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Carol Linnitt | June 29, 2011
By Carol Linnitt • Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 15:42
Lawmakers in the New Jersey Senate voted 33-1 today to ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking), in a move to protect the Delaware River from potential contamination from the risky unconventional gas drilling practice. The Delaware River supplies drinking water for 15 million people in four states.
NorthJersey.com reports:
Sen. Robert Gordon (D-Bergen), one of the bill's primary sponsors, said hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, "represents the greatest threat to New Jersey's water supply than anything else we face today."
"I don't think we can wait for five years. I think we need to send a clear signal to the rest of the nation that New Jersey values its water resources," Gordon said.
Prominent environmental groups, such as Food and Water Watch, the Sierra Club and the Delaware Riverkeeper, have pushed for the decision as unconventional gas drilling increasingly encroaches upon the state's borders.
In March, the NJ House of Representatives unanimously voted to ban fracking in New Jersey due to concerns the process will contaminate drinking water. Although little drilling activity has taken place in New Jersey, the state is home to a corner of the Marcellus Shale, one of the world's largest shale gas fields, spanning from New York and Pennsylvania to parts of Ohio and West Virginia.
Unconventional gas is heralded as the key to America's clean energy future. Industry advocates claim that the country's vast reserves of gas are the solution to our foreign dependence on oil and a warming climate. But the new extraction technology, fracking, is a carbon-intensive operation and an inherently risky process that involves millions of gallons of toxic water that have polluted local sources of drinking water, both above and below ground.
The bill's sponsor, Senator Robert Gordon, suggests that fracking has become a blind hope, and that the rush to produce the nation's deposits poses unnecessary risks to sources of clean water. "We have to be really concerned that in addressing an air pollution problem, we don't create a water pollution problem," he said.
Jim Walsh, the eastern regional director of Food and Water Watch, feels New Jersey's decision to ban fracking is significant for the future of fracking in other states.
"New Jersey will be the first state to stand up against the devastating environmental and public health impacts of fracking, which have wreaked havoc on other states across the U.S. We hope that the actions taken by the legislature will give courage to lawmakers in surrounding states to pass bans on fracking," Walsh told DeSmogBlog.
But the issue of fracking, for Walsh, has also to do with the gas industry's exercise of power in the political realm.
"The reality is this industry has used influence in Washington to exempt themselves from important regulations that are meant to protect public health, our drinking water and the environment. The industry consistently fights legislation that would bring them into compliance with these important federal laws," says Walsh, adding that strict enforcement could force companies to discontinue the dangerous practice.
The industry's exemptions from federal environmental statutes like the Safe Drinking Water Act have severely limited state control of unconventional gas drilling. Some groups like Food and Water Watch are convinced that due to the inherent risks of fracking, there is no such thing as safe drilling.
"Even with strong federal regulations, it is doubtful that regulators will be able to provide the aggressive oversight that would be necessary to protect the public and the environment," says Walsh. "With what we know and don't know about fracking the only reasonable conclusion we can come to is that the practice should be banned."
The ban in New Jersey has been called 'irrelevant' by Chris Tucker, spokesman for the gas industry front group, Energy in Depth. But while it is true that there is very little gas potential in New Jersey, the state's decision to prioritize public and environmental health over oil and gas industry drilling may lead to similar moves in the future. There is already mounting pressure on the Delaware River Basin Commission to extend the ban to the waterways in New York and Pennsylvania that feed the Delaware River.
New Jersey's decision is a significant addition to the growing list of fracking bans throughout jurisdictions in the U.S. However, these bans also demonstrate the urgent need for federal agencies to rein in the gas industry, which in all other situations and states, enjoys relative impunity.
State oversight agencies are simply not doing an effective job protecting the public from the dangers of unconventional gas drillng. Moratoriums and bans have become the soundest measure to limit the industry's reckless practices, but federal action and oversight remain the only real solution.
One unanswered question Walsh has posed to the industry: "If your practice is so safe then why do you fight regulations that would help to ensure important safeguards are in place to protect public health and the environment?"
For more information about fracking, view DeSmogBlog's special report: Fracking The Future
RickJames replied on Permalink
Now that they've solved the
Now that they've solved the non existent water problem, maybe they can move on to the cant pay the bills because of their massive debt problem.
Or maybe they can find some other distraction for a while
Bradford County... replied on Permalink
non existent?
WOW! And the fact that "fracking has been done for decades?" REALLY? NOT! Slickwater hydraulic fracturing has NOT beeen done for decades and was only RECENTLY introduced to mountainous regions! There IS actually MUCH evidence of water contamination and the EPA has just recently proved THAT! SO! Please dont make uneducated comments about how people are just blowing off about the gas industry until you live with a drill in your own back yard! I guess that I could wish that on you so that youd get to see what its REALLY all about…but I wouldnt even wish that on my worst enemy!
James47 replied on Permalink
There IS actually MUCH
There IS actually MUCH evidence of water contamination and the EPA has just recently proved THAT! SO! Please dont make uneducated comments about how people are just blowing off about the gas industry until you live with a drill in your own back yard!
Who is the uneducated one?
All of this growth has inevitably attracted critics, notably environmentalists and their allies. They've launched a media and political assault on hydraulic fracturing, and their claims are raising public anxiety. So it's a useful moment to separate truth from fiction in the main allegations against the shale revolution.
• Fracking contaminates drinking water. One claim is that fracking creates cracks in rock formations that allow chemicals to leach into sources of fresh water. The problem with this argument is that the average shale formation is thousands of feet underground, while the average drinking well or aquifer is a few hundred feet deep. Separating the two is solid rock. This geological reality explains why EPA administrator Lisa Jackson, a determined enemy of fossil fuels, recently told Congress that there have been no "proven cases where the fracking process itself has affected water."
A second charge, based on a Duke University study, claims that fracking has polluted drinking water with methane gas. Methane is naturally occurring and isn't by itself harmful in drinking water, though it can explode at high concentrations. Duke authors Rob Jackson and Avner Vengosh have written that their research shows "the average methane concentration to be 17 times higher in water wells located within a kilometer of active drilling sites."
They failed to note that researchers sampled a mere 68 wells across Pennsylvania and New York—where more than 20,000 water wells are drilled annually. They had no baseline data and thus no way of knowing if methane concentrations were high prior to drilling. They also acknowledged that methane was detected in 85% of the wells they tested, regardless of drilling operations, and that they'd found no trace of fracking fluids in any wells.
The Duke study did spotlight a long-known and more legitimate concern: the possibility of leaky well casings at the top of a drilling site, from which methane might migrate to water supplies. As the BP Gulf of Mexico spill attests, proper well construction and maintenance are major issues in any type of drilling, and they ought to be the focus of industry standards and attention. But the risks are not unique to fracking, which has provided no unusual evidence of contamination.
OOOPPSS! I guess you were wring angain with your fearmongering. So sad. The info is out there but the progressives seem unable to find it.
James47 replied on Permalink
Lets look at the rest of the
Lets look at the rest of the article shall we.
