Monthly Archives: August 2008

This is just a test of the Photoshop system

Remember those dopey interruptions: “BOOOOPPP – This is just a test of the emergency broadcast system. Had there been a real emergency….”. Well, this post is just a test of the Photoshop system! Ignore. Just playing with Photoshop to see … Continue reading

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DEP Head – firmly back in the sand

Erosion of public right to know – DEP reverting to Whitman era Back in 2004, when DEP scientists assembled the initial round of just 6 months of data on drinking water well contamination submitted under the recently enacted Private Well … Continue reading

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Is 3 + 2 > 100,000?

[Update: 8/30/08 – I just checked the DEP webpage to see if they had gotten around to issuing a press release on the PWTA Report. Not yet, but I did find that DEP made it a priority to issue a … Continue reading

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Criteria for Success

I can’t agree more with these words from Joe Biden’s acceptance speech last night: “You know, folks, my dad used to have an expression. He’d say, “A father knows he’s a success when he turns and looks at his son … Continue reading

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DEP Report finds widespread drinking water contamination

Residents of over 50,000 NJ homes drinking polluted water – 12.5% of wells fail to meet standards [Update: Here is today’s APP story – DEP is merely responding – this is bad news they would have preferred to have stayed … Continue reading

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