Alaska News Nightly: September 2, 2011
Earthquake Causes Tsumani Scare. Tanana Chiefs Conference Receives Suicide Grant. Sutton Coal Permit Up For Renewal. Gay and Lesbian Community Seeks Legal Protections. National Search Launched for ASD Superintendent. Potato Blight Surfaces in Palmer, Delta. Ferry Returns to Service. Sculptors Turn Stone Into Tradition
A Community Conversation on September 11
For the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, Hometown, Alaska hosts a community discussion about what these terrible events meant for us personally and as a society. Where were you on September 11, 2001? And how has life changed because of that day?
KSKA: Wednesday 9/7 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
The Adolescent Boy
Boys will be boys - but why exactly? We ask what makes adolescent boys 11-14 unique and what changes are their bodies - and their minds - going through at this developmental stage? Do boys and girls really learn differently? And what is necessary to help a boy become a good man? Michael Gurian author of "The Minds of Boys" is our guest.
KSKA: Tuesday 9/6 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Ten Years After 9/11
The warning went out within days of the terrorist attacks of 9/11. “If we live in fear the terrorists will have won.” How do we balance a legitimate concern for security with the cost of fear? Ten years later, Alaskans will be looking back at the events and developments since 9/11, on the next Talk of Alaska.
KSKA & APRN: Tuesday, 9/6 at 10:00 am
Superintendent Comeau Addresses Chamber and Fields Questions
On this edition of A Closer Look KSKA presents a profile of the Anchorage School District as presented by its superintendent, Carol Comeau. The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce had invited Superintendent Comeau to describe the district's overall status and what influences were likely to impact the 2011-2012 school term.
KSKA: Monday 9/5 at 1:00 pm and Saturday 9/10 at 5:30 pm
Arctic Imperative: Scott Minerd, CEO – Guggenheim Partners Asset Management
In the 17th and 18th centuries there was an economic model that became very popular called mercantilism. Under mercantilism, the nations of Europe expanded their territories into new regions and used those regions as an opportunity to extract resources and bring wealth back to their homes.
While mercantilism is generally thought to have benefited the European nations at the expense of their trading partners, there were certain benefits that accrued to the partner regions under the mercantilist system.
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Sculptors Turn Stone Into Tradition
Today on AK: Art. Imagine chipping away at a rock to create a shape that communicates concepts such as spiritual transformation.
Utlity Strike Averted, Bill Allen Serving Out Sentence
Alaska Edition host Michael Carey and guests discuss the implications of a potential strike by utility workers in Anchorage and also these headlines of Alaska's top news stories for the week of August 28:
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KSKA: Friday 9/2 at 2:00 pm and Sat. 9/3 at 6:00 pm
KAKM: Friday 9/2 at 7:30 pm and Sat. 9/3 at 5:00 pm
Helen (of Troy) With a Twist
What is the price of beauty? Cyrano’s Theatre Company presents a modern adaptation of Homer’s classic tale of lust and longing in a new updated version.
KSKA: Friday 9/2 at 2:45 pm
Tracking Radio-tagged Kenai River King Salmon
If a spawning Kenai River king salmon kept a diary of its upstream migration it might look a little like the data collected in a recent Alaska Department of Fish and Game radio-tagging project.
Follow ADF&G biologist Adam Reimer in this audio story, as he tracks radio-tagged Kenai king salmon by boat and airplane, and listens for signals from live salmon—three beeps—and from salmon that have spawned and died—five beeps.
Listen to the story. Alaska News Nightly: September 1, 2011
Sheraton Hotel Workers Score Court Win. Injunction Plugs Water Utility Strike. Cook Inlet Energy Race Is On. State Lawmakers Eye Norway for Energy Ideas
With Cold Weather Coming, Anchorage Homeless Numbers Up. Anglers Can Saved Wasted Rockfish. Southeast Borough Plans Draw Ire. Denali Park Bridge Under Discussion
Algo Nuevo: August 28, 2011
Here's the Sunday, August 28, 2011 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...
Something Different: August 28, 2011
What Is Time?
Elephant Revival (D. Rodriguez)
Break in the Clouds
Ruff Shod
2:50
Do You Love An Apple
Trapezoid (Trad.)
Now & Then
Flying Fish
4:11
Aloysius
Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies (J....
Alaska News Nightly: August 31, 2011
Pollock Fleet Asks, "Where Are The Fish?" Bethel Murder Trial Proceedings Off to a Rocky Start. Fire Claims Dot Lake Utility Building. Secretary Sebelius Visits the Alaska Native Health Center. Ester Residents Raise Money for a Library. Chum Run is Strong on the Yukon. Southeast's Pink Salmon Fleet Logs Record Year. Federal Government offers Help for Alaskan's Facing Foreclosure. NANA Opens New Hotel in Kotzebue
Photo Gallery: 1841 Kolmakovsky Blockhouse
Over the weekend a crew raised the new roof for our historical blockhouse, originally built on the banks of the Kuskokwim River in 1841.
See the photos.
Origins, Part One
When I was six years old, I fell into a coma.
I was out for about two weeks, but when I awoke I discovered several things:
1. A packet of letters and flowers from my kindergarten classmates wishing me to get well.
2. A room full of strange doctors.
3. My memories had disappeared.
4. My voice had disappeared.
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Night Music: August 27, 2011
Here’s the music playlist for Night Music with Connie G. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Song Title
Artist Name
Album Title
Label
Duration
Rhode Island
John...
Video: Stories at the Cemetery – Nate Benson as Dick Francis
On August 5, 2011 Stories at the Cemetery provided a self-guided walk through Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery, featuring presentations by costumed actors at ten pre-selected grave sites.
Here's the third installment, featuring local actor Nate Benson as Dick Francis, unwitting victim in the Cache Creek murders.
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Alaska News Nightly: August 30, 2011
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Visits Alaska. Mystery Spill Fouls Kodiak Harbor. Fairbanks Based Soldier Killed in Afghanistan. Cleveland Volcano Eruption Ends. Rural Interior School Districts Fail to Make AYP. Anchorage Superintendent Addresses Chamber. Longshoremen Protest Cruise Ship in Juneau. Themed Cruises Gain Popularity. High School Athletes Begin a New Year.
Judi Betts Workshop Inside Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival
Flash-back twenty-one years ago, May 1990, Judi Betts was juror at a Fairbanks Watercolor Society exhibition and workshop. My watercolor, “She the Prom” had been accepted into the show—the piece depicted the mutton chop prom dress I had sewn for daughter Jennifer. What a thrill for me, a soccer mom, this was my first outside-the-state acceptance.
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