Lubbock, TX - Just when you thought it couldn't get worse in Lubbock, Texas. Earlier this week, a Lubbock police officer shot at a pit bull that charged him and another man in a West Lubbock neighborhood.
LubbockOnline.com reports that similar dog incidents are happening throughout the area, many of which go unreported. Sandy Deel, for instance, said her south neighborhood has a roaming dog problem. She and her family are nervous about going outside because of two pit bulls that often get loose -- the same dogs, they believe, killed two of their goats about two weeks ago.
Her family doesn't go outside after dark anymore.
Lubbock Animal Services, which doesn't respond to incidents outside city limits, handled about 800 calls between Jan. 1 and Feb. 7 regarding loose dogs.
"Our calls for service have been enormous," said Kevin Overstreet, animal services director. "With the amount of coverage we've received from the news media, I think that's increased public awareness."
City officials cite owner irresponsibility as the main cause of the problem. Owners of dogs caught roaming free face a Class C misdemeanor and a $165 fine. That is if ownership can be determined.
what is really shocking about the lubbock epidemic is that it is occurring in texas!!!!!!!!!!
i thought just about everybody in texas carried guns? why aren't private citizens killing these dogs? who is going to prosecute some one who shoots a roaming pit bull? i mean it's not like this is occurring in ultra polite ultra liberal feel good seattle.
why don't these texans form some sort of guardian angels type of group and take back their streets?
i refuse to become a prisoner because of these dogs.
Stunner for sure! Why aren't citizens taking action? Maybe because shooting someone's loose or attacking dog is a heftier fine than the $165 bucks dog owners are required to pay for having a loose dog.
There's likely a lot more laws protecting stray dogs and bad dog owners than there are about people defending themselves and their neighborhoods.


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The World According to Hecius
My random thoughts; my comments on articles I like and dislike, & c.
Dropping the Atomic Bomb
Deborah Sinclaire
While US President Harry Truman was meeting with Allied leaders in Germany in July 1945, he received an important message from a small town in the middle of the New Mexico desert: "Babies satisfactorily born." These codewords indicated that American scientists had detonated the first atom bomb. Now, Truman had to decide what to do with his terrible "babies."
The stage was set for an invasion of the Japanese mainland, and US military planners expected the Japanese to defend their homes with even more determination than they had defended islands like Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. That was a grim prospect considering that almost 13,000 Americans had died at Okinawa alone. More than 200,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians had died in that battle, many in suicidal attacks. US War Secretary Henry Stimson therefore envisioned the invasion of Japan, codenamed Operation Downfall, as "a score of bloody Iwo Jimas and Okinawas." American casualties during the operation were projected at one million or more. For Japan, the figures would be staggering, possibly in excess of 10 million.
For Allied leaders like British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the atom bomb held the hope that the war could be ended "in one or two violent shocks." Truman agreed, believing the bomb would save many more lives than it would cost. For the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that cost was 200,000 people who died within minutes, and thousands more who died of injuries and radiation sickness in the coming months. Japan, not knowing that the US had used its only two atom bombs, surrendered. The war was over, but the atomic age--and the many new and complex problems that came with it--was born.
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Physical aspects of disease management are often more evident than those related to spirituality or spiritual care. Spirituality may appear more crucial in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) when patients are experiencing serious illness or end-of-life situations. This paper describes the meaning of spirituality according to nurses who had worked in PICUs and how they provide spiritual care to children and their families. It is an exploratory research using a qualitative approach, including interviews with eleven PICU nurses. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis; two themes were identified: meanings of spirituality and religiosity according to nurses, and the provision of spiritual care to children in the PICU and their families. The interviewed nurses recognized the importance and value of spiritual care and are aware that spiritual needs are considered to be of significantly less importance than physical treatments. Spiritual care was mainly focused on the children's families; the nurses justified the absence of spiritual care to children, based on lack of time and children's age and level of consciousness. These results highlight a deficiency in spiritual care in PICUs and demonstrate the need for improved knowledge and demonstrate the need to not only raise awareness of the spiritual dimension of children, adolescents, and their families, but also to enhance discussion and improve general knowledge on the importance of spirituality in the treatment regimen to provide effective holistic care.


If you're a fan of well written pop-punk, this record is for you. The Ghostwood is from New Orleans. We have their album "Development" available for free download available from the community records web-site. "Empty Cosmic Gloom" is their follow up release on a mixed color vinyl pressing of 300 copies. Off of LEVEE DOG RECORDS. Screenprinted vinyl jackets.


Drew's Day: Is there value in self-promotion?
I'm trying a small non-scientific experiment tonight that you're a part of.
I've been struggling with the question of the value of linking to my blog posts on twitter. It feels narcissistic to me to post every link on twitter. Isn't anyone who cares about what I've written going to find my stuff in their RSS reader of choice or come back to the blog periodically anyway? If my posts are good, they will get shared on twitter and/or facebook naturally, so I shouldn't have to link to them myself, right?
My primary audience is myself, so I shouldn't have to link to anything. But, I do hope that somethings I say are useful, or else I would not bother to put them online. Plus, I know many people don't use RSS readers, and in lieu of the feed readers prefer to use twitter to discover blog posts.
So, I'm looking for thoughts from my loyal (also smart and attractive; did I mention I don't mind kissing up?) audience. How do you prefer to find out about my blog posts?
Since this is a non-scientific experiment I am conducting, I will do the most non-scientific thing I can think of: state my hypothesis that I am testing. ;) My hypothesis is that my audience is too small (and smart, attractive and polite; there is no adulation I will not give out to you; I have no shame here, only on twitter) to give me any meaningful results of this experiment.
If I'm wrong, though, please feel free to leave me feedback via your preferred channel.
I think you should do it. I have your blog in my RSS feed, so I rarely miss a post, but it helps me to see posts that people I'm interested in following on twitter since I can catch them one at a time without having to wade through a pile of posts on google reader.
I have had this discussion before. I agree that it feels weird to post links on twitter to your own stuff, but I have come to accept it.
I think there are many many people that just don't use rss at all. For them, they only get new stuff from twitter. Also , once it is on twitter it is easier for someone to rtweet it and share with their friends.
I don't think there is anything wrong with posting your own stuff.
I agree with the above as well. I read your posts primarily through RSS, but twitter reminders are always welcome and not seen (by me) to be pushy.


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Can you tell me what your business does in a straightforward, single sentence?
Not as simple as it sounds is it? Taking a good, honest look in the mirror is one of the most important jobs a business can do – especially when you're thinking about any branding or marketing activity. If you don't know who you are, how will your customers find you, buy from you or become a loyal advocate?
We connect your brand with your customers.
Toms – With every product you purchase, Toms will help a person in need.
Creating that definitive positioning statement is done by defining your brand values and your business objectives. Being clear about what you want to achieve makes it a lot easier to communicate the right message to your customers and prospects. You don't often need to undertake a complete re-brand to achieve this – although sometimes you do! Workshops during brand refreshes or brand re-positioning often reveal the truths about what your business does, which is often quite different to what you say it does.
You may have also noticed that really big brands such as Apple, Coca Cola and Nike don't do this at the top of their websites. This is because they've been successfully building their brands for years. In my humble opinion, this might not always be the right decision though. What do you think?
I hope this gives you food for thought. It's really important to keep making sure you're telling customers what you do – in a compelling way. We're always on hand to help you discover and articulate what you do best and help you connect your brand with your customers. Drop me an email here if you want to chat more.


At last there seems to be something resembling a base and some reasonable snow cover. Plenty of wind and still lots of instability, but at least the skiing is improving.
Today, with a strong team (more about that later!) and a brief for a "proper" day, we set off for the Point de Vouasson from la Gouille. Worried at first that we might find yet more thinly covered rocks and windblown snow, it was a relief on the ascent to find some promising conditions.