• Fracking releases toxic or radioactive chemicals. The reality is that 99.5% of the fluid injected into fracture rock is water and sand. The chemicals range from the benign, such as citric acid (found in soda pop), to benzene. States like Wyoming and Pennsylvania require companies to publicly disclose their chemicals, Texas recently passed a similar law, and other states will follow.
Drillers must dispose of fracking fluids, and environmentalists charge that disposal sites also endanger drinking water, or that drillers deliberately discharge radioactive wastewater into streams. The latter accusation inspired the EPA to require that Pennsylvania test for radioactivity. States already have strict rules designed to keep waste water from groundwater, including liners in waste pits, and drillers are subject to stiff penalties for violations. Pennsylvania's tests showed radioactivity at or below normal levels.
• Fracking causes cancer. In Dish, Texas, Mayor Calvin Tillman caused a furor this year by announcing that he was quitting to move his sons away from "toxic" gases—such as cancer-causing benzene—from the town's 60 gas wells. State health officials investigated and determined that toxin levels in the majority of Dish residents were "similar to those measured in the general U.S. population." Residents with higher levels of benzene in their blood were smokers. (Cigarette smoke contains benzene.)
• Fracking causes earthquakes. It is possible that the deep underground injection of fracking fluids might cause seismic activity. But the same can be said of geothermal energy exploration, or projects to sequester carbon dioxide underground. Given the ubiquity of fracking without seismic impact, the risks would seem to be remote.
• Pollution from trucks. Drillers use trucks to haul sand, cement and fluids, and those certainly increase traffic congestion and pollution. We think the trade-off between these effects and economic development are for states and localities to judge, keeping in mind that externalities decrease as drillers become more efficient.
• Shale exploration is unregulated. Environmentalists claim fracking was "exempted" in 2005 from the federal Safe Water Drinking Act, thanks to industry lobbying. In truth, all U.S. companies must abide by federal water laws, and what the greens are really saying is that fracking should be singled out for special and unprecedented EPA oversight.
Most drilling operations—including fracking—have long been regulated by the states. Operators need permits to drill and are subject to inspections and reporting requirements. Many resource-rich states like Texas have detailed fracking rules, while states newer to drilling are developing these regulations.
As a regulatory model, consider Pennsylvania. Recently departed Governor Ed Rendell is a Democrat, and as the shale boom progressed he worked with industry and regulators to develop a flexible regulatory environment that could keep pace with a rapidly growing industry. As questions arose about well casings, for instance, Pennsylvania imposed new casing and performance requirements. The state has also increased fees for processing shale permits, which has allowed it to hire more inspectors and permitting staff.
New York, by contrast, has missed the shale play by imposing a moratorium on fracking. The new state Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, recently sued the federal government to require an extensive environmental review of the entire Delaware River Basin. Meanwhile, the EPA is elbowing its way into the fracking debate, studying the impact on drinking water, animals and "environmental justice."
Now you are up to date on our current info on the fracking process. Let the hysterics continue.
James47 replied on Permalink
Once again a decision based
Once again a decision based on feelings instead of science.
The Gasland movie: a fracking shame – director pulls video to hide inconvenient truths
Distinction Between In-Situ Biogenic Gas and Migrated Thermogenic Gas in Ground Water, Denver Basin, Colorado:
Methane-rich gas commonly occurs in ground water in the Denver basin, southern Weld County, Colorado. The gas generally is in solution in the ground water of the aquifer. However, exsolution resulting from reduction to hydrostatic pressure during water production may create free gas, which can accumulate in wells and buildings and pose an explosion and fire hazard.
Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," got a clean bill of health this week in the first scientific look at the safety of the oil and production practice. http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/05/13/13greenwire-baffled-about-fracking-youre-not-alone-44383.html
mak replied on Permalink
Nice Apologia, James
Don't know if you're getting paid to troll for and attempt to rebut all the bad news of fracking that you can find, James, but if you are, you should at least update your information occasionally, instead of just pasting the same old comment everywhere.
As for the "substance" of your talking points, while there is indeed a distinction between biogenic and thermogenic gas, it doesn't make much difference which type it is if it is the drilling process (including not only the fracking event, as the O&G industry likes to define it, but also the rest of the drilling process, including mudding, well-casing, etc.) which causes the gas to contaminate wells and other water supplies. And given that in the Colorado case you reference, the water in question was neither gray nor flammable prior to drilling in the area, it's pretty clear that it was drilling that caused the contamination.
Please also note that in the very same Colorado case you cite, the (captured) state gas regulator concluded that while one well was not contaminated by fracking (again, as defined not by common sense, but by the gas industry), another nearby well was contaminated by thermogenic, not biogenic, gas, as a result of gas drilling. You can look it up.
In the line of fire replied on Permalink
Playing with migrating gasses, brine, and underground chemicals, whether or not they are NATURALLY OCCURING or NOT is NOT a good or safe practice. Do you know what HAPPENS to those gasses when they are released in an unnatural way? Do you know that NO ONE can safely predict where the drill will go or what it will disturb below the surface? When you can come up with a camera that will show exactly what is being drilled through down there, and a way to move your drill around it so that it doesnt disturb any nasty stuff…THEN you can say that it is a safe process. For now, I am just predicting that you are paid to surf the internet to create some sort of doubt in the minds of those who have no idea that this is even happening…let alone what it is about! SO! Tell your gas buddies that I say hi and that we are all hoping for the day, when like New Jersey, we can say GOOD RIDDANCE!
Troy D replied on Permalink
I say you need to do a little research. Actually they know exactly where that bit is and they can steer it where they want. Read up on the BP well in the gulf. They drilled a few thousand feet down and tagged that bit right in the side of casing of the blown out well. They know exactly what they are drilling in. This guy is called the Mud Logger". When a well cost several million to drill these guys don't just stab blindly in the ground. Read up on this stuff you might find some of this technology fascinating. Next thing we need to consider is the situation the US is in right now. We have to have hydrocarbons…. I myself would like to see us "go green" and not depend on any oil or gas but we are not there yet. You have probably heard of all kinds of green energy but there are NONE that can produce our energy requirements economically. And in our current economy individuals and industry cannot afford to pay several times the price for energy. Nuclear could do it. But right now all the government bureaucracy, and safety regulations make nuclear energy far to costly. If they would just get the government out of the nuclear energy and let them manage themselves they could produce this power very cheaply. Considering the Jet Stream I want all these plants built west of the Mississippi. Does anybody have actual dollar figures on how much money the nuclear industry has spent to lobby against the oil and gas industry? Raised in the wheat country of western Oklahoma I learned one thing well. "Don't cuss the farmer with your mouth full". Want to cuss the oil and gas industry? Quit using it! I wish all of you well on your quest. I wish you could run all them energy companies out of the northeast. They have no business there and they need to get back down here in the south where they belong. Hey read the news in Arkansas. Our lawmakers have a big task at hand in the next few weeks. They have to figure out how spend all that money left over from our state budget.
Rich8 replied on Permalink
Redefining words?
Apparently James47 is using a different definition of "clean bill of health" than I am familiar with.
In the May PNAS paper by Osborn et al.* the Duke researchers reported average thermogenic CH4 levels in water wells near fracked natural gas wells were 170% greater than the levels found in water wells over 1km from gas wells. (They also reported ethane, propane and butane in many water wells near drilling but seldom in water wells far from gas drilling.)
