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Invoices, Invitations, Litigation, and Even Secession: Walker Says All Responses Possible To Arctic Drilling Decision
Alaska lawmakers have described President Barack Obama's new protections for the Arctic as an act of war against the state. Now the governor wants to shoot some volleys of his own.
The decision to block drilling in a good chunk of the Arctic angered Gov. Bill Walker so much that he did not even rule out secession when asked about it at a press conference.
"We'll consider all options," said Walker. "I don't think that's one we'll give a lot of credence to. But I won't say that we won't. I don't know that that gets us what we want. Interesting thought, though."
Walker, an independent, does intend to send a $2 billion invoice to the White House, charging for the loss of revenue potential to the state.
"They owe us," Walker said. "They owe us as far as I'm concerned."
Walker acknowledged that the federal government is unlikely to pay the bill, but wants to make a statement about Alaska's resource economy.
The governor is also considering more traditional responses, like inviting the president and secretary of the Interior for a tour of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. And if that does not work, he says a lawsuit is possible.
Obama announced the decision to designate 12 million acres of ANWR as wilderness on Sunday, and offered a plan to ban drilling in parts of the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas on Tuesday. While Shell holds offshore leases in the Arctic, no oil production is currently underway in the affected areas. The proposals have no immediate effect, but critics worry the plan could lock up billions of barrels of oil for the foreseeable future.
Sullivan: Alaskans Dream Big, Breathe Air 'Bathed in Promise'
In his first Senate speech, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan today spoke in support of the Keystone Pipeline. He likened it to the tie vote in the Senate over the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in 1973.
"Then, like now, opponents howled. They said TAPS would be an environmental disaster. They said bird and caribou populations would be decimated. But none of that happened," he said.
Sullivan is the first member of Congress from Alaska to discuss that pivotal moment in state history who did not live through it, or not as an Alaskan anyway. His sweeping address went on to discuss the American dream, and what he describes as the Obama Administration's threat to it. Sullivan says the dream is still alive in Alaska.
"In Alaska, the very air you breathe is bathed in promise," Sullivan said. "The people still speak the language of bold ideas, and rugged adventure."
He made a pitch for more access to federal land, for ending bureaucratic delay, and for curbing the growth of regulation.
"According to the President's own Small Business Administration, federal regulations impose an annual burden on our economy of close to $2 trillion dollars," Sullivan said. "That's roughly $15,000 dollars per year, per American family."
Other Congress members have cited that per-family figure, too. The Washington Post's Fact Checker this month awarded the claim two Pinocchios, saying it's misleading because it leaves out the savings. The Post cited the example of fuel-efficiency standards: They raise the cost of a car but save gas money over time.
Sullivan, in his speech to the Senate, also argued for his amendment to disarm the EPA.
"In a classic case of federal government power creep, 200 armed EPA, close to 200, armed EPA agents, are roaming our country," he said.
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois soon came to the floor and argued against arming the EPA, making it Sullivan's first official Senate clash.
"Sen. Sullivan wants them to enforce the laws but he doesn't want them to carry a firearm. That to me is ridiculous. In fact, it's dangerous," Durbin said, citing instances where he says EPA agents had to confront armed suspects.
But Republican colleagues, from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky to Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana, publicly congratulated Sullivan after the speech. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, according to a statement issued by Sullivan's office, particularly liked the emphasis on "Alaska-sized dreams."
Delta To Add Year-Round Competition In Juneau, Fairbanks
Delta Air Lines will fly year-round between Juneau and Seattle starting in May. This is a change from just offering flights during the summer, and could signal more Delta service coming to the state in the future.
Delta Air Lines Vice President of Seattle Mike Medeiros says the response to its one daily flightbetween Juneau and Seattle was good last summer. So good, Delta decided a couple weeks ago to extend it all year.
"It's, quite frankly, a place that needs some competition so we're ready to step in and be able to provide that," Medeiros says.
Delta will fly a Boeing 737 during the summer months, which can seat up to 160 people. In September, it will contract with SkyWest, which flies a Bombardier CRJ-900. Medeiros says the 76-seat plane better meets demand during the rest of the year.
He says extending service beyond the summer is not a decision Delta made lightly.
"When we're making a commitment to a market, it's very difficult to pull out. It's difficult on the company and difficult for us to do that," he says.
Delta will also extend seasonal service between Fairbanks and Seattle to be year-round, and add summer flights from Seattle to Ketchikan and Sitka. Medeiros says the new Southeast Alaska services will be evaluated at the end of summer.
"We'll see how Alaskan residents have responded to us. If they respond like they did in Fairbanks and Juneau to the competition, then I think it over time could find its way to a year-round pattern as well, but hard to predict that," Medeiros says.
Adding additional service to the state of Alaska is part of Delta's expansion in Seattle to connect passengers to international destinations or other hubs within the U.S. Delta has around 95 daily flights from Seattle, almost triple what it had last year. It hopes to grow to around 150 departures in another two years.
Alaska Airlines spokesman Tim Thompson says the company isn't nervous about Delta's year-round service in Alaska. He says over the years other airlines have come in and out of the state.
"There's always going to be competition in business. And we have to continue to make our business perform just like it has over the past number of years with an on-time record, a product that people want to fly on, especially Alaskans," Thompson says.
He says Alaska saw little change in passenger numbers from previous summers when Delta wasn't flying from Juneau to Seattle.
"For the most part, we still had a lot of Alaskans flying on Alaska Airlines being able to go in-state and out of state as well," Thompson says.
And he doesn't think Delta's year-round service will change that.
"I think we have a pretty solid reputation, and we have a pretty good loyalty base here in the state of Alaska," Thompson says.
Travel analyst Scott McMurren is one of those loyalists, and as a member of its mileage program, likes to rack up Alaska Airlines miles.
"But there's always part of the market that doesn't care about that or they care up to a certain point, especially if I'm traveling with my family or if buying a ticket for an employee. Delta is going be able to capture some of that market by dropping the price," McMurren says.
Right now, fares between the capital city and Seattle after Labor Day are priced higher than they are in the summer. But, McMurren says, fear not.
"To have the competitive force year-round, fares will go down," McMurren says.
