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The natural science major is designed to accommodate the student's broader interest in the areas of science. This major is appropriate for students desiring to continue their education in a variety of science or medically-related fields. These fields include the health professions, teaching at various levels, agricultural and environmental pursuits, geology, law, economics, government positions, industrial research and other opportunities. The exact sequence of studies must be chosen carefully in consultation with an appropriate faculty advisor in the natural sciences.
Natural Science majors are required to complete an on-line survey when they apply to the major and a follow-up survey during their senior year. They are also required to take the Major Field Test in their area of concentration during the last semester of their senior year.
The natural science major offers concentrations in natural science and natural science/secondary education. Students need to fulfill the mathematics proficiency requirement before they can be admitted to the major.
Required Courses:
Two courses (8 credits) from each of four of the following areas:
GEOL 211, 212; or 213, 214;
MATH 119 or 123 (not both), 120, 124;
PHYS 105, 106 or 191, 200.
Eight additional 4-credit courses, or the equivalent from biology, chemistry, computer science, geology, mathematics or physics; five of the eight courses must be upper division. NUTR 125, 330, 331 and ENVR 175, 275 may be selected to fulfill up to three of the eight courses.
The only 100-level science courses that may be used to fulfill a requirement for this concentration are listed above. It is not possible to major in both natural science and another science.
Special Requirements:
*For the "three-one" program in dentistry (see listing under "Pre-Professional Programs"), the requirements for a natural science major will be fulfilled by meeting the lower-division requirements in biology, chemistry, physics and one course in mathematics plus CHEM 235, 236; a minimum of two upper-division science electives; and credits from the first year of professional school (when transferred back to Saint Benedict's or Saint John's).
Students whose interests lie primarily in biology and chemistry should begin with BIOL 121, 221 or 222 and CHEM 123, 234. If inclined toward a physics concentration, students should begin with PHYS 191, 200 and MATH 119, 120.
These programs are designed for students interested in teaching science at the secondary (grades 5-12) level. These course sequences must be combined with a minor in secondary education and a subject area major. Students should contact the education department early in their college career for advice on licensing requirements.
Students are advised that a science program fulfilling Minnesota licensure academic requirements may require a ninth semester, course overloads and/or summer school. Consult Frank Rioux (natural science) or the Education Department Chair for the approved program.
Science Requirements for 5-8 Licensure (40 credits)
BIOL 121, 221 and 222 (12)
CHEM 123 and 234 (8)
ASTR 211 and 212 (8)
PHYS 105 and 106 (8)
Suggested mathematics courses: MATH 119 or 123 or 124
Education Requirements for 5-8 Licensure
EDUC 109, 111, 203, 213, 310, 358, 359, 362, 390, and fulfillment of speech requirement.
Biology 9-12 Licensure
(Total: 52 credits)
BIOL 121, 122, and 222 (12)
BIOL 305 Invertebrate Zoology (4) or BIOL 306 Plant Diversity (4) or BIOL 307 Biology of Microorganisms (4)
BIOL 316 Genetics (4)
BIOL 339 Evolution (4)
BIOL 334 General Ecology (4) or BIOL 336 Behavioral Ecology (4) or BIOL 337 Aquatic Ecology (4)
BIOL 323 Animal Physiology (4) or BIOL 327 Plant Physiology (4)
Chemistry 9-12 Licensure
(Total: 29 credits)
CHEM 123 and 234 (8)
CHEM 235 Organic Chemistry I (4)
CHEM 236 Organic Chemistry II (4)
CHEM 320 Chemical Literature (1)
CHEM 335 Analytical Chemistry (4)
8 additional credits in chemistry
Physics 9-12 Licensure
(Total: 34 credits)
PHYS 191 and PHYS 200 (8)
PHYS 211 Foundations of Physics III (4)
PHYS 320 Modern Physics (4)
PHYS 332 Intermediate Physics Laboratory (0-1) (2 semesters)
MATH 119 Calculus I (4)
MATH 120 Calculus II (4)
MATH 239 Linear Algebra (4)
MATH 337 Differential Equations (4)
Education Requirements for 9-12 Licensure Areas
EDUC 109, 111, 203, 213, 310, 355, 359, 362, 390, and fulfillment of speech requirement.


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|Soccer unscathed at Governor's Cup
POCATELLO, Idaho - The University of Idaho women's soccer team put together an impressive display on Sunday and ended Governor's Cup play spotless for the second year in a row with a 3-0 win over Utah Valley.
"They threw everything at us and we held firm," Idaho head coach Pete Showler said. "We just won the individual battles and played good soccer and we scored some great goals."
Sophomore Chelsea Small notched a pair of scores, including the game-winner for the second match in a row, while freshman Kelsey Corney earned her first career goal and assist. Junior goalkeeper Liz Boyden made four saves to earn her sixth career shutout. Small and sophomore defender Cassandra San were named to the Governor's Cup All-Tournament team at the conclusion of the weekend.
Like in Friday's 2-1 win over Idaho State, the Vandal offense was aggressive early and often. Small broke things open with a strike at the 24:29 mark, assisted by Corney. It took just nine more minutes for Corney to strike, as she put in a cross from fellow freshman Nitalia Zuniga at 33:07.
After taking a 2-0 lead into the half, Idaho kept up the pressure in the second. Small gave the Vandals their final insurance goal when she headed in a free kick from sophomore Lauren Layton, who earned her sixth career assist on the play.
"Lauren sent in a great pass and Chelsea rose like a salmon for a great header and flicked the ball on beyond the keeper," Showler said.
Idaho finished the game with 16 total shots and nine on-target attempts. UVU had 14 total and four on-goal attempts. Boyden played the full 90 minutes with four saves, while UVU's two keepers combined for five saves, plus one team save. The Vandals had four corners and nine fouls, while UVU had three corners and eight fouls.
Boyden gets credit for the shutout, but Showler said it was a total team effort on the defensive end. Idaho's back line limited UVU to just four on-target shots and made the Wolverines attempt most of their shots from outside the 18-yard box.
"They were on every ball and defended very stoutly," Showler said of the Vandal defensive line. "Our defense set up all of the offense, so the combination of all three parts of the field - the backs, the mids and forwards - played together so well today that it caused Utah Valley a lot of problems."
Corney, who finished with three points, scored her first career goal and had her first career assist in the match. Small's game-winner gives her four in her career and moves her into a tie for second all-time at Idaho in that category.
By virtue of Idaho State's 1-0 overtime win over Boise State on Sunday afternoon, the Vandal women can clinch a second-straight outright Governor's Cup crown with a win at Boise State on October 24. Idaho is 1-0 in the in-state rivalry standings, while Idaho State is 1-1 and Boise State is 0-1.
Riding back-to-back wins for the first time this season, Idaho will travel to Vermilion, S.D., on Saturday to face South Dakota. The Vandals will then face Weber State on Tuesday, September 14, at Ogden, Utah, before returning for the team's home opener against Gonzaga on September 17.


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- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups 2% milk
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1-1/2 cups raisins
- 2 tablespoons caraway seeds, optional
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a small bowl, whisk the egg, milk and butter. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in raisins and, if desired, caraway seeds.
- Transfer to a 9-in.-square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 12 servings.
Reviews for Favorite Irish Bread
"The first problem I have with this recipe has to do with the number of servings. At the top of the recipe, it states 27 servings. Above the nutritional information is 12 servings. Which is it supposed to be? Secondly, I baked the bread, as directed in a 9-inch square pan. The bread was doughy inside. It was not cooked completely for another hour! It was tasty but because of these issues, I will not make it again."
"My family did not care for this bread. I didn't find it to be flavorful at all. It was quick and easy to make but that's all I can say."
"This recipe was delicious and quick to make. I used half raisins and half blueberry craisins. Thought caraway seeds might be odd in there as it was so sweet, but they gave it a kind of fun twist. It was very moist and sweet. my family devoured it."
"had no 2% so I used my grandson's Green Vanilla flavored milk. local company makes it every year for St. patty's. My family went nuts over it. Very moist, very tasty."
