Images May 13, 2017

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Umbilicaria krascheninnikovii, or lesser salted rocktripe
Umbilicaria krascheninnikovii
Published by Daniel Mosquin

Scaevola taccada 1
Published by Daniel Mosquin

Scaevola taccada 2
Published by Daniel Mosquin

Scaevola taccada 3
Published by Daniel Mosquin

Above photographs courtesy of: Daniel Mosquin’s Botany Photo of the Day – University of British Columbia

A Cecropia caterpillar – photographed around Louisville, Ohio. (Nikon D700 using the 60mm micro lens – 1/125th sec at f11).
Photo by Dick Pratt.

Reno Clouds
©SuziQ Oregon of Whimpulsive

Northern Sierra Nevada
From North of Reno
©SuziQ Oregon of Whimpulsive

Soccer pitch on Lofoten Islands, Norway
Courtesy of Vector’s World

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APRN Alaska News

Alaska News Nightly: Monday, November 29, 2021 November 30, 2021
State health officials warn of the new omicron variant of COVID-19. Also, the outgoing director of a social services organization says there’s still much more to do around homelessness. And the tides near Nikiski could provide a whole lot of power.
Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
Conservative Wasilla Rep. Kurka launches bid for Alaska governor November 30, 2021
In an announcement posted on social media, Rep. Christopher Kurka, R-Wasilla, criticized Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s health mandates issued early in the pandemic.
Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau

Delanceyplace.com

the race for africa -- 11/30/21 November 30, 2021
Today's selection -- from Merchant Kings by Stephen R. Bown. In the late 1800s, the great fear of the English was that other European countries would beat them in conquering and taking African territories and their presumed mineral wealth: "[In the late 1800s] the race for Africa was on, and the European powers were searching for […]
disparaging “the establishment” -- 11/29/21 November 29, 2021
Today's selection -- from Inside Money by Zachary Karabell. In the 1950s, leaders on Wall Street, in Washington, DC, and at America’s largest companies were esteemed. But with the escalation of the Vietnam War in the 1960s, these same positions of leadership were indicted in the popular imagination, and referred to pejoratively as “the Establishment”: "The […]

APRN Alaska News

Alaska News Nightly: Monday, November 29, 2021 November 30, 2021
State health officials warn of the new omicron variant of COVID-19. Also, the outgoing director of a social services organization says there’s still much more to do around homelessness. And the tides near Nikiski could provide a whole lot of power.
Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
Conservative Wasilla Rep. Kurka launches bid for Alaska governor November 30, 2021
In an announcement posted on social media, Rep. Christopher Kurka, R-Wasilla, criticized Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s health mandates issued early in the pandemic.
Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau

Legislative Drafting Institute for Child Protection (LDICP)

Recent Research Spreadsheets November 30, 2016
Our students have compiled research in three topic areas. Below are the links to their research tables that can be downloaded for searching and viewing. For a state-by-state review of Mandatory Reporter laws, click here. For a state-by-state review of Background Check laws, click...
feigleycommunications
2016 Legislative Drafting Students November 15, 2016
Our students spent the summer working on the inaugural project of the LDICP. Through their extensive research, massive databases of information on state statutes regarding the abuse of children ave been created and will be posted here as their work is finalized. Here are...
feigleycommunications

WASP Final Flight

Lucile Doll Wise, 43-7 | August 2, 2018 August 17, 2018
"Jacqueline Cochran was looking for WASP. They told me I would have to be interviewed and they would contact me when they came to the Wichita area. But I didn’t wait for that. I went down to Houston for my interview, to speed things up. And I think that’s one of the smartest things I […]
Unknown
Jean McCreery, 44-W-10. |. May 10, 2018 July 20, 2018
"My first flight was with a barnstormer at the age of five. I loved it! I also tried to 'fly' out of the barn loft with an umbrella. This was less than successful..." WASP Jean Terrell McCreery, 44-10 The indomitable Marguerite Jean Terrell Moreo McCreery has "...slipped the surly bonds of Earth. And danced the skies on […]
Unknown