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Good news for Rajini-Deepika fans: Kochadaiyaan teaser to be released on September 9
The first teaser of superstar Rajinikanth-starrer Tamil period-drama "Kochadaiyaan" will be released on the festive occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi Sep 9, announced the director of the film Soundarya Ashwin. "(I'm) excited to announce 'Kochadaiyaan' teaser will
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good news for rajini deepika fans kochadaiyaan teaser to be released on september 9
The first teaser of superstar Rajinikanth-starrer Tamil period-drama "Kochadaiyaan" will be released on the festive occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi Sep 9, announced the director of the film Soundarya Ashwin.
"(I'm) excited to announce 'Kochadaiyaan' teaser will release this September 9," posted Rajinikanth's daughter Soundarya on her Twitter page.
The film will feature Rajinikanth in dual role, while Sarath Kumar, Shobana, Aadi Pinisetty and Nassar will be seen in important roles.
Also starring Deepika Padukone and Jackie Shroff, "Kochadaiyaan" is touted to be India's first motion capture technology film being made along the lines of Hollywood films like "Avatar" and "Tin Tin".
Reportedly being made on a budget of over Rs.100 crore, "Kochadaiyaan" is jointly produced by Eros International and Media One Global Entertainment.
The film will be dubbed in Telugu as "Vikrama Simha". It will also dubbed in Hindi, Malayalam and foreign languages such as Japanese, Italian and Spanish.
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Whether you have a layover, overnight sleepover or you are just quickly passing through, our Durham – Tees Valley Airport Guide is a great place to start planning your visit. Here, you'll find information on services and facilities available inside the airport – including details about airport lounges, WiFi, mobile charging points, lockers, 24-hour food options, nearby hotels, and everything in between.
To help you plan your layover or overnight sleepover, here is a quick run-down about what to expect during your time at Durham-Tees Valley Airport.
Durham-Tees Valley Airport has a small terminal that offers service to a few European destinations. Facilities include a landside cafe, an airside cafe/bar, and a couple newsstands. Free WiFi is available to help pass the time. For added comfort while you wait, economy class passengers can pay to enter an airport lounge. See Airport Lounges in the airport guide below for location and access information.
The airport closes nightly from 10:00PM until 6:00AM so it is not possible to stay the night. For uninterrupted sleep, hotels are nearby. See our Airport Hotels section below for more info.
To see more options there is a list of hotels near Durham-Tees Valley Airport on Tripadvisor that can be sorted by price, distance, traveller rating and popularity.
Free WiFi is available at Durham-Tees Valley Airport for 30 minutes. Additional time can be purchased at the following rates: £3 for 1 hour, £5 for 3 hours, £9 for the next 24 hours. Extended increments are available. Connect to the "AirportWiFi" network.
Disabled Services – Wheelchairs available, lifts and ramps operate between floors, handicap toilets located throughout. Additional support services are available and can be organized with your airline, tour operator or at the airport directly.
Food & Drinks – At the time of this update, there are no 24-hour food options available. Landside there is an Xpress Cafe and Airside you will find the Xpress Cafe and Bar.
Mobile Charging – There are charging points located throughout the departure waiting area.
Shopping – WHSmith offers newspapers, magazines, snacks, drinks, and travel essentials at the airside location in Departures. A limited variety of groceries is also available for purchase from the WHSmith at a second location in the Arrivals concourse.
Travel Agencies – If you are arriving in Durham Tees Valley and need local arrangements or help planning a really last minute trip abroad, there is a Fairs Lloyds Travel Agent at the airport that can probably be of assistance.
As of November 2018, Durham-Tees Valley airport is served by the following airlines: American Airlines • British Airways • FlyBe • Emirates • KLM.
Arriva North East Bus 12 offers hourly service between the airport, Hurworth/Neasham and Darlington. For route map, timetables and fare information, visit the Arriva Bus website.
Onsite car rental agencies include Avis • Budget • Enterprise • Europcar • Hertz.
Taxis are available on a 24-hour basis at a taxi rank located outside of Arrivals. All taxis are metered, and reservations are not required. 1AB Taxis has a 24-hour booking desk in main terminal.
The nearest train station (6 miles away) is Darlington Railway Station, with service available to and from Durham, York and Newcastle.


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The LUCAS Book Distribution Scheme
In this section: About the Centre
Leeds University Centre for African Studies with the generous sponsorship of the Morel Trust has for the past decade or so run a book distribution scheme in conjunction with a number of universities and organisations in Africa. The Morel Trust enables LUCAS to purchase and distribute books on African theatre and literature, and this is also enabled in cooperation with participating publishers, particularly James Currey (Boydell and Brewer), but also Bayreuth African Studies publications, Hans Zell,and the journal Moving Worlds, who supply the titles at an affordable price. The main titles involved are the two series African Theatre and African Literature Today, published by James Currey.
The scheme is open to all African universities and institutions and sends free theatre and literature books out to participating universities. In terms of coverage, so far we have sent books to colleges and universities in Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Where possible we seek to supply universities with a run of recent titles in the African Theatre series, and recent titles of African Literature Today, as well as other books we think might be appropriate where possible. In practice we are also limited by distribution constraints because of cost and reliability of mailing systems, and we gratefully acknowledge the help of friends and colleagues of LUCAS as well as visitors from recipient organisations who help us by hand carrying donation packages. We prioritise supplying universities in need who have never received a donation, and then try to provide updated packages to institutions who have not received recent packages.
The books are sent on the condition that they are made available for use of both staff and students and that these can be safely loaned and returned to maximise usage between those needing access, and we require official acknowledgement of receipt of any books and their being made available as requested.
For more information about the scheme, of if you can help us develop it or would like to join it, please either write a letter to us at LUCAS or email us at african-studies@leeds.ac.uk – thanks.
For a great example of how the scheme works in practice, see Books for UNZA by Ranka Primorac, Leeds African Studies Bulletin #71 (2009), 16-18. Ranka returned to the University of Zambia in 2016, where she kindly delivered another parcel of books as part of the scheme, and took this picture of the University of Zambia's Deputy Librarian Francina Makondo examining them:


