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By Matt Buxton [email protected] In front of a room of eagerly watch- ing eyes, instructor Jeannette Scott flipped her mock assailant off her with a shove of her hips. “The trick is to tuck your feet in as close to your rear-end as possible and push with your hips,” she said, half the room’s width separating her from the assailant who had been pinning her a moment before. Moments later, the dozen women attending the first Women’s Safety Symposium also were bucking off would-be attackers and exclaiming about how surprisingly easy it was. The short hand-to-hand training session was the culmination of a five- hour course teaching women not only how to escape a pin but also how to be aware of their surroundings and avoid or discourage an attack altogether. Scott, who teaches self-defense courses in the area through the International Karate Association and College of Martial Arts, explained that women need to know that they can defend themselves and should be prepared to fight, she said. “You can defend yourself; you can absolutely defend yourself,” she said. “You can learn how to not be in a sit- uation altogether. You can learn that physically you can defend yourself to a potential assailant. A lot of women talk themselves out of the ability. The mindsets aren’t there. It doesn’t mat- ter what your size is, it doesn’t matter how strong you are, you can fight.” worth of Coupons in Today’s Newspaper! OVER OVER $51 00 $51 00 21416280 4-27-14 The weather. Today will be mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. High today .............. 14 Low tonight ...............1 WEATHER » A5 • • • FROZEN NATION Cold front could produce record low temperatures in the Midwest, New England and the South. NATION Page A3 Aurora forecast. Auroral activity will be low. Weather permit- ting, low displays will be visible overhead from Barrow to Fairbanks. This information is provid- ed by aurora forecasters at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more infor- mation about the aurora, visit http://www.gi.alaska. edu/AuroraForecast TENN. GIRL GETS MAKE-A-WISH TRIP TO ALASKA INTERIOR » A4 NANOOKS BEAT 15TH-RANKED W. WASHINGTON SPORTS » C1 One dollar and fifty cents JANUARY 5, 2014 newsminer.com THE VOICE OF INTERIOR ALASKA SINCE 1903 SOURDOUGH JACK: “Meanwhile, in Alaska, things are downright balmy.” GOOD MORNING Business » D1 | Classified » G1 | Dear Abby » E3 | Obituaries » B3 | Opinion » F1 | Our Town Plus » B1 | Sports » C1 | Sundays » E1 | Weather » A5 INSIDE sunday Using DNA material, researchers trace today’s domesticated dogs to Asia. » SUNDAYS, E1 Inside Today THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANCHORAGE — Two adult Alaskans died from the flu in the past week, according to state health officials. The deaths are the first to be report- ed during Alaska’s 2013-14 influenza season and the first since new rules requiring health care facilities to report adult flu deaths to the state took effect in late December. Before, Alaska only tracked deaths among children. The state has not been notified of any child deaths so far this flu season. “People think, ‘Oh it’s just the flu,’” said Dr. Brian Yablon, a state epidemi- ologist. “But flu actually is a common cause of death every winter. It’s a good thing to be able to track.” The state Department of Health and Social Services did not disclose the names, ages or hometowns of the Alas- kans who died. The deadly H1N1, or the so-called swine flu, triggered more than 90 per- cent of the 290 laboratory-confirmed flu cases in Alaska since September, the Anchorage Daily News reported. It’s the flu strain behind the worldwide pandemic in 2009 that swept across more than 209 countries and killed more than 14,140 people. A lab test confirmed one of the adult flu deaths in Alaska was caused by H1N1, Yablon said. The other test- ed positive for the flu under a test designed for a quick reading. The state is awaiting confirmation from a lab. “Most of the positive tests are true influenza,” Yablon said. “There can be false positives, but in the middle of flu season, it’s likely to be flu.” • • • CEMETERY A REMINDER OF CITY’S HISTORY SUNDAYS » E1 • • • 2 die from flu in Alaska Deaths are the first for state this season Safety symposium teaches women to fight, never give up Stricter wood stove regulations announced By Matt Buxton [email protected] At the end of a smoky week in the Interior, the Environmental Protec- tion Agency announced new stan- dards for wood stoves that are less stringent than those planned by the state, at least at first. The EPA’s much-anticipated wood stove regulations are proposed to go into effect throughout the country in 2015, requiring newly manufactured stoves to cut