The Old Motor

San Francisco Cable Car and Automobile Street Scene Video November 29, 2021
Today we travel back in time to the 1960s for a tour around some of the Cable Car networks in San Francisco, CA. The streets are filled with domestic and foreign autos, and trucks and portions of this film were shot on Cable Cars and the roadways. There is an interesting mix of vehicles to...
David Greenlees
Gee Whiz – We Wonder How Well This Plan Worked Out November 24, 2021
Just a short post today before we get ready for the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend. We truly hope you don’t get stuck in a traffic jam like this on the way to grandmas house. We aren’t going to comment on this photo, although over the Holiday Weekend we would like our readers to tell us about...
David Greenlees

Shorpy Reader Shared Photo’s

My Grandfather: 1915 October 25, 2021
My paternal grandfather (standing, far left) spent quite a lot of his life crewing on square-rigged ships (also known as "windjammers") out of San Francisco. These ships were owned and operated by Alaska Packers, which was a division of the Del Monte Corp (aka the California Packing Corporation). The company had a small fleet of […]
Bob Burns
Golden Krust Bakery September 10, 2021
Found these pictures in my parents photo album. I have no idea who the people are. Thought others would get a kick out of seeing them.
Candice Philpott-Burck

BloominThyme

Tropical Orb Weaver Spider September 27, 2021
So I recently had a meet and greet with this interesting visitor. Startling experience to be sure, but intriguing, too. I mean, just look at this spider! Incredible. It’s quite large, about the size of my thumb, and a bit intimidating. As I’ve never met a spider this large (I’m happy to say) and wasn’t […]
gardenfrisk
Beneficials in the Garden September 2, 2021
Upon first inspection of this photo, you might be wondering if I’ve lost my mind. The tomato hornworm is not a beneficial in your garden. They can do extreme damage to tomato, pepper and eggplants in a matter of hours, destroying en entire plant within days. Definitely not good, especially when you’ve been salivating over […]
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AV Club Wiki Wormhole

Kirsten Dunst on how Allison Janney taught her to play a convincing drunk November 30, 2021
In Netflix’s new awards contender, The Power Of The Dog, Kirsten Dunst plays Rose Gordon, a woman so terrorized by Benedict Cumberbatch’s asshole cowboy that she turns to the bottle. As Dunst told us in the video interview below, though, the actual way she learned to play drunk is pretty surprising.Read more...
Marah Eakin
The 10 most outrageous moments from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia November 30, 2021
If provocative comedy was an Olympic sporting event, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia would get extra credit for degree of difficulty. The series gleefully, and with deceptive skill, cannonballs into the fetid community pool that is Paddy’s Pub, the decrepit and improbably still solvent Philly bar from which Dee…Read more...
Dennis Perkins
Riz Ahmed has bugs on the brain in the disappointing genre mishmash Encounter November 30, 2021
In the opening minutes of Encounter, a mosquito-like creature pierces its proboscis through a protective layer of human skin, going deep into flesh and blood. The little bug the attacker deposits inside its victim scuttles along vessels, burrows through connective tissue, and then explodes, jettisoning particles of…Read more...
Roxana Hadadi
Wonder Woman Black & Gold closes with strong stories and even stronger art November 30, 2021
Starting last year, both Wonder Woman and Superman got their time to shine in color-limited anthologies. Building on the success of the popular and statue-launching Batman Black & White that ran almost 25 years ago, Wonder Woman Black & Gold is long overdue, and the final issue offers a prime opportunity to celebrate…Read more...
Caitlin Rosberg

