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Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Afterthought:
A 90° version like the concrete sketch here won't work due to symmetry around the plane doung though the center marked with "!!".
Other angles should work though.
Here's one with 45°:
★★★★★
Here is an idea for:
A highly 3D printable high ratio mechanical transmission based on the Ravigneaux planetary gearset
( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravigneaux_planetary_gearset ).
Unlike a typical Ravingeaux gearset the planets axes are turned radially outwards thereby becoming conical rollers in what is kind of an exotic conical roller gear bearing configuration.
By choosing the alternate transmission configuration where the rings are connected rather than the suns, the morphed to corresponding conical configuration is now of such topology, that the output ring can clamped by a mirrored copy of the whole assembly. (Check the sketch to understand this.)
For assembly the idea is that
one single screw through the central axial screw suffices to
★ (1) hold together the whole assembly.
★ (2) fine adjust pre-tenstion in BOTH force and stiffness.
The herringbone profile is what prevents sideways-roller-slip-out despite axial compression. The herringbone profile might need to be rounded and made into an S shape for smooth running.
A shoutout for cycloid toothing:
In general choosing a full-profile-cycloid-toothing might be an excellent idea here with all the gears being pushed together (to zero backlash) by fine adjustable pre-tension.
Cycloid profiles are beneficial for smooth running.
None of the known cycloid weaknesses including:
★ precise inter axial distance requirement
★ difficult manufacturability
★ wavy torque and axial load due to varying pressure angle
apply here.
The clamping screw:
The screw could be be 3D printed too.
(see FDM-screw library below)
★ pre-tension stiffness could be adjusted by
a 3D printed rubber washer.
★ pre-tension force could be reliably kept by a special 3D printed clip lock for the nut on the screw. (I have something special in mind.)
www.thingiverse.com/thing:4836281
github.com/mechadense/scad-lib-FDMscrews
How a motor could eventually be integerated is highly dependent on the motors geometry. It would obfuscate the conceptual sketch here.
PS: The same "clamped conical roller gear bearing" idea could be used for mere passive hinges.
PPS: Notes to myself about here needed OpenSCAD stuff:
★ Generalize my periodic table of gear bearings to conical
www.thingiverse.com/thing:488993/makes
★ continue generalized cycloid gear library (hypoid)
★ finish screw arresting clip for flatscrews
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
The tribe gathers.. Little one's obfuscated and still adorable
Back row: Jim Van Vrrth, Mur Lafferty, Sonic Boom, The Pink Tornado, Laura Burns, Allison, Brand Gamblin, Heather Welliver, Paul Fischer, Paulette Jaxton, Tee Morris
Front row: Scott Breakall, Mae Breakall, Chooch, Martha Halloway, Marc Bailey, John Cmar, Nat Morris
Except for this all but undetectable spot that shows part of the equipment that must be around, the background in this Curiosity Rover photo obviously has been erased (by NASA JPL) to obfuscate and withhold from the public the Earth shattering reality of the (earlier) presence of an intelligent race on Mars!
© Copyright 2023 F. John Geeris (discovery and post image processing). Credits: NASA / JPL / UoA / F. John Geeris
A very rough sketch. I got inspired by some computer generated art and thought I could apply a semi-organic/ semi-sci fi algorithmic look. The language tags seem weird and inconsistent and there are some unnecessary style points which obfuscate the message. I'm not exactly sure why toad eater has a border and toad stone doesn't...the way toady comes off of toad eater needs to change and the weird bulbous explicative 'broadening' bubble.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
4me4you features - ‘HISTORIES IN FLUX’.
Artist: Tim Kent
4me4you recently had the pleasure of visiting JD Malat Gallery to view "Histories in Flux," a new series of oil paintings by the acclaimed artist Tim Kent.
The paintings exhibited at JD Malat Gallery are reflections of what the artist describes as "playing with art history." These fragmented yet visually coherent compositions of vast interiors, sculptures, historical figures, and classical nudes blur, disconnect, and reshape before the viewer's eyes, critically engaging with the systemic power structures that Western art history has fortified, but which contemporary art must continuously challenge.
"Histories in Flux" presents twelve psychologically charged portraits, architectural depictions of estates, and cultural institutions that highlight key issues related to class, access, privacy, and consumption. Kent both resists and highlights the conformity inherent in traditional painting genres, attuned to contemporary issues. His work transforms and dissects Baroque and Georgian interior spaces, revealing an ominous past with its own dimensional terrain.
Kent's playful engagement with genre—specifically the nude, portraiture, interiors, and narrative painting—results in the distortion of old art historical systems, merging tradition with the contemporary. This imbues his work with subtle criticisms that sever traditional roles of authority. His grid-like fragmentations suggest an empirical reaction from the viewer, turning the once harmonious genre of chamber painting into a realm of architectural dissonance. As Kent states, “The perspective grid becomes a visual metaphor for the interconnectivity of how we construct our visual world and it’s influences across every level of existence.”
