#alexanna

[luna-loveboop]

Hi! I just wanted to drop by and say how much I love and appreciate your analyses. Even though you may call them ramblings, your excitement shines through every word and they always bring a smile to my face. I very much look forward to them 😊

I consider myself a visual person but there’s still a lot I miss, even on a second or third read (My Zelda knowledge isn’t that deep but I’m learning!) So your connections about the little details help me to enjoy the comic even more!

In the comic itself, which character relationships are you hoping will get explored more in the current arc (especially since we know they’ll be splitting up soon)?

— Alexanna

Hi! Thank you! Yes I do get very happy making them it brings me joy :)) I'm so glad that you enjoy my posts- my goal is always to make others happy so thank you for telling me :D

YEAH

TIME AND FOUR

Time and four time and four time and four-

I reallyyyyyy want Time and Four to go together in the dungeon even though the chances are iffy. Maybe if I want it hard enough it'll happen XP

Even if they don't go together, I really want Time and Four's relationship to develop more in the comic. Here's why-

First of all, Time and Four fight really well together. Time is also just really good at fighting with the shoter ones overall

THEN THERE'S this part in Doodles part 3 that has me convinced Time knows Four's secret with the Four sword

I'm pretty sure it's Time's voice saying 'you never cease to impress me little one', and Jojo (I think? need to check) said all these older sketches are considered canon so yeah. I'm impatient because I want clarification and to know if Time knows about the four sword or not

Four is also insanely emotionally mature and intuitive, and at this point I think he is the best person to be there for Time when he's so upset after Twilight's injury. Time has never underestimated Four so they make a great team

I'm not sure if you wanted on full on analysis response, but there you are. I really want Time and Four's relationship to get explored more because it matters to me hehe

Art is by Jojo @/linkeduniverse au :D

:)

[skyloftian-nutcase]

Just wanted to say I adore your LU in Healthcare AU! My mom used to be a medical records clerk while I was growing up, so reading about the boys in a medical setting is almost nostalgic for me! 😂 She had the job while everything was still kept in huge file folders. They were kept in a separate room filled from floor to ceiling with them so you can imagine what a headache it was when you needed to find a patient file!

I don’t know if you’ve thought about jobs for the rest of the girls or even if that particular job is still an option with everything being digital but could one of them work in medical records or even medical coding? 🤔

— Alexanna

Ahh thank you, I’m so happy you like it! :) That’s really cool about your mom! Oof, I do not envy her having to go through paper charts 🥴

I suppose medical coder would be the equivalent nowadays? I’ve put a little thought into the girls, but not much. Artemis will enter the story at some point, but she’s a physician. Dusk is also a physician. Aurora is a paramedic and Dawn is an EMT. Tetra… idk she’s in the coast guard? Something like that? Maybe she can get into medical coding to hold her over for something else? She definitely wouldn’t stay in that career. Sun is studying to become a hospital administrator! Ah, maybe Sun can move to the area and do that while she’s in school! Fable is a cardiac ICU nurse and Dot is a medical ICU nurse. Flora is studying biomedical engineering, she’ll eventually show up but in a different role.

…Is that all of them? Nine Links and ten Zeldas is so many to keep track of 😅😩

OH WAIT. I forgot about my favorite Zelda what is wrong with me LOL 🤣 Lullaby is a rapid response team nurse, she works alongside Ruto. No, she doesn’t know Time works in the same hospital. Time doesn’t either. Yes, they know each other from a past neither of them talk about.

[not-freyja]

Just wanted to pop in wish you the happiest of birthdays! 🎂 ✨ (Also wanted to mention I keep re-reading your comment on my art and how it still makes my heart flutter each time! I’m not used to such reactions to my work, but you are so, so welcome and I’m overjoyed that you enjoyed it so much 😊 ) - Alexanna

Dude I am OBSESSED with it!!!!!

