and "post-active" or retired sailing sh ip masters to reactivate the o rgan ization, which went dormant after its president, Captain Armin Elssasaer, was lost in 1986 in comm and of Pride ofBaltimore. Voting membership is restricted to those with the above mentioned license and at least one year of acti ve command in sailing ships. There is no fee to attend. An evening "Dutch treat" dinner and cash bar will cap off the afternoo n meeting. (For details, visit: www.sailtraining. org/events/SPSSM.php) .•. US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced he will issue a decision on the plan by Cape Wind Associates LLC to build 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound by April if the project developer and its opponents do not not reach a compromise before 1 March. Cape W ind has been fig hting opposition to the project since 2001. The proposed wind farm wo uld have 258-ft.high wind turbi nes (the dis tance between the blades and the water wo uld ra nge from 75 feet to 440 fee t) erected across 24 acres
of Horseshoe Sh oals in Nantucket So und off the coast of Massachusetts. The site was chosen because it fi rs three criteria successfu l Euro pean offshore wind fa rms have fo und necessary: stro ng wind reso urce, sh allow depths, and relati vely low ocean storm wave heights. The project has already passed enviro nmental reviews by state and federal agencies and is waiting fo r a decision regarding rhe impact the project wo uld have on rh e si re's h istoric and culm ral properties . Recent opposition came !are in 2009 whe n the Natio nal Park Service announced the site wo uld be eligible fo r nominatio n to the Na tional Register of Historic Places afte r two Na tive American tribes, the Mashpee Wampanoag o n Cape Cod an d the Wam panoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aq uinn ah) o n Martha's Vineyard, req uested the historical designation based on the claim chat rhe location of turbines wo uld impact their sp irimal rimal of greeting the sunrise across an uno bstructed view of the horizo n and might distu rb ancestral
Fiery Pool: the Maya and the Mythic Sea Fiery Pool: the Maya and the Mythic Curato r of Mari time An and Histo ry Sea, an exhibition of ancient Mayan D aniel Finamo re and Professo r Stephen art interpreting the importance of H o uston of Brown U niversity. On openwater to ancient Mayans, opens on 27 ing day, the museum is also preseming March at the Peabody Essex Museum. the film screening of "Lost Ki ngdom of O ver 90 works, many never before ex- the Maya" ar 1:30PM and a presentation hi bited in the US, offer new insights by Dr. George Sm art, renowned Maya into th e culture of the anciem M aya, expert and archaeologist at 3PM. (PEM, foc using o n the sea as a defining fea ture Eas t India Square, Sa lem , MA 01970. of the spirimal realm and the inspiratio n Ph. 978 745-95 00; www. pem.org) fo r powerful wo rks of art. Fiery Pool was o rganized by PEM 's Russell W Kni ght
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(above) Lobster effigy, c. 15 50AD : Lam anai, Belize (National Instimte of Culture and Hi story, Belize) (left) Lidded vessel with the Sun God paddling across the aquatic floral road, 200-45 0: Mexico or G uatemala (Dallas M useum of Fine Arts)
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Cape Wind's prop osed wind farm is modeled along the lines of successful European wind farms, such as the Nysted offshore wind farm in Denmark, pictured above. burial gro unds. The findin g of eligibili ty ensures char significant archeological, historic, and cultural values are considered in the review of the permit for the proposed Cap e W ind proj ect by the Minerals M anagem en t Service. ''Am erica's vas t offsho re wind reso urces offer exciting potential fo r o ur clean energy econo my and fo r ou r nation's effo rts to reduce our dependence o n foreig n oil," said Salazar. "But as we begin to develop these reso urces, we must ensure that we are doing so in the right way and in th e right places. (Information o n the US D ep t. of the In terior's review can be fo und at www.do i. gov; Cape Wind LLC, www. capewind.org; Mashpee Wampanoag, www. mas h peewam panoagtribe.com ; Wa m panoag Tri be of Gay H ead (Aquinnah ), www. wam panoagtribe. net; the Keeper of the National Register's D eterm inatio n docum ent, issued by the Na tional Park Service, can be viewed at www. nps.gov/histo ry/ nr/ pub! ication s/ guidan ce/N antuckecSo undD O E. pdf) ... AnthroNotes, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's biannual publication for educators, is going green and will no longer be available in print form. Those wishing to rece ive th e jo urnal sh o uld e-mail: anthroutreach@si.edu. AnthroNotes is free of charge and offers in-depth articles o n currem amhro pological research, teaching activities, and reviews of new resources . ... The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has declared the 2010 World Maritime Day as the "Year of the Seafarer." The IMO is a specialized agency of the Uni ted Na tions and is responsible for measures to improve the safety and securi ty of imernational shipping and to prevem marine polluti on from ships. Every year the IMO celebrates World Maritime Day som etime durimg the las t week of September, but the exactt date is left to individual governments.
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