessels. The carbon matrix can consist of GAC or other carbon based products, including pellets, mats, fabrics, or a combination of carbon materials. The carbon material acts as an adsorption media for the organic compounds and as a support matrix for the microbes.
The microbes adsorbed onto the GAC matrix granules consume hydrocarbon material, such as MTBE, in the flowing process water, in the vessels. The matrix typically fills the vessels, as schematically indicated by in-fill arrows 28. The GAC material from which hydrocarbon has been removed by consumption (microbial consumption of hydrocarbon to produce CO2 and water) is periodically removed from the vessels, as schematically indicated by arrows 29. Treated fluid, or water, leaves the vessels as indicated at 30, for return flow in a loop to 15.
The bioreactor and Bio-GAC™ vessels must be sized to ensure that adequate retention time is available for the adsorption and microbial processes to be effective. High flow velocities tend to wash the microbes through the vessels, and prevent the development of suitable microbial populations to be effective on the water waste stream being treated, and removed at 30.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrative of an alternate system. Process water received at 32 is sprayed on packing 33 in a bioreactor vessel 34. Packing 32 corresponds to the bed 16 in FIG. 1. Process water draining to sump 35 in vessel 34 is removed at 36 and pumped to the reactors 37, 38, and 39, corresponding to reactors 25. pH control liquid is added at 40 to flow path 41; and microbes and nutrients may be added at 42 to the flow 41. After passing through the treatment tanks 37-39, process water leaves at 46, for use, or for return flow to 32.
The disclosed system or systems can be used for a variety of process streams containing organic compounds. In order to protect the microbes in the system, the groundwater or process water must be conditioned prior to entering the system. As referred to, the pH must be adjusted to between 6.0 and 8.5 and the temperature should be less than 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
Typically, the process restores GAC to 95% or more of its original adsorption value or values, without the need for transport handling.
A variation of the process further contemplates that the spent GAC to be treated be placed in a gravity feed hopper engineered to drain at an optimum rate of flow dependent upon GAC grain sizing and available treatment vessel size. Spray nozzles sized at 1-3 GPM are suspended above the spent GAC in a manifold pattern with overlapping radius in a treatment zone to assure maximum surface area coverage and to minimize the chance for treatment effluent channeling and formation of erosion gaps within the body of GAC deposited in the treatment vessel. Such a system or process employs the application of microbial blends, surfactants, nutrients and water applied through a series of spray nozzles that continually recycle the treatment blend in a closed loop. Gravity fed treatment blend is recovered using a receiving tank under or adjacent the treatment vessel plumbed to a water pump that feeds the spray nozzles atop the GAC treatment tank. Once GAC reactivation levels are achieved, liquid phase GAC can be placed directly back into service. Vapor phase GAC must be dried to specified moisture standards before being placed back into service. Conventional electric fan blowers plumbed directly into the treatment container force air through the GAC to achieve the proper moisture content.
The above system can be employed to treat water containing any of the following substances:
# The system can be used in the following industries for treatment of water, wastewater, and impacted groundwater subject to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Clean Air Act (CAA); Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Clean-water Act (CWA) including, but not limited to the equivalent state and local requirements. The typical industries with potential beneficial use are:
* Local potable water treatment companies, boards, districts * Oil and gas production, transportation, pipeline, bulking, refining, distribution, retail and gas stations] * Commercial and industrial facilities with waste water production, and/or NPDES permit requirements to treat facility discharges * Chemical and petrochemical manufacturing facilities * Groundwater remediation sites.
In a large-scale test, virgin carbon was loaded into a bioreactor consisting of two 55-gallon drums and exposed to water containing MTBE until the carbon was saturated with MTBE. At this point, microbes were added to the reactors and the system operation was continued by re-circulating water at flow rates of up to 2 gallons per minute. MTBE is added to the feed tank to create MTBE concentrations of approximately 150 mg/l. Continued operation and testing have shown that the bioreactor is effectively reducing MTBE concentrations by more than 99 percent as indicated in Table 1.
In the small-scale test, virgin carbon was loaded into two small columns and water containing approximately 180 mg/l MTBE was passed through the columns to simulate field conditions. After passing a volume of water through the columns equivalent to three times the adsorption capacity of the virgin carbon, samples were collected to determine if the system was continuing to adsorb MTBE or if the carbon was saturated. The results in Table 2 show that even after exposing the carbon to three times the adsorption capacity of the carbon, the system continued to adsorb the MTBE. TABLE 1 Bio-GAC ™ Reactor Drum Test MTBE Sample ID (μg/l)
The disclosure of U.S. Pat. No. 5,334,533, is incorporated herein, by reference.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
All cleaned out D.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
What ya think about my last 2 posts? Hey man these guys mean business!!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
ROBERT C. BREHM has served as our chief executive officer, president and chairman of the board since July 1997. He also served as our vice president from November 1996 to January 1997 and as a consultant through Robert C. Brehm Consulting, Inc., an investment banking, investor relations and strategic planning company. From July 1994 through the present, Mr. Brehm has served as the president of Robert C. Brehm Consulting, Inc. From 1991 to 1994, he was the president of Specialty Financing International, Inc., a finance procurement company. Mr. Brehm has owned computer hardware, software, finance and consulting companies. Mr. Brehm has a double engineering degree in electrical engineering and computer science and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of California at Berkeley.
------------------------------------------------- Just a reminder from another board..
Posted by Peaser01 on :
do u guys think i should buy more bugs at .039 or wait for a dip? i just dont want to miss out on the PR.just need a second opinion. thank u
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Doing a proper evaluation at this time is speculative at best...
However the reason we are long, or short term, swing players or what ever is because we believe others will buy this stock because they think it will make them money....
A belief system is crucial in any OTCBB or any other stock..A strong belief will hopefully cause people to buy and hold..
The due diligence being done on this thread and on other boards is of a very high quality..
This makes me think the quality of the investors is good -high...
So, the more stable type of long is coming on board, this will translate to the stock holding at progressivly higher bottoms..
The problem with that is, trying to flip the stock may cost you dearly..Because to get back in you may have to pay more than you sold at. And that will really screw up your cost average..
If ya need a number to sink your teeth into-------- I like .10 increase in PPS for every $10,000,000.00 contract.
That does not take into account bubble spikes in buying...
The A/S at 500mil is a healthy amount and I really like it..The under 280mil O/S is just about right if we do indeed start heading for the Nasdaq..
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
THE RUN IS COMING...
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Good bugs' cleaning up water tainted with MTBE
Microscopic critters gobble gunk from millions of gallons or else
By Kerry Cavanaugh, Staff Writer
NORTH HOLLYWOOD -- To clean up a massive plume of MTBE in Los Angeles' drinking water supply, scientists have produced trillions of tiny "bugs" that feed on the toxic gasoline additive and leave the water pure enough to return to the aquifer.
The project is the first of its kind in Los Angeles, and officials rave that the superefficient microbes will restore millions of gallons of precious San Fernando Valley groundwater, which provides 10 percent of the city's drinking supply.
"This is exciting because we're saving the water, and water is precious in the region," said Yue Rong, a senior environmental scientist with the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Scientists expect MTBE-gobbling bacteria will become a cheaper, safer way to clean up groundwater contamination.
MTBE -- methyl tertiary butyl ether -- was added to gasoline beginning in 1979 to cut air pollution. Extremely water-soluble, MTBE tainted water supplies with its distinct turpentine taste and odor when underground gasoline storage tanks leaked into groundwater.
An estimated 2,300 water systems in 36 states have been contaminated by MTBE, according to a June report from the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies. California stopped using the chemical in 2004.
In North Hollywood, the former Fast Fuel Service Station at Victory and Vineland boulevards leaked thousands of gallons of gasoline into the groundwater before going out of business, leaving oil company Tesoro with the cleanup.
Tesoro found a thick layer of gasoline floating on the groundwater and MTBE levels up to 100,000 parts per billion. The acceptable limit for drinking is 5 ppb.
More troubling, the massive plume of MTBE was migrating toward Los Angeles Department of Water and Power wells. The utility shut down two of the wells for fear of pulling the chemical even closer.
The contamination was so severe that Tesoro probably would have had to buy property in the residential neighborhood and build a water-treatment plant if a better cleanup method had not been found, said Jeffrey Baker, environmental remediation supervisor for Tesoro.
Instead, Baker and the company's consultant, Haley & Aldrich, sought the help of Kate Scow, a soil-science professor at the University of California, Davis, and graduate student Kristin Hicks. Scientists in their lab had discovered a microbes strain called PM1 that feeds on MTBE, destroying the molecule and leaving carbon dioxide behind.
PM1 is found naturally in the groundwater. To accelerate the bug's natural hunger for MTBE, experts cultivate the bacteria inside carbon filters -- similar to the filters found in household water purifiers -- and add oxygen. The bacteria multiply and quickly chomp through MTBE.
"This is an efficient organism that breaks it down to natural elements and creates no byproducts," Baker said.
Tesoro has been using bacteria to remove MTBE in North Hollywood for two years, piping tainted water to two small units at a self-storage facility on Victory Boulevard, where the water runs through several chambers that house the carbon filters and bacteria.
After several trips through the filters, the MTBE is below the detection level of 0.5 ppb.
Until recently, Tesoro released the clean water into the storm-drain system and it eventually washed out to the ocean -- a waste of 7 million gallons of water that frustrated local officials.
Just this week, however, Tesoro flipped the switch on the second phase that reinjects the treated water into the aquifer. It's the first time Los Angeles water officials have allowed someone to put treated water back into the San Fernando Valley aquifer.
"We had to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was safe," Baker said.
The new process will save 10 million gallons of water, or enough to serve 60 families for a year.
Now that the scientists have shown that tiny bugs can do the work of high-tech water-treatment devices, Scow hopes other companies will embrace a cheaper, less-destructive and more natural way to clean up contamination.
"This work is an excellent example of how working with nature, supporting the cleanup activities of organisms already present, rather than creating artificial systems, was successful." l8s=8 Kerry Cavanaugh, (818) 713-3746 kerry.cavanaugh*dailynews.com
------------------------------------------------ I found this on another board..
Posted by Peaser01 on :
D, Here's the link for the above post.
Posted by mastermind555 on :
Finally got allstocks.com to approve my registration. Looking forward to tomorrow. SOMETHING BIG IS COMING!!
Posted by Zygore on :
Hey mastermind,
With that username we should be asking you when to buy don't you think? LOL
It's looking like .035 is the existing support level so your safe to buy as much as you want, it's only going upwards from here anyway...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
According to Robert Brehm in his CEO interview, PEMEX currently has $3 Billion designated for cleaning up thier oil-spills over the next five years. BUGS seems to have a 1-up on the competition as they have hired the recently retired PEMEX Director of Environment Remediation.(see PR below)
Contracts are expected to be announced at any time. It shouldn't be long before BUGS breaks .1 and holds at that level.
SSWM Mexican Subsidiary Hires Senior Petroleum Expert Tuesday July 26, 9:54 am ET 30 year veteran with Pemex joins ETI
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2005--Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM - News), announced that its Mexican subsidiary company Environmental Tec International, S.A. de C.V. (ETI) has appointed Mr. Guillermo Andrade Gelabert, P.E. as Vice President and Program Director to develop business opportunities with Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the Mexican state oil corporation. Bruce Beattie, CEO of SSWM, stated, "Guillermo brings over 30 years' experience as a multi-degreed and accomplished registered environmental engineer who recently retired from Pemex as Director of Environment Remediation for Pemex Corporation over all operating divisions of Pemex; Petrochemical, Refinery, Production and Primary Exploration. Guillermo will apply his contacts, knowledge and expertise to develop environmental cleanup contract opportunities for ETI from all operating divisions of Pemex."
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS - News) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM and its Mexican subsidiary company ETI is capitalizing on its licensed patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
Investors and media contact Bruce Beattie at 760/918-1860, ext. 105 or bbeattie*bugsatwork.com; or learn about the company by visiting its Web site at http://www.bugsatwork.com.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect" or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
[ October 03, 2005, 08:33: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by mastermind555: Finally got allstocks.com to approve my registration. Looking forward to tomorrow. SOMETHING BIG IS COMING!!
Welcome aboard mastermind! I'm glad that we were able to get things straightened out for you to join.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Looks like we've got ourselves a gapper this am!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
.04 x .042
Posted by maumee river rat on :
Positive opening maybe, but I'm not sure It will be a "Gapper".... Get that bid up to 046 and I will be on the gappen wagon with ya Peaser...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
.041 x .042 gettin' there M!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
.042 x .043
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Slow and steady.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Wanted: Bugs That Scrub Harnessing bacteria for environmental cleanup
This sample of groundwater from contaminated soil could yield bacteria that can degrade persistent soil pollutants.
The United States is investing billions of dollars to clean up polluted groundwater and soils. In Wisconsin alone, the Department of Natural Resources has a list of nearly 10,000 sites that need to be cleaned up. In 1998, contaminants turned up in well water samples from Beloit to Rhinelander. Some communities removed individual wells from service because water from those wells contained pollutants considered unsafe for drinking.
The most common soil and groundwater pollutants include fuels such as gasoline and oil, industrial compounds such as TCE (trichloroethylene) and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) and pesticides. Many of the compounds are threats to human health. Exposure to benzene or TCE, for example, is known to increase the risk of cancer.
What's wrong with the "pump and treat" approach? Efforts to clean up these toxins have cost far more than anticipated and the results have been discouraging. Conventional methods bring contaminated soil and water to the surface before treating it. Such "pump-and-treat" methods may continue for decades at a polluted site and basically transfer the contaminants to the air or to landfills.
As the limitations of these methods become clearer, experts have become more interested in biological remediation. Bioremediation relies on microbes to destroy hazardous contaminants in place by transforming them into less harmful compounds. The transformation occurs naturally at contaminated sites and has controlled the spread of some pollution without pump-and-treat methods. Those who advocate an expanded role for bioremediation say it will be less costly, faster and safer than pump-and-treat methods, and can be combined with them.
Bacteria: Doing what comes naturally Bacteria are the key players in bioremediation, which builds on the role they have played in nature for billions of years. These microscopic organisms live virtually everywhere. They break down complex plant, animal and human waste. Bacteria chew up any compound that provides the energy or nutrients they need, even if it's a relatively new compound to them. Looking for contaminant-eating bacteria that can exist without oxygen. Graduate student Michele Zwolinski uses an oxygen-free chamber to work with samples from the Fort McCoy site. She is trying to isolate bacteria that can degrade groundwater contaminants in the absence of oxygen.
"Wherever contaminants are present there's strong selection for bacteria that can get some energy from the compounds," says biochemist Brian Fox. "The pollutants that accumulate in the environment are those that aren't a food source for bacteria or that produce toxins when bacteria metabolize them. Or maybe some bacteria can degrade these compounds, but just do it very slowly.
"If such bacteria do exist, perhaps we can improve their ability," Fox says. "What we're trying to do is to speed the process of breakdown."
Fox is one of three CALS scientists trying to harness the power of bacteria to enhance the cleanup of environmental pollution. He studies a bacterial enzyme that can break down some of our most troublesome groundwater contaminants -- benzene, dichloromethane, trichloroethylene and similar pollutants.
To learn how the enzyme works, Fox has been making changes in the gene that produces it. The genetic changes alter the enzyme's structure. Fox can then see how the alteration affects its ability to degrade different compounds.
Bioremediation has become a fast-growing sector of the hazardous waste cleanup industry. Fox collaborates with scientists at Envirogen, Inc., a New Jersey-based company, that is evaluating the altered enzymes Fox produces to see if they can attack contaminants.
Bacteria face off with a gas spill Soil scientist Bill Hickey is examining what happens in a diverse microbial community when bacteria there come face to face with a gasoline spill. Hickey and hydrogeologist Jean Bahr, from the College of Letters and Science, are studying a fuel spill at Fort McCoy, near Sparta. Bahr is documenting how the plume of contaminated water moves. Hickey, a soil microbiologist, is isolating bacteria that degrade hydrocarbons in groundwater that has no oxygen.
Hickey has studied ground contaminated by leaking fuel tanks and was the first to show that bacteria could degrade TCE in water year-round under Wisconsin conditions if he supplied the bugs with ammonium as a nitrogen source. Now he's looking for bacteria that can degrade benzene. Benzene is a relatively minor component of gasoline, but it's the most toxic component to people and one that bacteria degrade slowly.
"Hydrocarbons are a rich carbon source and bacteria immediately attack them when hydrocarbons enter groundwater," Hickey says. "The intense bacterial activity rapidly uses up what little oxygen was present in the groundwater. When oxygen disappears from groundwater many bacteria can no longer survive there, and that slows down the cleanup."
Wanted: Microbes that exist where oxygen doesn't Hickey wants to identify bacteria that degrade benzene and closely related compounds in the absence of oxygen. In the laboratory, he is testing the microbial community from uncontaminated groundwater at Fort McCoy to see how that community changes when he adds hydrocarbons. He has found a major shift in the bacteria present when he adds benzene. Hickey has already isolated bacteria that can degrade hydrocarbons similar to benzene in water devoid of oxygen. Now he hopes to find species that can degrade benzene itself.
Microbial physiologist Glenn Chambliss and his colleagues have identified two bacteria and the enzymes that enable them to degrade nitroglycerin and TNT.
"This is the first time anyone has purified and characterized enzymes that can take the initial step in breaking down TNT," says Chambliss, who chairs the Department of Bacteriology.
The findings may lead to biologically based methods for cleaning up soils contaminated with toxic residues left from manufacturing explosives, according to Chambliss. There are an estimated 10,000 U.S. sites contaminated with explosives and related compounds. The materials include: TNT (trinitrotoluene), DNT (dinitrotoluene), nitroglycerin, and nitrocellulose, also known as smokeless gunpowder. TNT and DNT are particularly toxic and break down very slowly.
Wanted: Bacteria that eat dynamite To find bacteria that could "eat" dynamite, Chambliss and his colleagues collected bacteria from sites once contaminated with nitroglycerin at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant near Baraboo. The plant was once the world's largest producer of smokeless gun powder, a propellant used to fire artillery shells.
The researchers identified several bacteria that could survive at high nitroglycerin concentrations and degrade the compound. They have sequenced the genes that code for different enzymes from two species. One enzyme is five times as efficient as the other at degrading TNT. The more efficient enzyme can follow two different pathways in degrading TNT, according to Chambliss. "One leads to toxic components that don't decay further. The other pathway leads to a partial but more complete breakdown without toxic compounds."
Chambliss is now experimenting to see if he can engineer the enzyme so it only works via the preferred pathway. He, Brian Fox and environmental engineer Dan Noguera from the College of Engineering are also looking for other bacteria and enzymes that will complete the cleanup.
Cleaning up pollutants can be like running an assembly line in reverse. You start with a complex molecule and the bacteria break it apart, eventually reducing it to water and carbon dioxide.
It takes bacterial teamwork "Bacteria like those that work on TNT often move the degradation process only a certain distance before producing a compound they can no longer benefit from or that is too toxic to keep around," says Fox. "They put that compound back into the environment where other bacteria will hopefully degrade it further. The chain may take several steps before it produces harmless compounds."
Chambliss and Fox hope to find what Fox sometimes calls the "missing link," one bacterium or several that will take the partly degraded TNT molecule and reduce it to compounds that known bacteria can fully degrade to carbon dioxide and water.
You can try to create these bugs or look for them in nature, Fox says. If bacteria can break down a compound, he feels certain that researchers have the best chance of finding those bacteria in nature. "Nature is the greatest experimenter of them all. Nature's experiments go on 24 hours a day, 365 days a year," he says.
From lab tests to commercial applications: A long leap "It's a major leap from academic research to companies implementing these findings," says Hickey. But the three College scientists know the contaminants are likely to be a problem for a long time to come.
"The bugs have the potential to address these contamination problems," Chambliss says. "But we're still at an early stage in understanding the processes involved. It took us a long time and a great deal of research to develop an industry around the antibiotics that bacteria produce. It's going to take more research before we get bacteria that can solve some of these environ- mental problems."
Posted by maumee river rat on :
if it gets below 038 , its headed to 034....small wall just under current level...039+
hope it holds..
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by maumee river rat: if it gets below 038 , its headed to 034....small wall just under current level...039+
hope it holds..
------------------------------------------------ Well, now we know where ya got your bid in..LOL
Posted by maumee river rat on :
Birds of a feather...Dusty...Birds of a feather...hehehe
Posted by mastermind555 on :
Bid .04 Ask .042
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
What's up all????? all is well in our house just stopped at the office to do 16 hours of work in 2 1/2 Ha. The Baby boy is has arrived 6 lbs 13 oz and 19 1/2 inches long dont worry were not big people thats quite a good size for us Just glad that everything on the c-section went well we get out of the hospital tommorrow so probably wont be back on until wensday. You guys arnt doing very well a droping it back in the low 3's for me Dust you need to work on that Hope you and Peaserman are doing great. See ya wensday Posted by Peaser01 on :
I see some insider buying going on, check out the form 4's:
Up 5% yesterday, let's see what happens today.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Yep, insider buying into strength is always a good signal..Even more so in a OTCBB.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
SSWM Presentation Well Received at Investment Conference Tuesday October 4, 9:45 am ET
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2005--Robert Brehm, CEO of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS - News; BCN:615212), an innovative environmental products and services company, announced that the presentation by Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM - News), at the Southern California Investment Association's National Investment Conference in Irvine, CA on October 1, was received very well by a large audience of qualified venture capitalists, NASD broker/dealers, investment and merchant bankers, investment advisors, analysts, market makers, fund managers, financial service professionals, and business development consultants looking for emerging growth companies with exciting futures. ADVERTISEMENT
Brehm commented on the excellent response by saying, "We used this presentation opportunity to showcase SSWM and the incredible opportunities we have to help the people of Mexico solve many of their pressing environmental concerns using our patented bio-nanotechnology and precision engineering services coupled with local labor and equipment resources. With recent announcements of PEMEX funding for environmental cleanup and emergency response opportunities in various states, SSWM is on the verge of major expansion potential that should be of interest to anyone concerned about clean air, water and soil and related investment opportunities."
Brehm further elicited, "Our message was to get the audience excited about our future and the social and financial rewards available with their help as we clean up the world's messes. Based upon the interest and many new business contacts made I believe our message was well received and we will consummate additional resources to accelerate our growth progress." The SSWM presentation slides are available at www.bugsatwork.com/news.htm.
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS - News) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT, a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect," or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the Company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the Company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the Company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Oregon State Has Big Plans for Study of Tiny Microbes
Cleaning up contaminated areas like the Portland Harbor Superfund site and the Umatilla Weapons Depot. Slowing global warming. Removing pesticides to improve water quality.
These are all gigantic endeavors, but ones that Oregon State University researchers believe can possibly be accomplished by the tiniest of organisms - microbes that just might also hold the key to life on Mars.
Subsurface microbes live below the Earth's surface in soil, mud and rock, and their potential to modify the Earth has only been recognized recently.
"Microorganisms below the subsurface play a major role in the cycles on earth," said Lewis Semprini, a professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. "It has only been in the past decade that it was recognized that deep subsurface microbes play a significant role in global cycles."
The work done by Semprini and others led to the Subsurface Biosphere Education Research initiative, one of six initiatives that were recently approved by OSU. All six support OSU's recently adopted strategic plan. The university is reallocating funds internally to provide seed funding for the initiatives.
In 1998, Semprini, and Dan Arp, chair of the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, found that some types of bacteria that grow on butane gas have the ability to transform toxic wastes to harmless endproducts. Using microorganisms to clean up contamination could save billions of dollars, Semprini said.
In 2003, Martin Fisk, a professor in the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, and other scientists discovered bacteria in a hole drilled more than 4,000 feet deep in volcanic rock on the island of Hawaii near Hilo. Fisk has said that the environment could be analogous to conditions on Mars and other planets.
"Under these conditions, microbes could live beneath any rocky planet," Fisk said at the time. "It would be conceivable to find life inside of Mars, within a moon of Jupiter or Saturn, or even on a comet containing ice crystals that gets warmed up when the comet passes by the sun." Semprini, Fisk and Arp are three of the principal investigators of the initiative proposal. The others are Peter Bottomley, professor in the Department of Microbiology; and David Myrold, professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Science.
Bottomley and Myrold study bacteria and fungi in coniferous forest ecosystems in the central Cascade Mountains at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. They also study nitrogen and carbon cycles.
The subsurface biosphere is an emerging area of study that connects the fields of microbiology, biotechnology, geochemistry, bioremediation (cleaning up contamination), bioengineering, agriculture, forestry, geology, oceanography, astrobiology and others.
One potential benefit is in the area of global warming. Subsurface microbes are part of the process that forms carbon dioxide and methane, contributing to global warming.
"Microbes may also remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in the subsurface, potentially playing a key role in slowing global warming," Semprini said.
Semprini said that the microbes also can help immobilize radioactive contaminants, such as uranium, in groundwater so these can be recovered or the transport slowed. They are also miniature chemical factories that have determined ways of producing mineral products with very uniform properties. For example, certain bacteria can produce magnetitic iron particles of very specific sizes that could result in much better magnetitic tapes.
This initiative will include faculty members from five colleges - Forestry, Agricultural Sciences, Science, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences and Engineering.
"Our ultimate goal is to create a Center of Excellence for Subsurface Biosphere Education and Research," Semprini said. "It has implications for a wide range of benefits, from environmental cleanup to a better understanding of soil processes. We want to create more synergy among faculty on campus so we can collaborate on large interdisciplinary projects."
Semprini said the key to the initiative is that work is already going on at OSU.
In 2001, the National Science Foundation awarded OSU a $2.6 million grant to form the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program, a graduate student training program to focus on life below the earth's surface.
"There is a significant amount of research already going on and this is a way to get the researchers together and communicate," he said, adding that there will be a potential to offer seed research money for faculty to produce exploratory research findings needed for large interdisciplinary research proposals.
Semprini feels the structure of the Center will evolve over the course of the initiative, and the principal investigators all want the center to live beyond the five years of the initiative.
"We are going to add junior faculty members that fit strategic educational and research needs that have joint appointments between different colleges. This will permit us to increase the courses offered and get undergraduates involved in the research," he said, adding that increasing the diversity of graduate and undergraduate students is also a mission of the initiative.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Cleaning up contaminated areas like the Portland Harbor Superfund site and the Umatilla Weapons Depot. Slowing global warming. Removing pesticides to improve water quality.
These are all gigantic endeavors, but ones that Oregon State University researchers believe can possibly be accomplished by the tiniest of organisms - microbes that just might also hold the key to life on Mars.
Subsurface microbes live below the Earth's surface in soil, mud and rock, and their potential to modify the Earth has only been recognized recently.
"Microorganisms below the subsurface play a major role in the cycles on earth," said Lewis Semprini, a professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. "It has only been in the past decade that it was recognized that deep subsurface microbes play a significant role in global cycles."
The work done by Semprini and others led to the Subsurface Biosphere Education Research initiative, one of six initiatives that were recently approved by OSU. All six support OSU's recently adopted strategic plan. The university is reallocating funds internally to provide seed funding for the initiatives.
In 1998, Semprini, and Dan Arp, chair of the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, found that some types of bacteria that grow on butane gas have the ability to transform toxic wastes to harmless endproducts. Using microorganisms to clean up contamination could save billions of dollars, Semprini said.
In 2003, Martin Fisk, a professor in the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, and other scientists discovered bacteria in a hole drilled more than 4,000 feet deep in volcanic rock on the island of Hawaii near Hilo. Fisk has said that the environment could be analogous to conditions on Mars and other planets.
"Under these conditions, microbes could live beneath any rocky planet," Fisk said at the time. "It would be conceivable to find life inside of Mars, within a moon of Jupiter or Saturn, or even on a comet containing ice crystals that gets warmed up when the comet passes by the sun." Semprini, Fisk and Arp are three of the principal investigators of the initiative proposal. The others are Peter Bottomley, professor in the Department of Microbiology; and David Myrold, professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Science.
Bottomley and Myrold study bacteria and fungi in coniferous forest ecosystems in the central Cascade Mountains at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. They also study nitrogen and carbon cycles.
The subsurface biosphere is an emerging area of study that connects the fields of microbiology, biotechnology, geochemistry, bioremediation (cleaning up contamination), bioengineering, agriculture, forestry, geology, oceanography, astrobiology and others.
One potential benefit is in the area of global warming. Subsurface microbes are part of the process that forms carbon dioxide and methane, contributing to global warming.
"Microbes may also remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in the subsurface, potentially playing a key role in slowing global warming," Semprini said.
Semprini said that the microbes also can help immobilize radioactive contaminants, such as uranium, in groundwater so these can be recovered or the transport slowed. They are also miniature chemical factories that have determined ways of producing mineral products with very uniform properties. For example, certain bacteria can produce magnetitic iron particles of very specific sizes that could result in much better magnetitic tapes.
This initiative will include faculty members from five colleges - Forestry, Agricultural Sciences, Science, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences and Engineering.
"Our ultimate goal is to create a Center of Excellence for Subsurface Biosphere Education and Research," Semprini said. "It has implications for a wide range of benefits, from environmental cleanup to a better understanding of soil processes. We want to create more synergy among faculty on campus so we can collaborate on large interdisciplinary projects."
Semprini said the key to the initiative is that work is already going on at OSU.
In 2001, the National Science Foundation awarded OSU a $2.6 million grant to form the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program, a graduate student training program to focus on life below the earth's surface.
"There is a significant amount of research already going on and this is a way to get the researchers together and communicate," he said, adding that there will be a potential to offer seed research money for faculty to produce exploratory research findings needed for large interdisciplinary research proposals.
Semprini feels the structure of the Center will evolve over the course of the initiative, and the principal investigators all want the center to live beyond the five years of the initiative.
"We are going to add junior faculty members that fit strategic educational and research needs that have joint appointments between different colleges. This will permit us to increase the courses offered and get undergraduates involved in the research," he said, adding that increasing the diversity of graduate and undergraduate students is also a mission of the initiative. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 3251 | From: oregon | Registered: Feb 2005 | IP: Logged |
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posted October 04, 2005 12:57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the 2004 conference, two other GRC conferences on Marine Microbes are planned.
Please contact the chairs of these events for further information.
2006 in North America: Co-chairs are Dave Caron (University of South California, Los Angeles) and Alex Worden (University of Miami)
2008 in Europe: Vice-chair is Carlos Pedrós-Alió (Institut de Ciències del Mar Barcelona)
Conference Organisers Conference Chair: Daniel Vaulot, CNRS UMR 7127, Station Biologique de Roscoff, BP 74, 29682 Roscoff FRANCE, Telephone: +33 2 98 29 23 34 FAX: +33 2 98 29 23 24 Email: vaulot*sb-roscoff.fr
Conference Co-chair: William K. Li Bedford Institute of Oceanography, PO Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, B2Y 4A2 Telephone: 1-902-426-6349 FAX: 1-902-426-9388 Email: LiB*mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Conference outline
This 2004 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) will be the first one of a new series dedicated to Marine Microbes. Microbes (i.e. virus, Bacteria, Archaea, Eukaryota; autotrophic and heterotrophic) lie at the heart of the functioning of all marine ecosystems, from the surface euphotic zone to deep hydrothermal vents. Marine microbes drive the natural biogeochemical cycles and, in turn, are affected by anthropogenic influences. Thus, these microbes are directly relevant to many societal concerns of the global environment: biodiversity, climate change, harvestable resources and others. The last two decades have seen an explosion of studies devoted to these organisms. The use of molecular tools has been critical in this respect. It is timely to initiate this series with a conference on picophytoplankton because this field appears to be poised at a turning point.
Picophytoplankton, discovered in the late 1970s, are unicellular photosynthetic organisms less than 2 to 3 microns in size. These marine microbes dominate biomass and production in large regions of the ocean, thus playing a key role in global elemental cycles such as that of carbon. Nearly 20 years after the NATO Advanced Study Institute on picoplankton organized by T. Platt and W.K.W. Li, the time has arrived for a new meeting to summarize the current state of knowledge. To date, a very large amount of data has been gathered on picophytoplankton. Information on ecological distributions and taxonomic diversity have come from novel approaches such as flow cytometry and molecular biology. More strikingly, the recent development of genomics of picoplankton species such as Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus and Ostreococcus provide new and fundamental insight. This meeting will first review recent advances in the taxonomy of picophytoplankton, especially the discovery of many novel eukaryotic groups both from culture and molecular-based field studies. In particular, we will cover extensively the new tools of molecular biology. Then, we will examine the physiology and ecology of picophytoplankton and revisit its role in the microbial food web. Finally we will dwell on the very exciting developments in picophytoplankton genomics and how the new knowledge will impact on our understanding of marine ecosystems.
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Kellogg Biological Station, Hickory Corners, Michigan Michael J. Klug (klug*kbs.msu.edu) James M. Tiedje (tiedjej*pilot.msu.edu) Eldor A. Paul (paulea*pilot.msu.edu) Katherine L. Gross (kgross*kbs.msu.edu) G. Philip Robertson (robertson*kbs.msu.edu) Thomas M. Schmidt (tschmidt*pilot.msu.edu)
Soil microbial ecology is a central part of KBS LTER research. Understanding the ecological interactions underlying the productivity of field crop agriculture is the central focus of LTER research at KBS, and microbes comprise one of our most intensively studied taxa, together with vascular plants and insects. Microbial studies at KBS take a variety of forms, with most studies directed towards questions about the patterns, causes, and consequences of microbial diversity and microbial biomass for ecosystem processes in intensively managed ecosystems.
Our studies to date have centered on examinations of microbial growth rates, biomass, and fungal: bacterial ratios. We have also focused on population-level questions using direct microscopy, classical pure-culture techniques, and, for the multitude of unculturable microbes in soil, molecular analyses of phenotypes and genomes. Many of these latter techniques provide whole-soil signatures of community composition, and have been particularly useful for examaning community-level differences among sites and experimental treatments. For questions related to specific populations we have focused our efforts on examinations of specific functional groups such as denitrifiers, nitrifiers, lignin and 2,4-D degraders, and the rhizobacteria, linking these groups to specific microbial processes. Much of this research has been collaborative with the NSF Center for Microbial Ecology (www.cme.msu.edu) at Michigan State; a number of KBS LTER co-PI's are also co-investigators in the CME.