He anticipates roundtrip fares between Juneau and Seattle in the winter to be comparable to those in the summer and drop to as low as $250.
APD Responds To Shooting Death
Early Tuesday morning Anchorage police responded to a fatal shooting at an apartment complex at East 41st Court. Two people were shot, a man and a woman. The man was dead on the scene. No arrests yet.
This follows a midtown fatal shooting Sunday in which a 14-year-old is charged with shooting 18-year-old Gustav Steinhilpert the Third in a vehicle in a parking lot. Police call this one a drug deal gone bad.
Proposed ASD budget includes 24 new teachers
The Anchorage School District's proposed $770 million budget for next year includes 24 new teaching positions and only cuts four administrative positions.
Superintendent Ed Graff presented the proposed 2015-2016 budget to the school board on Monday. He says the administration is focused on putting money toward improving student engagement and maintaining small class sizes, and the decision to hire more teachers was in response to community input.
"We took a lot of time working with staff, talking to the community, principals, about what their values were and what they need to make that happen," he told reporters during a press briefing. "And it came out repeatedly that class size and maintaining stability in our schools was a priority."
Graff says overall enrollment is expected to drop by about 200 students, though elementary school enrollment will increase slightly. But, he says the district will need to hire more teachers for all levels in order to maintain small class sizes for the lower grades and to prevent secondary school teachers from being relocated to other schools.
Graff says the budget numbers are based on the expected revenue promised in last year's education funding bill HB 278. The bill includes both an increase in Base Student Allocation and special one-time funds that are currently being used for programs like literacy coaching and preschool.
The budget does not account for the governor's proposed cuts to education funding. That could reduce the district's revenue by up to $12 million in state and local funds.
Some of the district's savings will come from cutting four administrative positions and plans to spend less on fuel and on broadband costs. The district will also redirect $17 million of this year's unexpected fund balance to next year's budget. It will close most of the originally expected budget gap.
Andy Holleman with the Anchorage Education Association says the proposal to hire more classroom teachers will help everyone and increase morale.
"What they're doing is hitting some of the really large classes and bringing them down. That helps everything go further. And, yeah, we think a highly-qualified teacher in a reasonably-sized classroom is the best use of money."
But Holleman says he doesn't think the district will necessarily be able to hire those new teachers or retain the current ones.
"Things are kind of tough right now. We've had a lot of programs go away, TAs go away. Middle school elective teachers have lost team planning time and in a lot of cases they've picked up a lot students that they see every day. So in the upshot from that is, it's still difficult and kind of grim. But finding out that it's not going to get appreciably worse is always better."
He says he thinks many teachers will leave Anchorage for the Lower 48.
The proposed budget also includes money for technology and curriculum upgrades.
The School Board will take public testimony and discuss the budget on Monday Feb. 2. They'll continue the conversation and vote on the final version on Thursday, Feb 19. It will then go to the Anchorage Assembly for approval.
Anchorage 6th graders staying put
Anchorage sixth graders are not moving schools. The Anchorage School Board voted on Monday to keep the school structure the same. Currently, some sixth graders are housed in elementary schools while others are in middle schools. The district had considered making sixth grade placement consistent for all students. But, after surveying the community and analyzing the costs of changing the structure, the administration decided it's best to keep the schools as they are. All but one school board member voted in favor of maintaining the status quo.
With New Regents, Walker Alters Geographic Makeup of University Board
Gov. Bill Walker has named four new members to the University of Alaska Board of Regents, changing its geographic composition.
Of the four members removed, three hailed from Anchorage. Only one replacement comes from the city. Sheri Buretta chairs the Chugach Alaska board of directors, and serves on the board of the Alaska Federation of Natives. Andy Teuber of Kodiak chairs the Alaska Native Health Tribal Health Consortium, and he replaces another Kodiak member. Lisa Parker was appointed from Soldotna, and she handles government affairs for the Apache Corporation. Fairbanks gains a member with John Davies, a former state legislator who now works for the Cold Climate Housing Research Center.
With four members, Fairbanks now has the most representation on the 11-person board. A spokesperson for the governor says the governor desired "more regional representation."
Aleutian Sanctuary Proposal Stalls Out
The federal government has turned down a request to create a vast marine reserve around the Aleutian Islands.
On Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that the Aleutians won't advance in the process to become a national marine sanctuary — mostly due to a lack of local support.
Adak, King Cove, Akutan, and the Aleutians East Borough all came out against the nomination. Environmentalists and research groups had been seeking permanent limits on oil and gas leasing and commercial fishing in federal waters around the Chain.
At more than 730,000 square miles, it would have been the largest marine sanctuary in the country.
In a letter, a NOAA representative suggested that a smaller swath of the Bering Sea could be eligible — areas that "encompass the specific resources you believe to be of the highest value." But the agency would still need to see proof that other interest groups are on board.
There are 13 national marine sanctuaries around the United States — each with its own local management panel. Those groups can advise NOAA on new regulations for commercial inside the reserve.
Subsistence Community Allowed To Use Set Gillnets On Kenai, Kasilof Rivers
A new fishery approved by the Federal Subsistence Board last week will allow the use of set gillnets on the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers.
The Ninilchik Tribal Council submitted the proposals, which will allow the subsistence community there to use one 60-foot long set gill net for sockeye on the Kenai River between June 15th and August 15th.
Up to 4,000 sockeye could be harvested with the subsistence permit, in addition to as many as 1,000 king salmon. That was the main point of contention on the Board's 4-3 vote. And it complicates an already tough-to-manage fishery, says Alaska Department of Fish and Game Management Biologist Robert Begich.
"With more harvest, because of a new user group, if the fishery does grow or they are effective at harvesting, that harvest needs to be accounted for in the daily management of the fishery because we do get daily sport harvest estimates," he said. "So we would hope that this harvest would be added to a program to the managing federal staff so that we could get it daily as well."
The federal staff in charge is at the Kenai Wildlife Refuge, and they would have to approve any permit applications and operation plans for the fishery. Subsistence users are already allowed the use of rod and reel, dipnets and fish wheels. Subsistence communities in Cooper Landing and Moose Pass will also be allowed to apply for permits.
