Why has Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) determined that the Lavaca Navidad River Authority’s Application 13728 administratively complete to dam the Lavaca River and divert up to 96,022 Acre Feet per year for industrial use when: There has not been one study of the environmental impact to its environmentally sensitive ecosystem from […]
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Yeshua by Sierra Jubilee
So, you may be asking, “What does Yeshua mean?” The name “Jesus” is not His factual name. Surprise! Jesus was a Hebrew and as such, He had a Hebrew name! “Jesus” is the Greek anglicized name for Yeshua. Yeshua, short for “Yehoshua” means, YHWH is salvation (Roth, 2012, p. 2). So, when you see or […]
A Hidden World of Color by Hannah Beckett
The beautiful hues and plumes of birds have long drawn the attention and interest of mankind. But, do we really know the true spectrum of avian coloration and vision? The answer may lie in the unique biology of a bird’s eye. While all animals see a portion of the electromagnetic radiation emanating from the sun, […]
Fish Out of Water by Thomas Spychalski
One idiom I’ve always been fond of is a “cruel mistress,’ a term which may now be a bit outdated, but I’ve always liked how it sounds, although I’ve always switched up the word cruel for strange in my usage, mostly as I feel things are not intentionally cruel in nature, but rather strange circumstances […]
Reindeer by Rebecca Bracken
One of my favorite Christmas movies is The Santa Clause starring Tim Allen. While the movie is comedic and endearing, it features some of the coolest animals around – the reindeer. As most people know, the story is that the eight reindeer (or nine if Rudolph joins!) pull Santa’s sleigh around the world as he […]