(Thank you for the birthday wishes 💜)

[guerrillahaus]

[night-the-starfish]

Inktober #2 - The Young Girl 

So for the 2nd superhero I drew the main character, Alex, from the book I’m writing who IS technically a young girl AND a superhero! I was actually planing to make the cover of the book something along these lines :)  (Also can I just say that these markers are horrible and bleed all over the place)

[alexannawonder]

Both of my Tarot decks are finally ready for preorder! Get yours now! Quantities are limited, so once they are gone they are gone forever.  alexannawonder.storeenvy.com

[oldladyhaiku]

My Secret To A Tree By Alexanna Hope

My Secret To A Tree By Alexanna Hope

This was written as part of the Suminagashi & Poetry workshop in the Railyard Park.

My secret to a tree

You are my hero my heroine I am here to be the same as you Deep roots into the Mother Leaves reaching up up up Touched by sky and sun we are ONE

Transducers transmitters transmuters We render Life full, rich fertile , infinite abundance

[tlatollotl]

Anthropologists once excavated the graves of thousands of Native Americans. Now museums in the U.S. are slowly working to return those remains and funerary objects to tribes.

A village in southwest Alaska recently reburied 24 of their ancestors who had been excavated by a Smithsonian anthropologist in 1931.

About half of the village of Igiugig crowded into the Russian Orthodox Church in the center of town on a drizzly fall day. In the center of the nave sat three handmade, wooden coffins that held the bones from the now-abandoned settlement of Kaskanak.

The remains were unearthed by Aleš Hrdlička, who was the head of the anthropology department in what is now the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. The question of how people originally came to North America and from where drove Hrdlička to dig up the bones of Native Americans all around the United States. Historians estimate that he took thousands to Washington, D.C., for research.

After more than eight decades in the museum's collection, Igiugig's ancestors finally returned home for reburial.

The community of Igiugig is majority Yupik, a people group native to Alaska.

Annie Wilson, an elder in the village, attended the funeral service and explained that Hrdlička's excavation was fundamentally objectionable in Yupik culture.

"We were always taught you don't dig up old bones of anything or anybody. That's their resting place until the good Lord comes someday," said Wilson.

Coffins carrying Igiugig ancestors are loaded onto a skiff for the final stretch of their journey, from the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., to a burial ground in Alaska.

It took about two years after the village of Igiugig requested these remains for the repatriation to be approved. First the Smithsonian went through a process to verify that the people from Kaskanak were culturally affiliated with the people of Igiugig.

Bill Billeck, director of the Smithsonian's Repatriation Office, said the institution examined the remains as well as original documents, including Hrdlička's diaries. The museum also learned about the oral history of the Igiugig, which says that the ancestors of the current village had abandoned Kaskanak generations ago.

The institution also leaned heavily on the work of AlexAnna Salmon, an Igiugig local who has extensively researched the area's history.

"This was a collaborative effort between the Smithsonian and our village, but it was really us telling them that these are ours," Salmon said. "This is who we are. It's not anthropology coming from the other direction, telling you who you are and where you came from."

The Smithsonian is ostensibly an institution that collects artifacts, but returning pieces of its collection has become part of its duty in recent decades. The National Museum of the American Indian Act and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act require museums to make these materials available to federally recognized tribes. When those laws were passed in 1989 and 1990, museums around the United States held the remains of roughly 200,000 Native American individuals. The National Museum of Natural History held about 19,000 of those.

This year, the NMNH has returned the remains of 31 people, including the 24 from Kaskanak.

When the bones left the church after the funeral service, they had one more stretch of their journey. The coffins were loaded into a skiff, and the rest of the village piled into a few other boats.

This time, the bones were accompanied by the current director of the Smithsonian NMNH, Kirk Johnson. He reflected on the importance of his museum's repatriation work to tribes nationwide.

"Some of their grandparents or their more recent relatives are actually in museums as collection items, which just doesn't make much sense from a human point of view," Johnson said. "There is something that is very unfair that was done here, and we want the tribes, groups or corporations to be able to petition to have their bodies or their funerary objects returned to them."

At the site, a hole was already dug on the hillside overlooking the Kvichak River. The priest prayed as the coffins were lowered. Then he sprinkled dirt into the graves with a long-handled shovel. He passed the shovel to Johnson. Alongside Johnson, the children of Igiugig tossed in dirt by the handful. The rest of the village pitched in, and soon only three white crosses and a fresh pile of soil marked the grave.