Bristol Bay Sockeye's Prey Quality Affected By Ocean Temperature
Having healthy and plentiful returns of salmon each season is an important issue to subsistence, sport and commercial fishermen alike. But, relatively little is known about what happens to the fish once they leave their spawning grounds and head out to sea. A group of scientists have started investigating a piece of the puzzle in a survey of juvenile Bristol Bay sockeye salmon.
Bristol Bay sockeye can account for nearly 60 percent of the world's harvest each year. But, the fish's returns vary greatly from year to year.
Scientists believe a large portion of salmon mortality occurs in their first year at sea. And they think size can play a vital role in fish survival.
"So it's important for them to be large and have extra lipid reserves before they go into the winter in order to survive," Ellen Yasumiishi, a research fisheries biologist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said.
A larger fat reserve means more energy for the salmon in winter, when food is more scarce.
During the study, Yasumiishi and her team found that – no surprise – the smaller fish are typically at a disadvantage.
"They swim slower and they have to compete for food with other fish, so they might not be getting as much food as they need to as the other fish," she said. "And they might also be a prey item for larger species that feed on the smaller prey."
The study indicates salmon over 180 millimeters long – or about 7 inches – have the highest survival rates.
Yasumiishi's team also discovered a difference in diets between warm and cold years. She says in warmer years, juvenile salmon fed primarily on pollock.
"Those are a lower-energy rich prey, and whereas in cold years they are feeding on euphasiids, which are crustaceans," Yasumiishi said. "So it would be like the difference between me eating McDonald's fish sticks for dinner and king crab."
"So that crab, that crustacean provides that extra lipid concentration that they need."
Yasumiishi says the difference in diet is likely a function of which types of prey are most abundant at the time.
Even though the quality of prey differs depending on the ocean temperature, she says there are a number of other factors in play affecting salmon returns — which vary greatly, regardless of whether it's a cold or warm year.
Close to 54 million sockeye are projected to run in Bristol Bay in 2015 – which is the largest forecast in 20 years.
Foraker Says Bethel Residents Out-Give Urban Alaskans
A recent study about Alaska non-profits confirms what many in the field know: that federal grant money has been drying up over the past couple of years. On the other hand, it shows that non-profits are developing new revenue streams, and counting on personal giving, particularly in rural areas.
Andrew Cutting is Director of Non-profit Research and Partnerships at the Anchorage-based Foraker Group, which offers training and assistance to Alaska non-profits. He says their study shows that Alaskan are generous.
"Alaskans are very giving. I mean some of these statistics just point to the dollar amount but we know they're giving in many ways. But this really gives us hard numbers about how Alaskans are giving in their communities and we see that in rural communities they're giving at a much higher percentage than in urban areas," said Cutting.
In 2010 Alaska non-profits received 3.3 billion dollars from the federal government. By 2013, that number had been cut by more than half to 1.5 billion, and it's expected to continue to decline in the current economic climate.
The study shows that nonprofits are counting on earned revenue, which has grown substantially, and personal contributions to make up for the gap. Southwest Alaska residents stand out in their giving.
The Lower Kuskokwim's giving ratio, based on itemized tax returns, is 3.5 percent compared to 2.7 percent in Anchorage. That's above the national average of 3 percent.
"Bethel tends to be one of the outstanding ones. We always see blips in communities over time … but Bethel tends to be higher than average and higher than the state year after year, after year," said Cutting.
Overall, the study says Alaska non-profits are adapting by finding new sources of earned revenue, such as selling goods and services, as federal and state grants are reduced. Cutting says non-profits will have to be nimble, adjusting their funding strategies and diversifying their funding sources over the next few years. He adds that the shift to local giving creates a new narrative for rural Alaska.
"The old story of the villages outside of the main hubs taking, taking, taking isn't totally true in a lot of ways. Village communities are really taking care of themselves by donating at very high percentages," said cutting.
Alaska has a lot of non-profits, about 5,700, which are providing a substantial number of jobs. Health and social services dominate the non-profit sector in the state and nationally. The national norm for non-profit employment is 10.6 percent. In Alaska it's 12 percent. In rural Alaskan communities that percentage tends to be even higher – for example in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta where the non-profit sector accounts for half of the workforce, including many through the region's largest employer, the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation.
Here is a link to the study.
Business Leaders Meet For Innovation Summit
More than 200 business leaders, researchers and policy-makers gather in Juneau this week for the 2015 Innovation Summit.
The two-day event is a time to listen, discuss and brainstorm about Southeast Alaska's economic future.
Brian Holst, the executive director of the Juneau Economic Development Council and the summit's organizer, says speakers and participants will focus on new ways of doing business.
"These are entrepreneurs and university people and people involved in the business world or supporting business that have experienced innovation in their professional work," Holst said.
The Innovation Summit runs Wednesday and Thursday at Juneau's Centennial Hall. There is a registration fee.
Family Worried About Missing Ketchikan Man
A Ketchikan man has been missing for nearly a month, with no evidence that he left the island.
Roy Banhart was last seen on Dec. 29. He had called for a taxi to take him downtown, and spent some time at the 49er Bar on Water Street. He left the bar, and was going to take a taxi home, apparently. But, witnesses told his family that Roy was intoxicated and belligerent, so the cab driver made him get back out.
That's the last reported sighting of 38-year-old Roy Banhart. And his family is anxious.
"He's on the quiet side. He's been known to disappear as far as contact for a short period of time, but nothing like this," said Banhart's first cousin, Irene Anderson. She lives in Seattle but is heading up the search efforts for the family.
Anderson said that in early January, they reported her cousin missing to Ketchikan's police department.
"(Police) have searched Alaska Airlines records, and Alaska Marine Highway records, and I've been in contact with local air taxis and InterIsland Ferry," she said. "There's no indication that he left town."
Ketchikan is on an island, and there's no way off except by boat or plane. The remaining explanations for what might have happened to Banhart are not good.
"I'm hearing that the last time he was seen by two different friends on two different occasions, he was not in a good frame of mind, and was intoxicated," Anderson said. "So, the concern is that he's in the water."