maximum emissions by more than a third. Those standards would tighten dramatically in 2019. Wood stoves that already are installed or are for sale are not affected by the regulations, a Friday press release from the EPA stated. The regulations come amid increasing research and scrutiny of fine particulate air pollution, known as PM 2.5, that has linked it to short- and long-term negative health impacts, such as heart and lung disease. Fairbanks and North Pole have been struggling to meet the EPA’s air pollution standards, with much of the focus being placed on wood burning as the primary source of PM 2.5. The EPA set a deadline of 2014, but compliance isn’t expected to be reached for a number of years. Under current regulations, a non-catalytic wood stove meets EPA certification if it produces less than 7.5 grams of PM 2.5 per hour. The proposed EPA regulations would cut that down to 4.5 grams of PM 2.5 for all stoves manufactured after the date the regulations go into place. EPA standards are less strict than those planned by the state AIR » A6 Finding their strength Attendees watch as Jeannette Scott, a self-defense instructor with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Community and Technical College Law Enforcement Academy, left, demonstrates how to get an assailant off of you with the help of Kaari Firor of the International Karate Association, right, during the Women’s Safety Symposium on Saturday at the Westmark Hotel. ERIC ENGMAN/NEWS-MINER Attendees practice techniques for breaking an assailant’s grip during the symposium. ERIC ENGMAN/NEWS-MINER It doesn’t matter what your size is, it doesn’t matter how strong you are, you can fight.” Instructor Jeannette Scott “ DEFENSE » A6 FILLING A NEED Duo creates paper shredding company. BUSINESS Page D1 U.S. divided on birth control coverage rule WASHINGTON — On Friday, the Obama administration filed its argu- ment with the Supreme Court for why some Catholic groups should be com- pelled to give their employees contra- ception coverage, the latest salvo in an ongoing battle about how to treat those with religious beliefs under its new health law. It is unclear how the nation’s high- est court will resolve the issue, but one thing is clear: While Americans back the idea of contraception coverage in general, they are divided about wheth- er to compel businesses and nonprof- it groups with religious objections to provide it. THE WASHINGTON POST DIVIDED » A6
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By Matt [email protected]
In front of a room of eagerly watch-ing eyes, instructor Jeannette Scott flipped her mock assailant off her with a shove of her hips.
“The trick is to tuck your feet in as close to your rear-end as possible and push with your hips,” she said, half the room’s width separating her from the assailant who had been pinning her a moment before.
Moments later, the dozen women attending the first Women’s Safety Symposium also were bucking off would-be attackers and exclaiming about how surprisingly easy it was.
The short hand-to-hand training session was the culmination of a five-hour course teaching women not only how to escape a pin but also how to be aware of their surroundings and avoid or discourage an attack altogether.
Scott, who teaches self-defense courses in the area through the International Karate Association and
College of Martial Arts, explained that women need to know that they can defend themselves and should be prepared to fight, she said.
“You can defend yourself; you can absolutely defend yourself,” she said. “You can learn how to not be in a sit-uation altogether. You can learn that
physically you can defend yourself to a potential assailant. A lot of women talk themselves out of the ability. The mindsets aren’t there. It doesn’t mat-ter what your size is, it doesn’t matter how strong you are, you can fight.”
worth of Coupons in Today’s
Newspaper!
OVER OVER $51 00 $51 00
21416280 4-27-14
The weather.Today will be mostly cloudy with a chance of snow.
High today .............. 14Low tonight ...............1
WEATHER » A5
• • •
FROZEN NATIONCold front could produce record low temperatures in the Midwest, New England and the South.
NATIONPage A3
Aurora forecast.Auroral activity will be low. Weather permit-ting, low displays will be visible overhead from Barrow to Fairbanks.
This information is provid-ed by aurora forecasters at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more infor-mation about the aurora, visit http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast
TENN. GIRL GETS MAKE-A-WISH TRIP TO ALASKA
INTERIOR » A4
NANOOKS BEAT 15TH-RANKED W. WASHINGTON
SPORTS » C1
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SOURDOUGH JACK:
“Meanwhile, in Alaska, things are downright balmy.”
