any
fine. Took us 5 minutes but most of that was reading the charge again in the
jury room and finding paper and pencil.
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Ron said:
Driving is very serious business in Texas today. I recently sat in on a
criminal trial where an individual felt he could flee from a police officer
trying
Re: What would you do?
Read, meditate, enjoy the peace and quiet!
There have been people in the past who were in teaching postions that were
offenders.
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I have 4 greatgrandchildren from kindergarden to 5th grade. My grandaughter is
a teacher and she does not mind in the least. I does make you easy to eleminate
if they have fingerprints also.
. I used the laundry a lot and bought
another set or so while I was there to visit my grandchildren who have dual
pasports.
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Fritz
You can get that non bias opinion on your NPR or PBS station any day of the
week. They will let you know what changes have been made or are being talked
about also. So nice to have a way to get the non slanted facts.
Quinta
I was in Alaska watching with my daughter and we had the first live broadcast
(five minutes) in place of 'canned' flown up at 10 at night for the news. I
think they claimed it cost 1 mil to do that. We had all TV other than the news
3 weeks late - even the football games.
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I
And a lot of us remember going to sleep in the back yard as a child with cicada
music! I know I was catching fireflies and hearing that at age 5.
Quinta
Do you really mean Cicada?
I know folks say locust, but it always 'bugs' me. LOL :)
>From Wiki: A cicada (pronounced /sɪˈ
Sent Andy contact info off list.
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FYI
I just got this you might be interested
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Great news: A federal judge just struck down the Bush administration's rules
limiting protection and citizen oversight of the entire 193-million acre
National Forest System.
The Bush rules stripped away the U.S. Forest Service's requ
Do you have a life that is not teckno? Do you watch the sun come up? Do you
hear the wind in your hair? How about a campfire and the warmth of friends
close by? There is life out of the text - video cone. Think the kids could do
this and not just vicariously?
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Pro or Con this is interesting for all of us. I am pleased but some of you
might not be.
Quinta
Great news for Arctic wildlife! A federal court has vacated the Department of
the Interior's 5-year plan for oil and gas leasing in Arctic waters off the
coast of Alaska. The court said the
monarch site as you can tell and if you want the butterflys
this seems to work.
Now I did find one with the silky stuff I loved to play with as a kid.
http://www.all-creatures.org/pics/wfshl-milkweed.html
Thanks Fritz for asking a question as I learned so much more!
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By Sam Thayer
Director of the Wild Food Institute
Bruce, Wisconsin
Milkweed isn't your average weed; in fact, I feel guilty calling it a weed at
all. The common milkweed, Asclepias syriacqa, is one of the best known wild
plants in North America. Children love to play with the downy fluff in a
Late last week, a judge issued a preliminary injunction against the Department
of Interior's (DOI) regulation allowing loaded, concealed firearms in parks.
Among other things, the court recognized that the Bush Administration "ignored
substantial information in the administrative record concer
I think there is much more to do and enjoy in this life than to play Russian
Roulette in any form.
At least for me.
Quinta
How would you have felt if they had caught you?
RE:
Some years ago I went to Malaysia. The first thing I saw when I got there was a
big billboard that said "Dada (drugs) means Death" and had an actual hangman's
noose draped over the top to make it clear that drug users would be imprisoned
a
mp;T
will have one of the largest alternative fueled fleets in history.
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em. I just want stem cell
research. I need new motor neurons!
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What strikes me most significantly is how people who've never been poor,
disabled or otherwise challenged can make such broad, sweeping, self-satisfying
judgment calls about such things they know nothing about.
It seems th
The Guardian
Feb. 9, 2009
More than one in four homes in the UK will be offered a complete eco-makeover
under ambitious plans expected to be announced this week to slash fuel bills
and cut global warming pollution.
The campaign is thought to involve giving 7m houses and flats a complete refit
I know I have not heard this on the news. Wonder why not?
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In his his first interview since taking office, Energy Secretary Steven Chu
didn't hold back on what's at stake for California if the nation doesn't act to
stop global warming: vanishing vineyards, fading farms, a
Just FYI on federal land stuff.
Quinta
It's Inauguration Day and all of us are focused on the historic proceedings in
Washington. But I wanted to share a fantastic piece of environmental news
because I know it will lift your spirits even more.
On Saturday night, a federal judge ruled i
I use Open Office - free and I can do all I want with it. I have not used the
Draw yet.
times but do not see much to set it apart
from Explorer. I do not have crashes on any of the open tabs. I do have two
come up at the start. I have had as many as 6 or so up at one time. Just cause'
the darn things open up new ones.
