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January 06, 2004
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Alaska: KNOWLES:
"NO OUTSIDE THIRD-PARTY ADS"; Challenges Other Senate
Candidates to Join Him in Lessening Outside Influence in Alaska
Politics - In a bid to lessen outside influence on Alaska
elections and unclutter the airwaves, U.S. Senate candidate Tony
Knowles on Monday blasted the use of outside third party ads
in election campaigns and publicly rejected any such "soft
money" ads sponsored by outside third parties on his behalf.
Knowles also challenged other candidates for Alaska's Senate
seat to join him in doing the same. - Read
more... Alaska: Software
upgrade may cause week delay in unemployment insurance processing
- Software upgrades to state labor department computers may delay
processing of unemployment insurance claim checks for up to a
week later this month. -
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Ketchikan:
Ketchikan:
Firm asks for incentives, land; Home manufacturer is shopping
for the sweetest deal - A California-based manufacturer of
pre-formed homes is making a pitch to the Ketchikan borough for
tax incentives and land, promising a business that could provide
more than 40 jobs. - Read
this story... Health: United States has highest prevalence of overweight teens in 15 country study - In a study of adolescents across 15 countries, adolescents in the United States had the highest prevalence of overweight, according to an article in the January issue of The Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Overweight and obesity have
increased worldwide among children, adolescents and adults, according
to the article. The World Health Organization has designated
obesity as one of the most important public health threats because
of the significant health impact of diseases associated with
obesity. Obesity in adults increases the risk of cardiovascular
diseases and diabetes. Obesity in adolescents is associated with
obesity-related health problems in adulthood, with 50 percent
to 80 percent of obese teenagers becoming obese adults. For children
and adolescents, a body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight
in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) at the
85th to 94th percentile for age generally is considered "at
risk for overweight" and a BMI at or above the 95th percentile
for age is generally considered "overweight." - Read
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Science: Astronomers: Star May Be Biggest, Brightest Yet Observed - A University of Florida-led team of astronomers may have discovered the brightest star yet observed in the universe, a fiery behemoth that could be as much as much as seven times brighter than the current record holder. But don't expect to find the star -- which is at least 5 million times brighter than the sun -- in the night sky. Dust particles between Earth and the star block out all of its visible light. Whereas the sun is located only 8.3 light minutes from Earth, the bright star is 45,000 light years away, on the other side of the galaxy. It is detectable only with instruments that measure infrared light, which has longer wavelengths that can better penetrate the dust. In a National Science Foundation-funded
study scheduled to be presented today at the American Astronomical
Society national conference in Atlanta, the team says the star
is at least as bright as the Pistol Star, the current record
holder, so named for the pistol-shaped nebula surrounding it.
Whereas the Pistol Star is between 5 million and 6 million times
as bright as the sun, however, the new contender, LBV 1806-20,
could be as much as 40 million times the sun's brightness. -
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