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Porter Spencer

Copies of The Independent are showing up in far-flung corners of the world, but this shot from Porter Spencer—who manages hydraulic lift equipment for Bardex Corporation in Goleta—was the first we’ve seen from Asia, specifically Batangas in the Philippines.

Bob Potter, 1934-2010

What most of us friends, his five bereaved children and stepchild, and his wife and three former wives (his life was complicated) know best is that what underlay all of his activities was an unquenchable kindness.

Relieve the Cap!

Recent reports have indicated that BP is in (and may well win) a dispute with government officials regarding relieving pressure from the new cap. Conveniently, this will protect British Petroleum’s vested interest by not allowing a true measurement to be taken of the actual leakage volume in order to determine the extent of their liability.

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