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A village in Germany is pioneering a method of saving energy and reducing
carbon emissions by switching off the street lights at night.
But local residents can use their mobile phones to turn the street lights back
on again for 15-minute periods whenever they want.
Steve Rosenberg visited Doer
The Grand Canyon is the top US wonder just now. We need to vote for Mammoth
Cave as it is way down the list. It also does not have official support at this
time. There is a way to start an official support group.
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David said
It appears to me that there are less decorated houses this year.
They may be thinking 'electric bill'.
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It did not have a long wait time.
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the movie so not sure of any of that.
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rules for our city or not. I am pretty sure it was on our local news.I
was as usual heating up a cup of tea at the time.
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Private school.
I would think the secret service would not be as happy with public school as
they were when Carter sent Amy. The times have changed. Look at the security
with this swearing in compared to the earlier ones.
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ge of undersea areas.
For details, go to http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/jointplan.
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Would you prefer to just shoot all of them? It seems what you are wanting is
anarchy. We could be spending mega bucks each year on good old Queen Liz. Or we
could go the way of King David L.UMM I think I like the way we have. Even if
it is not perfect.
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David said :
How much money does
Just FYI.
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Brisbane Times
'Jelly balls' may slow global warming
Geoff Strong | November 17, 2008
VAST numbers of marine "jelly balls" now appearing off the Australian east
coast could be part of the planet's mechanism for combating global warming.
The jellyfi
area was filled to
some point. It was several years old and they only complaint was they did not
place quite enough car parking.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5413960.stm
Taller buildings are on the outside, facing the sea and sheltering the inner
spaces. Passages to the sea are
Umm bet the security men would have a time loading the sub-compacts up with
saftey stuff.
Q
David said:
I think Obama needs to make a statement and get rid of all the gas guzzlers in
his motorcade and drive either a sub-compact Honda or Toyota or even a Nissan.
with fireplace. The floor was out
for some months and we walked across it on 2 x 10's on blocks to the fridge and
hot plate on the dining room table for a long time.
Umm what memories.
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The info below is on s short fuse. Another last minute push from the top it
looks like.
In response to NPCA's recent legal victory challenging the Winter Use plan for
Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, the Park Service is developing a
temporary plan for this winter. Despite the legal ru
Thanks for the reply to the hate mail. And if the same stuff had been sent for
McCain I would still call it hate mail! I think it is actionable.
Quinta
I thought some might like to know about this.
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"Other approaches are being used to halt soil erosion and
desert encroachment on cropland. Algeria, trying to halt the
northward advance of the Sahara Desert, announced in December
2000 that it was concentrating its orchards and vineyar
Did you know...
... that today is National Metric Day? On the 10th day of the
10th month, celebrate the metric system. The metric system has
been adopted by most major countries. The United States is one
of only three countries which do no use the metric system; the
others are Liberia and Burma...
finding your car part on line and the pain to send it back and
replace it on line or the phone!
Quinta
now thank goodness.
Just a cranky old lady!
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cash.
Quinta
Don't get your girdle in a knot! A lot of us "old folks" don't have houses
(although I've now been approved for a modest home loan) and many of the
pensions people thought they were going to have are now non-existent. If you
want to blame somebody (and there&
ernet purchases for the last few years.
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county thought there was damage to get
help on the homeowners and it was turned down no reason and the Senators and
Governor are working on it. Do you think they are going to use the money to do
some 'other' important thing? Have they not the funds in the Home Land fund?
Quinta
lost the ability to go to a number of caves in the past when cavers
left gates open and set fires with the campfire when it was a request not to.
How much easier to have the cave gated if there is an injury.
An old fuss budget!
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power yet.
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If you liked this one you will like the other park mystery books by Nevada Barr.
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In 1998, she published Blind Descent, her sixth in the series, which took place
in a highly disguised Lechuguilla Cave, Carlsbad Caverns NP:
Blind Descent, the sixth in the Anna Pigeon series, is set in
About Open CRS
American taxpayers spend over $100 million a year to fund the Congressional
Research Service, a "think tank" that provides reports to members of Congress
on a variety of topics relevant to current political events. Yet, these reports
are not made available to the public in a wa
This may help oil but will it help the economy? The air quality - some help.
Quinta
Source - NGV Global
Tuesday, 26 August 2008 05:06
USA, California
Two national truckload carriers have signed letters of intent to participate in
the port of Los Angeles' Clean Trucks Plan. The two,
More on change over.