We provide below background information on our current studies of microbial community structure. Other microbial work is also underway at KBS but not described here due to space limitations – including detailed biogeochemical and population-level investigations of microbial processes such as denitrification, trace gas fluxes, and soil organic matter turnover and DOC and DON fluxes. Following this section we highlight specific analytical procedures now in use at KBS.
Microbial Community Structure
The diversity and complexity of soil microbial communities present a major challenge to our efforts to understand how biological processes can be managed in agricultural systems. Soil microbial communities are arguably the most diverse communities on earth, and the factors that determine this extraordinarily high diversity are not well understood (Caldwell et al. 1997). Torsvick et al. (1994) have provided evidence that in one gram of soil there are billions of individual organisms and thousands of species. What are the ecological consequences of such high diversity at such a small spatial scale? And how does this change across the range of scales that we consider to be important for other organisms (e.g. plants and consumers) and biogeochemical processes? To determine how to manage the biological processes controlled by soil microbes, it is important to understand the patterns, causes, and consequences of microbial diversity and the scale at which microbial communities are structured. Understanding the link between the scale at which the microbial community is structured and the scale at which ecosystem processes occur may itself tell us a great deal about the role of microbial diversity in ecosystem functioning.
The high spatial heterogeneity of soil in an ecological context is well documented (Robertson and Gross 1994, Paul and Clark 1996). Differences among habitats in the degree of soil heterogeneity may influence the diversity of microbes that occur there and their function (Gross et al. 1995). For example, our results with nitrifiers and soil C dynamics are best interpreted in relation to differences among treatments in soil heterogeneity (reflecting the availability of microhabitats) and soil organic fractions (reflecting resource heterogeneity; Paul et al. 1998a). Spatial heterogeneity in soil microbial communities occurs at a broad range of scales, from soil particles (e.g. soil macroaggregates), to plant rhizospheres, to field plots, and to the ecosystem and global levels (Tiedje 1994).
At KBS we have documented that there is spatially-structured dependence in microbial processes at both a macro- (e.g 10's of meters, Robertson et al.1997) and micro- (cm, Cavigelli et al. 1995) scale. We have shown that microbial activity (measured by short-term microbial respiration) varies among and within plant communities; in some sites samples taken only centimeters apart vary by a factor of >2. The among-community scale component of this nested variation may be attributable to differences in primary productivity and soil physical properties (e.g. depth to the Bt horizon). At the within-community scales, the doubling of microbial activity may be attributable to the distance to the nearest plant. However, we suspect that these differences may also be due to heterogeneity in soil structure, leading to discontinuous resource availability at the millimeter-scale. This small-scale heterogeneity may be driven by the interaction of plant-derived substrates, such as roots and decaying plant particles, and within-aggregate habitats differences due to clay content, pore sizes, and aeration.
To date, our investigations of soil microbial communities have primarily concentrated on the level and pattern of microbial diversity among the different plant communities that occur on the KBS LTER site. These communities range from the intensively managed row crops under different input intensities to native communities at different successional stages. Our results, generated by a variety of phenotypic and genetic approaches, have documented differences in the apparent diversity of whole-soil microbial communities (patterns of bacterial fatty acids, FAMEs), as well as differences in the diversity of key functional groups, notably denitrifiers (Cavigelli 1998) and nitrifiers (Bruns et al. 1998).
In the past decade we have concentrated on documenting the level and patterns of microbial diversity among ecosystems using strategies such as those outlined in the figure at right. We have now begun more intense investigations of the regulation, maintenance, and consequences of microbial community structure. We hypothesize that the majority of soil microbial diversity is driven by the heterogeneous distribution of resources and habitats in soil. For example, we have found a variety of autotrophic nitrifier genera in our never-tilled successional plots (Bruns et al. 1998), all of which grow in the laboratory only at low NH4+ concentrations. In contrast, in our agronomic plots there is a single dominant genus (Nitrosomonas) that is able to grow across a wider range of NH4+ concentrations. These differences in nitrifier diversity could be due to differences in resource availability, and therefore competitive interactions. However, this pattern may also be due to greater diversity of protective soil habitats in the never-tilled community. Heterogeneity in soil structure, which may lead to higher levels of microbial diversity, is affected not only by cultivation regime but also by the presence and activity of plants that create biopores and habitat for the mesofauna that are directly responsible for much of the soil structure (Oades 1993).
To improve our knowledge of how microbial community structure interacts with the functioning of ecosystems we must obtain a more quantitative knowledge of the interaction between microbes, plant residues and disturbance, at a variety of spatial scales. This will require examining the availability of specific resources (at the substrate level) across multiple spatial scales.
We are currently concentrating our research on soil microbial communities at the KBS LTER in four areas:
Investigations of the availability of microbial resources (especially substrates) through continued studies on the pools and fluxes of soil organic matter; Examination of the scales at which carbon turns over in soils from the microaggregate (mm) to the landscape (km); Investigations of the diversity and structure of specific groups of soil microbes across the 11 different communities on the KBS LTER, with an initial emphasis on Basidiomycete fungi, a microbial group that is responsible for significant carbon turnover in soil; and Investigations of the linkage between plant diversity, disturbance, soil structure, microbial diversity, and key ecosystem functions such as primary productivity, nitrogen cycling, and nutrient retention in general.
Analytical Procedures Used for Microbial Ecology at KBS Microbial Biomass Microbial biomass is enumerated at KBS using the chloroform incubation technique calibrated with direct microscopy. Specific techniques are documented in Howarth et al. (1994, 1996) and Paul et al. (1998). Results are available on the KBS LTER web site.
Fungal Biomass and Fungal: Bacterial Ratios Ergosterol is a steroid found in most fungi, but absent in other microorganisms. We have found that the concentration of ergosterol in soils (Stahl and Parkin 1996) is directly related to the growth rate of fungi and provides an estimate of the fungal biomass in soil. Comparisons of fungal and bacterial ratios, and the size of bacterial biomass are also useful for documenting changes within soil microbial communities. Computerized fluorescence microscopy has greatly aided our ability to examine these characteristics.
Culturable Microorganisms During the establishment of our main cropping systems site a culture collection of bacteria was established to provide a benchmark collection. From over 1000 isolates a 100-isolate subset was selected for intensive study ("the KBS 100"). These isolates have been characterized using a variety of polyphasic taxonomic tools (see figure above) and are maintained as a long-term reference collection. Additional collections include lignin decomposing Basidiomycetes from the site (molecular techniques show that many have previously not been described; Thorn et al. 1996) as well as collections of denitrifiers (Cavigelli 1998) and nitrifiers (Bruns 1996).
Non-Culturable Microbes: Community-Level Signatures We have used a variety of phenotypic tools to characterize soil microbial community composition as related to ecological change (Klug and Tiedje 1993, Sinsabaugh et al. 1998). These include fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) and phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analyses (Peterson and Klug 1994, Haack et al. 1994, Cavigelli et al. 1995, Corlew-Newman and Klug 1998), as well as Biolog™ carbon utilization signatures. We are also using G+C analysis to examine the distributions of low G+C populations (e.g. Pseudomonas) vs. high G+C populations (e.g. Arthrobacter), and L-asparaginase activity to resolve differences in rhizosphere populations.
Population-Level Signatures: Gene Probes We have collaborated with the NSF Center for Microbial Ecology (CME) at MSU in the development and testing of several gene probes for assaying specific soil populations at KBS. Particularly successful has been the deployment of probes for 2,4-D metabolism (Holben et al. 1992, Ka et al. 1994a,b,c,d, 1995), and for nitrifying bacteria (Zhou et al. 1995, Bruns 1996, Bruns et al. 1998). We are beginning to design population-specific rRNA oligonucleotide probes to determine the contribution of these various fractions of rRNA to total prokaryotic community rRNA. The advantage of working with RNA is that it allows detection of the most active (highest ribosome content) populations, which are also probably the most dominant populations.
Population-Level Signatures: Phenotypic Techniques We have used lipid analysis (fatty acid markers) to track changes in fungal communities in different soils (Stahl and Klug 1996, 1998, Stahl et al. 1998), changes in mycorrhizal associations (Calderon 1997), and differences in denitrifier community composition (Cavigelli 1998). These techniques have been combined with techniques for culturable microbes and community-level signatures (above).
Bacterial Growth Rates Microbial biomass provides an estimate of the pool size of microorganisms, but not of biomass turnover. We have examined bacterial turnover dynamics using 3H, thymidine, and 14C-leucine incorporation kinetics (Harris 1994, Harris and Paul 1994).
Microbial Process Measurements Measurements of key microbial processes such as nitrification, carbon mineralization, and carbon and nitrogen gas fluxes are coupled to those of microbial and plant community structure to provide insight into the functional significance of microbial diversity at KBS. Processes examined include CH4 oxidation and N2O production (Robertson 1993, Paustian et al. 1995, Ambus and Robertson 1998a,b), carbon oxidation (Paul et al. 1994, 1998a,b, Paustian et al. 1995), denitrification (Cavigelli 1998), and nitrification (Bruns 1996, Knoke 1997).
Microbial Predators Nematodes are important fungal and bacterial consumers that can affect the distribution and abundance of microbial populations. We have examined changes in nematode groups among cropping system treatments (Freckman and Ettema 1993) as well as the distribution of various nematode trophic groups (Robertson and Freckman 1995). These studies, in combination with our data on biomass and biomass turnover measurements, provide evidence on the controls in the distribution of key microbial groups in soils. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Horwath, W.R., E.A. Paul, D. Harris, J. Norton, L. Jagger, and K.A. Horton. 1996. Defining a realistic control for the chloroform-fumigation incubation method using microscopic counting and 14C-substrates. Can. J. Soil Sci. 96:459-467.
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Microbial Observatories and Microbial Research at LTER Sites Gary Toranzos and Mathew Kane of NSF, John Vande Castle of LTER Network Office and the principal investigators of the LTER Microbial Observatories
Setting up a food-web manipulation experiment at Crystal Bog in Vilas County, WI (North Temperate Lakes LTER). The water is filtered through various size sieves to remove certain components of the microbial food web.The water is then incubated in containers in the lake to see what effect removal of organisms will have on the bacterial community. In this photo, initial samples of the microbial communities are taken for later comparison.
When the first six LTER sites in the LTER Network were funded in 1980, the idea of studying specific ecosystems at temporal and spatial scales was revolutionary. Currently all 24 LTER sites participate in this endeavor, and there is much interest from LTER networks forming in Latin America, Africa, Europe, Australia, and Asia to develop this work further, demonstrating the importance of multiple-scale science initiatives.
Among all existing organisms, prokaryotes are the most numerous and the most ubiquitous, but ironically, the least understood. Their roles in biological processes is virtually unknown. With this in mind, NSF initiated “The Microbial Observatories Program.” The guiding themes of the MO Program (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/ nsf02118/nsf02118.htm) are: the discovery of newly described or poorly understood microorganisms/consortia/communities from diverse habitats, but not simply their discovery—also the exploration of these organisms and their unique genomic, metabolic, ecological and/or evolutionary properties at a particular site or habitat.
In response to this initiative, LTER formed a Subcommittee on Microbial Ecology and drafted a tentative research agenda for LTER-associated MO projects in 1999 (See http://www.lternet.edu/microbial_ecology/). Three years later, it is encouraging to see that eight of the thirty NSF funded Microbial Observatories have been established at LTER sites. LTER sites are “user-friendly” for microbiologists, as data for any Microbial Observatory project can be coordinated with and compared to other data that gathered by LTER participants.
We now know that prokaryotes are the most abundant and ecologically and metabolically diverse forms of life on Earth. Genomic segments have been transferred across the broadest of phylogenetic boundaries, implying that close to its roots, the Tree of Life has more web-like than branch-like connections. The concern over bio-terrorism makes research in microbial ecology very timely. As more robust and sensitive methods are developed to scrutinize prokaryotic biota, we will be better able to understand microbial processes. In this manner within the realm of ecology, microbial processes will no longer be in a “black box.”
The National Science Foundation hosted a workshop for researchers of all the Microbial Observatories 22-24 Sept 2002. Results from the workshop and links to all the LTER Microbial Observatory Projects listed here can be found at: http://www.lternet.edu/microbial_ecology/
Salt Marsh Microbes and Microbial Processes: Sulfur and Nitrogen (Plum Island LTER) John Hobbie Microbial Observatory research at the Plum Island LTER site identifies prokaryotes in salt marsh sediments and plankton and determines their role in controlling major ecosystem processes. They have found that organic materials, probably of algal origin, dominate both sediment organic-carbon composition and bacterial carbon processing in the Spartina marsh. The diversity of ammonia oxidizing bacteria suggest that salinity is a primary factor in driving community structure, and possibly metabolic function, of these organisms in estuarine sediments. Annual patterns of sulfate reducing bacteria diversity in the rhizosphere show persistent populations throughout the growing season while greater variability was seen in unvegetated creek sediments. Mixing of marine and freshwater communities along the salinity gradients result in a third community unique to estuarine waters, which is related to the flushing time of the estuary and to the high productivity of phytoplankton blooms.
A Microbial Observatory for the Northern Temperate Lakes LTER Eric Triplett The research objective at North Temperate Lakes LTER is to characterize the diversity of freshwater microbial populations and their relationship to ecosystem processes in lakes that represent the major trophic types of temperate landscapes: oligotrophic (clear water, few nutrients), humic (brown water, rich in dissolved organic carbon), and eutrophic (nutrient rich, high biomass of algae and bacteria). Their reserach combines molecular methods for describing naturally occurring microbial communities with more traditional measures of microbial processes and microscopic assessments of algal and bacterial populations. During the ice-free period for two successive years, our data reveal that while bacterial community composition within a particular lake can exhibit rapid changes, the greatest variability in BCC was observed between lakes.
Justine Lyons, a Ph.D. student at the University of Georgia, retrieves samples at the Sapelo Island Microbial observatory for a project investigating interactions between bacterial and fungal decomposers. (Photo: Mary Ann Moran)
PVC pipe serve as artificial stems to anchor decaying plant material infiltrated with a single fungal species. (Photo: Mary Ann Moran)
Prokaryotic Diversity of a Salt Marsh/Estuarine Complex at the University of Georgia Marine Institute, Sapelo Island (Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER) Mary Ann Moran Our efforts focus on the composition and functioning of microbial communities in coastal salt marshes in the southeastern U.S. Research on decomposer communities has uncovered a diverse bacterial community that is physically associated with a low-diversity acomycete-dominated fungal community. These communities vary with season and decomposition stage, but show little spatial heterogeneity in the marsh ecosystem. Gene sequencing approaches to describing microbial communities have revealed considerable ‘microdiversity’ within salt marsh bacterial taxa; the ecological importance of this 16S rRNA microdiversity is not yet well understood, but may be a critical issue for linking microbial structure and function. Sequence data from these and other molecular ecology studies need to be integrated with ecological information about samples, collection conditions, and environmental characteristics. We have constructed a prototype web-accessible public database that links 16S rRNA gene sequences with associated environmental information (http://www.simo.marsci.uga.edu).
Diversity of Nitrogen-Cycling Microorganisms at the H.J. Andrews LTER David Myrold Investigators at the H.J. Andrews hope to determine links between vegetation types and microbial communities, to examine the spatial variability along meadow-to-forest transects, to correlate microbial community structure with nitrogen cycling processes, and identify key and potentially novel nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria. Findings indicate that nitrification potentials are consistent along meadow-to-forest transects and only changed significantly after crossing a boundary. Nitrification and denitrification potentials are more than ten-fold higher in the meadow than forest soil, consistent with past studies. Similar shifts are observed in microbial community composition.
Observing Patterns of Prokaryotic Diversity along Land use Gradients of the CAP Fred Rainey The Central Arizona-Phoenix Long Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER) site is investigating changes in bacterial diversity across land use gradients and the ubiquity of certain bacterial groups throughout the compact yet diverse environment. We have found a significant difference in the proportion organisms between urban and desert samples. Using culture-independent tools we have seen distinct shifts of bacterial diversity dependent on land use as well as the discovery of taxa that have the abilities to remain throughout the site.
Spatial Scales of Genetic and Phenotypic Diversity Among Streptomycetes in Native Soils (takes place at Cedar Creek LTER) Linda Kinkel The main objectives for this research is to spatially quantify genetic and phenotypic diversity among the antibiotic-producing microorganisms Streptomycetes. The research also looks at the effects of different plant species on microbial genetic diversity. We know that at CDR, genetically similar organisms tend to be tightly clustered in space and there is a very high diversity of antibiotic activities among Streptomycetes in at all spatial scales. Studies of the resulting antibiotic inhibition and resistance show the inhibition effects increase with soil depth and that organisms were better at inhibiting isolates originating from different locations than from the same location in soil, and the associations of Streptomycetes vary significantly with different plant species.
Microbial Biogeochemistry and Functional Diversity across the Forest-Tundra Ecotone in the Rocky Mountains (Niwot Ridge LTER) Steve Schmidt Microbial studies near Niwot Ridge focus on changes in microbial biogeochemistry and diversity associated with the transition from the snow covered winter period to summer growing season in alpine tundra and sub-alpine forests of the Rocky Mountains. The comprehensive seasonal approach has provides new insight into both microbial diversity and biogeochemical functioning in the highly seasonal environment. They have found a large temporal variation in microbial activity, with pronounced biogeochemical changes evident during snowmelt. The research in general implies that soil microbial communities are very dynamic at any given site.
A Cold Microbial Observatory: Collaborative Research in an Alaskan Boreal Forest Soil (Bonanza Creek LTER) Jo Handelsman A particular interest at Bonanza Creek is the role of microorganisms in the phosphorus cycle and the limitation of phosphorus on ecosystem productivity. The goals are to describe the diversity of the microbial life in the soil and discover mechanisms by which microbes in the soil extract phosphorus from the environment. Preliminary analyses suggest that there is potential for discovering novel bacterial groups and mechanisms of utilization of phosphorus.
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Posted by Dustoff101 on :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ya, I am pumped up on BUGS, but WOW....
The world wide 10 year market can easily hit Trillions of dollars..Thats right Trillions with a capital T!
When the Microbe industry takes off, you will wish you had a piece..
We are talking about a $.04 a share stock with BUGS...Anything could happen on the long haul, but personaly, I am willing to take the risk..
Posted by Rasica on :
SSWM & BUGS do they compliment or compete with each other?
On the surface it seems that SSWM is the spear head for this new technology....so why BUGS?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Rasica: SSWM & BUGS do they compliment or compete with each other?
On the surface it seems that SSWM is the spear head for this new technology....so why BUGS?
------------------------------------------------- Go to www.sec.gov type in stock symbol, compare, then make your decision..
Posted by Rasica on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101:
quote:Originally posted by Rasica: SSWM & BUGS do they compliment or compete with each other?
On the surface it seems that SSWM is the spear head for this new technology....so why BUGS?
------------------------------------------------- Go to www.sec.gov type in stock symbol, compare, then make your decision..
You make no sense Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Rasica:
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101:
quote:Originally posted by Rasica: SSWM & BUGS do they compliment or compete with each other?
On the surface it seems that SSWM is the spear head for this new technology....so why BUGS?
------------------------------------------------- Go to www.sec.gov type in stock symbol, compare, then make your decision..
You make no sense
------------------------------------------------- If you do not know how to read a SEC report you should have a professional do it for you..
It can be difficult to understand an SEC report, there is a lot of lawyer speak in them..
If you are going to invest or trade in the markets, a good deal of your time must be alocated to reading the sec filings.
If you trade without understanding them, well, your're a fool..
Posted by Rasica on :
Show me where to go exactly to get this SEC report.
But then again, all I wanted to know was the difference between SSWM & BUGS.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
www.sec.gov type in company name, stock symbol..This is the third time I've given you the site!
The full disclosure law is for you to use, Cramer even touched on it tonight..
Posted by Rasica on :
Actually Dustoff, this is only your second time and my asking a simple question for a third time.
Your response still makes no sense
So, please disregard my posts, eh?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Rasica: Actually Dustoff, this is only your second time and my asking a simple question for a third time.
Your response still makes no sense
So, please disregard my posts, eh?
------------------------------------------------- LOL, my friend you did not ask a simple question!
Your question was why buy Bugs instead of SSWM.
Your answer may be within the SEC report..
A fast simplistic anwser could hurt you financialy, thats why I want you to get used to using the SEC Filing..
Compare the two companies, find out everything you can..As you know I am biased towards BUGS..
BUT make your own decision, or maybe just watch the both of them, till ya get a better feel for how these companies are going to spark the imagination of market forces..
Best advice I can give ya? remember the stock market is an ART not just a science.
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
way to nice dustoff.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by imakmony2005: way to nice dustoff.
------------------------------------------------- I am trying out a new tactic on bashers.J/K hehe
It does amaze me that people don't use the SEC as the first place they go when doing DD on a stock..
Hey, we rich yet?
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
ITS COMING.....
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Miracle" Microbes Thrive at Earth's Extremes
John Roach for National Geographic News
September 17, 2004 For the past 30 years scientists have scoured the most inhospitable environments on Earth searching for life. Just about everywhere researchers look, they find it thriving in microscopic form.
These organisms, known as extremophiles, snuggle up to scalding hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean. They cling to ice in Antarctica. They burrow in the high deserts of Chile and wallow in salty lake beds of East Africa.
Scientists continue to search for—and find—extremophiles everywhere from volcanic cauldrons in Russia to alkaline waters in China's Inner Mongolia. In the process, researchers are also beginning to tease out the organisms' secrets to life.
"We know that we are only scratching the surface of what is out there. At the same time, many people are trying to decipher how these organisms function," said Kenneth Stedman, a biologist with the Center for Life in Extreme Environments at Portland State University in Oregon.
Earth's most extreme environments are thought to resemble those on distant planets. Discovering organisms that thrive in such conditions broadens our understanding of the limits to life on Earth. Organisms also provide clues on where to search for extraterrestrial life.
Learning how extremophiles thrive has led to a variety of innovations. Scientists have developed novel compounds for the development of new drugs and enzymes that make better laundry detergents, cleaner paper production, and hydrogen for fuel cells.
"Experimentally, we are coming of age," said Frank Robb, a molecular biologist at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute in Baltimore.
Robb is the chair of Extremophiles 2004: Fifth International Conference on Extremophiles, a five-day gathering in Cambridge, Maryland, that begins Sunday. He expects about 320 scientists from around the world to attend the meeting to discuss the latest advances in the field.
Conference
So what constitutes an extremophile? Other than the fact that all extremophiles are microbial, there is no common bond that defines an extremophile, according to Stedman, the Portland State University biologist and a conference co-chair. Rather, the differences that distinguish extremophiles from the more mundane mesophiles (organisms that live in "normal" climates and environmental conditions) are subtle.
By deciphering the genomes of extremophiles, scientists are now making their greatest advances in this field. For example, researchers have identified the subtle differences that allow the cell walls of certain microbes to hold up at temperatures above 212 degrees Fahrenheit (100 degrees Celsius).
Posted by Rasica on :
Originally posted by Rasica: SSWM & BUGS do they compliment or compete with each other?
On the surface it seems that SSWM is the spear head for this new technology....so why BUGS? =============================
Problem here <Dustoff> is I asked why and not instead off. Instead implies a personal investor's deductive reasoning based upon their bias either before or after. Why, connotates the manufacturer's insight into the market place as a need for production.
You have admitted to owning a bias and thats ok, but the rest of us posters here on these boards really do not appreciate being implied as fools as you called it, if we did not research an enforcement site.
See why I said your reply made no sense?
I own stocks in BUGS and I never resorted to going to the enforcement site of SEC. I simply wanted to hear the troubadours of BUGS and hear their enthusiams.
I am sorry that you have misread my post as it hardly called for a facetious reply as going to a government site and/or to be denegrated as a fool if we did not.
This is why I had asked you to ignore my posts on follow ups.
That said, good luck to you on your investment in BUGS and maybe next time we meet, may it be a nicer exchange.
[ October 04, 2005, 22:05: Message edited by: Rasica ]
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Rasica, I must admitt ya have one of dem dar senses of humors....
I za reallys gots to gets me one of them there degenerated, connocatated, facetious troubadours enthusiams!!!
Hell, maybe a whole bunch of um..
Can they eats dem pole-lutents?
Posted by mastermind555 on :
Here is a link to the powerpoint presentation on SSWM at the recent investment conference.
Hey Dust how the heck am I supposed to get back in the low 3's if you and Peaserman keep putting good DD out. Cut it out will ya crap I'm trying to get this stock back down and your screwing it up Im giving you the Razz Graemlin.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
BIOREMEDIATION to the rescue...
In American West, elbow room has vanished
By Blaine Harden
The Washington Post
SIGNAL HILL, Calif. — Sure, it looks like sprawl.
From atop this hill near the Port of Long Beach, greater Los Angeles splays out through the midsummer haze as a low-rise suburban muddle stitched together by freeways.
But take a closer look: What you knew about sprawl turns out to be wrong.
The urbanized area in and around Los Angeles has become the most densely populated place in the continental United States, according to the Census Bureau. Its density is 25 percent higher than that of New York, twice that of Washington, D.C., and four times that of Atlanta, as measured by residents per square mile of urban land.
And Los Angeles grows more crowded every year, adding residents faster than it adds land, while most metropolitan areas in the Northeast, Midwest and South march in the opposite direction. They are the sprawling ones, dense in the center but devouring land at their edges much faster than they add people.
Odd as it may seem, density is the rule, not an exception, in the wide-open spaces of the West. Salt Lake City is more tightly packed than Philadelphia. So is Las Vegas in comparison to Chicago, and Denver compared to Detroit. Ten of the country's 15 most densely populated metro areas are in the West, where residents move to newly developed land at triple the per-acre density of any other part of the country.
"If you want elbow room, move to Atlanta or Charlotte or the countrified suburbs of Washington," said Robert Lang, director of Virginia Tech's Metropolitan Institute in Alexandria. "You probably aren't going to get it in the West. There, if you and your neighbor lean out your windows, you can hold hands."
This demographic pattern is having profound effects on housing construction, commuting and the quality of urban life.
In upper-income quarters of metro Los Angeles, density can be an aesthetic kick. When wedded to smart design and careful planning, it is a high-energy stimulant for suburban ennui, luring high-end stores, protecting open space and paying for toll roads that reduce traffic. But in poorer parts of the region, especially where large immigrant families have settled, density is a just fancy word for severe overcrowding.
Ten municipalities in the nation average more than four people per household — and nine of them are in greater Los Angeles, according to the Census Bureau. In these mostly older neighborhoods of tract houses, density has a way of turning garages into illegal apartments, while strangling public schools, overwhelming parks and choking streets with cars. Problems born of overcrowding also have a way of being ignored by politicians, since many residents are illegal or poor or both — and do not vote.
Sprawl sputters to a halt
Open space in the West has always seemed endless. But deserts, mountains, huge tracts of federally owned land and a pervasive lack of water make much of the region unlivable. As such, it has remained the most rural part of the country in terms of land use while becoming the most densely urban in terms of where people live.
Sometime around the early 1980s, greater Los Angeles collided with these unforgiving restraints.
Still, newcomers kept pouring into the Los Angeles Basin, at a rate of about 2 million to 3 million a decade. They had to live somewhere, and many could not afford to settle in — or did not want to drive for hours to — suburbs way out in the desert or on the far side of the mountains.
So sprawl sputtered to an unplanned and unheralded halt. Los Angeles began "densifying dramatically," even at its fringe, according to an analysis of federal population numbers by the Brookings Institution's Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy.
From 1982 to 1997, as part of a uniquely L.A. phenomenon called "dense sprawl," an average of nine people occupied every acre of newly urbanized land in metropolitan Los Angeles, the Brookings study found. That is nine times the average in Nashville during those years, four times that of Atlanta and three times that of New York.
During these years, both the Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles areas gained population at a brisk 30 percent clip. But D.C.'s growth gobbled up rural land at about twice the pace of Los Angeles', the Brookings study found. As a result, D.C. had a 12 percent decline in overall density, compared with a 3 percent gain in Los Angeles.
Illusion of space
To understand how cheek-by-jowl Western living can seem both gracious and roomy, it is instructive to look in on Susan DeSantis. She lives in a three-bedroom town house perched on a ridge of the San Joaquin Hills near the Pacific.
The home shares walls on two sides with neighbors. Yet from its soaring living room, neighbors seem not to exist, hidden behind landscaping that is tended daily by gardeners. From large windows and from the patio, the eye is drawn to the sky, the distant hills and Newport Bay.
"There is light and there is openness," said DeSantis, 55, a consultant in urban planning and a former director of housing for the state of California. "With housing in pods like this, you can get angles for views and privacy. It is the density that allows these design features. I can see my neighbors, if they are out on their patio, but it is very rare."
DeSantis lives in Newport Coast, a gated, master-planned development in Orange County, the nation's most densely populated suburban county. Most of the housing in Newport Coast has been built at a density of about seven units per acre. That leaves nearly 80 percent of the development's 9,493 acres as open space — covered by chaparral, threaded with footpaths and overlooking the sea.
The master plan controls life in Newport Coast with a fussy rigor. It bans mortuaries, union halls and sanitariums for the mentally ill. It permits gazebos, tennis courts and therapy baths. An "opaque screen" must shield all parked cars from arterial highways. "All landscaping shall be maintained in a neat, clean and healthy condition," by order of the master plan.
What it lacks in flexibility, Newport Coast makes up for in convenience. A six-lane road feeds cars in and out of the development so efficiently, DeSantis said, that in the past nine years she has never seen it clogged with traffic. The road connects to a nearby toll highway, part of a regional system of toll roads that cushions many Orange County commuters from the traffic congestion that torments much of the region.
By car, DeSantis is five minutes from the ocean, 10 minutes from high-end shopping and 15 minutes from John Wayne Airport. She can also take commuter rail — a station is about 15 minutes away — to downtown Los Angeles or San Diego. Distances here are measured by time in a car. DeSantis said she has never once walked to a local grocery store, although the nearest one is 10 minutes away on foot.
Newport Coast is the final oceanfront piece in the largest private master-planned development in the United States. Begun in the early 1960s by the Irvine Co., it is eight times the size of Manhattan and covers a fifth of Orange County.
"The Irvine Company persuaded a fairly conservative, mostly Republican market to buy a lot of attached housing by creating a product that was predictable and well-built," said Ann Forsyth, a professor of urban design at the University of Minnesota and author of "Reforming Suburbia," a study of large planned communities. "But none of it is cheap."
Indeed, housing across Orange County is among the most unaffordable in the country. Just one out of 10 households earns the $165,000 a year needed to buy a median-priced house, which cost $702,000 in June, according to the California Association of Realtors. DeSantis bought her town house for $385,000 in 1996. Since then, she says, it has at least doubled in value. If she were buying now, she said, she could not afford Newport Coast.
Infill pioneers
Land for new development in the Los Angeles area is all but unavailable — at any price. Builders, though, have found a way to squeeze new housing into the old urban footprint. It is called "infill" and is widely viewed as the final frontier of home development in Southern California and across the urban West.
Emerson and Darci Fersch, along with their 18-month-old son, Ethan, are infill pioneers. Three years ago, they bought a townhouse on Signal Hill, a hump of once-scruffy industrial land encircled by the city of Long Beach and adjacent to the San Diego Freeway.
It has been dotted with wells ever since oil was discovered on Signal Hill in the 1920s. For much of that time, it has also been known as a dumping ground for machinery and unwanted pets.
"We thought: Wow, we don't want to live there," said Darci Fersch, 44, a legal assistant, recalling her reaction when she heard that middle-class housing was supplanting rubbish on Signal Hill.
But with a child on the way, she and her husband needed more space than they could afford in their beachfront neighborhood in Long Beach. They drove up the hill to take a look and were astonished. "Every last possible spot where someone could possibly stick a house was being improved on," said Emerson Fersch, 41, a financial planner.
Builders such as Bob Comstock, who builds only infill housing, had been busy using BIOREMEDIATION to extract toxic chemicals from soil, outfitting houses with passive in-wall venting for clearing methane and working with an oil company so that new wells and new luxury homes could coexist as next-door neighbors.
"Until we got about halfway through the first phase of construction, the perception was that it was still a dump," said Comstock, whose company is the largest builder on the hill. "But after we started selling, we found that we could sell pretty much every unit in less than two weeks."
Signal Hill offers a rare breed of housing in Los Angeles County — infill with a view. Prices have risen accordingly.
The Fersch family bought their three-bedroom townhouse in 2002 for $385,000. They traded up this spring, selling the townhouse for $680,000 and paying $920,000 for a four-bedroom single-family house perched near the top of the hill.
Poor double up
There is another kind of infill. It occurs — without planning, rubbish removal or construction — when poor people pack into old houses and apartments. This is the single most important reason Los Angeles has become the nation's densest urban area, experts say.
Maria Sanchez is an expert on this kind of housing. She is one of nine members of an immigrant family from Guadalajara, Mexico, that lives in a two-bedroom apartment in Maywood, a one-square-mile patch of southeast Los Angeles County that is the densest city in California and probably the densest city in the West.
This summer, in one of the apartment's bedrooms, Sanchez, 42, is sharing a double bed with her mother and her father, both of them in their late 60s.
Her daughter, Yesenia, 19, sleeps in the second bedroom, along with her boyfriend, Raul, and their 2-year-old son, Raul Jr. In the living room, Sanchez' two sons, Efrain, 28, and Juan, 8, share a sofa bed with one of Sanchez' brothers.
"There is a lot more room for the kids to play back home in Guadalajara, but there is no work," Sanchez said. "We are better off here. We have enough to eat."
Efrain is the family's breadwinner. He makes about $90 a day deboning chickens in a processing plant within walking distance of the apartment.
