Land Grant Application- Pike, John (Paxton)

Land grant application submitted to the Maine Land Office for John Pike for service in the Revolutionary War.https://digitalmaine.com/revolutionary_war_mass/1273/thumbnail.jp

Investigation of Nitrate Transfer in Karst Basins During Storm Events Using Submersible Underwater Nutrient Analyzers

Knowledge of nitrate sources and pathways in karst basins remains incomplete and hinders management of nutrients that cause algae blooms and degrade municipal water supply. However, the increased availability of optical, ultraviolet nitrate sensors allows advancement of nitrate source and transfer for water managers. A concept model is hypothesized for nitrate transfer during hydrologic events and baseflow that considers the multiple porosity of karst. To test the concept model, 15-minute nitrate sensor data is collected with submersible underwater nutrient analyzers over a multi-year period from two locations in a karst basin in the inner bluegrass region of central Kentucky, USA. Data results carried through quality assurance and quality control methods suggests fluctuations in nitrate and provides evidence of karst pathways with varying porosity. The inner bluegrass nitrate sensor results are compared with data from other karst basins in the United States, including the carbonate karst and their aquifers in Kentucky, Arkansas, Virginia and Maryland. Meta-analysis results from hydrographs, chemographs and hysteresis show evidence of nitrate transfers in karst including: a piston effect at the onset of an event as water stored in fractures and conduits is displaced by new water; a quick response during or just after storm event peaks that quickly dilutes nitrate levels in water; a concentrating effect after an event as high nitrate levels stored in soil water dominate transport; and a nitrate recession curve as nitrate stored in rock matrix become a larger contributor to nitrate flux. Mass balance un-mixing simulation was carried out to quantify nitrate sources for the inner bluegrass basin. The amount of water and nitrate load associated with the nitrate sources was quantified for four seasons and revealed the importance of the intermediate flow/fracture network pathway in transporting the majority of nitrate load. The piston flush occurring at the beginning of storm events was also noteworthy generating greater than 10% of the nitrate load. A reservoir model was formulated to represent the nitrate transfer processes for prediction. The reservoir model showed more insight including the impact of seasonality and sinkhole concentration on the distribution of water while at the same time showed the efficacy of the approach. New information from the reservoir modelling included the volume of water and nitrate stored in the karst aquifer, and these estimates will be useful for concerns of algal bloom proliferation at different times of the year

Report of Agent of the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indians for the Year 1916

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Fit for Purpose: Working with the Community to Strengthen Policing in Victoria, Australia

Victoria is the Australian police jurisdiction that has made community engagement most central to its operating philosophy. In 1999, it adopted Local Priority Policing (LPP) as a core operation principle. LPP focused on facilitating local input and community partnerships to strengthen the prevention and response capabilities of Victoria Police. Currently, a new fit for purpose service delivery model is being developed which builds on past experiences. This paper looks at the history of LPP and other community engagement programs in Victoria, and how the lessons learnt from this initiative are impacting on future strategic options for service delivery. It focuses on the urban areas in the state of Victoria and examines how the community has been adopted as partners in the battle against crime and disorder

In search of the ‘economic dividend’ of devolution: spatial disparities, spatial economic policy and decentralisation in the UK

After a decade of devolution and amid uncertainties about its effects, it is timely to assess and reflect upon the evidence and enduring meaning of any ‘economic dividend’ of devolution in the UK. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach utilising institutionalist and quantitative methods, this paper seeks to discern the nature and extent of any ‘economic dividend’ through a conceptual and empirical analysis of the relationships between spatial disparities, spatial economic policy and decentralisation. Situating the UK experience within the historical context of its evolving geographical political economy, we find: i) a varied and uneven nature of the relationships between regional disparities, spatial economic policy and decentralisation that change direction during specific time periods; ii) the role of national economic growth is pivotal in explaining spatial disparities and the nature and extent of their relationship with the particular forms of spatial economic policy and decentralisation deployed; and, iii) there is limited evidence that any ‘economic dividend’ of devolution has emerged but this remains difficult to discern because its likely effects are over-ridden by the role of national economic growth in decisively shaping the pattern of spatial disparities and in determining the scope and effects of spatial economic policy and decentralisation.Economic dividend; devolution; spatial disparities; spatial economic policy; decentralisation; UK.