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Market Developments
Source - NGV Global
Thursday, 21 August 2008 00:00
USA & Canada
CleanAir Logix of Oakland, California has ordered 9 Kenworth T800
heavy-duty liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks, featuring West
I know this is not a 'fix' and may bring up prices in the short run but
It is interesting.
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Source - NGV Global
Friday, 22 August 2008 00:00
USA, Texas
The Texas General Land Office is expanding eligibility for their Natural
G
A book I released on a mountain summit in England has turned up on a summit on
the other side of the world, in Australia.
The copy of Arundati Roy's The God of Small Things which I left on the trig
pillar at the summit of Coniston Old Man, in the English Lake District, last
September has turne
to enjoy Far West Texas. For more information on
BookCrossing worldwide, click here.
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I have been looking for a post I saw about a year ago and it had a book
released in SE Asia on a mountain but I can't find it. I know one book has had
378 journals. A crossing friend of mine took a book to Africa for me and
another let some fly off on a cruise in the library recently. They
I think we have been in the land of '1984' for some time. I am watching for
Winston Smith to be up for Pres. The rewrite of old 'poems' to match party
ideology seems in the future a bit.
Quinta
.
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I am so glad we are not missing anything important with David off the web.
Quinta
Thanks to all how sent a good link!
Pretty please!
Can you copy and past the park news? I am --
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access
/arch//parknews/news080808.htm>http:/www.nps.gov/arch/parknews/news080808.htm
on this server.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/08/air.car/index.html full story
You've heard of hybrids, electric cars and vehicles that can run on vegetable
oil. But of all the contenders in the quest to produce the ultimate
fuel-efficient car, this could be the first one to let you say, "fill it up
with air
'Astonishing' gorilla find reported
Hopes for the survival of a critically endangered primate have been boosted
after the discovery of 125,000 Western lowland gorillas living in a swamp in
the Republic of Congo. "It's pretty astonishing," Hugo Rainey, one of the
researchers who conducted the sur
You can get BBC, all the PBS stations and oh so much more. Try a google. Even
the tiny stations like Seymour TX KSEY is on the net now.
Yes, I comment to Senators and more. The latest Whitehouse comment reply went
to my junk mail!
LOL
Quinta
I know this is a carbon problem but it is less oil used. The last one is in
Nigeria so who knows if it will happen or just be bombed.
Quinta
Market Developments
Sourced NGV Global
Friday, 04 July 2008 00:00
Germany, Mannheim
New building for two
Alex
Just in case you have not read the dictionary lately -
one of thedefinitions of disability is - Unproductiveness Sterilize, addle;
disable, inactivate.
Specialty Definitions: Ability
Satire
ABILITY, n. The natural equipment to accomplish some small part of the meaner
ambitions distinguishi
After reading the info below I want to know are they doing it here ?
link if you want to see the photo. I did not want to put it on Texascavers as
they think this belongs on ot.
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/07/04/ericsson-solar-cell-solution-deployed-in-south-america/
July 4, 2008
Erics
http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/Seis/Denali_Fault_2002/
I know some one who was there in 1964 and he is the one who told me about the
Fairbanks area with large cracks and the 'slough' - 'creeks' to us that drained
into them for quite a while. This one gives the line of the Denali which was
the large
A thought on the refinery in Alaska. The short summer and other factors might
make it not very cost efective to refine in Alaska. Also there are the ice fogs
created by the power plants - it might be worse with a refinery. I have had to
drive in it Ugg!
Then the chance of a quake in the
at a
pretty good price and will put in the equipment at no cost to the city. The
city has to place and cover the trash in some frame work and this means some
seperation (that was going on anyway) of trash.
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Market Developments
Sourced NGV Global
Friday, 27
I do not want one. I am happy with my analog plain jane tv and the converter
box.
If it dies then I will buy a tv but it will be plain jane. Keeping up with
Jones or Dave is not part of my life.
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'Hope the wind stays within range so someone can see that power to make a
return on their investment.'
I heard a man from one of the big oil bunch - I think it was Chevron - say he
believed that wind or solar would be the cheapest way to go in the future.
'That also means we have more installed
Would you believe Texas has almost twice the amount of wind energy - installed
- than Calif?
Texas had 4,296 Megawatts and Calfi had 2,439 in 2007. That makes us a big part
of the US total of 16.596 for 2007.
Calif and Texas had about the same in 2006. 2739 in Texas and 2,376 for Calif.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : June 30, 2008
A leading scientist for Shell has spoken in a new EarthSky Clear Voices for
Science podcast about the need for what he called "aggressive action" on the
issue of CO2 and other emissions leading to global warming.