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Texas Gulf Coast Groundwater and Land Subsidence Program
The Texas Gulf Coast Groundwater and Land Subsidence Program web application illustrates how groundwater, sediment compaction, and land-elevation change are related in the Houston-Galveston region in Texas. The new app was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey Texas Water Science Center and is available at https://txpub.usgs...
Contacts: Sachin D Shah, Jason Ramage
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Water-Quality Monitoring of the Lake Houston Watershed
Real-time water-quality, streamflow and water height information for Lake Houston and the surrounding San Jacinto watershed are now available from a new web application from the U.S. Geological Survey, done in cooperation with the City of Houston.
Contacts: Zulimar Lucena, Niccolas Piano
Water Quality Monitoring at Offshore Artificial Reefs
USGS Texas Water Science Center scientists are collecting physical and chemical water properties at selected Texas artificial reefs to provide the initial foundation to establish the status and long-term trends in the environment and information essential for sound management decisions and long-term planning.
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Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone Surface-water and Groundwater Interaction
The effects of urbanization across the recharge zone in Bexar County and potential impact on the water quality in the Edwards aquifer is a topic of specific concern for the City of San Antonio. The USGS Texas Water Science Center is simultaneously collecting water-quality data from surface-water runoff sites and paired shallow groundwater wells within the recharge zone of the Edwards aquifer...
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Surface-Water Monitoring in Small Western Texas Watersheds
The USGS Texas Water Science Center maintains a network of continuous record gages and crest-stage gages on small watersheds in Western Texas. Data collected from these gages provides the Texas Department of Transportation with valuable watershed rainfall and runoff information to support their hydrologic research program.
Contacts: Glenn R Harwell
San Antonio River Sediment and Water Quality Monitoring in an Oil and Gas Production Area
During 2011-2013, baseline concentrations of many different water and streambed-sediment constituents were determined at Phase I sites upstream from, within, and downstream from the area of active oil and natural-gas production within the San Antonio River Basin. With baseline conditions previously established, this study will provide current information that couples recent water and stream-...
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Surface-water and Groundwater Interaction at Air Force Plant 4
The USGS Texas Water Science Center is monitoring sediment, surface-water, and groundwater properties at Air Force Plant 4.
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Investigation of Preferential Groundwater Seepage in the Ellenburger – San Saba Aquifer Using Geoelectric Measurements
The USGS Texas Water Science Center (TXWSC) is completing a geophysical pilot study adjacent to Hamilton Creek in Burnet County, central Texas. The pilot study is intended to test whether electrical geophysical methods can provide information regarding the locations of dissolution cavities and preferential groundwater flow within in the Ellenburger San-Saba aquifer. Data from this study will...
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Nutrient and Sediment Variability in the Lower San Jacinto River
The San Jacinto River is the second largest inflow into Galveston Bay. The USGS Texas Water Science Center collects water-quality samples in the lower reaches of the San Jacinto River over a range of hydrologic conditions to improve our understanding of the variability of nutrient and sediment concentrations in freshwater inflows from the San Jacinto River into Galveston Bay.
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The USGS operates and maintains a continuous discharge monitoring station on the Menard Irrigation Canal near Menard, Texas to assist water managers in balancing multiple water uses.
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The USGS Texas Water Science Center is monitoring water surface elevation in monitoring wells and seepage losses from Lake Lewisville dam.
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Hydrologic Monitoring of Medina and Diversion Lakes, San Antonio Area
In 2016, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the San Antonio Water System, began a study to refine previously derived estimates of groundwater outflows from Medina and Diversion Lakes in south-central Texas near San Antonio.
Contacts: Richard Slattery
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Historic groundwater quality of in situ recovery (ISR) uranium mines, Texas
The historic groundwater geochemistry database of uranium in-situ recovery (ISR) mines in Texas was compiled from obscure public sources to make it readily available to the public and scientific researchers. This data is of interest because of current concerns about groundwater restoration following uranium ISR mining in aquifers throughout the U.S.
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Differentiating anthropogenic and natural sources of uranium by geochemical fingerprinting of groundwater at the Homestake Uranium Mill, Milan, New Mexico, USA
A multiparameter geochemical-isotopic fingerprinting approach was used to differentiate natural and anthropogenic signatures of uranium contamination near the Homestake uranium mill site (Site), near Milan, New Mexico, USA. The Site consists of two tailings piles from milling operations and groundwater contamination from these tailings have been...
Blake, Johanna; Harte, Philip; Becher, Kent
Attribution: New Mexico Water Science Center, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Water Resources, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf, Region 7: Upper Colorado Basin
Capacity and area of Grand Lake O' the Cherokees, northeastern Oklahoma, 2009
In February 2017, the Grand River Dam Authority filed to relicense the Pensacola Hydroelectric Project with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The predominant feature of the Pensacola Hydroelectric Project is Pensacola Dam, which impounds Grand Lake O' the Cherokees (locally called Grand Lake) in northeastern Oklahoma. Identification of...
Hunter, Shelby L.; Labriola, Laura G.
Attribution: Oklahoma Water Science Center, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Water Resources, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf
Hunter, S.L., and Labriola, L.G., 2019, Capacity and area of Grand Lake O' the Cherokees, northeastern Oklahoma, 2009: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019–5040, 18 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195040.
Water resources of Richland Parish, Louisiana
Information concerning the availability, use, and quality of water in Richland Parish, Louisiana, is critical for proper water-supply management. The purpose of this fact sheet is to present information that can be used by water managers, parish residents, and others for stewardship of this vital resource. In 2014, about 41.73 million gallons per...
White, Vincent E.
Attribution: Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, Water Resources, Region 2: South Atlantic-Gulf (Includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), Region 4: Mississippi Basin, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf
White, V.E., 2019, Water resources of Richland Parish, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2019–3005, 6 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20193005.
Simulation of water availability in the Southeastern United States for historical and potential future climate and land-cover conditions
A study was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GCPO LCC) and the Department of the Interior Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, to evaluate the hydrologic response of a daily time step hydrologic model to historical observations and...
LaFontaine, Jacob H.; Hart, Rheannon M.; Hay, Lauren E.; Farmer, William H.; Bock, Andy R.; Viger, Roland J.; Markstrom, Steven L.; Regan, R. Steven; Driscoll, Jessica M.
Attribution: Colorado Water Science Center, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, New Mexico Water Science Center, South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC), Water Resources, Region 2: South Atlantic-Gulf (Includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), Region 4: Mississippi Basin, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf, Region 7: Upper Colorado Basin
LaFontaine, J.H., Hart, R.M., Hay, L.E., Farmer, W.H., Bock, A.R., Viger, R.J., Markstrom, S.L., Regan, R.S., and Driscoll, J.M., 2019, Simulation of water availability in the Southeastern United States for historical and potential future climate and land-cover conditions: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019–5039, 83 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195039.
Summary of climatic, geographic, geologic, and available hydrologic data and identification of data gaps for the Black Bear Creek watershed of the Pawnee Nation Tribal Jurisdictional Area, Oklahoma
The Pawnee Nation is compiling a comprehensive water-management plan for the Pawnee Nation Tribal Jurisdictional Area in north-central Oklahoma. One of the first steps needed in preparing such a plan is a summary and analysis of available hydrologic data and reports that have been published for the area. In phase I of a three-phase, watershed-...
Varonka, Matthew S.
Varonka, M.S., 2019, Summary of climatic, geographic, geologic, and available hydrologic data and identification of data gaps for the Black Bear Creek watershed of the Pawnee Nation Tribal Jurisdictional Area, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019–5043, 39 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195043.
Water resources of Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Information concerning the availability, use, and quality of water in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, is critical for proper water-supply management. The purpose of this fact sheet is to present information that can be used by water managers, parish residents, and others for stewardship of this vital resource. In 2014, 38.01 million gallons...
White, V.E., 2019, Water resources of Tensas Parish, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2019–3004, 6 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20193004.
Characterizing groundwater/surface-water interaction using hydrograph-separation techniques and groundwater-level data throughout the Mississippi Delta, USA
The Mississippi Delta, located in northwest Mississippi, is an area dense with industrial-level agriculture sustained by groundwater-dependent irrigation supplied by the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial aquifer (alluvial aquifer). The Delta provides agricultural commodities across the United States and around the world. Observed declines in...
Killian, Courtney D.; Asquith, William H.; Barlow, Jeannie R. B.; Bent, Gardner C.; Kress, Wade; Barlow, Paul M.; Schmitz, Darrel W.
Attribution: Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, New England Water Science Center, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, Water Resources, Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program, Region 2: South Atlantic-Gulf (Includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), Region 4: Mississippi Basin, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf, Region 1: North Atlantic-Appalachian
Adjudicating groundwater: A judge's guide to understanding groundwater and modeling
Dividing the Waters offers this groundwater science bench book that cannot be matched by any other scientific or judicial publication. Adjudicating Groundwater combines the expertise and experience of academic scientists (UC Davis/Stanford), federal scientists (U.S. Geological Survey), and judicial officers to create a...
Brandt, Alf; Fienen, Michael N.; White, Jeremy T.; Harter, Thomas; Moran, Tara; Wildman, Eric
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Preferential groundwater seepage in karst terrane inferred from geoelectric measurements
The Ellenburger–San Saba aquifer discharges spring flows into the overlying Hamilton Creek bed in Burnet County, central Texas. The aquifer is susceptible to contamination from surface‐water reservoirs because of the presence of dissolution cavities that are hydraulically connected to the reservoirs in some locations. There is concern that...
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Simulation of groundwater flow and analysis of projected water use for the Rush Springs aquifer, western Oklahoma
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation and the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, (1) quantified the groundwater resources of the Rush Springs aquifer in western Oklahoma by developing a numerical groundwater-flow model, (2) evaluated the effects of estimated equal-proportionate-share (EPS) pumping rates on aquifer...
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Land-cover changes associated with oil and natural-gas production and concentrations of selected constituents in surface-water and streambed-sediment samples collected upstream from and within an area of oil and natural-gas production, south Texas, 2008–17
The extensive development of oil and natural-gas resources in south Texas during the past 10 years has led to questions regarding possible environmental effects of processes associated with oil and natural-gas production, in particular the process of hydraulic fracturing, on water and other natural resources. Part of the lower San Antonio River...
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Geologic framework and hydrostratigraphy of the Edwards and Trinity aquifers within Hays County, Texas
The Edwards and Trinity aquifers are classified as major aquifers by the Texas Water Development Board and are major sources of water in south-central Texas, where Hays County is located. Detailed maps and descriptions of the geologic framework and hydrostratigraphic units (HSUs) of these karstic aquifers in Hays County are needed for water...
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USGS scientist Steve Hannes marks high water marks along the Colorado River after flooding from Harvey in Matagorda County, Texas.
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Hurricane Harvey dumped over 50 inches of rain near Houston, leaving extensive flooding throughout the area.
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Recording high water marks after Harvey
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Recording high water marks following Harvey
USGS scientist David Rodriguez records high water marks from storm surge following Harvey near Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Location 4. Sand dunes along this stretch of coast in Sargent, Texas, were overwashed by large waves during the storm. Sand from the beach and dunes is covering the roadway behind the dunes and which may be impassable. The predicted probability of overwash in this area was 94%.
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Hurricane Harvey Flooding
Extensive flooding inundated the Gulf Coast of Texas after Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on August 25, 2017. Among the many waterways in southeastern Texas that exceeded flood stage was the Brazos River, which flows past Houston to its west and to the Gulf of Mexico at Freeport.
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High Water Mark Surveying
USGS scientist Alec McDonald surveying high water marks from storm surge from Hurricane Harvey at Packery Channel near Corpus Christi, Texas.
Surveying High Water Marks following Harvey
USGS scientist Vidal Mendoza surveying high water marks from storm surge from Hurricane Harvey near Port Aransas, Texas.
Water Quality Sampling Planning Following Hurricane Harvey
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Water Quality Sampling on Lake Houston Following Hurricane Harvey
A USGS field crew takes water-quality samples on Lake Houston following Harvey.
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New App Shows Aquifer Level Change and Subsidence in Relation to Groundwater Withdrawals in Houston-Galveston Area
A new interactive web application illustrates how groundwater, sediment compaction and land-elevation change are related in the Houston-Galveston region in Texas. The new app was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey and is available online.
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NOAA, USGS and partners predict third largest Gulf of Mexico summer 'dead zone' ever
Larger-than-average low and no oxygen area may affect the region's shrimp fisheries
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USGS: High Plains Aquifer Groundwater Levels Continue to Decline
The U.S. Geological Survey has released a new report detailing changes of groundwater levels in the High Plains aquifer. The report presents water-level change data in the aquifer for two separate periods: from 1950 – the time prior to significant groundwater irrigation development – to 2015, and from 2013 to 2015.
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Unconventional Oil and Gas Production Not Currently Affecting Drinking Water Quality
Decades or longer may be needed to fully assess the effects of unconventional oil and gas production on the quality of groundwater used for drinking water in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas
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The Top 5 Mineral-Producing States
In 2016, these five states led the pack in mineral production, accounting for about one third of the total mineral production value for the entire country.
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USGS Estimates 304 Trillion Cubic Feet of Natural Gas in the Bossier and Haynesville Formations of the U.S. Gulf Coast
USGS also estimates 4 billion barrels of oil and 2 billion barrels of natural gas liquids in the two formations.
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New "Water On-the-Go" App Helps Keep Texans Safe with Current Stream Conditions
The new "Water On-the-Go" mobile app gives the public easy access to current conditions in streams across Texas. This product was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey to help raise water awareness during both floods and normal conditions.
Sediment Flows into Galveston Bay Studied to Help Understand Health of Watershed
A better understanding of sediment and freshwater flow into Galveston Bay is now available from a new U.S. Geological Survey report, done in cooperation with the Texas Water Development Board, and the Galveston Bay Estuary Program.
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A Fresh Look at Old Data Sheds Light on Central U.S. Quake Origins and Potential
Small variations in the density of the earth's crust—undetectable to humans without sensitive instruments—influence where earthquakes may occur in the central United States. These new findings from the U.S. Geological Survey, published today in Nature Communications, may allow scientists to map where future seismicity in the center of the country is most likely.
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Land Elevation Changes Due to Groundwater Withdrawals Indicate Regional Shifts in Houston-Galveston Area
New Report Marks 40 Years of Subsidence Investigations
USGS Releases New JavaScript Library for Plotting Water Data for the Nation
A new JavaScript library, called GWIS (Graphing Water Information System), can create time-series plots of information measured at U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic data collection sites across the United States.
Changes in Rainfall, Temperature Expected to Transform Coastal Wetlands This Century
Changes in rainfall and temperature are predicted to transform wetlands in the Gulf of Mexico and around the world within the century, a new study from the USGS and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley concludes.
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Melittia doddi is een vlinder uit de familie wespvlinders (Sesiidae), onderfamilie Sesiinae.