By Maywood standards, there is nothing exceptional about the Sanchez family's living situation.
The city's white working-class population fled Maywood in the early 1980s and was replaced by Latino immigrants, most of them Mexicans from poor areas. Maywood's sewers, water lines, streets, schools and housing were built in the 1930s to serve a population of about 10,000. There are now at least 30,000 residents.
"It is futile to try to enforce laws against overcrowding," said David Mango, city director of building and planning. "When we go to a house and see six adults living in one room, they say, 'We are just visiting.' "
Squeezed out
The regionwide momentum toward density that has jazzed up life in Newport Coast and transformed Signal Hill from industrial dump to real-estate gold mine is also putting pressure on the Sanchez family.
Maria Sanchez learned a couple of weeks ago that her rent would increase in September, from $650 to $950 a month. She said that that is too much for her family and that she will soon start looking for another place to live.
Since there are no vacant apartments in Maywood that her family can afford, they will probably have to find another immigrant family and double up.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
US Financial Network: CEO of Sub Surface Waste Management provide significant progress report and update at SmallCapVoice.com
Austin, TX, Oct 05, 2005 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB SSWM) announced that the Company's CEO, Bruce Beattie is featured in an interview by SmallCapVoice.com. The interview covers all of the latest news for SSWM and features management's personal insights into the company's recently released financial figures and progress in Mexico The Web cast is available online at http://www.smallcapvoice.com/sswm/index.html The Mexico operations, under the guidance of Sub-Surface Waste Management continued to generate record-breaking revenues each quarter this fiscal year (up 82% in first 3 months, 129% in six months, and 334% in nine months compared to prior year).
About Sub-Surface Waste Management Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS - news) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT, a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect," or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the Company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the Company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the Company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
CONTACT: Alan Kau, Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware Inc Tel: +1 888 795 3166 WWW: http://www.bugsatwork.com
M2 Communications Ltd disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to info*m2.com
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Hey Dust how the heck am I supposed to get back in the low 3's if you and Peaserman keep putting good DD out. Cut it out will ya crap I'm trying to get this stock back down and your screwing it up Im giving you the Razz Graemlin.
Hope your having great morning
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Posted by Peaser01 on :
The bashers aren't messing around. Or are they? This next read is hillarious:
Good morning, I think once we get news on Mexico contracts we will have more posters on this board, for now they are scattered on other boards. I liked the ceo interview and these facts.
The Mexico operations, under the guidance of Sub-Surface Waste Management continued to generate record-breaking revenues each quarter this fiscal year (up 82% in first 3 months, 129% in six months, and 334% in nine months compared to prior year).
SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT, a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
In the interview his last words were more good news coming soon.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Shouldn't be long before we get that PR that everyone is waiting for.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Good morning
Im trying to figure out how to get back in with out sending it through the roof Ha! I was hopeing it would drop to the .035 range and I could load up somewhere around there but it seems that .38 is pretty solid.
Posted by maumee river rat on :
I don't think you will see it much below .36 there Denski...
Hey Peaser!!!
Love your optimisum buddy...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
During the dips on the chart, the lows keep getting higher. It's safe to say that we BUGS investors know that the sky is the limit, and all are holding tight knowing full well that blue sky's are ahead IMHO.
We're really close to, if not at the low right now I believe.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I agree Im just wondering if I should start at .0385 and pick up the 57200 or is that going ot send me over .04
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
see I dont see what they have to think about I just placed an order for the ask and they sit thinking how can we screw this guy into paying more don't you love your local MM
Posted by Peaser01 on :
LOL
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
well I got the chunk but just like i said there trying to send it up which i guess is good for you peaserman. Just trying to help your porfolio out how high would you like it Posted by Peaser01 on :
Once ARCA gets his shares all bought up, the sky is the limit.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
GaeaCare to Focus Efforts on the Three New Disaster Recovery Centers GaeaCare Syndicate Partners Inc., 90% owned by Winsted Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: WHLI), is pleased to announce that it is sharply focusing its Hurricanes Katrina and Rita efforts through the 3 new Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) that were opened October 2, 2005 by The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (OHSEP). The 3 new DRCs are St. Tammany Parish, Vermilion Parish and Point Coupee Parish.
"These 3 new DRCs brings the total of DRCs to 27," stated Winsted CEO Mark Ellis. "Since we are not a huge company, we must sharply focus our efforts where we can do the most good. The older DRCs are flooded with many companies trying to help with the recovery-cleanup-rebuild process. Rather than going head to head with incumbent companies and fighting the fierce competition, our strategy is to go to these new DRCs where the crowd is still relatively thin by comparison."
"On a broader scope, we are also seeking registration with the SouthWest Emergency Response Network (www.SWERN.gov). The SWERN is the central repository for NERR (National Emergency Resource Registry), which itself is an electronic repository for resources that may aide incident management agencies in the recovery effort. By registering with the SWERN and sharply focusing on the 3 new DRCs, we should be able to maximize our expertise while leveraging our existing vendor connections," Ellis concluded.
About GaeaCare Syndicate Partners, Inc.
GaeaCare Syndicate Partners, Inc., 90% owned by Winsted Holdings Inc. (OTC BB: WHLI), is a proactive environmental products and services corporation that intends to become a leading environmental cleanup, emergency response, and environmental remediation company by the use of new computer systems technology, sensor technology, communications technology, systems concepts and microbial environmental cleanup treatment to serve the Homeland Security and environmental industries. Sub-Surface Waste Management, Inc. (OTC BB: SSWM), a U.S. Microbics company (OTC BB: BUGS), is a 10% equity holder. For more information on GaeaCare visit http://www.ags-gaeacare.com/.
Source: Market Wire (October 4, 2005 - 8:45 AM EDT)
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
He's thinking Im going to chase him and Im not he'll have to come down to meet me. a little ticked off at myself I almost jumped in on upda yesterday at .39 and today its at .48 with a high of .50 would have been a nice trade I was torn between reentering the bugs or playing that one now Im going to try to reenter here we will see how it goes
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Winsted BDC Side to Focus on Rebuilding Businesses While GaeaCare Focuses on Cleanup Projects Winsted Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: WHLI), a Business Development Company (BDC), is pleased to announce that it is focusing on its Hurricanes Katrina and Rita efforts on assisting small to mid-sized companies on rebuilding their businesses. This will be done through the Louisiana Economic Development (http://www.lded.state.la.us/), which has been designated by Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco as the official economic development agency to connect Louisiana businesses with the resources they need and to foster growth across all industries.
"GaeaCare Syndicate Partners will go after the cleanup-treatment projects worth millions of dollars in revenue for the company and the BDC staffers will go after rebuilding businesses with capital and possibly jobs," stated Winsted Holdings CEO Mark Ellis. "Five weeks after Hurricane Katrina emptied New Orleans of its 470,000 people, the city remains a deserted shell. Even as Governor Blanco, Mayor Nagin and the New Orleans City Council are assembling blue-ribbon commissions to devise a strategy for rebuilding the storm-ravaged city, businesses that have the resources to reopen are thinking of either downsizing or reinventing their business models in light of the changed business landscape."
"Rebuilding or reinventing a business is something we are very good at. Just look at what we have done for Nu Image MedSpa's Charlotte Laser Center and BareSkin. They both have been breaking sales records ever since we took over the stewardship. Our own wide-ranging internal expertise coupled with our ability to tap outside resources, as a BDC (Business Development Company), is exactly what some of the businesses in New Orleans need right now. We are at the right place at the right time," Ellis concluded.
About GaeaCare Syndicate Partners, Inc.
GaeaCare Syndicate Partners, Inc., 90% owned by Winsted Holdings Inc. (OTC BB: WHLI), is a proactive environmental products and services corporation that intends to become a leading environmental cleanup, emergency response, and environmental remediation company by the use of new computer systems technology, sensor technology, communications technology, systems concepts and microbial environmental cleanup treatment to serve the Homeland Security and environmental industries. Sub-Surface Waste Management, Inc. (OTC BB: SSWM), a U.S. Microbics company (OTC BB: BUGS), is a 10% equity holder. For more information on GaeaCare visit http://www.ags-gaeacare.com/.About Winsted Holdings, Inc.
Source: Market Wire (October 6, 2005 - 8:45 AM EDT)
News by QuoteMedia
Posted by Peaser01 on :
LOL, the one behind ARCA got scared that all his shares were going to get bought at .039 I believe. He moved his order up to .04 where it's safe.
[ October 06, 2005, 11:41: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
hurray I got another 500 shares since I looked at this Come on dont you guys want to give me your shars Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Man the shares are going off Im just not getting any peaser are you buying again you always get yours before me so will you hurry up so I can get mine Posted by Dustoff101 on :
geezzz, I can't buy didily squat! Somebody SELL!!!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I wish, I've only got $50 of undesignated funds in my account. Not enough cash to do anything with, unless I can find a quick doubler, then I can invest more in BUGS for the run that I believe is coming.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: geezzz, I can't buy didily squat! Somebody SELL!!!
---------------------------------------------- Howd ya get in front of me? peaser
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I'm just glad that I got all filled at .032 last week! LOL Good luck fellas.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101:
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: geezzz, I can't buy didily squat! Somebody SELL!!!
---------------------------------------------- Howd ya get in front of me? peaser
LOL, I see we posted at the same time there D.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Dust thats you trying to out bid me Im coming at ya rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
geezzzzzzz this is getting ridiculas! I can't buy nutin..
DENSKIJR, give it up man, and let me in!
I flipped some, and now? well, ahemmm, whoops!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
LOL. Should've taken your(our) own advise, huh? Posted by Peaser01 on :
ARCA won't be safe at .04 soon. He'll have to move up to .041 if the buying keeps up. It's obvious that he is trying to bait pepole into selling. LOL Better luck next year ARCA!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I second the motion on the "I flipped some, and now? well, ahemmm, whoops" portion. now Im just trying to get back in with out it costing me money Posted by Peaser01 on :
Get filled Denski? Are you chasing it? Must be a rumour out there!!
GOT BUGS?
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Well I don't think I'm going to get as many as I'd like unless I send it through the roof my average sale to get out was .0414 and I've picked up a good amount at .04 I think Im going to pull the rest of my order that Dust is just to tuff for me
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Well I don't think I'm going to get as many as I'd like unless I send it through the roof my average sale to get out was .0414 and I've picked up a good amount at .04 I think Im going to pull the rest of my order that Dust is just to tuff for me
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Sorry for the Double post. I got about half of what I wanted but seems to be a good buy again. I just have to run with what I have It's probably nothing compared to what your holding but Its still a nice chunk
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Looks like the fun is on RB today. The bashers on BUGS there are getting roasted. LOL
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Ya i just read the rb board what a bunch of knuckle heads Ya I hoped it would pull back to the 3's as well it just doesn't look like it's going to get back there especially when you trying to buy what the block that Im trying to get that's why Im going to wait and see what happens but if I miss it I still have a big chunk of what I wanted so either way Im good just not as good as I would have been if I just held them all.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Dust did you get what you wanted or did you not chase it?????
Posted by Peaser01 on :
FEMA Chief Says Contracts for Katrina Recovery Efforts Will Be Rebid to Prevent Waste, Abuse
Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency Director David Paulison testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005. The committee is studying disaster relief and response efforts following Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook) 10-06-2005 11:46 AM By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON -- Millions of dollars in federal contracts for Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts that were handed out with little or no competition will be rebid to prevent any waste or abuse, FEMA chief R. David Paulison said Thursday.
"I've been a public servant for a long time, and I've never been a fan of no-bid contracts," Paulison told a Senate panel investigating the Federal Emergency Management Agency's response to the hurricane. "Sometimes you have to do them because of the expediency of getting things done. And I can assure that you we are going to look at all of those contracts very carefully."
"All of those no-bid contracts, we are going to go back and rebid," he said of pacts that were worth millions of dollars.
Paulison said after the hearing that he did not have a total figure for no-bid contracts that have been given, but said they include four agreements for $100 million each for housing and construction services awarded immediately after the storm hit. The government has been accused of overpaying for some contracts that were awarded with unusual haste in an effort to speed assistance to Katrina's victims.
In the weeks after the storm, more than 80 percent of at least $1.5 billion in FEMA contracts were awarded with little or no competition, or had open-ended or vague terms that previous audits have cited as being highly prone to abuse.
Inspector General Richard Skinner of the Department of Homeland Security told a House subcommittee that 90 percent of the contracts awarded for debris removal in Mississippi were not put out for competitive bids. He said the Army Corps of Engineers had four pre-existing contracts for debris removal, but those four could not handle the overwhelming devastation of the storm.
He said reviewing those no-bid contracts is "high on our priority list."
Skinner also said that investigators are not seeing the kinds of problems in Louisiana and Mississippi that FEMA was criticized for in responding to hurricanes that hit Florida last year, particularly providing aid to individuals in counties that had little or no damage.
Sen. Joe Lieberman, the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, questioned whether FEMA should look at having contracts for services _ including housing and supplies _ already in place before a disaster strikes.
"It sure looks with hindsight that FEMA would have been in a much better position if it had had a lot of contracts in place that had been bid that were standby contracts to provide exactly the kind of services that FEMA rushed in to provide on a no-bid basis _ and which we fear the taxpayers may have ended up paying more money for than they should have," said Lieberman, D-Conn.
"Hopefully we can put things in place for the future where we won't have to depend on no-bid contracts for future use," Paulison said.
The FEMA chief was one of a bevy of Bush administration officials appearing before a half-dozen hearings to update Congress about the government's long- and short-term concerns in Katrina's aftermath. Housing assistance is a top priority as the administration grapples with finding homes for evacuated victims,
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, noted that hundreds of thousands of hurricane victims remain in hotel rooms and emergency shelters _ despite more than $2 billion already spent by FEMA for 120,000 temporary trailers and mobile homes. Only 109 Louisiana families have been put in those homes, while tens of thousands of state residents remain in shelters, she said.
"More than a month after Katrina's landfall, frustration, concerns and questions about FEMA's responsiveness and planning persist as Gulf Coast residents work to put their lives and communities back together," said Collins, who chaired the Senate hearing.
FEMA estimates that just over 68,200 refugees remain in shelters, down from a high of 300,000 after Katrina hit Aug. 29 and Hurricane Rita's Sept. 17 arrival.
Last month, FEMA launched a $2 billion program to pay three months of upfront rental costs for homeowners or renters whose residences were destroyed by Katrina. Eligible victims can receive $2,358 per family to rent anywhere in the country, and could continue to get assistance for up to 18 months as FEMA works with state and local authorities to rebuild the devastated communities.
So far, FEMA has spent $1.3 billion to help Katrina victims find homes, and 600,000 have registered for the rental program.
But victims still in shelters face an Oct. 15 deadline, set by President Bush, to find more stable housing _ including apartments, trailers and in some cases, hotels. Meanwhile, FEMA is weighing whether to extend a program that reimburses the American Red Cross for the cost of hotel rooms for victims.
That program is set to expire Oct. 24. The Red Cross has spent $112 million on hotel rooms for 464,560 people since Sept. 3, said spokeswoman Carrie Martin.
In another development, Treasury Secretary John Snow, describing the administration's plans to use tax incentives to rebuild the Gulf Coast economy, told senators the department opposes any proposal to have the credit of the federal government extended to state and local bonds.
"That would be a serious mistake," he said.
The leaders of the Senate Finance Committee told Snow to carry a message back to the White House that they're frustrated with the administration for fighting their effort to expand Medicaid health benefits for hurricane victims.
"Unfortunately, the White House is working against me behind the scenes, and I resent that considering how I've delivered for the White House so much over the last five years," said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa.
"It's six weeks now. Where is the administration?" asked Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the panel's top Democrat. "It is slow-walking, it is opposing, it is obfuscating, it is delaying."
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by DENSKIJR: Dust did you get what you wanted or did you not chase it?????
------------------------------------------------- I'm over on a differant board, thats where all the action is..
Hey man, I can't get filled at .037 so I had to change it upwards..
My core position is intact... I just got cought fooling around with some extra shares I tried to flip!
That always seems to happen, when I don't take my own best advice..
Posted by Peaser01 on :
http://www.american bulls.com/StockPage.asp?CompanyTicker=BUGS&MarketTicker=OTC&TYP=S
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Posts From another board:
1)I believe BUGS
is now in the beginning of its best chance for revenue growth since I've owned the stock{about 2 years}. I've averaged down from .19 to .037. Bought lots in the low 2's. Brehm talks a good game and as of yet, his results do not match his promises. Bio-remediation is the fastest growing segment of the environmental clean-up field. If we find an area, like Mexico, that sees we can clean up its oil problems, streams,etc. at greatly reduced prices then we have gotten over our first hurdle. A large problem and a country that is excited about the results. I also like the business plan. We provide the engineering and technology and they provide the labor to get the job done, while we supervise. The application for our bugs is endless.
I am not a day trader, and am not interested in a 10 or 20 cent increase in share price. I've noticed somebody was hoping for .25 so they could get out, I feel a .25 is just the beginning. Brehm said it may be possible to be profitable in a year. I am planning staying in at least 2 more years and see what BUGS looks like at that time. I probably will sell 50000 at .75 if we reach that amount to get my original investment back. The rest I will ride out until the end of '07. I definitely will not be selling at .10 or .15 or .20, I expect that soon.
2)(in regards to owning SSWM shares)I've always preferred
owning the parent instead of the child especially in these young companys. I know BUGS has been around forever, but I see now as the real beginning. I believe BUGS has 5 wholly-owned subsidiaries and 3 majority owned subs. As the company grows many of these subs will be profitable in their own right. I believe SSWM will be the most profitable, but doesn't 85% roll up to BUGS? I don't remember BUGS ownership percentage. BUGS share price growth may be slower than SSWM because at first BUGS will have expenses from the non-profitable subsidiaries. As the company grows, the subs grow and the income is rolled to the parent. I do not own any SSWM. Good Luck All!
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
well put.
Posted by letsmakemoney98 on :
Nice post peaser..I may not agree with everything you said but well put
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Thanks lmm98, I didn't write the original, but thought it was good enough to bring over here. It looks like a slow holding day today for us. Might see a little activity later this afternoon. If a contract PR comes out, we'll see a lot of activity.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Looks like .039 is bottom today. Support building.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Hey Peaserman,
good morning I'm glad I got in yesterday It doesn't seem like it's going to drop much but if it does I'll fill the rest of my order. Posted by Peaser01 on :
Good luck Denski. I'm pulling for you. The chart looks good in the aspect that the lows on the dips keep getting higher.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Just woke up and pryed the keyboard off my face.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Well It looks like I was early yesterday should have had more patience I know better not to buy on a news day looks like its headed back to the .036 range I will try and refill somewhere around there hopefully we will see
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Katrina's Environmental Legacy
By Katharine Mieszkowski and Mark Benjamin in Meraux, Louisiana
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is failing to protect the Gulf Coast's homebound citizens from Katrina's poisons.
REUTERS A woman removes crucifixes from the wall of a home in New Orleans destroyed by Katrina. "On behalf of Mayor C. Ray Nagin and the city of New Orleans, welcome home!" the mayor announced Sept. 25 in a public statement. "You are entering the city of New Orleans at your own risk. Standing water and soil may be seriously contaminated; avoid contact." Limit your exposure, the mayor continued, "to airborne mold and wear gloves, masks and other protective materials to protect yourself. You must supply your own protective equipment."
"I'll give you 10 bucks for your boots," says Donna Harney, a fourth-grade teacher, to a reporter wearing knee-high black waders. Harney is standing on the oil-caked driveway of her best friend's house on Jacob Drive in Meraux, just southeast of New Orleans. A headache-inducing stench fills the air. A faint waterline rings the house, just inches below the top of the front doors. A chocolate-brown line covers the bottom quarter of the house. That's the oil line.
It forms a bathtub ring around a row of 20 or so modest brick houses that stretch up and down the street. Most look salvageable from the outside, but that illusion is dispelled the moment you step inside. Behind every front door is a toxic junkyard, where the remains of each family's possessions, rearranged by floodwaters into garbled piles -- and infested by weeks of mold and rot -- are coated in a putrid mud, thick with crude.
"Oil is everywhere," says Harney with disgust. "It's encrusted on the vehicles. It's on the houses." It's also on Harney's blue-and-white sneakers. She says that every store within 100 miles is sold out of rubber boots. Driving to Meraux, Harney says, "I cried on my way in, I'm not ashamed to say."
An umbrella of environmental laws, including the Superfund law, gives the Environmental Protection Agency considerable authority -- and in some cases the responsibility -- to ensure messes get cleaned up right. And the mess in southern Louisiana, as EPA administrator Stephen L. Johnson himself admits, is "the largest natural disaster we've faced."
Salon.com This article has been provided by Salon.com as part of a special agreement with SPIEGEL INTERNATIONAL. In return, our colleagues in San Francisco will publish selected articles from Der Spiegel on their Web site at: www.salon.com But Louisiana environmentalists, who for decades have battled oil companies and government agencies to improve the human and natural health of their polluted state, say EPA's tests are insufficient and its health warnings inadequate. "They read like 'Hints From Heloise,'" says Rick Hind, legislative director of the Greenpeace Toxics Campaign. National critics stress that EPA failed to comprehend the pollution that arose after the fall of the Twin Towers on 9/11 and may be repeating the same mistakes in the Gulf Coast.
"That entire area has to be cleaned up before people move back in," says Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y. "You could have tens of thousands of people getting seriously ill."
To describe the EPA's response to Katrina, "the two adjectives I would use are 'understaffed' and 'overwhelmed,'" says Oliver Houck, who runs the environment program at the Tulane University Law School. In past years, Houck says, federal and state agencies have been "primordial" in their failure to monitor pollution released from industrial facilities along "Cancer Alley," the swath of the Mississippi River that winds from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, dotted with 136 petrochemical plants and six refineries, all belching dense airborne toxins.
The oil spill in Meraux spouted from Murphy Oil Corp. Located in the working-class St. Bernard Parish, it's bordered by a farm of giant white circular tanks, where oil is stored for processing. During Katrina, one of the tanks ruptured, dumping raw crude into floodwaters, sewers and swimming pools. Murphy Oil says the spill is between 10,000 and 20,000 barrels. The U.S. Coast Guard puts it at 19,500 barrels, or 800,000 gallons. Today the oil and mud have dried and formed a cracked black layer of frosting on lawns and driveways.
Katrina caused at least 40 oil spills from Gulf Coast refineries and storage tanks, dumping more than 8 million gallons of crude into southern Louisiana towns, wetlands and shorelines. The Murphy spill is not the biggest. That honor goes to the one in Plaquemines Parish, where 3.7 million gallons of crude leaked from tanks.
The Exxon Valdez polluted Alaska's Prince William Sound with 11 million gallons of oil. But mopping up crude in the variegated Louisiana landscape will be far more difficult than it was in Alaska, where the oil was confined to one place. To date, according to the Coast Guard, 70,000 barrels of oil have dispersed into marshes and evaporated, while 55,000 barrels remain to be cleaned up. The fate of 2,000 underground tanks of petroleum products remains unknown.
Oil is not the only toxin that saturates Louisiana and threatens the health of residents returning to New Orleans and adjacent parishes. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality reports that muck covering the area is contaminated with human waste and bacteria, including E.coli, a fecal bacterium. It estimates that between 1,000 and 5,000 railroad cars have been damaged by Katrina, including some carrying chlorine or sulfuric acid. The EPA says water may be polluted by arsenic and lead from paint and the batteries of 350,000 submerged cars. Shattered homes and businesses are contaminated with asbestos and mold.
Currently, with the EPA at the helm, state and local crews are trolling Louisiana's streets and waterways in trucks and boats, conducting water, soil and air tests. The EPA is posting the results on its Web site, accompanied by guidelines for returning citizens. It advises them to wear gloves, goggles and respiratory protection. It tells them to open windows to avoid explosive gases and possible carbon monoxide poisoning. Remove and discard wet material that may have mold or bacteria, it says, and avoid mixing household cleaners that can produce toxic fumes.
But environmentalists and EPA staffers say that environmental agencies are not conducting adequate and comprehensive tests, meaning that people are returning to the Gulf Coast without sufficient information about health hazards. Ultimately, the decision to allow people to return to the Gulf Coast resides with state and local authorities like Mayor Nagin. On its Web site, the EPA defines its role as merely helping decision makers make an informed decision. EPA deputy administrator Marcus Peacock told a House panel Sept. 29 that the EPA was responsible for "preventing, minimizing or mitigating threats to public health, welfare, or the environment."
But critics say the agency should be more active in preventing people from returning to the Gulf Coast. "The EPA has not done a thorough assessment of the contamination of [St. Bernard] parish or any other parishes that have been contaminated," says Hugh Kaufman, an EPA senior policy analyst at the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. On Sept. 12, EPA Science Advisory Board member Richard Gilbert stated that the EPA's current plan of sampling 24 affected areas was "very limited in scope" and didn't address the full spectrum of contamination throughout the area. "I expect that questions will be asked about whether the data are applicable to non-sampled flooded parts of Louisiana that are close to chemical plants or other potential sources of pollution," he said.
Appearing Sept. 29 before a House subcommittee on the environment, Erik D. Olson, a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said it was the EPA's moral and legal obligation to warn and protect the nation's citizens. Yet based on NRDC's research in the Gulf Coast, he said, he was concerned that EPA was both delaying its test results and doing a poor job of communicating the results to people who didn't have Internet access. "Unfortunately, EPA apparently has decided to 'punt' to local authorities the responsibility to protect citizens' health in the wake of the massive Katrina-related oil and hazardous chemical releases," he said.
Long-term risks from the pollutants now being found in and around New Orleans include cancer, birth defects, spontaneous abortions and asthma. The EPA has also underplayed the threat of mold. Health experts say trillions of mold spores, exacerbated by the late summer heat, could sicken a large population of children, people with asthma, older residents, and people with weakened immune systems, the New York Times reports.
Houck says some illnesses might not show up for years or may never be identified by health authorities. Katrina wiped out many impoverished communities in southern Louisiana, and often indigent people cannot afford to go to doctors. "They are going to get sick and they are not going to know why," Houck says.
Despite the destruction and health dangers, the EPA has not taken measures to prevent people from returning to southern Louisiana. And Nagin seems intent on bringing people back fast. "There is a huge tension between redevelopment as soon as possible and cleanup as well as possible," Houck says. Jean Kelly, a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, says the agency would like to proceed with more caution, but allowing people to return to their homes "is not really our decision. We can advise the mayor, but it is his decision whether or not he wants to bring people back in. That is not something we have control over."
The EPA is sending mixed messages. It recently issued a press release stating that levels of benzene, a known carcinogen, are "slightly elevated" around Murphy's Oil USA. But the actual test results, buried in fine print, reveal that benzene levels are 45 times higher than the state standard. Some of the EPA data has confused Nagin himself. At a Sept. 19 press conference, Nagin said an EPA report to him on the danger of returning to some neighborhoods was confusing. "We also looked at the [EPA] report as it relates to flooded areas," Nagin said. "And it was a very clever attorney who wrote the report. So it basically bounced on both sides of the issue and didn't really tell you much."
While the mayor may be prematurely opening the gates to New Orleans to get business humming again, people are driving past the grime and gunk -- and health warnings -- for the simple reason that they want to see their homes again and save what they can. "In America, your home is your castle, and now it's a contaminated castle," says Darryl Malek-Wiley, Louisiana environmental justice organizer for the Sierra Club. "People deal with that in all sorts of different ways. Some go into denial." And some, like Harney, who uses roofing tiles that have flown off her friend's house as steppingstones across the sludge on the driveway, go into shock.
Harney looks disgusted as she steps through the front door. The duplex is rented by Edie Labarriere, a single mother and Harney's best friend, who lived here with her two sons, ages 12 and 9, before Katrina. Since the hurricane, the family has been living with Harney at her house in Harahan, La. Just now, the Labarrieres are on their way here to salvage what's left of their things.
From the outside, the duplex doesn't look too bad. A yellow X is spraypainted on each of the two front windows, indicating that it's been checked out by search-and-rescue. The number 0 on both X's indicate that no one's been found, dead or alive.
Inside, three wooden kitchen chairs are lodged at crazy angles. They are stuck in a tar pit of thick, black, rancid goo, which is peppered with random household items: a clothes hanger, stray pieces of paper, and what was once a maroon raincoat. There's nowhere to step that isn't black mire, which holds everything within its oily grasp.
In the backyard, the children's bikes sit encrusted in filth. "I guess we won't have to take their bicycles home," she sighs. A hammock, ripped from its tree, lies plastered to the backyard fence, which now leans into the neighbor's yard. Near the back door, the muck on the ground grows smoky gray, then a sickly green. "Ewww," she says. "I gotta go in there, people. God, this stuff stinks. Am I a good friend or am I a good friend?"
Soon after Katrina, St. Bernard Parish president Henry Rodriguez dubbed the area "another Love Canal." A few weeks later, says parish spokesman Steve Cannizaro, Rodriguez consulted with the EPA, "and they told us the area was not toxic, and we decided everyone has a right to see their home, and so we let them back in."
Many citizens and activists in St. Bernard Parish, also home to a ExxonMobil refinery, wanted to return home but didn't trust the EPA. In late September, 180 residents of the parish met at a Holiday Inn in Baton Rouge, seeking information about pollution in their neighborhood. Everyone was full of questions: "What is EPA doing?" "How big was the spill?" "What is Murphy going to do?" In fact, St. Bernard residents are so suspicious of the local oil companies that over a year ago they persuaded the parish to hire an independent environmental engineer.
But today, says Kenneth Ford, president of St. Bernard Citizens for Environmental Quality, the engineer is nowhere to be found. "We're disappointed," says Ford. "Without his scientific proof that the parish is not contaminated, no one should be allowed in right now."
Cannizaro replies that the parish is comfortable with the EPA's advice to allow people to return. What's more, he says, the parish of 68,000 residents "is one step away from being financially destroyed; businesses are flat on their ass." People need to return and start buying and building again. "You can't operate a government without taxes," he says.
Canvassing the parish in late September is a four-man crew from Greenpeace. They have spent weeks living in a Cruise America R.V. with an aluminum boat strapped on top, documenting the environmental destruction on the Gulf Coast. They have taped the letters "TV" on the windshield of their Jeep to make passing military and police security checkpoints easier. In weeks of surveying the damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Greenpeace guys attest that they've seen some hideous sights, like an offshore oil rig in the Gulf that's been ripped from its moorings and turned upside down, leaving a five-mile-long oil slick in its wake.
John Hocevar, a marine biologist for Greenpeace, says that 40 percent of the coastal wetlands in Mississippi have been so damaged they're no longer able to perform their ecological function as a natural water filter and habitat to birds and wildlife. In Port Arthur, Texas, they saw a refinery so damaged by Hurricane Rita that two of its storage tanks had imploded. But the neighborhood surrounding Murphy Oil is by far the worst that they've encountered.
"This community could have rebuilt but Murphy Oil killed it," says Mark Floegel, a toxics campaigner for Greenpeace. "It would have been bad. But the oil spill makes it so much worse."
Currently, the company is working with the Coast Guard and the EPA to mop up the spill. Dump trucks, steam shovels and hydraulic pumps scoop up contaminated soil around the tank and pump the oil into tankers. The workmen are dressed in heavy boots and yellow hazard pants. One tells the Greenpeace crew flatly: "Nobody here is going to answer any of your questions."
The Murphy spill was such a direct hit to the neighborhood that the company is already facing two class-action lawsuits brought by lawyers on behalf of St. Bernard residents. Another suit is being brought by the owners of the Paris Palms Shopping Center in Chalmette for the damages it suffered. In response, Murphy has announced that it will give $5 million to hurricane relief to the area through the United Way, the local school system and the parish itself.
The oil spill is clearly the final indignity after a brutal storm. But environmentalists fear that the real story isn't getting out.
"So far, from what we've seen, we don't really have any reason to believe that what we're being told is really the whole story," says Hocevar. "If you don't look, there's nothing to see," he continues. "We have an administration that has been cutting back on the EPA investigative enforcement." According to a 2004 report by the Environmental Integrity Project, the number of civil lawsuits filed by the federal government under the Bush administration dropped 75 percent from the number in the last three years of the Clinton reign. Eric Schaeffer, the former head of the EPA enforcement office, who oversaw the project, told the Los Angeles Times, "If you're a big energy company, you're basically on holiday from enforcement."
Greenpeace isn't conducting independent testing of the air or groundwater, but other groups are. Under normal circumstances, a small nonprofit, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, distributes air-sampling kits to residents who live near refineries and petrochemical plants so that they can independently monitor what's being spewed into the air around them. But post-Katrina, the group sent a professional sampling team from Dynamac Corp. into St. Bernard Parish to take 10 soil samples. The results are due soon. NRDC also plans to work with local environmental groups to conduct a battery of independent tests.
Senate Republicans, led by Environment and Public Works Committee chairman James Inhofe -- who has declared that global warming is a hoax -- have introduced a bill that would allow EPA to waive clean water and air laws during the cleanup. The EPA itself is drafting a plan that would allow the agency to waive state regulations on smog emissions or pollutants pouring out of coal plants. In response, Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said: "It's bad enough that big polluters want to exploit the tragedy to pollute more, but it's even worse that Washington Republicans want to help them do it."
A draft for the EPA plan states that for the agency to act there must be "an Act of God or another event that could not have reasonably been foreseen or prevented." "They call it an act of God," says Malek-Wiley of Louisiana's Sierra Club. "But I was just in St. Bernard Parish and it was heartbreaking to see that people's lives are now coated with a film of oil from Murphy. God didn't put the oil tanks in those people's backyards."
At a Sept. 14 press conference, EPA administrator Johnson defensively stated, "Everyone is looking to EPA for what are the results and are these done in a scientifically appropriate and sound way? We're doing that. We're not trying to be bureaucratic. We want to make sure the results are ones that we can all stand by."
Critics say they don't believe the EPA is trying to cover up the widespread destruction and health hazards in southern Louisiana. But they have little faith in the federal agency's ability to assess the grievous problems and be forthright with the public. As we know, it's not first time the EPA has faced this issue.
