Alaskanomics
- AEDC 3-Year Outlook Luncheon August 7, 2020The Anchorage Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) hosted its annual 3-Year Outlook presentation on Wednesday. Like many things these days, it was held virtually with attendees able to listen via Zoom. The video will be available in coming weeks for those who weren’t able to listen live. Mayor Ethan Berkowitz opened...Katie Bender
APRN Alaska News
- Need: Mentors for youth aging out of the state foster care safety net August 8, 2020Alaska has approximately 3,000 youth in foster care, and many of these young people have stepped forward to ask for a mentor. Their wish is for the steadying guidance of an adult as they exit the foster care safety net and take their first steps into independent adulthood. This transition to responsible adulthood is hard […]Kathleen McCoy, KSKA - Anchorage
- Alaska News Nightly: Friday, August 7, 2020 August 8, 2020Some physicians worry data on Alaska’s healthcare capacity isn't telling the whole story. And, judge sides with the city of Anchorage against a defiant restaurant. Plus, a new brewery opens in Sitka.Mayowa Aina, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
Delanceyplace.com
- norma rae -- 8/7/20 August 7, 2020Today's selection -- from History by Hollywood by Robert Toplin. Norma Rae was an award-winning 1979 film that cemented Sally Field's stardom. It was based on the union-organizing efforts of Crystal Lee Sutton. But when Sutton persisted in efforts to assert editorial control, the screenwriters were forced to create a more generic character and proceed without […]
- the thought police -- 8/6/20 August 6, 2020Today's encore selection -- from Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix. In 1928, Hirohito was enthroned as the new emperor of Japan. However, there was a growing skepticism regarding the deification of the emperor, along with new opposition to Japan's form of government by communists and other radicals -- especially […]
Bob Mayer
- Day 151: 2020 Pandemic. Our Abysmal Response to a Pandemic Foretells A Grim Future Given Climate Change Is Already Here Too. August 8, 2020Historians, if there are any in the future, will look back at our current era and be puzzled. They’ll see a society that had access to more information than ever before, yet ignored science and facts. That elected a charlatan as the leader of the most powerful and influential country. That valued hate and anger […]Bob
Legislative Drafting Institute for Child Protection (LDICP)
- Recent Research Spreadsheets November 30, 2016Our 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, 2016Our 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
Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog
- 176 Resources and Tools to Market and Launch Your Book – by Sabrina Ricci… August 9, 2020on Digital Pubbing: Trying to figure out a book marketing plan but don’t know where to start? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered with 176 resources ranging in advertising tips, to places to book blog tours, to content marketing, and more. A few of these resources were published in 2019, when the world was different, […]The Story Reading Ape
I didn’t have my glasses on…
- finish line. August 8, 2020this finish line chalked in rosy pink at the end of a looooooooooong line of yellow the other end unmarked. — “i realized something. that wasn’t a finish line for me…that was my new starting line” -wendelin van draanenbeth
Indian Country Media Network
- Pandemic is scaring people with serious ailments away from ERs August 8, 2020The coronavirus has so diminished trust in the U.S. medical system that even people with obstructed bowels, chest pain and stroke symptoms are ignoring danger signsKaiser Health News
Legends of Windemere
- Do I Even Want to Talk about This Week? August 8, 2020I keep starting and deleting this post, which might be partially caused by it being after 1 AM. My hope is to finish writing War of Nytefall: Anarchy today and spend Sunday doing the outline for War of Nytefall: Eulogy. The rest of … Continue reading →Charles Yallowitz
Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life
- Sam, A Shaggy Dog Story – Chapter Two – My New Home by Sally Cronin August 8, 2020By special request I am sharing Sam, A Shaggy Dog Story as the next book for Sundays and I hope those of you who have not read his adventures will enjoy… Last time Sam had met his new mistress for … Continue reading →Smorgasbord - Variety is the Spice of Life.
Bluebird of Bitterness
- Caturday funnies: There’s a nap for that August 8, 2020 bluebird of bitterness
Elle Knowles: Finding Myself Through Writing
- It’s Too Peopley Out There July 3, 2020We 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 […]Elle Knowles
KarmaTube
- Breaking Reins August 6, 2020'Breaking Reins' is a 13-minute gem of a film-- cut with precision, and sparkling with the truth of human experience. Epic themes fold into it compactly: Love and loss, grief's stranglehold, Nature's alchemy, and the resurrection of unbridled hope. Directed by a 14-year-old, shot over less than 2 days, and starring a first-time actor who […]
Positively Present
- opening your mind : a workbook for self-discovery June 17, 2020Throughout the years of working on Positively Present, I've discovered that one of the most essential aspects of living a positive and present life is this: keeping an open mind. This sounds much easier than it is, so I created a digital workbook to explore what I believe are the necessary steps needed to truly […]positively present
The Diesel-Electric Elephant Company, England.
