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It was 50 years ago today, that the south-central portion of the state of Alaska and beyond, fell victim to the largest recorded earthquake on the continent of North America. That massive earthquake, lasting 240 seconds, took nine lives, the quake caused a series of tsunamis that took the lives of another 130 people.Also dubbed [...]
The following article is the first in a series of four that is being published this week. The subject is Jim Cobb and his patented oil spill techniques and equipment and the government's and oil industry's response to it. Long after the memories of the Exxon Valdez Spill have begun to fade and the last [...]
The Senate Bipartisan Coalition fell victim to redistricting in yesterday's election.Most directly, in southeast, redistricting pitted two coalition members, Senator Albert Kookish (D-Angoon) and Senator Bert Stedman (R-Sitka) in a battle for a single seat. Stedman took that race eliminating the Democratic Senator from the Senate. Another Democrat member of the coalition, Anchorage's Bettye Davis...
Since the internet became a part of my life I, and many others, have used it to expand the knowledge others have on our culture. Back in the 90's it was very depressing what you could find, maybe a page or two, a reference to a paper or book. I had a friend tell me...
pi, one of the most important mathematical constants, who can trace his recent lineage to Greece, made a visit to Alaska on his way around the world this week.While he has many fans in Homer, mathematicians and non-mathematicians alike, he was unable to answer very many questions as he was on a tight schedule on [...]