The collapse of the Twin Towers four years ago blanketed lower Manhattan in a dust of asbestos, lead, glass fibers and concrete. Within days, then-EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman was assuring New Yorkers that the air was safe and encouraged them to go back to work at Wall Street. "I am glad to reassure the people of New York and Washington, D.C., that their air is safe to breathe," Whitman said in an EPA press release a week after the towers fell.
But an EPA inspector general's report in August 2003 concluded that Whitman did not have sufficient data to support her calming tone. The report says the White House "convinced EPA to add reassuring statements and delete cautionary ones" about the environment at Ground Zero. Critics have long speculated that the White House wanted to get New York's financial motor, Wall Street, up and running again -- pollution be damned.
To date, nobody knows what the environmental impact has been on the thousands of people, including pregnant women, who lived and worked near Ground Zero. A study by the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York showed that nearly 80 percent of 9,000 first responders may have suffered some lung ailments and half still had those problems a year after the attacks. Several studies are under way on the possible long-term effects on pregnant women and infants living near Ground Zero.
Twelve Manhattan residents sued EPA last year alleging that the agency may have endangered the health of tens of thousands of workers and residents in lower Manhattan. That case is pending.
Pressure to open New Orleans, says Kaufman of EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, is as intense today as it was on Wall Street soon after Sept. 11. "The appearance of 'back-to-normal' gets local industry going, then real estate, and so on," he says. "It's the same issue today, except that the locations and contaminants are different, and people talk with a different accent."
A week after the attacks in New York, the EPA instructed citizens to use a wet rag or wet mop to clean their apartments, though in some cases the dust may have been contaminated by asbestos. On Sept. 14, 2005, the EPA instructed citizens returning to New Orleans to "wear gloves, goggles" and use "respiratory protection" when handling material that may contain asbestos, a known carcinogen.
The two messages are "eerily similar," New York Democrat Rep. Nadler wrote in a letter to President Bush on Sept. 21. "I am deeply concerned that many of the same mistakes made by EPA in response to 9/11 are being repeated on the Gulf Coast."
"This is a potential catastrophe," Nadler says today. "We don't want two catastrophes. We had maybe a thousand killed from the hurricane. You want another thousand killed because of the environment? Maybe five thousand?" Nadler wants to see the EPA conduct a more thorough environmental assessment of the city, rather than just through its spot samples. He also wants EPA to ensure that private companies are held liable for contamination.
That wish, according to environmentalists, shows few signs of coming true. Both the EPA and the Louisiana DEQ have signaled that they will rely on regulated industries to police themselves and tell the government if there has been some major spill. The EPA administrator during the Clinton administration, Carol M. Browner, once announced an initiative to crack down on illegal pollution along the Mississippi River because some companies could not be trusted. Browner at the time said there was an "unprecedented amount of illegal pollution in the Mississippi River drainage." Asked at the Sept. 14 press conference about leaks or damage from companies that line the drainage, or Cancer Alley -- Johnson said he was "not aware" of any problems. "The companies are going to do their own assessments, so we're all working very cooperatively to try to do an assessment."
Today, more than a month after Katrina's wrath, taking inventory of the wholesale environmental destruction remains premature -- for both the EPA and the activists. "We are still in the assessment stage in a lot of this," says Kelly of the Louisiana DEQ. "The problem is so monumental that nobody has dealt with anything like this before."
As she steps gingerly through the muck in the Labarrieres' backyard, Harney is cheered when she finds a crocheted picture that spells "Labarriere." The hanging is a gift she'd bought for the family and promised Edie's 9-year-old, Andrew, she'd try to recover. She carefully extracts the cream-colored crochet from its glass frame, thinks about trying to salvage the smudged pane, and decides against it. She folds up the crochet carefully and puts it in her pocket. Taking a long, panoramic look at the surrounding debris, her cheer vanishes. "You can't live in this place," she says. "You can't live down here."
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Just a thought..
Why can't microbes be used to clean up a bio-engineering problem that goes astray..?
As in spores from a bio-engineenered plant that gets loose from a facility..
Well, guess what, it may be happening right now in Hawaii.
I am going to do newspaper search in Hawaii to see if I can find it..Volunteers?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Microbial Genomics and Ecology research in the Environmental Sciences Division, of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) focuses on a diverse set of research areas including bioremediation. Information on these activities can be accessed from the Environmental Sciences Division home page and below.
Statement of Purpose Microbial Genomics and Ecology research in the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory focuses on microbial ecology and genomics of environmental organisms. The research is concerned with the basic science underlying bioremediation efforts, carbon cycling and sequestration, as well as other uses of biotechnology. The research couples molecular biology, DNA technology, genomics, and bioreporter techniques with traditional microbiological methods to investigate microbial communities and the processes by which microorganisms transform materials and energy. The goal of these investigations is to increase the understanding of microbial ecology, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, and microbial degradation of hazardous contaminants; to demonstrate application of innovative microbial techniques and bioremediation approaches in solving the U. S. Department of Energy's (DOE) and the nation's sediment, soil, surface water, and ground water contamination problems; and to transfer new technology to industry. Much of the funding for the group is provided by the DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER), and by the DOE Office of Fossil Energy.
Research Directions: Evaluate the effectiveness of and factors controlling carbon seqeustration in terrestrial and aquatic systems Develop and apply molecular biological techniques, including microarrays, bioluminescence or fluorescence based bioreporters, DNA probes in environmental microbiology, and analysis of 16s rRNA, as tools for monitoring microbial processes in basic ecology, carbon sequestration, applied remediation, and identification of bacteria and their activities.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony V. Palumbo, Environmental Sciences Division, P. O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6038 Phone: (865)576-8002, Fax: (865)576-8646, E-mail: palumboav*ornl.gov
Warnings and disclaimer Revised May 23, 2005
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
$1/share: Did you know that BUGS was shipping product to the East Coast for dairy applications? And how about that rocket fuel cleanup contract in Southern California? It's getting mighty close! And how about 'several' Mexican contracts with some extremely nice numbers involved? And that is just the beginning. BUGS will be working in Mexico for many years to come. And don't forget the rest of Central and South America. Did you see the new website in English, Spanish, and Portuguese
------------------------------------------------- The above is from another board. Things are starting to heat up again..
I know I read like a pumper, but hey, I am really getting excited about making some serious dough on this stock!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I see that BUGS got the Portuguese site up and running.
Posted by mastermind555 on :
wow you are really working overtime on this one
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Ion exchange filters water A resin removes a rocket fuel component that has been making its way into Lake Mead. By Keith Rogers Review-Journal
In tanks filled with material that looks like fish eggs, Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. is cleaning up one of Southern Nevada's most serious water-pollution problems -- decades worth of contamination from perchlorate used to propel American rockets and missiles. Since November, at a spot downstream of the Black Mountain Industrial Center near Henderson, the company has been diverting a stream where the highly soluble rocket-fuel ingredient has seeped. Pipes channel the tainted water to a pair of tanks holding the blond, caviarlike resin that absorbs the pollutant, trading its negative ions for those in the resin. What's left is harmless chloride and clean water, which is returned to the stream. Once the resin has absorbed all the perchlorate it can handle, it is sucked from the tank by a vacuum machine, packaged and hauled to an incinerator in Nebraska for destruction. In all, 40 tons of perchlorate has been collected in this expensive ion-exchange process. That's 40 tons that otherwise would have wound up in Las Vegas Wash and ultimately Lake Mead, which supplies drinking water to millions of people in the Southwest. The discovery of perchlorate in the lake in 1997 at levels around 10 parts per billion prompted Nevada environmental officials to search for the source at Kerr-McGee and the Pacific Engineering & Production Company of Nevada, where the compound was produced. The Pacific Engineering plant, known as PEPCON, was destroyed by a series of explosions in 1988. Two years ago, after sampling groundwater around the Kerr-McGee facility, company officials decided to construct an 11-acre, plastic-lined, evaporation pond to hold perchlorate-tainted water until an effective treatment process could be developed. "It wasn't too long after that it was discovered we had a seep going into Las Vegas Wash," said Pat Corbett, Kerr-McGee's director of environmental affairs and remediation. "We've in essence cut it off at the source and treated the surface water," he said. "Now we're working on a technology, a biological process, using bacteria to consume perchlorate." If the company decides to proceed with the biological process, water from the current treatment site would be pumped to near the holding pond, where the water would be contained and treated with bacteria. After treatment, the clean water would be returned downstream. The bio-remediation method promises to be more efficient. The microscopic "bugs," Corbett said, "don't absorb the perchlorate. They consume it. They break it down." Because the biomass that's left after the bacteria die is nontoxic, it can be disposed at a cheaper cost than spent resin, which requires incineration. The Environmental Protection Agency hasn't set a cleanup standard yet for perchlorate, a chemical that in high concentrations can affect human thyroid glands. Kerr-McGee officials believe a standard will be set based on ongoing studies. Until then, Corbett said, "We're essentially getting all the perchlorate out." Kerr-McGee officials decided to impound perchlorate in the 11-acre pond because the water already was being diverted for cleanup of another chemical toxin, chromium-6. Chromium-6 had been left at the site by Western Electrochemical, a forerunner of Kerr-McGee that used chromium for a chemical production process in the 1940s. In the mid-1980s, Kerr-McGee installed a system to capture and treat groundwater containing chromium-6. Then, after perchlorate contamination was discovered, the company began holding the perchlorate-tainted water for evaporation after chromium-6 had been extracted from it. Corbett said Kerr-McGee is on the cutting edge of perchlorate cleanup technology that could be used elsewhere in the country. "This is a new and emerging issue," he said, noting that some type of cleanup process at the site "is going to be a fixture for a number of years."
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by mastermind555: wow you are really working overtime on this one
Sure am, I believe in BUGS, as do many others. That explains why the share price has been so stable. Contracts in Mexico are on their way IMHO.
Posted by mastermind555 on :
so do i
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Glad thet you were able to get your e-mail address approved mastermind. I am running the InvestorsHub BUGS board as well. I just took it over a few weeks ago, and changed it around completely. It's much nicer to look at now.
Posted by mastermind555 on :
Energy Department awards $92 million WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Energy today announced research awards totaling $92 million for six projects to better understand microbes and microbial communities. The microbial world and biotechnology promise solutions to major Energy Department challenges in: energy, including the production of ethanol and hydrogen; cleanup of pollution at former nuclear weapons production sites; and minimizing global warming by controlling the cycling of atmospheric carbon dioxide. "Unique microbial biochemistries amassed over eons in every niche on the planet now offer a virtually limitless resource that can be applied to develop biology-based solutions to these challenges," said Dr. Raymond L. Orbach, Director of DOE's Office of Science.
The six projects involve 75 senior scientists at 21 institutions: four DOE national laboratories, 15 universities or research institutes, one federal laboratory and one private company.
The grants are part of the Office of Science's Genomics: GTL research program. "The GTL program's goal is to understand microbes so well that their diverse capabilities can be harnessed for DOE and other national energy and environmental needs," Orbach said.
DOE investments in genomics research over the past 20 years now help allow scientists rapidly decode and interpret the complete DNA sequence of any organism. Because genomics reveals the blueprint for life, it is the starting point to understand biological functions as well as a link between biological research and the development of biotechnology solutions. With genomics data as a starting point, the GTL program uses a "systems biology" approach to transform the way scientists conduct biological investigations and describe living systems.
In systems biology, researchers study the interaction and relationship between various parts of a biological system ¡V for example, a cell or an organism -- in order to develop a model of the whole system. A key GTL research challenge is to understand how microbes and communities of microbes carry out their diverse and useful functions. Researchers need to understand living microbial systems, not just DNA sequences or proteins or cell by-products. Thus, GTL program researchers are studying critical microbial properties and processes on three systems levels ¡V molecular, cellular and community.
Over the next five years, the six new research projects will:
help scientists understand how microbial communities function in their natural habitats and respond to changes in their environments. This information is essential to be able to take advantage of the diverse capabilities of microbes and microbial communities;
develop new approaches to identify and characterize the proteins being produced within a complex microbial community;
develop new strategies to look inside microbes at the molecular machines they use to carry out their functions, to isolate those machines and to understand their functions. These capabilities are needed to be able to use or modify microbial molecular machines to address DOE energy and environmental mission needs; and
develop new computational tools to allow scientists to better find, organize and use the complex and rapidly growing types and amounts of information generated in the GTL program.
The six projects, their funding, lead institutions, lead investigators and collaborating institutions are:
Genome-Based Models to Optimize In Situ Bioremediation of Uranium and Harvesting Electrical Energy from Waste Organic Matter ($21.8 million over five years). University of Massachussetts, Amherst. Derek Lovley, Principal Investigator. Collaborating institutions: The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Md.; University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tenn.; University of Indiana, Bloomington, Ind.; University of California at San Diego; Genomatica, San Diego, Calif.; Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Ill.
Proteogenomic Approaches for the Molecular Characterization of Natural Microbial Communities ($10.5 million over five years). University of California, Berkeley. Jillian Banfield, Principal Investigator. Collaborating institutions: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, Calif.; U.S. Geological Survey, Boulder, Colo.
Dynamic Spatial Organization of Multi-Protein Complexes Controlling Microbial Polar Organization, Chromosome Replication, and Cytokinesis ($17.9 million over five years). Stanford University. Harley McAdams, Principal Investigator. Collaborating institutions: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.; University of California at San Diego; University of California at San Francisco; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
High Throughput Identification and Structural Characterization of Multi-Protein Complexes During Stress Response in Desulfovibrio vulgaris. ($25.8 million over five years). Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Mark Biggin, Principal Investigator. Collaborating institutions: University of California at Berkeley; University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.; University of California at San Francisco.
Molecular Assemblies, Genes, and Genomics Integrated Efficiently ($12.9 million over five years). Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. John Tainer, Principal Investigator. Collaborating institutions: The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif.; University of California at Berkeley; The Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Wash.; University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.; The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, Calif.
An Integrated Knowledge Resource for the Shewanella Federation ($3 million over three years). Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Edward Uberbacher, Principal Investigator.
Posted by mastermind555 on :
I started a BUGS topic on MSN Message Boards to get some recognition...heres the link
Dang there taking it down that's what I get for not being patient. well hopefully I can pick up more shares looks like a wallat .035 at least
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
California Orange Grower Using BUGS to Increase Crop Yield
By BusinessWire Last Update: 10/10/2005 11:14:01 AM Data provided by
CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct 10, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS), announced today that Bio-Con Microbes, Inc., a majority owned subsidiary specializing in agricultural products and services, has supplied Bi-Agra(TM), a proprietary blend of natural microbes, to a California orange grower to increase crop yield on low yielding areas. Preliminary projections suggest that the microbe treated area will out-produce other similar areas by ten percent or more and validate the product's use for much larger areas. These results are typical of past performances of the product on strawberries, tomatoes, sugar cane and other food products produced in the U.S. and Mexico.
Robert Brehm, CEO, shared his enthusiasm for the product by saying, "The Bi-Agra(TM) product line has shown extraordinary results over the past twenty years they have been used in the U.S. and Mexico. Many products such as strawberries, squash, tomatoes, and sugar cane have already shown dramatic yield improvements in both quantity and weight per acre and hectare with a reduction in water and fertilizer requirements. These improvements not only yield lower cost production for the grower, but safer, more natural fruit and vegetables for the consumer because of the reduction in chemical fertilizers needed."
Brehm added, "Our corporate strategy for the microbial technology is to use Sub-Surface Waste Management (SSWM), to clean up the soil and groundwater in developing nations which export food products to the U.S. and then have the growers use our Bi-Agra(TM) products to grow these products, better, faster, cheaper and safer for the consumers of the world. As SSWM gains traction in Mexico environmental clean-up projects and we start to commercially roll-out our Bio-Con products and services, BUGS' strategic plan for cleaning up the world's messes and feeding the masses will start to become a reality for our loyal shareholders and management team."
About U.S. Microbics Inc.
U.S. Microbics is a business development and holding company that acquires, develops and deploys innovative environmental technologies for soil, groundwater and carbon remediation, air pollution reduction, modular drinking water systems, and agriculture enhancement. For more information on the company or its Strategic Partner Program, contact Robert Brehm at 760-918-1860 x102 or visit the website at http://www.bugsatwork.com.
SOURCE: U.S. Microbics, Inc.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Dang why couldn't they wait till tommorrow my order wasn't full picked up another 44898 ha what a number but i'll take em anyway I can getem at .036
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Some interesting trading going on right now last trade 3000 at .041 what the heck is that about Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......Those gaps on the ask are trying to tell us something...
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I sure hope so. I was wondering where you were yesterday I think peaserman was on vacation too.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
I think the peas has a construction project going...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
My internet and phone were down all day. Time Warner screwed me. I'm sick of this crap that Time Warner does. It just came back up about an hour ago. Just late enough for me to see what happened today. I tried calling TW on the cell, and of course I couldn't get through, just got a message saying that they were xperiencing a high amount of calls, try back later, and then the machine hung up on me.
I was in the middle of a phone conversation with Ameritrade when the phone cut out on me this morning.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I was wondering what happend to ya kinda a slow day lot of minipulation going on part of the day the bid ask was .0365/.0395 thats what it ended on some share at .0365 I think there trying to take it back down hopefully the big p/r soon. Well off topic but you had and internet day I had a cell phone day my 2 year old decided that daddy's cell phone was dirty and put it in the bath tub. Nice now it's half working kinda. its a good thing that kid is cute. Ha
Have a great day
Dennis=-)
Posted by Peaser01 on :
LOL. C-ya tomorrow.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
whats up with are bugs wondering if i should add more here or wait again till low 3's
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Wait
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Let the Bashers do they're work!hehe
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
You wern't kidding man now at .033/.034 i got to excided last week when repuchasing a .04
Posted by johnny14511 on :
hey dusty
you think its going to pop tommorow
lets say ill go down as much as it cans and the tommorow
or what are your opinions
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Interesting buying at EOD wonder what that was all about maby we will find out tommorrow =-)
Posted by johnny14511 on :
where eod wonder?
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
the last hour no trades off and then at eod someone bought about 150,000 at .034 just acknowldgeing it maby nothing maby something we'll see
Posted by johnny14511 on :
this bugs is just waiting to pop
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I agree put the rest of my money in idws hopefully that will do what its supposed to and I can reinvest more in the bugs but it would be a miracle if its still at these prices when Im done with that trade but we will see.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Anyday now.....Market isn't very receiptive to news because of the Refco fiasco...
Samsung scandal dosen't help either..
Just let market forces level out, and let people get in the mood for positve thinking again, and we are off to the races.
I just don't see them wasting good news for the next few days in this enviorment.
Unless of course, it is block buster news!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
There is another 130,000 shr trade at the ask .034 after the close.........Hmmmmmmmm
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I updated the IHUB message board, it's a little easier to look at now.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I know what it is I just dont know why you put it up here or is it just to have???????
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
WTF?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I edited the previous post, I have BUGS open on two different screens, my entire message wasn't posted as I intended. It is now.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
AAArrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
AAArrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Matey!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Well guys, lets get the DD going again.. People need to be aware it's about time for a breakout.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
E-Mail US Microbics CEO Robert Brehm: bob*usmcapital.com
Posted by TampaInvester on :
yeah keep me motivated guys. have been holding this for a month now..go bugs
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
WAITING...............
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Well, I tried to post a nice chart, but I guess it dissappeared.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
The chart is listed above, if it doesn't show up for you, try refreshing your browser a few times, it should appear then.
[ October 16, 2005, 17:33: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by Peaser01 on :
World Environment Center The World Environment Center welcomes this fifth annual report of Pemex on Safety, Health and Environment and applauds Pemex’s commitment to the principles of sustainable development. The role of large scale corporations in society is changing at an accelerating pace. Sustainable development –whether at the global or local level– depends on meaningful cooperation between communities and the governments, industries, development agencies, international organizations and NGOs that support growth and the creation of wealth. Pemex is the largest company in Mexico and recently ranked as the eighth largest oil and gas company in the world, and the third largest producer of crude oil in the world. Corporations like Pemex are rethinking their roles in development and searching for new approaches that seek to incorporate sustainable development concepts into worldwide operations that go well beyond environment, health and safety best practices to minimize risks and increase shareholder value. As one of the world’s largest corporations and the leading company in Mexico, Pemex has undertaken the most serious responsibility of developing and implementing a pathway to sustainable development. This is an ongoing process characterized by goal-setting, continuous improvement, and regular reporting of its progress. Pemex’s commitment to sustainable development is supported by a number of initiatives cited in this report: its efforts to benchmark against other leading multinationals in its industry sector; its decision to support cleaner production techniques and processes at its installations; its goal of strengthening its management systems for industrial safety and environmental protection; and its efforts to promote the efficient use of energy and water. While Pemex has made great strides over the last year in a number of key areas related to environment, health and safety, decreases in its air emissions, waste generation, and emissions and discharges per unit of production would be desirable. With its commitment to cleaner production, resource efficiency and stewardship, and improved environmental management systems, Pemex is establishing a framework that will enable it to make further environmental advances. The World Environment Center commends Pemex for its decision to renew and strengthen its social policy in its drive to become a socially responsible business that generates economic, social and cultural value for its stakeholders, the citizens of Mexico. John Mizroch President & CEO World Environment Center
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Pemex Wants $9 Billion to Fix Pipes, Oil Spills MEXICO: February 1, 2005
MEXICO CITY - Mexican state oil monopoly Pemex Monday confirmed an oil spill in Veracruz state -- it's fifth spill of oil or fuel in four months -- as energy authorities said $9 billion was needed to fix the country's old and rusting pipeline network.
Pemex said the Jan 26. crude oil spill occurred near the town of Hueyapan de Ocampo, Veracruz. A Pemex spokeswoman in the nearby Gulf of Mexico port of Coatzacoalcos told Reuters around 45,000 liters (283 barrels) of oil had seeped into the subsoil from a faulty pipeline.
She said the leak was caused by corrosion.
Local media have quoted Veracruz Governor Fidel Herrera as saying the spill could pollute underground water sources.
A joint statement by Pemex, Mexico's energy and environment ministries, and environmental watchdog Profepa said Pemex needed to invest 100 billion pesos ($9 billion) over the 2006-2008 period for a huge backlog in repairs to 36,738 kilometers (22,961 mile) of aging pipeline.
The recent spate of spills has thrust attention onto the state of pipes pumping oil, gasoline, natural gas and chemicals around the Gulf of Mexico states of Veracruz, Tabasco and Campeche, where the oil industry is centered.
Pemex chief Luis Ramirez is due to appear before Congress later Monday to discuss the situation.
Mexico's IMP oil research institute estimates that half of Mexico's pipelines are more than 30 years old and corroded.
While Pemex has cleaned up the worst of the spills and trucked bottled water into contaminated areas, residents and fishermen were still suffering the aftermath, illustrated by photos in the local media of dead fish and oil-stained earth.
Pemex, which pays taxes worth 61 percent of its revenue, has complained for years that it cannot operate properly with the budget Congress gives it. Last week Pemex said pipeline repairs would cost $3 billion over six years.
Mexico is the world's No. 9 oil exporter, selling much of its 1.95 million barrels per day to the United States.
A reform to ease Pemex's tax burden by trimming royalties on oil produced from new oilfields has been held up in Congress by opposition Senators wary of any changes to Pemex's statute.
The company is spending the bulk of its $11 billion investment budget this year on exploration and production, its main focus based on concerns that output from its largest oilfield will start declining from 2006.
Pemex officials at a spill of toxic naphtha fuel a week ago near the town of Agua Dulce, Veracruz, told Reuters over the past weekend that the company needs to extend a computerized leak alert system to its entire pipeline network.
Story by Catherine Bremer
REUTERS NEWS SERVICE
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Oregon State Has Big Plans for Study of Tiny Microbes
Cleaning up contaminated areas like the Portland Harbor Superfund site and the Umatilla Weapons Depot. Slowing global warming. Removing pesticides to improve water quality.
These are all gigantic endeavors, but ones that Oregon State University researchers believe can possibly be accomplished by the tiniest of organisms - microbes that just might also hold the key to life on Mars.
Subsurface microbes live below the Earth's surface in soil, mud and rock, and their potential to modify the Earth has only been recognized recently.
"Microorganisms below the subsurface play a major role in the cycles on earth," said Lewis Semprini, a professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. "It has only been in the past decade that it was recognized that deep subsurface microbes play a significant role in global cycles."
The work done by Semprini and others led to the Subsurface Biosphere Education Research initiative, one of six initiatives that were recently approved by OSU. All six support OSU's recently adopted strategic plan. The university is reallocating funds internally to provide seed funding for the initiatives.
In 1998, Semprini, and Dan Arp, chair of the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, found that some types of bacteria that grow on butane gas have the ability to transform toxic wastes to harmless endproducts. Using microorganisms to clean up contamination could save billions of dollars, Semprini said.
In 2003, Martin Fisk, a professor in the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, and other scientists discovered bacteria in a hole drilled more than 4,000 feet deep in volcanic rock on the island of Hawaii near Hilo. Fisk has said that the environment could be analogous to conditions on Mars and other planets.
"Under these conditions, microbes could live beneath any rocky planet," Fisk said at the time. "It would be conceivable to find life inside of Mars, within a moon of Jupiter or Saturn, or even on a comet containing ice crystals that gets warmed up when the comet passes by the sun." Semprini, Fisk and Arp are three of the principal investigators of the initiative proposal. The others are Peter Bottomley, professor in the Department of Microbiology; and David Myrold, professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Science.
Bottomley and Myrold study bacteria and fungi in coniferous forest ecosystems in the central Cascade Mountains at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. They also study nitrogen and carbon cycles.
The subsurface biosphere is an emerging area of study that connects the fields of microbiology, biotechnology, geochemistry, bioremediation (cleaning up contamination), bioengineering, agriculture, forestry, geology, oceanography, astrobiology and others.
One potential benefit is in the area of global warming. Subsurface microbes are part of the process that forms carbon dioxide and methane, contributing to global warming.
"Microbes may also remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in the subsurface, potentially playing a key role in slowing global warming," Semprini said.
Semprini said that the microbes also can help immobilize radioactive contaminants, such as uranium, in groundwater so these can be recovered or the transport slowed. They are also miniature chemical factories that have determined ways of producing mineral products with very uniform properties. For example, certain bacteria can produce magnetitic iron particles of very specific sizes that could result in much better magnetitic tapes.
This initiative will include faculty members from five colleges - Forestry, Agricultural Sciences, Science, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences and Engineering.
"Our ultimate goal is to create a Center of Excellence for Subsurface Biosphere Education and Research," Semprini said. "It has implications for a wide range of benefits, from environmental cleanup to a better understanding of soil processes. We want to create more synergy among faculty on campus so we can collaborate on large interdisciplinary projects."
Semprini said the key to the initiative is that work is already going on at OSU.
In 2001, the National Science Foundation awarded OSU a $2.6 million grant to form the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program, a graduate student training program to focus on life below the earth's surface.
"There is a significant amount of research already going on and this is a way to get the researchers together and communicate," he said, adding that there will be a potential to offer seed research money for faculty to produce exploratory research findings needed for large interdisciplinary research proposals.
Semprini feels the structure of the Center will evolve over the course of the initiative, and the principal investigators all want the center to live beyond the five years of the initiative.
"We are going to add junior faculty members that fit strategic educational and research needs that have joint appointments between different colleges. This will permit us to increase the courses offered and get undergraduates involved in the research," he said, adding that increasing the diversity of graduate and undergraduate students is also a mission of the initiative.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
SSWM Mexican Subsidiary Hires Senior Petroleum Expert Tuesday July 26, 9:54 am ET 30 year veteran with Pemex joins ETI
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2005--Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM - News), announced that its Mexican subsidiary company Environmental Tec International, S.A. de C.V. (ETI) has appointed Mr. Guillermo Andrade Gelabert, P.E. as Vice President and Program Director to develop business opportunities with Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the Mexican state oil corporation. Bruce Beattie, CEO of SSWM, stated, "Guillermo brings over 30 years' experience as a multi-degreed and accomplished registered environmental engineer who recently retired from Pemex as Director of Environment Remediation for Pemex Corporation over all operating divisions of Pemex; Petrochemical, Refinery, Production and Primary Exploration. Guillermo will apply his contacts, knowledge and expertise to develop environmental cleanup contract opportunities for ETI from all operating divisions of Pemex."
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS - News) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM and its Mexican subsidiary company ETI is capitalizing on its licensed patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
Investors and media contact Bruce Beattie at 760/918-1860, ext. 105 or bbeattie*bugsatwork.com; or learn about the company by visiting its Web site at http://www.bugsatwork.com Posted by Peaser01 on :
BUGS Subsidiary Prepares Cost Estimates for New Work in Mexico
CARLSBAD, Calif., Sep 16, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM) announced that senior engineers from its Mexico subsidiary company Environmental Tec International, S.A. de C.V. (ETI) and representatives from its strategic alliance and teaming partner, the Zaragoza Graduate School of Studies of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), have been asked by the Mexican state oil corporation, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), to submit detailed cost estimate engineering proposals to address urgent environmental compliance and remediation needs at Pemex operating facilities. The ETI/UNAM engineering team recently completed site visits to gather data for submitting their report as soon as possible in order that work can be commenced.
Representatives of ETI will be joining Governor Mario Marin Torres in his scheduled meeting Monday, September 19 with Pemex's President Mr. Luis Ramirez Corzo to discuss proposed remediation activities and a financing plan to address recent and historic releases of petroleum products from pipelines and bulk terminal facilities in the State of Puebla.
As previously reported, ETI will be responsible for restoration activities on contaminated areas including farming lands, rivers and water reservoirs in Puebla working through Governor Mario Marin Torres and his Secretary for the Ministry of Environment.
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT, a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect," or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the Company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the Company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the Company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
SOURCE: Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc.
Copyright Business Wire 2005
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Go peaser Go peaser do the DD Go peaser LOL!
Posted by johnny14511 on :
dont forget dustoff
lol
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by johnny14511: dont forget dustoff
lol
------------------------------------------------- Make sure you radar BUGS before the open..
Alerts going off could really get this stock moving..
If you see the L2'S dancing around more than normal that should be our signal, one way or the other..
Posted by johnny14511 on :
WHEN BUGS SPIKES ALOT SHOULD WE SELL RIGHT AWAY
OR WAIT DAYS TO SELL
IVE SEEN A PATTERN FROM .033-.04 IN THE 40'S OR 50'S
IF WE DO SELL JUST WAIT TO BUY AGAIN AT LOW
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Market conditions will probably put people in a very conservative mood..
It's a hard call right now, many may hold just because they may feel safe doing so..
And they are getting tired of chasing stocks..
The longs are long so they really don't count in the mix of things..
It's the contracts that will make this stock fly..
For a OTCBB the SEC filings are fairly good.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
All we need is a whisper of Pemex contracts and up we go I strongly believe. It's just a matter of when the news comes out. That's what makes me gunshy about selling BUGS. I'm in this long.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Volume is passing entire volume from friday.... Buying picking up on the ask..
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Bid and Ask coming up!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I don't think it will be long now before we here of new contracts. This week should be good IMHO.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
What do you think Dusty? Seems like the calm before the storm to me.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Selling on the Ask.
Posted by mastermind555 on :
looking at the pattern, the form 10QSB, Quarterly Report should be filed soon. Maybe Friday?
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
LETS GET THIS PIG DANCEING.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by imakmony2005: LETS GET THIS PIG DANCEING.
------------------------------------------------- Is that what you call constructive DD.. Besides, these are microbes..LOL
Good morning everyone!
Posted by bdgee on :
Mornin back at ya...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
A few buys at .034. Will we see the news that we've been waiting for today?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
blast from the past from SI: The Company U.S. Microbics (ticker symbol: BUGS) has recently posted a profitable quarter. Company stated revenues for the next five years are expected to reach $100 million. Share price is just starting to move upwards. "Letters of Intent" by Fortune 500 Companies are "signed" and awaiting full production delivery of microbial-blend (bugs) from U.S. Microbics newly established California West Coast Fermentation Facility.
This Company has the ability to sell environmental assisting microbial product technology into just about any International business, qovernment, munincipalities, production facilities, agriculture, aqua-culture, oil fields, education, restaurants, golf course... facility. The Board of Advisor Directors read like a Who's Who of International Nobel Laureate prize winners. The technology is proprietary and covered by U.S. and foreign patents and the share float is small. Management seems to know where they are headed... volume is just starting to heat up as... is the share price and they appear to be meeting stated objectives. The microbial blend of "bugs" is being used to increase agricultural production output and diminish herbicides and pesticide use. This technology was also used to clean up the aftermath of the Gulf War oil spills..... The Company expects to reach a minimum $4 price level by September of this year. They are shareholder driven and are an S.E.C. fully reporting company. From their website:
"The Company mission is to profitably apply, develop, train, acquire, protect, license, and transfer XyclonyX technologies consisting of patents, knowledge, products, processes and people in the global environmental, agriculture, and natural resource marketplace.
The Company's objective is to establish itself as a leading provider of environmental technology and products to companies on a worldwide basis by licensing its superior technology, which meets governmental standards, is environmentally friendly, easy to manufacture and apply and yields high profit for its licensees.
U.S. Microbics (USMX), [OTCBB: BUGS] is building an environmental technology conglomerate which could have revenues over $100 Million in the next five years. Using the proprietary microbial technology, patents and unique culture collection developed over 30 years, acquired through its wholly-owned technology subsidiary, XyclonyX, USMX believes it can build the foundation for the international commercialization of this previously successful technology. USMX is restarting a known valuable technology, using proprietary products and only needs capital, people and product distribution. Unlike other companies who need to develop a product or technology and find a market and customers to sell it to, USMX already has products that have been developed, have sold for millions of dollars, use advanced technology unavailable to other companies, and have a proven world-wide market with applications ranging from oil field cleanup to increased food production in third world countries. With existing Letters of Intent for its products and services, USMX is truly on the verge of releasing and capitalizing on an enormous amount of technology for beneficial use that can touch the lives of every person on earth."