Anderson said it's possible that her cousin may have committed suicide, but it's also possible that he was murdered. She said she received information from someone who wants to remain anonymous.
"A party overheard a man down at Thomas Basin Dec. 29, referring to Roy. The conversation with another party indicated that this person was involved in some kind of harm to Roy, and indicated that there were gunshots fired," she said.
Police, though, say there's no evidence of foul play. Deputy Chief Josh Dossett offered a third possibility: that Banhart slipped and fell into the water. It's happened before to other people.
"We've had plenty of cases where someone who is intoxicated has fallen in the water and drowned," Dossett said. "At this point, we don't have anything to indicate, other than he was in the proximity of Kennedy (Street near the 49er), to indicate that. We're just following up on any leads that we get."
Dossett said the case remains open, and one officer is assigned to it. Other officers have helped when tips have come in, and police have searched in numerous locations around town without any luck.
If Banhart did end up in the water, his body may or may not have resurfaced by now. Dossett said it depends on various factors.
"It depends on the current, it depends how deep it is. The water temperature has a lot of effect on the body," he said. "We've had cases where people have not resurfaced for a few months."
There are some local residents organizing searches for Banhart separate from the police investigation, and Anderson hopes others might be willing to join in.
"If people would look at like, what if this was my brother, my cousin, my best friends, my coworker," she said. "We need that kind of coverage to help find him."
Anderson said that, in addition to the waterfront, groups are looking around trails, especially Deer Mountain, one of her cousin's favorite places to hike.
Anyone with information about Banhart is asked to contact the Ketchikan Police Department. For updates on search efforts, you can go to the Facebook page called Please Help Find Roy Banhart.
Mushers Hand Off Their Drop Bags In Anticipation Of 2015 Yukon Quest
Yukon Quest mushers dropped off all the food and gear they'll need for the 1000-mile sled dog race in both Fairbanks and Whitehorse, Yukon over the weekend. Race Manager Alex Olesen says the race becomes more of a reality once all that gear has been delivered.
"I mean we're not ready, we're never all the way be ready," he said. "There's always going to be things that come, there's things that will break, there's things that will change, but now it's on!" said Olesen.
On Saturday, at least 15 volunteers heft bags filled with everything from wool socks to chunks of frozen fish and meat from the back of a pick up truck.
Long before these polypropylene bags were dropped off in Fairbanks, mushers like Cody Strathe had them laid out and labeled waiting to be filled in the driveway at Squid Acres Kennel – home of the sled dogs both he and wife Paige Drobny train for mid-distance and long-distance races like the Yukon Quest.
"I think last year, I had probably 40 total bags for the Yukon Quest," he said. "Right now, I've made a spread sheet that tells how many snacks and how many meals I need at each checkpoint."
A week ago, Strathe stood over a wooden table in front of his house, with a knife in his hand. A strong, musty stench hung in the air.
"Ok, well, I've got a couple beaver carcasses laid out her eon the table and I am cutting the meat off," said Strathe. "The meat is one of the dogs' favorite snacks on the race. For some reason this stinky gross beaver met is just absolutely one of their favorites."
A few feet away, there's a different kind of smell. Friend Matt Cameron mans a giant saw to slice up a long, frozen block of something green and lumpy. It's frozen tripe, or cow stomach.
"Yeah, it smells pretty bad, butt he dogs love it!" Cameron laughed.
The tripe, the beaver meat and all kinds of other dog food are packed into the drop bags. But these bags aren't just filled with food.
There's also a flurry of activity inside Cody Strathe's house.
Fellow musher and friend Mandy Nauman sits on the living room flood amid a heap of handwarmers.
"Any help is much needed and I'm here to help," she said.
She drove a team in the Yukon Quest last year, so she's familiar with the scenario playing out today.
"At some point during the race, the musher is going to appreciate all the work that all their friends put in," said Nauman.
Over at the kitchen counter, a pot of caribou stew bubbles as long-time friend Matt Austin scoops teaspoons of red powder into small plastic bags. After he's done with that, he'll organize other dog food supplements, additives, oils and ointments for sled dogs. It's a tedious job, but that's what he's here for.
"It's just fun to be a part of the whole scene and help good people out," said Austin. "It's awesome to be able to give a hand and hang out friends and drink some beer and have some food and just be social."
Not every musher throws a drop-bag party like this to prepare meals, sort dog booties and double check packing lists.
Rookie Kristin Knight-Pace of Healy says she and husband Andrew were huddled in their one room cabin with all her gear spread out the night before she was set to deliver her bags to race personnel.
"This is the biggest relief ever. This is like the hardest hurdle," she laughed.
She says keeping track off all her gear and everything for her dog team is an enormous challenge.
"This is my first 1000 mile race, so it's the fist time I've ever had to pack for this long of a trip," said Knight-Pace.
"I've been thinking about it like all those people that through-hike the PCT. They mail all their stuff to themselves ahead of time at all these post offices along the trail and that's how I feel this is," she said. "It's a relief to know that it's juts going off into the world and what's done is done."
Over the next two weeks, drop bags will be shipped to checkpoints along the 1000 mile trail. They'll be ready and waiting for mushers after they leave the start line of the 32nd annual Yukon Quest February 7th.
Murkowski Says Obama Plans 3 Gut Punches to Alaska Economy This Week
Alaska's governor and congressional delegation are furious over President Obama's announcement this weekend that he's seeking wilderness status for the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. That would put the area off-limits to oil and gas development. Permanent wilderness designation would require congressional approval, and this Republican-led Congress is unlikely to grant it. But that's just the start of what Obama has in store for the state in the coming days.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, flanked by Congressman Don Young and Sen. Dan Sullivan, faced national reporters at the U.S. Capitol, projecting ferocity.
"We have said as a delegation that we will not stand it. We will not tolerate (it), and we will do everything that we can to push back against an administration that has taken a look at Alaska and said 'it's a nice little snow globe up there and we're going to keep it that way,'" she said.