"We enjoyed this bread. It had a nice texture and somewhat sweet flavor. I substituted dried cranberries for the raisins and did not add the caraway seeds. I made a nice breakfast bread."


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- Year:
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Boat Name
Builder: Cantieri di Pisa
Designer: Claudette Bonville
Flag of Registry: Cayman Islands
Hull Shape: Other
LOA: 110 ft 0 in
Beam: 25 ft 4 in
Maximum Draft: 6 ft 6 in
Engine 1:
Engine Brand: MTU
Engine Model: 12V396 TE94
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Engine 2:
Engine Brand: MTU
Engine Model: 12V396 TE94
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Cruising Speed: 23 mph
Maximum Speed: 27 mph
Sleeps 8 guests in 4 suites with crew accommodations for up to 5 in 3 cabins.
Vessel Walkthrough
Delivered to the U.S. in January of 1998; ARRIVEDERCI IV was purchased almost immediately and her interior was very tastefully redone by Claudette Bonville Associates. The vessel's built-in wood cabinetry was exquisitely executed by the Italian craftsmen at Pisa. All systems were scrutinized upon survey performed by Patton Marine, one of the industry's leading marine surveyors. As a result, the vessel is virtually brand new and very lightly used.
Main Salon
A glass sliding door etched with a nautical theme gives privacy to the dining salon. Just forward of the salon but aft of the dining salon is a stairway up to the raised pilothouse. Just aft and to starboard is a powder room. Aft of the pilothouse entry is a stairwell down to the guest accommodations. Just forward of the dining salon is the galley.
Entertainment equipment: Sony 27" Trinitron multi-system television w/VHS player; (6) Sony DSS receivers (salon, staterooms, crew); Pioneer KEN-P7400R multi CD player; Sony SLV-X821 Mark II VCR.
Dining Salon
The galley has a dinette area to port with U-shaped seating and the galley is to starboard with diagonally run mahogany and holly flooring with mostly white overheads, walls and cabinets which are satin finished with marble countertops. Just aft of the U-shaped dinette on the portside is crew's entry to the outside main deck by means of a pantograph door. Just aft through a port entry door is the dining salon.
Owner's Suite
The ensuite bath area has mostly white marble flooring with black inlay and black marble countertops. On the inboard side is a full size jacuzzi tub with mirrors behind. To starboard is a double sink with a large mirror behind. Outboard to port is a shower with plexiglass door. Behind closed doors is a toilet and bidet. The walls are all high-gloss white.
VIP Stateroom
The aft section of this suite consists of a head with double sinks, tub and separate shower, toilet and bidet, high gloss bulkheads and walls, marble flooring with inlaid stripes and marble countertops.
Entertainment equipment: Sony 19" television multi-system w/VHS; Pioneer KEN-P7400R multi CD player w/6 disc magazine; (4) Pioneer speakers built into the overhead.
Guest Stateroom - Double
Guest Stateroom - Twin
Captain's Cabin
In the crew quarters, aft to port is the captain's cabin which has an oversized berth, desk, hanging locker, and ensuite with shower and toilet. The captain's area has an opening port and is fully air conditioned
Crew Quarters
On the starboard side is another crew cabin with upper and lower berths. Aft and down 2 steps is the head with a vanity sink with mirror, a Vacuflush toilet and a telephone shower. Mica wall coverings with wood veneer is throughout the crew quarters. All woodworking appears to be cherry.
- Furuno FCV 582 video depth sounder
- C Plath Gyro Navpilot V autopilot
- 72mi Furuno radar
- Furuno GP3100 Mark II GPS plotter
- Furuno FS1550 IT SSB radio
- Robertson trip log ( speed and distance log ) speed/time/leg indicator
- Sicurit closed circuit monitor security system w/Sanyo VQM800 controller
- Furuno SM7000 VHF radio
- Motorola Nautilus cellular phone
- Panasonic 1232 telephone system
- C Plath magnetic compass
- Furuno D-fax weatherfax
- Robertson 360 degree wind speed indicator
- Windshield washer and wiper system with 3 wipers
(2) Sanshin spot lights with controllers
- Wempe clock & barometer
Just aft of the dining salon but below the pilothouse are the on-deck AC and DC power panels. The pilothouse overhead is of ultrasuede with some sculptured sections with nicely done rope lighting behind.
The captain's cabin is fitted out with a Furuno AD-100 radar alarm, a Skanti 3000 VHF radio with speaker and (2) Robertson IS11 multi-read out units. The galley has a Skanti 3000 VHF radio with speaker.
- C Plath magnetic compass
- Robertson S11 autopilot multi read out
- Furuno recording depth sounder
- Furuno remote radar with GPS interface
- C Plath gyrocompass (interfaced)
- Skanti 3000 VHF radio and speaker
- Wet bar with icemaker & refrigerator
- Electric Grill
Behind the steering station on the starboard side is U-shaped seating with a table that has fold-out leaves. Just forward of the boat deck portion of the flybridge is additional seating for 3 with end tables. The radar arch and mast are aft.
Main Deck
- (2) 320# navy stockless type anchors with stainless anchor pockets
- Maxwell VWC 4500 hydraulic chain windlass for each anchor
- (2) Maxwell 3500 warping power winches on the aft deck for line handling
- Tender crane aft on the bridge deck
- Full set of running & navigation lights
- 360 degree masthead navigation light
- 13' Novamarine inflatable hard bottom tender w/50 h.p. Yamaha outboard
- Horn
- Life jackets
- Life rings
Access to the forepeak is by means of a lift-up hatch on centerline of the bow forward of the anchor windlasses. The hydraulic end to the Maxwell 4500 windlasses is visible from underneath. The controllers for the anchor windlasses are stored in the forepeak and done by means of telephone cord controllers. Also located in this area is a fire spigot with a fire hose and nozzle, hot and cold running water with a telephone shower line, and a large chain locker split down the middle for port and starboard chain rode.
The lazarette or garage area is accessed by the same passageway from the aft deck to the electrical main panels and/or engine room. It is a good sized area with teak decking and the majority of the transom folds down hydraulically from the top.
The forward main deck bow area houses a General Electric under the counter type freezer and a General Electric Profile washer and dryer. Access to this area is gained by a step up from the galley dinette area. This is a rather large area totally air conditioned and well lit, primarily used for storage.
Engine Room
Main Engines
Engine Type:
(2) MTU 12V396 TE94s @ 2250 hp
Engine Hours:
As of 29 Jan. 2014: Port 4,689 / Starboard 4,706 hrs.
- (2) Racor 1000 (sets of 3) separator fuel filters with a 208 V fuel transfer pump
- Stainless steel fold-down sink
- Fuel shut-off valve
- Fuel gauge for 380 gallon & 2170 gallon tanks
- 18,000 BTU air conditioning handler
- G & R bilge pump
- Air conditioning electronic controller
- Rule 3700 24V DC bilge pumps with float switches throughout boat
- Bow thruster with 12" tube
- Work benches over port & starboard generators
- G&R fire pump w/hand held extinguishers fire control system (pump has various outlets)
- Water softener / water filtration system
- (2) Raw water sea strainers and intakes for generators
- Smoke alarm
- (2) Raw water sea strainers and intakes for main engines
- Small air compressor w/accumulator tank and drain
- Koopnautic Sea Rocq stabilizers
- High water alarm
- Hydraulic wheel steering (pilothouse / flybridge)
- Main engine exhaust system
- ZF transmission
- Water intake manifold
- (2) 18" x 78" trim tabs each w/2 hydraulic cylinders
- AC powered fuel transfer pump with control panel
- Pick-up for engine driven bilge pump
- Marinco watermaker
- (12) Vetus batteries w/disconnects for engines & generators
- 24V DC & hand transfer of priming pump for fuel to day tank
- AC & DC lighting system switches
- Hydraulic pump
- Hydraulic system board indicator panel
- Heat exchanger for hydraulic fluid w/circulating pump for raw water
- Port & starboard generator control panel
- (2) 24V DC waste water pumps
- Natural air induction system w/shutdown dampener
- Hot water (circulating) pump
- Engine temperature alarm
- AC & DC fresh water pump w/large accumulator tank
- CO2 fire alarm with panel
- Circuit breaker panel for engine room
- Engine room / bilge blower (port & stbd. ER system w/fan control boxes)
Access to the engine room is by stairway down the starboard side of the aft deck. There is also a fidley door located on the starboard deck area for emergency purposes. The deck is thin aluminum diamond plate screwed to plywood. The overhead, bulkheads and walls are all perforated aluminum with insulation behind. All work benches have rubberized top coverings. There is adequate AC and DC lighting. Additional equipment includes: centerline door with vision light with 4 dogs and 2 hinges; Delta Nav marine telephone; quick disconnect water spigot; large air conduit from flybridge level; new and used aluminum oil tank with manifolds going to generators, reverse gears and main engines; fuel coolers on main engine return lines. The engine room is carpeted.