- The Day The Earth Caught Fire (that would be yesterday) August 8, 2020Let us see what today brings, shall we? More of the same, I suspect. Ugh! How hot and humid was … MoreIan Hutson
Joan Reeves: Slingwords
- How to Store Fruit & Vegetables August 8, 2020Do you buy expensive organic produce, put it in the fridge, and in a few days, it's just green fertilizer for the compost pile?There really is a proper way to store all produce. Some like it in the fridge; some don't.Some things should not be store together—like onions and potatoes. Potatoes excrete moisture which makes onions […]Joan Reeves
World United Music
- Prog Rock and Progressive Activism May 24, 2020Progressive Rock Through the AgesBy: Stewart BrennanProgressive Rock is one of several experimental genres that evolved out of Rock n Roll in mid 1960’s. It was a purely creative genre that carried at its initial core, reflections of morality, philosophies, political views and the social economic conditions of the times.The genre had a wide range […]Stewart
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
- Streamline Moderne Postwar Good Gulf Service Station August 8, 2020This impressive Gulf Oil Company service station located in an unknown area of Philadelphia, PA, was designed in the manner of the then-popular Streamline Moderne architecture. This form of building construction was fashionable from the mid-1930s to the ’50s, both here in the US and around the world. The “Good Gulf Nonox” neon sign out...David Greenlees
- Four Fun Friday Kodachrome Car Photographs No. 266 August 7, 2020Today’s colorful lead image is a view of a well-known west coast tourist attraction taken in the mid-fifties and a street filled with 1940s and ’50s automobiles. Two-tone paint schemes and pastel colors were popular throughout the decade in stark contrast to the vehicles produced in the forties and the late sixties. As is the...David Greenlees
SassyZenGirl
- Earn $6,000/mo Passive Income with Stock Footage (no prior experience!) May 23, 2020Stock footage might not sound too sexy or fun, but this is an easy one to start and doesn’t require any start up funding. In fact, you can start with your smartphone camera. Ready? You Ready Are You Ready GIF from Youready GIFs What is stock footage and how does it work? Stock footage […]Gundi Gabrielle
Stump the Bookseller
- 343H: Children Build Fanciful Houses in Meadow August 8, 2020I’m looking for a children’s book I had in the 60’s. May have been published earlier. Black and white very detailed illustrations. It is about a boy who leaves home and builds a fanciful house in a meadow. Soon other … Continue reading →admin
Ana’s Attic
- New Kindle and Audiobook Releases, Sales and Freebies August 2020 August 3, 2020New Kindle and Audiobook Releases, Sales and Freebies Updated almost daily Are you in our FB Group, Ana’s Attic After Dark? See the July Release Recap Here I can’t believe it’s August already. School starts in a little over two weeks, and my son will be in for a rude awakening when online-only classes start […]Ana's Attic
Shorpy
- The Old Paxton Place: 1938 August 9, 2020November 1938. "The old Paxton residence. Omaha, Nebraska." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.Dave
- Eggerss-O'Flyng: 1938 August 8, 2020November 1938. "Railroad and coal yard, Omaha, Nebraska." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.Dave
Shorpy Reader Shared Photo’s
- News Depot: 1902 July 28, 20201902. "Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia." Home to the gaudily attired News Depot. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.Dave
- Avila Beach July 21, 2020After suffering a bloody shin incident, there was still a smile ready for the camera. My aunt Margaret and father Don were frequent visitors to Avila Beach when growing up in San Luis Obispo, CA. 1933. View full size.Westcoaster
Shorpy Reader Comments
- Signs, signs, everywhere a sign August 9, 2020In reply to The Old Paxton Place: 1938: That has to be the busiest US Route sign I've seen. I learned A LOT about the US highway system running through Omaha figuring it out. With the wagon sign I am guessing the Oregon Trail ran very close by. Any idea on what "B-16" means? A […]bwayne
- Tough century August 9, 2020In reply to The Old Paxton Place: 1938: The 20th century was not kind to the Paxton family of Omaha. In July 1907, at the home at the corner of Douglas and South 25th Avenue, its patriarch William A. Paxton -- pioneer turned entrepreneur turned Gilded Age oligarch -- "was sitting in a great porch […]jsmakbkr
Kim’s Shopping
- What is a Good Credit Score? August 8, 2020In most instances, a FICO credit score of 670 to 799 is considered a good one. Scores 800 to 850 are in the “excellent” range. Remember, your credit score follows you throughout your lifetime. So, it’s important to take good care of it. FICO is the most common credit score model. It was put into […]Merry
Thoroughly Reviewed
- Breaking 100 August 6, 2020So you want to break 100? This likely means you’re trying golf for the first time. There are roughly 60 million golfers worldwide and...Jonathan Maxwell
Whimpulsive
- Wordless Wednesday #539 February 12, 2020Signs of Spring For more Wordless Wednesday, Click here.suziqoregon
Debra Lynn Dadd
