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Showing posts with label UAA. Show all posts
Saturday, September 14, 2024

Innocence Project Ribs, Veggie Pickup, Steller Turns 50

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Keeping busy these days.  I'm in the third grade class daily mostly helping one young man catch up on his English but also with other ki...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Rachel Epstein Book on John Haines - May the Owl Call Again

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 Someone left a link to this book in a comment on a totally unrelated post - at least I didn't see any connection.   But Rachel worked i...
Friday, April 02, 2021

ISER Report On Lack Of ASD Maintenance And School Board Election Happening Now

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  ISER* has a new study.  Below is the summary.   This link gets you to the whole report. A new analysis of Alaska’s K-12 Capital Spending s...
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Saturday, October 31, 2020

When Our Sphere Gets Shrunk, There's More Time To See What's Still There - The Sun And The Moon And Merton

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 Last night, when I went outside, the moon was already big.  And a little googling helped me set my camera so it wasn't washed out.   An...
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Bev Beeton, I'm Glad I Got To Know You

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 The Anchorage Daily News has an obituary for Beverly Beeton this week.   I was a faculty member at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA...
Friday, July 10, 2020

Garth Jones Leaves A Big Hole As He Leaves Us At 95

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I saw the obituary in the ADN yesterday morning before my bike ride.  The picture was of a man who lived  at least 25 years before I met h...
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Thursday, June 11, 2020

Chinese And Blacks And Asian Americans

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Some Chinese Americans I know passed this article on to me.  They were angry about anti-black racism by fellow Chinese in the US - particula...
Thursday, February 27, 2020

Dissemination of Info: ISER Talk; SD Library Shutting Down Depository; The Library Book And Libraries

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Here are three connected short discussions. 1.  ISER Discussion on Red Dog Mine One Week From Tomorrow. Long-Term Benefits to Communiti...
Thursday, February 13, 2020

Climate Change Giant Paul Hawken In Anchorage Thursday Free At UAA

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Feeling overwhelmed by Climate Change and other issues.  Learn how the top ways the world can slow down climate change.  Some are surprising...
Monday, October 07, 2019

What We Need To Know About Homelessness In Anchorage - Working My OLÉ Class Notes

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Our Friday Homelessness OLÉ class speaker was late Friday afternoon.  The class monitor, at one point, was going to call the day's class...
Tuesday, October 01, 2019

Once Upon A Time I Thought I Might Catch Up. Fat Chance.

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As I wrote the title, I realized we never can catch up in life, but I was referring to little things like writing blog posts and paying the ...
Monday, September 16, 2019

Why I Live Here - A Little Nature Break

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Had some errands to run, but that also gave me the opportunity to take in some looking nature spots.  So just let yourself slide into the pi...
Saturday, September 14, 2019

Jonathan Haidt At Citizens Climate Lobby And Then Cauliflower And Carrots At Farmers Market

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Anchorage voters are adamant that the summer flower budget isn't cut.  So the municipal green house keeps busy all year.  And the best t...
Friday, September 13, 2019

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We walked over to the university (of Alaska Anchorage) the other night.  It was a beautiful evening. Even though it...
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Friday, August 02, 2019

Chancellor "Ask Me Anything" Session With UAA Community

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It was already standing room only when I got to the meeting with UAA Chancellor Sandeen.  With the governor's budget cuts, and the Board...