Generators & Electricity
(2) Northern Lights M445T diesel with sound shields
|Generator Hours:
|As of 29 Jan. 2014 Port 6,468 / Starboard 6,535
- Atlas shore power frequency converter
- Cruisair control panel for tempered water system
- (8) Section electrical panels
- (2) AGF battery chargers
- Circuit breaker panel for garage electrical equipment
- Glendenning dockside electrical cable retrieval system
- Control panel for davits, swim ladder, transom
- Dockside switch
- Bilge valving control panel
- Steering pump panel
- (2) Large transformers
The electrical systems aboard the yacht are designed and installed by Landucci Fiderigo of Viareggio, Italy (the premier marine electrical contractors in Italy). 208/120 volts AC, 3-phase, 60 cycle and 24 volts DC power is utilized. For some of the electronic gear, there is a converter that knocks it down to 12 volts. There are (2) 60' shore power cable extensions.
Electrical System
Generators & Electricity
(2) Northern Lights M445T diesel with sound shields
|Generator Hours:
|As of 14 Oct. 2013: Port 6,461 / Starboard 6,535
- Atlas shore power frequency converter
- Cruisair control panel for tempered water system
- (8) Section electrical panels
- (2) AGF battery chargers
- Circuit breaker panel for garage electrical equipment
- Glendenning dockside electrical cable retrieval system
- Control panel for davits, swim ladder, transom
- Dockside switch
- Bilge valving control panel
- Steering pump panel
- (2) Large transformers
The electrical systems aboard the yacht are designed and installed by Landucci Fiderigo of Viareggio, Italy (the premier marine electrical contractors in Italy). 208/120 volts AC, 3-phase, 60 cycle and 24 volts DC power is utilized. For some of the electronic gear, there is a converter that knocks it down to 12 volts. There are (2) 60' shore power cable extensions.
Water Sports & Recreation
Precor 9.25 treadmill
Vectra C1 free weights (unit with bench)
Custom hard top installed (see photos)
All new paint
Marquipt hydraulic passarelle installed
Aft deck seating (housing for the passarelle unit)
Galley island cabinet removed
Replaced galley TV and CCTV monitors w/flat screens (360 degree rotating arm)
Replaced the low bench helm seat w/3 raised captain's chairs on flybridge
Replaced flybridge seating with new seats
Wheelhouse floors and steps carpeted
Helm seat and settee in pilothouse recovered w/tan leather (was green)
New flybridge seating arrangement (see photos)
Audio / Visual Upgrades:
New televisions in galley
Captain's cabin and two twin cabins (Sharp 15" AQUOS liquid crystal)
New DVD player throughout the boat
(2) New CCTV cameras (6 total) monitored from wheelhouse, galley & now from captain's cabin
Reinforced crane base
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Notes: Opened after 1889, the land was originally part of the Federation grounds and was sold to the Western Synagogue. In July 1906, the Western Synagogue granted an area of the cemetery to the North London Beth Hamidrash, later the Adath Yisroel Synagogue, for the burial of their members.
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AUSTIN – The Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) has created "The Little Voice – Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse," a multi-media project to raise awareness about our statutory obligation to report child abuse. "The Little Voice" includes an English and Spanish PSA and a 35-minute video, featuring actor Victor Rivers, that educates the general public, childcare providers, educators, and parents about child abuse and gives them the tools needed to detect and report it.
The importance cannot be stressed enough: four children die every day from abuse, and 13,700 children are abused every day. "The Little Voice" is available for viewing at www.tyla.org/thelittlevoice or may be requested by calling 512.427.1529.
"The Little Voice has a dual meaning – both the voice of a brave and terrified child, but also that inner voice that tells us something is wrong, said Jennifer Evans Morris, TYLA President. "This project encourages everyone to listen to both voices. Children simply cannot protect themselves. But we can."
TYLA is coordinating with radio and television stations, the State Bar Child Abuse Committee, Child Protective Services, and nonprofits across the state to get this important message out – particularly in April during National Child Abuse Prevention month.
The project is made possible by a generous grant from the Texas Bar Foundation, the largest charitably-funded bar foundation in the country. Since its inception in 1965, the Texas Bar Foundation has distributed more than $11 million in grants to assist Texas nonprofit organizations with justice-related programs and services.
TYLA, widely recognized as the public service arm of the State Bar of Texas, develops programs designed to assist Texas attorneys in the practice of law and provides legal education to Texans as a public service. TYLA's main purposes are to facilitate the administration of justice, foster respect for the law, and advance the role of the legal profession in serving the public. All licensed Texas attorneys who are 36 years old or younger or who are in their first five years of licensure regardless of age, are automatically members of TYLA.


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Care and Maintenance
Most species tulips naturalize-when unaffected by rodents-via seeds, underground stems called stolons, or daughter bulbs. The new plants are usually identical to the parent plant, but beds of seed-grown plants may produce some flower-color variation.
Encourage the bulbs' multiplying tendencies by leaving faded flower heads attached so that seeds can mature and spread. Don't remove leaves until they begin to turn yellow and fall over. Bulb plants use the extra time in leaf to continue photosynthesis and store nutrients for the next year.
Every fall, apply 4 to 5 pounds of the 9-9-6 fertilizer called Holland Bulb Booster per 100 square feet over the tulip bed. If you prefer organic plant food, I recommend Bulb Mate, a 5-10-12 mix of cricket manure, rock phosphate, bonemeal, blood meal, dolomitic limestone, granite meal, and compost. Apply 8 pounds of it per 100 square feet.
Water the growing plants in spring if the garden doesn't receive about 1/2 inch of rain weekly. Species tulips are dormant in the summer and prefer dry soil then, but most kinds adapt to garden situations (the exceptions are noted below).
Insects or Other Pests
If you have rodents such as voles or gophers (or what my husband and I call "underground bulb monsters") in your garden, adding a handful of sharp gravel to the hole on the tulip bulb will discourage them from eating it. Don't mulch where rodents are a problem, because they love to nest in mulches. Wire or fabric baskets protect bulbs from rodents, and repellents are available that help deter these pests. Of course, a good cat or two is the best control of all.
Forcing Early Bloom
You can force species tulips to bloom indoors. In cold-winter climates, pot the bulbs and cover them with about 8 inches of mulch, or store them in an unheated, ventilated basement or garage for about four months beginning in the fall. Move them to a sunny place when shoots appear. In warm climates, store the pots in a cool location, but check for root growth after 8 to 10 weeks, then move them to a warmer location.
Where to Buy
Several of these wild tulips have been hard to find in the past, and some still are. All are available via mail-order suppliers, and most garden centers also stock species tulips in the fall.
Most commercially available species tulip bulbs are nursery-propagated and grown, but check with your supplier to be sure they were not collected from the wild.


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NEW YORK: In a major speech on energy this week President Obama said he wanted the US to pick up the pace on clean energy investment, noting how the country has slid behind China and Germany: "In the 1980s, America was home to more than 80% of the world's wind capacity, and 90% of its solar capacity. We owned the clean energy economy. But today, China** has the most wind capacity. Germany has the most solar. Both invest more than we do in clean energy."