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Posted by Peaser01 on :
PR out!!!!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Good morning all
do ya like those figures or what Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Winsted Holdings, Inc. Provides Financial Guidance and Corporate Updates
By Market Wire Last Update: 10/18/2005 8:46:04 AM Data provided by
NEWPORT BEACH, CA, Oct 18, 2005 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Winsted Holdings (WHLI), a Business Development Company (BDC), today announces financial guidance and other corporate updates.
For fiscal year 2005, Winsted Holdings is projecting approximately $1,500,000 in total revenue, an increase of $1,476,309 or 6200% from fiscal year 2004. In terms of per share figures, Winsted is expecting net revenue per share of $.0014 at the current capitalization of Winsted common stock. Revenue gains are attributed to the success of Winsted's MedSpa portfolio companies. Winsted will file its third quarter results for the period ending 9/30/2005 in mid-November, which will also reflect our recent 90% acquisition of GaeaCare Syndicate Partners, Inc.
We currently have 5 MedSpa locations under construction, including our recently announced Omaha location. We feel each of these locations will near $50,000-100,000 in revenue each month under the successful model we've implemented at the Charlotte Laser Center. Additionally, we are negotiating with 12 other MedSpa franchisees in which Winsted would book a management and consulting fee of $58,500 each.
Going forward, we are excited to be in initial discussions to take a minority interest in a publicly traded company that we feel will be of value to Winsted and its shareholders. We also have several private acquisitions, in various stages of completion, that the company expects to announce in the coming months.
About GaeaCare Syndicate Partners, Inc.
GaeaCare Syndicate Partners, Inc., 90% owned by Winsted Holdings Inc. (WHLI), is a proactive environmental products and services corporation that intends to become a leading environmental cleanup, emergency response, and environmental remediation company by the use of new computer systems technology, sensor technology, communications technology, systems concepts and microbial environmental cleanup treatment to serve the Homeland Security and environmental industries. Sub-Surface Waste Management, Inc. (SSWM), a U.S. Microbics company (BUGS), is a 10% equity holder. For more information on GaeaCare visit http://www.ags-gaeacare.com/.
About MedSpa Solutions Inc.
MedSpa Solutions Inc. of Irvine, California, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Winsted Holdings Inc. (WHLI). Medical Spas are fast becoming the facility of choice among women and men seeking rejuvenating skin care procedures. At MedSpa Solutions Inc., not only are our customers treated with the best that technology has to offer, they also get expert consultations from our skilled medical staff. Our trend-setting spa-like facilities, combined with our friendly staff, are all you need for the best skin care experience ever. Our facilities offer FDA-approved procedures like Botox, Laser Hair Removal, IPL-Skin Rejuvenation, Microdermabrasion, Chemical Peels, Collagen, and Leg Vein Treatment. We work only with the most advanced laser equipment to achieve your desired results. Our medical staff is one of our most valued assets, and they are trained in a culture of warmth, friendliness, and customer service. Everything at the spa is designed with your comfort and convenience in mind, even our business hours which are flexible to adjust to your needs. Making you look good and feel good is what we are here for!
MedSpa Solutions is committed to continually setting the highest levels of excellence and innovation for our clients. We are pioneers in the MedSpa industry and strive to bring the most advanced treatments and standards to each one of our spas and clients. For more information on the Consulting Services from MedSpa Solutions, please contact us at 1-888-968-4624 or email at info*medspasolutions.com.
About Winsted Holdings, Inc.
Winsted Holdings Inc. (WHLI) is a Business Development Company (BDC) located in Newport Beach, California. BDCs are publicly traded, closed-end investment companies regulated by the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Company was founded on the premise that combining both operational talent and financial talent within a single private equity investment firm can significantly enhance the magnitude and consistency of investment returns. Winsted Holdings' team consists of accomplished financial professionals with experience at prestigious financial institutions, seasoned corporate executives from various industry enterprises and successful entrepreneurs with expertise developed in aspects from business development to capital markets and from sales and marketing to technology development. The Company currently has two wholly owned subsidiaries, Spencer Communications Inc. and MedSpa Solutions Inc. Over the coming months, the Company will outline its ever changing portfolio holdings and its plans for the long-term medspa expansion.
Statements made in this press release regarding the Company's or management's intention, beliefs, expectations, or predictions for the future are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. These risks, assumptions and uncertainties include: the ability to compete effectively in a rapidly evolving and price competitive marketplace; possible reductions in demand for our products and services due to competition or changes in industry conditions; changes in the nature of medspa and telecommunications regulations in the United States and other countries; changes in business strategy; the successful integration of newly acquired businesses; the impact of technological change; and other risks referenced from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I like this portion.
We currently have 5 MedSpa locations under construction, including our recently announced Omaha location. We feel each of these locations will near $50,000-100,000 in revenue each month
or this portion
an increase of $1,476,309 or 6200% from fiscal year 2004.
I could go on and on but those work for me
Posted by Peaser01 on :
It's just a short matter of time before BUGS to takes off I believe.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I'm supprised by this mornings tradeing I belive that was great news and people aren't really buying or selling into except the pps is droping on low volume. Odd were people expecting more than what they recieved beats me
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Contracts! then it's gone!
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
ILL I SEE IS ALOT OF RE-POSTING, PR MAN 10% GIVES US WHAT MOVEMENT LIKE .0003 THATS NOT MUCH.AND WERE GOING DOWN. SHOW ME A CONTRACT A !!!!!!!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Imamonkey, maybe you shouldn't drink so much in the morning. LOL
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
why im i missing something??????? sure not bugs going up.
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
been tradeing GZFX ALL MORNING 3 TICKS AHAHAHAH
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Not yet, just wait. IMHO, BUGS is destined to go up in due time, due time my friend.
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
DRINKS FOR ALL....................
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
IM HOLDING.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
I'll take a quart jar of White Lightning...
Little moonshine, and then who gives a yankee doodle what the PPS is!!!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Ask at .035
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Looks like sumpin is up! Maybe we got everybody drinking!! LOL
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
IMAMONKEY, Hey that would make a good handle.. Especially if ya trade a lot in the pinks!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Everybody MOMBO DA DA DA DA DA TA
It looks like two pigs fighting for a blanket over here. Ha
Posted by Peaser01 on :
we are a great investorsgroup who wants to buy BUGS.
Glad to see you here bluemax. I am glad that I found your website.
Welcome to Allstocks.com
Posted by bluemax on :
hi, in Germany we are all interest for BUGS. It is a great chance. We know that BUGS have connections to a good german comapany. This company have great Order from china!!
We think BUGS becomes orders from china too
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
we are a great investorsgroup who wants to buy BUGS.
------------------------------------------------ Hands accross the SEA! Welcome aboard !
We do work hard, when we need to, on the BUGS thread.
If you like humor, we can manage that as well !!
GO BUGS!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by carlucho: go...bugs
Welcome aboard carlucho!!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
welcome aboard all! GLTY with the bugs hopefully it will be a great Christmas I know can you belive my wife is hitting me up for the christmas list already. cheeze
Posted by bluemax on :
in Germany we have now midnight, and i must work tomorrow......cu at www.investprofi.de or here
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Let my Microbes go !!!! Old Testament....
Well it could, depending apon your interpertation...
Posted by Andreas on :
Dann mal Gute Nacht, bluemax
For everyone over here in the States: Have a great night, bluemax Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Andreas: Dann mal Gute Nacht, bluemax
For everyone over here in the States: Have a great night, bluemax
gave ya a little present...
Posted by Andreas on :
Thank you Dust
That was very nice of you.
Looking forward to getting the BUGS moving....
Posted by bdgee on :
Hey, Dust....,
Whatever became of the chips?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by bdgee: Hey, Dust....,
Whatever became of the chips?
------------------------------------------------ Filled two 40 gal garbage cans with cherry wood chips, also got a fair sized log.....
Smoked King Salmon and Stealhead trout going to be on the household menu!
I will mix the chips with alderwood.
Posted by bdgee on :
I'll be there fer supper....I'll brind a jug!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by Andreas: Dann mal Gute Nacht, bluemax
For everyone over here in the States: Have a great night, bluemax
Welcome aboard Andreas. Glad to see you here.
Presents for everyone.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Bugs is moving up on the German exchanges..
Works out to about .036 over there..
Closed up 7%
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Hurricanes caused 8 million gallons to be spilled in state
By MARK BALLARD mballard*theadvocate.com Capitol news bureau
The two recent hurricanes caused 336 spills that poured an estimated 8 million gallons of oil into Louisiana marshes, coastal waters and residential neighborhoods, state lawmakers were told Thursday.
"And they all happened at the same time," Roland Guidry, the state's oil spill coordinator, told a joint legislative committee on the environment. "It's been a real test."
The Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office reported to the Legislature that 3.1 million gallons had been recovered and 3.7 million gallons of the 8 million gallons had evaporated.
By comparison, in America's largest oil spill, the Exxon Valdez dumped 11 million gallons into Alaska's Prince William Sound.
Sixteen of the storm spills are classified as significant, in which about 7 million gallons of oil escaped. The U.S. Coast Guard and state officials are supervising the cleanups, he said.
More than 800 people are working to clean up oil spills across the state.
The spill that has attracted the most attention -- 420,000 gallons of oil from Murphy Oil in Meraux -- is not the largest. Crude oil leaked from the refinery into flood waters and spread through a suburban neighborhood.
"It's the most visible," Guidry said. "What makes the difference is you have people who can point at the oil in their house."
The Coast Guard has sanded the roads and the state is flushing the sewer system, he said.
State Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael McDaniel said St. Bernard Parish homes may have structural problems after soaking in oil-laced flood waters for weeks, and that could keep people from returning.
"But nothing environmental that represents a health threat would preclude re-habitation," he said.
The largest spill was at a Bass Enterprises facility in the coastal marshes near Empire. Hurricane Katrina ruptured two partially filled storage tanks that were 16 feet high and 290 feet across.
"Twenty-eight feet of water smashed into those tanks, picked them up and moved them 300 feet," said Guidry, pantomiming the strain of picking up huge tanks filled with heavy crude oil.
Mopping up that amount of oil has proven difficult because the facility is inaccessible. Workers had to drive two hours, then travel by boat for another two hours to reach the site.
The federal government found a ship to serve as a dorm for the workers at the site, Guidry said. "They can work 10, 12 hours a day now where used they used to could manage only five or six hours," he said.
Despite the size and number of oil spills, Guidry said, he now is more concerned about the loss of oil rigs offshore. Of the 4,000 platforms operating in the Gulf of Mexico, about 3,050 were in the path of at least one of the two hurricanes.
The Minerals Management Service, part of the U.S. Department of Interior, said in a statement that it had counted 108 platforms destroyed and 53 suffering significant damage. Some of the platforms had storage tanks, and others were connected to pipelines.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
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Posted by maumee river rat on :
Whats up??? Is this a shake or what??
L2's aren't lookin too hot at the moment...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
My guess is the hurricane coming is having a slight effect.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Don't fret. We are on ground level now.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
ARCA is buying a lot of shares for someone. Sumpn's up.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
what ticks me off is I know I should have been loading here but just didn't want to miss out on what I call the big bang theory
thats when the release the news about how big the contracts are :D
Posted by johnny14511 on :
HOW ;PNG DO YOU THINK TILL THE CONTRACTS COME IN?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Anyday now.
Posted by Zygore on :
I keep hearing good things about this one yet the PPS doesn't reflect
I sure hope this big news comes soon cause I've been waiting very patiently for quite some time now...
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
I hear that.
Posted by EverGreen on :
sitting on 50dma as support but macd and rsi going down need something to wake UP
Posted by mastermind555 on :
ask at .033 at the close
Posted by Peaser01 on :
This is the first time that I've seen ARCA actually cause BUGS to uptick. We're getting closer to news.
Posted by bdgee on :
oohgee4,
Why are you dirtying up the BUGS threade with this crud? No one likes a pumper!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Up 5.43% at .033
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by bdgee: oohgee4,
Why are you dirtying up the BUGS threade with this crud? No one likes a pumper!
------------------------------------------------ We'll sic our microbes on him! They can clean up anything...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
One MM left at .033
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Bid building at .032
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
yep, 100k at the ask..One left
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Buy at .034!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Wow, look at all those buys!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
someones buying It's just a matter of time it's a good thing im in a patient mood Ha!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Up 8.63% at .034
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
up 8.63% at .034
Posted by Peaser01 on :
LOL
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
mind reader!
Posted by mastermind555 on :
nice volume today...still an hour left
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Man I wish I could be buying more at these prices today big chunk at .032 for 200k shares
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Holy cow do you see the buying going on right now supprised we haven't moved up yet????
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I am a little concerned that arca is on the ask at .033 he may be dumping his shares and if he is why is he unless he thinks he can pickem up lower not sure??? I know it's normally hard to pick up 500k shares at one time in 15 sec normally your getting smaller chunks at a time like 25k and 5k at least thats how I got mine.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Arca is gone on the ask.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Saw that man somebody got some nice chuncks at a good entry as far as im concerned..
Was that you Dust It's like a never ending bank with you. Ha
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Geez man, this thing is getting a little heart thumping !!!!!!!
Posted by mastermind555 on :
bid is up to .0325...something is DEFINITELY coming...i havent seen BUGS trade at these volume levels in a while
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Come on Contracts Baby. Baby needs shoes mama needs clothes.
Ha I kill myself
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
The market has a bad case of the shakes... Interest rates and inflation is scaring the HELL outa everybody..
Otherwise I am sure we would be at higher levels. But that is based on my optimism about this stock.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Hey and trust me if Mama aint happy Nobodys happy LOL
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Park the kids an take Her out to dinner!!!!
Always works for me! But then ya may wind up with more kids!!
It's the cycle of marrage. hehe
Oh, the humanity of it all!!
No kids at home anymore, here.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
My buddy says be careful about how many points you score because just like in the video games you could get a 1UP in your house LOL
Posted by mastermind555 on :
Quarterly Report might come out tommorow.
Posted by johnny14511 on :
yeah ive been waiting
Posted by Zygore on :
Director Mark Holmstedt submitted a form 5 rec'd yesterday by SEC showing aquisition totaling 1,640,950 shares of common stock for himself wife and son.
We should have the best Quarterly Report we've seen on BUGS in years this quarter.
Posted by Black0r on :
Hey Bluemax, I know ya!
Seems here're more german and german speaking people than I would've thought.
I'm in at bugs since 0.06. So it would be nice if it would start to show its real potential now.
Posted by johnny14511 on :
.06 damn wait youll get it
Posted by Andreas on :
Yes, Black0r - you would be surprised how many Germans are on here -- **wink
Posted by Black0r on :
Is Germantown MD like Germantown Pennsylvania? I mean, also founded by germans?
Do you still speak german over there? I ask because you answered Bluemax in slanguage, like a native german would do.
If the US will ever get a (In my opinion) sane administration again, I'll again think about doing some time over there. Preferable CA. 300 sunny days are really what I could need. Posted by Andreas on :
Germantown, MD was actually founded by Germans in the late 1800s, but is far away from looking like a typical town that you would find in PA.
I am native German and did not move to this area (DC) till 1998. Funny enough, after I met my now wife, we moved to Germantown, MD -- so I always make fun about them naming a town for me Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Denski, there is your chance! .031 or .03
go man go!!!!!!
Posted by Black0r on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: Denski, there is your chance! .031 or .03
OH NO MAN OH NO!!! lol I already need 100% to get my initial investment back.
Calm down Black0r, accept that EVERYTHING'S LOST MAN!
EDIT: No I'm NOT serious about this! Posted by johnny14511 on :
yout think it was affected by the hurricane?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I wish I had cash available to try and buy more at .03.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Oh, the humanity of it all!!!!!! LOL
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I just woke up from a nappy-poo. LOL Boy I sure feel better after that rest.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Hey peaser, had some cash stashed and available. I got a bid in !!! Eat your heart out!!LOL
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Anyone know when the quarterly report will be out?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
If I was an insider I would know. Does that help? LOL
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Was happening,
Had to drive to Sacramento today and left at 7am just got back right now. I wish I had the cash to be purchasing right now but my other stocks suck unfortianatly. Ho Hum this waiting is getting old its a good thing it will be worth it IMO
Have a great weekend
Dennis
Posted by Peaser01 on :
U.S. Microbics Enters into Teaming Agreement with German Engineering Firm Multi-Year Teaming Agreement to Attack European Union Clean-up Market
CARLSBAD, CA (04/01/05) -- U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS; BCN:BUGS) (Berlin Stock Exchange #615212) announced that it has entered into a strategic teaming and representation agreement with the established Germany-based civil engineering firm of Dr. Brenner + Munnich Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH. (Go to: www.brenner-muennich.de for more info).
Robert Brehm, CEO of U.S. Microbics, stated: "We are working with our new German partners to define site cleanup opportunities inside the European Union (EU), which has recently begun their own `Superfund' cleanup program with funding immediately available to qualified contractors. We understand there is a lack of cost-effective cleanup technology that can treat the wastes on-site versus using undesirable conventional thermal treatment or landfill disposal. BUGS and its environmental clean-up subsidiary, Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OCTBB:SSWM), now have an established and successful civil engineering partner with ten offices in the EU to roll out our proprietary cleanup solutions."
BUGS plans to capitalize on its patented and patent-pending technology by forming additional strategic alliances and joint ventures with well-established engineering firms in the environmental industry in Europe, the Middle East, Indonesia, Latin America and Asia. Continued revenue streams are expected through teaming agreements with up front fees, ongoing royalties and microbial product sales.
The previous PR explains the BUGS interest from German investors.
[ October 23, 2005, 10:57: Message edited by: Peaser01 ]
Posted by Black0r on :
quote:Originally posted by Peaser01: The previous PR explains the BUGS interest from German investors.
Well, not that much as it would seem. I'm sure most of us learned about the relationship with this german company way after they were already invested.
I can only speak for me, but I believe in the story of BUGS, short term: Contracts in Mexico, long term: Going to NASDAQ!
In general, there're a lot of penny stock investors over here in germany, investing in US Pennies, because we don't have many such stocks over here. European stock market is a little conservative.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
BlackOr, I know my question is off topic, but how much income tax [ percentage ] to you pay in Germany on profits from the stock market?
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Sitting on the 50 mda hopeing it will bounce or a great p/r would be a wonderful way to start the week ;) hope everyone is haveing a great day. and peaser at it again working on sunday the guy doesn't sleep I swear
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
not good b/a .029/.03
Posted by mastermind555 on :
.028/.029 now
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
crap its droping like a rock. now at .026/.029
Posted by Black0r on :
Dustoff101, if you hold'em for at least a year, there's no tax. If you hold'em shorter, your pay 25% tax on your profits.
In any case you've addidionally to pay the tax for your tax class, that's up to 50% I think, which depends on your total income.
Posted by mastermind555 on :
ask is up to .03
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
From: "Robert Brehm" Date: Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:33 am
"On vacation last week. Back now. Should be some great news over next two weeks."
Robert Brehm, CEO California Businessman of the Year U.S. Microbics, Inc. Public Stock Symbol: BUGS phone: 760-918-1860 x102
Posted by mastermind555 on :
!!!!!!
Posted by mastermind555 on :
I needed that to keep me patient with this stock.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
The MACD for BUGS is looking Bullish.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I e-mailed Bob Brehm this morning about our progress in Mexico with Pemex. I'll pass on any information that I receive.
Posted by jmichael7 on :
annotated chart.. Posted by Peaser01 on :
lookin' good! Ready for a move on news.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
It looks like we are following the German exchanges today, down 16%
Expecting news on the Pemex contracts very soon.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Man were sucking it looks like my repurchase of shares around the .036 wasn't so smart after all hopefully I'll be able to average down here pretty soon.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I bought more at .032. I hear ya.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
October can cost ya big time if you lose your head..
This selling is the pits! Should not be coming down this hard..
Also, if ya watch the last sale feature, there is a lot of those 5000 signals..
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
On this stock the 5000 sales sometimes indicate it's coming down......
Then you see odd numbers of shares, that generaly indicates traders bottoming out...
I think to try and flip it now is just to damn dangerous, if news pops, we will be pizzed if we have to chase to get back in..
I don't like this situation either, but like I said October can really give ya heart burn...
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
ya Im learning my lesson again. Man so many lessons to learn LOL well at least I havn't lost my sense of humor don't worry I wont quit my day job just yet :rolleyes:
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I am optimistic however, the news we've all been waiting for is close I strongly believe.
Posted by johnny14511 on :
is anybody getting some at .024?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
trying!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I wish, I'm all in. Someone is sure buying a ton though.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I also noticed that arca has gone away I guess he picked up what he wanted but he was also loading at .032 .031 .03 so there ya go!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
We had a big dip like today just before this ran up 100% the following day. The Pemex contracts will send us up, up, and away. It looks like ARCA got filled today. We'll see what happens in the coming days.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I sure like your optimisim peaserman I sure hope your right.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
lol, me too I've got mucho dinero on the line. Just hoping for news soon.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
A little sweat may be coming from my forehead today.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
man the .023 were gifts to bad I didn't have any tradable money in my account its all tied up in other stock. rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Yes Dennis picks up heart and puts it back into place again this week. what a week I'm having I'm still ready for the 100% tommorrow peaser get on that will ya
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Workin' on it. Don't make me get out the defibulator paddles.
Posted by mastermind555 on :
vectorvest has a hold recommendation on bugs
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
probably good advice..
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I'm holding hopeing to buy more down in the low 2's I just need more money Ha so far it's been a bad month I'm down $7,000.00 this month. I think next october Im going to play golf all month rain or shine at least I'll have some great memories and some bad shots to laugh at. That dang white ball never listens to me Ha
Posted by mastermind555 on :
it's not going to the low 2's
Posted by jmichael7 on :
does look to me like it badly wants to fill the gap in the .02 area jmo jm
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
"it's not going to the low 2's"
hey I understand either way i hope it takes off from here since I have a sizeable position right now but if it does get down there I hope my other stocks will be in a position to unload some and pick up more bugs since I think the mexico contracts are just around the corner I sent Peaserman to pickem up tommorrow we will see how good he follows instructions LOL
Posted by johnny14511 on :
might be the last week we see lows
Posted by Black0r on :
SSWM Commits to Opening Office in Puebla, Mexico; Office to Provide Support for Enforcement and Compliance of Environment Regulations E-mail or Print this story
26 October 2005, 09:45am ET
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 2005--Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary company Environmental Tec International, S.A. de C.V. (ETI), upon award of the Governor's initial contract for site investigation work, will promptly open its office in Ciudad Puebla and provide appropriate technical staffing for the project. To this end, ETI has identified an office location and has negotiated a tentative lease agreement and plans to set up operations shortly after the contract award.
Bruce Beattie, CEO of SSWM, commented, " SSWM and ETI are committed to supporting Governor Mario Marin Torres and the people of the great state of Puebla, Mexico in his goal and objective to address the ravages and impacts of uncontrolled release of petroleum hydrocarbon toxics to the soils, waters and communities throughout the State and enforcement and compliance to the Federal 'NORM' regulations. Upon award of contract, we will immediately confirm and schedule technical staff and equipment. I am confident this initial contract will provide a springboard for many more assessment and cleanup projects in the state of Puebla."
Mentioned Last Change BUGS 0.027 0.0005dollars or (1.88%) SSWM 0.115 0.005dollars or (4.16%) Beattie concluded by saying, " On behalf of ETI and SSWM we appreciate the Governor's personal trust and commitment in our company to launch this crucial and timely investigation work. We take this work very seriously and we are committed to establish and provide the highest quality environmental engineering and remediation capability and expertise in Puebla."
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT, a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words " estimate," " anticipate," " believe," " expect," or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the Company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the " Risk Factors," " Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the Company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the Company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
Posted by Black0r on :
Man, this seems to be SO SHORT before they will get THE... LONG AWAITED.... MEXICAN CONTRACT!
Sorry for brawling around a little! Posted by Peaser01 on :
Hopefully we won't have to wait too much longer before we get the meaty PR we've all been waiting for.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Todays PR was fluff, that makes me a bit PO'D..
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Yeah I agree the only thing it states is there looking for office space in that location. this is what you've been doing for the past month.rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
well ARCA IS BACK AT .024 maby hes not finished just yet wll the saga continues
Posted by Andreas on :
With ARCA sitting at .024, is it better to try to buy for less than .024 or more (e.g. .0241) ??
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
With ARCA sitting at .024, is it better to try to buy for less than .024 or more (e.g. .0241) ??
Well normally I would say more hes been pretty right on in calling bottom but as you can see for this week he loaded at .032 .031 .03 that I saw each time for at least 100,000 and now hes at it again at .024. so whos to say I now at .024 its a great entry for what seems to be comeing with mexico and all. JMHO
Dennis
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I am guessing and hoping that we'll hear some news on Monday.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
well looking alittle better now at .027/.028
Posted by mastermind555 on :
moving off bottom
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
yep those .023 .024s were a gift to bad I had all my money tied up hopefully up from here. UP UP and Away lol
Posted by mastermind555 on :
Low volume today, but b/a price is looking good. Hopefully it finally closes on an uptick tommorow.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
15000 bought at .028 * 9:14 am
Posted by Peaser01 on :
15000 more at 9:21
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
good morning Peaserman. congrats on adding more at these levels hopefully we have 3:00pm run today GLTY
Posted by Peaser01 on :
NORM is an acronym for Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material, which includes all radioactive elements found in the environment. Long-lived radioactive elements such as uranium, thorium and potassium and any of their decay products, such as radium and radon. These elements have always been present in the earth's crust and within tissues of all living beings.
Although the concentration of NORM in most natural substances is low, higher concentrations may arise as a result of human activities. For example radium may be precipitated out in scale that forms in a natural gas processing pipe or radon decay products may concentrate on the turbine blades of a natural gas pump. This enhancement of natural radioactivity has been found in:
* Petroleum and natural gas production * Mineral extraction and processing * Metal recycling * Forest products and thermal - electric production * Water treatment facilities * Tunneling and underground workings
CNSC & NORM Guidelines
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), formally the Atomic Energy Control Board, has legislative control of nuclear fuel cycle materials and man made radio-nuclides. NORM materials are exempt from CNSC regulatory control except for the purposes of transportation, import, and export. Norm are regulated in British Columbia by the Ministry of Land, Air and Waste in the Waste Discharge Regulation of the Environmental Management Act (B.C. Reg. 320/2004).
Alberta and British Columbia are in the process of developing clear guidelines governing the disposal of NORM wastes. An Alberta Energy Utilities Board-chaired technical committee comprising government and industry representatives was formed to examine safe and practical options for the management of NORM waste. The British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, Environmental Protection division, the BC Centre for Disease Control, Radiation Protection Program and the Oil and Gas Commission participated on this committee. In Alberta, the EUB is inviting comment on this technical report and suggestions for alternative approaches relative to the technical aspects presented. The report is available for review on the EUB Web site as Technical Report on the Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) in Waste. The BC government is also requesting comment on this report, to be forwarded by April 29, 2005 to Del.Reinheimer*gems5.gov.bc.ca or by mail to the Environmental Protection Program, 1011 Fourth Avenue, Prince George, BC, V2L 3H9. Please include the subject heading, "NORM Technical Report Feedback".
National guidelines for management of NORM have been developed under the direction of the Federal Provincial Territorial Radiation Committee and published by Radiation Protection - Health Canada at Canadian Guidelines for the Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (PDF 991 Kb).
WCB Regulations
In British Columbia the Workers' Compensation Board's regulates the protection of workers from radiation hazards including NORM.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Oil and gas production and processing operations sometimes cause naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) to accumulate at elevated concentrations in by-product waste streams. Regulations governing the management of NORM-containing wastes have been evolving at the state level, resulting in increased waste management costs for the petroleum Industry. EAD has been conducting studies to assess the potential human health risks associated with petroleum industry NORM, estimate the economic impacts associated with different management options, and develop and/or disseminate tools that will streamline oil and gas companies' efforts to manage NORM-containing wastes. EAD has completed radiological risk assessments on a variety of NORM management and disposal options, including underground injection into subsurface formations and salt caverns, landspreading, placement in nonhazardous landfills, and remelting of NORM-contaminated scrap equipment. The results of these assessments have been documented in numerous publications (see EAD Publications on Topic below).
In addition, EAD developed the NORM Technology Connection website to provide the petroleum industry streamlined access to information relevant to NORM management. The site was developed with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, National Petroleum Technology Office and is being hosted by the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission.
EAD also has demonstrated the potential cost savings that can be realized by applying Adaptive Sampling and Analysis Program (ASAP) approaches to characterization and restoration of NORM-contaminated sites. EAD conducted a successful demonstration of the ASAP approach, which was developed by EAD researchers, at a pipe storage facility in Michigan (see http://fossil.energy.gov/news/techlines/2000/tl_asap.html). In addition, EAD conducted several workshops on this technical approach for the petroleum industry, its regulators, and NORM service companies. The ASAP approach is consistent with the Triad approach being promoted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency which integrates systematic planning, dynamic work plans, and real-time measurement technologies to achieve more cost-effective waste site cleanup strategies. A profile of EAD’s demonstration project in Michigan is available on the EPA’s Triad Resource Center (see Item 10 at http://www.triadcentral.org/user/profile/index.cfm?ListOnly=true). A copy of the full project report is available from this Web site (see The Application of Adaptive Sampling and Analysis Program (ASAP) Techniques to NORM Sites below).
Related Topics
* Adaptive Sampling and Analysis Programs (ASAP) * Fossil Energy Technology Feasibility Studies * RESRAD: Family of Risk Codes
Related Fact Sheets
* Defining Regulatory Boundaries: Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in the Oil and Gas Industry * RESRAD Program
Related EAD Developed/Hosted Web Sites
* NORM Technology Connection * Salt Cavern
Related Web Sites
* Characterization, Removal, and Close-out of a Radiological Materials Site in a Single Field Program Using Field-based Gross Gamma Surveys and Gamma Spectrometry Methods (see Item 10) * Clean Up Method Developed for Cold War Sites May Offer Cost Savings for Oil and Gas Industry * DOE and IOGCC Announce NORM Technology Connection Web Site * U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy
Related Publications
* An Assesssment of the Disposal of Petroleum Industry NORM in Nonhazardous Landfills PDF * The Application of Adaptive Sampling and Analysis Program (ASAP) Techniques to NORM Sites PDF * An Analytical Model for Simulating Step-Function Injection in a Radial Geometry * NORM Disposal Options, Costs Vary * Potential Radiological Doses Associated with the Disposal of Petroleum Industry NORM Via Landspreading PDF * Disposal of NORM-Contaminated Oil Field Wastes in Salt Caverns PDF * Radiological Dose Assessment of NORM Disposal in Class II Injection Wells PDF * Dose Assessment Related to Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials Generated by the Petroleum Industry PDF * Bibliography of Reports, Papers, and Presentations on Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) in Petroleum Industry Wastes PDF * An Overview of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in the Petroleum Industry PDF
Contact Staff Photo Karen P. Smith (303)986-1140 x267 smithk*anl.gov
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Microbial Treatment of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) EPA Grant Number: R827015-01-0 Title: Microbial Treatment of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) Investigators: Lee R. Krumholz Institutions: University of Oklahoma EPA Project Officer: Bala Krishnan Project Period: July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000 Project Amount: $9,977 Research Category: NORM remediation
Description:
Abstract
Radioactive material has been known to be associated with both oil and gas deposits for many years. The presence of NORM at oil production facilities has recently increased in significance as federal and state regulatory agencies lay out more stringent guidelines for dealing with it. It will therefore influence Risk based decision making and the overall economics of oil production. In this proposal, we outline a plan to develop a technique for the dissolution of radioactive scale associated with oil production equipment. More specifically, we intend to design an anaerobic microbiological treatment process that will specifically dissolve radium sulfate which has precipitated on equipment in contact with oil production waters. By consuming sulfate and converting it to sulfide, sulfate reducing microorganisms will draw the relatively insoluble radium sulfate into solution as Ra2+. The radium then in solution could be transferred to another vessel where it will be re-precipitated and concentrated as the sulfate or carbonate salt for eventual disposal. The result will be the removal of radioactive material from large pieces of functional equipment with its transfer to a smaller more easily disposed of and less costly vessel. Because barium is very similar to radium in its specific ligand interactions, barium can be used as a surrogate for radium. However, all studies will be verified with radium salts and naturally occurring radium scale from oil production equipment. We will initially focus on (1) optimizing the microbiological conditions needed for the dissolution of radium scale; (2) development of a microbiological system scaled for the treatment of contaminated tools, casings and vessels; (3) optimization of a chemical treatment system using carbonate or sulfate salts for re-precipitating and concentrating radium out of solution for subsequent disposal. These experiments over the short period will generate the initial results needed to determine the viability and cost as well as design a pilot scale system for the use of microbial treatment in dealing with radium containing scale on metal and plastic surfaces.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
During oil and gas exploration, production, transport, and refining, soils can be contaminated when fluids are spilled or released into the ground, when the drilling fluid becomes contaminated in the reserve pit, or when pipeline breaks and leaks crude oil or produced water into the soil. Cleaning up this contamination can add significantly to the operational costs of oil and gas production.
Biodegradation, bio-venting, pyrolysis, solvent extraction, thermal desorption, and incineration are some of the technologies employed by the petroleum industry to remediate contaminated soils. However, most of today's techniques are expensive and, in many cases, fail to remove all of the contaminants, especially polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Some methods require the use of organic solvents, which adds cost and creates additional contamination concerns.
The Energy Department's Fossil Energy program continues to investigate new approaches for soil remediation. For example, in 1999, a project was started to evaluate a "hydrothermal extraction technology" (or hot water extraction technology). In this process, inexpensive and environmentally-friendly electrolytes were added to water to create an extracting solvent for moderate temperatures of 150-300 degrees C. The use of electrolytes allowed the process to work under milder conditions and obtain higher separation efficiencies than was previously possible. Also, under the subcritical temperatures and pressures of the process, water would dissolve both organic and inorganic contaminants - something not possible with organic solvents.
