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Dakota Access Pipeline: Final Phase to Be Approved

from The Guardian The US government is set to allow the final phase of construction of the Dakota Access pipeline to begin as early as Wednesday, dealing a major blow to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. The decision sets the stage for a tense showdown at the site of the drilling, where indigenous and environmental activists have been camped for nearly a year. The army corps of engineers provided…

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United States | Byrne Supports Funding for VA, Military Construction

United States – Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL) issued the following statement in response to passage of the first government funding package for Fiscal Year 2019, which included funding bills for Energy and Water Development, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Legislative Branch.

Congressman Byrne said: “This is a step in the right direction toward passing individual, targeted government funding bills instead of settling for a massive omnibus bill at the last minute. I want to especially commend Senator Richard Shelby for his work to end the backlog in the Senate and move the appropriations process forward.

“This funding package includes the highest dollar level ever for the Department of Veterans Affairs, provides funding necessary to make improvements to our military infrastructure, increases funding for the Army Corps of Engineers, and supports our nuclear national security strategy.

“This is a first step. We should continue to pass targeted government funding bills that reflect our Alabama and conservative priorities.”

The funding package, which passed by a vote of 377 to 20, has already cleared the Senate, so it now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature.

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Tribe files legal challenge to stall Dakota Access pipeline

Construction crews have resumed work on the final segment of the Dakota Access pipeline and the developer of the long-delayed project said the full system could be operational within three months. Meanwhile, a Native American tribe filed a legal challenge to block the work and protect its water supply. The Army this week Energy Transfer Partners formal permission to lay pipe under a North Dakota…

Standing Rock Sioux Tribal chairman responds to governor’s evacuation order

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Chairman Dave Archambault II issued this statement in response to North Dakota’s executive order calling for the mandatory evacuation of the camps for Dakota Access pipeline protesters: Today, Gov. Dalrymple issued an executive order calling for mandatory evacuation of all campers located on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lands, also known as the Oceti Sakowin camp. This…

I hope this works because its taken me 12hours to plot.

Just  zoom in and out to look at different aspects

The British medical corps

By the amount of medical dressing stations in the north, they expected high casualties, i just don't think as many as there was in the end.

over all the 1st day of the Somme had

20 main dressing stations

2 advanced operative centres

40 advanced dressing stations

38 regimental dressing stations

9 stop off points for the “walking wounded”

17 causality clearing stations

7 divisional rest stops

6 advance medical stores

7 ambulance convey depots.

and 4 loading stations for the wounded

 this seems a lot, but when you think of the numbers of wounded they couldn't cope, they had not prepared for such terrible injuries.

2 advanced operative centres proves this point.

This meant, there were not enough skilled medical practitioners across the battlefield. They must have only expected a small amount soldiers requiring surgery.

This put huge pressure on the regimental dressing stations and then the advanced dressing stations, also the doctors and nurses who worked there, they must have been none stop.

However sadly many died before reaching the ambulances and main hospitals.

The 4 loading bays made available for the wounded to get to hospitals at home or even within France, was wishful thinking at its best. They also couldn't cope with the amount of people to transport, meaning many died waiting to get transported.

Many also died waiting at Causality clearing stations, wounds that had been patched up and treated,  (soliders that required further medical treatment but not immediately ).

 However often because Soldiers were not assessed properly, mainly due to time, and the amount of wounded coming in. Many injuries were missed

 visible wounds were treated. It was a put a plaster or banadage on job. it will do for now, Out of sight out of mind. This wasn't the medics fault its just all they could do with limited resources they had. What they needed was mainly more nurses, and doctors, stretcher bearers, and orderlies  on the floor to help with the wounded. a hell of a lot more bed space was needed.

  And lets not forget a major killer of the great war,  sepsis. Long waiting times, for transport to hospitals increased this risk,  many of the soldiers were covered in allsorts. it wasnt as, if they had time to be cleaned and washed, and sadly many died from sepsis.

Even though, triaging was better, medical innovation, nursing, surgery, use of anesthetics, medical care in general  was  all better. ( no antibiotics though)