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Zlatan Vehabović explaining his work at the opening of the Croatian Art Exhibition in the ECB Main Building in Frankfurt. 26 Jun 2019

NY Eve - Capital Hilton (January 2013), read more at hypnoticfun.blogspot.com/

The mayor of Montreal, Gerald Tremblay answers questions from the press after the official launch of the bicycle rental, BIXI (Bike Taxi) project, September 22, 2008!

 

The project has since enjoyed enormous success is now being exported to other cities around the world!

 

It seemed fitting to have the official launch on the very day the city makes an attempt to being more green by banning cars in the core downtown area!

 

I have always thought it would seem more genuine to prohibit cars for the whole day rather than the 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM idea, which seems conveniently timed to allow morning rush hour in and out of the city core, thus defeating the spirit of the day!

 

La journée en ville sans ma voiture! 2008 Montreal Car Free Day

D3000 was withdrawn by BR in 1972 and then used by NCB at various pits in South Wales, ending up at NCB Maerdy in 1986 when it was sold off for preservation.

At first they moved to Brighton where it is seen here c.1988

with a placard explaining its history.

 

The Great Wave by Hokusai: Great Art Explained

youtu.be/IBcB_dYtGUg

 

The Noren was previous purchase.

 

New eBay Obi: www.flickr.com/photos/21728045@N08/24518908125/in/datepos...

 

Gently used eBay Kimono:

www.flickr.com/photos/21728045@N08/24080399470/in/datepos...

 

Symbolism of KIMONO patterns

 

“Crane” 鶴(TSURU) symbolizes longevity, good fortune, fidelity, a symbol for peace, hope and healing in challenging times.

 

"Phoenix" 鳳凰(HOUOU) was adopted as a symbol of the imperial household, particularily the empress. This mythical bird represents fire, the sun, justice, obedience, fidelity, and the southern star constellations. The maeaning of Phoenix in Japan is very similar to China. It is the symbol of peace.

 

"Peacock" 孔雀(KUJAKU) is associated with an emblem of love, compassionate watchfulness, good will, nurturing, and kind-heartedness.

 

“Mandarin duck” オシドリ(OSHIDORI)means that to strengthen the togetherness of the husband and wife and also help them achieve marital bliss. “Mandarin duck” can also be used by people who are finding difficult to search a life partner. It also helps to bring a good luck in ones love life. They are also the best enhancers for married couples and help to solve problems in married life.

 

“Pheasant” キジ(KIJI) is a divine messenger for Amaterasu(shining in heaven), the great sun goddess, abundance and promise.

 

"Swallow" ツバメ(TSUBAME) is a symbol of good luck, fidelity in marriage, and fertility.

 

“Turtle” 亀(KAME) is a symbol for longevity and cosmic order.

 

“Butterflies” 蝶(CHOU) represent joy and longevity, fine beauty and delicate.

 

“Cherry blossom” 桜(SAKURA) is a symbol of love, joy and spiritual awareness.

 

"Pine Trees" 松(MATSU) represent longevity, good fortune, steadfastness and immortality.

 

“Imperial chrysanthemum” 菊(KIKU) is a symbol of healing properties for drunkenness, nervous disability and general debilitating illnesses as well as endurance and integrity.

 

"Peony" 牡丹(BOTAN) is a symbol of nobility and value, as well as the ideals of fortune and wealth.

 

“Plum blossom” 梅(UME) is a symbol of endurance, hope, virtue and longevity.

 

"Cedar tree” 杉(SUGI) is a symbol for healing, cleansing and rituals of protection.

 

“Wisteria tree” フジ(FUJI) is a symbol of romance and the mysteries of a great and enduring love. 

 

"Maple" カエデ(KAEDE) is a symbol of great blessings, elegance, beauty, and grace.

 

“Iris” カキツバタ(KAKITSUBATA) signify protection from evil spirits.

 

“Bellflower” キキョウ(KIKYO) is a symbol of unchanging love, honesty and obedience.”

 

“Cloud” 雲(KUMO) is a symbol of air, water, and heaven which represent the balance between emotion and intellect.

 

“Mountains” 山(YAMA) depict sacred places between heaven and earth, and birds flying over mountains signify overcoming life’s challenges.

 

“River” 川(KAWA) represents continuity and the future.

 

“SENSU” (扇子) is a symbol of friendship, respect, good wishes and social status.

 

“TAIKO" 太鼓 (Japanese traditional drum)”is a symbol of purification to dispel evil spirits. Taiko existed and was used in the ancient Japan over symbolic significance in Buddhism.

1910 postmarked postcard view of an interurban trolley car stopped in Akron, Indiana. This was the first day of service by the Winona Interurban Railway that ran from Peru through Akron and Warsaw to Goshen. A March 1910 article in Electric Railway Journal¹ explained that the Warsaw to Goshen segment had opened in 1906 and this segment to Peru opened for operation on February 14, 1910.

 

This view was looking northwest at the intersection of Mishawaka and Rochester streets. According to the 1901 Sanborn™ fire insurance map set for Akron, Mishawaka Street was known as Main Street, and a note indicates it had previously been known as Gilead Avenue and Mentone Avenue. The map set also indicates Rochester Street was previously Main Street or Rochester Road.

 

The trolley car was sitting south of the station on Mishawaka Street. The 1912 Sanborn™ fire insurance map set for Akron shows the Interurban station about half a block north of this intersection in the Akron Hotel building. It appears the car was moved a short distance south past the station so the photographer could get a better shot on this important first day of service.

 

One of the few business signs in this scene was the EMAHISER AND RUSSELL sign mounted above an advertisement for KELLOGG’S TOASTED CORN FLAKES. Beneath those signs was a water pump. The 1901 map set indicates a windmill, well and pump at that location with a 1,000-gallon elevated water tank nearby. Wendell and John Tombaugh produced a Fulton County handbook² that says the town pump was "Located on NW corner of Rochester and Mishawaka streets, on the E side of Emahiser and Russell's Grocery, which occupied the corner room." Both the 1901 and the 1912 Sanborn™ map sets show a grocery on that corner. The windmill and elevated tank were gone by the time this photograph was taken.

 

Another partial sign below the Kellogg’s sign advertised an OPERA HOUSE. The 1912 map set shows a 5c theatre next door to the grocery (west) on Rochester Street, but a more likely candidate was in the building just west of this intersection on the south side of Rochester Street. The 1912 map set shows a stage with a balcony on the second floor of that building above a business selling dry goods, boots & shoes and groceries. A note on the map sheet also indicates that space was being used by a fraternal organization. The previously referenced handbook³ says the opera house was located above a department store and was later used as the Masonic Lodge hall.

 

The large partial poster on the side of the Emahiser and Russell grocery included ONE NIGHT TUESDAY SEP. 21. That date would have been in 1909 and may have been advertising a showing at the nearby theatre.

 

The signs on the building at the northeast corner of the intersection advertised CHINAWARE, FRUITS, GROCERIES and a 5 AND 10c COUNTER. The 1912 Sanborn™ map set shows a business at this location selling groceries and chinaware.

 

The lettering on the horse-drawn wagon advertised John Thom____ DRAY PHONE 97. John Thompson was listed in the census as a teamster in Akron.

 

1. Electric Railway Journal, Vol. XXXV, No. 12 (New York, NY: McGraw Publishing Co., 1910), page 481. Available online at books.google.com/books?id=T41MAAAAYAAJ&printsec=front....

