August 1, 2018

Fisheries Collapse in Alaska Kenai collapse

[link:https://craigmedred.news/2018/07/31/kenai-collapse/|

Alaska’s most famous salmon river is heading into August on the cusp of an unprecedented salmon collapse.

Not since 1979, when the 49th state was still battling back from a salmon crash caused by less than stellar fisheries management and a two-decade-long, cold-water regime in the North Pacific Ocean, has the Kenai River neared the end of July with so few sockeye salmon in-river.

The sockeye failure has forced a temporary closure in the commercial fishery that looks to become permanent even as anger level rises; an early end to the popular personal-use dipnet fishery that helps tens of thousands of Alaskans fill their freezers in the name of food security; a no-harvest rule in the fading fishery for the rivers once famous Chinook, and a reduction in the sport-fish bag limit for sockeye salmon which has come fuel a good chunk of the Kenai Peninsula tourism industry.

July 31, 2018

Hand-out news an Article by Craig Medred

https://craigmedred.news/2018/07/31/hand-out-news/

The climbing season on North America’s tallest mountain is now well over, and if it feels like you missed it, well, there’s a reason.

And that involves a story not about mountaineering, but about how news gets delivered or doesn’t in these United States in the second decade of the new millennium.


In this case, a fair bit of the news never arrived, though it was out there. But it’s pretty much pointless to talk about this without first explaining how the news works today.

(a great article...alaskan journalism at it's finest)

July 31, 2018

so my doctor says my kidneys are doing very poorly

60 years old and starting to feel it.

so he says no tomato, avocado, potato, banana etc...diabetes and high blood pressure have damaged my kidneys...funny tho...I feel better than I have in years...lost lots of weight and have not been sick at all. I work two jobs seven days a week and have done this for years. so anyone have any tips on what I can eat that is low potassium and maybe regenerative to kidneys?
can't say I'm liking the idea of never eating avocados or tomatoes again...

July 19, 2018

Biologists kill 4 black bears at Muldoon campground

[link:http://www.ktva.com/story/38678035/biologists-kill-black-bear-at-muldoon-campground|

State biologists have killed four black bears at a campground near Muldoon Road, after reports of bears tearing open tents looking for food.

Ken Marsh, a spokesman for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, said Wednesday afternoon that biologists killed a sow and three cubs at the Centennial Park Campground, off the Glenn Highway near Muldoon.

“Apparently the sow was tearing into a tent with somebody in it when we got the report,” Marsh said.

July 6, 2018

PP CS 5.5 exported mp4 audio

I made a slideshow with an audio soundtrack. I exported it to a usb thumbdrive. It plays back wonderfully on my computer...but when plugged into a dvd player it will only playback the video. It gives an error message that audio format is not supported. is there a setting I can use when creating and exporting a slideshow that will allow it to be played on a computer and a television from a thumbdrive?

July 5, 2018

How do you deal with you tube anthropology?

June 21, 2018

#Alaska #Death #Wilderness Hiker killed and Eaten by #Grizzly...Searcher Mauled!

http://www.ktva.com/story/38467047/search-underway-for-missing-eagle-river-hiker

An Eagle River man who went missing after he reportedly went out for a hike Monday has been found dead, with a searcher injured Wednesday after police say he was mauled by a bear.

Although Anchorage police initially said 44-year-old Michael Soltis had been killed by a brown bear, Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials didn't confirm that detail Wednesday.

June 7, 2018

Baritone Strings for my 6 string Epiphone

I needed some new strings and ordered Elixir Strings 80/20 Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings w NANOWEB Coating, Baritone...

I did not even notice the BARITONE part of the description...so i got the strings Acoustic guitar strings constructed with 80/20 (80% copper, 20% zinc) bronze wrap wire Played for a crisp, bright tone with an expressive, vibrant presence Ultra-thin NANOWEB Coating provides a more traditionally textured, “uncoated” feel Our patented coating technology protects against common corrosion, extending tone life longer than any other brand’s coated or uncoated strings (Elixir Strings player survey) Baritone gauge: .016 .022 .030 .047 .059 .070 (perfect for players who frequently use drop-tuning)

very very sweet...these strings make my guitar sound like a real gibson...why have I never heard of these strings before? It's almost like I got a new guitar....

May 25, 2018

Old Family Photos Alaska Native Americans

May 24, 2018

another vanity post of my artwork

I did these