Murkowski says wilderness status for ANWR is just one of three gut punches the Interior Department plans deliver this week to Alaska's economy. She says Interior Secretary Sally Jewell's chief of staff, Tommy Beaudreau, told her about them Friday. Punch two will be withdrawals from the Arctic off-shore leasing program. That five-year draft plan is expected as soon as tomorrow. Punch 3, Murkowski says, will be to the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska, where ConocoPhillips needs a road to develop its Greater Moose's Tooth project. Murkowski says the government intends to impose conditions that will add $40 million to the cost.
"If it's not off-limits, (the administration is) going to make it so hard and so expensive that no operator is going to want to do it," Murkowski said. "Is this how you treat a state?"
Murkowski says she intends to try to block the actions legislatively and through the budget — a meaningful statement since she chairs the subcommittee charged with writing the Interior Department's spending bill. She's written a "sense of Congress" statement on the Arctic, as an amendment to the Keystone pipeline bill. She mentioned a possible lawsuit. She also says the congressional delegation will work to educate the rest of the country on how much care Alaska's industry takes to avoid harming the land or animals.
Rep. Young told reporters the industry does no harm to Arctic wildlife.
"I mean that's the nonsense. The guy in New York, Miami, Philadelphia San Francisco. 'Oh, we've got to save the poor little animals,'" Young said in falsetto, hands aflutter. "It doesn't affect them! Never has. It's all a myth, easily sold to the less knowledgeable people."
Once the administration formally requests wilderness status, it intends to manage those parts of ANWR as wilderness. Environmentalists who support the plan say it won't make a big difference on the ground, because industry isn't allowed there now anyway. The government says in its plan it intends to keep subsistence access the same. Murkowski says she believes Obama's wilderness request is just a prelude.
"Lisa's theory: I think that they are advancing this in an effort to get environmental support, to raise money for the cause," she said.
As she sees it, Obama is trying to drum up support from his base so that he can then declare ANWR a national monument, an executive action to lock up the area. Murkowski says that would violate the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, which says Congressional approval is required to reclassify large tracts of land.
"But if he's got public support on his side, he doesn't care if he's ignored the law (ANILCA)," she said. So I think he's teeing himself up for future action."
While Obama's move has Alaska officials fuming, environmentalists are thanking him. Cindy Shogan of the Alaska Wilderness League says it'll still be tough to get a wilderness bill through Congress but she says Obama's commitment to the issue helps.
Two Indicted After Break-In at Sand Point Post Office
Two Sand Point men are facing federal charges after allegedly breaking into the town's post office in late December.
Sheldon Shuravloff, 21, and Keith Lee Wilson, Jr., 18, were indicted Thursday on charges of burglary with intent to commit larceny, and conspiracy to commit burglary.
An unnamed 17-year-old is also facing juvenile charges in connection with the alleged break-in. The state is handling that part of the case.
Sand Point Police Chief John Lucking wouldn't say what was damaged in the incident, which happened on Dec. 28. The post office's outer door was unlocked at the time, Lucking says, to allow after-hours access to mailboxes.
"We responded to the report of a burglary there… and found damage and secured the scene, and cooperated with the federal authorities who came in to conduct their own investigation, which we supported," Lucking says.
He says all three defendants are lifelong residents of Sand Point, which is home to about a thousand people. Though the case has been turned over to federal investigators, Lucking says locals are still paying close attention.
"The community is adamant — they're expecting accountability here. And I think everybody feels like it was a personal violation," Lucking says. "It's everyone's post office, and people were locked out of their mail for a week, and processes have changed and doors have become locked now. And it shouldn't have to be that way in Sand Point, Alaska."
Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie Courter says that's a consideration as the case moves forward.
"It's pretty well known that in our small communities, the post office is a center of community life," Courter says. "It's important for every member of the community, not just the people involved in a particular break-in or incident."
Shuravloff and Wilson could face up to five years in jail and a $250,000 fine for each charge. Courter says the value of the damage done to the post office could affect any possible sentence.
Delegation, Walker Irked By President's ANWR Proposal
President Obama is proposing the largest ever wilderness designation in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which would forever put the coastal plain off-limits to oil and gas development.
The White House announced the plan with a YouTube video showing Arctic footage with the president explaining the area's importance to polar bear, caribou and migrating birds.
"But it's very fragile," Obama said. "That's why I'm very proud my department of Interior has put forward a comprehensive plan to make sure we're protecting the refuge and that we're designating new areas, including coastal plains for preservation."
Alaska's top elected officials were united in their displeasure with the weekend announcement. ANWR's coastal plain is coveted by the state and oil industry for its vast resource development potential. Gov. Bill Walker and the state's congressional delegation issued a joint statement describing the president's move as a war on Alaska's future. Walker says it undermines the promises of the statehood compact.
"The plan was we had to live off of our resources and then over time, they've taken away a 100 million acres at a time, it doesn't take long before we're down to trying to make a living off a small piece of ground," Walker said. "I'm sorry if I sound frustrated today, but I am. I'm very frustrated. I mean, it's not a shot across the bow, it's a little more serious than that."
Permanent wilderness designation for the coastal plain would require an act of Congress. The environmental lobby has been pressing for that for decades, without success. The likelihood of such a bill passing in this Republican-led Congress is virtually nil. But Sen. Lisa Murkowski isn't taking the announcement lightly. In a written statement, she says her days of trying to work with the administration are over and she intends to hit back with everything she can. Murkowski chairs the Senate committee that oversees the Interior Department. She also chairs the Appropriations subcommittee that writes its budget.
300 Villages: Lower Kalskag
This week, we're heading to Lower Kalskag – a community of about 250 people on the Kuskokwim River. Janet Evan is the city clerk in Lower Kalskag.
Joint Session to Address Marijuana Decriminalization As Municipalities Scramble to Regulate
Republican Senator Lesil McGuire of Anchorage has introduced the first large-scale bill regulating marijuana like alcohol in Alaska. The measure includes fine points that lawmakers, police, and the public need to adapt November's Ballot Measure 2 into a legal framework.
Senate Bill 30 lays out a new, more specific definition of marijuana that includes derivatives like hash oil, as well as byproducts like hemp. McGuire says the bill is the first of three that will come out of the Judiciary committee.
"It decriminalizes marijuana in the case of 21-year-old Alaskan adults using marijuana for recreational and medicinal uses," McGuire said, for, "up to one ounce."
