Recamended Reading “Wendy Davis Repeats Empowering Personal Story While Greg Abbott’s Remains Unquestioned”

January 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment

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Wendy Davis Repeats Empowering Personal Story While Greg Abbott’s Remains Unquestioned

by: Chaille Jolink

Mon Jan 20, 2014 at 05:19 PM CST
In a strange yet all-too-familiar narrative today on twitter, minor details of Wendy Davis’s life have come into question in light of a recent story in the Dallas Morning News that was published on Sunday.The article in a strange circular motion goes back and forth discussing the minor details of Wendy Davis’s early life. The story mentioned that she actually was not officially divorced until she was 21, although under oath she said she was 19.
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From the Desk of:President of NARAL Pro-Choice America

January 22, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Dear Ralph,

I’m Ilyse Hogue, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, and on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision I started a petition to the United States Congress, which says:

Women are thoughtful and smart enough to make their own decisions about their bodies—that’s why I hope you stand with the Women’s Health Protection Act. We need a federal law to challenge state restrictions and keep politicians out of a woman’s personal decision-making, and so I hope you sign onto this powerful bill.

We are seeing an enormous number of attacks on a woman’s fundamental freedoms across the country today.

Anti-choice politicians are dictating ridiculous regulations about hallway width, grass length, and parking spaces at abortion clinics with the goal of shutting them down. They interfere with doctors who know a lot better than they do. They force women to sit through mandatory ultrasounds and pointless waiting periods, as though women weren’t capable of making decisions on their own. They make women listen to lectures full of lies.

Click here to tell Congress to support the Women’s Health Protection Act.

The fact is, the more roadblocks they put in front of safe abortion, the more they put women’s lives at risk.

That’s why the Women’s Health Protection Act is so important. It puts a stop to pointless regulations and obstacles that keep women from getting the care they need and deserve—and it’s just the beginning.

Call on your members of Congress to keep politicians out of our private decisions about pregnancy and health care and co-sponsor this bill.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

Filed Under: NARAL Pro Choice America, Roe v. Wade

YEEEEAAARRRRRGGGHHHH!!! Gov. Howard Dean..shout out!

January 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment

YEEEEAAARRRRRGGGHHHH!!!

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Dear Ralph.
It’s hard to believe it was ten years ago tonight. On this day a decade ago — January 19, 2004 — I gave one of the most famous speeches in the history of American politics. Or perhaps “infamous” would be more accurate.

I’m guessing you might remember the climactic moment of that night, as I enthusiastically rallied my presidential campaign supporters in the aftermath of a disappointing finish in the Iowa Caucus:

Not only are we going to New Hampshire, Tom Harkin, we’re going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico! And we’re going to California and Texas and New York! And we’re going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan, and then we’re going to Washington, D.C., to take back the White House! 

YEEEAAARRRRRGGGHHHH!!!

While the “Dean Scream” became fodder for late night comedians, including a hilarious version by Dave Chappelle I still laugh about, I also feel very proud of the state-by-state preamble to my unforgettable rallying cry. Because, when I said we were heading to New Hampshire and South Carolina and Oklahoma… and to Washington, DC to take back the White House… it turns out I wasn’t kidding.

In a funny way, that moment was the launch of the 50 State Strategy — a leave-no-community-behind framework for change that transformed the Democratic Party in the years to come, fueling my campaign to become DNC Chair in 2005 and the fight to take back Congress in 2006 and the presidency in 2008.

Ten years later, the organization I founded to carry on the empowerment ethos of my presidential campaign — Democracy for America — is stronger than ever and the 50 State Strategy continues to this day.

If you appreciate what DFA has accomplished over the last decade, will you contribute to help support DFA and its members for the next ten years? Click here to chip in $3.