- Vinyl Peel Stick Flooring August 6, 2020Question from Echo II have vinyl peel and stick flooring in three rooms in my house. They are about 3-4 years old. I want to remove or cover them all as I have small children. Do I need to remove it completely and then cover it? If I cover it with ceramic tile or organic […]Lisa Powers
- LVP Flooring August 1, 2020Question from Rita I have asthma and mild copd & shopping forr a 10×10 ktchen floor, probably LVP . Gotnew bedroom carpet 2 years ago and jwas told no formaldehyde & it’s been fine. Saw not that deep water cleaning which Im scheduling very soon is the best. The luxury vinyl ;planks are afordable. I […]Lisa Powers
BloominThyme
- Successful Pineapple Harvest July 31, 2020At last, I have achieved a successful pineapple harvest from my backyard garden. It didn’t require much effort, but it did require patience. Years of patience. Generally pineapples take about two and a half years to harvest. On the advice of a friend, I planted these pineapple four and five years ago. He said it […]gardenfrisk
- Summer Buttercup Squash July 18, 2020In Florida, summer is the time I plant buttercup squash in the garden. It’s a fall favorite around my house, and is pretty easy to grow. Unless you don’t provide enough water. Then, this large sprawling squash plant will rebel. Worse, it will wither away and die. Very sad, indeed. But with the proper care, […]gardenfrisk
Word of the day
- ferret August 9, 2020Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 9, 2020 is: ferret • \FAIR-ut\ • verb 1 : to hunt game with ferrets 2 : to drive out of a hiding place 3 : to find and bring to light by searching — usually used with out Examples: "Quarantining was invented during the first wave of bubonic plague […]Merriam-Webster
AV Club Wiki Wormhole
- Tell us about your pop culture weekend: August 7-9 August 9, 2020Our weekly thought-starter asks you (and us) a simple question each week: What pop culture did you consume this weekend, and what did you think of it? If you have suggestions for AVQ&A questions, big or small, you can email them to us here.Read more...The A.V Club
- Perry Mason and The Alienist close up shop for the summer August 9, 2020Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, August 9. All times are Eastern.Read more...Allison Shoemaker on TV Club, shared by Allison Shoemaker to The A.V. Club
- Succession might start filming its third season before the end of 2020 August 8, 2020It’s been nearly a year since we last checked in on the fortunes of the Roy family, a 10-month period that’s seen any number of media empires, fictional or otherwise, fall under the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown. Among the affected: HBO’s Succession, which was originally supposed to start filming again back in…Read more...William Hughes on News, shared by William Hughes to The A.V. Club
- Rebecca Sugar says Cartoon Network told her not to talk publicly about Steven Universe's LGBTQ+ material August 8, 2020Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe is a landmark show in the history of LGBTQ+ representation in kids’ entertainment—normalizing the notion of same sex relationships so thoroughly that one of the show’s main characters is the literal living incarnation of one. All of which stemmed directly from the goals and drives of…Read more...William Hughes on News, shared by William Hughes to The A.V. Club
DamnDelicious
- Instant Pot BBQ Pulled Pork August 9, 2020The easiest + BEST pulled pork ever! Serve with your favorite BBQ sauce. So smoky, so flavorful, so juicy, and SO SO GOOD. Hello, summer. Please don’t leave us just yet. I’m not ready for the Chiberia snow. (FACTS ONLY – it snowed Halloween day in 2019.) No, but really, let’s get back to the […]Chungah @ Damn Delicious
- Easy Grilled Vegetables August 2, 2020Perfectly crisp-tender grilled veggies served with an amazing, tangy, garlicky basil sauce. You’ll want this sauce on everything! I’ll be honest. I’m not entirely the biggest veggie-eater. Nope, my priorities are typically on bread, pasta, anything with cheese, more bread, and maybe more pasta. But if they’re grilled, I will eat every single vegetable there […]Chungah @ Damn Delicious
The Authors’ Billboard
- Cooking in the Time of Pandemic August 5, 2020My sister and I were talking a few days ago. She said, “I’m tired of having to provide meals day in and day out.” Yeah, me too. In normal times, we like going to restaurants. And, of course, we can still get carryout. But it’s not the same experience. I do feel guilty about not […]Rebecca York
- Harvest Time Recipe by @Donna_Fasano August 3, 2020I went to a local farmer’s market yesterday and discovered that it’s HARVEST TIME. I bought eggplants, tomatoes, a red onion, and some peaches. Yum! Today, I made a veggie bake that turned out really delicious. Here’s my simple harvest time recipe: Eggplant Tomato Parmesan Bake 4 baby eggplant, peeled and sliced lengthwise2/3 cup seasoned […]Donna Fasano
ezvid
- 10 Best Emergency Road Kits 2020 August 9, 2020 Ezvid Wiki
Task & Purpose
- Venezuela jails former Green Berets for 20 years after failed incursion August 8, 2020Former Green Berets Luke Denman, 34, and Airan Berry, 41, reportedly admitted to participating in the May 4 operation aimed at ousting President Nicolas MaduroReuters Staff
- Conspiracy theorists are convinced there's a secret message hidden in this Army photo August 8, 2020A 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) photo went especially viral for all the wrong reasonsJared Keller