Melittia doddi is voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door Le Cerf in 1916. De soort komt voor in het Australaziatisch gebied.

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This Metaverse Startup Raised $10.4M in Just 60 Hours in Presale Round
crypto-economy.com 14 January 2022 13:34, UTC
The next evolution of the Internet, referred to as the Metaverse, is on its way and startups are getting a strong response from the community. Singapore-based metaverse startup Affyn has announced that it raised $10.4 million in just 60 hours in the presale round of FYN token.
In a press release on Thursday, January 13th, metaverse startup Affyn said that the presale for its FYN token launched on December 30, 2021, was a huge success as it raised $10.4 million in just the first 60 hours of the presale. The FYN presale ended on January 2nd, 2022.
According to the announcement, "the presale round features the sale of each FYN token at special prices with a 10-day lock and 6-months linear vesting period." Over 57,000 participants purchased FYN tokens and $10.4 million was raised. Each participant was restricted to purchasing 50,000 FYN tokens.
Before the presale round, Affyn's private round was oversubscribed within a week of its website unveiling, resulting in the opening of a new strategic round that once again became oversubscribed. In these three rounds, Affyn has raised $18 million in total.
What is Affyn?
According to the Affyn team, the presale success is due to excitement about its upcoming mobile metaverse game NEXUS. Affyn is a Singapore-based company building a blockchain-powered Metaverse project with a Free to Play, Play-to-Earn mobile game that will combine geolocations, AR mechanics, FYN tokens, and NFTs.
What is NEXUS World?
According to Affyn's website, NEXUS World is a mobile metaverse digital layer that is mapped to the real world where users can explore, play and participate in activities based on their geolocation.
The metaverse will feature in-game characters called Buddies and Nexus Land, a digital representation of real estate in the virtual world that is mapped according to the real world, as NFTs. Users can build structures on their land in NEXUS. These structures are digital representations of property in the virtual world. These structures will also be NFTs that can be purchased from the marketplace.
FYN will be the native utility token of NEXUS metaverse that can be use used in both the virtual and real worlds. Users can use FYN to purchase or lease property, purchase and exchange NFTs, and participate in events.
The Affyn team is getting to launch an initial DEX Offering (IDO) and a token generation event scheduled on January 29th, 2022. The trailer of NEXUS Metaverse is set to be released in February. The public launch is also expected in the early months of 2022.
Lucaz Lee, founder and CEO of Affyn, commented:
"This successful presale sends a strong signal and confidence in our goals. 2022 will be unprecedented as we ignite the tech space by ushering in a new era of Metaverse. We will pioneer the first of its kind Play-to-Earn Metaverse that encapsulates the fabric of reality into a synthetic world where the notion of a real-world is represented by digital avatars, NFTs, and assets."


Kanye West performs at the United Center in Chicago, Oct 7, 2016.
Kanye West, well known pretty much nowhere for his cool temperament and thick skin, has had a busy weekend. Fans were left scratching their heads on Sunday when the singer's Nov. 20 concert in Inglewood, California, was suddenly canceled.
Although no explanations have been offered publicly, it may have something to do with Kanye getting booed off the stage on Friday during a San Jose show after he declared his support for President-elect Donald Trump. Adding to the fan tension was the fact that West showed up late to Saturday's concert in Sacramento and then walked off stage after three songs.
Ticketmaster confirmed Sunday that West's latest stop on the Saint Pablo tour had been canceled, just hours before the singer was supposed to take the stage at 8 p.m. PST.
Like the rapper, the ticketing company gave no explanation for the cancellation.
The Forum in Inglewood posted a Twitter message stating that ticket-holders would get refunds at point of purchase and Ticketmaster posted a note on its website that phone and Internet purchases would be automatically refunded.
Ticketmaster was already forced to reach into its pockets this weekend after furious fans demanded refunds for Saturday's show in Sacramento.
West reportedly showed up 90 minutes late to the concert and ended the show early after a typical, nonsensical rant that covered his spat with superstar peers Beyoncé and Jay-Z.
The crowd returned the courtesy, screaming "F*ck you, Kanye!" as some concertgoers exited the venue.
Sunday's concert in Inglewood was originally intended as a make-up show. Earlier this month, West cut short a Nov. 3 show at The Forum citing failing vocal chords and promising to "do better next time," Billboard reported.
As part of the rescheduled show, West had set aside a large number of free tickets for students in inner-city schools and music programs in Los Angeles and greater California.
The next stop on his Saint Pablo Tour (for now) is a Nov. 22 show in Fresno, California.


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Edwin Grienauer (* 7. März 1893 in Wien; † 21. August 1964 ebenda) war ein österreichischer Bildhauer und Medailleur.

