Wednesday, February 20, 2013

February 20, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Delta/California/Water News
Maven's Minutes: California Water Policy Seminar Series Continues with Tim Quinn: In Pursuit of 'Coequal' Goals: An ACWA Statewide Perspective
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/20/mavens-minutes-california-water-policy-seminar-series-continues-with-tim-quinn-in-pursuit-of-coequal-goals-an-acwa-statewide-perspective/

Maven's Notebook: Natural Hydrographs in Regulated Rivers: Conference Video Now Available Plus Comments Sought on DISB's Review of BDCP governance, and More!
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/02/20/science-notes-natural-hydrographs-in-regulated-rivers-conference-video-now-available-plus-public-comments-sought-on-disbs-review-of-bdcp-governance-and-more/

A Rare Alignment
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/02/19/a-rare-alignment/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+san-joaquin-river-delta+%28Alex+Breitler%27s+San+Joaquin+Delta%2C+Delta+College+Blog%29

Anything But Water 
Aguanomics.com
http://www.aguanomics.com/2013/02/anything-but-water_20.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

Restore the Delta
Press Release:  RTD Responds to Contractors Comparison of Proposed Tunnels
http://www.restorethedelta.org/news-alerts-archive/

Delta Stewardship Council
Council Names Deputy Executive Officers
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/13-0220_Council_Names_Deputy_Executive_Officers_v2.pdf

ACWA Submits Comment Letter on Aquatic Weed Control
ACWA.com
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-quality/acwa-submits-comment-letter-aquatic-weed-control-permit

California Farm bureau Federation: water Supplies Shrink as Officials Act to Protect Fish
SierraSuntimes.com
http://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/mariposa-daily-news-2013/143-february/7665-california-farm-bureau-federation-water-supplies-shrink-as-officials-act-to-protect-fish

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/02/news-articles-and-links-from-february_20.html

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
U.S., Other Nations Quietly Maneuvering to Rein In Sprawling U.N. System
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/20/us-other-nations-quietly-maneuvering-to-rein-in-sprawling-inefficient-un-system/
The U.N. organizations themselves — including such high-profile entities as the United Nations Development Program, UNICEF, the World Food Program, the World Health Organization and more than 30 others —are not invited to the meetings.
(Right on!  Now they know what it feels like to be a Delta representative.)

Articles: America Education: Rotting the Country From the Inside
AmericanThinker.com
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/02/american_education_rotting_the_country_from_the_inside.html

Who Needs the Family?
CanadaFreePress.com
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/53237#When:12:52:35Z

Opinion: We Could Learn a Lot from the Chinese
CollegeFix.com
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/12723?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thecollegefixfeed+%28The+College+Fix%29
Actually, a child begins learning at home, as soon as he is born. If a parent is unwilling to teach his child colors, numbers, the alphabet, and self-control, he should not be a parent.
(And the choir said 'Amen'!!)

Agriculture/Science News
Summit Pushes for Healthy, Accessable Local Food
Sacramento Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2013/02/20/summit-pushes-for-healthy-accessible.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

U.N. Examines Link Between Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals, Health Problems
ScienceBlog.com
http://scienceblog.com/60398/un-examines-link-between-hormone-disrupting-chemicals-health-problems/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29

Advancing Agricultural Greenhouse-Gas Quantification
EnvironmentalResearchWeb.com
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/opinion/52440

Scientists Discover Secret of Why Women Talk More Than Men
CollegeFix.com
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/12717?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thecollegefixfeed+%28The+College+Fix%29

Why Straight Women Have Gay Men as BFFs: Trustworthy Mating Advice, Says Psychologist
ScienceCodex.com
http://www.sciencecodex.com/trustworthy_mating_advice_deepens_bond_between_straight_women_and_gay_men-107232
(Hey, every straight woman needs at least one good gay man's opinion...it's brutal out there :)!!)

