First Quarantine in more than 25 Years

U.S. government has imposed the first quarantine since 1963 as Andrew Speaker entered U.S. through Canada border,and was taken to Colorado to treat a virulent strain of TB called the extremelydrug resistant TB, or XDR-TB.

Recent water Bill passed in Texas Legislature

I am really encouraged by Texas lawmakers' effort and ability to pass a comprehensive water bill in the recently-concluded session that had ended in the Memorial Day weekend. The bill aims at making a fine balance between protecting the interest of rural Texans and providing a viable plan to sustain a steady and stable supply of water to urban and suburban population especially the water-hungry North Texans. The bill provides a safety net to feed enough water flow to downstream estuaries, rivers and tributaries. The measure also restores plan for building two reservoirs--Marvin Nichols and Fastrill--to help squelch the growing demand in North Texas overcoming objections from environmentalists and ranchers. However, there is one catch: regional planners have to come up with detailed plan to build Marvin Nichols and Fastrill dams by 2015, or else losing the right to build the dams.