Since the researchers were not provided with the specific constituents used in the fracking fluids, all they could test for were generic ions, overall brine levels, and concentrations of naturally occurring radioactive isotopes.
They offer 3 possible mechanisms for their findings: (1)physical displacement of gas-rich brines from deep to shallow water-bearing strata, (2) leaky gas-well casings, and (3) new paths of communication across strata introduced by hydraulic fracturing.
They found little evidence for #1 but they were explicit in NOT eliminating mechanisms #2 or 3 (this is worth repeating: they did NOT exonerate fracking).
In other words, what Osborn et al. found was a linkage between elevated methane in water wells and natural gas drilling activity that includes hydraulic fracturing. If the industry was interested in scientific exoneration of their activities, they would provide researchers with the chemical make-up of their frack fluids.
*Interested readers can find more information in the original scientific report in Osborn, SG, A Vengosh, NR Warner & RB Jackson. 2011. Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic fracturing. PNAS 108(20):8172-8176. [Found online at: http://www.pnas.org/content/108/20/8172.full.pdf]
James47 replied on Permalink
Hey Rick, I do NOT write the
Hey Rick,
I do NOT write the headlines for the NY Times. Maybe you should READ and COMPREHEND something before you comment on it.
Rich8 replied on Permalink
Read more than headlines
Say James47, I don't see where I commented at all on the headline of any NYTimes article. I was commenting on the substance of an actual scientific paper and noting how the conclusions of the scientists were at odds with your claim about a "clean bill of health" for fracking.
Based on your latest comment, i really t appears that all YOU did was repeat (and repeat) the headline from a newspaper story without verifying accuracy of the story. I'm the one who took the effort to read the actual original scientific report (and helpfully provided a link to it so you can, maybe, not get called out for only reading newspaper stories).
Have a frackin' good day.
James47 replied on Permalink
You are aware that changing
You are aware that changing headlines of newspapers is not an acceptable practice dont you? Probably not. If you would like to be angry for someone about the title of the article then I suggest you contact the editors of the NY Times to lodge your complaint for misleading headlines.
As for my views on this process, it would appear that very little scientific study has gone into determining possible detrimental effects of fracking. 2 studies is not my idea of a settled issue but I'm sure that it is in your mind. What happened to basing policy on sound science instead of feelings or popularity? But continue to throw out ad homieum attacks since it has helped your side so much in the past.
For all the bloviating the left does about Rick Perry and Texas, you fail to see past your ideology that Rick Perry and the Texas legislature have passed a law requiring fracking companies to publish the chemicals that they are using which is more than any other person has done to open up the process of fracking to the public. I am not a Rick Perry fan at all but I know where to give credit where it is due.
Rich8 replied on Permalink
Tap tap. Is this thing working? Tap tap.
You are a wild one, James47!
What the H are you talking about changing headlines? Why is this such an issue to you? And if it is such an issue, why did you write something different than the actual headline? All I was trying to point out was that the original scientific reports are usually a more reliable source of factual information than newspaper stories (with or without a headline).
Then there is the question of why is there "very little scientific study … into determining possible detrimental effects of fracking?"
If the O&G industry (and you?) really and truly want policy based on "sound science," well then, produce some of that science. Why, if there is little scientific study, does the industry so confidently pronounce the safety of their practices? Do you see how this demand for "sound science" cuts both ways? It's incredibly difficult for independent researchers to do these studies since they don't have access to the list of materials being used. So, it's really up to the industry to either conduct/fund the research, or provide independent researchers with the information they need to conduct "sound science."
In other words, put up or shut up.
BTW, were you using your amateur psychologist certificate when you decided I was angry or that it is me that can't "see past [my] ideology?" You seem to think you know quite a bit about me. Did you guess that I work on contract for O&G companies? That I think it is pretty cool that people are able to extract gas from strata that used to be ignored? That maybe I know a thing or two due to my work and the fact that I have many colleagues within the O&G industry? That I am a scientist and recognize the call for "sound science" as a ploy for delay NOT for good policy.
So, if you want an ad hom argument, I can provide one for you right now. I was in no way angry. I don't get angry at people of no consequence. (How was that? Sufficiently ad hom for you?)
anonymous replied on Permalink
Fracking has been in use for
Fracking has been in use for decades.
Total number of contaminated water sources: ZERO
Congratulations to the New Jersey political class for once again shooting their citizens in the foot. Although, I think they may be running out of un-shot feet.
Bradford County... replied on Permalink
tap tap tap...
You are lucky that you havent some across a polluted well yet. Come on over to Pennsylvania! I can show you MANY that you wont be able to dispute! Radioactivity found by the EPA in the wells surrounding our recent blowout too! ZERO contamination…BAH!
anonymous replied on Permalink
Shhhhhhhh!!!! All this means
All this means is more sales of Alberta Gas and oil…
Its good news……
Bradford County... replied on Permalink
To anonymous
If Alberta wants the sales at the cost of its resources, its livestock, and the lives of its citizens, then theres not a single person in Pennsylvania that would take that away from them. If you want it, then you GOT it, cause we dont want them here anyMORE!
SDobbie46 replied on Permalink
Bravo to NJ for standing up to the oil giants and choosing safe drinking water and breathable air over bags of money. I hope my home state of Ohio takes the same action now that drilling in state parks and public lands has been forced upon us.
Bradford County... replied on Permalink
dumping fields...
And unfortunately, SDobbie46 , you have also been the recipients of much of the wastewater from PA too! Sorry bout that! Weve tried to stop it, but between greedy politicians and uneducated and economically disadvantaged people, we are the prime breeding ground for the gas companies to move right in and rape, pillage, and plunder all that they want! Guess we now know what its like to live in a third world country where no one has rights…sucks, huh?
anonymous replied on Permalink
Excellent.... As long as
As long as there are morons in your states, we will have the best economy in All the Americas.
And we really do appreciate your stupidity…
Really…. Thank you.
And just FYI; As soon as all your resource companies have closed up, we will jack the price up.
Cause well…. thats what you do to stupid people…
klem replied on Permalink
"Lawmakers in the New Jersey
"Lawmakers in the New Jersey Senate voted 33-1 today to ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking)"
Oh well, too bad for New Jersey. Now folks in NJ will have to buy their shale gas from nearby states, no biggie. Of course the shale gas which naturally resides under NJ will be siphoned off by the next nearest state and sold back to NJ. So instead of selling their gas to other states, they'll be buying thier own gas from other states. They've made their bed on this one. Lol!
Rich8 replied on Permalink
If it was possible to drain the gas under one state from a neighboring state, then it wouldn't be a "tight gas" formation and there would be no need for the technique of hydraulic fracturing to induce the gas to flow.
Thanks for playing!
Troy D replied on Permalink
Wait a few year
NJ is just playing the game. In about 400 years and all the other gas is depleted NJ will lift their ban and can name their price for their gas. It really does not concern me to any degree. I really don't think they have any.


