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APRN Alaska News

• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, February 2, 2023 February 3, 2023
  Congresswoman Mary Peltola calls for more action and less talk. Not everybody's on board with a Fairbanks utility's deal to source North Slope natural gas. Plus the Alaska State Troopers now have a plan for body-worn cameras.
  Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
• Contract negotiations to resume after striking Mat-Su bus drivers pack school board meeting February 2, 2023
  “This bus company does not care about the safety of these children as much as we bus drivers do,” Alice Smith told the school board.
  Chris Klint, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage

Bob Mayer

• Review: Poker Face is entertaining, but . . . January 28, 2023
  The first episode of #Pokerface sets up the premise of the series and sets the protagonist in motion so she can go to various places while being chased. We have the set up of an over-arcing plot and individual episodes that can be watched on their own. They even pay homage to Burn Notice in […]
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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...
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• 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...
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Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog

• Do you need an Author Brand? (Part 1 of 2) – by Brian Andrews… February 3, 2023
  on Career Authors: Read the following list of brands and tell me what each company sells: Apple, Ford, Netflix, Delta, McDonald’s, Pepsi, and The Home Depot. I’m sure you answered the first question easily. Now try to imagine each of their logos. Can you do it? I bet the answer is once again yes. Do […]
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I didn’t have my glasses on…

• groundhog theory. February 2, 2023
  happy groundhog day – at last it all makes sense!         — image credit: quotesgram
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Indian Country Media Network

Legends of Windemere

• Poetry Day: Decanters of Eporwil February 2, 2023
  (This is a fun poem that I made for a future character.  I haven’t entirely figured out what to do with her, but a key point is that she is connected to these magical decanters.  These are artifacts from the … Continue reading →
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Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life

• Smorgasbord Music Column – William Price King Meets Music Legends – #Jazz – Sir George Shearing – The 1980s and Beyond February 3, 2023
  It is nine years since William Price King joined Smorgasbord to share music across the genres. We continue in 2023 with series sharing the lives and music of some of the great names in music over the last century The … Continue reading →
  Smorgasbord - Variety is the Spice of Life.

Bluebird of Bitterness

• Find the cats! February 2, 2023
  Three cats lurk among the penguins. See if you can find them. The solution will appear in the comments section later today.
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Elle Knowles: Finding Myself Through Writing

• It’s Too Peopley Out There July 3, 2020
  We live in the most perfect area to have a staycation. The gulf with its white sand beaches are only five minutes away. We have the best restaurants with fresh seafood and seats with the best views. The charter fishing experience is top notch. Evidently, this is not a best kept secret anymore. The only […]
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KarmaTube

• The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows February 2, 2023
  John Koenig loves finding words that express our unarticulated feelings -- like "lachesism," the hunger for disaster, and "sonder," the realization that everyone else's lives are as complex and unknowable as our own. We share many emotional responses to living human life. When there is no word for those feelings, there is no way for […]

Positively Present

• The 12th Annual Gratitude Challenge! October 28, 2022
  Welcome to the 12th Annual Positively Present Gratitude Challenge! There’s always something special about celebrating gratitude in the month of November, and this year’s challenge has an extra special twist.… The post The 12th Annual Gratitude Challenge! appeared first on Positively Present - Dani DiPirro.
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The Diesel-Electric Elephant Company, England.

• Meerkats Anonymice January 29, 2023
  A sort of self-help group for folk suffering from S.C.P.S. Supermarket Car-Park Syndrome. By “self-help” I mean “group sui-kill pact”. … More
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Joan Reeves: Slingwords

• 7 Truths Amidst Uncertainty February 2, 2023
  Have you noticed how the doom and gloom population is growing?Oh, my, yes. There are countless numbers of "experts" on TikTok, YouTube, and other social media telling you to duck and cover because the sky is falling.Staying optimistic and believing that things will work out for the better—some how, some way—takes every ounce of belief, […]
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World United Music

• The Year the Music Died January 1, 2022
  By: Stewart Brennan I look back on the disaster that was 2021 and do not find much of anything good to talk about as it was a year in which online censorship metastasized while the world plunged into a lockstep fascism, where friendships ended, families broke up, and all the celebrations of life came to […]
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WASP Final Flight