 

2. Wendall C. and John B. Tombaugh, A Fulton County Indiana Handbook (Rochester, IN: Tombaugh House, 2001). Viewable online at www.fulco.lib.in.us/genealogy-files/handbooks/handbook_c.htm.

 

3. Ibid.

 

From a private collection.

 

The full postcard image can be seen here.

 

www.flickr.com/photos/hoosier_recollections/5344286315/

 

Copyright 2010-2018 Hoosier Recollections. All rights reserved. This creative JPG file package is an original compilation of materials and data. The package is unique, consisting of a wide variety of related and integrated components. Neither this package in its entirety nor any of the individual components may be downloaded, transmitted or reproduced without the prior written permission of Hoosier Recollections.

As I opened my laptop to do some work at Scoop Ice Cream / Coffee Shop in Payson, the store owner pulled a string and offered me a place to plug in.

 

Chris designed this system, a ceiling mounted retractable extension cord, bound with electrical tape to two scoops for a weight.

 

The simplicity of the idea won me over.

Anthony explains the artist that inspired the pieces of art his piece was inspired by...

  

Photo by Chris

MOXIE engineer Asad Aboobaker explains the technology demonstration that will work to extract oxygen from the thin, mostly CO2 atmosphere at Mars -- tech that could help future astronauts breathe.

 

NASA opened its doors to media and social media its annual "State of NASA" event, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at the agency’s locations across the country, including the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. JPL hosted 29 digital creators to learn how the center’s robotic missions help future human exploration of the Moon and Mars. Participants met scientists and engineers, and went behind the scenes in mission control, an indoor "Mars Yard" for testing landers and rovers, and the Spacecraft Assembly Facility, where Mars 2020, NASA's next rover, is preparing for launch later this year. www.nasa.gov/social/state-of-nasa

 

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

In January I posted a picture of the Matterhorn and explained that it had been a lifelong dream of mine to see it. See it I did, and I enjoyed it so much. But before my dream of seeing the Matterhorn I longed to see Stonehenge. Maybe it is the Sci-fi fan in me, but something about the mystery of the place has always held my imagination.

But when it came to Stonehenge I never really contemplated making my vision of it a reality. I had heard that it was far outside of London. It was a long, boring trip to get there, and aside from ancient rocks, there was nothing else to see.

 

(Plus there is the fact that I visited London once in college and never really expected to make it back. There are, after all, many other great places to see in the world. And I didn't expect to spend my time going back to a big city I had already visited. I'm from San Francisco and LA, who needs another big city!

 

Well, it was a pretty long trip outside of London. And there really wasn't much around the ancient rocks. But it was totally worth it. I went out there with my wife, and our dear friends the Halversons (beachbumhal) . We kept each other company on the train ride and then enjoyed photographing this monument from every angle. I took so many shots because, once again, I didn't want to leave without a great shot. I must have taken a dozen of this exact same shot!

 

Did I say it was worth it? Yes, it was worth it. I would have loved to walk up and touch it, but I guess if everyone did that then people would keep chipping chunks out of the rocks and there would be nothing left to marvel at. Ahhh...I never would have guess I would have so many fulfilling events in my life!

this conspiracy against me? & tell me how i've lost my power..

 

Tomé todo mi dinero y me escapé, directo hacia el valle de la Gran División, allí donde se esconden todos los sueños. Ahí donde el viento no sopla, Ahí donde las buenas chicas mueren & no caerá nieve del cielo..

Ahí donde los pájaros no cantan

Ahí donde los campos no crecen

Ahí donde las campanas no suenan.. ♥

 

Un sucio cuento de hadas- the killers.

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As seen at the SF Pride parade last weekend.

 

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Full set here, other SF events here.

 

Also see: Carnaval SF 2011, Bay to Breakers 2011, and the How Weird Street Faire 2011.

 

4-H is a global network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development." They do this by learning through service. A 4-H group known as the O.W.L.S., Outdoor Wildlife Leadership Service, visited Brandon Spring Group Center at Land Between The Lakes in May 2016. O.W.L.S. educates kids on a variety of outdoor, survival, and identification skills. These include wildlife tracking, studying avian populations, Dutch oven cooking, and ice cream making. These 4-H’ers planted a butterfly garden, weeded flowerbeds, and helped with trail work and maintenance projects. Photo by Brian Truskey

ROSMAN, NC (January 19, 2015): On Monday night, January 19, Rosman High School celebrated its 50th annual Miss Bengal pageant. There couldn't be a better night for celebrating passionate students and future leaders in our schools.

 

Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.”

 

Rosman High School offers numerous programs targeting character education, both as part the curriculum and through clubs and service opportunities. The 50-year history of the Miss Bengal Pageant is one way Rosman High has reinforced the importance of character. The pageant has long taken place on the Monday night of semester break (with a Saturday snow date) for a variety of reasons.

 

Participants are evaluated on their talent, poise, future plans, and comportment: many of the things colleges and employers look for in our graduates, and their future students or employees.

 

This year's participants were:

Abby Buchanan ('18)

Blakely Owen ('16)

Madison Gingrich ('15)

Emma Henderson ('18)

Alexandria Galloway ('16)

Olivia Bishop ('16)

Robin Crowe ('17)

Jacey Voris ('15)

Claire Harris ('15)

Cassidy Knye ('16)

Madison Allen ('18)

Megan Brightwell ('16)

Shaylon Combs ('16)

Carli Batson ('15)

Hayleigh Mann ('15)

 

These highly-committed students, and many attendees, keep very busy schedules with school and extracurriculars, so the night is kept free for this special event, and tickets sell out weeks in advance.

 

The opening introduction and crowning were performed by Miss Bengal 2014, senior Hannah Reese. Former “Bengal” winners Loretta Sanders, Emily Reese Jones, Missy West, and Ashley Harris all emceed portions of the evening, from interviews and school dress, to the talent and evening gown competitions. Past winners Ashleigh Jamerson (Bengal ’12) and Hannah Reese performed talent at the intermissions as well.

 

RHS principal Donivan Edwards noted that, with a teacher workday scheduled before and after, students and staff had the run of the stage and school, setting up the elaborate stage design. Tammy Hall, teacher and pageant organizer, further explained how “Bengal” fits into Rosman High’s vision for character:

 

“I truly believe that Bengal is a very positive activity for the young women at Rosman High School. Bengal promotes community service, it builds character and confidence, and it allows students to reflect on who they are and what is important to them. The girls get to form relationships with people that they may not normally get to spend time with and they get to share their talent with everyone. Additionally, it provides a scholarship to the winner if they further their education after high school.

 

“I believe that Bengal does exactly what Mr. King was talking about in the quote mentioned above.”

 

The panel of judges included Dustin Cox, Jeremy Gibbs, Melody Gorman, Judy Edwards, and Tammy Reeves Duffy.

 

On the same night, RHS students also led the way during MLK activities centered around Brevard College. Rosman Middle and High chorus teacher Grayson Barton shared that Anna Carrillo (RHS ’16) and Casey Mesaeh (RHS ’15) both sang at Brevard College's MLK Celebration on Monday, January 19, at the Porter Center: “It was a big performance for them, and they both did an outstanding job!”

 

© 2015, Transylvania County Schools. All rights reserved.