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Many cultures have made monumental contributions to the development of our great Western Judaeo-Christian civilisation, not least that of Germany, one of the most purely artistic, poetic, musical and spiritual nations in modern history. Yet it could be said that the greatest and most blessed nations are those most liable to corruption and decadence, and few societies have been more associated with this latter quality, which seems to seems to suggest both moral decline and a dark, sinister glamour, than that of Germany between the wars, and specifically its then capital city of Berlin.
The Weimar era, which came into being in 1919 and lasted until Hitler's ascent to the Chancellorship in 1933, has been likened by some cultural critics to the contemporary West, and it could be said that much of what's happened to the West since the end of the second world war was to some degree presaged by the Berlin of the 1920s, familiar to millions through Bob Fosses' superb movie version of the Kander and Ebb musical "Cabaret", actually set in 1931, with Hitler on the very brink of power. While a work of art in its own right written for the screen by Jay Allen, "Cabaret" had been significantly informed by one of British writer Christopher Isherwood's two Berlin stories, "Goodbye to Berlin", penned in 1933, but referring to incidents that took place between six to eight years earlier.
Needless to say the Weimar era didn't spring out of nowhere, having been shaped by the culture which birthed it, and while Germany had been the birthplace of Luther and the Great Protestant Reformation that exerted such a monumental influence on the evolution of Biblical Christianity, it had also long been associated with myriad revolutionary and esoteric ideas by the dawn of the Weimar Republic in 1919.
For example, more than any other nation in the late 18th and early 19th Century Germany, Germany had played host to Higher Criticism, a school of Biblical criticism which flagrantly attacked the authenticity of the Scriptures. Moreover, late 19th century Europe had witnessed a significant occult revival and of all its great nations, it was Germany that had been most affected by this, even more so perhaps than France and Britain, and to the obvious detriment of Biblical Christianity, even while modernity thrived.
Thence, the legendary hedonism of the so-called Golden Twenties could be said to have arisen as much - if not more - from her spiritual legacy as the more immediate source of a long and terrible war and its aftermath, but it's this latter that we turn to now.
Despite the fact that the bona fide Weimar era was set to dawn in all its gaudy decadent glory in early 1923, Germany was yet a terribly ravaged and traumatised land as a result of a long series of traumas leading back to the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm III and military defeat in the First World War.
Following on from the armistice, she was subject to still more bloody conflict in the shape of the German Revolution, which culminated in the Spartacist Uprising of January 1919, during which the Spartacist League and other leftist factions rose up in revolt in Berlin, only to be put down by paramilitary Freikorps consisting of volunteer soldiers, many of them on the extreme right.
The liberal democratic Weimar Republic was established soon afterwards, but Germany's post-war miseries had only just begun. During the debates in Weimar, A Soviet Republic was declared in Munich which was crushed by the Freikorps, resulting in the proliferation of far right movements throughout Bavaria. One of these was the German Worker's Party, and several of its key founding members went on to exert a powerful influence on a young war hero by the name of Corporal Adolf Hitler with their shadowy brand of nationalism.
To further compound the nation's woes, The Treaty of Versailles was signed on the 28th of June 1919. Of its many provisions, one of the most vital required her to accept sole responsibility for causing the war and so to agree to drastic military restrictions, as well as a good many territorial concessions including the surrendering of all her overseas colonies. She also had to pay heavy war reparations, the total cost of which came to 132 billion marks, or £6.6 billion.
The following month, while still in the army, Hitler was sent as a police spy by German Army Intelligence to infiltrate the ranks of the previously mentioned German Worker's party in the mistaken belief that it was Socialist in ideology.
The German currency was relatively stable during the first half of this year, but May brought the harsh London Ultimatum, which demanded reparations paid in gold or foreign currency, as well as 26% of the value of Germany's foreign exports. Hyper-inflation followed soon afterwards, which resulted in the Mark becoming all but worthless. By January 1923, defaults on payments had grown so serious that French and Belgian forces felt compelled to invade the heavily industrialised Ruhr Valley close to the Franco-German border, where they set about securing reparations in the shape of coal and other commodities.
Many Germans, including skilled workers, started working for the bare minimum necessary for the sustenance of life, as the nation started to become increasingly afflicted by unemployment, poverty, hunger, and even malnutrition, leading to widespread bitter unrest and resentment, one of whose expressions was the infamous Beer Hall Putsch of 8-9 November 1923. This was an attempt by Hitler's National German Workers Party, including paramilitary storm troopers under the leadership of Ernst Röhm, as well as future leading Nazis, Hess, Göring and Rosenberg, at a revolution modelled on the Fascist March on Rome of the previous October.
Of all the putschists, it was World War I hero General Ludendorff who demonstrated the greatest courage under fire, but he was to subsequently disown Hitler. As to the latter, he spent just a little over a month in Landsberg Prison after the putsch was decisively put down by the Army, where he dictated his memoirs, "Mein Kampf" to his friend and fellow inmate Rudolf Hess.
Somehow, however, total economic collapse was halted by the replacement of the worthless Papiermark with the new Rentenmark - introduced on the 19th of November 1923 - and yet while Germany achieved a reprieve under the chancellorship of Gustav Streseman, millions of middle class Germans had been left ruined and embittered by the period of hyperinflation, with the result that they became susceptible to extreme right wing propaganda, while many workers turned to Communism. The seeds of Hitler's rise to power had thence been sown.
For the time being, though, Germany - and specifically Berlin - became the supreme world epicentre of Modernism, of creative and intellectual foment not just in the fields of literature, architecture, music, dance, drama, cinema, and the visual arts, but of science as well. While she'd been a cradle of the Modern Impulse for centuries - a distinction she shared with several other Western nations including her closest European intimates, France and Britain - it could be argued that never before had she been quite so fiercely inclined in a cultural sense towards the radical and left-leaning, the experimental, the iconoclastic, the frankly scandalous, nor on so large a scale, as in the Weimar era.
Artistic innovation wildly thrived in the years 1924-'29 in the shape of, among other phenomena, the painters of the Neue Sachlichkeit movement, such as Beckmann, Dix and Grosz, Berg's ground-breaking opera "Wozzek" (1925), as well as the staccato cabaret-style music of Kurt Weill, Fritz Lang's dystopian "Metropolis" (1927), the erotic spectacles of Cabaret Queen Anita Berber and so on. So much of what has become familiar to the West and beyond in the last half-decade, from the philosophies that have dominated our academia for decades, such as Critical Theory and Deconstruction, all the way to the theatre of outrage that is the essence of Rock music pre-existed in some form in the Golden Twenties.
However, Weimar Berlin remains best known for its notorious sexual liberalism, which still has the power to shock as seen in pictorial and photographic depictions of the cabarets and night clubs in which license and intoxication flourished unabated. Given that several other Western cities in the twenties were hardly less hysterically dissolute than Berlin, it's little wonder that this key Modernist decade has been described by some critics as the beginning of the end of Western civilisation.
In its wake came the Great Depression, the ineffable horrors of the Second World War, and the collapse of the greatest empire the world has ever seen, all of which were succeeded in turn by the dawning of the Rock and Roll era, and the youth and drug culture, which together could be said to constitute the very triumph of Western decadence.
While hardly alone in this respect, Weimar Berlin was very much the foreshadow of our own tragic Western society, which, by blithely celebrating so much that runs contrary to its precious Judaeo-Christian fabric, could be shoring up such disaster for itself as has never been known in its long and glorious history.
