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Julie Bartolini
Board Member, Co-Founder, Program Director
Julie, along with her husband, Peter Co-Founded Firm Foundation Youth Homes and serves as the Program Director. Julie and Peter have spent the last 15 years as foster parents in Arizona and have had many children come through their home. Julie also runs their very busy household. Julie received her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Pittsburgh and her Master's in Social Work from Temple University. In 2018 Julie completed the training to become a Trust-Based Relational Intervention practitioner. She is also a volunteer Ministry Leader at Scottsdale Bible Church in the Foster Care and Adoption Ministry.
Peter Bartolini
Board Member, Co-Founder, President/CEO
Peter, along with his wife Julie, Co-Founded Firm Foundation Youth Homes and serves as the President/CEO. Peter has spent the last 25 year working with and advocating for children that come from hard places. For the past 12 years, Peter and Julie have been foster parents and have had 28 kids placed in their home. For the past 15 years, Peter has worked with Royal Family Kids' Camp and Hope and a Future, putting on week-long summer camps and a life skills mentoring program for kids that are in foster care. Additionally, Peter is a speaker and trainer for Family Matters, a national ministry that helps parents raise truly great kids.
Michael Regan
Board Member, Chairman
Michael Regan is a long-time friend and business and ministry partner with founder Peter Bartolini. Michael was raised in a loving home and came to faith in Christ thru a college ministry of CRU, a global evangelism and discipleship ministry. Michael and his bride Lori were married in 1992, adding Maddie (1998), Sydney (2000), and Max (2002) to their grace-based family. Their family is actively involved in YoungLife, a global Christian outreach to high school students. Michael & Lori also serve as Ambassadors for Family Matters, a grace-based family discipleship ministry. Michael is personally serving as the chairman for Death2Life Revolution, an online evangelism and discipleship ministry reaching counterculture young people and calling them to follow Jesus. Michael and his family lived in the Valley of the Sun for 21 years before moving to Lake Oswego, Oregon in 2013 where Michael serves as an Executive Coach for Building Champions.
Chris Matthews
Board Member
Chris earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Arizona in December 1990. He obtained his CPA certification in 1997 in pursuit of a career in Accounting.
In 2003, that changed when Chris learned about the blossoming Home Automation industry. He worked for two companies in 2003-2004 before opening his own company, Acoustic Designs, Inc. in 2005.
Chris married the love of his life, Amy, in 2004 and their greatest joy is parenting their two girls, Rylee (8 1/2) and Evy (8). Chris and Amy adopted their firstborn daughter in 2006 and Amy currently sits on the board of that adoption agency, Christian Family Care Agency. In 2011, Chris and Amy found and have since nurtured Rylee's and Evy's passion serving others through Matthew 25. Chris enjoys coaching the girls in their softball league as well as keeping them active in skiing, basketball, hiking, swimming and many other outdoor activities.
Doug Nordman
Board Member, Treasurer
Doug earned a BS degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. After running his own export company in San Francisco for many years; Doug married his wife Brenda, moved to Phoenix and joined GE Healthcare, all in 1998. Doug is currently the National Sales Manager for GE Healthcare – Interventional business.
Doug and his wife Brenda currently reside in Scottsdale and have 3 children; Cole and Drew age 12 and Brooke age 10. Doug accepted Christ in 2006 while attending Scottsdale Bible Church. Doug currently serves as Director for the Royal Family Kids Camp; which is a summer camp for abused and neglected kids in Maricopa County. Doug is also currently the Secretary for the Board of the Matthew 25 Project; which is a homeless outreach ministry.
Doug is a graduate of SBC's Timothy Leadership Training program and has coached over 20 youth soccer, baseball, softball and flag football teams between 2007 and 2014.
Eric Spicer
Board Member
Eric Spicer is currently the Director of Development for ASU Health Initiatives. In this role, Eric provides leadership to the development team responsible for securing philanthropic investments for a broad portfolio of health related initiatives at ASU including the College of Nursing & Health Innovation, the College of Health Solutions, and the ASU Biodesign Institute.
Eric has fourteen years of development experience in the Phoenix nonprofit sector. He began his career with the Celebrity Fight Night Foundation raising support for the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at the Barrow Neurological Institute. Before joining ASU, Eric was the Director of Development for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix where families traveling to Phoenix with children needing medical treatment could find a home away from home.