Since 2004, DFA — fueled by more than 1 million members across America — has:

  • Trained over 75,000 people from Florida to Alaska on how to win campaigns
  • Helped elect progressive leaders like Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, state legislators from New Hampshire to Washington, and candidates to the Board of Education in places like Texas
  • Fought for workers’ rights in Ohio and Michigan and helped lead the recall election against Scott Walker in Wisconsin
  • Defended a woman’s right to choose by supporting candidates like Wendy Davis in Texas and organizations like Planned Parenthood, while also taking on — and defeating — regressive anti-choice ballot initiatives in red states like South Dakota and Oklahoma
  • Empowered our members to lead the national fight against fracking in Congress and locally in the Northeast and California
  • Mobilized local DFA groups like Northside DFA in Chicago, DC for Democracy, and Democracy for New York City to change their communities and local governments

While we have accomplished a great deal since 2004, we still have a lot of work ahead of us — and the biggest hurdle our country faces is income inequality. As my friend Robert Reich said on a recent DFA conference call we did together, the ever-widening gap between the ultra-wealthy and the middle class is crushing the American dream.

As you know, DFA is fighting every day for economic justice. Just within the last few months, DFA has been spearheading battles to extend unemployment benefits, raise the minimum wage, prevent cuts to food stamps, stop bad trade deals, and expand Social Security.

It’s an ambitious agenda for America and I’m extremely proud of our team for taking it on. I am amazed by where we have come from, how much we have grown, and what we have accomplished. And, of course, we could not have created so much change without the help of DFA members like you.

Help us continue the work we started ten years ago. Chip in $3 to support DFA’s relentless focus on income inequality and electing progressive changemakers across America this November.

Thank you so much for your support. Together, nothing can hold us back.

– Howard

Gov. Howard Dean
Founder, Democracy for America
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Al Franken U.S. Senator Minnesota

January 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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Dear Ralph,

When we were combing through the questions you sent in through our “Ask Al” page (it’s right here in case you want to send in a question for our next installment), we noticed a lot of questions about Medicare.

Q. (Bob C.) Any chance of changing the law so Medicare can bargain for better prescription drug prices similar to what the VA does?

This is a great question, because letting Medicare negotiate for better drug prices is a great idea.

A little background: Medicare represents a lot of people, and so if it could negotiate directly with the drug companies, it would be able to deliver the same benefits for seniors at a lower cost. For instance: As Bob says, the Department of Veterans Affairs uses its size to negotiate, and for the ten most-prescribed drugs, the VA pays about half what Medicare does.

The only reason Medicare doesn’t negotiate for better prices is — get this — it’s literally against the law for the government to negotiate to get a better deal. That’s an actual law that Washington politicians passed. It’s a huge giveaway to big drug companies that don’t need the help, and it makes zero sense — especially when getting rid of that rule could save us up to $240 billion over ten years.

That’s why I’ve fought to change that law ever since I got to the Senate, and why I’m going to keep fighting until we get it done.

Q. (Colin C.) How are you and your Senate colleagues going to protect Social Security, Medicare, and pensions for all of us seniors? These are not entitlement programs — we have all personally paid into them and they are not some piggy bank to be used to fund other aspects of the government.

I agree — and that’s why it bothers me to see politicians in Washington suggest making deep cuts to Social Security benefits or turning Medicare into a voucher program. We have to reduce the deficit without resorting to attacks on the economic and health security of our seniors.

You might have heard me talk about how my wife Franni’s family made it through serious financial struggles thanks in large part to Social Security survivor benefits. And even today, Social Security means economic security for millions of seniors and families.

Medicare is a similar promise: If you work hard and play by the rules your whole life, you won’t have to worry that an injury or illness after your retirement will mean economic ruin.

And while there are ways we can work to protect the solvency of these programs (like letting Medicare negotiate for cheaper drugs), we simply have to draw a line in the sand on anything that would threaten these underlying promises.

For instance: The “Ryan plan” for Medicare would take away the guarantee of health care and replace it with a voucher — a coupon that might. . . or might not. . . cover the cost of the care you need. It’s a terrible idea, and I’ll fight it every time it comes up.

If you have questions about Medicare and Social Security, or about anything, drop me a line through the “Ask Al” page here. I’ll answer a few more in an upcoming email.

Thanks,

Al

P.S.: Thanks to everyone who’s already sent in questions. If you’d like to send in one of your own, you can do so at this link.

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Join President Obama and Democrats, and tell the GOP to put up or shut up:

January 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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Over the past few days, Senator Marco Rubio has been pontificating about his new plan to fight poverty — but today, he voted against taking one of the most basic steps to keep Americans from sliding into economic ruin.

In 2012, unemployment insurance kept 2.5 million people out of poverty, including 600,000 children. By voting against extending these benefits, Rubio and his GOP colleagues are showing that their talk about fighting poverty is just that: Talk.