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Edwin Grienauer ist der Sohn des Cellisten Karl Grienauer und der Opernsängerin Helene Schott. Er studierte an der Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule, nachdem er bereits mit 19 Jahren seine ersten Porträt-Plaketten geschaffen hatte. Im Ersten Weltkrieg erlitt er eine Gesichtsverwundung. 1935 wurde Grienauer mit dem Titel "Professor" ausgezeichnet und lehrte nach 1945 an der Akademie der bildenden Künste in Wien. Seit 1936 für die illegale NSDAP tätig, beantragte er am 17. Mai 1938 die Aufnahme in die Partei und wurde rückwirkend zum 1. Mai aufgenommen (Mitgliedsnummer 6.308.978). Sein Atelier befand sich im Wiener Prater. Dort starb er 1964. Er wurde am Wiener Zentralfriedhof bestattet.

Der Künstler war ein ausgezeichneter Ruderer und wurde 1927 Österreichischer Meister im Doppelzweier. Olympische Medaillen erhielt er jedoch nicht als Ruderer, sondern im Kunstbewerb für Medaillen und Plaketten (Gold 1928, Amsterdam; Bronze 1948, London)

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Grienauer ist besonders für seine Münzen (Signatur: GRIENAUER; EG) und Medaillen bekannt, schuf aber auch viele Skulpturen, die heute noch in Wien zu sehen sind. Seine Münzen waren in Österreich und Liechtenstein im Umlauf. Die bekanntesten Werke sind:
 Wertseite der Ein-Schilling-Münze (im Umlauf von 1959 bis 2002)
 Bildseiten von Zwei-Schilling-Münzen, z. B. Schubert 1928, Billroth 1929, Mozart 1931, Haydn 1932, Dollfuß 1934, Savoyen 1936
 Bildseiten von 5-Schilling-Münzen 1934–1936 und 100-Schilling-Münzen 1935–1938 Magna Mater Austriae
 Bild- und Wertseiten von 25 Schilling-Münzen: Mozart 1956, Mariazell 1957, Bruckner 1962, Savoyen 1963, Grillparzer 1964
 Bild- und Wertseiten von 50 Schilling-Münzen: Tiroler Freiheit 1959, Olympische Winterspiele 1964
 Bild- und Wertseiten von 25- 50- und 100-Franken-Münzen Liechtenstein 1952 Franz Joseph II. und Gina von Liechtenstein
 Medaille der Kammer der gewerblichen Wirtschaft "Für treue Mitarbeit"
 Medaille "Für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich"
 Heilige Margarethe und Herz-Jesu-Statuen in der Kirche St. Othmar, Wien (3. Bezirk)
 Marienstatue in der Kirche St. Christoph, Baden bei Wien
 Relief am Kunsthistorischen Museum, Wien
 Tabernakel (im Archiv) und Bodenfliesen im Dom zu St. Stephan, Wien
 Geschnitzter Kruzifix in der Pfarrkirche Johannes Kapistran in Wien-Brigittenau, um 1960

Ein Werkverzeichnis von Grienauer wurde weder zu Lebzeiten noch nach seinem Tode erstellt. Erst 2003 begann das Institut für Numismatik der Universität Wien mit der Aufarbeitung von Grienauers Nachlass. Das Institut verwaltet einen großen Teil des numismatischen Nachlasses als Dauerleihgabe. Neben Medaillen und Münzen enthält dieses Material auch Zeichnungen, Modelle und Prägestempel, welche die Entstehungsschritte und verschiedenen Herstellungstechniken von Medaillen veranschaulichen.

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 Elmar Fröschl: Eine Biografie des Bildhauers und Medailleurs Edwin Grienauer., Diplomarbeit Universität Wien, 2014, doi:10.25365/thesis.31792.

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Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1932
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1948
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In addition to installing security cameras to keep tabs on her 15-year-old daughter Sami, the 'Wild Things' actress bans her from dating until she is 16 years old.
Most people usually install security cameras to catch uninvited guests at their home, but that is not the case for Denise Richards and her husband Aaron Phypers. In a recent episode of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills", the 48-year-old actress revealed that they had installed security cameras outside their home in order to stop daughter Sami from going out to meet boys without her permission.
In addition to getting security cameras to keep tabs on her daughter, Denise previously revealed that she actually banned her from dating until she's 16 years old. "My mom and dad were strict with me. I couldn't date until I was 16. So maybe I'm actually doing a disservice because I then went the opposite way!" she said at the time.
Besides Sami and Lola, the "Wild Things" star has a 7-year-old daughter named Eloise, whom she adopted in 2011.


Stanford University has secured demolition permits from Santa Clara county and intend to pull down the Bracewell Observatory.
The Bracewell Observatory is named for Professor Ronald Bracewell, a father of radio astronomy, who created the site and built the dishes. They've been sitting idle since Federal Funding was redirected elsewhere.
He's already got support from NASA/JPL and needs more help.


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Don't Expect Theresa May to Put Country Over Party
The British prime minister has been a member of the Conservatives since childhood. She won't alienate her party just to make a Brexit deal.
By Rosa Prince
Theresa May speaks at an EU summit in June 2017. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert / AP)
For the past two years, the debate over Britain's withdrawal from the European Union has focused on the costs and benefits of trade, the effects of immigration, and the frustration of communities left behind. Yet when the full story of Britain's departure from the EU is told, it will be in large part the tale of a passionate relationship between one woman and her political party.
For more than two years, British Prime Minister Theresa May has sought to balance the needs of her country, as she negotiates its exit from the European Union, with that of her party, wherein a fiercely Eurosceptic wing has limited her ability to compromise. Now, with Brexit fast approaching at the end of the month, and May's attempts at an amicable divorce lacking parliamentary support, the prime minister can choose to delay the withdrawal, currently set for March 29, or lead Britain out of the EU with no deal, which detractors say could leave the country without food, without medicine, without international travel.
So the question is this: Will May drive her country off the precipice and abandon the EU without a cushion, or risk splitting the political party that—perhaps more than any prime minister since Edward Heath, the man who took Britain into what is now the EU in the first place, nearly a half century ago—she has made the center of her life?
Read: Ready or not, a new independence day awaits the U.K.
May came to politics early. An only child growing up in rural Oxfordshire in the 1960s, she was inspired not by the anti-establishment spirit of the age, Vietnam War protests, or rebellion in the streets of Paris, but the quiet conservatism of her neighbors. With few close friends to distract her, she joined the Conservative Party and, by the age of 12, had decided to make politics her future.
So deep was her dedication that when her father, Hubert, a Church of England minister, warned her off alienating parishioners who did not share her views, May agreed to confine her activities to stuffing envelopes in a back room. Even the boredom of spending her Saturday afternoons alongside the village matrons in the local Conservative Party office did not deter her.
May met her future husband, Philip, while they were both students at Oxford University, at a dance organized by the student Conservative association. In the 1980s, the two spent the early years of their marriage serving the party in south London, she as a Conservative local councillor and he as an unelected branch secretary. In the 1990s, they traveled the country as she sought to become a member of Parliament. They had few close friends, and both May's parents had died by the time she was 25. With steady but not particularly inspiring banking careers and, to their deep regret, unable to have children, the Mays made politics the focal point of their life.
Not until 1997 did May finally enter Parliament—as many of her fellow Conservatives were being voted out in favor of Tony Blair's Labour Party—but it would take another 13 years of slogging in opposition before the Conservatives returned to power. Under David Cameron's leadership, May reached the highest level of the cabinet, as home secretary.
At the Home Office, May finally received the respect many of those who have worked closely with her say she craves. While the post—which is responsible for a bewildering array of issues from immigration to internet safety, as well as the police—had a reputation of being a political graveyard, May thrived, surviving for six years, the longest run in decades, ending only because she became prime minister.
Many attribute her success as home secretary to an innate pragmatism and a stubborn streak, both boons in a role that requires quick thinking and forceful decision making. She provided strong leadership during a series of terrorist attacks; resisted American pressure to extradite a British national for hacking into the Pentagon, while insisting on it in the case of a radical Islamic preacher accused of terrorist offenses; and oversaw deep cuts to police budgets and staffing numbers.
Her cabinet colleagues often found her intransigence frustrating, with a Conservative MP labeling her "a bloody difficult woman" in a hot-mic recording. But the clashes were not ideological. Beyond a belief in meritocracy—a "level playing field" as she likes to describe it—May's ideas about what she would like the world to look like are difficult to discern.
Read: Brexit crisis. Theresa May in trouble. Rinse. Repeat.
While her combination of pragmatism and stubbornness served her well at the Home Office, those characteristics are perhaps less useful in a prime minister, a role in which a sense of vision and an ability to compromise might be more valuable. That is particularly true in May's case; her desire for a sensible Brexit deal collides with the ideological determination of a chunk of her party for a symbolic rupture from the EU.
May's dilemma is not a new one. Britain's relationship with Europe has come close to tearing the Conservatives apart for 50 years. It brought down a series of prime ministers, usually as a result of pressure from the Eurosceptic right. Most recently, Cameron hoped to relieve some of this pressure by agreeing to demands for a referendum. May campaigned alongside him, albeit somewhat reluctantly, to remain in the EU, but when Britain voted to leave, Cameron resigned.
In the ordinary scheme of things, it probably would have made sense at that point, in the summer of 2016, for a dedicated Leaver to take charge of both the Conservative Party and the Brexit process. But with the Leavers proving woefully incapable of leadership—May's rivals all imploded spectacularly during the contest to succeed Cameron—she found herself unopposed and, as her actions soon suggested, with a profound sense of gratitude to the Brexiteers for giving her the job she had long coveted.
Determined to both avoid the fate of her predecessors and keep the party together, she took a series of steps, including inviting her party rivals to serve in senior positions, that suggested to the Brexiteers she was on their side and committed to leaving the EU on their terms. When this strategy clashed with the realpolitik of negotiations with the bloc, May was stuck. Her practical solutions proved unacceptable to many MPs from her own party, and to those from the Democratic Unionist Party, the Northern Irish grouping on whose support her government relies.
Read: The small party threatening to topple Theresa May's government
After it became apparent some months ago that May could never sign the Brexiteers up to a deal that would be simultaneously acceptable to the EU, many began to hope she would look beyond her party to like-minded people on the opposition benches. This would probably have involved agreeing to a softer Brexit than she had promised but, the argument went, the resulting agreement would be the better for it. The outcome, however, would likely be a Conservative split—something she could not bring herself to allow.
And so the drama continues, as May insists her deal is the only way to avoid a no-deal Brexit. Britain is still officially due to leave the EU in a matter of weeks. And while the date may be pushed back, unless MPs can agree among themselves, and with the rest of the EU, on what form a deal will take, Britain will leave without an agreement.
Anyone seriously expecting May to square the Brexit circle by following the example of Ramsay MacDonald—the Labour prime minister who abandoned his party to form a national government with the Conservatives during the Great Depression—fails to understand her motivations. The teenage girl who stuffed envelopes in a back room, the middle-aged woman so thrilled to be Conservative leader, could not possibly abandon her true love now.
Will Theresa May choose heart over head and allow the United Kingdom to crash out of the European Union? Everything in her history suggests she's capable of it.