The Department is also investigating the exposure pathway from hydrocarbons in soils to absorption by humans. Exposure to hydrocarbon residues at petroleum-contaminated sites could pose a risk to human health via skin absorption and accidental windblown soil ingestion. A particular focus is to determine how any contaminants might pass into the gastrointestinal tract. Studies to date, however, have shown that only a fraction of the hydrocarbons in ingested soils cross the intestinal membranes.
Another category of soil remediation work underway at the Department of Energy concerns special handling of "naturally occurring radioactive materials" (NORM). Identifying and disposing of NORM wastes from oil and gas field operations involve regulatory issues at both the Federal and State level. Studies funded by DOE have focused on data collection, risk assessment, and disposal methods. Field demonstration of landspreading low-level NORM waste, conducted in Colorado, shows that spreading the waste in a thin surface layer facilitates natural biodegradation. Studies in Michigan examined NORM disposal in landfills, while disposal in salt caverns is proposed for Gulf Coast states and New Mexico.
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Posted by Peaser01 on :
21 April 2005 Adopted Date: 20 March 2005 Status: Legislation Mexico
Norm on standards for soil contamination and remediation [5419]
On 29 March 2005 the Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) issued Official Mexican Norm NOM-138-SEMARNAT/SS-2003 on maximum permissible thresholds of soil contamination caused by hydrocarbon leaks. The objective of this Norm is to establish the maximum permissible thresholds of soil contamination caused by hydrocarbon leaks, its mixtures and/or derived substances of the same. In order to control this, qualitative and quantitative evaluations of the contamination at the site must be carried out. Site remediation procedures must be adopted. This Norm replaces Emergency Norm NOM-EM-138-ECOL-2002.
Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-138-SEMARNAT/SS-2003, que establece los límites máximos permisibles de hidrocarburos en suelos y las especificaciones para su caracterización y restauración // Official Mexican Norm NOM-138-SEMARNAT/SS-2003, establishing maximum permissible tresholds of hydrocarbons in soils and the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the site, and remediation procedures to be adopted.
Topics related to this abstract: (These are main descriptors, which can also be found in the Topic View):
Environment - Soil
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Pollution/Contaminants Quality Standards Remediation Sampling/Analysis Threshold Criteria
Posted by Peaser01 on :
FIELD STUDIES - TECHNOLOGIES FOR NORM DISPOSAL
Several technologies for treatment and disposal of NORM wastes were tested in states, which allowed for NORM disposal. Results and recommendations could prove beneficial to other states, which are reviewing options for NORM disposal regulations.
Landspreading of NORM wastes is a method which relies on spreading oil-field-contaminated waste over the soil surface to allow the hydrocarbon component of the wastes to degrade. Most states have laws governing landspreading practices to protect against environmental contamination, although most states currently prohibit hazardous wastes. This study was conducted in Colorado, where landspreading of oil field waste is permitted when the final concentrations in the soil are reduced to less than 1,000 ppm total petroleum hydrocarbons in sensitive areas and less than 10,000 ppm in all other areas. Recommendations on the specifications for landspreading to meet these requirements provide valuable data to states, which may wish to consider this method of disposal. Techniques include use of earthmoving equipment to spread hydrocarbon materials as thinly as possible to enhance biodegradation, disking the shallow soils after spreading to increase surface area exposure, and spraying the soil surface with water or fertilizers to increase biodegradation.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Drilling Mexico Sets Limits for Contaminants In Water Extracted Along With Hydrocarbons
MEXICO CITY--Mexico has issued a new rule for managing and disposing of produced water (water that is extracted along with hydrocarbons) that will take effect May 3, an official at the national Environment Ministry told BNA March 11.
The rule (NOM-143-SEMARNAT-2003) sets limits for hydrocarbons and total dissolved solids in produced water to be released into national waters, and will primarily affect Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Mexico's state-owned petroleum monopoly.
"Currently Pemex has no obligation to produce systematic registries of the hydrocarbon and total dissolved solids content when discharging produced water," Alma Escamilla, a director at the ministry's General Directorate of Energy and Extractive Activities, told BNA. "From now on, it will have to contain this information in its registers."
In 2002, the most recent year for which figures were available when the rule was drafted, Mexico generated more than 12 million cubic meters of produced water, 86 percent of which was re-injected, and most of the remainder of which was released into the Gulf of Mexico, Escamilla said.
The new rule, published 3 March in the Diario Oficial de la Federación, aims to prevent pollution of aquifers, the SEMARNAT official said.
Currently these activities are governed by NOM-001-SEMARNAT-1996, which sets maximum limits for pollutants in wastewaters released into national waters, and is the only technical rule that relates to produced water.
"It does not establish specific limits for hydrocarbons nor for total dissolved solids (TDS), both elements that are present in produced water," Escamilla said. "The new NORM will permit the regulation of these elements in the release of produced water into the environment."
Under the new standard, the maximum permitted levels of hydrocarbons will be 15 milligrams per liter in produced water released into fresh water, and 40 mg/L for produced water released into the sea. For TDS, the maximum level will be 500 mg/L for produced water to be discharged into fresh water, and 32,000 mg/L for discharges into the sea, which must be at least 2 kilometers from the coast.End of article graphic
By Barbara Kastelein
Posted by Peaser01 on :
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT 1 THE MEXICAN ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT AS A VOLUNTARY NORM CALDERON, J. Under Attorney for Environmental Audit, Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection, Periférico 5000 4° Piso, Col. Insurgentes Cuicuilco, México, D.F. SUMMARY In 1992, the position and organization of the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection was created. One of its objectives is the implementation of the Environmental Audit Program. The Environmental Audit in México is being used as an “autorregulation,” or voluntary norms with the following objective — to minimize industrial risks through pollution prevention and control. 1 INTRODUCTION Several aspects make enforcement of environmental laws an especially difficult affair in Latin America. The international division of work has condemned developing countries to an increasing dependance on exploitation of their natural resources in a non-sustainable way, in order to relieve the extreme poverty that currently exists. Although the relationship between debt vs. natural resources or world trade vs. environment still remains unclear, there is no doubt that the developing countries have had to reconcile their population’s increasing demand for basic goods with the exhausting repayment of debt. Furthermore, we have had to promote industrial activity and provide the necessary framework for foreign trade while simultaneously protecting our environment, which includes our more valuable belonging: human life. Within a globalization framework at the international level, we have committed ourselves to comply with international agreements around global issues requiring immediate attention. Those commitments have highlighted the limitations of our environmental sector, but also have fostered efforts to face a reality that cannot be postponed. Taking into account increasing awareness about the environmental risks that the world faces, we must notice that the solutions given to those problems more often are corrective than preventive. In this point of view the last ones are useful tools to avoid ecological imbalance. 2 BACKGROUND The main results of this approach have been: • deterioration of world population’s quality of life, very fast in some cases; • perceptible change in atmospheric composition, especially CO2 concentrations (the main greenhouse gas); • damage to the stratospheric ozone layer; • harmful accidents related to industrial plants; and • improper management and final disposal of hazardous wastes in general and toxic wastes in particular. 2 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT This situation has become sharper in industrializing countries for several reasons: • their traditional lack of control; • the vicinity of industries and populated areas; • the constant population pressure over free spaces; • the recurrent financial and market crises; and • the lack of operational programs for emergency response. The population and environmental components are exposed to unnecesary risks by all of these factors. Those risks have become real by lamentable accidents. Perhaps the most well known of them occurred in 1984 when a toxic puff from a Union Carbide pesticide plant near Bhopal, India, was inhaled by 300,000 people. Nobody was aware that methyl isocianate, the gas released, could be so noxious. Everybody knew that methyl isocianate is toxic, but it was supposed that no one would have contact with it because it is an intermediate product. Consequently, the proper measures were not taken. Later in the same year, some liquid propane gas storage tanks exploded in San Juan Ixhuatepec, México, killing more than 400 people, according to official reports. These kinds of accidents, however, are not only present in developing countries. In 1976, an uncontrolled chemical reaction in an Hoffman-LaRoche produced a puff of one of the most toxic substances known: dioxin. This cloud was carried by the wind towards Seveso, Italy, provoking one of the most harmful accidents of the chemical industry in this century. The common aspect of these accidents is the absence of an opportune diagnostic of their possible risks. They point out the need to review systematically industry operations in order to detect the likelihood of facing similar problems in the near future. That is the origin of the environmental audit, the proactive device by nature, the autorregulation tool par excellence. 3 THE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT The development of auditing skills as environmental management tools started in the mid-1970s when several companies, working independently and by their own initiative, developed internal management tools to help in the assessment and review the status of their operations. Since then, environmental auditing programs have evolved until reaching a high grade of specialization in pioneering countries, which have allowed the government authorities not to have a key role. Let me get back to this issue later. The creation of PROFEPA was led by the explosions which took place in Guadalajara 1992; the tragedy is still present in national awareness. Among PROFEPA’S functions is to implement both enforcement of environmental laws and the environmental auditing program as a proactive mechanism to avoid risks. The PROFEPA’s main function is enforcement of the law in order to protect the environment. This goal is achieved basically in two ways: inspection (with its related enforcement authority to shut down operations) and the environmental audit. The first one is a powerful legal action with a big limitation. The Federal Government can only demand the compliance with such items that have already been regulated. Since the environmental audit is voluntary, it can involve all those aspects that have not been regulated yet, which however, must be solved immediately. The Federal Government decided to use the non-punitive environmental audit approach due to the current situation in México. This situation can be outlined as follows: • almost no environmental legislation compliance during 21 years; FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT 3 • enormous amounts of hazardous wastes improperly stored and disposed; • almost total absence of environmental consciousness; • unfinished and dislocated legal framework; • lax mechanisms of compliance; • incipient environmental sector; • incipient ecological and territory planification; • obsolete production technology; and • scarcity of fiscal and credit politics. All of these features promoted an industrial sector which was reluctant to analyze its environmental reality, so the Federal Government had to convince the industrial sector by explaining the environmental audit’s real goal. In addition, to foster the environmental audit program, if an enterprise decided to enter the environmental audit program, PROFEPA would exclude it from normal inspection activities. Nevertheless, the industry would be inspected if a public law complaint were presented or a contingency occurred. Environmental auditing is therefore the way that an industry can choose to comply with its environmental obligations. It basically consists of a methodological review of its production process in order to know the pollution and risk conditions under which it is operating. The degree of compliance is also defined. Likewise the environmental audit includes items not regulated yet but controlled internationally through good engineering practices. It defines and compels the application of preventive and corrective measures needed to protect the environment. All this is done confidentially, as the legal framework demands. The essence of the environmental audit is to verify, analyze and assess the adequacy and application of risk minimization and pollution control to the enterprise. 4 MÉXICO’S CASE Let me show you some data about one of our main worries, México City metropolitan zone. México City metropolitan zone embraces 16 delegated Federal Districts and 17 State municipalities, and its inhabitants have grown 2.54% annually in the last two decades. Such a big city offers cheap labor, services and great market opportunities. This is why it has strongly attracted every kind of industry (see Figure 1). The ultimate result is that within a 2,000 square kilometers city there are about 30,000 industries of all sizes and classes of industries besides 18 million people. Moreover, in some parts of this crowded city, risks are high; almost 44 million tons of hydrocarbon fossil fuels are burned and nearly 600 metric tons of solvents are used day in and day out. To a smaller degree, a similar situation is presented in the metropolitan zone of Monterrey and Guadalajara Cities. Of special concern are the northern border region and the industrial corridors of Coatzacoalcos-Minatitlán, Tula-Vito-Apasco, Tampico-Madero-Altamira, and Irapuato-Celaya-Salamanca (see Figure 2). The federal government decided to start the auditing activities in dangerous enterprises located in those areas. As we expected, the bigger industries were selected in this step. Lately PROFEPA has been inviting the other industries to join the environmental audit program. 4 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT 5 6 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT Reviewing the 1994 economic census from the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Data Processing, the micro, small and medium industry comprise 99.2% of the total manufacturing establishments. They hire 55% of the total personnel and generate 38% of total income. On the other hand, the big industries comprises 0.8% of the total industrial plants, hire 45% of the personnel and receive 62% of total income. In México, like most countries, the smaller enterprises constitute the manufacturing activity bases. Moreover, they offer most of the employment. However, given the scarcity of governmental human and financing resources, the starting actions have been directed to the bigger industries for which control is easier because of its small number. They represent the highest risk situations, therefore their control is imperative. Indeed, the Environmental Audit Program does not ignore the micro, small and medium industries. However, it is assumed that these enterprises are facing serious financial problems and have more urgent concerns than environmental activities. Aware of that, PROFEPA is looking for their participation in the program through a World Bank fund. In that case, the government would pay part of the audit expenses. 5 THE INDUSTRIAL RESPONSE The Mexican environmental sector is evolving quickly, the government is enforcing the law, citizen participation is rising and the industries are making considerable efforts to comply. In this sense, in the near future, “declaration audits” will be implemented. In this kind of audit, the auditors will be certified by the governmental authority and their reports will be accepted without review, unlike the present scheme which demands that reports to be supervised by PROFEPA. Industries in México, especially those with corporate environmental policies, have echoed the official efforts to support proactive mechanisms for environmental management. As a result, the “Environmental Protection and Industrial Competitiveness Covenant” between the Trade and Industrial Promotion Secretary (SECOFI), Environment, Natural Resources and Fishing Secretary and Industrialist Confederation Chamber was signed in September 1995. In this covenant, autorregulation was defined as intersectorial policies to develop and foster voluntary industrial environmental protection programs through mechanisms like raw material substitution, technological modernization, energy efficiency, recycling and, of course, environmental audits. 6 PRACTICAL RESULTS Environmental audits represent a preventive approach to pollution control and risk minimization. Its collateral results are: updating an industry in terms of environmental compliance and the processes’s continuous improvement. This goal demanded enormous effort because of the fact that the country, jointly with its industrial plants, is facing severe financial problems. Environmental Audit Voluntary Program results by August 1995 are as follows: 303 audits completely finished, 150 in progress, and 135 in any part of consultation process. Among those audited, Federal Government enterprises stand out, such as the PEMEX’S petrochemical complexes, CFE’s energy generation plants, National Mexican Railroads Workshops, etc. To give an idea about the required expenses, PEMEX by itself has spent more than US $2 billion in the audit process as well as the Action Plans and remediation activities detected. Although the concept of an audit is the same internationally, the Mexican concept of audit has special features. In Germany, Austria, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, USA, Canada and other countries, unlike México, the environmental authority has no key FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT 7 participation in the process. An industry in those countries decides to audit because of one or more of the following reasons: internal or corporate politics; improvement of its public image; non-government organization pressure; stakeholders decisions; financial requirements; etc. The government does not participate in the decision. Furthermore, the final audit reports are not destined for the environmental authority and the audited industry decides all by itself what to do and when. Therefore, in those countries, there is no official or compulsory way to do audit. However, the review of every matter related to the environmental question is a common practice, but without governmental guidance. In México, PROFEPA has a key role. First of all, it promotes the entrance to the voluntary program and establishes the compulsory terms of reference for the audit; then it supervises the performance of the job and convenes with the industry representative of all the actions to be performed in order to correct the findings of the audit. Finally, it supervises compliance of the convened actions. As a signatory of NAFTA, México is committed to effective compliance of its own environmental regulations. In this sense, and facing less and less regulated international trade, the environmental audit is now accepted as an environmental law compliance advice in terms of the North American environmental protection agreement. In the same sense, as an active organization member, México will have to heed the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Council’s recommendation on integrated prevention and control of contamination, issued on January 31, 1991, which indicates that environmental audit is one of the integrating mechanisms. The environmental audit has demonstrated its effectiveness and has other interesting advantages as the possible elimination of penalties for self-identified, reported, and corrected items, provided that PROFEPA is notified in a spontaneous way and realistic and scheduled solutions and control and prevention measures are presented. We must notice too that the environmental audit’s terms of reference fulfill the environmental certification requirements internationally, such as ISO 14000. This will allow, in the near future, the environmental audit to become a requirement to obtain the commercial benefits acquired with the adoption of such international standards. The ongoing PROFEPA environmental audit policy is to take care of the problems arising from bigger industrial installations, either public or private; Petróleos Mexicanos, Comisión Federal de Electricidad, Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México, Ford, General Motors y Nestlé are some examples of them. All of this has a double effect: to minimize industrial risks and, on the other hand, promote adequate pollution control. We really think that Environmental Audit Program must be complemented with an appropriated enforcement policy. The Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection’s general policy is intended to achieve this goal. The Mexican environmental question is based on the “Think Globally, Act Locally” concept, so, we are committed to the preservation of the unique world we have. In conclusion, let me be emphatic in saying that the main objective of Mexico’s Environmental Audit Program is to achieve a better and healthier environment for all of us and to raise the quality of life for all Mexicans through a preventative approach.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Phase Two of Pemex Environmental Study Begins
Instituto Mexican del Petróleo (IMP) and Battelle (The "Alianza") have received a two-year, $8.65 million contract from Mexican oil giant PEMEX to carry out the second phase of an environmental assessment of its offshore oil and gas operations in the Sonda de Campeche. Battelle will conduct tasks amounting to about $4.0 million of the work. The project, a joint effort of the Battelle-IMP Alianza, will assess the nature and extent of environmental impacts that were identified as potential impacts in the earlier study. In doing so, Battelle will evaluate whether environmental impacts are due to PEMEX operations or other environmental factors. In addition, the Alianza will provide specific guidance on how PEMEX can improve environmental operations in the Sonda. In 1998, using existing environmental data from PEMEX and other sources, the Alianza team first conducted a screening-level evaluation to determine whether past or current operations at Sonda de Campeche had likely resulted in impacts to human health or the environment. The study assessed the impacts of PEMEX operations by level and extent of effect, quality of the environmental data, and quality of the data about human or ecological effects. "We wanted to give PEMEX as accurate a view as possible within the project scope," said Dr. Charlie Brandt, Battelle project manager. Key senior staff in Battelle include Brandt, Marshall Richmond, and Jeff Ward of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which Battelle operates for the U.S. Department of Energy, and Dr. Jerry Neff, Dr. Scott Stout, and Bill Steinhauer of Battelle's Coastal Resource and Environmental Management and Safety group. Natural petroleum seeps were one confounding factor in the scientists' analyses. "It was difficult to tell the effect of routine discharges or spills because they were small compared to naturally occurring seeps in the area," said Brandt. Brandt noted in the next phase of the research Battelle's forensic chemists would develop source fingerprints of PEMEX oil and other discharges that could distinguish these products from the natural oil seepages in the area. In phase two, the Alianza will install instruments to fill a multitude of data gaps and gather data and samples to confirm findings from the earlier study. Ecotoxicologists will quantify the toxicity and biological effects of discharges from the oil and gas exploration and production process. Geochemists and hydrologists will evaluate and model groundwater and soil contamination while physical oceanographers will measure currents at the discharge points using acoustic Doppler current profilers to predict the direction and concentration of discharges. Once samples are analyzed, Battelle will apply risk assessment approaches and use forensic analysis to differentiate PEMEX effects on seawater, groundwater, sediment, soil, and biota from those arising from other sources. Related to the Sonda project is a parallel effort to transfer technology and know-how to IMP so that they may improve their environmental services and technologies. The technology transfer effort in this case will involve training in: ecological risk assessment techniques, the conduct of ecotoxicology studies, deepwater assessment and sampling approaches, and risk communication to stakeholders. For further information, contact Dr. Charlie Brandt
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Posted by Peaser01 on :
The world is running out of crude oil! While this is certainly true for conventional crude oils that are easily and inexpensively processed into high-quality fuels, there are vast deposits of heavy crude oils in many parts of the world. In fact, these reserves are estimated at more than seven times the known remaining reserves of conventional crude oils. The largest heavy oil reserves are in the Orinoco oil belt of Venezuela, the Athabasca oil sands in Alberta, Canada, and the Olenik oil sands in Siberia, Russia. These heavy crude oils are known as unconventional crude oils because they cannot be produced, transported, and refined by conventional methods. Heavy crude oils have a density (specific gravity) approaching or even exceeding that of water. They usually are extremely viscous, with a consistency ranging from that of heavy molasses to a solid at room temperature. Heavy crude oils usually contain high concentrations of sulfur and several metals, particularly nickel and vanadium. These are the properties that make them difficult to pump out of the ground or through a pipeline and interfere with refining. These properties also present serious environmental challenges to the growth of heavy oil production and use. However, as proven reserves of conventional crude oil are depleted, there is a growing interest in developing the vast resources of these unconventional oils. To this end, the oil industry and government energy agencies are developing new, cost-effective methods for extracting the heavy oils from the reservoir, upgrading them either in situ or at the wellhead, transporting the heavy crude oils or synthetic crude (syncrudes) produced at the well to the refinery, and refining the heavy oils and syncrudes to obtain high yields of valuable light and middle distillate fuels. Environmental concerns about heavy crude oils are of two types: Chemical wastes and byproducts of heavy crude oil production, upgrading, and refining may cause serious ecological injury if released to the environment. Spills of heavy crude oils and syncrudes are difficult to clean up and may cause long-term injury to the affected environment. Many of the in situ and wellhead upgrading and refining technologies produce waste gases and solids that, if released to the environment, would cause serious ecological injury. Additionally, tanker or pipeline accidents involving heavy oils are difficult to clean up. The oil, particularly if it accumulates in upland soils, on the shore, or on the sea floor (some heavy crude and residual oils are denser than seawater and sink), may be extremely persistent and may cause chronic injury to the affected environment. Battelle is actively involved in environmental studies to determine the environmental challenges of heavy crude oils. For more information about heavy crude oils, contact Dr. Jerry Neff at (781) 952-5229, neffjm*battelle.org.
Posted by jason10 on :
good lord peaser thats alot of unnessecary(sp) info
went back a few years too i saw 1992 on at least two of those thing
Posted by Peaser01 on :
It goes into explaining the NORM in detail and what PEMEX has begun doing about it. A lot of the info is from this year. Just some DD for all to see.
The articles aren't from 1992, just mentions what happened during the previous years.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
After much thought on the situation in Mexico, the Hurricane disaster may trump any contracts for enviormental clean-up.
Mexico has taken a huge hit in the revenue dept.
Where is the money going to come from to even feed they're thousands of starving citizens.
The Yucatan area is a cash cow of tourism.. That cow is dead for the time being.
I am like the rest of you probably feeling a little bit like we may of been had......
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Dust your not losing you confidence are you. I serously am not trading next october Im down 9000 now Crap Crap Crap let me just say one more time Crap!!!!!!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Hopefully, whoever has been behind ARCA buying shares has finished accumulating.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Denskijr, ya, my confidence is limited in the pennys..
Peaser and I will be hiiting the books again on Nasdaq runners..He just dosn't know he has to get back to work, yet!!LOL
Maybe we can find something good..
I broke my own rule and believed that any of these damnable OTCBB'S are worth holding long.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Im thinking about not loging in to my computer for a month. If I sell now man what a loss Im believeing something is going to come out of this. Peaser are you still holding all your shares or have you started dumping as well??? I think I've gone into the numb stage LOL
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
DENSKIJR, as long as ya can maintain a pulse, the numb stage will pass!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Sorry guys had to bail lost to much to handle does anyone have those electroshock things that would be great.
GLTY
Im sure will meet up again somewhere Posted by Dustoff101 on :
DENSKIJR, I think the Hurricane in the Yucatan was the varible we just couldn't see..
Arca's back, so keep an eye out just in case.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I still have all my shares in place. Looking to buy more if it dips lower.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
There is supposed to be a chat with Robert Brehm BUGS CEO at 3pm EST today on:
in the Robert Brehm Forum.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
SSWM Reaches $1MM Key Milestone in Remediation Contract in Mexico Wednesday November 2, 9:45 am ET Manufacturing Company Site Clean-Up Progresses Smoothly
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2005--Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM - News) announced it has mobilized personnel to commence a new phase on its existing project in Torreon, Mexico, that has now exceeded $1 million in total contract revenue to date. ADVERTISEMENT
Bruce Beattie, President of SSWM, stated: "SSWM engineers will kick off the next phase of work for this confidential client with manufacturing operations in Mexico to install, operate and maintain an in situ (below ground surface) remediation treatment system to clean up sub-surface soils under an active production facility site. SSWM engineers will use both conventional and biological technologies to remediate heavy petroleum-based machine oils to acceptable regulatory standards. Our most recent work to date has been to excavate contaminated soils with minimal impact to production operations and treat the material using the patented Bio-Raptor(TM) process on site in an adjacent open area within the facility for final removal as clean soil once cleanup goals are achieved."
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
A subsidiary of U.S. Microbics (OTCBB:BUGS - News), Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services, including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste cleanup treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its expertise and technology by forming strategic alliances and joint ventures with well-established engineering firms.
Posted by rider3160 on :
BUGS moving
Posted by suddenstranger on :
ready.. set.. gooooooooo! lol
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Man I don't get it I exit all my positions yesterday and both stocks up 25% or more talk about stupid. Glad I could help you out next time I'll buy something then in a month or 2 you can buy for 50% lower I'll exit and you can double your money. sounds like a plan whos in
Posted by bdgee on :
What's your fee gonna be?
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
lol
Posted by Stinky on :
Did anyone get any information from the chat with Brehm today?
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Posted by mastermind555 on :
quote:Originally posted by Stinky: Did anyone get any information from the chat with Brehm today?
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We got some great information from the chat today...i couldnt copy and paste because it wouldnt let me. Mr. Brehm expects contracts valued near $10-25 million. You can just imagine the PPS when it went up 25% on a $1 million contract. They future looks extremely bright and they are planning on expanding overseas, mainly into Brazil.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
From todays chat with CEO Robert Brehm:
The future for US Microbics, Inc.(BUGS) over the coming months and years is very bright IMHO. Mr. Brehm along with everyone else are expecting very nice contracts from Mexico in the future. SSWM is currently working on a contract that may equal $2MM. This is the contract that was in today's PR, currently $1MM has been paid, up to $2MM estimated with continued planned work.
This contract is the beginning. There are contract proposals that are awaiting the Univerity's approval this very moment. They may be approved at any time. Mr. Brehm's expectations are highly set. We look forward to hearing from him again. He also answered many other questions that I will not delve into at this moment.
The contracts are currently the main thought on shareholders minds at this time. I am extremely confident in the work that is/will be going on in Mexico.
With the contracts coming in Mexico, there should not be any need to release any more S-8's as revenue will be generated. BUGS is looking for contracts of $50-$100MM in the next few years.
Posted by ToastedTrader on :
Well im along for the ride should bugs suceed
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
no thanks. sorry i want mine.
Posted by johnny14511 on :
man i should have bought in the low 2's when i had the chance
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by Stinky: Did anyone get any information from the chat with Brehm today?
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Welcome to Allstocks.com!!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Here is the chat:
">": answer Mr Brehm
> Good evening all hi Mr. Brehm Hallo Nr. Brehm hi Hello Mr. Brehm Hi Hr. Brehm! Hello Mr. Brehm
nice to see you good evening thx for the good news! > you must all be buying stock today!
should we? :}} Hi Mr. Blehm, my first question has to do with the settlemensts between BUGS and Mexiko..what for NEws can we accept? you have the questions from german Investors? A bit. L?lL > Yes I have the questions - 10 in total yes 5 Mio volume in US!! quite impressive Yep, Might see 10mil bv close. 1 more hour to go
Mr. Brehm, we hope we will see more good news next time....
> Mexico is a wonderful opportunity for BUGS and SSWM. We already have a million dollar contract which is still ongoing. Additional contracts are awaiting zignature as we speak.
Can you say us something about the personal form BUGS?how many workers have you? Do all the Hurricans effect your company, in positiv ways?
Is the hurricane damage in Mexico causing setbacks to possible new contracts?
Can you say us something about the personal from BUGS? how many workers have you? and in mexico?
> More 1nfo on mexioo can be found on the www.bugsatwork.com/investor.htm page (at the bottom under CEOinterview. Here is general Info recap: Mexico in 2004 enacted the similar environmental laws that we enacted back in the 1970's in the U.S., and created their own Environmental Protection Agency. They now want to enforce these environmental laws according to their agreements under NAFTA and The World Trade Organisation treaties. However, they do not want to repeat all of the problems that have plagued the U.S. environmental market over the last thirty years, so they have taken a fresh Mexico in 2004 enacted the similar environmental laws that we enacted back in the 1970's in the U.S., and created their own Environmental Protection Agency. They now want to enforce these environmental laws according to their agreements under NAFTA and The World Trade Organization treaties. However, they do not want to repeat all of the problems that haue plagued the U.S. environmental market over the last thirty vearz, so the7 have taken a fresh
if alot of Citys get overfloadded does these means that you get more orders? seeing that the Water should be cleaned... how many people Works for BUGS?
> Let me speak about hurricanes and disastors in general SSWM is NOT an emergency response company, but cleans up the water and contaminated soll after the event occurs. As such, the hurricanes cause contamination and we are given the opportunity to bid on the work, we are glad to do so. However only 1% of the hurricane work in the USA has gone to Small business and 99% has gone to pre-approved governrnent contractors on the Corp of Engineers li are there some other companies who are working in the saure range? when do you expect orders for patent no 6905603 b2, the carhon reactivation technology what is the total estimated size of the contracts in Mexico that are waiting approval? Vae have about 15 people at BUGS and many contractors. Our Labor company partner in mexico has 100's of people which we can use on projects. Our goal is not to have lots of people but to manage the projects and employ local workers to heip cleanup their own country. Our overhead (burden) is lese and we make more profit and the local ecnnnmv is st,imulated
in which countries is BUGS active?
> Let me speak to mexico contracts and our business in general. In the environmental business, we usually are asked to Write an assessment report defining the magnitude of the problem and engineering the solution and arriving at a total cost. many projects have undetermined costs until samples are taken and the digging starte.
How do vou see the general situation, with your shares? Since 1 Month it's loosing almost every day on value, even do the News are in fact good! so is there like a big hidden order that the shareholders may suppose? are there any contracts besides the one in today's PF where you have already sampled the area? or how is that to explain?
> More on contracts. In our current $1MM contract we did an assessment report for $50,000 AND THE CONTRACT TOTAL IS ESTIMATED AT $1mm TO $2mm WHEN COMPLETE. Our current assessment contracts awaiting approval are near $1MM which could (I said could not will) possibly have $10-$25MM in total cleanup contracts once we have engineered the solution. We would like to think we 'will get all the cleanup work, but we may also have to work with other compa
okay, thank you but these are nice prospects.
> BUGS is currently in the USA, Mexico and has contacts in Germany with a current company which is reorganizing to be able to use our technology. We are also investigating many other contacts in brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, China, Malaysia and South America. hie haue a lot of interest from brazil and that is why part of our website is in Portuguese. Great
> Meine Deutsch is nicht au qurit, bitte english!
you say china, but what are you doing in china and what do you expect in china?the big china wenn das suellen hört
I am very impressed Sir!
wenn sue dass hör...werd mich freuen
More an mexico. We have been asked to provide assessment proposals for many sites in Mexico. And we have submitted the proposals to the proper authorities and through the University. We expect to hear about their acceptance and funding any time, but remember we are in a foreign country and they move at their own pace. We can help their country clean up many of their drinking water problems and soll contamination and they have solicited our hel
is lt correct, which becomes active an public relation-agency for lt? yes thats right.
> We expect about $ 1MM in assessment contracts which could lead to $10-$25MM in cleanup projects over several years. We are also being asked (as stated in prior PR), to provide proposals for emergency response programs, river and refinery cleanups, education seminars and other infrastructure programs to help make the Mexico EPA more successful. We think we are in a good position
the patent was anniLunee!_i en lune 16th - a solution for a 400rtan/year usd probier' everybody says that in 30 years we have not enought drinking water. do you think that the technologie of bugs will have great thimes in the future? by the way: RT Can you handle contracts which could lead to $lOmm-$25mtt without problems?
> our latest patent for Bio-GAC™ has several interests from both large and small companies. We have not used lt in mexico yet, but is has been used successfully in large refinery in california and most importantly can be used as new technology WITHOUT a new permit being required for the facility. It is vey cot efffective to not have to exchange dirty carbon for new carbon. We are about 1/2 the price to use compared to cleaning existinq carbo Questions?
To expect orders from this patent? yes about the techology of bugs and de future? the problem with the drinking water... what's the latest status of your Joint venture withwaterchef inc. what is the future of BUGS and Winston Holdings Inc? Mr. Brehm, Does US Microbics Inc have any plans on releasing any more S-8's in the future? This has been the stock bashers best friend in regards to BUGS.
> Yes we must change our habits as earthlings so that we have more food, better water and less messes. The BUGS technology currently is used for cleaning water and soll. We also have technology for increasing the size and quallty of agricultural products such as tomatoes, wheat, basic food groups grown on farms as well as increasing the size and yellds of shrimp, fishm shell fish products. Our goal os to provide products and technoloq7 to feed t
ok.thank you sir!
> Winstead holding is doing the business development for the Gaeacare project. They are trying to secure the project contracts and they need out engineering support to write the proposales an carry out the work for any cleanup. We are a partner and a vendor to the Gaeacare, but the business development is being handled by them and any future business is based upon their efforts. We have mang more opportunities in mexico to work on at this time.
on jan. 10th you Said your goal is to increase gross revenue to $5-$10hw in 2005 - can you still achieve this size?
> We autorize the S-8's tor our employees option plans. But authorized stock does not mean it will all be issued. We are currently filing an SB-2 update in SSWM that will provide an equity line for SSWM up to $6MM and can be used for working capital and projects. When that is approved by the SEC (shortly we hope), we should not have a need to use any more 5-8's. Our record breaking revenue this year has helped us with cash flow and we have iss
what do you think about a publicity in USA/Mexico?