DamnDelicious

Pull Apart Garlic Bread Wreath November 30, 2021
Warm, soft, pillowy bread bites smothered in garlicky, buttery heavenly goodness. An absolute crowd-pleaser! This Christmas, you’ll find me by the tree eating ALL the pull apart bread. Every single one of them. Every single pillowy bite covered in all that garlicky buttery goodness sprinkled with even more perfection: Parmesan. And since this comes together […]
Chungah @ Damn Delicious
Easy Skillet Dinner Rolls November 21, 2021
Nothing beats warm, super soft, fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth homemade dinner rolls. No more store-bought rolls! You can find me by this warm cast iron skillet filled with the best dinner rolls of your entire life. The type of dinner rolls where you hoard the entire skillet, slather on more butter, and eat all 10 in one […]
Chungah @ Damn Delicious

The Authors’ Billboard

Did Covid Change My Life for the Better? November 28, 2021
Yes, you read that right. After receiving both vaccinations in early 2021 and adhering to the suggested scientific data, Covid caught up with me anyway. Did I get sloppy? Maybe. I was in three different, public places within days of each other. But here’s the skinny – getting Covid may have changed my life for […]
Susan Jean Ricci
Who’s Ready for Christmas 2021? November 27, 2021
Christmas is, and has always been, my favorite time of the year, especially when there were young children in the family who still believed in the jolly old elf. Back in those days, we had a ritual. Part of it was attending the Santa Claus parade, decorating the tree, participating in the church Christmas pageant, […]
Susanne Matthews

A Redleg’s Rides

Riding FR697 with Gus and Dave November 30, 2021
After a rather relaxed morning of just sitting and reading under a warm sun, basking in the warmth in spite of the shade provided by trees, it was time for some riding.Actually, the plan had been initially to just go on a pootle, not really exceeding 20 mph and therefore I skipped fully gearing up. […]
redlegsrides
Visiting Fort Huachuca's Museums November 28, 2021
All these years, I thought Huachuca, the name of the Army Post located in Sierra Vista, AZ and home of the Army's Military Intelligence Branch meant Dirty Water.Dirty Water you ask? Huachuca, sounded a lot to me as: Agua Chuca which is Spanish for Dirty Water you see.Well, today I learned otherwise. It's actually from […]
redlegsrides

Barry Eisler

Talking Violence in Fiction and Fact With Tim Larkin November 28, 2021
Hugely enjoyed doing this three-part talk with violence expert Tim Larkin, one of the people with whom I've been privileged to train and whose influences appear in my books. Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
Barry Eisler
Flash-Forward Preambles: What, How, and When October 16, 2021
Updated BelowFor various reasons, recently I got a little obsessed with flash-forward movie and television preambles. That is, presentations that begin with a scene from later in the story, and then spend some amount of screen time catching up to the “later” scene that came at the start. How much catch-up varies. Sometimes the catch-up […]
Barry Eisler

Twice In a Lifetime

Kashevaroff Mountain April 6, 2019
Long before we were a sailing family, Alisa and I were a young couple in love with adventuring in Alaska.The opportunity to introduce Eric and Elias to the delights of outdoor living in the Great Land was one of the big bright sides of our return to Alaska.Earlier this winter, the boys and I headed […]
Letting go March 20, 2019
So...this beautiful island is our home.See the barky?The boys just had their spring break. A week off from school and nothing to keep us from buggering off in Galactic. The weather was generally poor - nothing like the pics above for the most part - so we just snuck off to the west side of […]

The Alaska Parkinson’s Rag

New Post on the NWPF Site "What I Like About Parkinson's Disease" October 2, 2021
Staying positive can be tough with Parkinson's Disease (See what I mean? that in itself is a negative statement.) No problem. I posted a list of the things here I like about PD on the Northwest Parkinson's Disease Foundation Community blog. you are welcome to crib from it, if you are feeling negative. Reason #2 I […]
Peter Dunlap-Shohl
Parkinson's Is Not Witchcraft, Q & A With Uganda's Hannington Kabugo September 22, 2021
Harrington Kabugo with Miriam "A patient who was treated like my mom she was in her bedroom for 10 years not getting out I went and got her and brought her in my house" Hannington Kabugo, 36 became a Parkinson's advocate after his mother died with Parkinson's disease over a decade ago. A […]
Peter Dunlap-Shohl

