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The number of permits approved for horizontal gas drilling in West Virginia jumped from about 400 in 2008 to more than 700 in 2014, according to state Department of Environmental Protection data. Natural gas production in West Virginia more than doubled between 2008 and 2012, then rose again, to nearly 1.4 trillion cubic feet in 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Plunging tools into glowing-hot magma miles underground might sound fantastical. But in recent years, a handful of geothermal energy companies have done so without meaning to. The first documented case was actually at the Puna Geothermal Venture in Hawaii in 2005 — the same plant that has been scrambling this month to remove flammable chemicals and shut its wells before lava pours in from Kilauea’s ongoing eruption.  

At best Feldman (maybe) shows an increase in a narrow sliver (or slivers) of the infrared band. However, on a wider bandwidth, the total watts per square metre (same territory, same equipment, with some overlapping years) shows a decrease … Dong, Xi & Minnis, under “All Sky” conditions, showed a decrease, as did Gero & Turner 2011.

I believe that “dragon“ is actually a Sur-Snake from TAS ( or rather a similar Denebian Whale as the snake wouldn’t be discovered until 2269)

True, the medium isn’t overflowing with 100-hour RPGs and lavishly-produced shooters, but there are absolutely more than enough titles out there now to satisfy a wide variety of gamers whether they like online sports, mind-bending puzzles or walking simulators. The fact is that whether you own an Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PSVR or otherwise, you’ve got plenty to play. But where should you spend your hard-earned cash?

And everything else was great. Even the shots of the ship are so much better this season and the crew are all much more interesting.

Minneapolis Police Sgt. Grant Snyder, right, hands a cup of hot chocolate to Dawone Boclair outside the public library on Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis, as the temperatures dipped well below freezing, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Snyder will be hitting the streets Tuesday and Wednesday night during the height of the big chill to check on the welfare of homeless people who haven’t made it into a shelter. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)

Like their last adventure, upon arrival at the location of the burst, there is no red signal to be found. However, there is a lovely Class M planet with a classic Trek mystery, it is populated with humans from the World War III era before warp drive was even a gleam in Zefram Cochrane’s eye. To investigate an ancient distress call coming from a church, Pike assembles a landing party joined by Burnham and Owosekun, who becomes the first Discovery bridge officer to get to join the cool kids on a mission thanks to her background as someone raised in a Luddite community, helpful for keeping their Prime Directive cover when visiting a pre-warp culture.

The EV suits reminded me of Marvel’s IronMan and Black Panther, the way parts just appeared and built up into body armor.

Amazon’s police procedural follows a troubled cop as he struggles to solve a decades-old child murder. Amazon has three seasons at the ready right now, with a fourth season confirmed on the way.

Forget about TOS, it’s more futuristic than the 24th century. The “hand-throwing” holographic technology is more advanced than in TNG (apart from the holodeck itself), the collapsible space suits are more advanced than in First Contact and drones didn’t figure into TNG apart from the alien killer drone in season 1. Of course we all know why but it’s just not internally consistent anymore. For everything TNG introduced they had the benefit of being 100 years after Kirk.

“A military vehicle hit a homemade explosive planted by suspected terrorists,” on the road between Fada and Pama, a source said.