After the bones were laid to rest, the village performed a yuraq, a traditional Yupik dance. Facing east with dance fans held high, voices raised and drums beating loudly, they blessed their ancestors and reclaimed two dozen members of their community.

[amaranthine-daydream]

Describe your OC - 14, 28, 38

4. Do they live alone or with family? How do they feel about their family/roommates?

Tessalea(DA OC)- While she was on earth she lived alone. Once in Thedas she shares quarters with Nuvena( the herald/quizzy) till Skyhold where she is given her own room. However, she doesn’t like to sleep alone so she will always sleep in another room with someone else. 

Alexana(FFXV OC)- she has lived with Cor since she popped out of the crystal 10 years prior. Alexanna has always enjoyed living with Cor and will forever be thankful for taking her in when she 13.

28. If your character became a celebrity, what would they be famous for?

Tessalea- hmmmmmmm She kinda is in a way. I depends on what you mean by celebrity. She too fell from a rift and is well known. ( what an exciting answer x.X)

Alexana- TBH the first thing I thought of for miss Alex was “ she would become a celebrity for doing something stupid and reckless.” 

38. What kind of weather does your character like? Cloudy skies, rainy days, sunshine, etc?

Tessalea- She LOVES sunshine and warmth the poor thing doesn’t enjoy being cold at all.

Alexana- absolutely adores the rain. She could sit in a storm and be at peace. 

Thanks for the ask~! :D:D:D

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Ancient Greek: Hair

Fig. 1 - Corson, R. (1980) Ancient Greek Women 800-450 BC

From the beginning I have been conscious that my character’s appearance will not resemble a monstrous creature but she will appear mortal. In addition to this I am also acutely aware that the snakes on my character’s head should resemble hair.

The Greeks attached significant importance to their hair - beyond its decorative value. According to Alexanna Speight (1871); It was customary to hang the hair of the dead on their doors previous to interment , and the mourners not unfrequently tore , cut off , or shaved their own hair , which they laid upon the corpse , or threw into the pile to be consumed along with the body of the relation or friend whose loss they lamented .

Fig. 2 - Corson, R. (1980) Ancient Greek Women 450-100 BC

Fig. 3 - Corson, R. (1980) 460 B.C.

I spent some time studying historic fashions in hair in Greece, in particular early Greek women’s fashions (figs.1,3 & 4). In the early part of the era, women usually let their hair fall loose around their shoulders. Hair was usually waved and centrally parted, pulled back to reveal the ears. Low foreheads were revered and considered more beautiful than high foreheads so hair was usually dressed forward.

Any additional adornment would be in the form of a band or ribbon (such as in fig. 3).

Fig. 3 - Corson, R. (1980) Ancient Greek Women 500 BC- AD 100

As the snakes are to resemble hair, I will consider these historic points when sculpting my design.

Reference

Fig. 1 - Corson, R. (1980) Ancient Greek Women 800-450 BC

Speight, A. (1871) The lock of Hair: Its history, ancient and modern, natural and artistic. Hansebooks (25 Aug. 2016). p.7

Corson, R. (1980) Fashions in Hair: The first five thousand years. Peter Owen, Bury St Edmunds, UK. p54-55

Fig. 2 - Corson, R. (1980) 460 B.C.

Fig. 3 - Corson, R. (1980) Ancient Greek Women 450-100 BC

Fig. 4 - Corson, R. (1980) Ancient Greek Women 500 BC- AD 100

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Environment

The battle over Alaska’s Pebble Mine is about to get more dramatic

The country’s most controversial mine is up for a significant permit. Here’s why critics say the government shouldn’t approve it.

— By Michael R. Shea / Field & Stream | June 8, 2020 | Popular Science

A cluster of spawning sockeye salmon running in the Bristol Bay ecosystem.Courtesy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

This story originally featured on Field & Stream.