We need to hold Marco Rubio and his GOP colleagues accountable for saying one thing and doing another: Join Democrats, and call Republicans out for their votes against extending unemployment insurance today.

Unemployment insurance is a vital lifeline for jobless Americans who are actively looking for work, and refusing to renew these benefits doesn’t just hurt those families — it really hurts our nation’s economy.

But Republicans have, yet again, blocked a measure that would encourage economic mobility, reduce income inequality, and benefit our nation as a whole. This is the behavior we’ve come to expect from the party that has denied health coverage to almost five million Americans by refusing to expand Medicaid, and is led by people who are almost uniformly opposed to raising the minimum wage.

It’s time for Republicans like Rubio to put their money where their mouths are and stop obstructing every attempt to stand up for those who need it most.

Join President Obama and Democrats, and tell the GOP to put up or shut up:

http://my.democrats.org/Renew-Unemployment-Insurance

Thanks,

Lily

Lily Adams
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
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CSU News Highlights Colorado State University.

January 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment

 

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CSU News Highlights

CSU in the News

Turning autism into a strength: Grandin uses neurological disorder to better understand how to handle livestock
Coloradoan
1/7/2014
The marriage between humane livestock handling and autism advocacy may seem an unusual one, except for Temple Grandin, the renowned researcher, author and Colorado State University professor who spent last weekend in Havre speaking about those topics at the Montana State University-Hill County Extension’s Cabin Fever conference.
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What makes a college town?
Reno Gazette-Journal
1/7/2014
“What’s special about Fort Collins is the old downtown area has remained really central to the social life of the whole community, and I think that lends an old-timey feeling that really makes it unique,” said Tom Milligan, vice president of external relations at Colorado State University.
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Newsmaker Q & A: Groundwater research taps a hot NoCo topic
Northern Colorado Business Report
1/7/2014
ARCADIS, a global engineering and consultancy firm, recently announced a $200,000 gift to Colorado State University, earmarked for a research center focusing on groundwater restoration research.
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Alert system could warn of impending disaster faster
Coloradoan
1/7/2014
Colorado State University professor V. “Chandra” Chandrasekar is part of a project to develop an emergency communication system that spots tornadoes or floods earlier, “finds” people in affected areas, and texts them emergency information on their mobile phones.
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Hackett Named Director of CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Veterinary Practice News
1/7/2014
Colorado State University has removed the “interim” tag from the leader of the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
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Hackett officially head of CSU vet hospital
Northern Colorado Business Report
1/7/2014
Dr. Tim Hackett officially will become director of the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Colorado State University on Jan. 15, after having served for more than a year as the hospital’s interim director.
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CSU collaborates with University of Alaska
Mountain Mail
1/7/2014
Sled dogs, reindeer and musk oxen will join the animals of interest as Colorado State University and the University of Alaska Fairbanks launch a collaborative veterinary training program.
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CSU in the Blogosphere

Biologists use Arctic char to combat invasive shrimp population
Phys.org
1/7/2014
The Arctic char is the centerpiece to a multi-pronged research initiative led by Brett Johnson, a fisheries biology professor at Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources.
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Higher Ed News

How the Humanities Compute in the Classroom
Chronicle of Higher Education
1/7/2014
Computer-assisted scholarship in the humanities dates back decades. In the past five years, though, the kinds of work collectively known as the digital humanities have taken on fresh luster.
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Colorado State University University News Service.