The legal defense for transport of marijuana is defined, as well, something the 1975 Ravin decision did not cover even after sanctioning personal use.
McGuire's bill comes as government bodies across the state are mobilizing on measures to create boundaries for legal marijuana use that will be clear to both the public and police. Under SB-30, for example, you cannot drive with "an open marijuana container," which is further defined as everything from paraphernalia to a broken seal on packaging. Similarly, there is a mechanism for ticketing open consumption—something the city of Anchorage is currently considering.
Myron Fanning is deputy chief for the Anchorage Police Department, and said a big concern in implementing the new laws is squaring local rules with those being drafted by the Legislature.
"One of the big challenges is telling my officers what they can and can't do," he explained. Fanning was part of a delegation the city of Anchorage sent to Colorado for a recent conference on what has been learned a year in to its legalization.
Deputy Clerk Amanda Moser also attended, and thought the conference helped officials learn about different strategies to address many of the unanticipated issues arising from legalization.
"One of my main take-aways from the conference was we don't have to re-invent the wheel here in the municipality of Anchorage," Moser said after the delegates presented to an Assembly committee looking into commercialization. "We can take what Colorado has done over the last year, what's been successful, what hasn't been successful, and use that as we begin to write our regulations."
SB-30 will be introduced to a joint hearing between the Senate and House Judiciary committees on Monday.
AK: Rescue Training
In 2014, Alaska's Air National Guard rescued more than 90 people. They picked up individuals from downed aircrafts, snow machines that fell through ice, and lost hikers in the wilderness.
The 49-person search and rescue squadrons are credited with saving over 2,000 lives in Alaska over the past 20 years. But they also deploy abroad providing rescue capabilities for the Air Force in Afghanistan, Iraq and even Djibouti in East Africa. Many of their skills are honed during training missions around the state. They let KSKA's Anne Hillman tag along on one late last month.
My flight aboard a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter starts like any flight anywhere — with a lecture on buckling my safety belt.
"Then you can adjust it with the straps and also on the end if you want to tighten it up, just pull this. Or loosen it. However you want."
But my safety belt isn't attached to a seat – I'm hooked to a ring bolted to the floor. The back of the helicopter is an open space where pararescuemen – called PJs – can move around to jump out different doors or pack the space with gear. Fifteen people can fit in the back, though it doesn't allow much breathing room.
The pilots, engineers and PJs chat through headsets about their landing site, the weather conditions, and who saw their buddies perform.
Sunlight turns the distant Chugach Mountains pink and we fly low enough to the ground to see tufts of grass still poking through the season's meager snow fall. Soon we fly into a bank of fog near Mount Susitna and the winds pick up dramatically. The helicopter circles around the proposed landing area then after some conversation we move on. The conditions aren't suitable for what they need to practice – a PJ jumping tandem out of a Hercules C-130 aircraft, carrying another to the ground.
The helicopters soon choose a new location and drop us off with a stretcher and loads of gear. They take off again to practice mid-air refueling.
Combat Rescue Officer Aaron Hunter sets up the drop zone.
"I'm just going to mix this in underneath," he says, testing the wind and laying out rectangles of orange material showing the wind direction.
He radios to the Hercules that's headed toward the drop zone carrying five more PJs and tells them the altimeter settings for the new location.
"King Bruin….. the setting is 9-4-2," he said.
Hunter joined the National Guard straight out of college. He says he had never even heard of it until a month before signing up, but he says it suits him.
"I've been in the Guard seven years now and every day has been not the same," Hunter said. "And that really helps me out because I don't really have ADD, but I feel like I have ADD a lot."
He's worked in Alaska and deployed to Afghanistan and Djibouti. Hunter's completed hundreds of jumps.
"I don't even really consider jumping super dangerous anymore," Hunter said. "There are so many things built into that make it safe. There's a better chance of me getting hurt on a ladder than I think there is jumping."
Hunter explains that parachutes have built-in safety mechanisms. The 'chutes will deploy even if the jumper is unconscious, though they wouldn't have control over the landing. For Hunter, the joy of being in the guard isn't the thrill of the jump, it's helping people.
"So I've had a chance to work on several different plane crashes where the people were still alive and you have the ability to administer a little bit of care and then get them out of their bad situation and move them on to higher care," he said. "No one else in the state would have been able to do anything."
The National Guard is deployed when the State Troopers can't reach an area because of equipment, personnel, or weather conditions. The Guard will send out the pilots and PJs. If the area can't be reached by an aircraft, the PJs drop ATVs and snow machines out of the plane by parachute then use them to access the victims.
During this training mission, the heaviest equipment is a chainsaw brought along in case a PJ lands in a tree. After about a half an hour, the Hercules returns to the drop zone and hurls a streamer out the door. It shows the PJs the wind direction and helps them figure out where to jump.
"They're gonna fly over where the streamers landed and they're gonna count how many seconds it takes to get from the streamers to the target, then start the count again after they pass the target then jump out the same distance from streamer to target," he said.
Hunter starts a bright pink smoke signal to give more pointers.
"It always changes. The situation on the ground is always different than what you think it's going to be. No matter what it's always different. And so, winds change. Might as well know the winds are changing," Hunter said. "And it's nice to have a physical indicator of that."
Soon after the four jumpers drift slowly to the ground and land a minute walk away from the blazing orange arrow. Capt. John Romspert led the tandem jump. He says it's a skill he mostly uses overseas for carrying specialists or translators into action.
"Normally I plan differently because the person I'm jumping has never jumped before," Romspert said. "Some people have never even seen one of these planes I'm taking them out of. So not only do I have to fly for myself as we sky dive, I have to fly for them and be prepared for them to do everything their not supposed to do."
The guardsmen pack up their parachutes and head to the waiting helicopter. This time, Hunter will jump. It's his first time in about two months. He says he's slightly anxious.
"I think scared and excited are the same thing sometimes," Hunter said.
The helicopter takes off again. When the conditions are right, Hunter jumps without hesitation. Others practice hoisting in and out of the airplane on cables, disappearing into the mini blizzard created by the helicopter's propellers. And soon the training mission is over. Ten of us pack into the back of the aircraft, perched on bags of gear and parachutes, and head back to Anchorage.
