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Music February 25, 2018

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Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, November 30, 2023 December 1, 2023
A Cook Inlet natural gas producer says it's sitting on a large deposit, but nobody wants in. Plus, Alaska ferries get a major funding boost.
Tim Rockey, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
Peltola flips script on long-running congressional drama over Arctic drilling November 30, 2023
Room 1324 has seen this Alaska controversy play out for decades. This time, new characters changed the vibe.
Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media

modernism and high art -- 12/1/23 December 1, 2023
Today's selection -- from The Classical Revolution by John Borstlap. Modernism unintentionally killed the essence of the tradition of high art: “Modernism, as formulated both theoretically and in terms of works of art at the beginning of the last century, was not meant to kill off tradition. As Roger Scruton writes about early modernism in […]
a christmas memory -- 11/30/23 November 30, 2023
In today's encore excerpt -- from A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote. Seven-year-old Truman Capote, abandoned by his divorced parents, is taken in by depression-poor cousins in the rural South. One of these cousins, a distant, elderly cousin, becomes his closest friend and only refuge -- but she is only in his life for two […]

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, November 30, 2023 December 1, 2023
A Cook Inlet natural gas producer says it's sitting on a large deposit, but nobody wants in. Plus, Alaska ferries get a major funding boost.
Tim Rockey, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
Peltola flips script on long-running congressional drama over Arctic drilling November 30, 2023
Room 1324 has seen this Alaska controversy play out for decades. This time, new characters changed the vibe.
Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media

Recent Research Spreadsheets
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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Legislative Drafting Students
Our students spend the summer working on the research project of the LDICP. Through their extensive research, massive databases of information on state statutes regarding the abuse of children have been created and will be posted here as their work is finalized. Here are...
feigleycommunications

The Heart of Investigation: Five Strategies for Making Your Detective a Character Readers Will Care About – by Zara Altair… December 1, 2023
Imagine a reader captivated by a tale, their eyes trailing each word, each sentence, each carefully constructed paragraph, completely engrossed in the world you’ve woven together. What’s the secret ingredient in this mesmerizing recipe? An engaging detective at the heart of your mystery narrative. Time and again, you’ve seen how important characters are to the […]
Chris The Story Reading Ape

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 […]
Unknown
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 […]
Unknown

Five Fun Midweek Kodachrome Car Images No. 472 November 29, 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 where the image was taken and anything else you find of interest in the photos. You can look back on all the earlier parts of this series here. The photos are via Americar.
David Greenlees
Five Fun Midweek Kodachrome Car Images No. 471 November 22, 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 where the image was taken and anything else you find of interest in the photos. You can look back on all the earlier parts of this series here. The photos are via Americar.
David Greenlees

Copper Hopper: 1942 November 30, 2023
September 1942. Deer Lodge County, Montana. "Anaconda smelter, Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Cars containing 50 tons of copper ore are dumped by an unloading mechanism into a 200-ton hopper." Acetate negative by Russell Lee, Office of War Information. View full size.
Dave
Mineral Electric: 1942 November 30, 2023
September 1942. Deer Lodge County, Montana. "Anaconda smelter, Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Individual ore cars are pushed to the ore dump by an electric locomotive." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Dave

Happy Halloween: 1958 October 31, 2023
October 1958, somewhere in Pennsylvania. Big brother is ready for a night of trick-or-treating. Rob from the rich, and share with your understudy! Our fourth selection from a batch of Kodachrome slides found on eBay. View full size.
Dave
Minnesota Munchkins, c. 1895 March 23, 2023
This despondent looking crew are the drawn from the various Scandanavian, German, and Irish families settled in or near Wadena, Minnesota during the late 1800s. Wadena, located in the west-central part of the state, was (and is) a pretty small town, so some of these kids probably had an epic daily commute, by foot, from […]
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Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway November 30, 2023
In reply to Copper Country: 1942: This photo from the Butte - Silver Bow Public Archives shows the electric locomotives that brought the ore cars from Butte to the smelter in Anaconda. Electric power for the railway came from Great Falls, Montana. The power was converted from AC to 2,400 volts Direct Current at several […]
Angus J
Timeline November 30, 2023
In reply to Let George Do It: 1942: Thanks to Rochester for researching George Camplair's history. It really adds weight to an image to know a little more about the people in it. Interesting he was born in Berlin but was ultimately in the US Army. Not that was necessarily unusual, but worthy to note. […]
Imagine