January 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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Kapri Bibbs declares for 2014 NFL Draft, forgoing last years at CSU
Denver Post
12/29/2013
Colorado State sophomore running back Kapri Bibbs announced Sunday that his record-setting 2013 season will be his last at the college level.
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Temple Grandin (video)
WTTW Chicago
12/26/2013
We revisit a conversation with Temple Grandin, a well-known adult with autism, best-selling author, and professor of animal science at Colorado State University.
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CSU to test metro Denver waters with engineering program
Northern Colorado Business Report
12/27/2013
In its first semester, Colorado State University’s Denver South initiative will provide graduate-level classes to engineers from some of the world’s leading companies, including CH2M Hill and Lockheed Martin.
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Colorado awards nearly $3M to support innovation through Advanced Industries Program
InnovatioNews
12/23/2013
Eight early-stage and retention grants were made to Colorado companies as part of the first round of awards under the state’s new Advanced Industries Accelerator Grant Program. Companies receiving the grants included Prieto Battery Inc., Fort Collins, $150,000.
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Defense dollars arming CSU research
Northern Colorado Business Report
12/27/2013
Research dollars from the U.S. Department of Defense have surged nearly 150 percent at Colorado State University in the past seven years, even as once-robust federal research budgets have withered.
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Legal pot sales begin amid uncertainty in Colo.
Seattle Times
12/26/2013
It’s easy to see why the industry is attracting so many people. A Colorado State University study estimates the state will ring up $606 million in sales next year, and the market will grow from 105,000 medical pot users to 643,000 adult users overnight — and that’s not counting tourists.
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Growing your own marijuana in Colorado: Legal doesn’t mean simple
Denver Post
12/26/2013
Still, it’s not like home growers can call a Colorado State University extension agent for growing advice; those experts are prohibited from answering any questions related to marijuana. Even though Amendment 64 specifically allows advice on growing marijuana, greenhouse and nursery staff often shy away from the subject.
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Local wineries catch wave of industry growth
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12/26/2013
Across Park County and Colorado, wine enthusiasts are buying up more local wines, according to a report conducted by Colorado State University’s Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. The report, which was commissioned by the Colorado Wine Industry Development Board and released on Dec. 10, said the state’s wine industry has more than tripled its economic impact to approximately $144 million.
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This year’s crop freezing on the vines
Grand Junction Sentinel
12/26/2013
Western Colorado’s wine-grape crop faces another blow this year after record-low cold temperatures earlier this month killed vines and grape buds across the valley. “It’s been really cold and it was very early,” said state viticulturist Horst Caspari at Colorado State University’s Western Colorado Research Center on Orchard Mesa. “Our temperatures (in early December) were 18 to 20 degrees lower than normal.”
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Researchers from park service, university studying haze at Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Associated Press
12/23/2013
Researchers from the National Park Service and Colorado State University are studying haze levels in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota. Haze has become more noticeable in park’s north unit, which is surrounded by intensive oil and gas development.
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. Beetle kill forests’ uncertain future after the epidemic
Coloradoan
12/21/2013
Professor Skip Smith, head of Colorado State University’s Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, wandered on Friday through a lodgepole pine forest just west of Red Feather Lakes, and he couldn’t find a single living mountain pine beetle. But the evidence that the bark beetle had been there was clear.
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A Tragic Year For Wildland Firefighters Ends In Reflection
NPR
12/28/2013
Doug Rideout of Colorado State University’s West Fire Research Center is cautious about reading too much into this bad year. He says one large event doesn’t make a trend.
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On climate change, Florida’s been warned (w/video)
Tampa Bay Newspapers
12/20/2013
“We’re going to lose our forest,” A. Scott Denning, a professor of atmospheric science at Colorado State University, told the gathering. “We’re not going to have forests in Colorado 50 years from now.” If it sounds alarmist, Denning makes it clear that the problem is that serious. He says it’s simple, serious and solvable.
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Report: CSU, UNC had ‘weak’ financial health
Northern Colorado Business Report
12/26/2013
Colorado State University and the University of Northern Colorado had “weak financial health” during fiscal 2011 to 2012, according to a new report to the legislative Joint Budget Committee. The report came as CSU saw funding cuts from the state of Colorado and as the university invested in improvements to its facilities, said Rich Schweigert, chief financial officer of the CSU system.
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Budget software raises questions
Pueblo Chieftain
12/24/2013
On Friday, the CSU system released its own budget summary for CSU-Pueblo that suggested the school’s basic operating deficit ranges between $4.1 million in 2008 to as much as $16.3 million in 2010.
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Nutrition labels need to be visual
Boston Globe
12/21/2013
Ask Gina Mohr of Colorado State University. Two months ago, she brought home what she thought was “natural” ice cream from the supermarket, but her husband said it did not taste right. Turned out it was frozen dessert with artificial flavors that she views as unhealthy. Mohr said the current system still puts too much responsibility on consumers to decipher the health value of foods, especially when the removal of some ingredients may be cosmetic.
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Nuts pack nutritional benefits
Sterling Journal-Advocate
12/26/2013
Melissa Wdowik is an assistant professor at Colorado State University in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, and director of the Kendall Anderson Nutrition Center.
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CSU in the Blogosphere