Back at JBER, Capt. Aaron Zamora prepares for the mission debriefing. He was Romspert's passenger, though usually he jumps himself. He was in the Air Force before joining the Alaska Air National Guard.
"For 10 years we practiced with body armor and M4s and night vision goggles. Everything was related to war," Zamora said. "I was getting a little tired of that, you know? A couple rounds of Iraq, a couple of rounds of Afghanistan. I was kind of over it."
But Zamora says he wasn't ready to leave the military, so he moved to Alaska and joined the Guard. Here, he only deploys every other year. His main focus is keeping civilians, Air Force, and aviators safe in the state. He says the role is less stressful but still has its own challenges.
"It's a little unique here," Zamora said. "You never know what you're going to get into, whether it be on a glacier, on a river, or out in the ocean or some sort of rope system you have to set up on the side of cliff to get someone out of their plane."
Zamora says it's nice not to have to think about guns or other aircraft, just the environment around you and how to save someone's life.


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Software updates and TUF
Why not RPM and DPKG?
Why not just package your software as an RPM or a DEB file and provide updates using the provided tools? Both of these package formats support signing of the packages themselves, and the repository data can be signed to prevent attacks against the metadata. However, the main failing of both RPM and DPKG is their reliance on very few keys. Typically, only one key is used to sign both the packages and the repository data. Although you can use different keys to sign the repository and the packages, a compromise of either key would still be disastrous, because an attacker could execute rollback attacks and so forth.
TOR Begets TUF
You could also use Thandy. The Tor project [4] was originally funded by the US Naval Research Laboratory who needed, among other things, a way for people overseas to communicate securely without being detected. Since then, Tor has grown and established itself as a healthy open source project with widespread support.
Tor, however, faces some significant challenges when it comes to updates. Basically, people using Tor are trying to protect themselves from state-level attackers (e.g., governments), who can view and intercept Internet traffic either through technical means or by simply getting a court order. Also, Tor users want protection from attackers who create arbitrary web server or code-signing certificates. That means anything Tor uses to support updates must be resistant basically to every possible attack – with no reliance on third-party certificate authorities, DNS, servers, networks, and so on.
Additionally, Tor has to worry about people attacking the Tor project itself. The cost of sending someone in to install a keylogger on a laptop is not that much. There have been confirmed incidents of online poker players' laptops being physically compromised so that malware can be installed, and some of the people who use Tor play for much higher stakes (sorry, but I do love a bad pun). Thus, the Tor Project had to build an update system that would securely handle encryption keys as well as compromises of these keys without putting users at a significant risk. To do this, the Tor project created the "Thandy" updater, which in turn was forked: The Update Framework (TUF) was born [3].
TUF – Security vs. Usability
Users and administrators often have to make a trade-off between security and usability. Longer and more complex passwords are more secure, but people rarely remember them. Keeping encryption keys on a secured offline machine improves security but also makes usability a pain. If you need to sign something like software update metadata daily, or even hourly, it becomes unusable. Additionally, you can use separate keys for various functions; rather than relying on a single key to sign everything, you can use a separate key for each function or duty. Thus, the compromise of a single key will affect only that specific function; however, it also means you have more keys to manage.
You can also prepare for key compromises and make them more survivable [5] by using threshold keys, which are also referred to as quorum keys. TUF supports the use of threshold keys. This approach allows you to specify multiple keys, some or all of which must be used to sign data for it to be considered valid. For example, you can create five root keys and require that three or more be used for the other keys to be valid. In this way, you can survive the compromise of two keys without an adverse effect; the attacker won't be able to sign anything, and you will still be able to sign things properly. You'll also want to be able to revoke your encryption keys explicitly (i.e., if a server where a key is stored is compromised, you should stop using that key and generate a new one), and implicitly (i.e., keys should have a defined life span).
TUF takes a pragmatic and secure approach by splitting the keys into four roles: targets, delegated targets, release, and timestamp (Figure 1).
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Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 29 shots for his NHL-leading fifth shutout as the Pittsburgh Penguins edged the New Jersey Devils 1-0 on Tuesday night.
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Blake Comeau completed his second career hat trick with a slap shot past Jonathan Bernier 2:07 into overtime, lifting the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.
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Brandon Sutter scored in the fourth round of the shootout, after the Rangers thought they had won it, and Pittsburgh escaped with a 3-2 victory over New York on Saturday night.
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Singer Frank Ocean reveals first love was a man
NEW YORK (AP) -- Both Anderson Cooper and Frank Ocean made revelations about their sexuality this week, but Ocean's could end up being the more significant announcement.
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Ocean — the rising R&B singer behind the single "Novacane" and the self-released album "nostalgia, ULTRA," which critics heralded as among the best of 2011 — announced on his Tumblr page Wednesday that his first love was a man. He also tweeted a link to the post.
Earlier this week, CNN's Cooper acknowledged that he was gay. But the admission from the 24-year-old Ocean — who is part of the hip-hop collective Odd Future and was prominently featured on Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Watch the Throne" album — is noteworthy because he inhabits the world of rap, where anti-gay sentiments have long been part of the regular vocabulary. Gay epithets are often used in lyrics — one of Lil Wayne's catch phrases is "no homo."
"I think it's definitely important and it really signifies that there is a changing of the face of hip-hop," said Chuck Creekmur, founder of the leading website allhiphop.com. He called Ocean's announcement "a sign of the times," noting Cooper's announcement and President Barack Obama's recent support of gay marriage.
Ocean wrote: "4 summers ago, I met somebody. I was 19. He was too. We spent that summer, and the summer after, together. Everyday almost. And on the days we were together, time would glide."
Ocean concludes the post: "I don't have any secrets I need to keep anymore. ... I feel like a free man. If I listen closely. I can hear the sky falling too."
While Creekmur stressed that Ocean's announcement did not hold the same weight as if a rapper had come out, he said it was significant that the hip-hop community's initial reaction was positive.