Easy Microgreens June 13, 2023
Microgreens seem to be all the rage these days and for good reason: they are packed with nutrients and easy to grow! The USDA and University of Maryland found that leaves from microgreens had more nutrients than the mature leaves of the same plants. And great flavor. Plus, you don’t need a lot of space […]
gardenfrisk
Cauliflower Growing Tip April 12, 2023
I’ve been growing cauliflower for years, but only recently did I learn this cauliflower growing tip from a farmer friend of mine. I was showing her my garden and she wrapped her hands around the leaves of my young cauliflower plants and folded them upward. “When your cauliflower begins to form a bud, pull your […]
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The Golden Bachelor has finally reached the end of his journey December 1, 2023
Well, folks, it’s finally over. Gerry picked Theresa and her birthday suit and left Leslie heartbroken, hurt, and completely blindsided. It was a bleak two hours that left host Jesse Palmer looking like he’d rather be getting a root canal than dealing with this at certain points, but at least Gerry and Theresa seemed…Read more...
Emma Keates
The Curse recap: "Under The Big Tree" December 1, 2023
I know The Curse is supposed to be a comedy (and it’s a cringe-inducing one at that), But can we talk about how every episode turns up the Lynchian vibes to give us plenty of scary moments that will haunt us for a good long while? “Under The Big Tree” ends on one of those […]
Manuel Betancourt
Welp, the Golden Bachelor is getting married on live TV December 1, 2023
Here’s a fun fact: Despite it being the whole entire premise of the series, ABC’s Bachelor and Bachelorette franchise of reality dating programs has produced a shockingly small number of weddings over the years. (The Bachelorette has been slightly better at this than its male-led counterpart, having generated all of 4…Read more...
William Hughes
O.C. writers admit they made Seth a stoner to cover for how horribly bored Adam Brody was December 1, 2023
In one of the most grimly hilarious admissions we’ve ever seen crop up in an oral history of a once-beloved TV drama, the writers of The O.C. have now admitted that they made Adam Brody’s character Seth Cohen a stoner in the show’s later seasons in order to cover up for how phenomenally bored Brody […]
William Hughes

Apple Cranberry Pecan Salad November 18, 2023
This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our privacy policy for details. A bright, refreshing fall salad with apples, bacon + the most amazing candied pecans. Perfect for the holidays! Hello, Fall. We have crisp leaves, football tailgating, chunky sweaters, apple cider donuts everything, and my most favorited seasonal salad. Maybe it’s the candied […]
Chungah @ Damn Delicious
One Pot Lemon Chicken and Orzo October 21, 2023
This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our privacy policy for details. Golden brown, juicy chicken with the creamiest lemony orzo + sneaked in greens, all made in ONE SINGLE POT! Hello lemony creamy goodness. This is certainly my kind of speedy weeknight meal, with juicy chicken thighs (breasts can absolutely be substituted) and […]
Chungah @ Damn Delicious

Travel with Mona on a Cruise Conference December 1, 2023
For years I enjoyed cruising around the world—in the Caribbean, Cross-Atlantic via the North Pole and Greenland, in the Mediterranean Sea, the Far East, around South America, all the way to India and Singapore through the Suez Canal, in addition to several river cruises. Let me tell you about a different kind of cruises that […]
Mona Risk
It’s that Time of Year: Getting Ready for Christmas November 27, 2023
As a Canadian, I celebrate Thanksgiving the second Monday in October, not the fourth Thursday in November. What does that mean? Essentially, it gives me more time to get ready for Christmas since I don’t have another holiday feast to prepare in what’s basically a four-week period. Whew! Since turkey is our traditional Christmas meal […]
Susanne Matthews

No more late night beer runs — AAFES to end overnight alcohol sales in 2024 December 1, 2023
The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, or AAFES will reduce alcohol sales to between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. Navy photo by Paul Bello.In a move aimed at suicide prevention. stores on Army and Air Force bases worldwide will stop selling alcohol after 10 p.m. The post No more late night beer runs — […]
Matt White
Navy releases underwater video of P-8A stuck in Hawaiian coral field November 30, 2023
The P-8A subhunter slid off a runway into the ocean at a Marine Corps air station on Hawaii last week. The Navy is preparing to haul it out. The post Navy releases underwater video of P-8A stuck in Hawaiian coral field appeared first on Task & Purpose.
Matt White

