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Orchids in Southeast Alaska

...powdery, separated pollen grains (as with most flowers). The clumps of pollen grains are generally held together by sticky material and elastic threads, and sometimes several clumps are stuck together. The clumps are called pollinia. Although some other...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-05-24/orchids-southeast-alaska
Outdoors
Architect: Capitol renovations to begin in weeks

...idea that it will be completed sometime in October," said Jensen, referring to the removal of concrete, soil and other materials that will be replaced during the first phase of the project.The renovation is expected to be done in at least two phases...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-15/architect-capitol-renovations-begin-wee
State
7 JDHS students recognized

...her grade in a negative way. The classes can be demanding but she has set the curve on a few tests and has excelled with the material."Sophomore Erika Cruz was nominated by Cheri Carson of the Language Department. Carson said, "Erika Cruz is being recognized...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-05-19/7-jdhs-students-recognized
Neighbors
As mining booms in Southeast, so does mine training program

...Kensington repeatedly stressed the importance of following safety procedures to students as well.Despite the sometimes graphic material, the course seems to have won over some potential miners."I'm starting to look at it a lot more seriously than I did...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-18/mining-booms-southeast-so-does-mine-tra
State | Local
Sealaska Lands bills head to full House committee

...president Rick Harris said in a statement to the Empire. "We appreciate the Department of Agriculture recognizing this bill as a material improvement and the differences are small and can be resolved."Though the legislation has been worked and reworked over...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-16/sealaska-lands-bills-head-full-house-co
Local
Cases challenge legality of anti-"smurfing" statute

...goal was to enable law enforcement to find if someone is "smurfing" cold medication, which is when someone buys restricted materials, such as pseudoephedrine, and then either sells or trades it in for the finished product.The way the law works in action...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-16/cases-challenge-legality-anti-smurfing-
Local
School board votes to rejuvenate world language curriculum

...language curriculum by adding instructional materials for several languages that were being taught with obsolete materials. The district's current world languages curriculum, including books, materials and strategies, has not been reviewed since...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-08/school-board-votes-rejuvenate-world-lan
Local
New wave of seismic modeling: using supercomputers to study earthquakes

...the 7.5-kilometer-thick sedimentary basin."It's like throwing a rock in the pond. Except water is a homogeneous material. In the solid earth you have basins and mountains and other variations," said Carl Tape, a seismologist and assistant professor...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2013-05-03/new-wave-seismic-modeling-using-super
Not For Web
Spring Plant Sale signals the start of gardening season

...groups as well as several of the businesses and small growers who provide the young plants, hanging baskets and gardening materials for our town.This sale grew out of the Juneau Garden Club's Spring Sale, which was held on Del Rae Drive the Saturday...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-05-10/spring-plant-sale-signals-start-gard
Outdoors
Soldier says she faced harassment over Muslim name

...training program on the proper handling and disposal of Islamic materials. But Nova said she discovered that her unit trashed and burned...chaplain, and suggested designating a special box for Islamic materials so they could be disposed of in a more appropriate manner...

http://juneauempire.com/michael-biesecker/2013-05-09/soldier-says-she-faced-hara

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