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var text1      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>The City Rope</strong><br />Photo by Patrick Lee Hord.<br />Used by permission.<br />&nbsp;<br />After a failed and unpopular vote to dredge the beach to remove the seals, the San Diego City Council in April 1999 ordered a rope to be placed across the beach and signs to be posted to protect the seals during pupping season.  Although it was absent for two years, it was re-installed in Spring 2006. The City has appealed a court decision ordering dredging in the beach area.</p>";
var text2      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>'Children's Pool'</strong><br />Photo by Patrick Lee Hord.<br />Used by permission.<br />&nbsp;<br />Called 'Children's Pool' when the land was deeded to the City, Casa Beach now serves as a unique outdoor nature classroom for potentially more children than ever swam there. School group field trips teach the importance and reality of marine mammal protection at one of only two seal nursery beaches on the Southern California coast (the other is at Pt. Mugu).</p>";
var text3      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>Young Volunteer</strong><br />Photo by Ramy Hassan.<br />Used by permission.<br />&nbsp;<br />Despite hostility from those who want exclusive human use of the beach, and inaction by federal enforcement authorities, volunteers persist in quietly, calmly explaining the reasons they come to help the seals. Listen to this articulate, informed young man explain his position in the video linked below.</p>";
var text4      = "<p style='text-align: left; margin:3px;'><strong>Volunteer Sign</strong><br />Photo by 'TinaG79' / Flickr.<br />Used by permission.<br />&nbsp;<br />With the apparent abandonment of this site by the local NMFS enforcement staff, local citizens have taken the responsibility for protecting the seals. Carrying handmade signs, and raking protection lines in the sand, they keep a steady vigil to educate, warn, and document. The video linked below is a product of this citizen effort.</p>";