Levee/Infrastructure News
Take the Public-Private Road to Efficiency
Cato.org
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/take-public-private-road-efficiency?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CatoRecentOpeds+%28Cato+Recent+Op-eds%29

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News
Press Release: Federal Study Finds 93% of Salmon Smolts on Tuolumne River are Consumed by Striped Bass and Other Non-Native Predators
http://calsmartwater.org/press-release-federal-study-finds-93-percent-of-salmon-smolts-on-tuolumne-river-are-consumed-by-striped-bass-and-other-non-native-predators/

Environmental News
EVIDENCE That a Bird Society Traded Its Approval of a Wind Farm Project for Money
CanadaFreePress.com
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/53254#When:17:44:47Z
(Take a closer look at the Tejon Ranch proposed development...Corporate Sierra Club, NRDC, etc. traded away their environmental concerns with the developers...this is traced back to Resnick, Feinstein, Reilly to name a few.  Mostly it's about the 'established patterns of behavior' that indicate gaming our public processes.)

Fracking in California: Big Reserves, Big Reservations
PressDemocrat.com
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20130217/MCT/130219678/0/search

Economic/Tourism News
China Loves the U.S. Dollar Again as America Roars Back
Telegraph.uk.com
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/9881410/China-loves-the-US-dollar-again-as-America-roars-back.html
(Something's not right.)

Le Riverage to Transform into Westin Sacramento
Sacramento Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2013/02/20/le-rivage-to-transform-into-westin.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News

National Political News
Boehner to Obama: You Created the Spending Cut Crisis, You Fix It
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/20/boehner-to-obama-created-spending-cut-crisis-fix-it/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29
(Finally, do I see a pair emerging???)

Missouri House Bill Would Make Proposing Gun Control Illegal
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/20/missouri-house-bill-would-make-proposing-gun-control-illegal/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29
(Some things ARE a matter of principle.)

Mexico Asks U.S. for List of Gun Owners
CBS 5 via BlackListedNews.com
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Mexico_Asks_US_for_List_of_Gun_Owners_/24329/0/0/0/Y/M.html
(Hmmm...I suppose some numbskull will actually do it, too.)

Is Your Local Police Department Using Pictures of Pregnant Women and Children for Target Practice?
reason.com
http://reason.com/blog/2013/02/19/is-your-local-police-department-using-pi
(A bit disturbing.)

School Choice Has Roots with Calvin Coolidge
HeritageBlog.org
http://blog.heritage.org/2013/02/20/school-choice-in-the-time-of-calvin-coolidge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=school-choice-in-the-time-of-calvin-coolidge

Articles: The Gun Control Movement's Dangerous Incompetence
AmericanThinker.com
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/02/the_gun_control_movements_dangerous_incompetence.html

Why Walter Block and Stephan Kinsella Sound Like Central Planners When They Talk About Debtors' Prison
EconomicPolicyJournal.com
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/02/why-walter-block-and-stephan-kinsella.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29

Yes, You ARE a Criminal...You Just Don't Know It Yet
Lewrockwell.com
http://lewrockwell.com/nestmann/nestmann55.1.html

Where have All the Watchdogs Gone
GodfatherPolitics.com
http://godfatherpolitics.com/9543/where-have-all-the-watchdogs-gone/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodfatherPolitics+%28Godfather+Politics%29

California Political News
How Can Computer Science Not be State Graduation Requirement?
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/02/20/how-can-computer-science-not-be-state-graduation-requirement/

We Predicted There Was No Tax 'Windfall'
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/02/19/we-predicted-there-was-no-tax-windfall/

Litigation News

Tribal News

Calendar
Peripheral Delta Canal Subject of Speech
Contra Costa Times
http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_22621761/peripheral-delta-canal-subject-speech
(Senator Wolk.)

Written Comment Opportunities

Because It's Cool!
Woo Hoo ANYTIME there's more FIREWORKS, I'm in!!!
River Cats Plans on Deck Include More Fireworks, Retro Prices
Sacramento Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/kelly-johnson/2013/02/river-cats-plans-on-deck-fireworks-parki.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

Secret Lives of Wild Animals Captured by 1 Million Camera-Trap Images
Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/camera-trap-gallery/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredscience+%28Wired%3A+Blog+-+Wired+Science%29

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