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• Whale sculpture arrives in Juneau, fins to come Tuesday

  08-08-2016 21:28 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau’s 6-ton, 25-foot-tall whale statue has arrived.
  At least, the body has.
  The life-size, bronze humpback whale sculpture came in by ferry early Monday morning. Sculptor R.T. “Skip” Wallen and several members of The Whale Project, the group that raised money to fund the estimated $2.8 million project, were at the ferry terminal for the whale’s arrival.
  A crowd of about 20 people weathered a light drizzle waiting for the sculptu
  
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• New nonprofit seeks awareness and housing for mentally ill

  08-08-2016 09:27 via ktoo.org
  
  (Creative Commons photo by Neil Conway)
  No one knows the challenges of living with a mental disorder better than someone who has been diagnosed with one. That’s the argument the founder of a new nonprofit made to explain why his organization will be effective helping improve life for the mentally ill, starting with housing in Juneau.
  “I suffer from a mental illness and have for about 25 years,” said Gregory Fitch, the founder of the Mental Health Consumer Action Network, o
  
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• Whale sculpture to arrive in Juneau

  08-08-2016 05:23 via ktoo.org
  Juneau’s long-awaited whale sculpture is expected to come ashore Monday after nearly 10 years of waiting. The Juneau Empire reports that the life-sized, six-ton bronze whale sculpture is expected to arrive from Bellingham, Washington, at the Juneau ferry terminal early Monday.
  
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• World War II searchlight arrives in Kodiak

  08-08-2016 05:22 via ktoo.org
  A restored World War II searchlight has taken its place at the Kodiak Military History Museum and is now near a bunker that used to light the skies with similar technology. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports that two volunteers with Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park found the searchlight in a field of searchlights in Oregon last year and spent months working to restore the historic piece and to get it to Kodiak.
  
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• Russia’s Entire Paralympic Team Is Banned In Doping Scandal

  08-08-2016 04:59 via ktoo.org
  
  Sir Philip Craven, president of the International Paralympic Committee, announces Sunday that the entire Russian Paralympic team will be barred from next month’s games in Rio de Janeiro. “The anti-doping system in Russia is broken,” he said.
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  Russia’s entire Paralympic team is banned from next month’s Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro as part of the same doping scandal that also cost Russia a large part of its Olympic team.
  “The anti-dopin
  
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• In Bering Land Bridge, Composer Looks to the Wild for Inspiration

  08-08-2016 02:47 via ktoo.org
  
  Muskox, near Nome. (Public Domain photo by Jason Gablaski/National Park Service)
  For the past seven years, Stephen Lias has been visiting wild places to inspire him in writing musical compositions. His latest wilderness muse is Alaska’s Bering Land Bridge National Preserve.
  The self-proclaimed adventure composer will be traveling this week with local music teacher Ron Horner to tour the park. To write a good piece, he says he’ll keep himself open to every experience the preserve
  
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• Yes, Tracy’s King Crab Shack is moving

  08-08-2016 02:16 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Tracy’s King Crab Shack in Juneau in July 2013. (Creative Commons photo by mark byzewski)
  If you’ve visited Juneau, you’ve probably heard of Tracy’s King Crab Shack — the waterfront restaurant famous for its crab bisque. It’s become the subject of another skirmish in Juneau’s local restaurant wars.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/08/05SHACK1.mp3The shack has been around for more than a decade and garnered increased popularity after appear
  
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• U.S. Women Edge France, Passing A Tough Test In Olympic Soccer

  08-08-2016 02:16 via ktoo.org
  
  U.S. women’s soccer player Crystal Dunn (in white) contends with Amel Majri of France during their match at Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The U.S. earned a 1-0 victory in the the Group G first-round meeting in the Rio Summer Olympics tournament.
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  It was a match that lived up to its billing: the U.S., the world’s top-ranked women’s soccer team, taking on No. 3 France in a close contest that saw stellar play from both goalkeepers and ended w
  
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• How The Olympic Medal Tables Explain The World

  08-08-2016 02:15 via ktoo.org
  
  Gold medals for the Rio Olympic Games are displayed at a coin factory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 18, 2016.
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  Imagine a Martian trying to make sense of this world and the only available data are the Summer Olympic medal tables from the past century.
  How much would that explain? Quite a lot, it turns out. In fact, it would be challenging to find anything so concise that say so much about the past century as the tables below.
  The four bar charts show the coun
  
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• Officials plan fuel break to protect Sterling from fires

  08-08-2016 02:12 via ktoo.org
  KENAI — The Kenai Peninsula community of Sterling will be at less risk from future wildfires as government and Native corporation officials are planning a fuel break near the town.
  The planned Sterling Fuel Break will be a series of forest cuttings around an 8.5-mile section of Sterling’s border with the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. The break should stop forest fires from moving to Sterling by removing the most flammable trees and other vegetation from the surrounding area.
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• Anchorage police, fire officials stop broadcasting dispatch

  08-08-2016 02:10 via ktoo.org
  ANCHORAGE, — The public and news media in Anchorage will no longer be able to listen to the Anchorage Police and Fire Department’s radio system.
  City officials announced Friday that both the fire and police department’s radio systems will be encrypted and audio feeds on the internet will be taken down.
  Municipal Manager Mike Abbott wrote in a statement that the city has been studying the impact of broadcasting dispatch cannels and found that there are more negative consequences
  
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