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What gear should you take on your gap year? Here are some of the favourite things that gap year students take with them when they travel around the world.
Gaps years are a life changing experience. With a bit of preparation, you are going to have a fantastic time. But are there things that you should take that will make life so much easier for you?
This list of popular gap year gear includes the most valued and used items that gap year students take with them.
Paracord Pals are great little keyrings that look cool on your bag or rucsac. The beauty of them is that they are made from a type of very strong string called paracord.
Paracord is a lightweight nylon kernmantle rope originally used in the suspension lines of parachutes. Paracord is useful for many other tasks. It is now used as a general purpose utility cord by both military and civilians. Paracord has even been used by astronauts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
By having one of these paracord pals keyrings clipped onto your bag, you will always have a very handy length of paracord to use in an emergency.
I found out about these Paracord People at a ski competition, where one of the college students makes them to earn some extra cash to help get through college. I had to buy some. I have one attached to my work bag, and everyone who sees it asks where they can get one.
You can buy these paracord pals keyrings direct from her through the Paypal link on this page.
Gaffer tape is a strong cloth-backed waterproof adhesive tape. Once you have used this, you will always keep a roll of it handy. It is easy to tear off without the need for scissors. It is very strong, and can be used for taping things together. Whether you have a tear in your bag, or need to keep something secure, gaffer tape is great stuff. It is used at gigs and concerts for taping cables to the stage.
Gaffer Tape is available from most DIY shops and online. A bestselling brand is Gorilla tape. You can buy a 32m roll of Gorilla Tape which will see you through many trials.
A small pen knife will always come in handy. Make sure that the one you get is permitted to go onboard planes. You don't want to have to hand it over to airport security.
I have a couple of pen knives. I have a very small one that I keep in my trouser pocket. Often comes in handy when out and about. I also have one like the one in the picture. It has a decent thick saw blade on it that I use for cutting firewood. I am sure you will be sitting around a fire at some point on your travels, most likely on a beach somewhere tropical.
A multi tool usually comes in the form of folding pliers, that has a range of other tools that fold out from the handles. These will include screwdrivers, allen keys, a pen knife blade. wirecutter, saw, scissors, can opener and bottle opener. The Gerber Suspension Multi-Plier is one of the best multi tolls available at the moment. I keep mine in my bike tool kit. It has come in use on various occasions, such as the time when a friend bent their bike gear derailleur. Out came the multi tool and with the pliers I managed to straighten it out and we were on our way again. without it, we would have had to drag his bike a rather long way.
Here is a full list of multi-tools .
A small reliable alarm clock is a must for making sure you wake up in time to catch that bus or plane to your next adventure.
A Travel Clothes Line comes in handy when you have to wash your clothes in the shower or bath. Also, there will be occasions when your clothes get very wet and you need to dry them.
A silk sleeping bag liner is one of the most recommended things to take on your gap year. There may be times during your adventures where the place you sleep is not as clean as you might like. By having a sleeping bag liner, you can sleep in it knowing that you won't be coming into contact with whatever bed covers you are lying on. It provides you with some modesty as well when sharing a room with others.
A travel first aid kit is the basics for your travel. You can add to it with your own medication, and any other medical things you use.
The Rokono BASS+ Mini Speaker is a fab little speaker that will plug into any ipod, iphone or mp3 player.
Dioralyte is a powder that you add to water that provides rapid rehydration, with added relief from diarrhoea. With all of the exotic places you are going to visit, the food may not agree with you. Or it could be the water that gets you.
Recommended, but make sure you talk to your doctor first that you are ok to take it.
If you are not sure what else to take, why not check out this ultimate travel kit for Gap Years, Backpackers and Festival goers . It contains tons of stuff that will make your gap year a much more enjoyable experience. It is lightweight; The whole kit in its bag weighs no more than 990g. The best reason to buy the ultimate travel kit for gap years is because it will save you over £40 by buying everything you need in one kit.
You can get loads more tips on making your gap year great in my gap year guide. The bestselling gap year guide is the The gap-year guidebook 2014: Everything You Need to Know About Taking a Gap-year or Year Out written by Jonathan Barnes.
Here is a list of the most popular gap year guides that will provide you with plenty of help and information for the year ahead that is going to be amazing.