The battle over Pebble Mine—and the fate of the world’s largest salmon run—is expected to hit a major turning point this month. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ final Environmental Impact Statement, a key document in permitting the controversial mine, may arrive as early as June 15. That document will ultimately present the argument for approving or denying the project’s required Clean Water Act 404 permit, and effectively kill the mine plan or bolster its growing momentum. A final determination on the permit is expected later this year.

“Things are getting serious,” says Nelli Williams, Alaska Director for Trout Unlimited. “The massive impacts of this project are now clear. The review process has proven inadequate at best. The permit should not be issued, but only time will tell, and that time is coming quickly.”

Why the Pebble Mine is dangerous

The proposed Pebble Mine would sit atop the largest-known undeveloped deposit of copper and gold in the world—a mother lode that could be worth some $40 billion over the project’s 20-year first phase, and potentially hundreds of billions over a full-scale 78-year development. Yet that same ground filters rainfall and snowmelt that feeds an expansive network of rivers and small streams that make up the watershed of Bristol Bay in southwest Alaska.

All five Pacific salmon species spawn in the bay’s freshwater tributaries. Many fear that mining that earth—along with the expansive footprint of roads, ports, and the industrial traffic it would bring to the region—would be a death sentence for the planet’s last best salmon fishery.

When I toured the mine site in 2018, I was immediately struck by all the water. From the helicopter, the rolling lowland bluffs of southwest Alaska look rocky and hard-packed. But with my first step off the chopper by Frying Pan Lake, I sank to my ankles in swamp. The ground at the mine site and surrounding it is like a giant sponge that holds, filters, and trickles water into the expansive Bristol Bay ecosystem.

Pebble Mine would not be a classic hard-rock mine, where miners use pickaxes and shovels to produce handfuls of precious metal. The valuable rare-earth minerals under Pebble are thin and spread like a few grains of salt in a bucket of sand. Mining that ground would require pumping and filtering the soft earth to capture flecks of high-dollar minerals. The giant hole they are proposing—as deep as the Empire State Building is tall—would constantly fill with water, which would have to be pumped, processed, filtered, and cleaned, before returning to the environment.

According to a draft of the Environmental Impact Statement, the current mine plan would destroy 105.4 miles of streams and 2,226 acres of wetland. The longer-term 78-year plan, which Pebble owners Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. is pitching to investors, would chew up 300 miles of stream and 10,000 acres of wetland.

What people are doing about it

More than 250 national outdoor sporting businesses and organizations, representing millions of hunters, anglers, and outdoor enthusiasts, sent a letter to the Trump Administration in May urging the Corps to deny the permit for these reasons and more. “The review process continues to rely on an incomplete and changing permit application and mine plan,” they wrote.

Many other opponents of the mine take this line of argument, pointing to what Sen. Lisa Murkowski called the “data gaps” in the current mining plan.

In a draft of the environmental report expected on June 15, the Environmental Protection Agency told the Corps that Pebble Mine, “may have substantial and unacceptable adverse impacts on fisheries resources in the project area watersheds, which are aquatic resources of national importance.” The EPA sent a letter late last week emphasizing their concerns, adding that “such information should be reflected in the Corps permit record.”

Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by Bristol Bay Native Corporation brought to light concerns from the EPA, and a laundry list of other agencies about the project plan:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: “It appears that no compensation is being provided for the permanent loss of more than 2,000 acres of wetlands in the Nushagak River watershed and that no compensation is being provided for more than 90 miles of permanent stream loss ...”

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: “[The mine] would erode the portfolio of habitat diversity and associated life history diversity that stabilize annual salmon returns to the Bristol Bay region.”

Alaska Department of Natural Resources: “[The mine waste storage plan] does not appear to be reasonable, practicable, or safe.”

AECOM, the engineering firm contracted to vet the mine design, pointed out that the dam constructed to hold back mining waste in perpetuity, “could slide into potentially undrained tailings and have consequent effects in a downstream direction.” In layman’s terms, the acidic mine waste could leak downstream and into the greater Bristol Bay ecosystem.