Smena 8M

Kodak UltraMax 400

 

Title from Explain by Oneohtrix Point Never

Jon Magnuson, Executive Director of the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, Michigan

906-2285494

magnusonx2@charter.net

www.earthkeepersup.org

www.cedartreeinstitute.org

 

EarthKeepers II (EK II) Project Coordinator Kyra Fillmore Ziomkowski explains creating 30 interfaith community gardens (2013-2014) across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan that include vegetables and native species plants that encourage and help pollinators like bees and butterflies.

 

The video was shot on April 5, 2013 at the Big Bay Point Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast in Big Bay, MI during a meeting of EK II representatives.

 

An Interfaith Energy Conservation and Community Garden Initiative Across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Restore Native Plants and Protect the Great Lakes from Toxins like Airborne Mercury in cooperation with the EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, U.S. Forest Service, 10 faith traditions and Native American tribes such as Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

 

10 faiths: Roman Catholic" "Episcopal" "Jewish" "Lutheran" "Presbyterian" "United Methodist" "Bahá'í" "Unitarian Universalist" "American Friends" "Quaker" "Zen Buddhist" "

 

EK II website

EarthKeepersUP.org

 

Nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute

Marquette, MI

www.CedarTreeInstitute.org

 

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

www.greatlakesrestoration.us

www.epa.gov

 

Deborah Lamberty

Program Analyst

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Great Lakes National Program Office

Chicago, IL

 

Lamberty.Deborah@epa.gov

312-886-6681

 

Pastor Albert Valentine II

Manistique, MI

Manistique Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer

Gould City Community Presbyterian Church

Presbytery of Mackinac

www.presbymac.org

 

Rev. Christine Bergquist

Bark River United Methodist Church

First UMC of Hermansville

United Methodist Church Marquette District

www.mqtdistrict.com

 

Rev. Elisabeth Zant

Eden Evangelical Lutheran Church

Munising, MI

www.edenevangelical.org

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Northern Great Lakes Synod

www.nglsynod.org

 

Heidi Gould

Marquette, MI

Marquette Unitarian Universalist Congregation

www.mqtuu.org

twitter.com/Heidi_Gould

 

Rev. Pete Andersen

Marquette, MI

ELCA

 

Helen Grossman

Temple Beth Sholom

Jewish Synagogue

 

Rev. Stephen Gauger

Calvary Lutheran Church

Rapid River, MI

ELCA

 

Jan Schultz, Botanist

U.S. Forest Service (USFS)

Eastern Region 9

EK II Technical Advisor for Community Gardens

Milwaukee, WI

 

USFS

www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/nativegardening

www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers

www.wildlifeforever.org

 

Pollinator photos by Nancy Parker Hill

www.nancyhillphoto.com

 

Rev. David Van Kley, Senior Pastor

Rev. Amanda Kossow, Associate Pastor

www.marquettelutherans.org

 

Messiah Lutheran Church

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Marquette, Michigan

 

Rev. David Van Kley, Senior Pastor

Rev. Amanda Kossow, Associate Pastor

www.marquettelutherans.org

  

NMU EK II Student Team

Katelin Bingner

Tom Merkel

Adam Magnuson

 

EK II social sites

www.youtube.com/EarthKeepersII

vimeo.com/EarthKeepersII

EarthKeepersII.blogspot.com

EarthKeepersII.wordpress.com

www.facebook.com/EarthKeepersII

www.twitter.com/EarthKeeperTeam

pinterest.com/EarthKeepersII

pinterest.com/EarthKeepersII/Great-Lakes-Restoration-Init...

pinterest.com/EarthKeepersII/EarthKeepers-II-and-the-EPA-...

Lake Superior Zendo

Zen Buddhist Temple

Marquette, Michigan

 

Rev. Tesshin Paul Lehmberg

906 226-6407

plehmber@nmu.edu

 

Dr. Michael Grossman, representing Jewish Temple Beth Sholom in Ishpeming, MI

Helen Grossman, representing Jewish Temple Beth Sholom in Ishpeming, MI

906-475-4009 (hm)

906-475-4127 (wk)

www.templebethsholom-ishpeming.org

www.templebethsholom-ishpeming.org/tikkun

www.templebethsholom-ishpeming.org/aboutus

 

Wild Rice: 8 videos

www.learningfromtheearth.org/video-interviews/wild-rice-m...

 

Birch – 2 videos

www.learningfromtheearth.org/video-interviews/paper-birch...

 

Photos (click on each name or topic to see the respective photo galleries):

www.learningfromtheearth.org/photo-gallery

 

www.picasaweb.google.com/Yoopernewsman/JonReport?authuser...

www.picasaweb.google.com/100329402090002004302/JonReport?...

 

“Albert Einstein speculated once that if bees disappeared off the surface of the earth, then humans would have only four years of life left.”

the late Todd Warner, KBIC Natural Resource Director

 

Links:

 

Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project website:

www.wingsandseeds.org

 

Cedar Tree Institute: Zaagkii Project

www.cedartreeinstitute.org/2010/07/wings-seeds-zaagkii-pr...

www.cedartreeinstitute.org/2009/01/wings-seeds-the-zaagki...

 

Zaagkii Project Videos on youtube (also uploaded to dozens of internet sites):

www.youtube.com/ZaagkiiTV

 

KBIC Pollinator Preservation

www.indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2008/0...

Zaagkii Project Indigenous Plants Help Give New Face to Sand Point on Keweenaw Bay www.indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2008/0...

 

Zaagkii Project 2010: U.S. Forest Service & Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Native Plants Greenhouse

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hoq5xXHDF4E

United States Forest Service sponsored Zaagkii Project featured on Pollinator Live

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P3DPfxx7Jw

 

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #9: Teens Painting Mason Bee Houses in Northern Michigan

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIIV6jrlT20

 

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #8: Marquette, Michigan Teens Build Mason Bee Houses

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3MBfV7ION8

 

Zaagkii Project Butterfly Houses: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, U.S. Forest Service

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGQScEI9x7Q

 

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #6: "The Butterfly Lady" Susan Payant teaches teens about Monarchs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlIgsuTFSuM

 

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #5: Terracotta half-life, Marquette, MI band supports environment projects

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqlFCHwW30o

 

2009 Zaagkii Video #4: Michigan teens meet 150,000 swarming honeybees with beekeeper Jim Hayward

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2B4MEzM7w4

 

2009 Zaagkii Video #3: Michigan teens give away mason bee houses, honor supporters

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqfWeEgDxTY

 

2009 Zaagkii Project #2: Historic KBIC native plants greenhouse, USFS protects pollinators

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg8H5nhvzzc

 

2009 Zaagkii Project #1: Students make bee houses, plant native species plants

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8jqJAQyXwE

 

Zaagkii Project Butterfly Houses: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, U.S. Forest Service:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGQScEI9x7Q

 

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens, KBIC tribal youth protect pollinators

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoPJOXHt7pI

 

Zaagkii Project – Northern Michigan University:

www.webb.nmu.edu/Centers/NativeAmericanStudies/SiteSectio...

 

Native Village stories: Beautiful Layout by Owner Gina Boltz:

Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project: A Project by Ojibwe Students from the Keweenah Bay Indian Community

www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...

 

NMU Students Join Pollinator Protection Initiative

www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...

 

KBIC Tribal youth protect pollinators

www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...