Eric earned his Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) designation in 2014. He is currently enrolled in the Masters of Nonprofit Studies program at ASU with an expected graduation date of December 2016. In addition, Eric has been an active volunteer in the Phoenix community, primarily working with organizations that provide support services to children in the Arizona foster care system.
Michael Tooker
Board Member
Michael earned a BBA from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Arizona State University. In 2011, after 18 years in the financial services industry, Michael entered into full-time ministry, joining Family Matters as their Director of Advancement. After 4 years in ministry, Michael re-entered the marketplace where he currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Product Strategy and Innovation for American Traffic Solutions.
In 1996, Michael married his college sweetheart, Christine, and they now enjoy parenting their two boys, David and Grant. Michael accepted Christ in the summer of 2004, shortly after visiting Scottsdale Bible Church (SBC) and attending the Faithful Families enrichment class. Michael and Christine have served in several volunteer leadership positions at SBC, including the Faithful Families' leadership team, the Soles for Souls shoe project, and Children's Ministry.
Michael is a graduate of SBC's Timothy Leadership Training program and coached over 30 youth soccer and basketball teams between 2005 and 2015. Michael currently serves as an elder at Scottsdale Bible Church, where he and his wife also serve as a mentor couple in an enrichment class for young married families.


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The world is being a better place each day for several things and one of these things is the motor oil that you use in your vehicles. Motor oil is used in combustion engines so the internal parts of your vehicles work smoothly. Some years ago, it was all about traditional or conventional oils but now people use synthetic oils more.
You may be thinking that what can be the difference regarding performance between the synthetic and conventional motor oil. Well, there is a big difference in both of these oils when it comes to performance. Conventional oil is an old form that used to be produced using crude petroleum directly from the ground and then manufacturers used to refine this until it meets the right qualities or it becomes usable for your vehicles.
On the other hand, synthetic oil is like auto-filtered motor oil that gives you the best quality. Petrochemicals are used to produce synthetic oil and this way the molecular qualities come adjustable in synthetic oil. It is not just to drive like conventional oil but synthetic oil also helps with materials like detergents, rust inhibitors, and other useful products.
Now, when it comes to synthetic oils, there are many brands that promise to be the best for your vehicles. Here the real problem arises because you do not which one you should go with and which factors you should compare to recognize the best oil brand. Well, among all these oil brands there are three brands that always stay in the competition named as Amsoil, Royal Purple, and Mobil 1.
This article is made for the purpose of brush off all your confusions about these three brands so you can decide the best one. Let's start this fight among Amsoil, Royal Purple, and Mobil 1.
AmsoilVs. Royal Purple Vs. Mobil 1 Synthetic Oil
Amsoil Review
Let's start with knowing Amsoil motor oil and get to know if it is the best for your motorcycle. Well, Amsoil can be considered as your next synthetic oil if you want something that can reduce the friction and heat effects while driving your vehicle. Amsoil works best for this purpose; it is designed in the way that it keeps the internal system secured even when the temperature rises like hell.
The oil is perfect for bearing with maximum pressure too so whether it is about the high heat or a great amount of pressure, Amsoil works best in amazing both of these factors. Let's get to know some of the characteristics that make it reliable to use.
#1 Controls Tough Situations
The oil works like a protector against all the odds, it has the power to stay stable even when it seems a situation of trouble. It keeps up the flexibility in the mechanism that is the internal parts of your vehicle and helps you by controlling the tough part. It ensures your vehicle a long life with a great amount of power where all the machinery works efficiently just because of the Amsoil. It prevents the engine from breakdown and ensures you minimum damage.
#2 It Withstands The Heat Very Well
Amsoil works best even for the racing events because it withstands the heat very well. When you are on the racing track you expect the maximum speed and due to this speed, the engine gets the maximum heat level. By using Amsoil as your motor oil you keep the engine from any fall and let you win it.
This capability and the superior performance do not come with just any conventional oil and so Amsoil deserves the place among the best motor oils. With this synthetic oil, your vehicle lives a trouble-free life because it has that extra security layer that stays heat-resistant even when it is an ultra-scorching condition in the engine. Also, it is a great help when you think about less fuel consumption even in the worst riding conditions.
#3 Bear In The Extreme Pressure Conditions
Just like the heat constant, pressure also arises when you ride at an extreme speed. An ideal oil always protects in these situations by controlling the pressure. Amsoil works best for this purpose and so you don't have to buy any extra chaincase lubricant. The oil works well in any severe mechanical case and acts like a gear lubricant while keeping your engine from creating extra-pressurized activities.