> In January of 2005 we were still actively involved with our acquisition program and we doing due diligence an a potential $80MM acquisition. We expected top complete this acquisition (and one other) in 2005. However, our due diligence turned up some major problems and we turned down the acquisition after spend a lot of time and money. The other acquisition is still available, but the Mexico opportunity allows us to grow very much faster so we
Sir, you were saying we have iss
> Upon award of the expected mexico assessment contracts AND the sunsequent cleanup contracts, we should be able to have $10MM to $25MM in expected revenue in 2006. what's the latest status of your Joint venture with waterchef Inc.
> Our PR for mexico related business is usually released in spanish in mexico city and in English in the US. We have received good response from the people of mexico and they appreciate our efforts to date. We look forward to helping them further.
The JV with C-Trade using the WaterChef machines is in progress. We are waiting for C-Trade to place the machines into locations where we can both enjoy a good revenue stream. The potential is great but the timing in still incertain. more questions?
mr. brehm and what can you say about the year's result of 2005?
is bugs a potential candidate for an aquisition, friendly or unfriendly?
> Our last quarter (ending September 30) was also very good as the first three record breaking quarters. Final results havent been given because they are subject to audit and final adjustments. Business was very good as preveiusly stated in PR and we expect the quarter ending 12/31 to also be impressive.
Great
and give the german financial organization more direct Information.
sounds very good Sir
> Share price predictions are hard to do. BUT if revenue and earnings are rauch higher as we expect with Mexico, 1 would expect share prices to be higher also. SSWM and BUGS should track together. Higher SSWM should mean hinger SShE. Since there are fewer shares of SSWM in the float, I would exoct lt to go up faster with the same demand of buying
What role did honca investments play and why did they Constantly selling shares?
The share price of BUGS is currently attractive at lt' pps.
> As far as being acquired, I would expect that as soon as we hit $50MM to $100MM in revenues, we would be an excellent candidate for acquisition. That seems to be the size level of interest in the environmental industry. We do have anti-takeover provisions in effect. We also have several major Investment entitie looking at major expansion help for the agricultural growth enhancement business with out BI-Agra(TM) and Bio-Miracle(TM) products. Boca Investments is a business development firm we use and pay with restricted shares. as they reach 12 months old, he sells them for expenses. We have had excellent work from him.
thank you very much
> I believa BUGS (and SSWM) are at very attractive prices today.
why did you seil at 0,04
What is your invQlvtmtnt with MotorSports Emporium?
> I bought a lot of shares of BUGS recently and consolidated accounts and had a small block of BUGS I sold so I could consolidate my holdings. I currently have more shares then ever before in BUGS and also SSWM.
how many shares BUGS are in your depot? 18 Mio?
so do I!
> I am a major shareholder in MSEP but do not get involved in the day to day operations. BUGS and SSWM are my major efforts. Yes my BUGS holdings are over 18MM You can see my hoLdings an the websit_ www.bugsatwork.com/investor.htm - just look at the fort. 3,4 5 filings for both SS1'M and BUGS Any more Q's?
Hello Robert, sorry I'm to Tate. BUGS has a reputaton for quality. That's good!
weitere Fragen?
> Yes we like to do things right! Thank you for the opportunity of chatting - please email me at bob*bugsatwork.com
cu Mr. Brehm THANX for chat! Thank you very much Mister Brehm!
Posted by maumee river rat on :
Mornin !!
Hey peaser!! Whats the story on this? News does not seem to add any getty-up to it.. Whats your thoughts please...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Not too sure. This is an OTCBB. I believe that a large contract announcement is coming, and I believe that will make the differrence with BUGS.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
I bailed because I don't think the money will be available for enviormental work because of the massive damage done in the Yucatan.. People are starving and the infrastrucure needs to be re-built.. It's all a matter of priorities, the way I see it. We would of been alright if Wilma wouldn't of blind sided us.
I did play the run on a daytrade yesterday, and made a few bucks, but I just think it will go back into low volume and dead money again.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I flipped some shares today on the open. I'm just hoping not to get burned trying to buy more for less. My fingers are crossed. I may not buy back in for a few days. We'll see. I sold half of my position.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
peaser, your ok, it will just keep slowly coming down. Limited amount of deep pocket traders around in the pennys.
These Hurricanes really hurt us in Penny Land. IMO
Many have moved on to the runs in the nasdaq, I know I am.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
This thing is heading south big time. Hope all of you got out yestersday.
Play the nasdaq runners, if you do the DD you should be able to cover your loses on this POS!
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
ya it's droping like a rock who knows when bottom will hit. GLTY Peaser
Right now I'm all cash with lots of tax right offs rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
nasdaq is hot DENSKIJR.
Get in early in the am ride the run and get out.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
what are you doing playing the qqqq's or what?????
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Nope, the early morning pre market alerts, after hrs and overnight news.
I also have several hundred AMEX DOW and Nasdaq stocks I work again.
Watch for positive growth and earnings reports.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Some of you may of noticed a little *ahemmm* change in my attitude towards this stock.LOL
But thats what it is, attitude! that has been influenced by some good old fashioned common sence.
Hurricane Wilma devestated the area's in the Yucatan that provided critical jobs in Mexico.
The Oil infrastructre must of been impacted and needs tons of capital to get back to even they're pre-hurricane production.
Keep in mind pre-hurricane production was in serious trouble just due to the fact of how Pemex operates.
Then here's the other problem, CORRUPTION!~ Anybody that knows anything about 3rd World countrys knows things operate in a manner not conducive to trust.
All these countrys Bugs is so happy about, Brazil is another problem country, all thrive on a bribe and kick back system.
Their is also the problem of Drug cartels influencing all levels of government down there now.........
I was counting on some contracts in the United States that were not just a little fluff.
So when I added up all the risks of this OTCBB I finaly came to the conclusion that I may of been had!
Sometimes when we stand to close to the Tree we can't see the rest of the forest......
I hope I'm wrong, because I like living..J/K LOL
PS, this is an open forum and I am expressing my thoughts and have NO INFORMATION to substaintiate my views...
[ November 05, 2005, 09:15: Message edited by: Dustoff101 ]
Posted by mastermind555 on :
I don't think hurricanes are hurting BUGS and pennyland as much as interest rates. I'm not saying you are wrong...just another opinion.
What we are looking at now is just normal trading. Six months from now, I think BUGS will be in a good position.
Posted by mastermind555 on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: Nope, the early morning pre market alerts, after hrs and overnight news.
I also have several hundred AMEX DOW and Nasdaq stocks I work again.
Watch for positive growth and earnings reports.
I agree, buying a stock right before earnings report is a good strategy after you do research on it. But if you really want to speculate and make REAL profits, penny stocks are the way to go.
Posted by Zygore on :
Mexico Governor Funds Environmental Contract to SSWM Subsidiary; Assessment Contracts Key to Meeting Goal of $10-25 MM in Business in Mexico
November 07, 2005 09:25:01 (ET)
CARLSBAD, Calif., Nov 07, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (SSWM, Trade), announced that governor Mario Marin Torres of the State of Puebla, Mexico, has allocated an initial budget of approximately $365,000 USD to conduct a comprehensive environmental site assessment of the bulk storage terminal of Pemex -- Petroleos Mexicanos, the state-owned oil company -- properties in the City of Puebla. This project contract was awarded to SSWM Mexico subsidiary company Environmental Tec International, S.A. de C.V. (ETI), headquartered in Mexico City.
ETI will provide a detailed investigation to determine the optimum approach to remediate the on-going hydrocarbon releases of the aforementioned Pemex terminal to surrounding communities serving the City of Puebla. It is imperative to mention that PROFEPA -- Mexican Federal Environment Protection Agency -- conducted an environment audit in 1997 and documented major filtration of gasoline and diesel fuel at that time. There is no doubt that these combustibles have contaminated the subsoil and have reached the water table. ETI will quantify the environmental problem and provide engineering design and project cost for a comprehensive community remediation program. The report will be presented directly to the Governor for review and subsequent funding of the recommended implementation.
Bruce Beattie, CEO of SSWM, stated, "This award represents the first in a series of engineering projects to characterize and define the environmental impacts to air, soils and groundwater by properties in the City of Puebla and surrounding communities. Governor Mario Marin Torres has ordered this work to document suspected and known risks threatening the State's capital city and its citizens in order to begin crafting a comprehensive remedial action plan."
Beattie further described the significance of the initial contract award from the Governor by saying, "This site assessment contract award is the first step toward winning the larger cleanup implementation. Just as our first $1,000,000 plus Mexico cleanup project started off with a $50,000 site assessment report, we fully expect this new contract report to lead to a multi-million dollar remediation contract when the Governor and PEMEX approve the subsequent funding and implementation. When the cleanup contract is awarded, we will be well on our way of meeting our goal of $10-25 MM in anticipated business in Mexico. With additional assessment report contracts already pending, we feel confident that we will have a major impact resolving environmental problems for the people of Mexico."
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS, Trade), and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services, including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT, a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect" or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
SOURCE: Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc.
Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. Alan Kau, 888-795-3166 http://www.bugsatwork.com Copyright Business Wire 2005
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
It's alive! But I ain't buying, so it will probably run because I bad mouthed it.LOL
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Looks like ARCA isn't finished accumulating at .024. He's holding BUGS down. I sold some, looking to buy back around .023 if my ARCA hunch is correct.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
The bid is getting weak.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Peas, ya might get in cheaper than .023 .0132 would be a safer buy.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Someone is gonna lose fighting ARCA. Dust, did you see that last buy of 1000 at .027? The person/people behind ARCA probably laughed at that one.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Nah, I missed that, was trying to figure my bid on PAX.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: Peas, ya might get in cheaper than .023 .0132 would be a safer buy.
LOL. I don't think it will fall below .019 ever again. I'm looking for a possible dip to .019. We'll see.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Hey Peaserman,
hope your doing well. trying to stay away but its hard once you've created a habit.
any GLTY
Dennis :D
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Hey Peaser,
this thing gets down to .019 PM me please I'm going to take some time off from tradeing but if it hits there pm me ok
Thanks
Denski out
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Will do Denski, I'm watching it like a hawk.
Posted by Zygore on :
BUGS -- U.S. Microbics Com ($0.0001)
COMPANY NEWS AND PRESS RELEASES FROM OTHER SOURCES:
TwinTrader.com: Twin Trader Alerts for Wednesday, November 9, 2005 QOIL, BUGS, AITX, CWTD
Dallas, Texas, Nov 09, 2005 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Twin Trader Alerts for Wednesday include Quest Oil Corporation's (OTCBB: QOIL), U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB: BUGS), Airtrax, Inc. (OTCBB: AITX) and China World Trade Corporation (OTCBB: CWTD).
U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB: BUGS) traded as much as 5.7% over open on Tuesday.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by ToastedTrader: Well im along for the ride should bugs suceed
Welcome aboard.
Posted by mastermind555 on :
November 10, 2005 09:45 AM US Eastern Timezone
SSWM Management to Thank Puebla Governor and Open Second Mexico Office
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2005--Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM), announced that its CEO will meet with Governor Mario Marin Torres of the State of Puebla, Mexico to thank him personally for the allocation of approximately $365,000 to conduct an environmental site assessment of strategic petroleum bulk storage facilities in Ciudad Puebla awarded to SSWM Mexico subsidiary company Environmental Tec International, S.A. de C.V. (ETI) on a sole source basis. SSWM will also finalize plans for opening its second office in Mexico.
Bruce Beattie, CEO stated, "Our management team will also meet this week with the chief environmental engineer for the State of Puebla Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources to collect historic and recent data for the site(s) to be addressed under this contract to begin the process of drafting a scope of work for the detailed phased investigations to determine the optimum approach to remediate the on-going hydrocarbon releases to surrounding communities at major petroleum bulk storage facilities serving Ciudad Puebla. An environmental audit conducted in 2003 by PROFEPA, the Federal Government Environmental Protection Agency, clearly substantiated major infiltrations of gasoline from bulk petroleum storage facilities into the subsoil and the water table. ETI will quantify the environmental problem and provide engineering design and project cost for a comprehensive community remediation program. The report will be presented directly to the Governor for review and subsequent funding of the recommended implementation."
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB: BUGS) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
Investors and media contact Bruce Beattie at 760/918-1860, ext. 105 or bbeattie*bugsatwork.com; or learn about the company by visiting its Web site at http://www.bugsatwork.com.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect" or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
Does anyone have a link where I can watch ARCA? And how are they holding it down so that they can buy more? Thanks, Posted by Dustoff101 on :
They can hold a low volume stock down by the shear weight of the bid.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
First off Tiffany, you'll need level 2's in order to see ARCA on the bid and the Ask. When I refer to ARCA, I mean the person/people that has the buy/sell order in for ARCA.
This is my belief:
ARCA has some big buy orders in there on the bid as far down as .023 that I know of possibly farther down. Whenever it looks like BUGS may start to climb in share price, the person behind ARCA on the ask puts in a sell order just above the current ask, or on the ask if BUGS starts to stall. The size of the order appears larger than the other sell orders on the L2's. This causes some shareholders to panic and sell into the bid eventually, or someone(possibly ARCA) sells a minimum amount of shares on the bid to try and keep the share price down and creates a false sense that the share price may be falling and that the run is over. After the share price appears to be coming down, ARCA pulls the sell order.
This is all my opinion of course, and cannot be proven as we are unable to see who is actually selling small amounts of shares into the bid.
I have come up with this assumption after watching BUGS day after day for over 1 month on the L2's.
Hope this helps.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
peaser, your assuming they have a ploy to manipulate the PPS..
Yes, they do manipulate, but generaly in a positive way benifiting all by creating a market for the stock..
I don't see anything sinister here, pertaining to the Market Makers..
After all, that's what they are "MARKET MAKERS"
They create liquidity...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I agree with "market makers" making markets. That is their job.
However, when a market maker represents a person on a buy or sell, the market maker then is not in control of making the market.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
True, but then other market makers can and do neutralise the power of one market maker trying to take control. in theory, anyhow.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
That is true at times as well.
In BUGS' case, why does one market maker(ARCA) always show a bigger hand than all the rest. That is the question that we're trying to answer. My opinion stands.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
peaser, after your spending a month starring at BUGS level 2'S..........Your lucky you didn;t wind up in the LoOnEy BiN..LOL
Posted by Peaser01 on :
LOL
I think I saw you in there.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Peaser01: That is true at times as well.
In BUGS' case, why does one market maker(ARCA) always show a bigger hand than all the rest. That is the question that we're trying to answer. My opinion stands.
Well, it would appear ARCA has one Mother of a clients order to fill.
But trying to figgure MM'S out, is very tricky at best.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
That's for sure. We're left to wonder around in the dark by ourselves.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
peaser, check out GSCP'S L2'S
Posted by Peaser01 on :
A little bid building at 1.44
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
A little? better look at the ask.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
sarcasm
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
So, ARCA is holding BUGS down until they get a very large order filled? That sounds extremely bullish to me. No wonder we didn't get a huge pop on that contract estimate news. I guess that I can wait. I see us going over .15/share and possibly much higher short term. What do you guys think? Posted by mastermind555 on :
I agree
Posted by mastermind555 on :
bid is .023...i hope it goes through so we can finally see an uptrend
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I'm guessing bottom around .019. There's a lot of bid pressure at .02
Posted by mastermind555 on :
what exactly is ARCA bidding at. Or is it at different levels?
Posted by mastermind555 on :
ARCA pulled his bid today. Never showed up on the L2's. It may have been because of my post. Who knows.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Peaser01: ARCA pulled his bid today. Never showed up on the L2's. It may have been because of my post. Who knows.
------------------------------------------------- Oh come on man, you must really be getting bored!roflmao
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Yup.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Ask did move up to .027 bid .024
Posted by mastermind555 on :
ask is .027.. i think .023 was the bottom
Posted by Peaser01 on :
As soon as I put in a sell order at .026 they got scared and pulled out the carpet. Then I entered a sell at .025 with 2 market makers left on the bid at .025 and I got shafted. So I pulled my order, and am still holding a minute amount of shares. Looking for .02
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
peaser, if that is indeed what happened, that means there is very few people interested in the stock, just MM'S left trying to hold it up..
I might be right at .0132 But like ya say, who knows.
Posted by Raptorsrule on :
Now.. don't you guys go and beat up on me...LOL, but that gap is getting closer and closer....I think it has a good shot at filling it then it should move back up....
Posted by Peaser01 on :
You may be right Dust, If you are, I'd be okay with it. I'd be happy to double up my original amount of shares.
Posted by Raptorsrule on :
That'd be the play....if it does..I'll be buying it back too...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
.019 is what I want. I am hoping that it fills the gap later next week or the following week. We'll see what happens.
Raptor, you sure called that gap early on. What was it like a month or so ago you called it?
Posted by Raptorsrule on :
Sept. 9th...
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Raptorsrule: I like this stock...made some bucks on this run....but in the interest of being fair to folks...the T/A says it's topped out for now. Unless it's a rule breaker, there's a nasty gap around .018 to be filled.
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: Highlander, this company is in position to shake the OTCBB markets like a Sonic Boom.....
They have nearly 40 years of work behind them just waiting for this kind of oppertunity.
It's the perfect storm!!!!
They just had they're Patents renewed and they are ready to rock and roll.
Contracts for work in the disaster zone {USA} is a no- brainer..
The contract work thru Pemex {Mexican Oil} will change Mexico to the better.........
This will be a massive surprise to the investment world.
Hold your shares!!
This is the one in a hundred that comes out of the penneys a few times a year.
I figure for every $10,000,000 contract the PPS will rise $.20 per share.
------------------------------------------------ Geezz, what in the hell was I smoking on this day!
To be fair to myself, this was before Hurricane Wilma wiped out the Yucatan..
Posted by Raptorsrule on :
LOL....
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
Dustoff101: Lol, hurricane Wilma? Now don't you think that you are 'blowing a little wind' with that?
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
Dustoff101: You said: "I figure for every $10,000,000 contract the PPS will rise $.20 per share." I think that you are correct with that part of your post. Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
Dustoff: sounds to me like you are playing the 'teenies'.... Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds: Dustoff: sounds to me like you are playing the 'teenies'....
------------------------------------------------- BUGS has not exactly been my finest hour..LOL
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
Dustoff101, thats funny what was i smoking on that day, got anymore it sure sounded good. im still in this gonna hold f it.
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
Activists: Firms getting rich off of selling water
BY GUILLERMINA GUILLÉN/EL UNIVERSAL El Universal November 11, 2005 One of the first things tourists learn when they come to Mexico is "don't drink the water."
However, local authorities say the capital's water supply is fit for human consumption and the widespread belief among both tourists and locals is fueling the nation's lucrative bottled water industry.
Worldwide, Mexico is the second largest consumer of bottled water, and activists are concerned the precious resource is quietly being privatized.
In the 1990s authorities increased the chlorine content in drinking water as a safety measure following a cholera outbreak across Latin America that killed 552 Mexicans. The resulting unpleasant taste spurred a jump in the consumption of bottled water, and has given an edge to private companies.
"We are facing a silent process of privatization. As a foreigner, I ask if I can drink tap water in Mexico, and everybody says no, so I buy it," said Costa Rican Javier Bogantes, director of the Latin American Water Board which argues that water is a human right and should not be privatized.
"I doubt that there is a public entity that could supply water to the entire population in Mexico," he said.
Although the government calls the resource a matter of national security, in recent years multinational companies such as Coca Cola, Pepsi, Danone and Nestle have been taking over the job of supplying the population, for a price.
"If a population of 24 million people (the metropolitan area of Mexico City) is supplied entirely by bottled water, that's a big business that can make enormous profits," said Bogantes.
"It is important that communities defend their right to this vital liquid, and demand that the government comply with its obligation to supply water to everyone," he added.
Armando Monroy Hermosillo, director of biological and health science at the Autonomous Metropolitan University (UAM), accuses the local government of failing to adequately inform the public that much of the water coming through the faucet is safe to drink. This lack of information pushes people to buy bottled water.
Water rights are the focus of increasing attention internationally. In global comparisons, Mexico is the only Latin American country that depends primarily on bottled water. Its residents drink 170 liters annually per capita, or 5.6 billion liters.
Worldwide, Italy tops the list with 183 liters per person. After Mexico, nations that consume the most bottled water per capita are the United Arab Emirates, Luxemburg, France, Spain, Germany, Lebanon, Cypress, and the United States.
In Spain, the Consumer Action Federation (Facua) recently demanded the Health Ministry cease promoting some brands of bottled water that were marketed as "miraculous tonics" because they "create unfair competition for tap water."
In 2002, Spaniards consumed more than 4.5 million liters of bottled water, equivalent to 136 liters per person, according to the Beverage Marketing Corporation.
"If people pay for water service in their home, the government should commit to delivering a high-quality resource, instead of helping to make private companies rich," said Monroy. "If we are willing to pay seven pesos for a bottle, why wouldn't we be willing to pay the real price of the water that flows through our pipes?"
Alejandra Serrano Pavón, an attorney with the non-governmental Mexican Environmental Rights Center (Cemda A.C.), said that the process of privatization has been tacitly endorsed by the director of the National Water Commission, Cristóbal Jaime Jáquez, who previously worked in the sector.
She said there are no legal impediments to handing the resource over to private initiative under Mexican law. However, she said that international law defines access to water as a human right.
Community groups against the privatization of water resources are preparing for mobilizations in the lead-up to the Fourth Global Water Forum which Mexico will host in March of 2006, Serrano added.
Posted by Zygore on :
ARCA Archipelago Trading Services, Inc.
NASDAQ TRADING 312-969-1318
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Posted by Zygore on :
SSWM to Support Puebla Governor at LA World Affairs Council Forum; Company Supports Economic Opportunities in Mexico for Southern California Businesses
November 14, 2005 09:45:01 (ET)
CARLSBAD, Calif., Nov 14, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (SSWM, Trade), an innovative environmental cleanup company capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide, announced that SSWM top management and key investors will be supporting the business opportunity efforts of His Excellency Mario Marin Torres, Governor of the State of Puebla, Mexico, at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council Forum on November 17 in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles World Affairs Council promotes greater understanding of current global issues and their impact on the people of Southern California by inviting authoritative, influential figures in world affairs to Los Angeles, and providing them an open forum. For more information visit their website at www.lawac.org.
Bruce Beattie, CEO of SSWM stated, "We have an excellent working relationship with the governor and the business development opportunities available in the State of Puebla. As we help the governor solve pressing environmental priorities using local labor forces and resources, his state becomes more attractive for foreign investment and a desired location for foreign manufacturing and service industries. The Governor's pro-active stance on environmental issues benefits not only the residents of Puebla, but shows his commitment to foreign businesses searching for an economically attractive location which provides a resourceful labor force and government infrastructure favorable to foreign businesses."
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (BUGS, Trade) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
Investors and media contact Bruce Beattie at 760/918-1860, ext. 105 or bbeattie*bugsatwork.com; or learn about the company by visiting its Web site at http://www.bugsatwork.com.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect" or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
SOURCE: Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc.
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. Bruce Beattie, 760-918-1860, ext. 105 bbeattie*bugsatwork.com http://www.bugsatwork.com Copyright Business Wire 2005
Posted by Peaser01 on :
I just sold the rest of my position at .026. I'm looking for this to continue to come down. I see ARCA came back after the little uptick. Hoping for that .019
Posted by mastermind555 on :
im holding all of my position. The way i look at it is that 1 cent isn't going to matter when this company makes a real run.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Bugs up 2.04% today
Posted by John Anothony on :
RMDG, at support on 52 week low with breaking news coming out this week , get in early
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
GET SOME BUGS........
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
I think it was a good move to get out now at .0205 still looking for bottom.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
This is why I revised my support of this company...
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Ya I sold all mine at .0249 at the time wasn't looking so smart now it is, still on my watch list to see how far she drops if this get back in the low 1's I would probably start to load up again but we shall see. do some dd on fnsr by the begining of the year it's going to look really pretty I know for you to hold a stock for 6 weeks you would need a stray jacket but trust me it will be worth it. Ha !!!!!
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: Peas, ya might get in cheaper than .023 .0132 would be a safer buy.
Looking for .015
Posted by *Magnetic*Microspheres* on :
in
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
out
Posted by *Magnetic*Microspheres* on :
OMG I bought your shares Dustoff ohhhh the horror of it all.... LoL
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
LOL, Dem Bugs bite!!
Oh my God! the humanity of it all!
Posted by Zygore on :
Puebla Government Officials Embrace SSWM Environmental Cleanup and Emergency Response Program at LA World Affairs Council Forum
CARLSBAD, Calif., Nov 21, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM), an innovative environmental cleanup company capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT, a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide, presented its Environmental Cleanup and Emergency Response Program at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council Forum to the Governor of Puebla, Ministers of government, ambassadors and other dignitaries who whole-heartedly supported SSWM efforts to help Puebla proactively solve pressing environmental priorities using local labor forces and resources in partnerships with SSWM technology. The Los Angeles World Affairs Council promotes greater understanding of current global issues and their impact on the people of Southern California by inviting authoritative, influential figures in world affairs to Los Angeles and providing them an open forum. For more information, visit their website at www.lawac.org.
Bruce Beattie, CEO of SSWM, stated, "This meeting was an excellent opportunity for Mario Marin Torres, Governor of the State of Puebla, Mexico to present the business opportunities in Puebla, and also for SSWM to speak with top government officials about its plans to help solve Puebla's environmental problems. Amidst the many local and Puebla governmental dignitaries, local and international press, financial investment groups and other business development groups, we were able to speak directly with the governor multiple times, and he was very excited about our programs, particularly the Emergency Response Program, which could employ up to 400 Pueblans."
Beattie further commented, "We also chose this forum to announce the formal opening of our Puebla office and the Governor offered to cut the ribbon at the official opening in December. We are all very excited about the support, enthusiasm and pro-active environmental stance of the Governor and his staff for SSWM and its efforts to help Puebla become more attractive for foreign investment and a desired location for foreign manufacturing and service industries. Our close working relationship could show significant results in 2006 as we progress from assessment to engineering design to cleanup contracts in Puebla. I have never felt more confident about our future as I have after this excellent meeting with the Governor!"
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services, including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT, a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
Investors and media contact Bruce Beattie at 760-918-1860, ext. 105 or bbeattie*bugsatwork.com; or learn about the company by visiting its Web site at http://www.bugsatwork.com.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect" or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
SOURCE: Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc.
CONTACT: Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. Bruce Beattie, 760-918-1860, x105 bbeattie*bugsatwork.com www.bugsatwork.com Posted by Zygore on :
SSWM Revenues Highest in Company History; Fourth Quarter Revenues up 1,331%, with Total Annual Revenues up 333% from Prior Year 11/22/05
CARLSBAD, Calif., Nov 22, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM) today announced preliminary revenue results for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2005 ended September 30, 2005. Fourth quarter revenues were the highest in the company's history, even surpassing the prior quarter's record breaking total of $303,889. Revenues increased to $397,525, which is 1,331% greater than the last quarter of the prior fiscal year, when revenues were $27,787. Total revenue for the year ended September 30 was $1,013,889, or 333% greater than the prior year's total revenue of $234,021. The revenue results are preliminary and subject to adjustment in the annual audit currently in process; however, the company is confident there will be no material changes from these numbers. Full details of the costs of revenue, increased gross profits and reduced operating expenses will be forthcoming in the annual audited report.
SSWM CEO Bruce Beattie commented: "SSWM has made substantial progress this year due to the efforts of our loyal and seasoned employees/shareholders, who foresee the bright future we are building for ourselves in Mexico with our approved biotechnology, excellent strategic partners and environmentally pro-active government officials in the State of Puebla, where Spanish, English and German cultures mix in a successful industrial venue which has embraced our contamination clean-up solutions utilizing local labor and resources. Long-term revenue growth is expected to continue and accelerate as we execute existing and new projects in Mexico, and provide engineering support services for new international opportunities. We have set the stage for significant growth in 2006 and beyond based upon proven technology, government enforcement, new financing and new partnerships, and we all look forward to a prosperous future."
Revenue Comparison Total 1Q (12/31) 2Q (3/31) 3Q (6/30) 4Q (9/30) Revenue----------------------------------------------------------------------2005 (unaudited) $ 64,081 $248,381 $303,889 $397,525 $1,013,8892004 (audited) $ 90,092 $ 75,401 $ 40,738 $ 27,787 $ 234,021% change over 2004 -29% 229% 646% 1,331% 333% The consolidated financial data above has been derived from the company's Financial Statements for the periods ended 12/31 (1Q), 3/31 (2Q), 6/30 (3Q) and 9/30 (4Q) of 2003, 2004 and 2005 (unaudited) as shown. For additional information and a discussion of risk factors, please see the SSWM current 10-Q and past 10-K reports at www.sec.gov
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
A subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS), Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services, including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its expertise and technology by forming strategic alliances and joint ventures with well established engineering firms.
Investors and media can contact Bruce Beattie at 760-918-1860, ext. 105, or bbeattie*bugsatwork.com; or learn about the company by visiting its Web site at www.bugsatwork.com/19.asp.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect" or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
SOURCE: Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc.
Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. Bruce Beattie, 760-918-1860, ext. 105 bbeattie*bugsatwork.com www.bugsatwork.com
Copyright Business Wire 2005
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Heavy bid pressure, it's coming down still.
Posted by JohnnyRotten on :
Doesn't say they are making a profit but revenues look better.
If they make 400k profit I could see this going to the 20's pretty soon.
which would be better sswm or bugs?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Dead money right now, stay on the sidelines, but be ready to move..
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
November 24, 2005 Toxic Flow Reaches Chinese City; Oil Company Blamed By DAVID LAGUE International Herald Tribune
BEIJING, Nov. 24 - The Chinese government's decision to cut potentially contaminated supplies of fresh water to a major city has highlighted the threat that industrial pollution poses to public health and economic development across the nation.
Almost four million people in Harbin in northeastern China are expected to be without running water until late Saturday after a chemical plant explosion on Nov. 13 contaminated the upper reaches of the nearby Songhua River with toxic benzene.
A 50-mile stretch of the river carrying the benzene reached Harbin this morning, Shi Zhongxin, director of the city's water bureau, said on state television, according to the Associated Press. The contaminated water was expected to take 40 hours to make its way through the city.
State media reported Wednesday that the local government ordered the shutdown starting at midnight Tuesday in Harbin, which is internationally known for its annual ice sculpture festival in January.
China's Environmental Agency confirmed that the river, which supplies the city, had suffered "major water pollution," the official New China News Agency said late Wednesday. But contaminated water had not reached the city, it added.
Before water was disconnected, residents were encouraged to store water in buckets and other containers, while the local authorities trucked in thousands of tons of bottled water. In panic buying Monday and Tuesday, customers stripped supermarkets and stores of bottled water and other beverages.
The airport and railroad stations were reported Wednesday to be jammed as residents tried to leave.
The New China News Agency reported that schools would be closed until Nov. 30, while 15 local hospitals had been placed on standby to handle any poisoning cases.
On Wednesday evening, Harbin temporarily restored water supplies to allow residents to stock up.
The shutdown is a potential threat to heating systems in Harbin, one of China's coldest cities, where day temperatures are already below freezing as winter approaches. The local authorities have ordered heating companies to ensure that they have adequate reserves of water from wells to maintain supplies of hot water to buildings.
The chemical plant explosion, 236 miles upriver, killed 5 people and forced 10,000 others to evacuate, the state media reported.
The threat of contamination to Harbin is a reminder that with its booming economy, China is facing a huge environmental challenge.
The combination of rapid industrialization, a vast population and intensive agriculture has led to some of the world's worst air pollution, widespread shortages of fresh water and soil degradation.
Pollution and contamination have exacerbated China's water shortages, which environmental experts and even senior officials say could threaten economic development. Data from monitoring stations in the country's seven major river drainage zones showed that 44 percent of rivers were polluted.
"Many lakes and water courses contain an excess of nutrients and need treatment before they are suitable as freshwater sources," the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in a Nov. 14 report on Chinese agriculture.
Senior Chinese leaders, including President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, have adopted environmental protection as a government priority, and they have repeatedly called for China to switch to economically sustainable development policies.
Specialists say China has some of the best environmental laws in the world, but the sheer scale of development, inadequate planning, corruption and poor enforcement often result in uncontrolled pollution.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
All ready reported the post.
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Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101: [QUOTE]Originally posted by Peaser01: [qb] All ready reported the post.
------------------------------------------------ What, and spoil all the fun!LMAO Geezz, were do these characters come from? The Nut house?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
edit
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
Hey, whose post are you guys talking about?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
A spammer hit some allstocks threads. BUGS was one of them. The post has been deleted.
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
Geez, did he say some good things about BUGS? What did he say?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds: Geez, did he say some good things about BUGS? What did he say?
----------------------------------------------- Nope, but he sure was full of the Blarny!
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
Hi Dustoff101: what do you think that a $15MM contract will do for the share price? That is the topic on the RR board? And I have no idea.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Tiffany, ok, I'll try and get some work done this week-end on BUGS...Then hopefuly I can give you a more concise anwser than a guess of an increase of .125 PPS.
I need some time to go back and review all the SEC reports, news, rumors, other boards, ect.
Sorry that I'm going to pass the buck till later, just to dern wore out from the last 2 weeks.. Also, I over ate during the Holiday, and now I still feel like a stuffed Duck! Quack!!
I monitor BUGS quite often, but I have a stack of main board stocks I am working at the present time.
SEC reports are a bit tricky for me sometimes, because of all the lawyer talk in them..
A good Chart workup would not hurt........Any takers? hehe
[ November 25, 2005, 19:04: Message edited by: Dustoff101 ]
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
It seems that the contract sizes will initially be the determining factor in any price increase and then we slowly move up from the initial 'pop' once the street realizes that there are some more huge contracts on the way. I have never seen an OTCBB stock that is looking at a very possible $50MM(and more) in contracts over such a short period of time. Heck, any NASDAQ comany would soar on such news. Even if they start with a few $5MM-$10MM contracts it appears that many more are going to be coming their way. What am I missing here?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
[QUOTE]Originally posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds: [QB] It seems that the contract sizes will initially be the determining factor in any price increase and then we slowly move up from the initial 'pop' once the street realizes that there are some more huge contracts on the way. I have never seen an OTCBB stock that is looking at a very possible $50MM(and more) in contracts over such a short period of time. Heck, any NASDAQ comany would soar on such news. Even if they start with a few $5MM-$10MM contracts it appears that many more are going to be coming their way. What am I missing here?