 

Teens Help with Sweet Nature Project

www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...

 

USFS Success Stories:

Restoring Native Plants on the Enchanted Island

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=6274

 

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Native Plant Greenhouse & Workshop

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5499

  

Intertribal Nursery Council Annual Meeting a Success

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=6276

 

New Greenhouse for KBIC Restoration

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5336

  

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds - An Update

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5076

 

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=4025

 

News Stories:

U.P. teens build butterfly houses, grow 26,000 indigenous plants

www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/519835.html?...

 

Effort to protect pollinators launched

www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/512810.html

 

Marquette Monthly (Sept. 2009):

www.mmnow.com/mm_archive_folder/09/0909/feature.html

 

As bees die, Keweena Bay Indian Community adults, teens actively protect pollinators

www.nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view...

 

Michigan Teens Build Butterfly Houses and Plant 26,000 Native Plants through the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project

www.treehugger.com/culture/michigan-teens-build-butterfly...

 

Examples of numerous Gather.com articles with lots of photos/videos:

 

Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens and KBIC tribal youth are protecting pollinators by building butterfly houses and planting native plants

www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977550233

 

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Protecting Pollinators

www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977428640

 

2009 Zaagkii Project #2: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in 2010 to build first Native American native species plants greenhouse on tribal property in U.S.

www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978040745

 

2009 Zaagkii Project #1: Northern Michigan Teens Protect Pollinators with U.S. Forest Service, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, NMU Center for Native American Studies: Build mason bee houses, butterfly houses, distribute thousands of native species plants

www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978040729

 

Zaagkii Project Internet sites – blogs, photos, videos etc.:

 

ZaagkiiProject on flickr

www.flickr.com/photos/zaagkiiproject

www.flickr.com/people/zaagkiiproject

 

Zaagkii on youtube:

www.youtube.com/ZaagkiiTV

 

Zaagkii on bliptv:

www.zaagkiitv.blip.tv

 

Zaagkii on word press:

www.zaagkiiproject.wordpress.com

 

Zaagkii on Blogger:

www.zaagkiiproject.blogspot.com

 

Zaagkii on Photobucket:

www.photobucket.com/ZaagkiiProjectWingsSeeds

www.photobucket.com/ZaagkiiProjectWingsSeeds/?start=all

 

Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project website:

wingsandseeds.org

 

Cedar Tree Institute: Zaagkii Project

cedartreeinstitute.org/2010/07/wings-seeds-zaagkii-project

cedartreeinstitute.org/2009/01/wings-seeds-the-zaagkii-pr...

 

Zaagkii Project Videos on youtube (also uploaded to dozens of internet sites):

www.youtube.com/ZaagkiiTV

 

KBIC Pollinator Preservation

indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2008/08/15...

Zaagkii Project Indigenous Plants Help Give New Face to Sand Point on Keweenaw Bay indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2008/09/03...

 

Zaagkii Project 2010: U.S. Forest Service & Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Native Plants Greenhouse

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hoq5xXHDF4E

United States Forest Service sponsored Zaagkii Project featured on Pollinator Live

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P3DPfxx7Jw

 

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #9: Teens Painting Mason Bee Houses in Northern Michigan

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIIV6jrlT20

 

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #8: Marquette, Michigan Teens Build Mason Bee Houses

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3MBfV7ION8

 

Zaagkii Project Butterfly Houses: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, U.S. Forest Service

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGQScEI9x7Q

 

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #6: "The Butterfly Lady" Susan Payant teaches teens about Monarchs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlIgsuTFSuM

 

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #5: Terracotta half-life, Marquette, MI band supports environment projects

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqlFCHwW30o

 

2009 Zaagkii Video #4: Michigan teens meet 150,000 swarming honeybees with beekeeper Jim Hayward

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2B4MEzM7w4

 

2009 Zaagkii Video #3: Michigan teens give away mason bee houses, honor supporters

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqfWeEgDxTY

 

2009 Zaagkii Project #2: Historic KBIC native plants greenhouse, USFS protects pollinators

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg8H5nhvzzc

 

2009 Zaagkii Project #1: Students make bee houses, plant native species plants

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8jqJAQyXwE

 

Zaagkii Project Butterfly Houses: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, U.S. Forest Service:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGQScEI9x7Q

 

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens, KBIC tribal youth protect pollinators

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoPJOXHt7pI

 

Zaagkii Project – Northern Michigan University:

webb.nmu.edu/Centers/NativeAmericanStudies/SiteSections/A...

 

Native Village stories: Beautiful Layout by Owner Gina Boltz:

Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project: A Project by Ojibwe Students from the Keweenah Bay Indian Community

www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...

 

NMU Students Join Pollinator Protection Initiative

www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...

 

KBIC Tribal youth protect pollinators

www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...

 

Teens Help with Sweet Nature Project

www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...

 

USFS Success Stories:

Restoring Native Plants on the Enchanted Island

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=6274

 

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Native Plant Greenhouse & Workshop

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5499

 

Intertribal Nursery Council Annual Meeting a Success

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=6276

 

New Greenhouse for KBIC Restoration

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5336

 

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds - An Update

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5076

 

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=4025

 

News Stories:

U.P. teens build butterfly houses, grow 26,000 indigenous plants

www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/519835.html?...

 

Effort to protect pollinators launched

www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/512810.html

 

Marquette Monthly (Sept. 2009):

mmnow.com/mm_archive_folder/09/0909/feature.html

 

As bees die, Keweena Bay Indian Community adults, teens actively protect pollinators

nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=art...

 

Michigan Teens Build Butterfly Houses and Plant 26,000 Native Plants through the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project

www.treehugger.com/culture/michigan-teens-build-butterfly...

 

Examples of numerous Gather.com articles with lots of photos/videos:

 

Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens and KBIC tribal youth are protecting pollinators by building butterfly houses and planting native plants

www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977550233

 

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Protecting Pollinators

www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977428640

 

2009 Zaagkii Project #2: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in 2010 to build first Native American native species plants greenhouse on tribal property in U.S.

www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978040745

 

2009 Zaagkii Project #1: Northern Michigan Teens Protect Pollinators with U.S. Forest Service, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, NMU Center for Native American Studies: Build mason bee houses, butterfly houses, distribute thousands of native species plants

www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978040729

 

Zaagkii Project Internet sites – blogs, photos, videos etc.:

 

ZaagkiiProject on flickr

www.flickr.com/photos/zaagkiiproject

www.flickr.com/people/zaagkiiproject

 

Zaagkii on youtube:

www.youtube.com/ZaagkiiTV

 

Zaagkii on bliptv:

www.zaagkiitv.blip.tv

 

Zaagkii on word press:

zaagkiiproject.wordpress.com

 

Zaagkii on Blogger:

zaagkiiproject.blogspot.com

 

Zaagkii on Photobucket:

photobucket.com/ZaagkiiProjectWingsSeeds

photobucket.com/ZaagkiiProjectWingsSeeds/?start=all

We've reorganised a bit the dollhouse. The goal is just to explain to my daughter that she can change furnitures if she wants.

Since two weeks I've dreamed to take shoot of the dollhouse. Finally I've time. I've taken this two pictures and my daughter Margot asked me to play to the dollhouse. You'll have new shots next time.

Like a handful of City Churches, St Andrew had so far eluded me. But we went to London with hope in our heart.

