Climate change killing mighty trees in Alaska, researchers say
msnbc.com - May 19, 2012
The slow-growing yellow cedar has trouble competing with western hemlock or Sitka spruce on well-drained, nutrient-rich soils. However, it was found a niche in soils with poor or moderate drainage — as long as its shallow, fine roots were covered by
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A quirky name and creative cuisine combine at Blind Pig Bistro
The Seattle Times - May 19, 2012
By Providence Cicero Above: Charles Walpole has opened Blind Pig in the small strip-mall storefront that once was home to other well-known Seattle restaurants: Nettletown and Sitka & Spruce. Left: Blind Pig's pork belly, Treviso and cauliflower.
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Restaurant review A quirky name and creative cuisine combine at Blind Pig Bistro
The Seattle Times - May 19, 2012
By Providence Cicero Above: Charles Walpole has opened Blind Pig in the small strip-mall storefront that once was home to other well-known Seattle restaurants: Nettletown and Sitka & Spruce. Left: Blind Pig's pork belly, Treviso and cauliflower.
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Montréal en lumière: A chat with Seattle chef Matthew Dillon
Montreal Gazette (blog) - May 19, 2012
Dillon runs a small cluster of restaurants in Seattle, Washington that includes Sitka & Spruce, The Corson Building, Bar Ferd'nand, and The Old Chaser Farm. The Farm, by the way, is a 20 acre-stead on the tiny island of Puget Sound, where Dillon has
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Acoustic Guitars (over £500)
miPRO - May 19, 2012
The top is solid sitka spruce with a solid rosewood back and sides, mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard and it features an SRT system63 modelling preamp. The firm has also developed SRT – a pickup and pre-amp system capable of delivering natural,
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Your opportunities
Corvallis Gazette Times - May 19, 2012
Apply for Sitka Center's artist-in-residence program — Application deadline is Friday, April 20. Artists, writers, scientists and musicians apply each year for the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology's Artist-in-Residence Program, which offers
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Sitka artist weaves bulletproof Kevlar, other unusual materials into art work
The Republic - May 19, 2012
SITKA, Alaska — Local artist Teri Rofkar is going boldly into the future with new artwork that features modern materials and a political edge. "It's not your grandfather's regalia," Rofkar said, with her customary sense of humor.
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Sitka artist using bulletproof material for work
Native Times - May 19, 2012
SITKA, Alaska (AP) – Local artist Teri Rofkar is going boldly into the future with new artwork that features modern materials and a political edge. “It's not your grandfather's regalia,” Rofkar said, with her customary sense of humor.
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Wood protection law creates splintering in guitar industry
Los Angeles Times - May 19, 2012
Alan Ollivant, left, a salesman at North American Wood Products in Portland, Ore., shows a guitar whose top is made with Sitka spruce reclaimed from logging bridges in Canada. With him at the National Assn. of Music Merchants conference is guitar maker
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Sitka artist using bulletproof material for work
Anchorage Daily News - May 19, 2012
By SHANNON HAUGLAND SITKA, Alaska - Local artist Teri Rofkar is going boldly into the future with new artwork that features modern materials and a political edge. "It's not your grandfather's regalia," Rofkar said, with her customary sense of humor.
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