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First the official truth:
We've heard reports of a rumour that the current cluster is linked to someone entering one of our managed isolation facilities. There is no evidence to support this. We ask people to stop circulating those rumours as they are counter-productive to our efforts against COVID-19.
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Gerry Brownlee, Judith Collins and Winston Peters have all been guilty of encouraging rumours and conspiracies.
On the border testing laxness and rumour and conspiracy mongering: The truth is out there, but National's looking in the wrong places
Like two-thirds of The X-Files Lone Gunmen, deputy leader Gerry Brownlee and Judith Collins, went full tinfoil hat.
Brownlee posed a series of questions suggesting the Government knew more than it was imparting about community transmission. (After a horrified public backlash, he somewhat retreated).
The thing is, Gerry, the truth is out there. You just weren't asking the right questions.
There is much to probe about the Government's response to this fresh outbreak.
Border restrictions and quarantine kept the virus out, but there was always a chance an infectious person would slip through.
Having made the sacrifice of a seven-week down, the public trusted that should that happen, a thorough testing and contact tracing system coupled with swift isolation would avoid further punishing restrictions on our freedoms.
And yet, testing centres have been overwhelmed, with lines stretching up to two kilometres and people waiting all day to be swabbed.
There were reports of mums queueing with young children, people turned away because they weren't in a vehicle and others forced to queue with symptomatic people – with little social distancing and hardly anyone wearing a mask.
Others have experienced problems signing in to or registering for the Health Ministry's NZ Covid Tracer app, which collects and helps track users' whereabouts.
Uptake has been low: it has just under 1 million registered users, around a quarter of the eligible population.
But if public apathy was a problem – official complacency was even more worrying.
It emerged that fewer than half of the staff of the 6000 to 7000 staff who work at the border and 32 managed isolation and quarantine facilities were tested for Covid-19 in recent months.
These facilities are the most likely source of the south Auckland outbreak.
It is possible to challenge and test the competency of the Government's management of this crisis, while broadly supporting the approach.
That's actually the duty of the Opposition.
But by choosing to appeal to paranoia, National isn't just damaging its own credibility and electoral fortunes, but is wilfully sabotaging trust in health advice and the authority of Government.
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Posted by Pete George on 16th August 2020
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Moral virtue deserted the National Party…long…ago.
Always onto the important things being discussed Blaze, or not!
We are told that we should only believe what we are told at the 1 o'clock briefing but unfortunately in the last couple of days the wrong school mentioned as having a Covid infected pupil, and far worse the Health Minister said he had looked into a Ramen Shop's media claim that a person who later tested positive had been there.
"We are not going to continue to comment on every speculation on social media, because there is a lot of false information. We do have a very consolidated process in place so when we do make announcements here, that information is all correct and accurate."
Turns out he was wrong…again.
Ray I say Ray ,I realise moral virtue is not important to the right.
It's all about the …economy…right?
Kitty Catkin
Wrong, but anyone who isn't at least concerned about the economy is appallingly naive.
What you know about the economy I could write on the tail of a …Manx cat.
Fight4nz
" Always onto the important things being discussed "?
Pakuranga college has a casual link not a case. Error made, admitted, corrected, apologies given.
Claim looked into. Comment not made. Not even a contradiction. Where's the "far worse", "wrong again" in that?
I understand B's temptation to be dismissive of empty hot air and hyperbole.
No apology was made when I last read the story about Pakuranga College,
The Minister has admitted the inexcusable slackness that may well have led to this new outbreak, but no apology has been made for that, either.
The hot air, hyperbole and self-praise by the PM and her fawning followers has been well and truly shown up for what it was.
Corky
"But by choosing to appeal to paranoia, National isn't just damaging its own credibility and electoral fortunes, but is willfully sabotaging trust in health advice and the authority of Government."
Seems to me National are one step away from being proven right( again). There's too much concern about conspiracy theories…and not enough focus on government stupidity, ineptitude and plain idiocy…things that fuel conspiracy theories.
Thankfully we have talback radio.
Yes National are not presenting this manifesto of theirs in a compelling fashion….
'and not enough focus on stupidity, ineptitude and plain idiocy…things that fuel conspiracy theories.'
No need, Blazer. All National need is to be in power. The proof is in the governance. Labour have already failed. Time for them to sling their hooks..and for Jacinda to hit the UN.
Poor UN if that happens.
6 more years , KK.
Its a lot harder when you have a young family and the travel for an international job. Neve can still be in Auckland of Wellington near her Mum as most travel is around the country.
Maybe UNICEF when the kids are in high school? Thats 12 years away ! UNICEF HQ is in New York
Crikey, I thought I heard Gezza.
John J Harrison
Pete, I am sure you would have read HDA in today's Herald on Sunday.
She tears the ineptitude of Ardern and Hipkins to bits over their lies and willful disinformation.
She firstly restates the lies regarding lack of enough PPE gear ( not forgetting the whoppers regarding lack of flu – jabs ) , testing kits and the disastrous lack of testing of front line workers to the point where only 1/3 had been tested over the first 5 months.
HDA then slates the gold – standard contact tracing system that Ardern told us was world class.
Fact, it never existed !
HDA makes the point that we have failed to adequately succeed in tracing from a single family and closing down our biggest city of 1.7 million at a weekly cost of $440 million per week.
Ardern has been shown up as unprincipled charlatan in playing politics at the expense of our health and our devastated economy.
Ah I see what ails you John….a diet with too much HDP and causing symptoms of Hoskings disease…..it is treatable.
Blazer, kindly detail what she wrote that is incorrect.
We are all waiting with baited breath.
It is merely her opinion.
Blazer, she detailed FACTS.
Clearly you are on a fact – free rant this morning.
We all await you detailing where she has erred in her article.
Or has Frazer House failed to send you the script ?
Damn straight, John. It's a sad litany of bullshit and government failures. Even sadder, it's par for the course when a socialist gummint is in power.
Maggy Wassilieff
There are a lot of folks in the Leftist media running shotgun for the CoL's mess-ups/cover-ups.
Not just in the leftish media, they function in here without addressing the issues but instead just denigrate and discussion.
We see so many…blazing squirrels here.
Brownlee is the biggest squirrel to fall out of….a tree.
" HDA in today's Herald on Sunday.
The right wing MSM and allies in here demonstrably leading the charge on denigration.
Since when has the MSM been right wing ?
Perhaps it is simply a case of the scales falling from their eyes and noticing the truth for once – as opposed to the copious amounts of fairy dust they have previously been blinded with.
The MSM is owned by wealthy right wingers.
As Norwegian historian Rutger Bregman pointed out at Davos,billionaires paying millionaires to spread their propaganda.
Alan Wilkinson
If this apology for a journalist actually meant what she has said she is disgracefully and abysmally wrong. It is never the duty of the Opposition to broadly support the Government's approach.
Either she cannot write or cannot think or both.
Er, yes it is.
Or at least it often is during (and as per the key qualifier you've omitted), "a crisis".
Plus her statement about the Opposition's duty related to the primary clause, "It is possible to challenge and test the Government's management" (and its policies for that matter too), not the secondary, "while broadly supporting the approach". Which Her Majesty's loyal Oppositions often do too, on a regular basis, not just during crises. Hence the not uncommon refrain from Opposition spokespeople at times, "We support the Government in this matter…".
And credit where it is due, Brownlee has confirmed he got it wrong in dog whistling to conspiracy theorists:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/122453434/gerry-brownlee-admits-getting-into-a-bad-spot-over-covid-conspiracy-theories
The Opposition have the option to broadly support the Government but certainly not a duty – crisis or otherwise. A crisis makes it more imperative that alternative responses are considered.
If it was not meant to apply to the condition it was just sloppy writing as I offered.
Let me help you by omitting the intervening offending phrase, which is grammatically subordinate and as per good comprehension should be regarded as such. Therefore it does not govern the following sentence. Instead:
"It's possible to challenge and test the Government's management of this crisis…That's actually the duty of the Opposition".
Looks like the lady has passed Civics 101 to me. And we disagree on her writing skills.
It's ambiguous at best. The comma implies a distinct pause as spoken and the following phrase hangs in the air to be referenced by the second sentence.
Let's get pedantic….recalcitrant…..nonsense.
Kindly play with your crayons – but don't eat them! – while the adults talk, Blazer.
And the tools of clear expression are important, because without them you cannot adequately and accurately communicate worthwhile thought or understand those of others. Mind you, judging by your efforts on Your NZ, "worthwhile thought" and "Blazer" are rather a contradiction in terms. Instead, you treat the minutiae that contributes to accuracy in the same way a baboon chancing upon a stethoscope might use it to scratch its arse. Usually I wouldn't be so unkind, but hey, you fired first.
But here. I'll give you the chance to redeem yourself by kindly explaining how "recalcitrant" had any relevance to the thread, other than being a "big" word that sounds scary and impressive.
And that's Mr Pedantic to you, thanks very much. And Alan is not Mr Nonsense, he's "Mr Tosh";)
As I know you would never be condescending or patronising,my use of recalcitrance, is an observation that some posters can not accept that they have been exposed and resort to…grasping at straws or increasingly…strawmen.