 

St Andrew stands in the shadow of The Gherkin, and is greatly overshadowed by the modern city.

 

And I had yet to find it open.

 

But it was open this year for Open House, and we were given a warm welcome.

 

I spoke long to one of the volunteers, explained how frustrating it was that St Peter upon Cornhill is never open, without realising I was speaking probaly to one of the people who made that situation. However, I explained the Friends of the City Churches, and the great job they do in making sure so many of the churches are open, and she said she would see what she could go.

 

We shall see.

 

Inside, St Andrew was a little of a disappointment, with the feeling of a yoga studio, all wood paneling, and no pews.

 

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St Andrew Undershaft is a Church of England church in the City of London, the historic nucleus and modern financial centre of London. It is located on St. Mary Axe, within the Aldgate ward, and is a rare example of a City church that survived both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz.[1]

 

The present building was constructed in 1532 but a church has existed on the site since the 12th century. Today, St Andrew Undershaft is administered from the nearby St Helen's Bishopsgate church.

 

The first church on the site, which today is bordered by St. Mary Axe and Leadenhall Street, was built in medieval times, being recorded in 1147.[2] It was rebuilt in the 14th century and again in 1532;[3] this third incarnation of the building survives today. It is in the Perpendicular style[4] with its entrance located at the base of its off-centre tower. The interior is divided into six bays, with many of the original fittings that survived Victorian renovation. Formerly, St Andrew Undershaft had one of London's few surviving large stained-glass windows, installed in the 17th century, but this was destroyed in the Baltic Exchange bombing in 1992.

 

The church's curious name derives from the shaft of the maypole that was traditionally set up each year opposite the church.[5] The custom continued each spring until 1517, when student riots put an end to it, but the maypole itself survived until 1547 when it was seized by a mob and destroyed as a "pagan idol".

 

St Andrew Undershaft is now administered from the nearby church of St Helen's Bishopsgate. St Andrew Undershaft was designated a Grade I listed building on 4 January 1950.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew_Undershaft

 

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Located in the heart of London’s financial centre, next to the Lloyds Building and towered over by the Gherkin, is St. Andrew Undershaft. This church is easily lost among the iconic architecture that surrounds it and thus often goes unnoticed. Yet as one of only a few complete medieval churches in London, this Gothic building is worth a visit.

 

Before the advent of addresses, places were often given descriptive names to assist people in finding them. But with one of the more unusual church names in London, the natural question is why ‘undershaft’? In the early 1500s a massive maypole stood on the land adjacent to the church. This giant pole, or shaft, was likely taller than the church, which lead to the expression ‘undershaft’ being added as a descriptive to St. Andrew’s church. For more history on maypoles click here. The maypole was erected annually in spring – a tradition that continued until the ‘Ill May Day Riots’ of 1517. These riots, during the reign of Henry VIII, were targeted against foreigners living in London who were deemed to be gaining excessive wealth. The maypole was stored and not erected again. In 1549 the nearby church of St. Katherine Cree declared that maypoles were heather idols and should be destroyed. The giant maypole was destroyed, but its memory lives on.

 

The first recording of a church on this site was in 1147. It was rebuilt in the 1300s and again in the early 1500s. It is this building that dates primarily from 1520-1535 that is still there today. Unlike many buildings it survived the Great Fire intact. The turret and pinnacles that crown the tower are later additions from 1883. The building also survived the Blitz in WWII making it a rare survivor from the 16th Century.

 

The building contains many notable features, including 17th Century wood carvings, medieval roof bosses that include the insignia of Henry VIII and a memorial to Hans Holbein the Younger, who was Henry VIII’s court painter. The font was made by Nicholas Stone, the master mason to James I and Charles I. The organ was first installed in 1696. While various enhancements have been made to the organ, it is a very historically significant instrument due to its age. As such, it is consider a Grade I listed organ.

 

In 1992 an IRA bomb attack in this part of London caused widespread damage. Targeting the Baltic Exchange building at 30 St. Mary Axe, which at the time was the last remaining exchange floor in London, the 1-ton bomb caused massive damage. While due consideration was given to restoring the Baltic Exchange, its damage was so extensive it was later demolished. On the site now rises the Gherkin. Nearby St. Andrew Undershaft lost a magnificent 17th Century window that depicted numerous English monarchs, but the building survived.

 

Buried at the church is John Stow (d. 1605) who wrote the ‘Survey of London’ in 1598 – London’s first accurate written survey. Both he and his wife Elizabeth were members of this church. His memorial, made from alabaster and erected by his wife, has him holding a quill. This real quill pen is periodically replaced during a special ceremony overseen by the Lord Mayor. This ceremony occurs once every three years in early April. The next ceremony will be in 2017 and is hosted by the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society (see lamas.org.uk).

 

londonunveiled.com/2015/02/17/st-andrew-undershaft/

I was partly right . . .

 

The pyramidal objects at the edge of the bottom stairs depicted Zoroastrian fire temples!

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Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis

www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-banglade...

Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained

www.unrefugees.org/news/rohingya-refugee-crisis-explained/

Six Years of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: From Here to Where?

www.spf.org/apbi/news_en/b_240627.html

 

The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the North Rakhine State in western Burma. Over the past forty years, the Burmese government has systematically stripped over 1 million Rohingya of their citizenship. Recognized as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, the Rohingya are granted few social, economic and civil rights. They are subjected to forced labor, arbitrary land seizure, religious persecution, extortion, the freedom to travel, and the right to marry. Because of the abuse they endure in Burma, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma to seek sanctuary in neighboring Bangladesh. In the refugee camps along the south east coast where they settle, most are not recognized as refugees and are considered illegal economic migrants. Unwanted and unwelcome, they receive little or no humanitarian assistance and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment. In recent years, the Rohingya have paid brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia and even beyond to Australia, sparking the attention of governments throughout the region.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has confirmed that the statelessness of the Rohingya is not just a Burma-related problem, but a problem with larger regional implications.

 

pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...

pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...

pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...

www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...

blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...

pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20264279

I couldn't even explain how this started, except soon we were all on

the couch upside down and I said "now THIS would be a good photo" and

Gary jumped up (go Gary!) and got the camera and set it on the box and

ran back and forth with it while I made sure it was tuned properly (so

it WAS a self portrait, but a bit of a joint effort), and Rowan

insisted this should be my daily self portrait (so I'd have "at least

one fun one" - and she hasn't even SEEN the photostream!).

 

So, here you have it.

 

Unfortunately, this all happened about 10 minutes before I was going

to sweep out the living room, so please, don't think it always looks

this bad! Seriously, two cats who shed when they breathe too heavily,

two guinea pigs who send hay and wood chips everywhere when they run,

and the three of us, and this is just one day's worth of floor debris.

Ugh!

 

(And as an update to the comment I made on MichelleCan's similar, but

better - and cleaner! - pose, this is SO much easier to do on a couch

than in a chair, thank goodness!)

A student explains why Flipped Mastery has helped her to become a confident and competent math student.