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Maryland men's basketball assistant Dalonte Hill is taking an immediate leave of absence after his second drunken-driving charge in a little more than 21 months and his third in the past five years, it was announced Tuesday.
Hill, 34, was stopped Sunday night in Laurel by Howard County police and charged with driving while impaired, driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, driving under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance, and failure to control vehicle speed in order to avoid an accident.
"I appreciate the support and encouragement I've received from coach [Mark] Turgeon and the athletic department," Hill said in a statement released by the school. "But at this time it is in my best interest to take a leave of absence from the Maryland basketball program and focus my attention on some personal matters that need to be dealt with immediately."
In January 2012, Hill was arrested by Anne Arundel police on his way home from celebrating his birthday in Baltimore and charged with driving under the influence, driving while impaired and other offenses. He wound up receiving probation before judgment and a fine of a little more than $500 in court costs, and Maryland suspended him for two games.
According to a spokesman for the Howard County state's attorney, Hill was given a discretionary release by police in this latest incident, meaning that he was not arrested. Certain types of crimes allow police to make a discetionary release independent of a county court commissioner.
Hill has 10 days to appear before a county court commissioner to seek a trial date, or he can wait to be assigned a trial date within 30 to 45 days.
Details of the incident remain vague, as the traffic citations were not yet available in the court files and police reports are not released until a court date is set. According to the state's electronic records, Hill was stopped by police shortly before 9 p.m. outside the Bottom of the Bay Seafood restaurant on North Laurel Road.
Hill was hired by Turgeon after the head coach succeeded Gary Williams in May of 2011. Hill had been one of the highest-paid assistant coaches in the country at Kansas State, making a reported a $423,000 per year.
According to his original Maryland contract, which was obtained by the Baltimore Sun through the Freedom of Information Act, Hill took a pay cut to come to Maryland, though his salary ($300,000) was the highest of Turgeon's assistants at the time. He has since signed another contract.
While at Kansas State — where he helped recruit Prince George's County native Michael Beasley to the Wildcats — Hill sat out one game after being arrested on suspicion of DUI after a win over rival Kansas. He had been pulled over during a routine check at about 2 a.m, according to the Kansas City Star.
Hill reportedly was able to participate in a driver education program that helped expunge the charge from his record.
Turgeon and Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson made statements in support of Hill in a news release sent by the school Tuesday.
"We will support him through this process," Turgeon said. "We want him to focus on his personal life. Basketball is secondary at this point. His primary focus needs to be on his health and well-being."
Said Anderson: "I accept Dalonte's decision to take a leave of absence. We've encouraged him to take the time he needs to address these personal issues."
Turgeon did not return a telephone call seeking further comment, and Anderson declined further comment through an athletic department spokesman.
It isn't known when Hill will return to his coaching duties, most of which center around recruiting. Hill's connection to the Under Armour-sponsored D.C. Assault Amateur Athletic Union team helped the Terps sign this year's top prospect, point guard Roddy Peters of Suitland, as well as get a commitment from one of their top recruits for in next year's highly rated class, shooting guard Melo Trimble of Upper Marlboro.


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The Enterprise tries to save a "perfect" colony from destruction, but the assistance causes damage of its own.
- "Captain's log, Stardate 45470.1. The Enterprise has been diverted to the Moab sector to track a stellar core fragment from a disintegrated neutron star. Our science teams have been asked to monitor the planetary disruptions it may cause."
While the USS Enterprise-D crew is observing the fragment, they find that Moab IV, one of the planets it would affect as it passes by, is inhabited by Humans and that an artificial environment has been created there. When they contact the inhabitants, after a reluctant response by Aaron Conor, they arrange to beam down.
The away team explains to Conor and the inhabitants that given the nature of the stellar core fragment evacuation may be inevitable. However, the colonists explain that it is in fact imperative that they remain on the planet and preserve the colony. It is explained to Commander William T. Riker and Counselor Deanna Troi that this is a genetically-engineered society; their ancestors came from Earth to create a perfect society, believing that through controlled procreation they could create people without flaws and those people would build a paradise. They have evolved beyond Humanity. They also explain that they have achieved a fully integrated existence with their environment, thanks also to their master design. They cannot separate themselves from it without irreparably altering who and what they are.
Martin Benbeck, the interpreter of the colony founders' wishes, is the one who continually emphasizes the importance of preserving the balance of their society. He dislikes the away team's presence. Conor, on the other hand, is more receptive: he understands the necessity of them being here, and being the diplomat he is, welcomes them, and allows Geordi La Forge to work with Hannah Bates – their top astrophysicist – to find a solution. He even begins to find a liking in counselor Troi. However, he reiterates that this is a perfect existence for them which they will not give up easily.
When Bates shows La Forge a design for a multiphasic tractor beam, he believes the Enterprise could use it to move the fragment just enough to reduce the effects below dangerous levels. However, he would need her assistance in setting it up, which means she would have to leave the colony and beam up to the Enterprise.
Benbeck strongly objects, arguing that her absence would create a dangerous imbalance. Insistent though he is, Conor overrules him, and she is beamed aboard.
- "Captain's log, supplemental. Commander La Forge and Hannah Bates have spent three days trying to find a way to adjust the path of the core fragment. If they do not succeed in the next 48 hours, we will need to begin evacuation."
While discussing the matter with Captain Picard, Troi notes that some of the colonists would chose to risk death rather than leave. Picard, who is for some reason opposed to the very idea of genetic engineering, has a hard time buying that. He thinks it is a bad idea whose time has long passed. He advises Troi to use Conor's openness to suggestions and reasonable attitude, as well as her personal admiration for him, to help him see the reality of the situation and convince others to do the same.
Meanwhile, as Bates and La Forge work on their multiphasic tractor beam, they find that it would overload some of the power conduits. As they try to come up with a solution, La Forge takes his VISOR off, and she sees his non-functioning eyes. He bitterly observes that he probably wouldn't be here, were he born on their world. When she asks about how it works, he explains it to her and suddenly has an idea as how to solve the problem: he suggests using the same technology that his VISOR utilizes. He chuckles, saying that it would be an irony if the answer to all of this is in a device created for a blind man who never would have existed in their society.
Down on the planet, during a piano recital, there is an earthquake. It is the first tremor of what would become many. Counselor Troi is strongly attracted to Conor, almost falling in love. That's when she realizes that this is all wrong. Conor is obviously changed, ever since the Enterprise has been in touch with the colony, and she is concerned that this is affecting his decision making. He seems willing to throw everything away for her, not just for the survival of the colony. While they are discussing the situation, La Forge and Bates beam down on the planet stating that a team of fifty engineers from the Enterprise is needed to reinforce the structure and solve their problem. Conor agrees.
- "Captain's log, supplemental. The Enterprise has moved to a parallel course with core fragment. We must adjust its trajectory by a minimum of 1.2 degrees to ensure the colony's safety."
Slowly, the Enterprise pushes the fragment away, almost losing life support in the process. Conor is pleased, as is everyone on the colony.