Dr. Temple Grandin Shares Her Insights Into the Autistic Brain in a February 2014 PresenceLearning Webinar
Benzinga.com
12/23/13
Dr. Temple Grandin, a leading expert on and author about autism, will kick off the series with “The Autistic Brain” on Thursday, February 13th, 2014 at 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM PT (12:30 PM to 2 PM ET).
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Adding a New Dimension: Lidar and Archaeology
Optics and Photonics News
12/27/13
One of the targeted sites, Angamuco in the southwestern Mexican state of Michoacán, belonged to the Purépecha people, says Christopher Fisher, one of two Colorado State University archaeologists studying lidar data from this region. Based on their Angamuco survey, Fisher and colleague Stephen Leisz plan to begin excavating this month.
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Taking Piroplasmosis Seriously
TheHorse.com
12/16/13
Josie Traub-Dargatz, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, a professor at Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and researcher in infectious diseases, explains how veterinarians might have overlooked an infected horse under the old screening process.
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Understanding potassium’s role in the ruminant diet
Drovers Cattle Network
12/26/13
Dr. Terry Engle, a Professor at Colorado State University has a research focus on trace minerals. I asked him some questions regarding potassium and at what point do we need to be concerned about toxicity and what potassium toxicity looks like.
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Higher Ed News

5 Higher-Ed Trends for 2014
National Journal
12/30/13
The underlying forces that drove change in 2013 aren’t likely to change in the new year: declining public funding, changing demographics, advancing technology, and a tough job market.
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Thank you email from Kirkpatrick For Arizona

January 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Kirkpatrick For Arizona

 

Happy New Year!

Thank you so much for helping out before our fundraising deadline — because of your support, we reached our goal! I can’t thank you enough!

Here is the latest edition of my Monthly Update. I hope you can take a look!

Budget Deal

I was glad to see both sides of the aisle finally come together in December to pass a budget. I have always advocated for bipartisanship and this was a step in the right direction. While not a perfect bill, this budget agreement was good for AZ01. Avoiding another government shutdown benefits national parks and monuments, tribal communities, highways and schools that are all vitally important to our district’s local economies.

Helping Rural Veterans

In December, I introduced the Rural Veterans Mental Healthcare Improvement Act. I represent a large part of rural Arizona and there are veterans in our district that are not receiving the proper care they deserve. This bill is designed to bring better healthcare services to the approximately 65,000 veterans in our district by expanding counseling to rural areas and family members of veterans, as well as fund medical device replacement and improve medical information systems.

Greenlee County’s newspaper, The Copper Era, discussed this bill in a recent article. Click here to read!

District Work Period Lights

I was able to spend a lot of time travelling the district and talking to folks in December. It’s important to me to hear about the issues that matter most to my constituents, so we held house meetings in Oro Valley, SaddleBrooke, Flagstaff and Sedona in addition to attending the Navajo Nation’s Western Agency meeting. I was also able to attend Northern Arizona University’s graduation. Go Lumberjacks!

Aside from these great opportunities to meet with my fellow residents of AZ01, December is one of my favorite times to be home because of all the holiday lights parades. Check out this photo of our entry in the Flagstaff parade.

Protecting the Grand Canyon grand canyon

I recently voted against a bill that could have opened up the Grand Canyon to uranium mining by forgoing the 20-year ban that is currently in place. Exposing our national park to this type of activity would be detrimental to the economy in Arizona. The Canyon creates 12,000 jobs every year and generates hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue annually. The Grand Canyon must be protected!

Improving Healthcare

Last month, I introduced a very important piece of legislation, the Coverage Protection Act of 2013, that would allow for continuous health insurance coverage for those who were unable to enroll in a plan via the website due to technical glitches.

This was the right thing to do and a commonsense fix for those who were making a good-faith attempt at enrolling in coverage. The glitches in the launch of the website were unacceptable and I will keep fighting to make sure the Affordable Care Act works properly for AZ01.

Read more about my bill in the Eastern Courier by clicking here!


Thank you for reading my Monthly Update! For day-to-day updates, follow me on Facebook and Twitter!