U.S. Army Capt. Owen T. Tolson, left, explains to U.S. Marine Col. Scott F. Stebbins the different positions of the U.S. Army Patriot missile launcher's setup June 17 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. "The joint integration aspect of our unit is really important," said Tolson, a Dallas, Texas, native. "Our equipment and our operators really rely on the joint community to receive a better understanding of what's going on in the air and that only helps maximize our capabilities. Receiving more feedback from the joint community really helps our guys so that we're making informed decisions if we ever did have to process an engagement." Tolson is an air defense officer with Battery D, 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command. Stebbins is a Northglenn, Colorado, native and commanding officer of Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Diamond N. Peden/released)

Photo credit: Geoff Dexter Sherborne Publications

 

UB40 members Brian Travers and Jimmy Brown joined a Birmingham Against the Cuts press conference on Wednesday to protest about unemployment and to publicise the TUC demo on Saturday. They were joined by trade unionists and councillors.

 

There are now 1 in 10 on the dole in the West Midlands.

 

Brian Travers drew attention to a number of damning figures:

 

* There are currently 265,000 people unemployed in the West Midlands, that is 9.9%

* This was an increase of 27,000 over the previous 3 months

* Birmingham Ladywood male unemployment is 15.5%, 6,059 men

* 6 Birmingham constituencies have unemployment over 10%

* Birmingham City Council intend to sack 7,000 as a result of their recent budget

 

The speakers from the Trade Unions were Caroline Johnson, assistant secretary of Birmingham UNISON. She announced they are now on their 18th coach for Saturday. Birmingham UNISON is preparing to ballot its members for industrial action against the proposed cuts.

 

Tony Conway from the PCS described the effect that the cuts are having on civil servants, with hundreds facing the dole in Birmingham.

 

Mary Pearson from the NUT drew attention to government policy on Academies and ‘Free’ schools, and the effect that cuts will have on education.

 

Birmingham Council Labour Group leaders Albert Bore explained that Birmingham’s Council leaders have ‘front loaded’ the cuts in Birmingham – bringing forward the cuts far sooner than would be necessary.

 

Labour Councillor Mick Finnegan also spoke. He pointed out that at the recent Budget meeting Birmingham’s ConDem majority voted against putting money back into public services, preferring to make cuts.

 

Jimmy Brown from UB40 wound up the press conference saying that a massive injustice is taking place – that working people didn’t create the crisis, but we will be expected to pay for it.

 

There are now over 40 coaches heading to London on Saturday, with more being added daily.

George Johnson, our instructor in Visual Story, describes our first visual story assignment:

 

Create a interactive story using still frames.

CAPIZ, Philippines (July 29, 2015) Senior Airman Jason Heinl, from Tampa, Fla., attached to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), explains the PR1-17G, a communication device, to an Armed Forces of the Philippines service member during Pacific Partnership 2015. Mercy is currently in the Philippines for its third mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its tenth iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. While training for crisis conditions, Pacific Partnership missions to date have provided real world medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,999 animals. Additionally, the mission has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark El-Rayes/Released)

Refuge biologists explain telemetry and monitoring of turtles and other animals to CDIPs.

 

Credit: Lamar Gore/USFWS

Crews gossip by the shed on Peter Cunningham's 7mm (1:43 - British O) layout, which represents a Great Eastern Railway line in the 1910s-1920s time frame. The models are a mix of kit and scratchbuilt.

Peter believes the rewards of such projects, properly explained, will encourage more adults in their 30s and 40s to take up the hobby - and that this is a better strategy than trying to turn children into model railway enthusiasts.

Peter is our guest on Episode 11 of The Model Railway Show.

www.themodelrailwayshow.com

The U1 snRNP binds to the 5' end of the intron (donor site). U2AF proteins bind to the acceptor site and the polypyrimidine tract. See my video explaining the whole process of intron removal and exon splicing at www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0jT5bAf9Y.

We adopted Sam and Pip in early July, about a month after we lost 13 year old Frodo to cancer. I took this photo in September to make a get well card for my wife who was in the hospital at the time. She ended up spending most of the month of September there with 3 surgeries. It's been a long haul but she's slowly recovering at home now. Which explains why I've been away from Flickr for so long.

 

At the time this photo was taken, Sam (on the left) was almost 8 months and Pip, almost 5 months old. Sam is a Schnoodle (Schnauzer/Poodle mix), Pip is a Shih-Poo (Shih-Tzu/Poode mix). All 3 of our pups have the same father but 3 different mothers.

 

Sam is my designated camping/canoeing dog. He really enjoys taking long walks with me, is quiet, laid-back, loyal.

 

Pip is a lot more energetic and very mischievious. When we went to pick up Rosie in October, Pip ran off and disappeared into an 80 acre cornfield. I spent 6 long, agonizing days searching for him, very afraid that we'd lost him for good. I did manage to find him at the end of the 6th day though. Cold, hungry, a bit lighter but none the worse for wear. It was a great relief to find him and bring him home.

 

My Web Gallery

 

My Blog

  

Jon Magnuson, Executive Director of the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, Michigan

906-2285494

magnusonx2@charter.net

www.earthkeepersup.org

www.cedartreeinstitute.org

 

EarthKeepers II (EK II) Project Coordinator Kyra Fillmore Ziomkowski explains creating 30 interfaith community gardens (2013-2014) across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan that include vegetables and native species plants that encourage and help pollinators like bees and butterflies.

 

The video was shot on April 5, 2013 at the Big Bay Point Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast in Big Bay, MI during a meeting of EK II representatives.

 

An Interfaith Energy Conservation and Community Garden Initiative Across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Restore Native Plants and Protect the Great Lakes from Toxins like Airborne Mercury in cooperation with the EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, U.S. Forest Service, 10 faith traditions and Native American tribes such as Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

 

10 faiths: Roman Catholic" "Episcopal" "Jewish" "Lutheran" "Presbyterian" "United Methodist" "Bahá'í" "Unitarian Universalist" "American Friends" "Quaker" "Zen Buddhist" "

 

EK II website

EarthKeepersUP.org

 

Nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute

Marquette, MI

www.CedarTreeInstitute.org

 

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

www.greatlakesrestoration.us

www.epa.gov

 

Deborah Lamberty

Program Analyst

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Great Lakes National Program Office

Chicago, IL

 

Lamberty.Deborah@epa.gov

312-886-6681

 

Pastor Albert Valentine II

Manistique, MI

Manistique Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer

Gould City Community Presbyterian Church

Presbytery of Mackinac

www.presbymac.org

 

Rev. Christine Bergquist

Bark River United Methodist Church

First UMC of Hermansville

United Methodist Church Marquette District

www.mqtdistrict.com

 

Rev. Elisabeth Zant

Eden Evangelical Lutheran Church

Munising, MI

www.edenevangelical.org

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Northern Great Lakes Synod

www.nglsynod.org

 

Heidi Gould

Marquette, MI

Marquette Unitarian Universalist Congregation

www.mqtuu.org

twitter.com/Heidi_Gould

 

Rev. Pete Andersen

Marquette, MI

ELCA

 

Helen Grossman

Temple Beth Sholom

Jewish Synagogue

 

Rev. Stephen Gauger

Calvary Lutheran Church

Rapid River, MI

ELCA

 

Jan Schultz, Botanist

U.S. Forest Service (USFS)

Eastern Region 9

EK II Technical Advisor for Community Gardens

Milwaukee, WI

 

USFS

www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/nativegardening

www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers

www.wildlifeforever.org

 

Pollinator photos by Nancy Parker Hill

www.nancyhillphoto.com

 

Rev. David Van Kley, Senior Pastor

Rev. Amanda Kossow, Associate Pastor

www.marquettelutherans.org

 

Messiah Lutheran Church

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Marquette, Michigan

 

Rev. David Van Kley, Senior Pastor

Rev. Amanda Kossow, Associate Pastor

www.marquettelutherans.org

  

NMU EK II Student Team

Katelin Bingner

Tom Merkel

Adam Magnuson

 

EK II social sites

www.youtube.com/EarthKeepersII

vimeo.com/EarthKeepersII

EarthKeepersII.blogspot.com

EarthKeepersII.wordpress.com

www.facebook.com/EarthKeepersII

www.twitter.com/EarthKeeperTeam

pinterest.com/EarthKeepersII

pinterest.com/EarthKeepersII/Great-Lakes-Restoration-Init...

pinterest.com/EarthKeepersII/EarthKeepers-II-and-the-EPA-...