- "Captain's log, supplemental. The stellar core fragment has passed safely out of the Moab system. The colony was shaken by powerful tremors, but fortunately there were no injuries, and only minor damage was reported."
It is only now, after most of the engineering crews have left, that the damage has been done. When Bates indicates a breach in the artificial biosphere, and goes to the lab to analyze it, La Forge points out that there is no such breach for his VISOR's positronic scan would have detected it. He concludes she faked the incidence. Bates admits she did that because of her encounters outside her world: if she's so brilliant, she wonders, why didn't she invent starships or deflector shielding. As a result, she requests asylum, and Riker indicates she may not be the only one wishing to leave.
Captain Picard himself finally takes this opportunity to meet Aaron Conor. Benbeck immediately starts attacking Picard, saying all of these people wanting to leave is his fault. Conor decides to talk to Captain Picard alone, and explains he didn't want to listen to Martin from the first moment they were hailed. He understands the desire to leave, with a curiosity about the outside world, and feels responsible for it happening. He asks that Picard refuse them passage, since his leaving will solve the problem he created with his arrival. Picard points out that this is simplistic. He cannot deny their human rights, whatever other consequences it may have. However, he is willing to try to dissuade them from leaving. Unfortunately, they fail to persuade the people to stay.
The Enterprise takes them, 23 in all, as Conor wonders about what his mistake was. And Picard points out this is the best reminder of the Prime Directive, but Riker reminds Picard that because they're Human, the Prime Directive does not apply. Despite that knowledge, Picard concludes they were as destructive as any core fragment.
Memorable Quotes
"You're up early."
"I'm still on Enterprise time."
- - Aaron Conor and Troi
'We've got a problem. Our core fragment is going to pass by Moab IV in six days."
"Isn't that exactly what we anticipated?"
"We didn't anticipate anyone living there."
- - Riker and Picard
"Perhaps it is your imperfections that make you so unique?"
- - Aaron Conor trying to smooth talk Deanna Troi
"What is that?"
"It's them."
- - Martin Benbeck and Aaron Conor, on the transporter beam
"Sir, the defensive shield around the structure is increasing strength."
"Not exactly a welcome mat."
- - Worf and Riker
"This is wrong."
"Terribly wrong."
- - Deanna Troi and Aaron Conor, as they kiss
"So, guess if I had been conceived on your world I wouldn't even be here now, would I?"
"No. I'd have been terminated as fertilized cell."
"It was the wish of our founders that no one have to suffer a life of disabilities."
"Who gave them the right to decide whether or not I might have something to contribute?"
- - La Forge and Hannah Bates, on eugenics
"Oh, that's perfect."
"If the answer to all of this is in a VISOR created for a blind man who never would have existed in your society."
- - La Forge and Hannah Bates
"My VISOR's positronic scan would have detected the leak. Its molecular-pattern enhancer would pick up even the smallest crack."
"The damn thing doesn't miss much, does it?"
- - La Forge and Hannah Bates
"They've managed to turn a dubious scientific endeavor into dogma."
- - Picard
"They've given away their Humanity with this genetic manipulation. Many of the qualities that they breed out – the uncertainty, self-discovery, the unknown – these are many of the qualities that make life worth living. Well, at least to me. I wouldn't want to live my life knowing that my future was written, that my boundaries had been already set."
- - Picard, on genetic engineering
"Genetic manipulation or not, nobody's perfect."
- - Picard
Background Information
Story and production
- "The Masterpiece Society" had previously passed through five other writers' hands before Michael Piller took the script. The main problem for Piller was how to define a genetically engineered society. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion)
- David Livingston recalled that visualizing the biosphere proved to be a challenging task for the production team. "Rick wanted to make sure we could see the effects outside the window. He didn't want to do what we normally do on stage, which was something tangible and real. That presented some challenges to the director, because the blue screen was right in the middle of the set, but he shot around it a little bit and I think it worked out successfully." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
- Both Ron Canada and Dey Young's next Star Trek appearances are in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Canada plays Advocate Ch'Pok in "Rules of Engagement" and Young plays Arissa in "A Simple Investigation".
- The piano piece played by the young pianist at the colony is Chopin's Prelude in E minor (Op. 28 No. 4).
- This is John Snyder's second appearance on TNG. His first appearance was as Romulan Centurion Bochra in "The Enemy".
- Despite this episode's clear focus upon themes of eugenics and genetic engineering, no references are made to either the Eugenics Wars or Khan. Picard simply refers to eugenics in passing as a "dubious scientific endeavor" that's "time has passed"; earlier in the season, however, he explicitly refers to Khan as a tyrant, comparing him to Adolf Hitler in "A Matter of Time".
- Piller remarked, "This was the beginning of me feeling better about the season. It was another one of these shows that had been around for awhile and a lot of writers had taken a shot at. It dealt with genetic engineering and abortions and interesting things for Geordi to do, and the relationship between Troi and the leader of the society. I think it's a real classic tragedy, because everybody was trying to do the right thing in that episode and it ended up in destruction. Aside from some disappointment in casting, I was rather pleased with that. I think a lot of people were rather pleased they liked it as much as they did." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
- Other members of the production staff were not as enthused by the final episode. Rick Berman stated, "It's a very philosophical issue that we felt seriously about, and a show that I thought was disappointing and didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. It was slow and talky and we had casting problems. As for the abortion issue, that's nonsense. It was totally unintended. I think that there are very few people on our writing staff who would be involved with something that would be a non-choice outlook." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
- Likewise, Jeri Taylor commented, "Michael and I are at odds about it. It was an idea I didn't like from the beginning. I didn't like the concept. I wasn't wild about the script. I thought it was one of our weakest episodes of the season." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
- Director Winrich Kolbe observed, "The people were too damn perfect, and I don't think perfection makes for good drama. I wasn't too intrigued with the lead actor either and that turned out to be kind of a flat episode for me." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
- Ronald D. Moore remarked, "This is another example of a show that doesn't really work too well. We sort of show up at a genetically perfect colony – which in and of itself is starting to bore me – and when we get there, it's 'Gee, Troi falls in love with one of the people.' You can't wait to get up and get a beer." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
Video and DVD releases
- Original UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 57, 11 January 1993.
- UK re-release (three-episode tapes, Paramount Home Entertainment): Volume 5.5, 7 October 2002.
- As part of the TNG Season 5 DVD collection.
Links and references
Also Starring
- LeVar Burton as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
- Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Worf
- Gates McFadden as Doctor Beverly Crusher
- Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
- Brent Spiner as Lieutenant Commander Data
Guest stars
- Ron Canada as Martin Benbeck
- John Snyder as Aaron Conor
- Dey Young as Hannah Bates
- Sheila Franklin as Ensign
Uncredited co-stars
- Daniel Fawcett as Matthew
- Joyce Robinson as Gates
- John Thibodeau as a Moab IV colonist
- Guy Vardaman as Darien Wallace
- Unknown actress as Operations division crewwoman
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Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member and second-eldest daughter of the musical family whose escape from Nazi-occupied Austria was the basis for "The Sound of Music," has died. She was 99.
Von Trapp died at her home in Vermont on Tuesday, according to her brother Johannes von Trapp.