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"I don't believe that Frank Ocean revealing his gay experience at the age of 19 will cause a bunch of rappers to come out of the closet. I don't think that we're there yet. I do think that we'll see a lot of support for him. ... I think that it's a process," he said. "Just a few years ago, if this had happened, it could have marked the end of his career. This could mark the beginning of his career."
Creekmur also noted that Odd Future is known for being progressive, despite the fact that its leader — Tyler, The Creator — has been fiercely criticized for his use of anti-gay lyrics in songs. GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, criticized Tyler last year and called him "irresponsible."
Tyler expressed support for his friend on Twitter, in typical crude fashion, saying that it was a difficult to acknowledge and that he was proud of him.
Ocean has a new album, "Channel Orange," coming out July 17. Creekmur said it was hard to determine what impact the announcement would have on its sales.
"I think to it could work to his benefit. I think he'll definitely get more sort of praise and acclaim, and it will probably help his sales," he said. "But I think a lot of men will have difficulty singing his songs knowing they may have been penned to another man."
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Ocean said he had intended his post to be part of his album credits, but because there have been recent rumors about his sexuality, he decided to post it on his Tumblr page.
"My hope is that the babies born these days will inherit less of the (expletive) than we did," he wrote.
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Explain again how toads can be used to detect earthquakes?
Predict, not detect.
And the answer is: you tell your haruspex to cut them open and examine their livers.
Found a whole book on this topic: Earthquakes and animals: from folk legends to science, By M. Ikeya (Google Books) [google.com]. Studies going back to at least 1923 are found via Google Scholar [google.com]. I'd be all in favor of studies which would figure out what mechanisms are involved here; we in the Pacific NW of the US are due for a real monster of a subduction quake someday, the hardship and loss of life will be quite extreme, and some advance notice would be welcome, to say the least.
Of course, test it out in some region which is prone to frequent minor quakes. And hope that it works in a region like ours, with very strong temblors happening about every half millennium. I'd assume it would, as Japanese quakes are also brought on by subduction; or is that only the case with the very strong ones?
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For many people, it's a summer tradition to buy their kids a hermit crab at one of those beach stores. Sadly, it's also a summer tradition for most of them to die after a couple of weeks.
If you think this is because these creatures naturally have a short lifespan, think again — and meet Carol Ann Ormes. She has had her crab, Jonathan, for 37 years, and it all started with a trip to the beach in Delaware.
"One of my friends had read about hermit crabs, and I'd never heard of them," she says. "She kept telling me how they change seashells, and I thought, 'That's really interesting.'"
Ormes had second thoughts when her friend bought one, though: "I took a look at him, and I thought, 'Uh, I don't think so.' He was a pretty ugly little guy." But by the end of her vacation, she decided to buy Jonathan Livingston Crab on her way home.
Since this was long before the Internet, Ormes had no source for care advice, but her instincts told her that the wire cage he came in wasn't suitable. She went to a pet store to buy a glass tank, and "there was Crab Kate sitting there, looking at me and waiting to go home with me," she says.
Sadly, Kate died in 2011, but Jonathan is still running around Ormes' apartment in a retirement community in Florida 37 years later.
So why do most people have such a different experience with a hermit crab? Experienced crab owners offer the following care tips. To start, hermit crabs need to be kept at around 80 degrees with 80 percent humidity, which is impossible in the wire cages they're often sold in. You'll need at least a 10-gallon aquarium with heaters, a thermometer and humidity meter. The tanks should have sand or a similar substrate that's deep enough for the crabs to completely bury themselves in order to molt. If they can't molt properly, they'll die.
You should expect to spend around $100 on a setup, Katherine Trammel says: "That's the minimum it's going to take to provide a good home for these animals."
Trammel should know. She has 22 crabs, after getting her first just last November. She wasn't put off by their care requirements — in fact, far from it. "The salesperson told me, 'Oh, you can feed them whatever, throw them a piece of fruit every couple of days,' and then I got home and started researching," she says. "These guys need a lot of care, and the more I learned about them the more I said, 'This is incredibly fascinating.'"
Trammel became particularly interested in researching their diet, and she now has an online shop called Kat's Krabby Supplies that sells organic hermit crab food. As scavengers, they need a varied diet containing protein, fruit and vegetables, nuts, calcium and tannins. The pellets you can buy aren't really suitable, Trammel says, and, perhaps fortunately, most crabs won't eat them anyway.
"I've never met a hermit crab that would eat pellets," Ormes says. Jonathan likes worm castings from the Hermit Crab Patch and a mixed fruit treat, but he always leaves behind the coconut. He has also always loved oak leaves. Now that Ormes has moved from Maryland to Florida, she has friends mail them to her.
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Celebrate the 156th anniversary of Philadelphia's Academy of Music with a star-studded Philadelphia Orchestra concert led by new Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and guest start Hugh Jackman. (Left photo courtesy Hugh Jackman, right photo by Chris Lee courtesy Philadelphia Orchestra)
The Philadelphia Orchestra is planning a stellar evening to celebrate the 156th Anniversary of the Academy of Music on Saturday, January 26.
None other than internationally acclaimed actor (and noted Philadelphia Union fan) Hugh Jackman will be joining the orchestra's much-awaited brand new Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin to lead the acclaimed ensemble in a magical musical event. And you're invited.
As a nod to the very first Academy Anniversary concert during which Eugene Ormandy shared his podium with Danny Kaye, the evening promises the ultimate in popular and classical programming with everything from sweeping orchestral works to Broadway favorites.
Concert-only tickets, priced at $200 and located in the Amphitheatre level, are now available; you can also spring for the full "white tie" gala ticket, which includes dinner and dancing at the Hyatt at the Bellevue and a special President's Open House preceding the concert.
Concert and Ball Gala tickets are available online starting October 16 at www.philorch.org/156Ball or by calling the Academy of Music Restoration Fund Office at 215.893.1978.
Musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra are graciously donating their services for this concert. It's going to be a truly unforgettable night in Philadelphia.
Academy Of Music 156th Anniversary Concert with Hugh Jackman and Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin
When: Saturday, January 26, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Academy of Music, 1420 Locust Street
Cost: Tickets start at $200 for concert only; gala tickets start at $325 for young friends price
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