Best,

Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick

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Humboldt State Men’s Basketball Weekly Preview 12/30/13

December 31, 2013 by 1 Comment

 Dan Pambianco

December 30, 2013

Humboldt State Men’s Basketball Weekly Preview

New Year begins with games at CSUMB, CSUEB

This Week’s Game
Extended time off during holidays break in compliance with the NCAA’s Life in Balance initiative finds the Lumberjacks refreshed and ready to begin the 2014 part of their schedule. Or does the time off leave them rusty and lethargic heading into this week’s California Collegiate Athletic Association games?“The team looked hungry and inspired during practice today,” head coach Steve Kinder said, following the Jacks’ return to the court Monday. “Charges, loose balls and toughness were the backbone of our goals today. I liked the way the team responded to what is typically a difficult practice, coming back from break.”

Unfulfilled thus far despite respectable performances by the Lumberjacks as a team and individuals, Humboldt State begins the new year still seeking its first CCAA win. HSU attempts to address that predicament this week during a pair of away games, first facing CSU Monterey Bay (3-4, 1-3) on Friday in Seaside, then taking on Cal State East Bay (5-5, 2-2) on Saturday in Hayward. Both contests tip off at 7:30 p.m.

Track the Jacks
Audio: Every Humboldt State men’s basketball game is broadcast live on the local airwaves on KATA 1340 AM, the North Coast’s ESPN affiliate owned by BiCoastal Media. J.B. Mathers handles the play-by-play responsibilities, beginning with the pregame show 15 minutes prior to tip-off. The audio is also streamed live online at http://socialstreamingplayer.crystalmedianetworks.com/radio/kataam.

Video: Friday’s game will be streamed live on CSU Monterey Bay’s site at http://www.otterathletics.com/sports/2007/11/6/listenlive.aspx?id=62. No video stream is available for Saturday’s contest at CSUEB.

Live Stats: Follow Friday’s action online via CSU Monterey Bay’s live statistics viewer, located at the following link: http://www.sidearmstats.com/csumb/mbball/. Saturday’s updates will be available on CSU East Bay’s website at http://www.sidearmstats.com/csueastbay/mbball/.

Head-to-Head History
Last year’s two-game series produced a split, with a 70-61 Otters’ win in Seaside and a 108-100 Jacks’ victory in Arcata. HSU’s loss to CSUMB marked the first time an Otters’ team had defeated the Lumberjacks. Humboldt State enters this season’s series with an 18-1 record vs. CSU Monterey Bay. …The Jacks and CSUEB Pioneers also took a game last year, each winning on their own home court. HSU claimed a 77-69 win in Arcata, and CSUEB won, 78-70, in Hayward. In the all-time series the Jacks still trail the Pioneers, 35-48.

Statistically Speaking
Three hundred and five schools and their variable rosters of athletes will be sorted weekly in the NCAA Division II statistical rankings. Here’s a look at where the Jacks rank, team-wise and individually, in selected national and CCAA categories following seven games.

Team/Player Category Mark    NCAA    CCAA
HSU FG% 50.7 25 2
HSU Scoring Off 84.9 54 1
HSU Assists 152 91 1
David Howard Double Doubles 6.0 16 1
David Howard FG% 66.1 41 4
David Howard Field Goals 77 33 1
David Howard RPG 8.1 81 3
Allan Guei A/TO Ratio 6.0 3 1

Probable Starters
Lumberjacks
#4 Parker Farris, 6-4, 180, Fr., G, McKinleyville
#22 Will Taylor, 6-4, 220, So., G/F, Eureka
#10 Jordan Mackie, 6-6, 190, Jr., G/F, Los Angeles
#25 Allan Guei, 5-9, 163, Jr., G, Los Angeles
#32 David Howard, 6-7, 230, Jr., F, Chicago

Cal State Monterey Bay
#3 Brandon Cole, 6-1, 177, Sr., G, Victorville
#5 Alex Fertig, 6-3, 200, So., G, Fresno
#11 Ryan Nitz, 6-4, 182, So., F, Rancho Cucamonga
#15 Kris Gallop, 6-9, 215, Sr., Vallejo
#40 Jordy Scott, 6-7, 233, Jr., C, Lake Tahoe, Nev.