"She was a lovely woman who was one of the few truly good people," he said. "There wasn't a mean or miserable bone in her body. I think everyone who knew her would agree with that."
Maria von Trapp was the last surviving member of the seven original Trapp Family Singers made famous in "The Sound of Music." She was portrayed as Louisa in the 1959 Broadway musical and a 1965 film, which won the Oscar for best picture.
She was the third child and second-oldest daughter of Austrian Naval Capt. Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp. Their seven children were the basis for the singing family in the musical and film.
"The Sound of Music" was based loosely on a 1949 book by von Trapp's second wife, also Maria von Trapp, who died in 1987. It tells the story of an Austrian woman who married a widower with seven children and teaches them music.
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On November 21, 1898 Amarilla tried again for George's Civil War pension remember that George tried at least twice to get this money but failed. She filed the Declaration for Widow's Pension in the county of Crow Wing with the help of Henry D. Philips Law Offices of Washington D.C.
Something happened because the claim had the word ABANDONED stamped a on December 9, 1898 document and several others.
Apparently on 21 November 1900, J.G. Dawes appears on another Declaration of Widow's Pension with Amarilla. J.G. Dawes was the notary public at the bottom of the form. So J.G. tried to help her out.
Several other documents followed from friends and a physician. They are very interesting and I wonder what stories these people would have told about George and Amarilla.
General Affidavit of Bertha Mickelson, 25 February 1901.
That she was well acquainted with George Barclay deceased for a period of 4 years before his death. That in the evening of October 29, 1898 about half pass seven o'clock said George Barclay was shot and killed by a person unknown at the time he was sitting in a chair in his own house. I heard the report of the gun saw him fall and he expired on the floor where he fell. The ball passed through his neck. The shot was fired from outside of building and was fired through a window.
The Physician's Affidavit was signed by T. F. [Rodwell] M.D. on the 7th of August 1901.
That he is a practicing physician and that he has been acquainted with the said soldier two years, and that he was a man then whose general appearance would not admit I should judge of unusual labor. I met George Barclay September 1896 and occasionally until his death Oct. 1898. Where I was called to testify as to cause of death which was from a bullet fired by some unknown person while said Barclay was seated in his house at Pine River passing through his neck thereby causing instant death.
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That they knew personally and were well acquainted with the soldier, George A. Barclay, for a period of 28 years commencing in the year 1867 and continuing up to the time of his death in the year 1898; that they are acquainted with and have known personally Ammarilla Barclay, widow of George A. Barclay, soldier, for a period of 20 years commencing in the year 1882 and continuing up to the present time; that they personally know said George A. Barclay and Ammarilla Barclay were married and lived together as husband and wife; that they verily believe that said George A. Barclay and Ammarilla Barclay or either of them, was never married prior to their said marriage; that the contents of this affidavit are known to affiants by personal knowledge, observation and acquaintance for a time as aforesaid.
Something happened and the lawyers were still trying to get a resolution in 1905 and 1906 but it doesn't appear anything came of it. You notice that the time frame it really stretched out which means that it was difficult to get resolution. Every time the law was updated there would be a flood of these widows declarations. Every time Amarilla applied she would have to resubmit documentation.


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Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic bacterial disease (primarily of cattle) caused by the microorganism, Mycobacterium bovis. The disease can affect other species, including humans and wildlife. Bovine TB is most often transmitted to humans by inhalation of aerosolized respiratory tract bacteria, ingestion of unpasteurized milk, and inoculation by contaminated instruments (such as knives).
Avian Health
The National Wildlife Disease Program has been collecting samples from wild birds for surveillance since 2006. Initially, the primary focus was highly pathogenic avian influenza, a disease that can affect humans and domestic poultry. Since then, the focus has moved to monitoring a number of avian pathogens that could have a potential impact on domestic poultry, human health and other wild bird species.
Plague has been identified as a disease of concern to human, wildlife and domestic animal populations within the United States. It is also considered a "Category A" disease by the Department of Homeland Security, meaning it could potentially be used as a bioterrorist agent.
Tularemia has been identified as a disease of concern to human, wildlife and domestic animal populations within the United States. It, like plague, is considered a "Category A" disease by the Department of Homeland Security, meaning it could potentially be used as a bioterrorist agent.
Surveillance and Emergency Response System (SERS)
APHIS is an emergency response agency that operates under the National Response Framework (NRF), a comprehensive guide on how the nation deals with emergencies. The NRF outlines how federal, state, tribal and local governments, along with the private sector, coordinate emergency response efforts. This framework recognizes distinct support functions that may be needed during an emergency/disaster event or incident. These Emergency Support Functions (ESF) include categories such as transportation, communications and public health/medical services.
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Dr. Tom Gidlewski, Program Manager
Dennis Kohler, Wildlife Disease Biologist
Brandon Schmit, Wildlife Disease Biologist


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Last Resort is a top tier guild with a lot of history and has always been a part of the top ever since the guild formed. Important milestones have been kills such as:
- World 4th Kael'Thas Sunstrider
- World 2nd Illidan Stormrage
- World 6th Kil'Jaeden
- World 3rd Yogg Saron /w 1 keeper
- World 10th Algalon
- World 8th Tribute to Insanity
These days however we are are having a bit more casual approach to the game. We are raiding 3 nights per week from 19:00 till 23:30 but we are still progressing very nicely. Last Resort still plays at the level we have always played at, but with less time invested then the typical 5+ days a week like most guilds. We are looking for people who are looking to play in a competitive guild and at a high level, but who are also looking to raid less then full-time.
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- 3 Beds
- 2 Full, 1 Half Baths
Property TypeResidential – Townhome
SubdivisionColumbine North
Listing Date07/12/18
Year Built1973
AreaWest Vail South
Lot Size0.05 Acres (2,178 SqFt)
Parking2 Car Assigned, Surface
Property Description
South facing 3-Bedroom Townhome with a large deck to enjoy views of the mountains, yard and the tennis court. Just steps to the Town of Vail Bus stop and Gore Creek. Two assigned parking spots and storage.
Presented By
- Bus Route
- In Town
- Mountains
- South Facing
- Valley
- Woods
- Tennis Courts
- Deck
- Fireplace - Wood
- Multi-Level
- Patio
- Wired for Cable
- District Sewer
- District Water
- Electricity Avail.
- Natural Gas Avail.
- Snow Removal
- Trash Pickup
- Baseboard
- Natural Gas
- Dryer
- Washer
Financial Information
About West Vail
Occupying a wider swath of the Valley than the Villages and East Vail, West Vail offers distinctly different environments on its northern and southern hillsides. The south side features lush wooded alpine terrain interspersed with meadows while the more exposed north side offers dramatic views and an abundance of sunshine year round. Divided into several neighborhoods, the area has a commercial center with groceries, shops, and restaurants and a close knit mix of locals and second home owners. Properties in West Vail range from simple condominiums to elegant single-family homes, all of which are a quick 5-10 minute Town shuttle away from the heart of the Village.
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5 Beds 4 Baths
5 Beds 6 Baths
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'File 53/7 (D 3) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, 1900-1901' [26r] (62/697)
The record is made up of 1 volume (349 folios). It was created in 23 Apr 1900-30 Apr 1901. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers.