• Sunny Ann Starling, July 2, 1943 - January 6, 2023 January 10, 2023
   All-American patriot, artist, designer, entrepreneur, flower arranger, chef, and joyful servant, Sunny Lou Starling, was carried on the wings of angels to the arms of her savior, Jesus Christ, on Friday, January 6, 2023. She once said her mission was to “Gather and feed all you can, as often as you can, because you never know if […]
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• WASP Final Flight February 28, 2022
   WASP Deanie Bishop Parrish, 44-W-4"Failure isn't failure unless you let it be.  It's simply a change in direction.  Just count your many blessings move on.  With God's help, anything is possible!"Deanie Bishop Parrish passed away peacefully in her home in Waco, Texas, on February 24, 2022, just one day shy of her 100th birthday. She met every challenge […]
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The Old Motor

• Four Fun Kodachrome Car Photographs No. 429 February 1, 2023
  In this weekly series, we ask our readers to tell us the year, make, and model of all of these vehicles along with the location and anything else of interest to you in the photos. You can look back at all the earlier parts of this series here.  The images are via This Was Americar.
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• Four Fun Kodachrome Car Photographs No. 428 January 25, 2023
  In this weekly series, we ask our readers to tell us the year, make, and model of all of these vehicles along with the location and anything else of interest to you in the photos. You can look back at all the earlier parts of this series here.  The images are via This Was Americar.
  David Greenlees

SassyZenGirl

• 5 Easy Ways to Instantly get Affiliate Sales (even as a Beginner with no Audience)! January 29, 2023
  Are you interested in Affiliate Marketing, but don’t know where to start? You don’t really have an audience yet and it takes time to build one? Maybe you are also a little uncomfortable with “selling” and don’t want to bother all your friends? Well… I’ve good news for you, because today I’m sharing 5 easy […]
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Stump the Bookseller

• 369J: Two Sisters share room with secret alcove or passageway January 29, 2023
  My daughter is looking for a book that she checked out of the library in the early ’90s. This was probably a middle schoolers book. Two Sisters move with their parents a long drive away from where they previously lived. The first night they have to sleep on the floor in sleeping bags. They both […]
  Julie Beckers

Ana’s Attic

• New Kindle and Audiobook Releases Sales and Freebies | February 2023 February 1, 2023
  New Kindle and Audiobook Releases, Sales and Freebies Are you in our FB Group, Ana’s Attic After Dark? See the January Review and Release Recap Here If you use this list, please consider sharing it with friends or on social media! Holy cow, it’s February, and I will be celebrating 11 years of Ana’s Attic! […]
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Shorpy

• Winter Street: 1940 February 2, 2023
  December 1940. "Winter Street, Quincy, Massachusetts. A Syrian neighborhood near the shipyards. Slum area where many shipyard workers live." Photo by Jack Delano. View full size.
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• 41st Engineers: 1942 February 2, 2023
  March 1942. Fort Bragg, North Carolina. "41st Engineers, at Negro camp, taking advanced training. Sergeant Franklin Williams, left, in jeep." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Foreign Information Service of the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Information. View full size.
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Shorpy Reader Shared Photo’s

• Autocar Truck: 1922 January 19, 2023
  Johnson Gear & Mfg. Co., Berkeley, California, circa 1922.
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• Lady of Larkspur: 1955 January 12, 2023
  Frances Dorsey "Fanny" Cagwin, along with her husband George, were our neighbors in Larkspur, California, where they'd lived since 1905. Frances had been a school teacher in Virginia City, Nevada when she met George, and they married in 1887 at Carson City, where he was employed at the U.S. Mint. She was an accomplished musician, […]
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Shorpy Reader Comments

• What is being said February 3, 2023
  In reply to Let's Do Launch: 1943: Would love to know what is causing all the smiles. What is the conversation. If I had the editing skills, I'd add balloons to each of people with, starting from right to left: "Say what?" "Can't be true!" "He really did that?" "Yup, I saw him -- " […]
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• Worth a Visit February 3, 2023
  In reply to Winter Street: 1940: I used to live in Quincy, and recommend a visit to The Old House at Peace Field, the home of Presidents John and J.Q. Adams and several later generations. Most Presidential homes feel like museums, but it's easy to imagine the Adams family puttering around Peace Field. Quincy also […]
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BloominThyme

• Hydroponic Towers Made Easy July 22, 2022
  Hydroponic Towers Made Easy will chronicle my journey into the hydroponic gardening world. At first, I was intimidated by the mere thought of growing food in hydroponic towers. I thought, that’s WAY too much work and involves way too many aspects I know nothing about. Chemicals, pH balance, water pumps, special sprouting trays… UGH. Just […]
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• Ricotta-Stuffed Squash Blossoms May 18, 2022
  I’m posting this recipe for Ricotta-Stuffed Squash Blossoms and warn you: it’s NOT that di