Home Again and a Book Review November 27, 2023
Martha and I are home from our 49 day trip, 37 of which were camping days.We left the Enchanted Trails Campground west of Albuquerque, NM at 6:15 AM and were pulling into our home cul-de-sac at 3:15 PM. 9 hours on the road was a long but incident-free day.We motored with purpose and didn't stop […]
redlegsrides
A Museum, A Drive and Thanksgiving in Fountain Hills, AZ November 25, 2023
Wednesday, November 22We drove the Honda CR-V to the Superstitions Mountain Museum located of course near the Superstitions Mountains.The main emphasis of the museum seemed to be the tale of the Lost Dutchman's Mine. Note: The Dutchman himself, wasn't lost nor was he Dutch. He was in fact German!Martha called it a nicely curated museum, […]
redlegsrides

The Real Reason Voters Have Soured on Biden September 18, 2023
According to numerous recent polls, Americans believe the economy is in bad shape and don’t trust President Biden to manage it.In response, the president’s supporters have been arguing strenuously that the gloom is mistaken because in fact the economy is doing well—“extremely well,” according to New York Times columnist Paul Krugman; “astoundingly” well and “better than any other […]
Barry Eisler
If You Care About Privacy... June 22, 2023
If you care about privacy, please stop referring to "privacy advocates." This reflexive phrase implies that certain individuals are trying to increase privacy or otherwise change the status quo--an uphill battle regardless of the issue at hand because most people instinctively distrust and even fear change.In fact, privacy is under increasing assault by government and […]
Barry Eisler

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 […]
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 […]

"Home" vs. "Away" May 20, 2022
I’m home now. I’m looking at the flea market couch I brought up from California; I had cushions made three times over the years till I got it just right. Now it’s just right. It’s been in my life 42 years. Tim has been in my life 34 years, but he had to be out of […]
CloudyinAK
Goodbye, Toronto May 10, 2022
I’m saying my goodbyes to Toronto. I’ve seen my last Hot Docs Festival film, and I’m just back from my last author program. I’ve probably had my last roti, checked out my last book at my local branch library, gone to my last art workshop. Horror of horrors, I’ve even watched my last play. The thing […]
CloudyinAK

The know-it-all problem November 26, 2023
News as propaganda kills trust Sometimes it is hard to tell whether scientists or journalists are most responsible for the pervasive global warming skepticism in the world’s largest and most powerful […]
craigmedred
Rundown and dead November 23, 2023
Update: Alaska State Troopers say they have now cited a 28-year-old Healy man on charges of “negligent driving” in connection with this collision. They say Austin Gibbs was charged after “a […]
craigmedred

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

Sitka Nature Show #295 – Starling Birch August 13, 2023
Download Radio Show The August 13th show featured a conversation with Starling Birch, videographer and mountain adventurer. We talked about the pleasure and pain of adventuring into the mountains. We also considered the motivations that drive us to put ourselves in often unpleasant and potentially regretful circumstances when exploring the challenging landscape that surrounds us […]
matt goff
Sitka Nature Show #294 – Derek Sikes July 30, 2023
Download Radio Show The July 30th show featured a conversation with Derek Sikes, curator of insects at the Museum of the North and Professor of entomology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. We spoke about bug camps, collecting, more generally about terrestrial arthropods in Alaska, and some particular questions of current interest. If you have […]
matt goff

Sandra's Fresh Apple Pecan Cake (9x13") September 18, 2023
My husband loves this cakeso much he had two pieces 'after' eating lunch...Ingredients2 Eggs1 ½ cup Canola Oil2 cups Granulated Sugar3 cups A-P Flour2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon½ teaspoon Ground Nutmeg½ teaspoon Kosher Salt1 ½ teaspoons Baking Soda4 cups Chopped Apples (peeled and cored): measure after chopping1 cup chopped Pecans: measure after chopping1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract⅔ […]
sandra
SANDRA'S CINNAMON RAISIN STREUSEL MUFFINS August 17, 2023
An easy recipe to preparewith awesome results...Prep: 15 Mins. Bake: 30 Mins. Yield: 12 Cupcake-Size Muffins INGREDIENTS Muffin batter: WET: 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1 egg, beaten 2/3 cup milk DRY 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cup white sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking powder […]
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