------------------------------------------------- Tiffany, the following is a true story. My daughter brought BUGS to my attention a couple of years ago. She was working on stock comparisons, and BUGS cought her attention. She insisted I take a look, which obviously I did.
The Microbial research being accomplished, and the capacity of markets to jump on enviornmental stocks that may clean up some of the hazardous situations mankind has created, would leed a person to think bugs has a brite future.
My daughter also stated that she thought it would be cool to have a stock named BUGS, also *Bug eye* is a family knick name for a critter around here. So, being the disciplined father that I am, I bought her 25,000 shrs..
Point is? there is all kinds of reasons people buy stocks. Generaly speaking, buying these OTCBB'S is more of an Art form than a science.
I have conversations with folks that even have an adversion to the stock because Tom Delay is a proponent of the CEO, nuts? who knows..Others have become so ingrossed in microbes they have completly forgotten about the stock!
It is a wise investor that continually monitors this stock. It can be, and is, exsplosive at times.
[ November 26, 2005, 16:59: Message edited by: Dustoff101 ]
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
Look what just happened in CHINA they need bugs.
Posted by R1Man on :
Hey dust...what ever happened to the spin-offs where they claim shareholders would receive shares of the spin-offs. My father bought this a few years ago....at least 3 years and he didn't recieve any shares of the spin-offs. Did you get any?
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
quote:Originally posted by R1Man: Hey dust...what ever happened to the spin-offs where they claim shareholders would receive shares of the spin-offs. My father bought this a few years ago....at least 3 years and he didn't recieve any shares of the spin-offs. Did you get any?
------------------------------------------------ Nope, notta..There is some contraversy still angering people over the issue..
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Tiffany, A bad sign, when a Company routinely uses Form S-8 to register shares for insiders, employees or consultants. Form S-8 allows companies and promoters to flood the marketplace instantly, with registered shares that have been issued to anonymous individuals and companies.
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
Dustoff101: didn't Brehm say that no more S-8's would be issued due to the fact that U.S. Microbics would be profitable and that some very large contracts would negate the need for the issuance of more shares? And if those shares have already been issued could we begin to move up to higher levels? I'm just wondering what everyone says that those higher levels might be. I just saw on RagingBull that someone is looking for .60/share on BUGS. People on this board seem to be doing some nice DD, so I was looking for other opinions. Thanks, Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Wow, .60? Go BUGS! Then based on the O/S and figuring in expenses, for every $10,000,000 in contracts we could see up to a $.12-.20 movement up in PPS!
Now that would get me back on board in a heartbeat...
I've brought tons of dd to this board, including the referance material from leeding Universities on microbial research, theory and facts..Spent untold hrs working this stock..But I will no longer allow myself to be swept up in any kind of blind hype..
For the moment anyway.lol
BTW, I've learned to take anything, any CEO says with a grain of salt.
2nd BTW, my daughter still owns her shares.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds: Dustoff101: didn't Brehm say that no more S-8's would be issued due to the fact that U.S. Microbics would be profitable and that some very large contracts would negate the need for the issuance of more shares? And if those shares have already been issued could we begin to move up to higher levels? I'm just wondering what everyone says that those higher levels might be. I just saw on RagingBull that someone is looking for .60/share on BUGS. People on this board seem to be doing some nice DD, so I was looking for other opinions. Thanks,
Was it sillypumper?
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
Peaser01: here is the post by 'mnmadmn'...
By: mnmadmn 26 Nov 2005, 09:16 AM EST Msg. 14101 of 14109 (This msg. is a reply to 14095 by SiliconValley.) Jump to msg. # Silicon
I don't own BUGS, I own SSWM. I took my lumps on BUGS awhile back.
My target on SSWM over the next 18 months is $3.00
If I decide to buy BUGS while it is down around 2 or 3 cents my target would be 60 cents.
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
Dustoff101: are you serious when you say: " based on the O/S and figuring in expenses, for every $10,000,000 in contracts we could see up to a $.12-.20 movement up in PPS!" ___________________________________________________
If that is really the case, and you weren't just teasing, then a few $10MM contracts could take us to some very exciting levels. And lol, Peaser, before I forget, weren't you the one that was doing just a little 'pumping' a very short time ago before you sold out???? Wink, Wink!!!! Posted by R1Man on :
quote:Originally posted by Dustoff101:
quote:Originally posted by R1Man: Hey dust...what ever happened to the spin-offs where they claim shareholders would receive shares of the spin-offs. My father bought this a few years ago....at least 3 years and he didn't recieve any shares of the spin-offs. Did you get any?
------------------------------------------------ Nope, notta..There is some contraversy still angering people over the issue..
Thanks for the reply Dustoff:
Did they even spin off any shares to shareholders back in 2003-2004? I know my father called and emailed BUGS and schawbb his broker. No replies from BUGS that I know of. People got screwed over on that one.
I guess I have learned to stay far away when spin-offs, dividens, R/S and F/S. You never know if your gonna get screwed over when it happens.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
quote:Originally posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds: Dustoff101: are you serious when you say: " based on the O/S and figuring in expenses, for every $10,000,000 in contracts we could see up to a $.12-.20 movement up in PPS!" ___________________________________________________
If that is really the case, and you weren't just teasing, then a few $10MM contracts could take us to some very exciting levels. And lol, Peaser, before I forget, weren't you the one that was doing just a little 'pumping' a very short time ago before you sold out???? Wink, Wink!!!!
I'm waiting for and hoping I don't miss the bottom, I see that the .015's have built up pretty strong, and ARCA is still lurking on the ASK. It may still be coming down due to those things. I mentioned my thoughts on ARCA back a page or so ago. I'm definately looking to get back in here, I'm just trying to build up my account to where I can buy a little more for cheaper. I can not stand sitting on a stock waiting for it to move when there are so many penny stock nasdaq's running.
Dusty and I watched this come down from .06, it's still got the feel that it's not through coming down. Just when we thought that bottom was upon us, we saw it drop more. Just don't want to see that again.
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
up today.
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
a one day trend. lol
Posted by mastermind555 on :
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2005--Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM - News), an innovative international environmental cleanup company, announced that Puebla Governor Mario Marin Torres has presented to Bruce Beattie, CEO, a letter of support and contract commitment to SSWM's Mexico subsidiary, Environmental Tec International S.A. de C.V. (ETI), for establishing the State of Puebla's first environmental emergency response center.
The Governor will hold a press conference on November 30 at the State's Government House in the capital city of Puebla to formally announce his intentions to provide the people of the State of Puebla with environmental response and cleanup capability to address past, present and future releases of toxics from petroleum pipelines, bulk storage facilities and retail gas station sites operated by Pemex as well as other industrial sources. He will also announce that he has authorized ETI to work with the Secretary of Environment and his technical staff to commence site investigation work to prepare remedial action plans at known petroleum release sites in and around the capital city.
Bruce Beattie, CEO, stated, "Governor Mario Marin Torres and his government have taken an aggressive and pro-active stance to address civil protection and exposure to toxic releases burdening the people of Puebla. To our knowledge he is the first State Governor in Mexico to take on environmental control and compliance as a core agenda of his administration which runs from 2005 to 2011. Based on the governor's confidence in our environmental capabilities and his administration's commitment to enter into annual environmental emergency response and remediation contracts, ETI plans to hire and train professional and technical labor from local schools and Universities in the State to create Mexico's first comprehensive environmental response and remediation service capability which could also serve as the model for replication in other states."
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS - News) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT, a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
Investors and media contact Bruce Beattie at 760/918-1860, ext. 105 or bbeattie*bugsatwork.com; or learn about the company by visiting its Web site at http://www.bugsatwork.com.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect" or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
How long until we hear about the contracts? I thought that the governor was supposed to make an announcement today. Any guesses on the contract sizes? Posted by mastermind555 on :
If all went as planned, we should see some news tommorow. Also, the Quarterly reports haven't been filed yet, we know how good that will be.
Posted by Raptorsrule on :
Check the chart....I believe the gap will most likely be filled. Could happen quick, so be ready if you intend on playing the bounce...
So how good does everyone think that the quarterly report will be? And why isn't BUGS running on the potential contract news? It seems like we should be up over the .15/share level right now. Those are some very huge contracts that Brehm has been talking about. So, do we get a big 'pop' or a steady rise over several months? Thanks, Tiff Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
Hey, what happened to the PR from the governor's announcement?
Posted by mastermind555 on :
have patience...there is still more downside before we shoot to .20. Stick with it
Posted by Paramedic81 on :
go bugsy go!!! this has always made me cash!! love dis stock
Medic
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
Cancer Causing Agents Found In Texas Water
Nov 30, 2005 9:13 pm US/Central Ginger Allen Reporting
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(CBS 11 News) KEMP By Todd Bensman and Ginger Allen Investigations Unit CBS 11 News
Iona Ford has lived in this east Texas town all of her life, and says it seems that everyone she knows in town is either grievously ill, suffering from cancer or has died of cancer.
She ticks off the people with cancer, as her mother shuffles around the house wearing an oxygen mask suffering from a wide variety of illnesses. "My husband, my grandmother, my daughter, my mother, myself, the neighbors, the Freemans, the Smiths..."
Ford has never been able to blame anyone or anything - until this summer. That was when the federal government and state of Texas began requiring towns like Kemp to publicly post notices when tests of local water supplies failed to meet new quality standards for a pair of potentially dangerous carcinogens.
The violation notices that began going up around Kemp this year scared people in Kemp. They said levels of two kinds of chemicals - Trihalomethanes (TTHM) and Haloacetic Acids (HHA5)- were higher than the new rules allowed, and announced for the first time ever that long-term exposure "may" cause liver, kidney and rectal cancer, birth defects and nervous system problems.
Although she still can't know for certain, since reading the notices Ford is convinced: "I do think the water caused all the problems."
Kemp residents have plenty of company across small-town Texas, where the federal and state agencies just last year began posting violation notices while enforcing limits on the two carcinogens in chlorinated water systems. Until now, most small-town residents have never heard of TTHM and HHA5, which are called "disinfectant byproducts" because they are produced when chlorine mixes with certain kinds of surface waters.
No media organization has informed the public about them or the ongoing current struggle among towns statewide to comply with new enforcement regimens. Swirls of controversy and decades of contradictory study about their effects on humans have remained largely confined to the scientific community deep within the bowls of regulatory agencies and academia.
In 1978, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set limits on the levels of TTHM and HAA5 for large-city water systems like those serving Dallas and Fort Worth. Adding certain counter-acting chemical agents in just the right doses can control TTHMs and HAA5.
But the EPA did not get around to rolling out the same standards for systems serving populations under 10,000 until a few years ago, when testing gave lab rats fatal cancers. Enforcement and regular testing of small water utilities trying to counteract their TTHMs and HAA5s began in earnest about 18 months ago.
So CBS 11 News embarked on an investigation five months ago to learn about TTHMs and HHA5 and determine what, if any, health impact their presence in small town water systems might have had on long-term residents, as well as to assess how well towns have been are able to comply with the rules.
In July, CBS 11 News obtained records reflecting all notices of violation that have been issued in Texas by the Commission on Environmental Quality. Those records show that some 400 Texas water utility systems have been cited for non-compliance since the middle of 2004, from the Gulf Coast community of Surfside, to the Arkansas border region in far northeast Texas and just about everywhere in between.
The non-compliance records obtained by CBS 11 showed that more than 100 of the systems had twice the allowed level of one or both carcinogens and that more than 30 others tested at three times the minimum level, despite expensive ongoing efforts by most to clean up their water.
As of this summer, Central Texas communities in Coke County, Runnels, Three Rivers, Robert Lee and Paint Rock were registering TTHMs and HAA5 in the water at five, six, even seven times the allowable limit.
Small town administrators tell CBS 11 that finding the money for remedial chemicals and then getting the chemical recipe just right has been difficult.
Wills Point, about 50 miles southeast of Dallas, is a case in point. City Manager C.C. "Butch" Girdley said his town has failed testing several times in recent months because the process of determining how and where to place neutralizing chemical agents has been a guessing game. But he said each time state agents have found improvement each time they test Wills Point water and he expects to be in compliance shortly.
Girdley acknowledged that some residents have expressed concern about the public notices going up around town but that neither he nor anyone else around town is overly concerned.
But he and many other officials of local, state and federal agencies seemed to downplay the cancer risk of drinking the water. "I can only go back and say we are meeting the requirements," Girdley said, when asked if he worried about his town's long-term exposure to the local water supply.
A key question CBS 11 sought to answer in its investigation was whether exposure to carcinogenic water in small towns, over periods of time amounting to decades longer than big city residents, caused higher concentrations of cancer and other diseases in those towns.
But health experts seem to disagree about everything except that more study is needed to determine whether TTHM and HAA5 actually cause cancer in humans. But studies and research abound on this point, some of it dating back decades.
In 1993, for instance, the American Journal of Public Health cited "a significant association" between consumption of TTHM and HAA5 and more than 11,500 annual cases of rectal, bladder cancers per year nationwide.
Blake Atkins, chief of the EPA's drinking water section for the region encompassing North Texas, told CBS 11 that research, and especially the recent tests done on lab rats, were enough for the agency to "err on the side of caution" by implementing a multi-billion-dollar enforcement program covering all small water systems, instead of just large ones.
"We've found that with laboratory animals high levels of these contaminants can cause cancer, and so we extrapolated that high levels can cause cancer in humans, as well," Atkins said. "But these levels we're exposing animals to are much, much higher - hundreds of times higher - than what people would find in their drinking water supplies."
Atkins and other experts acknowledged, however, a noticeable lack of studies specifically seeking to learn the impact of the carcinogens on human subjects. Those that are available conflict.
In August, CBS 11 contacted the Texas Cancer Registry, a state agency in the Department of Health that conducts statistical analyses in efforts to locate unusual cancer clusters. The agency agreed to run analyses on Kemp and five communities whose water has tested up to five times the acceptable levels.
Analyses of cancer mortality rates in Kemp, Three Rivers, Runnels, Paint Rock, Coke County and Robert Lee found nothing unusual, according to reports the agency later released to CBS 11.
But Senior Epidemiologist Melanie Williams acknowledged that the statistical analyses of cancer mortality rates are less than reliable, mainly because people migrate in and out of communities over the relatively long latency period for cancer. So, someone counted in the agency's analysis as a cancer death may have gotten the cancer elsewhere, and someone who got cancer in one of the tested communities may have moved away and died elsewhere.
"There should be some level of comfort," in the agency's findings, Williams said. "But again, we're not trying to be the answer to, are there water problems. This is just the first crude step...and so we don't try to be the end all, be all."
Whether or not Texas water utilities have long presented a death threat, residents of small towns throughout Texas are wondering - and worrying as violation notices go up.
People like Kemp resident Lisa Guthrie, who has watched friends and neighbors die of cancer and mysterious ailments, know a very real fear. "It's scary. It's scary," she said. "It's become like an epidemic."
Not far away, the town of Terrell has also been cited for TTHM and HAA5 violations in recent months. Some residents dismissed the possibility that they might get sick from years of drinking water with elevated levels of carcinogens in it. Others said they were completely unaware of any problems; no one has ever told them about one.
But when shown violation notices, some Terrell residents stopped and pondered the news. One of them was Arthur Morgan, who said no media outlet or city official had ever mentioned carcinogens in the tap water he has been drinking for decades.
Then he thought of his wife. He said she has cancer right now and is being treated at a Houston hospital.
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U.S. Microbics Engages Oaktree Ventures, Inc. for Capital Formation Friday December 2, 9:45 am ET Funds for Mexico Operations and Agricultural Growth Products
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2005--U.S. Microbics Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS - News) announced today that it has entered into an engagement agreement with Oaktree Ventures, Inc. for business advisory services related to the company's Capital Formation requirements for future growth in the environmental cleanup services, agricultural growth enhancement products and corporate working capital. The company is seeking up to $20MM in equity, debt or revenue participation instruments using the business advisory services and financial expertise of Oaktree management. ADVERTISEMENT
Oaktree Ventures is a business advisory organization with expertise in Corporate Finance, Business Combinations, Corporate Valuations and Strategic Alliances between businesses.
Dennis Gunn, Managing Director of Oaktree Ventures, Inc., stated, "We are pleased to be associated with BUGS as a strategic business advisor. The company's rich history of applications technology in environmental clean-up and agricultural growth enhancement products together with its patented processes and proprietary fermentation and blending techniques, could potentially help millions of people who face daily environmental problems, dirty water resources and food shortages. We would like to assist BUGS management develop a game plan to realize its goal of becoming a global environmental technology leader."
Robert Brehm, president of U.S. Microbics Inc., said, "We chose Oaktree for their past success in capital formation, corporate valuation and advisory services for many successful companies. With our current optimistic outlook in Mexico with our subsidiary, Sub-Surface Waste Management (OTCBB:SSWM - News) and the potential worldwide market for our agricultural products, BI-AGRA(TM) and Bio-Miracle(TM), we need to access institutional sources of growth capital based upon a new valuation model other than stock price. We are engaging Oaktree to evaluate our current position and future potential and create a game plan to raise additional capital to implement our strategic plan to increase revenue, earnings and shareholder value as we help solve many of the pressing environmental problems of the 21st century."
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect," or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the Company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the Company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the Company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
So, did Brehm let us all know the size of the contracts today with that news release? Will Oaktree be using the first 20MM contract as colateral for those loans?
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
And will the 20
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
And will that 20MM give them the bonding that they need for some very nice contracts in the U.S.? I am thinking that the answer is Yes! Isn't there some hurricane work that needs to be taken care of very soon? Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Just can't get traction.
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
IT WANTS TO.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
but just cannot
Posted by mastermind555 on :
Governor Torres Holds Press Conference for Announcement of Contract Award to ETI in Puebla, Mexico Tuesday December 6, 9:45 am ET Television and Print Media Provide National Coverage
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2005--Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM - News) announced that its Mexico subsidiary company Environmental Tec International, S.A. de C.V. (ETI) was the subject of a nationally covered press conference held Thursday, December 1, 2005 by Governor Mario Marin Torres of the State of Puebla, Mexico with Bruce Beattie, President of the Mexico subsidiary company. Bruce Beattie, CEO of SSWM, stated, "Governor Mario Marin Torres presented to the press corps his award of investigation work under the department of civil protection to address concerns for the release of toxics at the PEMEX bulk storage facility in Ciudad Puebla the capital city and a recent historic pipeline product leak in the adjacent suburb city of Amazoc. The Governor also announced his Secretary of the Environment will request from ETI an Assessment and Remedy study for Lake Valsequillo and its four river tributaries. ETI sharing the dais with the Governor announced plans to invest up to $20 Million USD over the next 18-24 month period to establish Statewide environmental emergency response and remediation service centers in support of the Governor's campaign to address uncontrolled releases of toxics from pipelines and other industrial sources impacting the State daily. Governor Mario Marin Torres is the first Governor to my knowledge in Mexico to demonstrate the courage and leadership necessary to start the process of sustained environmental cleanup in his State under the promulgated national compliance regulations."
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS - News) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT, a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
Investors and media contact Bruce Beattie at 760/918-1860, ext. 105 or bbeattie*bugsatwork.com; or learn about the company by visiting its Web site at http://www.bugsatwork.com.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect" or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
Posted by mastermind555 on :
U.S. Microbics, Inc. Subsidiary Featured at WaterScienceNews.com Thursday December 8, 9:45 am ET Interview with Laurie Romag, Manager of Microbial Production for West Coast Fermentation Center, a Subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc.
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 2005--U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS - News) announced today that Laurie Romag, Manager of West Coast Fermentation Center, a wholly owned subsidiary, is featured in an interview in the current online edition of WaterScienceNews.com. The interview provides insights into the beneficial role of microbial bioremediation in cleaning up pollution, improving water quality, and other applications. According to Robert Brehm, CEO of U.S. Microbics, Inc., "We are pleased that WaterScienceNews.com selected microbial remediation as the lead story and published this informative interview. Laurie Romag has managed West Coast Fermentation Center (WCFC) for several years and she's widely recognized for her expertise in formulating unique blends of microbes that eliminate a wide range of toxic contaminants. Laurie serves as our in-house microbiologist as well as manager of microbial production. She is widely respected for her detailed knowledge of the best use of microbes for bioremediation, including comprehensive methodologies for monitoring and managing microbial remediation processes. As part of our professionally engineered and carefully managed remediation programs, microbes can help produce impressive results. WCFC operates as a profit center supplying microbes for internal use by our subsidiaries as well third party customers using microbes for a variety of industrial and commercial uses."
According to Sara Laughter, managing editor of WaterScienceNews.com, "We selected the Laurie Romag interview as our top story because of the tremendous potential of microbial bioremediation. Laurie Romag and the engineering and management teams at U.S. Microbics' subsidiaries have delivered successful results in recent years in remediation projects across the United States and in Europe. As Laurie Romag notes in the interview, they've used microbes to successfully remediate sites contaminated with hazardous materials including petroleum spills, naphthalene, MTBE, BTEX and the rocket fuel, perchlorate. Now U.S. Microbics, Inc. through its largest subsidiary, Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (SSWM), is using microbial remediation to clean up contaminated sites in Mexico. Laurie Romag and the engineers at SSWM are part of an important trend in water science, to make the best use of every available approach to eliminate toxic pollution at the source."
About U.S. Microbics, Inc.
U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS - News) is a business development and holding company which operates subsidiaries that represent every aspect of microbial bioremediation as well as traditional engineering technologies. The company's largest subsidiary is Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM - News), which provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT, a Federal regulatory agency overseeing environmental compliance nationwide. West Coast Fermentation Center, Inc. (WCFC), a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc., cultivates microbial cultures for the Company's products: Bi-Agra(TM), Remediline(TM) and Wasteline(TM). WCFC operates a microbe laboratory, pilot plant, and quality control center. WCFC produces microbial blends using fermentation technology and combinatorial liquefaction.
About WaterScienceNews.com
WaterScienceNews.com (http://watersciencenews.com) is an independent source for timely information that benefits water policy decision makers, non-governmental organizations, teachers, students, and people everywhere who realize that the provision of adequate supplies of potable water is among the greatest challenges facing our world today.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect," or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the U.S. Microbics' status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the Company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the Company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
Posted by mastermind555 on :
hang in there
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
for something new
Posted by RiescoDiQui on :
hopefully huge news
Posted by *Magnetic*Microspheres* on :
will come soon
Posted by mastermind555 on :
all the.019 bids got filled, .018's next
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
I'm buying back in if it hits .0132 not alot but a few.
Posted by mastermind555 on :
bottom is.015 IMO
Posted by BuyTex on :
quote:Originally posted by *Magnetic*Microspheres*: will come soon
did this mafia play turn into a variation of 3-word posts...?
Posted by mastermind555 on :
quote:Originally posted by BuyTex:
quote:Originally posted by *Magnetic*Microspheres*: will come soon
did this mafia play turn into a variation of 3-word posts...?
It's sleeping right now, so we are too. But watch out when those bugs wake up
Posted by BuyTex on :
lol, was really hoping for Mag's answer...
Posted by mastermind555 on :
my bad
Posted by BuyTex on :
noooo, it's cool, bro...everybody posts their best...sorta...
welcome to the board...
Posted by mastermind555 on :
so lets start
Posted by BuyTex on :
start?
Posted by mastermind555 on :
(three words post) i thought u were supposed to continue it
Posted by BuyTex on :
was kidding Mag
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Mafia? Headless Bugs
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
3 word posts for bugs? 'bout all there is to say anymore is......
Going downhill fast!
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
I see Tex is playing with my organised crime theory....
Everyone I have talked to who knows how buisiness is conducted in Mexico confirms what I've been suspicious of...
You just don't know what kind of shinanigans are going on behind the scenes when Gringos try and do buisiness in Mexico...
Bribery is rampant! Kinda like doing buisiness in WASHINGTON DC...
Guess the Mexicans learned from the Pro's.
Behind the scenes, you also have the Vatican involved in just about everything...Whooops! am I going to die from a thunder-Bolt?
Posted by BuyTex on :
In Mexico, "la mordida" is no more crime than, say, 60 days' net up here, simply SOP. And many times, it just makes sense. One time, in Mexico City, our taxi driver tired of a traffic jam, so he drove over the curb and proceeded down the sidewalk, around the corner, then back into the street--where some stripe of police or another stopped us. He went back and talked to them and paid them some pesos each. They tallked some more, then he came to us and said they wanted four American dollars, one from each of us. Relieved, I told my accountant to give him the four bucks. He did--reluctantly--then grew indignant once the driver left. I laughed and told him to calm down--that's a much better "deal" than we would get at home, lol...
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
This thing is still droping I think we will test the low 1's again I'm not sure .013 or so it seems would be a buying opp at that price went right through .019 peaser where was my pm these darn alarm clocks never work LOL
Posted by mastermind555 on :
L 2's looking better...looks like it hit bottom
Posted by mastermind555 on :
NEWS TODAY WAS HUGE
Institutional Investors Open Dialogue with BUGS Tuesday December 20, 11:24 am ET
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2005--Robert Brehm, CEO of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS - News; BCN:615212), an innovative environmental products and services company, announced that BUGS has opened discussions with several institutional investors interested in learning more about BUGS and its operating subsidiaries, recent record-breaking revenue increases and investment opportunities for future growth in the environmental services and agricultural growth enhancement products in the international market. The company is seeking up to $20MM for project specific financing and general working capital.
Brehm commented, "Our search for growth capital stems from our significantly better quarterly financial results this year after many years of research and development demonstrating the environmental cleanup technology, seeking a receptive market and developing the political and financial connections necessary for its successful implementation. These new developments include the grant of an innovative patent for carbon reactivation used in air and water filtration products, approval for the use of the patented `in situ', or below ground, and `ex-situ', or above ground, technology in Mexico by SEMARNAT (Mexico EPA) for remediation of their contaminated soil and groundwater and successful international clean-up projects in a political venue with proactive political support for environmental programs."
Brehm added, "I believe the world is destined to use our nano-biotechnology, which safely amplifies the forces of Mother Nature, to clean up messes and feed the masses in the 21st century, and now is the time to kick our growth into high gear with a significant financial partner who understands how we can profitably deploy our technology and services to help world leaders attract new investment into their environmentally compliant states and countries and create new jobs and opportunities for their citizens who face daily environmental problems, dirty water resources and food shortages."
Brehm concluded by saying, "I am very encouraged by the interest and excellent response we are getting from the institutional investment community. We are carefully going through the due diligence process to ensure we match up with a strategic financial partner which can provide value beyond the capital as we both help the people of the world solve pressing environmental problems of the 21st century."
About U.S. Microbics, Inc.
U.S. Microbics is a business development and holding company that acquires, develops and deploys innovative environmental technologies for soil, groundwater and carbon remediation, air pollution reduction, modular drinking water systems, and agriculture enhancement. For more information on the company, contact Robert Brehm at 760-918-1860 ext. 102 or visit the website at www.bugsatwork.com. There is also information for the environmental newbie and kids at www.MikeyMicrobe.com.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect," or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the Company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the Company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the Company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
Posted by mastermind555 on :
nice volume
Posted by imakmony2005 on :
GIVE ME GREEN$$$$$$$$$$$
Posted by bluemax on :
From Robert Brehm(CEO): Billion Dollar Company in the making
"With the bust of many tech stocks, investors are looking for the next diamond in the rough, which could turn into a Microsoft success story in its own industry. I believe US Microbics has the potential and the technology to become a billion dollar firm as it acquires the financing, infrastructure and political clout needed to solve the challenges of growth facing all nations. Our defined market approach in the environmental industry coupled with subsidiary financing are a key element in our success plan."
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
Yep, put some BUGS back in the portfolio.
Posted by BuyTex on :
printed 25k about 15 minutes before open, now up to 225k ...
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
hmm down to .0172 I still think it has room to drop but we shall see I have no position right now.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
It's getting there. .013-.015 looks like my buy range.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Hey Peaserman Happy New Year to ya I'm expecting us to make some good money this year this is my breakout year baby. I want to make at least 50k this year in the stock market. Lets get busy Ha =-)
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Fat finger sell at .0157.
Posted by mastermind555 on :
BUY Confirmed
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
I've been adding a few again once in awhile... But! that is by no means a recomendation for a Newbe to buy any..
Posted by mastermind555 on :
ETI Preparing Proposal to Investigate Lake Valsequillo Wednesday January 4, 10:00 am ET Massive Undertaking by Governor of the State of Puebla, Mexico
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2006--Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM - News) announced that its Mexico subsidiary company, Environmental Tec International, S.A. de C.V. (ETI), is preparing an Assessment and Remedy cost proposal to begin the site investigation for submittal to Governor Mario Marin Torres addressing pollution concerns at Lake Valsequillo as he discussed with Bruce Beattie, President of ETI, in a nationally covered press conference held Thursday December 1, 2005. Bruce Beattie, CEO of SSWM, stated, "Governor Mario Marin Torres announced in our press conference that his Secretary of the Environment has requested from ETI an Assessment and Remedy study for Lake Valsequillo and its four river tributaries. The purpose of the study is to assess the extent of the environmental problem and outline a remedy. Subsequent work could include engineering design specifications and pollution cleanup. This project has been a personal concern to the Governor for some time, with estimates for ultimate cleanup exceeding $200 Million USD."
For more information on this project potential go to: http://www.cg-la.com/docs/web/ValsequilloAnalytics1pgr.pdf#search='gov ernor%20torres%20mexico%20Valsequillo (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)
About Sub-Surface Waste Management
Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (OTCBB:BUGS - News) and provides comprehensive civil and environmental engineering project management services, including specialists to design, permit, build and operate environmental waste clean-up treatment systems using conventional, biological and filtration technologies. SSWM is capitalizing on its patented technologies registered in Mexico with SEMARNAT, a Federal regulatory agency, overseeing environmental compliance nationwide.
Investors and media contact Bruce Beattie at 760-918-1860, ext. 105, or bbeattie*bugsatwork.com; or learn about the company by visiting its Web site at http://www.bugsatwork.com.
The information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect" or similar expressions that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the company's status as a startup company with uncertain profitability, need for significant capital, uncertainty concerning market acceptance of its products, competition, limited service and manufacturing facilities, dependence on technological developments and protection of its intellectual property. The company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed more fully in the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and other sections of the company's Form 10-KSB and other publicly available information regarding the company on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company will provide you with copies of this information upon request.
If you click on the link, it states that the total project value is $212-300 million
Posted by Peaser01 on :
News out on SSWM at 1:38 today. I'm not too sure what effects it will have though on the pps. Not much interest so far.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Anyone turn a quick profit on this?
Posted by gohigh on :
No quick profit, but I think it's one of the few otc stocks that's a good long term investment. I just picked up a few more shares because I think they're relatively cheap here.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Waiting for it to come back down until a contract announcement IMO.
Posted by gohigh on :
I think if you look at a 6 month chart of BUGS, you'll see it all ready is back down. Been down for awhile, as a matter of fact. The next big contract should send it way up. That's why I'm adding to my position now.
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
What do you guys think about this?
By: SiliconValley 18 Jan 2006, 05:55 PM EST Msg. 14425 of 14425 Jump to msg. # The share value of a few $5MM-$10MM contracts is amazing. Can anyone give me the names of any other stocks(on ANY of the markets)that are ready to announce such amazing contracts? Think of your other 'pet' stocks, what would announcements of $25MM in contracts for 2006-2007 do for the share price? And we aren't talking about a stock selling at $5/share(which would run to much higher levels on such news). The price is now just approaching .02/share. The future of BUGS is very exciting! What am I missing?
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
Hey Peaserman,
totally screwed up on bugs today chased it up to the high what a dork you'd thoght it was my first stock purchase.back in at .0205 Bummer only a small amount of what I had before glty though man Im gonna need it hopeing for another bounce tommorrow and will probably exit.
Have a great day
Dennis
Posted by Peaser01 on :
LOL Denski. I'm still waiting for it. Nice little 25% pop there briefly though today. They'll need to put out a contract PR though to keep it green IMHO.
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
What size of a contract announcement are you guys looking for? And what do you think that it will do to share price? Thanks, Tiff Posted by Peaser01 on :
5 Million for starters would be nice someday.
I think the contracts will come, but who knows?
I see that BUGSE is the new stock symbol. Looks like they're late with getting out they're earnings report.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
nice job on waiting peaser should have just taken the loss this morning at .02 now Im holding the bag and its not looking any prettier the bugs are LEACHES aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Posted by tiffany_loves_diamonds on :
DENSKIJR & Peaser01 & Everyone else: geez, how many shares are you guys holding(trading)? The volume hasn't been that high to be trading a few million shares and how much can you possibly be making if you are trading less that that? I think that I need a little education here. Any takers? Thanks, Tiff Posted by Peaser01 on :
I am not holding any right now. Just waiting on earnings and a decent size contract announcement before buying back in. I hope that I don't miss the boat here, but I am wanting to see the latest financial/SEC report to confirm the previous announced contracts.
Posted by rcatrader on :
Financials out, not very good IMHO.
Posted by DENSKIJR on :
looking better right now at least getting some action today hopefully up from here. Im in the hold and pray mode I hate this mode LOL
Posted by Peaser01 on :
The failure to put out Earnings and all of the possible S-8 dilution has been keeping this down. There's no telling how low it will go. If it breaks under .01, I may buy back in as long as contracts come in before another S-8 is released.
Posted by Dustoff101 on :
The major Oil companies are looking at microbes.. Prestigious Universities are doing major research..
I don't think Bugs can compete...
The CEO is not someone who shines amongst all the refuse in the cesspool.
I will hold my daughters 25,000 shares at .0165 Only as a long long long shot for her.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
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LOL 2nd month Anniversary is about a week and a half away. We've been together for about 8 years now.
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