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sundayUsing DNA material, researchers trace today’s domesticated dogs to Asia. » SUNDAYS, E1Inside Today
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ANCHORAGE — Two adult Alaskans died from the flu in the past week, according to state health officials.
The deaths are the first to be report-ed during Alaska’s 2013-14 influenza season and the first since new rules requiring health care facilities to report adult flu deaths to the state took effect in late December.
Before, Alaska only tracked deaths among children. The state has not been notified of any child deaths so far this flu season.
“People think, ‘Oh it’s just the flu,’” said Dr. Brian Yablon, a state epidemi-ologist. “But flu actually is a common cause of death every winter. It’s a good thing to be able to track.”
The state Department of Health and Social Services did not disclose the names, ages or hometowns of the Alas-kans who died.
The deadly H1N1, or the so-called swine flu, triggered more than 90 per-cent of the 290 laboratory-confirmed
flu cases in Alaska since September, the Anchorage Daily News reported. It’s the flu strain behind the worldwide pandemic in 2009 that swept across more than 209 countries and killed more than 14,140 people.
A lab test confirmed one of the adult flu deaths in Alaska was caused by H1N1, Yablon said. The other test-ed positive for the flu under a test designed for a quick reading. The state is awaiting confirmation from a lab.
“Most of the positive tests are true influenza,” Yablon said. “There can be false positives, but in the middle of flu season, it’s likely to be flu.”
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CEMETERY A REMINDER OF CITY’S HISTORY
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2 die from flu in AlaskaDeaths are the first for state this season
Safety symposium teaches women to fight, never give up
Stricter wood stove regulationsannounced
By Matt [email protected]
At the end of a smoky week in the Interior, the Environmental Protec-tion Agency announced new stan-dards for wood stoves that are less stringent than those planned by the state, at least at first.
The EPA’s much-anticipated wood stove regulations are proposed to go into effect throughout the country in 2015, requiring newly manufactured stoves to cut maximum emissions by more than a third. Those standards would tighten dramatically in 2019.
Wood stoves that already are installed or are for sale are not affected by the regulations, a Friday press release from the EPA stated.
The regulations come amid increasing research and scrutiny of fine particulate air pollution, known as PM 2.5, that has linked it to short- and long-term negative health impacts, such as heart and lung disease.
Fairbanks and North Pole have been struggling to meet the EPA’s air pollution standards, with much of the focus being placed on wood burning as the primary source of PM 2.5. The EPA set a deadline of 2014, but compliance isn’t expected to be reached for a number of years.
Under current regulations, a non-catalytic wood stove meets EPA certification if it produces less than 7.5 grams of PM 2.5 per hour.
The proposed EPA regulations would cut that down to 4.5 grams of PM 2.5 for all stoves manufactured after the date the regulations go into place.
EPA standards are less strict than those planned by the state
AIR » A6
Finding their strength
Attendees watch as Jeannette Scott, a self-defense instructor with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Community and Technical College Law Enforcement Academy, left, demonstrates how to get an assailant off of you with the help of Kaari Firor of the International Karate Association, right, during the Women’s Safety Symposium on Saturday at the Westmark Hotel. ERIC ENGMAN/NEWS-MINER
Attendees practice techniques for breaking an assailant’s grip during the symposium. ERIC ENGMAN/NEWS-MINER
It doesn’t matter what your size is, it doesn’t matter how strong you are, you can fight.”Instructor Jeannette Scott
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FILLING A NEEDDuo creates paper shredding company.
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U.S. divided on birth control coverage rule
WASHINGTON — On Friday, the Obama administration filed its argu-ment with the Supreme Court for why some Catholic groups should be com-pelled to give their employees contra-ception coverage, the latest salvo in an ongoing battle about how to treat those with religious beliefs under its new health law.
It is unclear how the nation’s high-est court will resolve the issue, but one thing is clear: While Americans back the idea of contraception coverage in general, they are divided about wheth-er to compel businesses and nonprof-it groups with religious objections to provide it.
THE WASHINGTON POST
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