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The file contains correspondence between various British officials and correspondence directly between Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ (the ruler of Kuwait) and British officials. The correspondence discusses the Ottoman state's efforts to re-establish its authority in Kuwait and to convince Shaikh Mubārak to move away from the British. This correspondence includes details of the annual subsidy allocated to Mubārak by the Ottomans and reports that he was appointed to the Ottoman rank of Mir Miran (Pasha).
The file contains reports and correspondence regarding the rivalry and conflict between Shaikh Mubārak (and his tribal allies including the Al Saud) and the ruler of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar and head of the Rashidi tribal dynasty, Abdul Aziz Ibn Mitab ['Abd al-'Azīz bin Mit'ab]. This includes detailed reports of the Battle of Sarif that took place between the two sides on 17 March 1901.
The file also contains an account of the re-capture of Riyadh by Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud ['Abd al-'Azīz bin 'Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa'ūd (Ibn Saud)] in 1901.
The file contains a number of reports (in their original Arabic with English translations attached) concerning political affairs in Kuwait (and the conflict between Mubarak and the Amir of Nejd) that were written by Ali bin Ghulam Reza, a news agent in Kuwait employed by the British. Many of these reports are addressed (in Arabic) to Hajji Abbas bin Muhmmad bin Fadhil, a munshi A secretary or political assistant working in the British administration in the Gulf, often also providing linguistic interpretation. employed by the British in Bahrain and it appears that he translated the reports into English.
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- 1 volume (349 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end. An index of topics discussed in the file is contained on ff. 1a-2. The page numbers used in this index relate to the pagination sequence in the file that uses blue or red pencil numbers in the top-right corner of rectos and the top-left corner of versos
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Condition: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose.
Foliation: The volume has been foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . An original pagination system runs throughout the volume, using blue or red pencil numbers in the top-right corner of rectos and the top-left corner of versos.
The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 2a, 2b, 63a, 121a, 259a.
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And now to the funny thing: prizes! : )
1st draw: a snowflake pendant with a tiny elf on it
2nd draw: a miniature winter terrarium, with a tiny mushroom and gnome
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All of the prizes have been carefully handmade by me - I really hope you will like them! : )
I know that there's not much time left, but I wanted to make sure that all the prizes will arrive safely before Christmas. Wish you all good luck, and once again thank you for stopping by in my little virtual space!
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Today's the day people. Shontelle's new single Stuck With Each Other featuring Akon premiers today and the video is available on Universal Motown's website, you can also access it via her website, or…. you can simply Click Here!
I actually like the video. It features scenes from the movie Confessions of a Shopaholic and is a really glossy music video, yet, it doesn't come across as a shameless marketing ploy filled with advertising. Beyoncé and her people could learn a thing or two about subtlety- a la Upgrade U, the Audemars Piguet ad.


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Due to the bizarro weather we've had around here lately, Mother Nature is all out of whack. Estimates on crop losses from the orchards around here are around 90%. Other edibles that aren't as sensitive to frosts are ahead of schedule. Take morels for example.
My usual "window" for foraging morels runs somewhere from the 21st of April to Memorial Day. This year, hubby and I started finding those elusive fungi the last week in March. These photos are actually from the first three weeks of April. We did pretty well for a while, and I did dry some to use throughout the winter, but the season that started three weeks early seems to have dried up three weeks early as well. When I went searching on Mother's Day 2012, I found only one, and that was an accident. It had been kicked over by someone or something and dried out long before I stumbled upon it.
Despite the fact that I didn't find any morels on this year's hike, I didn't come home empty-handed. Dylan and I ran into my friend Stephanie and her kids. They were looking for ramps, so we joined them. Dylan and I came home with a mesh produce bag filled with ramps (or wild leeks). I've used some of them in cooking since then, but my real goal was to can them. More precisely, to pickle them.
If you can find them, pickled ramps can be quite pricey. I've made them before and everyone that's ever tried them loves them. However, I've become quite a hoarder. I dole them out sparingly to friends and family members that will appreciate them as much as I do. When we open a jar, it is hard not to eat the entire thing. Once all the delicious ramps have been devoured from the pickling brine, I add it to BBQ sauces, marinades and dressings; the flavor is exquisite.
From the bag Dylan and I brought home, I managed to can five half-pint jars. This isn't enough for me to check #58 off of my 101 in 1001, but it is a good start. It also gets me 1.25 quarts closer to my pickle goal for #53!
For the recipe, check out my Jerked Onion recipe from the Can Jam and substitute whole ramps for the cut onions, or click here for a printable version: Jerk Pickled Ramps Printable Recipe


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Mediterranean chicken with roasted vegetables
Nutrition and extra info
- kcal568
- fat29g
- saturates6g
- carbs37g
- sugars0g
- fibre7g
- protein42g
- salt2.16g
- 250g baby new potatoes, thinly sliced
New potatoesn-ew po-tate-oes
New potatoes have thin, wispy skins and a crisp, waxy texture. They are young potatoes and…
- 1 large courgette, diagonally sliced
The courgette is a variety of cucurbit, which means it's from the same family as cucumber,…
- 1 red onion, cut into wedges
- 1 yellow pepper, seeded and cut into chunks
- 6 firm plum tomatoes, halved
- 12 black olives, pitted
- 2 skinless boneless chicken breast fillets, about 150g/5oz each
- 3 tbsp olive oil
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Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 1 rounded tbsp green pesto
Preheat the oven to 200C/ Gas 6/fan oven 180C. Spread the potatoes, courgette, onion, pepper and tomatoes in a shallow roasting tin and scatter over the olives. Season with salt and coarsely ground black pepper.
Slash the flesh of each chicken breast 3-4 times using a sharp knife, then lay the chicken on top of the vegetables.
Mix the olive oil and pesto together until well blended and spoon evenly over the chicken. Cover the tin with foil and cook for 30 minutes.
Remove the foil from the tin. Return to the oven and cook for a further 10 minutes until the vegetables are juicy and look tempting to eat and the chicken is cooked through (the juices should run clear when pierced with a skewer).


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We could go on and on about how demeaning this type of thing is to, well, everyone. But Hollywood keeps making them, which means they keep making money, which in turn means you like them.
Since you asked for it, here's the trailer for "Something Borrowed," starring Kate Hudson as a woman who gets engaged to the guy, Colin Egglesfield, that her best friend, Ginnifer Goodwin, has had a crush on since law school. John Krasinski is somehow involved, as Goodwin's old friend "harboring a secret of his own"--In love with Goodwin? Hudson? Gay? You tell us.


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Polar, Wind and Geotail's Project overview. In the 1990s, collaborations between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan resulted in the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Science Initiative. Polar, Wind and Geotail are a part of this initiative, combining resources and scientific communities to obtain coordinated, simultaneous investigations of the Sun-Earth space environment over an extended period of time.
Polar (operations ended 2008 April 28)
Data from all THEMIS instruments and the SWAVES experiments on STEREO A/B are now available via CDAWeb. THEMIS orbit data (including long range predicts) are now supported in SSCWeb, STEREO orbits are supported in both SSCWeb and HelioWeb.
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