May comments always be made in the best…possible taste.
Sorry, B, I was just channeling my 7th form English teacher who once observed of me in that nasally whiny accent of those who are of Scouse/Cheshire origin, "in theerty years of teaching en three different countrees, your the most arrogant pupil I ever had".
Those who know me suggest he was on the money. 😂
The test for Alan would be how you could write the same thoughts, all of which are valid, yet removing the alleged ambiguity, and still maintaining the invaluable tension of the competing juxtaposition, and ending with the same emotionally-effective punchline. Alan has a point that an intervening side-thought does distract from the logical thread. Maybe just a straight copy-and-paste and touch-up does it:
While broadly supporting the Government's approach to this crisis, it's possible to challenge and test the competency of the management,
Yeah, nah. The primary clause runs straight on to that very effective last sentence/ Nonetheless, if you are not paying careful attention it is still possible to misread the Oppositions' duty is to support the Government's approach.
So perhaps Alan might like to expend a few minutes of his valuable time and suggest an alternative.
I was just about to make the same reordering which is the obvious improvement.
You could remove all doubt be starting with "Although they broadly support …"
Not convinced, Al.
Put it this way, Blazer sold me on his understanding and use of "recalcitrant" (albeit I'm not sure the cap fits you). Whereas now that you've thrown the element of doubt in my mind, I'm not sure what is and isn't the Opposition's duty has being accurately expressed!
Anyone else finding they have too much time on their hands during lock down?! 😉
Despite the Opposition broadly supporting the Government's approach, it is possible to challenge and test the competency of the Government's management of this crisis – the latter being the duty of the Opposition.
Belt and braces.
No, as a flat piece of prose communicating information it may work. But as you've run it all together it lacks emotional punch. Especially with the last bit. The original worked really well because it had that, "wait for it, wait for it…Pow!" Effect.
And whatever else, good persuasive writing has to warm the heart, as well as inform the mind.
While broadly supporting the Government's approach to this crisis, it's possible to challenge and test the competency of the management.
Challenging and testing is actually the duty of the Opposition.
Yes, I thought of something like that, but it is cluttered compared to the original, which yet again dissipates the punch.
Sorry, Al, I'm a tough subbie. 🙂
At least the punch hits the target and not the spectator. She cluttered the ring by bringing the spectator into it.
Lurcher1948
Ms Collins is the latest cab of the rank,another cab is approaching
artcroft
Much is made of Brownlee's comments. It was clumsily done but I wouldn't be surprised if a future inquiry reveals that Dr Bloomfield was pretty sure there was a new outbreak present in the country when he made his call for masks to be stock up on.
Not that I blame him for this. I'd have played it the same way. However watching how the media form the narrative around this is telling. You quickly see that every story needs a villain and National are it at present, and what ever they do will be villainous until a better villain appears.
Seems MSM have another villain.
Our media and academia are a Lefty disgrace at present and feed off each other.
Academia by and large are disinterested beyond who is offering best research funding.
Media for the Right
– coverage of Bridges flailing
– coverage of Miller's flailing
– coverage of Collins flailing
– headline billing for security breaches, flaws in distribution of medical supplies, testing regimes, error in naming of College, etc, etc, etc
– unfair advantage for election
– Talk back radio, as confirmed by Corky on a number of occasions
Media for the left
– broadcasting of daily updates by Jacinda
MSM always is and always has favoured the Right
By the way, where the is the venerable Megan Woods ?
You all know she took charge of the border two months ago – right ?
So now that there is a litany of failures published in the left wing MSM where is Megan and her defense of her portfolio?
Crickets !
duperez
Woods will be happy that in your hour of need you seek her to give you solace. What is it that has some people wanting to be mummied every moment of the day?
If your determination to not trust anyone in the government more than .00001% on anything were bottled, you could sell the product to other serially disenchanted living in some parallel universe.
Given how many times Bloomfield has lied to us and 2 ministers its not surprising rumours fly around.
Fly jabs, PPE, testing of Frontline staff…
I wouldnt say 'lied to us' , it seems that the officials and staff in Auckland doing the testing – Auckland Regional Public health have been repeatedly misleading MoH and Ministers in Wellington.
Now the latest that the hotel, security and other medical staff at the quarantine hotels havent ALL been tested as the bureaucrats and ministers have been told. Seems to be some 'didnt want to be tested' …. its crazy that a refusal is allowed in the circumstances.
Is it a few senior medical staff in ARPH ' allowing the refusals to happen'
ARPH are also the group running the covid testing clinics around Auckland – its combination of the 3 local DHBs
Sorry, I'm presuming what you mean is that those who refuse to be tested should be redeployed to another role. Which is fair enough. But By law, as I understand it, no one including the government can compel someone against their will to undergo any medical procedure or test.
Under the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act the DG of Health and the Minister of Health can order persons to:
report for and undergo a medical examination or testing of any kind, and at any place or time, specified and in any specified way or specified circumstances:
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2020/0012/latest/LMS344177.html
Very interesting. Thanks, Maggy.
Which, based on "public" outcry, the Minister has now imposed.
So do you want the government to be heavy handed or not?
NeoPundit
Thank you for not conflating persons with people. Natural rights are still part of the law of NZ, although the state can maintain plausible denial when this isn't common knowledge.
I'm not legally trained….
so the distinction between persons and people escapes me…
I only used persons because that is what is used in the legislation.
It's not a word I would have normally employed.
Oh, oh dear me, Winston has jumped the fence and left the reservation.
Now a majority of MP's want a delayed election.
What will Ardern and Frazer House now do ?
Stick to their guns,.
oldlaker
In terms of constitutional obligations, I believe Ardern will have to give way if a majority in the House doesn't have confidence in her. Peters has her snookered.
They don't have confidence in her if she sticks to the scheduled election date…but they all – National included – have confidence or at least tacit approval for her to continue longer than expected until the next election? If pushed, it would be interesting to see how the GG would interpret that constitutional contradiction.
If Ardern disagreed she would have to resign, and the GG then appoints the next cab off the rank who has sufficient votes in the House – Collins or Peters, whomever National and NZ First decide – and they administer a care-taker government, until the next (delayed) election. No, that doesn't work, we can't have a caretaker during a time of crisis.
Even more reason why Ardern has no viable reason to stick to the currently-scheduled date. Which I would guess she was never intending anyway, and she just wanted to give herswlf some more time to deal with more pressing matters over the weekend.
Choosing the date of the election..is by convention..the sole perogative of the PM, never has required the approval of the house.
Hadn't happened here for some time but NOT ALL times losing a vote means the government has to resign.
On the other hand losing a direct vote of no confidence is grounds to call a new election. That's what losing confidence means. In the circumstances we are already past time for the existing parliament to remain, a election means parliament is dissolved anyway.
I think this is a stupid thing for Peters yo do
I was going to say even the caucus of the party isn't require to approve the date first.
I can't see the GG not accepting the advice soley from the PM to dissolve parliament so the election can go ahead.
Losing a confidence vote doesn't mean a new election if there is an alternative majority coalition government.
@ Alan
Yep. And there's no way Ardern from a party political perspective would allow that to happen as she would forfeit the actual and PR power of incumbency, and give the electorate a chance to see Collins in the job. Including daily press conferences with Dr Ashley Bloomfield. 😉
I think this is a stupid thing for Peters yo do7
on the contrary, it is very clever IMHO.
Preempts and seemingly forces a decision Ardern was almost certainly going to make (and she will say as much).
..makes Peters out to be a major player
…and differentiates himself as an important and necessary counter-balance within his own coalition Government
…gets himself valuable publicity and media oxygen
…and cements in at least a few more months in which to come up with further stunts to get his party over 5%.
And Jacinda joins the long list stretching down Lambton Quay and back to the Beehive who have been played and used in the long 40+ years of Winston Peters' political career.
With his usual cunning Winston preempts Jacinda's call.
Both Collins and Peters want the ballot to be later to give their support time to rise from the toilet.
An extraordinarily graphic image, dups. As their's move out, Jacinda's move in?
And Andrea Vance has a sense of humour. Most amusing:
OPINION: Last week the country's top editors and most-seasoned journalists gathered in a darkened room.
(It must be dim because too much sunlight causes our second reptile skin to grow.)
No 30 on the agenda was a totalitarian, internationalist screed designed to undermine New Zealand's sovereignty.
As the mainstream media, funded by billionaire George Soros, it's been our role for the past 18 years to quietly seed this plan to restrict individual property rights and redistribute wealth, in the name of climate change.
On instruction from the Government, we've been trying to keep a lid on news of a second wave of community transmission for weeks. But last week the information leaked out. Now, Dr Ashley Bloomfield is just trying to keep people quiet with masks.
Fortunately, Bill Gates was on hand in New Zealand to advise how to get this United Nations mission back on track.
I'm being flippant, of course. But Covid-19 conspiracy theories are spreading like, well, a virus..
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/122448922/the-truth-is-out-there-but-nationals-looking-in-the-wrong-places.
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