The Army Corps keeps changing the plan

Through this all, the mine plan keeps changing. Northern Dynasty Minerals and Pebble Partnership have caught flack in the press for these last-minute changes, but in fact, the cause of confusion rests squarely on the Army Corps, which continues to oscillate on what version of the development plan will cause the least amount of environmental impact.

For example, if the Pebble Mine is developed, one of the significant impacts won’t just be the giant hole in the ground, but an expansive transportation network required to connect the mine site to the rest of the world. When I toured the area two years ago, the best plan involved an ice-breaking ferry crossing Lake Iliamna and a relatively short road system connecting the ferry port to a shipping terminal on Cook Inlet.

As of May, that changed when the Corps of Engineers said their preferred route now is an 84-mile northern overland road from a port on Diamond Point. That itself is highly problematic, because the landowners on Diamond Point have said they’re not interested in working with Pebble. The Igiugig Village Council owns the land at Diamond Point where the new Corps’ preferred route calls for a shipping port. The council issued a statement on Monday saying they “should not be considered an acceptable alternative.” Village leaders Christina and Alexanna Salmon are longtime vocal critics of the mine.

What you can do to stop the Pebble Mine

“At this point, there’s a huge stack of evidence that this permit should not be issued,” Williams with Trout Unlimited says. “But these decisions are made partly on science and partly on politics, and the hunting and angling community carry a lot of weight.”

If you want to help make a difference, call your Congressional representatives and tell them how you feel about Pebble Mine and Bristol Bay. Visit savebristolbay.org or defendbristolbay.org to write elected officials and to stay abreast of the news.

“If we can hold them off a little longer,” Williams says, “we can change the conversation to supporting local communities and keeping the excellent fishery and habitat we love alive and healthy—the way it is now, and the way it should be forever.”

[guerrillahaus]

[night-the-starfish]

Here’s some very early sketches of som illustrations for the book I’m working on I did whilst I was in Greece ;) The two characters you can see are Alexanna (the main character) and Liam (her best friend)

[kristablogs]

The battle over Alaska’s Pebble Mine is about to get more dramatic

A cluster of spawning sockeye salmon running in the Bristol Bay ecosystem. (Courtesy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/)

This story originally featured on Field & Stream.

The battle over Pebble Mine—and the fate of the world’s largest salmon run—is expected to hit a major turning point this month. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ final Environmental Impact Statement, a key document in permitting the controversial mine, may arrive as early as June 15. That document will ultimately present the argument for approving or denying the project’s required Clean Water Act 404 permit, and effectively kill the mine plan or bolster its growing momentum. A final determination on the permit is expected later this year.

“Things are getting serious,” says Nelli Williams, Alaska Director for Trout Unlimited. “The massive impacts of this project are now clear. The review process has proven inadequate at best. The permit should not be issued, but only time will tell, and that time is coming quickly.”

Why the Pebble Mine is dangerous

The proposed Pebble Mine would sit atop the largest-known undeveloped deposit of copper and gold in the world—a mother lode that could be worth some $40 billion over the project’s 20-year first phase, and potentially hundreds of billions over a full-scale 78-year development. Yet that same ground filters rainfall and snowmelt that feeds an expansive network of rivers and small streams that make up the watershed of Bristol Bay in southwest Alaska.

All five Pacific salmon species spawn in the bay’s freshwater tributaries. Many fear that mining that earth—along with the expansive footprint of roads, ports, and the industrial traffic it would bring to the region—would be a death sentence for the planet’s last best salmon fishery.

When I toured the mine site in 2018, I was immediately struck by all the water. From the helicopter, the rolling lowland bluffs of southwest Alaska look rocky and hard-packed. But with my first step off the chopper by Frying Pan Lake, I sank to my ankles in swamp. The ground at the mine site and surrounding it is like a giant sponge that holds, filters, and trickles water into the expansive Bristol Bay ecosystem.

Pebble Mine would not be a classic hard-rock mine, where miners use pickaxes and shovels to produce handfuls of precious metal. The valuable rare-earth minerals under Pebble are thin and spread like a few grains of salt in a bucket of sand. Mining that ground would require pumping and filtering the soft earth to capture flecks of high-dollar minerals. The giant hole they are proposing—as deep as the Empire State Building is tall—would constantly fill with water, which would have to be pumped, processed, filtered, and cleaned, before returning to the environment.