Alaskan Urban Hippie

Comparing Mint Plants: Spearmint, Apple & Chocolate April 23, 2020
Mint is a reasonably cold-hardy perennial, meaning it grows back every year under the right conditions. Just like there are many different kinds of tomatoes (cherry, beefsteak, roma, etc.), there are plenty different varieties of mint, too. Here’s an overview comparison of three different kinds of mints that grow well for me in Anchorage, Alaska: […]
Ashley
Chickens Laying Eggs in the Winter April 4, 2020
Do chickens still lay eggs in the winter? That’s a common question many curious poultry lovers ask me. The answer? It depends. Egg laying chickens will naturally taper off and cease egg production in winter months, assuming you live somewhere that gets darker in winter months than summer. In Alaska, where our winter months might […]
Ashley

Barbara Brown’s Our Third Thirds

Road Trip: One Amazing Thing November 1, 2021
I started writing a post titled “Human beings do amazing things,” and I was telling you all about the amazing things encountered on this trip: art, museum exhibits, architecture, theater, food. But there was just too much. It got boring: This great thing, that great thing, oh and another great thing.So I’m just going to […]
CloudyinAK
Road Trip First Stop: Logistics October 24, 2021
When I take my urban infusion months, I live in a place. I become a resident, not a tourist. This trip was different (and not just because Tim was with me); it was a sightseeing trip. We stayed in hotels, not apartments. We ate out; we didn’t cook. I didn’t get a library card; Tim […]
CloudyinAK

Cinthia Ritchie

Malnourished launches today January 21, 2020
It’s here. The big day. My memoir, the one I spent 15 years struggling over, launches today from Raised Voice Press. I’m feeling very exposed, very vulnerable. This is not at all similar to when Dolls Behaving Badly launched from Hachette Book Group. That was a novel, and while some of it was based on… […]
cinthiaritchie
Book review: Secondhand Summer by Dan Walker December 1, 2019
I had had Alaska writer Dan Walker’s YA novel SECONDHAND SUMMER on my list for a long time, and two weeks ago finally had the chance to dive in. I wasn’t disappointed. Walker’s book, geared for middle school readers (but still immensely enjoyable for adults), follows 14-year-old Sam’s move to Anchorage from the small fishing… […]
cinthiaritchie

Matt Goff Sitka Nature

Chilly West Wind and Loons November 29, 2021
Snow showers continuing with temperatures right near freezing, so more accumulation. West wind was chilly. I checked the channel and saw a Red-throated Loon and Pacific Loon not too far from each other. As I watched, the Pacific Loon swam towards the coast guard dock, and the Red-throated Loon followed a bit behind. I decided […]
matt goff
Snowy Cross Trail Loop November 28, 2021
Warmer (into upper 30s) and less windy today, but precipitation still fell mostly as snow. This afternoon I walked a loop to Indian River and along the cross trail back to Baranof Street. I felt motivated in part by a desire to document coho salmon for the year. Connor said he saw a couple in […]
matt goff

Sandra’s Alaska Recipes

SANDRA’S ASIAN CABBAGE MANDARIN RAMEN SALAD November 7, 2021
This healthy salad is just as vibrant as it is delicious…Servings: 10-12 Prep: 30 Mins. Refrigerate: Min. of 1 hr. before serving INGREDIENTS Salad 6 cups shredded green cabbage 1 cup shredded carrots 1 pkg chicken ramen noodles broken into small pieces, reserving seasoning pkt for dressing ½ red bell pepper, julienned […]
sandra
SANDRA'S HEARTY LENTIL and SWEET POTATO STEW November 2, 2021
A delicious and fulfilling stew to prepare for your loved ones on a fall/winter day...Yield: 8-10 Servings Prep: 20 Mins. Cook: Appx. 1-1/2 hrs. INGREDIENTS 2 TB canola oil 1 LB moose meat cut into bite-size pieces (or beef) 2 TB flour 6 cups beef broth 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp onion […]
sandra