"Other countries are now exporting technology we pioneered and they are going after the jobs that come with it because they know that the countries that lead the 21st century clean energy economy will be the countries that lead the 21st century global economy. I want America to win the future," Obama further explained.
President Obama outlined his plan, which includes an increase in domestic clean energy production and a gradual reduction in demand for oil—two energy policy measures he linked with national security in light of recent world events. By 2025, the goal is to reduce US reliance on foreign oil by one third. In a marked departure from his last state of the union address, Obama focused on climate change and linked it directly with the energy task: "Every time we fill up at the pump; every time we lose a job or a business to countries that invest more than we do in clean energy, when it comes to our air, our water, and the climate change that threatens the planet you'll inherit – we are already paying that price. These are the costs we're already bearing. And if we do nothing, the price will only go up."
In his speech, Obama announced that he is directing federal agencies to purchase 100% alternative fuel, hybrid or electric vehicles by 2015. And going forward, Obama noted that the government would partner with private companies that want to upgrade their large fleets.
In response, Amy Davidsen, US Director, The Climate Group, said: "Transforming the government vehicle fleet is a significant step in the right direction. US business and government leaders should work together and accelerate the uptake of cleaner vehicles to the levels and ambitions of our president. We hope this effort considers how electric vehicles, coupled with a cleaner electric grid, represents one of our best opportunities to significantly reduce carbon emissions in the medium term - and fleets are one of the best places to start introducing them to the market."
In the US, the transportation sector is a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, accounting for almost a third of all GHG emissions in this country and over 5% of global emissions. Of the 16 million public and private fleet vehicles on the road in the US, nearly a third are government owned (4.4 million) at the federal, state and local government level. The president's commitment relates to the more than 600,000 vehicles in the federal government fleet.* Fleet operators represent concentrated buying power and the top fleet operators together manage a large percentage of the fleet vehicles on US roads.
In 2010, The Climate Group launched the EV20 - a global coalition of businesses and governments committed to transforming the market by 2020 - to kick-start discussions on different technological, political, regulatory and financial issues associated with electrification. Participants are focused on increasing the number of EVs purchased, and helping the industry scale up and drive down costs.
"Overall, this concerted focus on energy comes at a time when the country needs renewed leadership on solving the energy challenge. Obama is right: the price of inaction is too costly and the problems are too great to leave to future generations," Amy Davidsen said.
Read a transcript of the President's speech
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America's Energy Security fact sheet
*More on government fleet statistics (see page 52 in PDF)
**To learn more about China's low carbon trajectory, read our recent Guide to China's Five Year Plan


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What can happen at a records inspection?
There have been a lot of blogs about official records.
What are they?
What can you see?
What can't you see?
How do you get to see them?
Let's consider what can happen when you do get to see them at an actual records inspection.
I have heard literally hundreds of stories about records inspections gone right, and records inspections gone wrong.
I do have some firsthand experience with records inspections.
Many years ago I decided to look at some of the financials in my own condominium. Evidentially, this was not a popular request and I was told that I would have to jump through hoops to get the records. After consulting the Compliance Office of the DBPR about my rights, and relaying the information to my board, I was finally granted my request.
Even though I sent a list of records that I wanted to see in advance, at the inspection, I was sent from room to room to find the items on my list. One room had 6 cardboard boxes with assorted papers and material. I was told to let them know when I was finished. I was then sent to another room that contained a dozen or so file cabinets labeled, insurance, contracts, invoices, etc. Again I was told to let them know when I was done.
It was a very unpleasant experience and to add insult to injury, when I asked for copies I was told the copy machine was broken and they would mail me the copies. How I would know they were sending me the records that I saw that day? Very frustrating!
Several years ago a student in one of our classes told us that when she asked to inspect the records, she was told they were in Sarasota, even though the condo was in Broward County. Because of this the Ombudsman's Office recommended that the law be changed to say that the records must be kept within 45 miles of the property, not just within the state. The legislature actually did make that change.
What interesting things have you experienced at a records inspection?


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This fact sheet provides an estimate of the number of DREAMers—unauthorized immigrants potentially eligible for a two-year reprieve from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals initiative—based on eligibility criteria outlined by the Department of Homeland Security. It also offers a detailed analysis of the demographic characteristics of prospective beneficiaries.
This report provides a comprehensive profile of the immigrant population in Napa County, CA. It examines the effect of immigration on the county's demographic trends and calculates the economic contributions of immigrants as well as their impact on government revenues and expenditures.
This report finds that the 813,000 U.S. children under the age of 10 who have Black immigrant parents from Africa or the Caribbean generally fall in the middle of multiple well-being indicators, faring less well than Asian and white children but better than their native-born Black and Hispanic peers. Citizenship status, English proficiency, parental characteristics, poverty, housing, and access to social supports are examined.
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Beth W wrote:
CD, I know exactly what you mean about feeling incompetent. I see some of the absolute idiots that ride motorcycles with ease and wonder why I have such a problem.
God yes! I've been driven by people who were complete utter muppets but still manage to change gear effortlessly and are able to deal with creeping traffic. I think that's the most painful bit of all as it hits where it hurts
bijoux wrote:
Hey, I only got my driver's license this fall and I'm turning 29 next week. I wasn't a natural. You stalled twice? Noob. I stalled at least 20 times.
Seriously, easing up the clutch was the trickiest thing for me.
Let me clarify - I stalled twice in succession at a traffic light in rush hour! In terms of overall "stallage", it was many many times that...
Good to know that I'm not the only one having trouble finding the clutch bite and easing off of it. I keep thinking that I'm doing it but am obviously not. Just like *think* I'm braking slower only to perform yet another impromptu emergency stop... Despite the cost of those lessons, I really think in my case that my instructor earned every penny!
Nicole wrote:
I learned to drive a manual transmission on this dilapidated old farm truck. I had to use it while I was working for the Agronomy/Horticulture department during college. One of my coworkers a tough lady in her late 60's who had been working in the college for years taught me. She made me do figure eights in reverse, and stop and start on the steepest hill in town. It was nerve wracking, also the truck only had 3 gears. I stalled it out several times, but usually I was out on one of the farm sites so it wasn't that big of a deal. I did get it stuck one time in about a foot of mud during a sudden rain storm. I was freaked out thinking I'd be fired because I killed the work truck, but my boss just called one of the farm hands to come get me out with a tractor. I think just about everyone has interesting/embarrassing stories about driving.
That sounds like a great way to learn! And to honest, three gears is just about the limit of what I could cope with! Am quite happy living my life in between the first and third gear. Actually, the third already scares me.
It's strange but due to my rather irregular experiences while working abroad, I actually picked up quite a few tricks on what to do when stuck in mud, in the middle of a flowing river, or driving across a desert and getting stuck on the edge of a dune. Rush hour traffic though...
Jane A wrote:
Now I love to drive, and will tackle most anything. I'm beat out in the adventure department, though, by my girlfriend, who pulled a loaded three horse slant trailer with her dually pickup through New York City and told me how fun it was. Wow.
Wow indeed! Definitely not my idea of fun!
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I figured I'm too uncoordinated to learn how to deal with a manual, so I learned on an automatic to begin with. At 18, I thought 1. why bother with something that stressed me out when driving was stressful enough on its own 2. I wouldn't have an opportunity to drive stick for several years so 3. I'd end up out of practice and 4. when I had enough money to buy a car, I'd just get an automatic. I've never regretted my decision, but if most of the cars you'd have access to are manual transmission, this might not be as good an option.
Since you know where I live, you can imagine how enjoyable driving a manual would have been for me
Basically everyone I know drives an automatic.
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Since you know where I live, you can imagine how enjoyable driving a manual would have been for me
Basically everyone I know drives an automatic.
Don't remind me - my knees are still recovering!!
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Wow, I thought I was the only person who doesn't know how to drive!
I cannot navigate the aisles of a grocery store without ramming into someone, nonetheless a road in a big metal vehicle.
And every time someone cuts in front of me I close my eyes and wince.