According to a draft of the Environmental Impact Statement, the current mine plan would destroy 105.4 miles of streams and 2,226 acres of wetland. The longer-term 78-year plan, which Pebble owners Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. is pitching to investors, would chew up 300 miles of stream and 10,000 acres of wetland.

What people are doing about it

More than 250 national outdoor sporting businesses and organizations, representing millions of hunters, anglers, and outdoor enthusiasts, sent a letter to the Trump Administration in May urging the Corps to deny the permit for these reasons and more. “The review process continues to rely on an incomplete and changing permit application and mine plan,” they wrote.

Many other opponents of the mine take this line of argument, pointing to what Sen. Lisa Murkowski called the “data gaps” in the current mining plan.

In a draft of the environmental report expected on June 15, the Environmental Protection Agency told the Corps that Pebble Mine, “may have substantial and unacceptable adverse impacts on fisheries resources in the project area watersheds, which are aquatic resources of national importance.” The EPA sent a letter late last week emphasizing their concerns, adding that “such information should be reflected in the Corps permit record.”

Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by Bristol Bay Native Corporation brought to light concerns from the EPA, and a laundry list of other agencies about the project plan:

<b>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:</b> “It appears that no compensation is being provided for the permanent loss of more than 2,000 acres of wetlands in the Nushagak River watershed and that no compensation is being provided for more than 90 miles of permanent stream loss ...”

<b>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:</b> “[The mine] would erode the portfolio of habitat diversity and associated life history diversity that stabilize annual salmon returns to the Bristol Bay region.”

<b>Alaska Department of Natural Resources:</b> “[The mine waste storage plan] does not appear to be reasonable, practicable, or safe.”

<b>AECOM</b>, the engineering firm contracted to vet the mine design, pointed out that the dam constructed to hold back mining waste in perpetuity, “could slide into potentially undrained tailings and have consequent effects in a downstream direction.” In layman’s terms, the acidic mine waste could leak downstream and into the greater Bristol Bay ecosystem.

The Army Corps keeps changing the plan

Through this all, the mine plan keeps changing. Northern Dynasty Minerals and Pebble Partnership have caught flack in the press for these last-minute changes, but in fact, the cause of confusion rests squarely on the Army Corps, which continues to oscillate on what version of the development plan will cause the least amount of environmental impact.

For example, if the Pebble Mine is developed, one of the significant impacts won’t just be the giant hole in the ground, but an expansive transportation network required to connect the mine site to the rest of the world. When I toured the area two years ago, the best plan involved an ice-breaking ferry crossing Lake Iliamna and a relatively short road system connecting the ferry port to a shipping terminal on Cook Inlet.

As of May, that changed when the Corps of Engineers said their preferred route now is an 84-mile northern overland road from a port on Diamond Point. That itself is highly problematic, because the landowners on Diamond Point have said they’re not interested in working with Pebble. The Igiugig Village Council owns the land at Diamond Point where the new Corps’ preferred route calls for a shipping port. The council issued a statement on Monday saying they “should not be considered an acceptable alternative.” Village leaders Christina and Alexanna Salmon are longtime vocal critics of the mine.

What you can do to stop the Pebble Mine

“At this point, there’s a huge stack of evidence that this permit should not be issued,” Williams with Trout Unlimited says. “But these decisions are made partly on science and partly on politics, and the hunting and angling community carry a lot of weight.”

If you want to help make a difference, call your Congressional representatives and tell them how you feel about Pebble Mine and Bristol Bay. Visit savebristolbay.org or defendbristolbay.org to write elected officials and to stay abreast of the news.

“If we can hold them off a little longer,” Williams says, “we can change the conversation to supporting local communities and keeping the excellent fishery and habitat we love alive and healthy—the way it is now, and the way it should be forever.”

[alexannawonder]

The Alexanna's. #alexanna #auntie #hippybaby