Locator: 44758BUD.
Locator: 44758TGT.
Generally, NY Times has a strong paywall ... not this time.
I did not encounter a paywall accessing this story.
Well, this is awkward:
Market:
Who's next?
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Five DUCs Reported As Completed; No New Permits; Six Permits Renewed -- May 25, 2023
Locator: 44757B.
Active rigs: 35.
WTI: $71.74.
Natural gas: $2.270.
No new permits.
Six permits renewed:
- Foundation Energy Management: two Cerkoney permits and four Little Mo Federal permits; the Cerkoney permits, Tree Top, Billings County; the Little Mo Federal permits, Ash Coulee, Billings County.
Five producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:
- 35527, 842, WPX, Two Shields Butte,
- 39432, 2,662, Grayson Mill, Margaret 5-8 XW,
- 39045, 686, CLR, Kelling 5-4H1,
- 39048, 1,018, CLR, Kelling 8-4H,
- 37828, 0, BR, Saddle Jerome 44-9 TFH-ULW,
Current Events Wrap -- Nothing About Oil, Nothing About The Bakken -- May 25, 2023
Locator: 44756CUREVNTS.
ChatGPT: book blurbs. Link here. Great examples of how ChatGPT will change ... everything.
Mars: quite an international story. Link here.
On February 9, 2021, the United Arab Emirates became the first Arab country to reach Mars when the Hope probe successfully entered into orbit around the red planet. Seven years earlier, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi, and Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, announced that the Emirates Mars Mission would be developed by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), working in conjunction with international partners and funded by the UAE Space Agency.
The Cold War trained us to think of spaceflight—especially ambitious Mars missions—as something a nation does to signal that it has developed a “space economy” and possesses the expertise and technological capabilities to build and operate rockets, missiles, and spy satellites. Viewed through a geopolitical lens, it is a type of highly publicized technological flexing— a gun show. But this was not quite the case for the UAE.
Emirati engineers designed and built the Hope spacecraft in Boulder, Colorado, in collaboration with the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder, with support from Arizona State University and the University of California, Berkeley. Working side by side with LASP engineers, Hope team members learned skills that will serve them in later missions. Once Hope was completed, a Ukrainian transport plane delivered it to Dubai for testing. Finally, Hope flew to Japan for launch, where the UAE arranged with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for launch on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA rocket from Japan’s Tanegashima Island launch facility.
Race admissions. Link here
It is widely expected that by this summer, the United States Supreme Court will overturn long-standing precedents allowing the consideration of race as one factor among many in university admissions. The current legal regime goes back to the Court’s decision (Regents of University of California v. Bakke) in 1978 that banned racial quotas while allowing consideration of race for the purpose of creating a diverse educational environment. Although the law has evolved since then, almost all universities have relied on the Bakke framework to support their strategies to educate a diverse citizenry.
Voyage of the botanists, down the Grand Canyon. Link here.
On 20 June 1938, a trio of small boats carrying six people set off from Green River, Utah, with the goal of running the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. No previous Colorado River expedition, not even those led by famed explorer John Wesley Powell, excited national news coverage in quite the way this one did, for this river party included two women. The brainchild of University of Michigan botanist Elzada Clover, who invited doctoral student Lois Jotter to join, this expedition was scientific, focused on plants. No woman had done anything like this before.
Ancient history of kissing. Link here. I had / have no interest in the subject matter per se, but the dates / dating (no pun intended) in the article was what interested me.
Recent studies maintain that the first known record of human romantic-sexual kissing originates in a Bronze Age manuscript deriving from South Asia (India), tentatively dated to 1500 BCE (1). Yet, a substantial corpus of overlooked evidence challenges this premise because lip kissing was documented in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt from at least 2500 BCE onward. Because this behavior did not emerge abruptly or in a specific society but appears to have been practiced in multiple ancient cultures over several millennia, the kiss cannot be regarded as a sudden biological trigger causing a spread of specific pathogens, as recently proposed (2). Further understanding of the history of kissing in human societies—and its secondary effect on disease transmission—can be gained from a case study of sources from ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq and Syria).
North Dakota Farmers Watching Closely? May 25, 2023
Locator: 44755EPA.
Locator: 44755CWA.
Maybe more on this later.
Breaking.
THE SUPREME COURT LIMITED the reach of the Clean Water Act, with a majority holding that only wetlands that have a continuous surface connection to a river, lake, or other major waterway are covered by the law, Greg Stohr reports.
In a split on reasoning, the court said there wasn’t enough of a connection to a nearby lake from the land owned by the Sacketts to require a permit under the Clean Water Act. “We hold that the CWA extends to only those wetlands that are as a practical matter indistinguishable from waters of the United States,” Justice Samuel Alito, wrote for five members of the court.
The court’s three liberal justices and Justice Brett Kavanaugh said they would have agreed with the Sacketts but on narrower grounds. The Biden administration had argued that the tributary across the road brought the land within the purview of the Clean Water Act.
The decision, a victory for property-rights advocates, could let developers build more new homes and give companies a freer hand in the discharge of pollutants without getting federal approval.
The US Supreme Court didn't "roll back" anything. It interpreted the law, focusing on the phrase "extends to all navigable waters."
The SCOTUS ruling came close to being a unanimous ruling in favor of ND farmers.
Apple iPad -- May 25, 2023
Locator: 44754AAPL.
A reader asked my thoughts on buying a new/refurbished iPad for his 9 y/o and 11 y/o daughters.
My not-ready-for-prime-time reply (not proofread; subject to change). The recommendation based on "best bang for buck"; second generation pencil; and, screen size):
You can't go wrong on any iPad.You don't need cellular. Wi-fi, as you know, is everywhere.I would get the largest screen out there, (but not the iPad Pro). After that, it almost doesn't matter. In other words, don't buy the iPad Mini.(I assume we're only talking Apple.)
Any Apple product with "PRO" in its name is way, way more than tweeners need. I believe the iPad we have is a "PRO" but didn't come with that name -- based on screen size, but not the new chip.Memory: I've never bought an iPad with a lot of memory. So, go for "base" models with 64 GB.You have to get a pencil, unfortunately, but if you want, you can wait. Kids don't use the pencil as much as adults.If you get a pencil, get generation 2 ($129); not generation 1 ($99). I'll explain later.(The new iPads -- see below -- don't accept generation 2 -- don't ask!)That leads you to the "old" iPad (the only one that has not been updated) but still has the M1 chip. [The "pro" also uses the 2nd generation pencil.]Best choice for these daughters with eye on cast: the iPad Air, starting at $599 (see below).
Color doesn't matter.
At Amazon, currently available at $499!
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iPencilMy suggestion.I don't know if you were considering one iPad for each. If so, I would buy one iPad Air and let them play with it this summer, and then see if. you need a second iPad and if you need the pencil.
Amazon also has Apple iPencils, second generation at discount prices -- but make sure they are genuine Apple pencils. Refurbished is okay.
***********More later, if this raises more questions.*************Refurbished -- great option if available.*************AppleCare / Warranty: I've never bought AppleCare.
Comment: if money is no object, the 12.9" iPad is what I have, absolutely love it, and Sophia uses it all the time. But a 10.9" for a tweener might be easier to hold anyway. But I think the iPad 12.9" I have is now the iPad Pro. Don't know for sure.
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Reader Response
My reply:
I would buy this is in a heartbeat!It takes the 1st generation pencil -- but that's not a big deal by any means.Isn't that amazing? $269 for top of the line iPad!
Look how deeply Amazon is cutting Apple iPad costs
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