#4 It Provides The Best Protection Against Rust
In the long term, your vehicle can develop a crusty layer on different parts and it may cause failure in that roller bearing, compression, and other parts. When you use Amsoil motor oil, it restricts all the possible rusting and offers you a smooth riding experience every time in the long run. Also, it protects against any possible acids so the internal machinery works well even when it is not in use.
#5 Increase The Efficiency Of Clutch Performance
Another problem that arises in vehicles is the clutch and it happens when you ride heavily or like most of the time. Clutches tend to stay immersed in the oil where friction and pressure both perform their part and hence it creates a rubbing like the situation between the clutch discs and plates. Later, it leads to slippages and overall it reduces the clutch life.
Well, the case does not remain the same when you use synthetic oil like Amsoil that limits the friction and pressure very much and as a result, you experience less rubbing between the clutch discs and plates. Hence, the clutch gets a long life and serves you efficiently.
#6 AmsoilAlso Helps By Offering Higher Viscosities
When it is about Amsoil, it is not only an expert in controlling bad factors like high heat, pressure, and rusting; it also helps you in achieving great viscosity. Viscosity means the state of cooling down the fluids in the vehicle or the flowing resistance of a fluid that stays thick and sticky to give you a better engine life.
Amsoil seems to provide a higher viscosity rate than other conventional and synthetic oils. This way, it eliminates the needs of buying additional supplies to protect the engine separately.
Pros Of Using Amsoil
• It offers a secured transmission and protects the chain cases
• It contains the anti-rust features that offer you a rust free experience
• The oil improves the lifetime of the clutch and lets it work efficiently
• It allows the engine for a relaxed and smooth running
• Overall enhances the life of the engine and internal parts
Cons Of Using Amsoil
• It is not supposed to be mixed with other oils else it reduces its benefits and life
• The drain interval does not work for modified engines
Royal Purple Review
The next one is about Royal Purple that also claims to be the best one among all the synthetic motor oils. Royal Purple is mainly useful if you experience highly stressed engines and want to extend its life and improve the overall performance. Now, it is synthetic oil, so the functioning remains almost the same, but there are some factors that vary as compared to other synthetic oils. So let's get to know about them-
#1 It Is Fully Synthetic And Functional In Several Aspects
When it is said that oil is fully synthetic, it means that there is no part of the manufacturing that used the crude oil. So it is purely a synthetic oil having adjustable values as per the uses. As it is a synthetic oil so it is designed to increase the mileage values while reducing the odd situations like extreme heat and pressure as much as possible.
This valuable protection is the reason that makes an oil expensive because it has the desired chemical values. For the viscosity, it operates very well and keeps the rating 20 when it is cold and at normal temperatures, it is 50 that is a good number for viscosity. Oil's viscosity rating is 20 in cold temperatures and 50 in normal temperatures. Also, the oil is manufactured as an anti-rust and anti-corrosion agent, so if this is your issue, then you can consider buying Royal Purple as your synthetic motor oil.
#2 The Oil Adds Up The Proprietary Technology
The oil works perfectly if you want to use it for the 4-cycle engine that gets air or liquid cooled. The oil contains a Proprietary technology as an add-on that means an extra layer of protection as compared to other average synthetic oils. If in your case, the vehicles contain a wet-clutch transmission then the oil is beneficial to that as well.
#3 Keeps It Cool
Other than the extra layer of protection, Royal Purple offers a great amount of heat protection too. It keeps issues like overheating at bay by reducing the temperature while giving the proper stability and oxidation. To get minimum friction even when the horsepower is increased it is the best solution for all. This way, Royal Purple is an incredible agent to prolong the engine's life for the lifetime.
#4 It Offers Extended Oil Drain Intervals
Drain interval means the need to change the oil because the longer the oil gets used the more contaminated it gets. So after a certain time interval, this motor oil needs to be changed with new oil. This value in Royal Purple is extended and that means you can use the oil for longer periods without feeling the need for replacement. Also, it stays safe for these long intervals.
Pros Of Using Royal Purple
• The motor oil is really effective in 4-cycle engines that stays air or liquid cooled
• It enhances the viscosity rate by improving fluid consistency
• Keep engines from overheating and acts as a stable motor oil
• It can be used with both mineral and synthetic oils
• Extended oil drain intervals than many average oils
• Improves clutch efficiency and offers a longer life
• Overall makes the engine's life longer and functioning efficiently
Cons Of Using Royal Purple
• The price may seem expensive when compared to other synthetic motor oils. However, it is not a complete con when you can afford any oil for the best engine servicing.