Cal State East Bay
#5 Jacari Whitfield, 5-, 160, Jr., G, San Francisco
#11 Mark Samuels, 6-0, 180, Sr., G, Berkeley
#22 Gabe Kindred, 6-2, 175, Sr., G, Oakland
#33 Ryan Hebrebrand, 6-5, 220, Sr., F, Livermore
#35 Kyle Frakes, 6-10, 225, Fr., C, Thousand Oaks

David Howard, The Sequel
Despite being slowed by a bout with the flu in the Jacks’ most recent game, forward David Howard continues to rank among league and national leaders in several statistical categories. Since returning to the court following a three-year hiatus, the junior leads the league in total field goals (77) and double-doubles (6).

Going his Guei
Flashy at moments, junior guard Allan Guei (rhymes with way) is still much better at being superbly understated. The transfer from Cal State Northridge rarely makes mistakes, and has been extremely effective directing the Jacks’ offense, setting up the system and distributing a team-high 36 assists. More remarkably, Guei has only committed six turnovers while playing a team-high 330 minutes (33.0 per game). His assist/turnover ration of 6.00 ranks third among NCAA Division II players.

Young and Younger
After establishing themselves as local prep legends, McKinleyville High’s Parker Farris and Arcata High’s Will Taylor – both freshmen – have already begun to make their marks in the collegiate ranks. Farris, averaging 8.7 points per game, has already hit a game-winning shot (vs. Pacifica), and Taylor, barely 18 when he started classes in the fall, has displayed composure and a variety of talents in posting a scoring average of 10.4 points per game. … “Our freshmen look promising, particularly Taylor and Farris,” Kinder said. “They have proven they can play as starters at the CCAA level. The fact that they are local products is icing on the cake.”

Scouting Cal State Monterey Bay
Cal State Monterey Bay brings a 3-4 overall record and 1-3 CCAA mark entering January. The Otters snapped a four-game losing streak with a 89-83 win over Cal State East Bay on Dec. 21. …Junior guard/forward junior Ryan Nitz is the Otters’ leading scorer with an average of 20.1 points per gam. That mark ranks him third among CCAA players.  Nitz leads the CCAA in steals (16, 2.3 spg) and is No. 4 in 3–point percentage (46.9). “Cal State Monterey Bay will bring a tough line of competition within their guard play and be difficult to beat on their home court,” Kinder said.

Scouting Cal State East Bay
Senior guard Gabe Kindred has been a consistent force for the Pioneers, who enter the week 5-5 overall and 2-2 in conference action. Kindred tops his team in scoring with an average of 19.6 points per game and ranks second in league in 3-point accuracy at .476 percent shooting. The only player ahead of him in that category is teammate Nick Grieves, a 6-4 junior who has connected on 54.3 percent of his long bombs.

Kinder’s Comments
“I am encouraged by our roster and new faces after 10 games. At .500 on the year, I believe we have accomplished some of our goals and our progressing to become better each and every game.”

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Interior’s Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at CSU-hosted North Central Climate Science Center

December 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Friday, December 20, 2013Contact for Reporters: Jennifer Dimas
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Jeffrey Morisette
morisettej@usgs.gov

Interior’s Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at CSU-hosted North Central Climate Science Center

Note to Reporters: Descriptions of the funded projects for the North Central CSC are available here. http://col.st/1fq8Ayr

FORT COLLINS – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced this week that the Interior’s North Central Climate Science Center, hosted at Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources, is awarding more than $1 million for collaborative research to guide managers of parks, refuges and other cultural and natural resources in planning how to help species and ecosystems adapt to climate change. All of the projects included will focus on how climate change will affect natural resources and how management actions can be taken to help offset such change.

The funded projects will build on the foundational science areas of the center, provide science to natural resource decision-makers, and will build climate science capacity in the region. The NC CSC’s foundational science areas include physical climate, ecological impacts, and adaptation and mitigation strategies. Collectively they provide information needed by regional resource managers to better understand potential impacts and to develop adaptation strategies for a broad range of natural, cultural, energy and other resource-management activities.

“Even as we take new steps to cut carbon pollution, we must also prepare for the impacts of a changing climate that are already being felt across the country,” said Secretary Jewell. “These new studies, and others that are ongoing, will help provide valuable, unbiased science that land managers and others need to identify tools and strategies to foster resilience in resources across landscapes in the face of climate change.”

