place_of_birth mary sattler
The ___MASK89___ Metropolitan Statistical Area , as defined by the United States Census Bureau , is an area consisting of the Municipality of ___MASK89___ and the Matanuska - Susitna Borough in the south central region of Alaska . Mary K . Sattler ( born August 31 , 1973 ) , is a Democratic politician in the U . S . state ___MASK57___ Alaska , best known for serving five terms in the Alaska House ___MASK57___ Representatives . Sattler represented the 39th District , and following redistricting the 38th District , which were centered on the community ___MASK57___ Bethel , from 1999 to 2009 . Outside politics she has pursued careers in health care , journalism and public relations . Sattler was originally elected in 1998 , having defeated incumbent Ivan Martin Ivan ___MASK57___ Akiak in the Democratic primary . Sattler appeared on the ballot in her first successful election under her maiden name , though she was at that point already married to Jonathan Kapsner . She was elected and reelected mostly without or with only minimal opposition , with Ivan ' s return to challenge her in the 2002 primary the closest contest she faced . She served on various standing committees in the Alaska State House , including Finance , Resources and Health and Social Services . Special committee work included Fisheries , Education and Regulatory Review . Budget Subcommittees included : Corrections , Courts and Public Safety . Most notably , Mary successfully coalesced the then defunct `` Bush Caucus '' , a non - partisan caucus ___MASK57___ Representatives and Senators who represent rural and off - road communities in Alaska . She was Chair ___MASK57___ the Bush Caucus for eight years . Mary successfully sponsored legislation relating to school safety , fisheries , inhalant abuse and judicial districts . Rural school construction , and requiring Alaska history curriculum for high school graduation were among many issues she championed . During her tenure in the House , she was mostly known by the married name Mary Kapsner . In the latter part ___MASK57___ her House tenure , she married Joe Nelson and became known as Mary Nelson . Joe Nelson is director ___MASK57___ admissions at the University ___MASK57___ Alaska Southeast , and in 2009 was one ___MASK57___ then - governor Sarah Palin ' s unconfirmed appointees to replace Juneau ' s state senator Kim Elton , who resigned from his Senate seat to take a position in the Obama administration . That Senate seat would eventually be filled by Dennis Egan . He is the Chairman ___MASK57___ the Board for Sealaska Corporation , and now re - married to Crystal Nelson . Sattler has since reverted to going by her maiden name . Since leaving the House , she worked as Manager ___MASK57___ Community Development and Sustainability for Donlin Gold Donlin Creek Mine . Sattler was elected to the Bethel city council in 2011 as a successful advocate ___MASK57___ the Yukon - Kuskokwim Fitness Center , and served until her term ended in 2013 . Mary is now the sole proprietor ___MASK57___ Sattler Strategies , a consulting business based in Bethel , Alaska . Mary is the mother ___MASK57___ four children ; Conrad and Van Kapsner and Job and Nora Nelson . ___MASK88___ ( also commonly called the ___MASK88___ ) is the westernmost and smallest ___MASK57___ Canada ' s three federal territories ( the other two are Northwest Territories and Nunavut ). The territory is very sparsely populated with its about 35 , 000 people on almost half a million square kilometres . Whitehorse is the territorial capital and ___MASK88___ ' s only city . Attu is the westernmost and largest ___MASK9___ in the Near Islands group ___MASK57___ the Aleutian Islands ___MASK57___ Alaska , and the westernmost point ___MASK57___ land relative to Alaska , the United States , North America and the Americas . The ___MASK9___ became uninhabited in 2010 . ___MASK62___ is a U . S . state located in the northwest extremity ___MASK57___ North America . The ___MASK38___ administrative divisions ___MASK57___ British Columbia and Yukon border the state to the east ; its most extreme western part is Attu Island ; it has a maritime border with Russia to the west across the Bering Strait . To the north are the Chukchi and Beaufort seas  the southern parts ___MASK57___ the Arctic Ocean . The Pacific Ocean lies to the south and southwest . ___MASK62___ is the largest state in the United States by area , the 3rd least populous and the least densely populated ___MASK57___ the 50 United States . Approximately half ___MASK57___ ___MASK62___ ' s residents ( the total estimated at 738 , 432 by the U . S . Census Bureau in 2015 ) live within the ___MASK89___ metropolitan area . ___MASK62___ ' s economy is dominated by the fishing , natural gas , and oil industries , resources which it has in abundance . Military bases and tourism are also a significant part ___MASK57___ the economy . ___MASK6___ ( BC ) is the westernmost province ___MASK57___ Canada , with a population ___MASK57___ more than four million people located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains . ___MASK6___ is also a component ___MASK57___ the Pacific Northwest and the Cascadia bioregion , along with the U . S . states ___MASK57___ Idaho , Oregon , Washington and Alaska . A lower house is one ___MASK57___ two chambers ___MASK57___ a bicameral legislature , the other chamber being the upper house . Redistricting is the process ___MASK57___ drawing United States electoral district boundaries . The ___MASK55___ is the largest ___MASK57___ the Earth ' s oceanic divisions . It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean ( or , depending on definition , to Antarctica ) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east . Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily ___MASK57___ methane , but commonly including varying amounts ___MASK57___ other higher alkanes , and sometimes a small percentage ___MASK57___ carbon dioxide , nitrogen , hydrogen sulfide , or helium . It is formed when layers ___MASK57___ decomposing plant and animal matter are exposed to intense heat and pressure under the surface ___MASK57___ the Earth over millions ___MASK57___ years . The energy that the plants originally obtained from the sun is stored in the form ___MASK57___ chemical bonds in the gas . The Bering Strait (" Beringov proliv ", Yupik : " Imakpik ") is a strait ___MASK57___ the Pacific , which borders with the Arctic to north . It is located between Russia and the United States . Named after Vitus Bering , a Danish - born explorer in the service ___MASK57___ the Russian Empire , it lies slightly south ___MASK57___ the Arctic Circle being at about 65 ° 40 ' N latitude . The present Russia - US east - west boundary is at 168 ° 58 ' 37 " W . Fishing is the activity ___MASK57___ trying to catch fish . Fish are normally caught in the wild . Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering , spearing , netting , angling and trapping . Fishing may include catching aquatic animals other than fish , such as molluscs , cephalopods , crustaceans , and echinoderms . The term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish , or to aquatic mammals , such as whales where the term whaling is more appropriate . A U . S . state is a constituent political entity ___MASK57___ the United States ___MASK57___ America . There are 50 states , which are bound together in a union with each other . Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory , and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government . Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government , Americans are citizens ___MASK57___ both the federal republic and ___MASK57___ the state in which they reside . State citizenship and residency are flexible , and no government approval is required to move between states , except for persons covered by certain types ___MASK57___ court orders ( e . g ., paroled convicts and children ___MASK57___ divorced spouses who are sharing custody ). North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere . It can also be considered a northern subcontinent ___MASK57___ the Americas . It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean , to the east by the ___MASK86___ , to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean , and to the southeast by ___MASK53___ and the Caribbean Sea . The ___MASK62___ Legislature is the state legislature ___MASK57___ the U . S . state ___MASK57___ ___MASK62___ . It is a bicameral institution , consisting ___MASK57___ the lower ___MASK62___ House ___MASK57___ Representatives , with 40 members , and the upper house ___MASK62___ Senate , with 20 members . There are 40 House Districts ( 1 - 40 ) and 20 Senate Districts ( A - T ). With a total ___MASK57___ 60 lawmakers , the ___MASK62___ Legislature is the smallest bicameral state legislature in the United States and the second - smallest ___MASK57___ all state legislatures ( only the 49 - member unicameral Nebraska Legislature is smaller ). There are no term limits for either chamber . The ___MASK62___ House ___MASK57___ Representatives is the lower house in the ___MASK62___ Legislature , the state legislature ___MASK57___ the U . S . state ___MASK57___ ___MASK62___ . The House is composed ___MASK57___ 40 members , each ___MASK57___ whom represents a district ___MASK57___ approximately 17 , 756 people per 2010 Census figures . Members serve two - year terms without term limits . With 40 representatives , the ___MASK62___ House is the smallest state legislative lower house in the United States . The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest ___MASK57___ the world ' s five major oceans . The International Hydrographic Organization ( IHO ) recognizes it as an ocean , although some oceanographers call it the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or simply the Arctic Sea , classifying it a mediterranean sea or an estuary ___MASK57___ the ___MASK86___ . Alternatively , the Arctic Ocean can be seen as the northernmost part ___MASK57___ the all - encompassing World Ocean . ___MASK27___ ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , ___MASK27___ is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth ___MASK57___ the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 140 million people at the end ___MASK57___ March 2016 . The European western part ___MASK57___ the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % ___MASK57___ the population live in European ___MASK27___ . ___MASK27___ ' s capital Moscow is one ___MASK57___ the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and ___MASK16___ . An electoral district ( also known as a constituency , legislative district , riding , ward , division , electoral area or electorate ) is a territorial subdivision for electing members to a legislative body . Generally , only voters ( constituents ) who reside within the district are permitted to vote in an election held there . From a single district , a single member or multiple members might be chosen . Members might be chosen by a first - past - the - post system or a proportional representative system , or another voting method entirely . Members might be chosen through a direct election under universal suffrage , an indirect election , or another form ___MASK57___ suffrage .