Lake Superior Zendo

Zen Buddhist Temple

Marquette, Michigan

 

Rev. Tesshin Paul Lehmberg

906 226-6407

plehmber@nmu.edu

 

Dr. Michael Grossman, representing Jewish Temple Beth Sholom in Ishpeming, MI

Helen Grossman, representing Jewish Temple Beth Sholom in Ishpeming, MI

906-475-4009 (hm)

906-475-4127 (wk)

www.templebethsholom-ishpeming.org

www.templebethsholom-ishpeming.org/tikkun

www.templebethsholom-ishpeming.org/aboutus

 

Wild Rice: 8 videos

www.learningfromtheearth.org/video-interviews/wild-rice-m...

 

Birch – 2 videos

www.learningfromtheearth.org/video-interviews/paper-birch...

 

Photos (click on each name or topic to see the respective photo galleries):

www.learningfromtheearth.org/photo-gallery

 

www.picasaweb.google.com/Yoopernewsman/JonReport?authuser...

www.picasaweb.google.com/100329402090002004302/JonReport?...

 

“Albert Einstein speculated once that if bees disappeared off the surface of the earth, then humans would have only four years of life left.”

the late Todd Warner, KBIC Natural Resource Director

 

Links:

 

Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project website:

www.wingsandseeds.org

 

Cedar Tree Institute: Zaagkii Project

www.cedartreeinstitute.org/2010/07/wings-seeds-zaagkii-pr...

www.cedartreeinstitute.org/2009/01/wings-seeds-the-zaagki...

 

Zaagkii Project Videos on youtube (also uploaded to dozens of internet sites):

www.youtube.com/ZaagkiiTV

 

KBIC Pollinator Preservation

www.indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2008/0...

Zaagkii Project Indigenous Plants Help Give New Face to Sand Point on Keweenaw Bay www.indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2008/0...

 

Zaagkii Project 2010: U.S. Forest Service & Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Native Plants Greenhouse

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hoq5xXHDF4E

United States Forest Service sponsored Zaagkii Project featured on Pollinator Live

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P3DPfxx7Jw

 

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #9: Teens Painting Mason Bee Houses in Northern Michigan

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIIV6jrlT20

 

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #8: Marquette, Michigan Teens Build Mason Bee Houses

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3MBfV7ION8

 

Zaagkii Project Butterfly Houses: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, U.S. Forest Service

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGQScEI9x7Q

 

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #6: "The Butterfly Lady" Susan Payant teaches teens about Monarchs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlIgsuTFSuM

 

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #5: Terracotta half-life, Marquette, MI band supports environment projects

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqlFCHwW30o

 

2009 Zaagkii Video #4: Michigan teens meet 150,000 swarming honeybees with beekeeper Jim Hayward

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2B4MEzM7w4

 

2009 Zaagkii Video #3: Michigan teens give away mason bee houses, honor supporters

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqfWeEgDxTY

 

2009 Zaagkii Project #2: Historic KBIC native plants greenhouse, USFS protects pollinators

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg8H5nhvzzc

 

2009 Zaagkii Project #1: Students make bee houses, plant native species plants

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8jqJAQyXwE

 

Zaagkii Project Butterfly Houses: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, U.S. Forest Service:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGQScEI9x7Q

 

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens, KBIC tribal youth protect pollinators

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoPJOXHt7pI

 

Zaagkii Project – Northern Michigan University:

www.webb.nmu.edu/Centers/NativeAmericanStudies/SiteSectio...

 

Native Village stories: Beautiful Layout by Owner Gina Boltz:

Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project: A Project by Ojibwe Students from the Keweenah Bay Indian Community

www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...

 

NMU Students Join Pollinator Protection Initiative

www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...

 

KBIC Tribal youth protect pollinators

www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...

 

Teens Help with Sweet Nature Project

www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...

 

USFS Success Stories:

Restoring Native Plants on the Enchanted Island

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=6274

 

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Native Plant Greenhouse & Workshop

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5499

  

Intertribal Nursery Council Annual Meeting a Success

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=6276

 

New Greenhouse for KBIC Restoration

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5336

  

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds - An Update

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5076

 

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=4025

 

News Stories:

U.P. teens build butterfly houses, grow 26,000 indigenous plants

www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/519835.html?...

 

Effort to protect pollinators launched

www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/512810.html

 

Marquette Monthly (Sept. 2009):

www.mmnow.com/mm_archive_folder/09/0909/feature.html

 

As bees die, Keweena Bay Indian Community adults, teens actively protect pollinators

www.nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view...

 

Michigan Teens Build Butterfly Houses and Plant 26,000 Native Plants through the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project

www.treehugger.com/culture/michigan-teens-build-butterfly...

 

Examples of numerous Gather.com articles with lots of photos/videos:

 

Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens and KBIC tribal youth are protecting pollinators by building butterfly houses and planting native plants

www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977550233

 

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Protecting Pollinators

www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977428640

 

2009 Zaagkii Project #2: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in 2010 to build first Native American native species plants greenhouse on tribal property in U.S.

www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978040745

 

2009 Zaagkii Project #1: Northern Michigan Teens Protect Pollinators with U.S. Forest Service, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, NMU Center for Native American Studies: Build mason bee houses, butterfly houses, distribute thousands of native species plants

www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978040729

 

Zaagkii Project Internet sites – blogs, photos, videos etc.:

 

ZaagkiiProject on flickr

www.flickr.com/photos/zaagkiiproject

www.flickr.com/people/zaagkiiproject

 

Zaagkii on youtube:

www.youtube.com/ZaagkiiTV

 

Zaagkii on bliptv:

www.zaagkiitv.blip.tv

 

Zaagkii on word press:

www.zaagkiiproject.wordpress.com

 

Zaagkii on Blogger:

www.zaagkiiproject.blogspot.com

 

Zaagkii on Photobucket:

www.photobucket.com/ZaagkiiProjectWingsSeeds

www.photobucket.com/ZaagkiiProjectWingsSeeds/?start=all

 

Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project website:

wingsandseeds.org

 

Cedar Tree Institute: Zaagkii Project

cedartreeinstitute.org/2010/07/wings-seeds-zaagkii-project

cedartreeinstitute.org/2009/01/wings-seeds-the-zaagkii-pr...

 

Zaagkii Project Videos on youtube (also uploaded to dozens of internet sites):

www.youtube.com/ZaagkiiTV

 

KBIC Pollinator Preservation

indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2008/08/15...

Zaagkii Project Indigenous Plants Help Give New Face to Sand Point on Keweenaw Bay indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2008/09/03...

