Corruption, scandal, and controversy tainted all stages of planning and design of Montana’s Capitol building. – Ellen Baumler (Former Interpretive Historian at Montana Historical Society)
A design competition for the building was conducted in 1896. The commission selected a design by George R. Mann as the winner. In 1897, after it was found that the Commission was planning to scam money from the building project, it was disbanded and a second Capitol Commission was convened. The new Commission abandoned Mann’s plan as being too costly, and had a second design competition, won by Charles Emlen Bell and John Hackett Kent, of Bell and Kent of Council Bluffs, Iowa. In order to have their design built, Bell and Kent relocated their office to Helena.
While Mann’s building was never built in Montana, it was selected later as the basic design for the Arkansas State Capitol.
Seems that Montana hasn’t been getting a whole lot of snow this year and it’s sort of put some Montana ski season pass holders in a bind — That is — Until Showdown stepped up to lend a hand.
Showdown ended up getting enough snow this year to open up (a little late) around Christmas time.
As is the case here in Montana, we are usually always looking out for our neighbors and with some Montana ski areas still closed due to a lack of snow, Showdown is offering free lift tickets for season pass holders of several other ski areas.
Also, The Edith Hotel in White Sulphur Springs is offering a 15% discount to all season ticket holders whose ski area is not open yet so out-of-town skiers can overnite for less if they want to.
Showdown boasts one triple chair, two double chairs and a “magic carpet” conveyor for beginners and is only about 60 miles south of Great Falls.
Showdown Montana began as Kings Hill ski area in 1936 — the first to open in Montana — but little information exists about its early formation near the mining community of Neihart. Back then, like most ski areas being formed, skiing was a social activity organized by a club. For Kings Hill the club was located in Great Falls.
2 cups chopped fresh strawberries
2/3 cup sugar
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1 (8 ounce) container strawberry yogurt
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
Directions:
Place strawberries in medium freezer proof bowl and sprinkle sugar over the top.
Let stand for 15 minutes, then drain off the juice and place juice in small saucepan.
Add unflavored gelatin to juice and let stand for 2 minutes.
Place saucepan over medium heat and cook, stirring frequently, until gelatin is dissolved and mixture is smooth.
Pour juice mixture over strawberries in bowl and add yogurt, buttermilk, and lemon juice.
Mix well, then cover and freeze for 2 hours.
Remove mixture from freezer and beat on medium speed until smooth.
Cover bowl and return to freezer.
Freeze yogurt for 6 hours.
Remove from freezer 15-20 minutes before serving.
The largest earthquake I’ve ever been in was just north of Oakland, California. It was a 5.0 magnitude, and the only trouble I had with it was that I woke up bouncing on the bed a bit. Never gave it a second thought really until I learned about it in the news on the next day.
Seems that about the only time earthquakes happen these days is when you read about them in the news. The January 1st 2024 earthquake in Japan sort of got the ball rolling on this whole all-of-a-sudden earthquake reporting.
In the headlines it was reported that on January 1, 2024 at 4:10 p.m. local time a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck in the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa prefecture, Japan according to the USGS.
We then went on to discover that on January 1, 2024, at 8:27 a.m. local time a magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck off the California coast (Los Angeles County) producing weak shaking throughout Southern California.
And then it seemed that New York got in on the action when it was reported that on January 2, 2024, at 5:45 a.m. local time a magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck Queens, New York centered in the neighborhood of Astoria, according to the USGS.
Earthquakes happen every day, all around the world. Usually only the most severe earthquakes, like the most recent one in Japan ever really gets attention, and for good reason — People are displaced, injured, and killed during these big shakes and it’s important that everyone knows about it as quickly as possible so aid can be sent to the affected areas in a timely fashion.
If you are curious about just how many earthquakes roll across our planet every day, all you have to do is visit the EarthScope Consortium’s interactive earthquake browser. It’s is a place where you can take a look at what’s going in your area.
You can show the tectonic plate boudaries, animate an earthquake, discover the magnitude, find out the time of the earthquake, and you can even get a 3D view of the earthquake.
EarthScope Consortium operates the National Science Foundation’s Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (GAGE) and Seismological Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (SAGE).
Gareth Emery has been one of dance music’s most exciting musicians, record producers, and DJs over the past decade. The British artist is best known for racking up millions of monthly listeners with his five artist albums – ‘Northern Lights’, ‘Drive’ & ‘100 Reasons To Live’, ‘THE LASERS’ and ‘ANALOG’ – all iTunes dance no.1 chart-toppers – the most recent hitting the top spot in over 25 countries. He has traveled to over 80 countries and built a dedicated global fan-base of over 4 million people.
Gareth Emery was born in Southampton, England, United Kingdom. His sister is the singer-songwriter Roxanne Emery.
He lived in Southampton until the age of 26 before relocating to Manchester where he had a studio and ran a night club and record label, both called Garuda. He has a degree in Politics from University of Warwick and is trained in classical piano.
Prior to becoming involved in electronic music he played guitar in a punk band in the mid-nineties. He now lives in Los Angeles with his wife Kat and two daughters.
Emery’s production style is influenced by various genres of electronic dance music.
Between 2006 and 2013 Gareth Emery ranked in DJ Mag’s Top 50 DJs in the world, peaking at No. 7 in 2010.
However, in 2013, he publicly denounced the poll due to the huge marketing budgets involved, asking fans no longer to vote for him, and donated his marketing budget to charity instead:
“So here’s an alternative Top 100 message: Don’t vote for me. Seriously, when you buy a ticket to see me in a club, I consider that a vote. When you blast my music in your car, or share it on Facebook, or tell your friends about it, that’s a vote too. Those votes, and the amazing support you’ve shown over the last year, is what matters to me.” – Gareth Emery
So this blog post is one more vote, out of the many millions of more votes, for the music and talent of Gareth Emery.
I thought I could tell you
Through the words of a song
All the times that I fucked up
All the times I was wrong
And I hear you call my name and know I’m alright
So please just take my hand, hold me tonight
See the house in the streetlight
It’s guiding me home
And as long as you’re still there
No, I’m never alone
I can look into your eyes and feel I can fly
Please make it slow down, the days going by
If I don’t make it through
It was all about you
It was all about you
If I don’t make it through
It was all about you
It was all about you
Just look out on the stars
I’ll never be far
If I don’t make it through
It was all about you
It was all about you
If I don’t make it through
It was all about you
It was all about you
If I don’t make it through
It was all about you
It was all about you
If I don’t make it through
It was all about you
It was all about you
If I don’t make it through
It was all about you
It was all about you