These obscured historic scene scapes challenge our understanding of history. Busts, portraits, monuments, museum spaces, and estates serve as vessels for thematic parallels deeply rooted in classism, elitism, and power dynamics. Through his portrayal of these traditional art historical archetypes, Kent exposes the controversial and often overlooked narratives woven into the fabric of art history's canon. While institutional spaces proudly showcase their collections as symbols of cultural education and progress, beneath this veneer lies a concealed tapestry of colonial dominance, imperial knowledge systems, class stratification, and labor obfuscation. Kent's compositions unearth these underlying complex networks, dismantling and deconstructing familiar symbols of tradition. By layering their veneer of opulence and allure with shadows and uncertainties, he transforms these once-celebrated spaces into stark objects that challenge viewers to confront the uncomfortable realities obscured by centuries of glorification.
This second-gen main battle tank is generally accepted as a member of the Patton family although the US Army preferred to think of it a a "product-improved descendant" which tells us something about where linguistic obfuscation has its natural home. It was developed as a counter to the T-54 and rumoured successors, with good armour and mobility and a version of the British L7 105 mm gun developed as part of Centurion improvement. It first saw action in Israel and continued at least up to use by the US Marine Corps during Desert Storm where it proved itself still capable against T-72 series opposition.
This is the very first photo that I ever took with a digital SLR. Impressive, isn't it? Yeah, not so much.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Hobonauting the brutal summer and visioning sunset -- thereabouts -- as the Texas Sky Lid flexes like a blinking Thug through it's daily transformation, majestic as a pie on the windowsill.
Ms Tavarez-
l received your voice message this morning. l apologize that l cannot speak today because l have an upper respiratory infection.
l recall that the previous time we met in person, you had indicated that you have not received an e-mail from me with proof of employment, here is the forwarded message.
l will call when l can speak. Thank you.
-elle ko
----- Original Message -----
From: elle ko elle@elleko.net
To: aida.tavarez@pts.sccgov.org
Sent: Mon 10/10/11 22:05
Subject: Fwd: proof of employment
Ms Tavarez-
Per our last conversation about proof of employment:
Here is a piece that was commissioned and sold last year:
This is the certificate (receipt), the buyer's name is obfuscated as he
prefers to remain anonymous:
there are pieces sold more recently, the material needs to be
organized, l will send that your way as soon as possible.
Thanks and l look forward to seeing you later today.
--
-elle-)
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
001,002, two shots of a window sill from the interior of a possible residential building. Interior is covered in plants possibly fichus type plants. Outside the building are a variety of plants, possibly palm trees and cypress or oak trees. On one side of the window sill is wood paneling. 003, shot of the interior of a possible residential type building, such as a private home. Architecture style is a mix of modernist and ecological or sustainable. Floor is covered in carpet including stairwell. Wooden beams and high placed windows allow in a lot of light. A variety of plants and flora cover the floor, walls, and even wooden beams on top of the interior, ranging from palms to fichus plants, to ferns. 004-009,013,016-018, multiple shots of two females, one standing and one sitting in a possible storage room area. Woman sitting down is older and has short light hair and wears a floral patterned outfit. Standing woman has short dark hair and wears a semi formal outfit. Both of them hold and admire a porcelain type diorama of female children in Victorian or Edwardian outfits with the faces obfuscated. Desk lamps, ceiling lamps, boxes and other objects such as a mobile made of small pots occupy the background. 010,014,015, three shots of a window sill that holds a glass stained diorama of an arch with a top with the Christian symbol of a cross on it. In the middle of the arch is a representation of a dove and a small fountain, most likely representing the Christian concepts of the Holy Spirit and Baptism. Setting is most likely a church or other religious institution. 011,012, two shots of a entrance way of a possible residential environment, such as a private home. Door is made out of wood and glass. Large window sills hang overhead. A hat stand sits by the door with hats on it. A large potted plant sits by hat stand. Floor is made of stone but as it descends is covered in carpet. Outside is a large oak tree.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Built in 1906 and renovated circa 1930, this Renaissance Revival-style theater was designed by Claude and Starck, and features an Art Deco-style marquee and first floor front facade, and originally served as a vaudeville theater before becoming a movie theater. The building is clad in Art Moderne-style enameled metal panels on the first floor with a marquee featuring neon lights above the entrance, an Art Moderne-style ticket booth with curved corners and curved glass, and four entrance doors flanked by poster display cases. The upper portion of the building displays the original style of the facade, with painted brick cladding, limestone trim, a large five-part arched window on the second floor of the front facade above the marquee, flanked by pilasters, a cornice at the top of the second floor, blind bays on the fourth floor framed by stone trim with a large decorative cornice above, and a cornice with dentils and modillions at the top of the parapet, which obfuscates the building’s low-slope roof. The building has a footprint that bends from King Street to the stage, which sits adjacent to Doty Street, with this being very evident inside the building. The building today serves as a live performance venue, with the original wall paneling, vaulted ceiling, proscenium arch, box seats, and plaster trim on the second floor of the space being intact. The theater primarily hosts live musical acts, occasionally being used to screen televised events or movies, or being used as an event venue.