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Post subject: Hi CD - Hang in there
I know how you feel. I just got my driver's license last month and I am 38. I will tell you this. I live in the Netherlands. I've had a U.S. driving license since 15 and a half years old. Though I do not drive manual.
You are a strong woman learning it. I just gave up when I tried to learn it in the States. However, in Europe a manual car is what is most commonly driven and also the Netherlands is a biking country. Needless to say, lessons are expensive 50 Euro's per hour and you are forced to do a minimum amount of lessons (at least 800 Euro's worth). You cannot exchange your license easily and you have to get a Dutch license. The normal cost is 1,500 Euro's. I was so ticked off that I didn't drive here for 6 years and just took public transportation. But I recently had my first child this past May 2012 and I had to get a license. Learning here is expensive and insane, with people darting out all over the place on bikes and the rules for driving are so different.
Like if you get a license here you are lucky the Dutch say. It is common knowledge on how hard they make it for you to get it because this is a over populated country and the Dutch government wants less people on the road. I am American so of course I was just so frustrated. The written exam was a nightmare to study and pass. Many people fail it so many times that they just give up. If you can't pass that test you can't even do the practical driving test.
So, I guess I am venting... sorry, I am still emotionally scarred. But I can tell you this. You will get your license! Because you are working hard for it. Hang in there and please let us know when you have it.
Best Wishes!
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I want to be perfectly honest here. I love, love spice beans. I realize that they're the jelly beans we've all encountered as kids, probably visiting the Grandparents over the Easter holiday. We'd see a candy dish on the table full of jelly beans and eagerly grab a handful. As we shoved the colorful, sugary orbs into our mouths, we realized they were full of odd flavors: cinnamon, peppermint, and heaven forbid, clove. Flavors that are not suited to our sugar-oriented taste buds, and they're promptly get spit into the garbage when the adults weren't looking.
So yes, I am strange in this love of mine. In my defense, I didn't eat them as a kid. I wasn't ever exposed to them to be honest. It wasn't until college where I noticed them in the candy aisles and decided to try them to see what the fuss was about. The rest is history, as so they stay.
Brach's has always been one of my favorite varieties. I liked the flavors and textures, especially more than the other cheaper pectin spice beans I'd enounter. I was tempted by them a few times from the cheaper price tag, but I soon realized that you got what you paid for.
So why do I feel Brach's are so superior? Firstly, these beans are large, like three to four times the size of Jelly Belly Beans, and maybe two to three of the Starburst and Just Born's beans. They just have an satisfying size, even if you're just looking at them.
Ginger (orange): I hard a hard time placing this flavor at first. Which I found frustrating for a bit. It didn't taste gingery at first, but then halfway though that gingery burn shows up a little bit. I'd say it's the spiciest of the bunch, but it's still pretty mild, all things considered. This was the flavor I was looking forward to least, but I did liked it after all.
Clove (purple): It's woodsy, sweet and not as strong as I was expecting. I enjoyed the nutty and herbal chew. Am I the only one?
Licorice (black): Oh yay! I love licorice jelly beans. This reminds me of the licorice flavor in Good & Plenty; good strong flavor with molasses' sweetness to it. No hints of anise here. I really thought this was a stellar flavored licorice bean. Yum, my second favorite of the bunch.
Spearmint (green):A nicely fresh, bright flavor that reminds me of toothpaste. Has a little grassy note to it.
Cinnamon (red): Was there any doubt? This one is wonderful warm and grainy, I felt like I was chewing some Big Red gum, minus the extremely intense burn.
Peppermint (white): I was nervous about this one at first, as I'm not big on peppermint. Thankfully, it's a very light and delicate flavor. I liked this too since it didn't overpower my taste buds which I find peppermint usually does.
Wintergreen (pink): Lovely grainy, clean, fresh, a little sweet and peppery. Can't you tell I just love wintergreen? The flavor is strong, and has good spicy notes similar to root beer.
I always buy a few bags to keep me going for a few months past Easter, and this year is no exception. If you haven't tried spice beans before, I really suggest giving them a try. You may just find you love them as much as I do.
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In the October 16 episode of Hitler Didi, Zara feels awkward when Munna burps after eating his meal. While playing, Indu and Seher accidently break a toy. The toy is the same toy wherein a goon had hid a chip inside it. Indu and Seher are left confused when they find the chip. They immediately inform Ishaan about it. Later, Indu informs Zara that she found a chip inside the toy which she brought from Mumbai. Zara realises that the terrorist are after Indu as she had the chip with her. While loading the chip, the power fails. Zara gets apprehensive when she realises that the laptop would switch off as it had very little battery life. In the midst of darkness, a certain person robs the chip. He plays the chip on his laptop and informs his aide that on Dasheera night they would have multiple bomb blasts all around Delhi including Chandni Chowk. Later, Zara gets apprehensive when she realises that the chip is missing. Meanwhile, an imposter who is addressing himself as Vanraj Mishra from Banaras arrives in Sharma Niwas. The imposter gets apprehensive when Zara tries to enquire with him about his whereabouts. Watch latest "Hitler Didi" Episodes on www.zeetv.com
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The Registry Division is the keeper of Boston birth, marriage, and death vital records from 1630 to present. If you want a copy of one of these vital records, you must request a certified copy in person or by mail. Certified copies of births, marriages, and deaths are on secure paper, have the raised red seal, and appropriate signatures. The Registry also grants couples Massachusetts Marriage Licenses after couples file their Marriage Intentions.


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Mothers and daughters share many similarities, from the way they look, to the things they cook, to what inspires them to follow their passions and dreams. In my own case, I chose to alter my path as a teacher to pursue my passion for a career in the arts. That choice to follow my creative instincts has proven to be very rewarding for me in many ways.
However, little did I know that my own daughter, Katie, who grew up playing sports, watching TV and hanging out with friends, would choose to pursue her passions in the arts. As a young child, she watched me paint and did some dabbling herself, but she soon followed her peers into the world of whatever seemed "cool" for the moment. Just before her senior year in high school she decided that art might not be such a bad way to make a living, after all. Today, at age 26, she has a degree in photography, works as a designer at my company, Kathy Davis Studios, and has started a photography business on the side with her soon-to-be husband.
My own experience is one I heard echoed among some of my artist friends, whose daughters, or mothers, are also involved in the arts. It gave me the idea for an interview series that would be timely for Mother's Day.
Above: Artist Kathy Davis with her daughter, photographer Katie Davis.
Is creativity genetic? Is it a natural instinct or instead is it inspired or acquired by osmosis? Whether hereditary or acquired, the love of art often passes from one generation to the next. While daughters may be inspired to follow in the footsteps of their mothers, each is creating a path that's all her own.
In this blog series, six different mother-daughter duos tell their story of the role art plays in their lives, and how their shared passion creates a bond between them.
Please enjoy our blog series… and share with your friends!!!
Since launching her design company in 1990, Kathy Davis has created several lines of greeting cards with various publishers. Today, she touches the lives of over 100 million consumers through her cards, fabric, gifts, housewares and other merchandise. She's the author of Scatter Joy: Living, Giving and Creating a Life you Love.


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In the early 1970s, the Bronx borough of New York City was home to the beginning of hip-hop culture. This class examines how young people responded to the social and economic crisis of the Bronx by creating hip-hop. By the 1980s, rap recordings took the voices of inner-city life into the mainstream, spreading it around the United States. Since then, parts of hip-hop culture - including the MC, the DJ, the graffiti writer and the break dancer – have become some of the most important forms of expression for young people throughout the world. Students will learn about this history, along with the musical tracks and vocal raps of old school artists such as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and Afrika Bambaataa – musicians who sent a message to American audiences about what life was like in inner-city communities. Explore the history of the sound that changed American popular music forever.
Related Standards: English-Language Arts, Social Studies, Fine Arts-Music
Videos are offered as supplemental content to classes.
The Rock Hall interviews DJ Funkmaster Flex, now famous as the host of MTV's "Funk Flex Full Throttle", about being a DJ in the Bronx in the '80s and the emergence of hip-hop culture.
See below for additional video resources related to this class.