The three decision-based projects supported by the new funding include:

Informing Implementation of the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee’s (GYCC) Whitebark Pine (WBP) Strategy Based on Climate Sciences, Ecological Forecasting, and Valuation of WBP-Related Ecosystem Services: Whitebark pine is a declining keystone species in the Rocky Mountains, providing food and cover or nesting habitat for many birds and mammals. This project will use climate science and ecological modeling to forecast whitebark habitat suitability across the Greater Yellowstone area under different climate scenarios and to provide recommendations for management actions. This research will be applicable to other tree species in the region undergoing climate change-related die-offs.

Natural Resource Management Decision-Making under Climate Uncertainty: Building Social-Ecological Resilience in Southwestern Colorado: This project will facilitate climate change adaptation that contributes to social-ecological resilience, ecosystem/species conservation, and sustainable human communities in Southwestern Colorado, an area where climate change is causing higher temperatures, more frequent and longer droughts, early snowmelt, more intense and larger fires and storms, and invasive species spreading. The study will focus especially on social and economic factors involved in responding to climate change.

Surrogate Species for Wetland-Dependent Birds in the Prairie Pothole Region: Selection, Evaluation, and Management Application in the Face of Climate Change: The Prairie Pothole region contains millions of acres of wetlands that provide habitat for breeding and migrating birds. Project researchers will test whether waterfowl are effective representatives, or surrogates, for other wetland-dependent birds by predicting how climate change will affect habitat suitability for waterfowl and other species. The team will also consider how climate change is likely to affect land-use patterns and agricultural conversion risk, and use these predictions to identify areas of the landscape where both waterfowl and other species are expected to have suitable habitat in the future. This research will help managers efficiently direct their resources toward conserving areas that will provide habitat to a broad suite of species.

The capacity-building funding will support a tribal workshop on the nexus between climate change and renewable energy, a major development focus for several tribes in the region. It will also support observations of changing phenology (timing of life-history events for plants and animals). This will include up to three tribal college interns observing and recording the phenology of culturally significant plants as well as the deployment of nine “phenocams” (as part of the larger national phenocam program). These phenocams will be deployed in conjunction with USGS’s AmericaView program.

“The funding for the projects in 2013 was very competitive,” said Jeffrey Morisette, director of the North Central CSC. “We had more than 50 proposals and nearly all of them represented excellent ideas to address critical climate-change issues. The highly competitive pool allowed us to pick exceptional projects that will not only provide valuable insight on specific key regional issues, but will also help build tools that will power the CSC’s research in the future.”

Each of the Department of the Interior’s eight Climate Science Centers worked with states, tribes, federal agencies, landscape conservation cooperatives, universities supporting the CSCs, and other regional partners to identify the highest priority management challenges in need of scientific input, and to solicit and select research projects.

The studies will be undertaken by teams of scientists from the universities that comprise the North Central CSC, from USGS science centers, and in coordination with other partners in the region such as the states, the Western Water Assessment (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Regional Integrated Science and Assessment program), the USDA Northern Plains Regional Climate Hub, Tribal Nations and Colleges, and the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives.

The eight DOI Climate Science Centers form a national network, and are coordinated by the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center, located at the headquarters of Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey. CSCs and LCCs have been created under Interior’s strategy to address the impacts of climate change on America’s waters, land, and other natural and cultural resources. Together, Interior’s CSCs and LCCs will assess the impacts of climate change and other landscape-scale stressors that typically extend beyond the borders of any single national wildlife refuge, national park or Bureau of Land Management unit and will identify strategies to ensure that resources across landscapes are resilient in the face of climate change.

The North Central Climate Science Center is a consortium of nine institutions: Colorado State University; University of Colorado; Colorado School of Mines; University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Montana State University; University of Wyoming; University of Montana; Kansas State University, and Iowa State University. The CSC conducts climate change science for most of Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, part of Minnesota and Iowa.

Useful links:

North Central CSC Projects: https://nccwsc.usgs.gov/display-csc/4f83509de4b0e84f60868124

Full list of funded projects for all eight DOI Climate Science Centers: https://nccwsc.usgs.gov/project-pages/4f4e476ae4b07f02db47e13b

Details on the three decision-based projects: http://revampclimate.colostate.edu/revamp/funded-projects

Explanation of the foundational science areas: http://revampclimate.colostate.edu/foundational-science-areas

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