Saturday
March 05, 2005
The Joy of 'Hotfeats'
Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson
National: AARP
at it again -- this time, causing fits for Bush By Lawrence
M. O'Rourke - Long simultaneously hailed and reviled as one of
Washington's most effective and self-centered special-interest
groups, AARP is at it again - causing fits for President Bush
and congressional Republicans after, ironically, handing them
a big political victory.- More...
Saturday - March 05, 2005
National: Stevens
Comments On High Cost of Energy; Encourages Drilling on Arctic
Coastal Plain - Friday Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) went
to the floor of the United States Senate to comment on his concern
over the high cost of energy and about the lack of development
of U.S. domestic resources, particularly that of Alaska's Arctic
coastal plain. - More...
Saturday - March 05, 2005
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Polar stratospheric
clouds, like these are linked to the destruction of ozone over
the Arctic.
Photo Courtesy NASA
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Alaska: Scientists
Predict Arctic Ozone Loss by Doug Schneider - Record cold
temperatures in the Arctic's upper atmosphere have scientists
predicting the loss of ozone over the Arctic as spring approaches.
It can get really cold in the
Arctic, especially in the layer of the upper Arctic atmosphere
called the stratosphere. That's the relatively thin layer about
36 to 50 miles above the earth that contains ozone. Ozone is
important because it blocks the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays
from reaching the earth where they can cause skin cancer and
other ailments. - More...
Saturday - March 05, 2005
National: New
pollution rules would preempt 'Clear Skies' By Joan Lowy
- With President Bush's air pollution plan stalled in Congress,
administration officials are preparing to impose new reductions
on emissions from power plants that would undercut much of the
impetus for the legislation. - More...
Saturday - March 05, 2005
National: On
the hustings, Bush, Democrats debate Social Security By Bill
Straub - President Bush began Friday what promises to be a two-month
public-relations blitz in behalf of his proposal to overhaul
Social Security, calling data implying the giant federal retirement
system is in financial trouble "irrefutable" and maintaining
the time has arrived to "get rid of all that deadlock in
Washington" to do something about it. - More...
Saturday - March 05, 2005
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The aurora borealis,
or "northern lights"
Photo: NASA/MSFC
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Alaska: Alaskan
High Schoolers Help NASA Record, Share 'Earth Music' by Steve
Roy - In the tiny town of North Pole, Alaska, the sun currently
creeps into view for just three or four hours a day. Temperatures
typically crash in February to minus-30 degrees Fahrenheit or
lower. And bears aren't uncommon in these parts -- mother grizzlies
have on occasion sheltered their cubs in the woods near the local
high school.
But none of that can chill
the enthusiasm of North Pole High School math teacher Dr. Curt
Szuberla and his student team of aspiring scientists and engineers,
who braved the elements this winter on NASA's behalf to scout
locations for and build a very-low-frequency radio receiver,
or VLF. - More...
Saturday - March 05, 2005
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Irene Mojica
Photo courtesy KGH
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Ketchikan: Mojica
Named KGH Employee of the Month - Irene Mojica, Admitting
Customer Service Lead at Ketchikan General Hospital (KGH), has
been named Employee of the Month by a committee of her peers.
Mojica has been an employee
of the hospital for eight years. As the lead person in the Admitting
Department, she trains new employees in the process of patient
registration in the computerized medical record. She performs
registration audits, operates the switchboard, and serves a wide
variety of customer service needs. - More...
Saturday - March 05, 2005
Ketchikan: Two
more city directors placed on leave - Harbormaster Lori Kolanko
and Gateway Human Services Director Kevin Murphy have been placed
on paid administrative leave pending a review by the city's human
resources department, City Manager Karl Amylon said Friday. The
two actions are unrelated. ...
Ketchikan Daily
News - Saturday - March 05, 2005
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Columns - Commentary
 Dave
Kiffer: Big
honking "egg" design - Judging by the "design"
competition just completed for the new Capitol building in Juneau.
I am absolutely, positively, 100 percent sure the following conversation
MUST have taken place earlier this week. - More...
Saturday - March 05, 2005
 Jason
Love: The
Real Estate Agent - When I got out of college, I embarked
on a mission to find a job doing nothing. It didn't matter what
the job entailed, so long as it didn't entail responsibility.
I stood outside jewelry stores
holding jumbo signs. Look at me. Look at me. If I jumped up and
down, the owner would slip me a twenty. I felt like the guy who
drives the Weinermobile, only without the prestige.- More...
Saturday - March 05, 2005
 Dale
McFeatters: Let
the sun shine in - The federal government's basic sunshine
law is the Freedom of Information Act, passed in 1974 to ensure
public access to the inner workings of government. But over the
years, often through inattention or inertia but on occasion by
intent, the effectiveness of the law has been diminished. - More...
Saturday - March 05, 2005
 Ann McFeatters: Gazing
into the crystal ball ... I have just received news about
the future. Some of it's good. Some of it, sadly, is not.
Futurists Marvin Cetron, president
of Forecasting International, and Owen Davies, who have collaborated
on many books, have come up with a forecast of trends the World
Future Society thinks everyone should consider. - More....
Saturday - March 05, 2005
 Steve
Brewer: Let's
meet 'Desperate Househusbands' - Suburban life has never
seemed so mysterious as it does on the surprise hit of the TV
season, the dark comedy "Desperate Househusbands."
Hysteria Lane appears to be
an idyllic suburban street where the lawns are manicured and
the vinyl siding never needs painting. But dark secrets exist
behind the facades of those ranch-style homes. - More....
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