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We had a fabulous time! The kids were amazed at how many floors there were, and we loved the videos that were throughout the Hall of Fame. Stephanie Heriger was also great in assisting me with questions and concerns that I had. She's a great asset to your company! The people that were working that day were also very helpful. It was nice to have people right there if you had any questions. Everything went very smoothly and we appreciate the Rockin' The Schools program and look forward to being invited to come back!
The Education Department is already doing a stellar job! I am always impressed with their knowledge and professionalism, as well as their great sense of fun! I love what they've been doing with the website. It has really become a great resource/teaching tool.
This is the fourth time I've brought my class to ['The Message']. I always choose this program because I know my students will enjoy it and take something away from it!


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The English Education program at Ferris State prepares students for literature, writing, and language arts teaching in secondary education. We offer a program of study for those who have a love of literature and language as well as a desire to share their passion with high school and middle school students.
An array of literature, writing, language and rhetoric courses offers English Education students a blend of classical and modern literature, written and oral skills, and critical and creative approaches to language studies.
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~ I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how I feel as perfectly as you deserve it. -- Kyle Schmidt ~
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WHO: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will host rock band Hanson's Take The Walk charity campaign this afternoon. Following the walk, the band will perform two songs on the Rock Hall's Main Stage and sign copies of their book.
WHAT: Hanson will lead a one-mile walk with their fans beginning at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and around Cleveland Browns stadium to raise money and awareness for the band's Take The Walk charity, which supports access to medical care, medical treatment, shoes, clean water and education in Africa.
Returning to the Rock Hall and immediately following the one-mile walk, Hanson will perform a brief two-song acoustic set on the Rock Hall's Main Stage and sign copies of their book, Take The Walk, which documents the charity's history and highlights.
WHEN: Tuesday, October 6 at 1 p.m.
WHERE: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
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Cleveland, Ohio 44114
MORE: Formed in the mid-90s, Hanson is comprised of brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson. They achieved mainstream success in 1997 with their single "MMMBop" from their first major label album, Middle of Nowhere, which earned three Grammy nominations. They have since released four albums and continue to tour internationally.
In the past three years Hanson and their fans have organized one-mile barefoot walks all over the world in an effort to fight against poverty and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Through these walk events thousands have taken part helping to provide clean water, HIV/AIDS medication, access to healthcare and new shoes – in partnership with TOMS shoes (who the band has helped give 50,000 shoes to children in South Africa). The band has written and self-released a book called Take The Walk that explains their journey. The campaign has engaged more than enough miles to walk around the world (24,902 miles.) For more information on the Take the Walk tour, visit http://www.takethewalk.net.
About the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll music. It carries out this mission through its operation of a world-class museum that collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets this art form and through its library and archives as well as its educational programs.
The Museum is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. On Wednesdays (and Saturdays through Labor Day), the Museum is open until 9 p.m. Museum admission is $22 for adults, $18 for adult residents of Greater Cleveland, $17 for seniors (65+), $13 for youth (9-12), children under 8 and Museum Members are always free, for information or to join the membership program call 216. 515.8425. For general inquiries, please call 216.781.ROCK or visit http://www.rockhall.com. The Museum is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.


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The early 90s saw Omara Portuondo trying to retire from the limelight of Cuban music and settle into a relaxed existence, but after she was featured in The Buena Vista Social Club documentary there was no turning back. The singer released, to international acclaim, The Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo re-enforcing her status as one of the greatest things to reach us from Cuba (arguably since Mojitos).
The Gracias Tour featuring piano virtuoso Roberto Fonseca will be reaching New York City this Saturday, February 27 at Town Hall. This is a rare opportunity for you to catch some of the best Cuban music, so buy your tickets now.


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UPDATE: On September 28, 2015, Shell Global announced that it was indefintely suspending its offshore drilling in Alaska due to insufficient indications of oil and gas to warrant further exploration in the Burger prospect."
The dusty Ford SUV bounces along a deserted road outside Caroline Cannon's hometown of Point Hope, a desolate outpost on a narrow gravel spit extending off Alaska's northwest shore. It's early June, and the temperature here is a relatively balmy 40 degrees. Cannon is on her way to inspect the traditional ice cellar her family has maintained in the permafrost for generations. Global warming has caused some flooding problems of late for American Iñupiat Eskimo communities like Cannon's, and with the bounty from this year's whale hunt awaiting storage, she wants to make sure everything is in order. She reaches up to brush a strand of salt-and-pepper hair from her face and catches a whiff of mikigaq on her fingers. Cannon has been snacking on this Eskimo delicacy of whale meat fermented in blood since the town's annual whaling festival began three days ago.
"Whew! Two thousand dollars' worth of French perfume wouldn't get rid of that smell," she says, laughing, as she waves her fingers and crinkles her nose. "Noxzema is the only thing that does the trick."
This year the crews of Point Hope landed five bowhead whales, and nearly 300 tons of meat was carved into shares to be divvied among the community of some 800 residents, most of them Iñupiat. Another sizable portion of the hunt is set aside for everyone to enjoy during the festival and on holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas. Far-flung relatives who had flown home for the feast arrived with empty coolers and Tupperware in anticipation of their shares. During the festival, even non-Iñupiat visitors are expected to accept generous helpings of the hunters' potluck. "You have to collect your share anyway and then bless an elder with it if you don't want it yourself," explains Cannon, who is both the daughter and the granddaughter of whaling captains.
She pulls to a stop near a hatch in the ground, which she raises to reveal a cave-like abyss. A bum knee prevents her from climbing down the steep ladder for a serious look, but from what she can see, peering in, the ice cellar seems to be in good shape. Just being here puts her in a cheerful mood. With her family's share of the fresh whale, plus the expected haul from an upcoming bearded-seal hunt, Cannon knows that they will be set for the hard winter to come.
Standing on spongy ground that is typically frozen for eight months a year, Cannon is startled when the vast, empty silence is broken by the sudden rustle of wings overhead. A flock of birds—maybe some sea ducks that have managed to avoid the big soup cauldrons at the whaling festival?—has taken flight. Cannon throws her head back to watch, crying out with glee, "That's a blessing!"
That she would consider sacred the wildlife her people hunt—animals whose flesh she eats, whose fur she wears, whose delicately carved tusks dangle from her ears—is a concept difficult for outsiders to grasp. But the dominant theme of Point Hope's whaling festival is gratitude, and the beast is thanked in sacred song, dance and prayer for sacrificing itself for the Iñupiat's survival. Ultimately, they perceive the hunt as more a form of communion than of conquest.
Trying to convey that message, and the near-mystical bond between her people and the endangered 50-ton bowhead whales that migrate along the coastline, is a mission to which Cannon now devotes herself with urgent zeal.
Never has this 56-year-old American—mother to nine children, grandmother to 24—felt that connection with her culture more intensely than in this moment, when corporate, geopolitical, economic and natural forces are threatening a way of life that has endured for millennia. "The ocean is our garden," she likes to say. But now the same waters that nurture Cannon's community and the other native villages in the region could prove of vital importance to sustaining the rest of the United States as well—because according to federal-government estimates, some 27 billion barrels of oil and 132 trillion cubic feet of natural gas lie beneath the Arctic's seafloor, a cache believed to be one of the largest remaining reserves in the country.
This immense underwater frontier was opened to offshore drilling in 2011, when the Obama administration gave its consent to a Bush-era plan allowing Shell Oil to bore test wells in the shallow Chukchi and Beaufort sea waters where the Iñupiat of Alaska's North Slope Borough hunt. The initial five-year lease option does not permit the extraction of any oil discovered. That step will face its own regulatory, legal and political challenges.
Proponents of drilling welcome the move as a boost to the national economy and the beginnings of U.S. independence from foreign oil. But others argue that more American oil in the global market will not necessarily mean lower prices at home. And they fear an unprecedented ecological disaster should a spill occur in waters that are arguably too remote, too unpredictable and too choked with ice to permit effective cleanup or to prevent the oil from freezing into fast-moving globs that could migrate, then melt, spreading the damage. It's a nightmare scenario the National Audubon Society has dubbed "Deepwater Horizon meets the Titanic." For Cannon, it would amount to a fatal blow to the Iñupiat way of life.