Chief Technology Officer Jan van der Eijk tol
r
company's. He was parking his large SUV most of the time and driving a small
car when he did not have to haul things. His income from a former life as a
Dentist is well invested but he does not see the future as a good one.
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Shell is doing it in Europe why not here??
Nieuwland Amersfoot
Location: Netherlands
Operator: Eneco Holdings, Amersfoot SCW
Configuration: 1.62 MWp
Operation: 2002
System supplier: Shell Solar, BP Solar, Colt
EPC: Ecotec Systems
Quick facts: At completion, this was the world's largest residential
It was larger than I remember. it wa Whole Food that is doing 24 % of it's
power with Solar and it was in 2002 that it went in.
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/issues/greenaction/solarpower.html
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Grocery Chain Tesco USA To Install World's Largest Solar Roofing System
This all smell like a plan of, by, and for the big corporate energy providers.
What about using all the empty roof-top space INSIDE the cities, such as the
roofs of malls, Walmarts, grocery stores,
That is being done - One of the eco grocery stores is doing it and I have heard
of others. Just fr
Devil's advocate here - ;-)
I bet a tornado could damage solar panels and wind turbines a lot more than it
could a nuclear reactor!
-DC
Yep, I play devils advocate a lot some days. How many times does one 30 sq mile
area get a tornado?
Wichita Falls has had two big ones in my life time 63 yrs.
Well this is some info I found today pasted below.
It comes from
http://environmenttexas.org/action/clean-energy/transmission?id4=ES
I was interested in the numbers they say would power all of Texas. Just FYI.
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Texas is the national leader in wind power and we have the potential to meet
one I had nor
heard about.
I use Texas Electric who had an opetion - I had a option to sign up and they
would promise to use up to 10% renewal power.for a better price. It has been
two years now.
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'no new refineries have' I think that was what the big deal was when they lost
one in Rita. Not enough capacity.
Fritz,
My complaint is that we started after many and did not devote enough government
resources to it. Most of Europe did. Even Spain was ahead of us at one time and
still is I think. We lost sight of the OPEC oil problem in a hurry. There is a
new company in Idaho? (if my memory is right) tha
I know we have a good transit system here for the size of the town/ city.
100,000 is that cut off and I do not know which we fit in.
Wichita Falls has worked hard to upgrade the buses here. Some 3 or 4 years ago
they put in cameras in all buses and keep a month of files - digital I think.
It goe
There should always be an option.
I hope there is a petition to do some and not all some where out in web land
and that it calls for more wind and solar.
https://secure2.convio.net/sierra/site/SPageServer?pagename=coastal_drilling_petition
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http://www.alamogordonews.com/news/ci_9582577?source=email
Bat colony raises concerns
Alamogordo Daily News
Nick Fahl, Staff Writer
I just read a copy that I need to mail on to someone else and I will find a
copy of my own for the quiet and beautiful spots in the book that read like
poetry. Nature Noir by Jordan Fisher Smith - A park ranger's patrol in the
Sierra.
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The San Francisco Chronicle : "A
It might get better if we had it in a few more gas stations.
The big boys are not happy with any product other than oil.
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I found an intresting cure for poison ivy. I had never heard of it. I don't get
out much to have this now but some of you will and this site talks about it and
shows a photo of the plant.
I hope it might help someone. I know it is easy to overlook it in heavy brush.
Quinta
Do you think he has time to work?
Get back to work, David
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 3:22 PM, David wrote:
With all the flooding going on in Iowa, now would be a good time to test
the "Noah's Ark Theory."
the decaf only about 10
years back.
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Rick Steves did a show in Turkey and this was one of the features recently.
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http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/04/old-faithful-geyser.html
Old Faithful Changes Its Tune
This was also in the June issue of 'Geology'.
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before.
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I have printouts of a heart scan I had. He told me he was giving me very pretty
pictures
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AUSTIN, TX - Texas Police officers will have a new tool to get uninsured
drivers off the road.
Officers in Austin will start using the new insurance database next week.
It will automatically notify officers whether a driver has valid car insurance,
just by entering the license plate number into
It had a lot of junk loaded which I cleaned out.
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Vista was loaded on a computer I bought ( the old clunker died) and I was not
sure I would like it but I would not go back to XP now.
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>From Wichita Falls I now am getting Sherman area broadcast and the local ones
>are more stable reception. The wattage output must be higher now. This makes 9
>stations I get with only the indoor antenna and the converter box.
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Fiesta) on the weekend or fill up in a hurry on Saterday night before
the stations closed and would not reopen before Monday morning.
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