 

Zaagkii Project 2010: U.S. Forest Service & Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Native Plants Greenhouse

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hoq5xXHDF4E

United States Forest Service sponsored Zaagkii Project featured on Pollinator Live

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P3DPfxx7Jw

 

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #9: Teens Painting Mason Bee Houses in Northern Michigan

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIIV6jrlT20

 

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #8: Marquette, Michigan Teens Build Mason Bee Houses

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3MBfV7ION8

 

Zaagkii Project Butterfly Houses: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, U.S. Forest Service

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGQScEI9x7Q

 

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #6: "The Butterfly Lady" Susan Payant teaches teens about Monarchs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlIgsuTFSuM

 

2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #5: Terracotta half-life, Marquette, MI band supports environment projects

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqlFCHwW30o

 

2009 Zaagkii Video #4: Michigan teens meet 150,000 swarming honeybees with beekeeper Jim Hayward

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2B4MEzM7w4

 

2009 Zaagkii Video #3: Michigan teens give away mason bee houses, honor supporters

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqfWeEgDxTY

 

2009 Zaagkii Project #2: Historic KBIC native plants greenhouse, USFS protects pollinators

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg8H5nhvzzc

 

2009 Zaagkii Project #1: Students make bee houses, plant native species plants

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8jqJAQyXwE

 

Zaagkii Project Butterfly Houses: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, U.S. Forest Service:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGQScEI9x7Q

 

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens, KBIC tribal youth protect pollinators

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoPJOXHt7pI

 

Zaagkii Project – Northern Michigan University:

webb.nmu.edu/Centers/NativeAmericanStudies/SiteSections/A...

 

Native Village stories: Beautiful Layout by Owner Gina Boltz:

Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project: A Project by Ojibwe Students from the Keweenah Bay Indian Community

www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...

 

NMU Students Join Pollinator Protection Initiative

www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...

 

KBIC Tribal youth protect pollinators

www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...

 

Teens Help with Sweet Nature Project

www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/KBIC...

 

USFS Success Stories:

Restoring Native Plants on the Enchanted Island

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=6274

 

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Native Plant Greenhouse & Workshop

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5499

 

Intertribal Nursery Council Annual Meeting a Success

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=6276

 

New Greenhouse for KBIC Restoration

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5336

 

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds - An Update

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=5076

 

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project

www.fs.fed.us/r9/ssrs/story?id=4025

 

News Stories:

U.P. teens build butterfly houses, grow 26,000 indigenous plants

www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/519835.html?...

 

Effort to protect pollinators launched

www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/512810.html

 

Marquette Monthly (Sept. 2009):

mmnow.com/mm_archive_folder/09/0909/feature.html

 

As bees die, Keweena Bay Indian Community adults, teens actively protect pollinators

nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=art...

 

Michigan Teens Build Butterfly Houses and Plant 26,000 Native Plants through the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project

www.treehugger.com/culture/michigan-teens-build-butterfly...

 

Examples of numerous Gather.com articles with lots of photos/videos:

 

Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens and KBIC tribal youth are protecting pollinators by building butterfly houses and planting native plants

www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977550233

 

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Protecting Pollinators

www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977428640

 

2009 Zaagkii Project #2: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in 2010 to build first Native American native species plants greenhouse on tribal property in U.S.

www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978040745

 

2009 Zaagkii Project #1: Northern Michigan Teens Protect Pollinators with U.S. Forest Service, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, NMU Center for Native American Studies: Build mason bee houses, butterfly houses, distribute thousands of native species plants

www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978040729

 

Zaagkii Project Internet sites – blogs, photos, videos etc.:

 

ZaagkiiProject on flickr

www.flickr.com/photos/zaagkiiproject

www.flickr.com/people/zaagkiiproject

 

Zaagkii on youtube:

www.youtube.com/ZaagkiiTV

 

Zaagkii on bliptv:

www.zaagkiitv.blip.tv

 

Zaagkii on word press:

zaagkiiproject.wordpress.com

 

Zaagkii on Blogger:

zaagkiiproject.blogspot.com

 

Zaagkii on Photobucket:

photobucket.com/ZaagkiiProjectWingsSeeds

photobucket.com/ZaagkiiProjectWingsSeeds/?start=all

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et the First Doll in the @BarbieStyle Fashion Series!

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By Allen Voivod

 

In 2020, Barbie® Signature tried something new, and fans all over the world joined in the fun! We offered you the chance to vote on the styling, fashions, and accessories for a new line of dolls – the @BarbieStyle Fashion Series. And now, the first doll in that series has arrived in the shop!

 

Having amassed over two million followers since its debut in 2014, @BarbieStyle on Instagram gives fans a glimpse into the daily life of their favorite fashion icon. With the @BarbieStyle dolls, fans had the opportunity to choose the looks they would want to own for themselves. "I have always been a believer in listening to our fans," says Barbie® Signature designer Linda Kyaw-Merschon, who led the project. "Of course, we won’t be able to do everything requested by our fans, but it’s important to really listen and hear it. Most people just want to have a platform to be heard, and this was one of them. We love the Barbie fans, and this is our tribute to them and our beloved @BarbieStyle channel."

 

In case you missed it last year: Barbie® fans were able to vote on hairstyles, outfits, purses, shoes, and more for four different dolls, via polls online and through the @BarbieStyle Instagram account. The winning selections were brought into further design for manufacturing, a process led by Kyaw-Merschon. Now, the first doll in the @BarbieStyle Fashion Series brings some of Barbie® doll’s most memorable looks to life.

 

"There are some minor edits we had to do to make certain pieces manufacturable that are considered standard," Kyaw-Merschon explains. "The big change I considered was to use a smaller-sized Barbie head versus the larger size we actually use on the channel. This is due to the overwhelming sentiment from our fans that they don’t like the larger sized heads. We hear you 😊."

 

This springtime-themed doll features on-trend pieces that fans can mix and match to style Barbie® doll for any occasion: a chiffon dress, “leather” jacket, classic tee, and a blazer and trousers in signature pink. Complete any look with a pair of cool trainers or black stilettos, a chic black clutch, cat-eye sunglasses, and a smart phone accessory.

 

Because the @BarbieStyle Instagram account features the global fashion icon in poses and styles all over the world, we wanted to make sure that fans who get these @BarbieStyle Fashion Series dolls can design their own photo-worthy moments. So we used the Made to Move™ doll body to help you create those moments with endless posing possibilities! The included doll stand will help with that as well.

 

Kyaw-Merschon also has some advice for your photo shoots. "Three things will get you through a big chunk of it: Perspective, styling, and lighting. They all take practice, and the more you study the wonderful work of others and go through your own trial and error, you will see those tiny shifts that can make a photo look flawless! Doll photography is not easy, and it is specific. It’s one of those things that practice makes perfect … and have fun with it!"

 

This first doll in the first-ever @BarbieStyle Fashion Series is on sale now for $100 in the online shop. She's a Gold Label® doll, and at the start of her availability, there will be a limit of three (3) dolls per person, so as many Barbie® and @BarbieStyle fans as possible can add her to their collections. (This limit is subject to change at a later date.)

 

She comes in specially designed packaging, too, but you know you'll want to take her out and start working your fashion shoot magic! Order this @BarbieStyle Fashion Series doll today, and plan your set designs while you wait for her to arrive at your door!

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