Some of her earliest memories are of camping out on the ice during the whale hunt, helping her mother and other whaling wives cook and supply the crews as they pursued the bowhead. Growing up in this stark monochrome landscape, with temperatures that can plunge to 45 degrees below zero and winds that can reach 80 miles per hour, Cannon didn't even see her first tree until age 13, when she was sent to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school in Alaska's Inside Passage region because Point Hope had no high school. Life 1,300 miles away from home, Cannon says, gave her culture shock: "The food was different, we were different. I had never heard the sound of traffic before or sirens. I didn't like being away. It was not who we are; it was who we were forced to be." She feels the same combination of fear, indignation and foreboding now. What will happen, she wonders, if the recent whaling season turns out to have been the last?
LEGALLY, THE OIL COMPANIES don't need the Iñupiat's permission to drill: The tracts beneath the ocean fall under federal jurisdiction. Nonetheless, Cannon is determined to stop them. "The federal government says they own the sea," she says indignantly. "But we feel we have rights, too." A longtime community activist, Cannon shifted to the national stage in 2009 when, as president of her local tribal council, she began working with the D.C.-based Alaska Wilderness League (AWL) as the voice and face of her people in the environmental group's fight to preserve the Arctic.
A stout, bossy cheerleader of a woman given to spontaneous hugs and deep explosions of laughter, Cannon drives back toward town after her visit to the ice cellar. AWL's environmental-justice program director, Betsy Beardsley, who lives in Anchorage and has become a close friend, rides along with her husband, Tyler, and their two young daughters. On the way home, Cannon spots a nephew—or possibly great-nephew or second cousin, given the wide-ranging and ever-shifting Iñupiat definitions of family—learning to ride a bicycle. She slams on the brakes and jumps out of the car to applaud and shout encouragement. Another mile down the road she sees Richard, her husband of 19 years, driving hismunicipal sanitation truck. He pulls up alongside, and Cannon rolls down her window. "How're your brakes?" he wants to know. "Same," Cannon reports, then laughs.
"Don't tell them!" she shrieks, nodding toward Beardsley and her family in the backseat. Richard, an African American from San Francisco who is one of the few nonnatives in town, just shakes his head and smiles, accustomed to his wife's penchant for hitting the gas pedal and letting fate decide the rest.
But fixing a car—or anything else—is no simple matter in this brutal terrain. There is no mechanic in town, so people do their own work, and if parts aren't on hand, they must be flown in. The other option is to wait for the delivery barges that can sail only during the summer. Because virtually everything in Point Hope is imported, the cost of living is astronomical; a box of breakfast cereal sells for about $12, and milk costs more than $8 a gallon. Even though the median household income is $76,000 (most local jobs are tied to the civic payroll, government grants or subsidized projects), the money goes quickly. And unemployment in the North Slope runs as high as 25 percent. So home kitchens tend to be stocked with meat, fish and berries that family members have hunted and gathered themselves.
"I'll take a nice polar bear steak over a New York strip any day," says Cannon. And in recent years she's eaten both, commuting frequently from the harsh tundra of America's rooftop to the marbled floors of its Capitol, testifying before Congress, meeting with oil-industry representatives and strategizing with her environmentalist allies, scarcely pausing to regroup even as she was hit with a chain of family crises, including the fatal drug overdose of a grown daughter.
Outgoing as she is, Cannon was daunted at first by speaking before congressional leaders and audiences packed with environmental movers and shakers. "Of course I was nervous," she recalls. But soon she was confident enough to buttonhole the interior secretary after a press conference in Anchorage and even to confront President Obama when she traveled to Washington for a conference of 400 federally recognized tribal nations in 2009.
The president appeared before the group for a town hall–style meeting, but when Cannon stepped up, she delivered more of a challenge than a question. "I came here with a message from my tribe," she told Obama, "that we are impacted with the offshore drilling, the decision that's been made on [our] behalf . . . during the Bush administration. And we would like you to overturn that."
"Caroline said she would hold him accountable," remembers Beardsley. "And then she said, 'My son told me if I met you, I needed to ask you to give me a hug.' And he did." Beardsley was thrilled that Cannon spoke up. "Voices like Caroline's were essential in showing decision makers how drilling would impact the Arctic," she says.
That same year, the drilling opponents scored their biggest win: A federal court ruled that further studies needed to be done on the potential impact of oil exploration on the marine environment. In 2010 the British Petroleum oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico provoked a federal moratorium on offshore drilling, and Cannon hoped the Alaskan Arctic would remain permanently off-limits. But not everyone in her state—or even her town—shared that dream. Alaska is hugely dependent on oil revenue; the state issues an annual oil-dividend check (averaging $1,485 a year over the past decade) to every resident and collects no income tax. Alaska sued to have the moratorium overturned; the ban was lifted in October 2010, but a series of permit and regulatory hurdles effectively stalled Shell until this past summer, when the company got permission to proceed.
But federal approval did not come without serious reservations. A June 2011 report by the U.S. Geological Survey concluded that "many of the challenges emerging in Arctic oil and gas development decision-making are beyond the ability of science alone to resolve." And even if Shell is capable of containing and cleaning up an Arctic spill, it could be defeated by the logistics of merely bringing the necessary equipment to a disaster site if conditions of heavy ice, fog, wind and total winter darkness prevail. How will Shell muster the necessary technology, Cannon asks, when sometimes "even medevacs can't reach us"? In her view, the Iñupiat cannot afford to roll the dice and hope for the best.
"I am haunted by the worry that an oil spill will occur in our waters," she told a House subcommittee in 2011. "The animals would either disappear or be so contaminated that my children or grandchildren would be forced to decide which is less harmful to them: contaminated whale meat or processed food shipped up from someplace like Costco . . . I know that genocide is a harsh word, but that's what it would be."
As Cannon stood outside her ice cellar earlier this year, Beardsley videotaped a new public service appeal. Cannon gazed solemnly into the camera and lamented Obama's ultimate decision in Shell's favor: "It hardens my heart and makes me sad to know he agreed."
In recognition of her determination, Cannon was awarded a prestigious $150,000 Goldman Environmental Prize for activism last April. She wore a traditional patchwork-fur parka to the San Francisco ceremony and enthralled the crowd with the story of her father's dying wish.
Nine years ago, she told them, Henry Nashookpuk, critically ill and physically spent, longed to be present at one more whale hunt. "As brittle and fragile as he was from the cancer, weighing only 90 pounds," Cannon recounted, "he wanted to join my brother's crew one last time. Of course, my reaction was no."
But her father would not be dissuaded. So as the icebergs melted in the Arctic that spring and the graceful whales reappeared along the coast, Nashookpuk's grown children carried him, in a sled lined with animal pelts and pulled by snowmobile, to the frozen shore of the Chukchi Sea.
Once at the water's edge, the old whaling captain sipped a cup of tea while he gazed across a horizon as formidable as it was familiar. He murmured something Cannon couldn't hear, finished his tea and then said simply, "I'm ready." He died a month later.
Cannon still chokes up at the memory, unable to find the words to describe the bond between her people and the sea. "It's not something you can explain," she says. "It's something you just have to feel."
Mining the Arctic could generate $167 billion in federal revenue and create an average of 54,700 jobs a year through 2057. But whether much prosperity will trickle down to Cannon's hometown is a question no one can yet answer. Jobs created by extracting offshore oil would be years away and for the most part filled by nonnatives with the specialized skills needed for the operation. But even anti-drilling crusaders like Cannon readily agree that the state of Alaska would not be able to provide the infrastructure of schools, roads, sewer systems and public services in the North Slope without the money generated by oil. Still, dissatisfaction over that dependence runs deep in the hearts of people proud of their ability to survive for thousands of years amid some of nature's harshest challenges. When oil companies send crates of fresh apples, oranges and watermelon to Point Hope as gifts during the whale festival, Cannon forbids her children and grandchildren to eat any.