"FANGØ" is a defense weapon against surveillance capitalism. Disguised as a mobile phone charger, it operates as a microcontroller that takes control of the smartphone in which it is plugged into. Making random searches and liking random posts on popular social platforms, it aims to deceive data brokers and disrupt the data capturing process.
Photo: Martin Nadal
This second-gen main battle tank is generally accepted as a member of the Patton family although the US Army preferred to think of it a a "product-improved descendant" which tells us something about where linguistic obfuscation has its natural home. It was developed as a counter to the T-54 and rumoured successors, with good armour and mobility and a version of the British L7 105 mm gun developed as part of Centurion improvement. It first saw action in Israel and continued at least up to use by the US Marine Corps during Desert Storm where it proved itself still capable against T-72 series opposition.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Pronghorn on Rattle Snake Ridge
From about 1/4 mile away on a parallel Ridge I had just a little elevation over the historic sheep herders cairn on the right. This morning was one of long shadows and only part of the sky was exposed to the sun. The southern part of the view over my shoulder was all in dark shadow. Heavy storm clouds were on the eastern horizon. Those clouds blocking the sun behind. The mists further obfuscating the clear view that way. I turn my lenses off away from the rising sun to my right. All in order to catch the back show in all it’s 50 mile span of landscape.
This view, looking north into Montana with the foreground in Wyoming. Living on the border high on several ridge, I have extensive views in all directions. This is a dryland ranch meaning no running water year round. I do however have views to dream about (as I do dream in full color) on the right morning. This particular morning at 5:30 AM at sunrise was as good as they come. That is without invoking deities to improve the view.
These heavily dissected Cretaceous and early Tertiary terrestrial sands/muds between me and the farthest ridge have all been removed by little rivers. That whole basin, previously filled up to the brim with sediments in the past. However, one sand grain at a time this land has slowly been moving toward the Gulf of Mexico. These sediments making up the rocks here were on that very trip. But the Cretaceous Rivers carrying them got all choked up and dropped it’s load. Wait 66 million years….Those old sediments hardend, then re-eroded recently. That sand stationary until now when it resumes it’s journey on the the ocean. The ultimate sink. This just a way stop along the journey.
Location: Bliss DInosaur Ranch, Wyoming/Montana borderlands.
Title: Pronghorn on Rattle Snake Ridge
Wow!! John Stowell played guitar Live on TNJT, Thursday, January 25, 2007. And did he ever play!!
Right after he explained something about minimizing copyright or other requirements by completely rewriting the melody (through improvisation I do believe) to begin with and only at the end, stating the inspiring original melody. Is one only able to use only one single use of the recognizable melody before you have to pay for copywrites? Who knows? But it was fun play the game...figure out what "1930's movie" music John was playing...then scan the obfuscated tune name list for something related to "Over The Rainbow" from "The Wizard of Oz"...ah...Toto..."We're Going Now, Toto". ..right!
Except I don't know how the "We're Going Now, ..." part fits in. ..and it doesn't matter...it's all good...and New!!
Oh...he played this for us...wow!!
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
Backbone, Portland Sea Shepherd, Columbia Riverkeeper, and NW Steelhead Association met at Holladay Park and marched to the entrance of the Bonneville Power Administration, (BPA) for a brief rally to stand up for salmon and orca, stand with the Tribes in a clarion call for bold, urgent action to shut down the BPA's Extinction Machines!
Snake River salmon are only one catastrophic event away from extinction, and if those runs start to disappear, lower river runs will follow, the orca that depend on them perish, and a way of life for the Indigenous people of this region will be lost forever. Decades of science confirm that removing the lower Snake River dams is the only way to change this trajectory.
Amidst the hottest, driest spring and summer we've ever seen in the Pacific Northwest momentum is building for a comprehensive plan called the Columbia Basin Initiative, aka "Simpson Plan" nicknamed after its author Congressman Mike Simpson, (R-ID). This plan maps a way forward that restores a free-flowing lower Snake River, modernizes transportation and energy infrastructure, and invests in river-dependent communities.
Last month, 57 tribes with Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) passed a unanimous resolution to support the Simpson Plan. Two weeks ago, the 500 tribes of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a similar resolution. Last week, a Indigenous Salmon & Orca summit invited policy makers to listen to why urgent action is needed. A new petition to Biden from the Umatilla Indian Youth Leadership Council already has nearly 15,000 signatures.
The environmental community is calling on elected leaders to rally behind the Columbia River Basin Plan without any further delay or obfuscation. The BPA has spent $17 billion dollars on salmon recovery, yet the salmon in their charge continue to approach extinction. The Simpson Plan not only removes the Lower Snake River Dams, it also finally puts protection of salmon back in the hands of the Tribes.
"Purple"
Holzer, Jenny
2008
19 LED signs with blue, green, red & white diodes.
Text: government documents.
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great piece. the on/off flashing of the text and the particular color choice makes it almost impossible to read - though i expect the language used in the government documents is plenty-obfuscated as it is. The churning rotation and the size of the installion both seem to echo some kind of massive industrial machinery...