Point Hope was instrumental in rallying other native communities to fight against drilling, says Beardsley. Cannon has added declarations of support to lawsuits filed by a coalition of villages and environmental groups arguing that there is no proven technology to contain or clean up an oil spill in Arctic conditions. But when Shell agreed to concessions, including a moratorium on drilling during the whale hunt and some $5 million for environmental studies and monitoring (with local advisers hired to help), various groups—including the North Slope county government and the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission—dropped their opposition. But not the tribal community of Point Hope. "I'm not convinced," says Cannon, noting that even without a spill, the marine life could be driven away. "The noises and vibrations could change the pattern of migration."
Eco-journalist Bob Reiss, author of The Eskimo and the Oil Man, believes the mistrust runs deeper in Cannon's community, and the resistance stronger, for historic reasons: In 1958 the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission decided to demonstrate peacetime use of nuclear devices by creating an instant deepwater harbor about 30 miles from Point Hope. Had the plan come off, it would have detonated half a dozen underwater nuclear bombs. Iñupiat opposition blocked Project Chariot, but government scientists had already sprinkled radioactive soil around the area as part of their impact testing. "They were lied to from A to Z, and it was terrible," Reiss says. Suspicion that the soil made its way into the food chain and was linked to a cluster of stomach cancers in Point Hope is what initially ignited Cannon's passion for advocacy.
"It was the women who should be credited with winning the fight against Project Chariot," says Point Hope mayor Steve Oomittuk. "The men are quiet. That's how we're brought up, to sit on the ice and be quiet"—so the whales will surface.
Shell headquarters in Houston responded to interview requests for this article by referring More to the press releases on its website, and to Shell officials in Alaska, who never replied. In June, company president Marvin E. Odum told Platts Energy Week TV that Shell would perform tests until it was "absolutely sure" it could safely contain an Arctic spill. As the first of Shell's drillships headed north this past August to begin sinking the exploratory wells, Cannon fell into a funk. Her voice on the phone sounded flat and weary. "It takes a toll on you," she said. "After you repeat yourself 10 times, what's the use?"
But as More went to press, encroaching ice floes, coupled with damage to a spill-containment dome during a safety test, forced Shell to forgo deep drilling for now. In a press statement, the company conceded that the dome had not met Shell's "stringent acceptance standards" and said the work would resume in 2013.
AT THE WHALE HUNT this year, Cannon watched another generation of her family set out in a sealskin boat. Jalen, the 10-year-old grandson she adopted after his mother's death, joined his brother-in-law's crew; they landed a bowhead on the first day of the hunt. But the childhood Jalen enjoys is very different from Cannon's. He's been to Disneyland and, like other children, roars around Point Hope on an ATV. A few days before the festival, he fell from the back of a playmate's vehicle and broke his leg. "He cries all night. I don't like to see him getting so dependent on painkillers," Cannon fretted. She had good reason to be protective: Addiction runs in the family. Cannon herself has battled alcohol and substance abuse and credits her Christian faith with the sobriety she has maintained for 18 years.
But at the June whaling festival, Cannon put her cares aside and took her place among a group of performers, singing songs of the hunt in her native tongue as dancers acted out the scenes. Jalen, munching Cheetos, watched his grandmother intently.
On the festival's final day, villagers took their turns outdoors on the traditional blanket toss, whooping as they were flung into the air from sealskins stretched taut. There is ritual to the fun, with children going first and then the whaling crews, who are called forth man by man to be applauded by all. Next come mothers who gave birth to boys; they each climb on and toss gifts to the elders—Kit Kat bars and Dum Dum lollipops flying to the ground along with precious furs of Arctic fox, wolf and badger. Cannon had purchased a bagful of goodies, which she quietly gave to an impoverished new mother for her ritual jump. It had been years since Cannon herself had taken a turn. The blanket toss both thrills and frightens her. But she couldn't bear the sight of Jalen, watching from the sidelines, missing out on the honor of his first toss.
"Should I do it for him?" she wondered aloud.
"I was on the blanket toss once when my son was born," offered her friend Elizabeth. "I had to. Never again!"
Cannon thought of her bad knee and the surgery her doctor had told her to stop putting off. Then she thought of the ancient ritual her grandson was about to be denied. Throwing away caution and maybe reason, she stepped forward to take her triumphant leap.
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"We have a system of immigration that is broken," he says in Spanish, "so we have to change to make one better that is just."
Catholic bishops and priests from across the country are taking the issue straight to the pews, Telemundo reports, preaching a coordinated message that uses a single voice to back changes in immigration policy and urge Congressional passage of reform that includes a path to citizenship.
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US Pro Cycling Challenge Stage 4 & 5 Spectator Information
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Friday afternoon stage 4 will send riders into town on highway 131 and once closer to town US40/Lincoln Ave. People driving up on Friday can cut through Silverthorne and over Gore Pass to watch racers come past the small town of Toponas (population 5). If you turn left from Gore Pass and head South there is a significant climb at near 9000 feet with good spectating opportunities about 5 miles out from downtown Toponas. From Toponas to Steamboat the course is about 40 miles and specators could potentially drive back over Gore pass and into Steamboat on US40 to catch the finish. Driving time is estimated at 1.2 hours/73 miles, but racers may cover the 40 miles to town in well under 2 hours.
At the finish on Friday, the best spots to watch the racers will be anywhere near downtown with up close spots on a section of River Rd, Mt Werner Rd, and US40 to the sprint finish downtown. The estimated finish time is somewhere between 330pm and 4pm.
For Stage 5, racers will roll down from the Ski Area and head straight for Rabbit Ears Pass, with an estimated 2350ft of gain and solid 6% steady grade. At 7.1 miles in length, most local riders can tackle this climb between 30 and 40 minutes at an average speed of ~12mph. Spectating on the pass will be outstanding with numerous spots to camp and watch the riders approach and pass by. If you are late to get to the pass, head straight for the lower section where a long wide open approach gives plenty of time to see the racers off in the distance and heading onto the pass. From that point, there are numerous long straight sections that will give plenty of time to see racers, great photo opportunities and room to run alongside the peleton in your sumo costume. The West summit of Rabbit Ears will likely be jammed with people, so if you get their early head lower from the top where you can get up close to the riders and still be near enough to the top to catch any decisive moves.
If you want to catch the action at the finish in Breckenridge, a quick drive back down 131 to I70 and over to Breck will take about 2.5 hours.
Full Steamboat stage details at http://www.steamboatprocycling.com/
If you come early on Friday, be sure to grab a tour at Moots Cycles in addition to all of the great local businesses in town. Moots has a state of the art factory in Steamboat with 24 employees handcrafting titanium bikes. Plus one week after the US Pro Challenge, Steamboat is hosting a four day Stage Race, now in it's third year, for pro-amateur road racers and sponsored by Moots.
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Be warned the course from Toponas to Steamboat is mostly downhill and a very fast ride even for me. The chance of you seeing the finish if you try to backtrack co134 to us40 and get throught traffic into downtown steamboat for the finish sprint will be small. I think a Pro-tour peolton possibly chasing down a break will cover the last 40 miles in just over an hour. Your best viewing will be to come straight into downtown. Park and enjoy the festival and jumbotrons till the sprint comes to town. After the finish we are having a free concert at HowelsonHill followed by fireworks.
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Or you could ride up from Avon to the last climb that tops out at 8600 and 39 miles into the route. Since it's mostly downhill, this could be a good option to see a break as noted above.
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Hotel Monteleone is now offering pet packages for four-legged guests
New Orleans, La. – The Historic Hotel Monteleone is pleased to offer pet packages to pamper your favorite four-legged friends. As a pet friendly hotel, the Monteleone allows guests to bring their entire family to stay, pets included. When you and your furry friends check in, you will receive as special treat. Monte's Pet Package.
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The French Quarter is a great place to visit with your pets. Everything is in walking distance and there is a lot to see. You can also take the street car uptown to Audubon Park. For more pet friendly attractions and restaurants here is some listings to get you started.
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