Mobil 1 Review
The last one ion our list is the review about Mobil 1 that has satisfied millions of customers worldwide. Let's get to know more about it and what special it has to offer you. Mobil is a synthetic oil that is made by taking it through the distillation process that is purifying a liquid by heating and cooling method.
The synthetic oil can be bought in a 5-quart container that seems very handy so you can eliminate the thirst of yore engine anywhere on the go. The container comes with a design that holds very well in your hands and the nozzle lets you pour the oil right into the hole. Another advantage of using the container is it comes with an extra seal that lets you store the oil for a longer time without getting evaporated.
The oil is completely safe to use and for the pricing matter, it is fairly priced and that makes it affordable for vehicle owners. Some other benefits are-
#1 It Is A Complete Synthetic Formula
As I told you earlier, the oil is completely synthetic and that means manufacturers designed it very well to serve the automobiles. The oil does not allow any kind of build up or it remains minimum than other normal oils. There will be a rare amount of dust and debris and this way the oil is a cleaning agent as well.
The fluid maintains the consistency too and therefore it creates a thick coat among the moving parts so they work unstoppably and without coming in contact. The lubrication is the main part that oil should take care of and Mobil 1 does it incredibly well.
#2 Excellent Stability And Viscosity
Stability and viscosity are two terms that any synthetic oil focuses on. Mobil 1 does it in the best way possible by limiting the oil change interval and enhancing the performance.
#3 It Makes The Engine Start Even At Low-Temperature
Even when it is about a start in cold weather, the oil lets the engine cooperate with the outside environment well and it starts instantly. It totally supports cold weather and reduces the stress on starting parts.
Other than giving a spike to engine in cold conditions, it also maintains the heat levels and controls the temperature to minimum Fahrenheit. This controlling of heat saves the engine's life that happens when the engine serves for a longer time.
Additionally, it eliminates situations like leaking that happen due to high temperature in the internal parts of your vehicle.
Pros Of Using Mobil 1:
• Controls high temperatures and make the engine start in cold weather
• It keeps the engine from freezing and give it in an instant start
• Keep the engine from building residue over time
• It is fairly priced and therefore it is economical
Cons Of Using Mobil 1:
• It is not compatible with gasoline and diesel
• It is made for automobiles only not for the aviation industry
Amsoil Vs. Royal Purple
You have got an idea about pros and cons of using each oil. Here I'll take you through the features of all these three synthetic oils so you can decide which one is better or which you should go for. Let's start with Amsoil vs. Royal Purple-
Amsoil Features
• It is best for long terms lubrication while reducing foaming
• Amsoil keeps the engine clean and lest you use the oil for an extended period
• You can comfortably use it with other synthetic and conventional oils
• Every pack comes with Amsoil limited warranty
Royal Purple Features
• It is made especially for stressed engines that need a better oiling support
• It can enhance the life term of rusty engines
• It works very well with issues like rust and corrosion
• Keeps every part of the internal machinery clean and hence offers a longer term of protection
Final Thoughts On Amsoil-
Amsoil is an excellent choice if you want it for heavy-duty vehicles like york racing motorcycle. It has the powerful specification that allows it to withstand heavy levels of heat, friction, and other troubles. Thus fro an extreme amount of protection Amsoil can be owned and used.Other than heat and friction, it is a superb agent that drives that rust away and keep it corrosion free always.
Another important term is viscosity and using Amsoil; it is ensured that you will use it for a longer time.
Royal Purple Vs. Mobil 1
Now, continue with the royal purple vs. Mobil 1 features together and get to know both of these side by side.
Royal Purple Features
• Protects engine from long-term effects
• Improves the life term of your engine
• Especially for engines that need a high amount of lubrication
• Expert as an anti-rust agent
• It does not need any flushing
Mobil 1 Features:
• It is an economic or almost a cheap option to buy
• It is handy to use while putting oil in the vehicle
• It fulfills almost all the aspects that a synthetic motor oil does
Final Thoughts On Royal Purple
You have read out the pros and cons of Royal Purple synthetic oil. The oil serves as an excellent lubricator for the engines of the automobiles. The motor oil is best for air and liquid cooled engines and manages the temperature without foaming. For the price, it is an economical choice too because the drain intervals are longer of this oil so you do not feel the need of replacing very much.
Amsoil vs. Mobil 1
The last comparison for features is Amsoil vs. Mobil 1.
Amsoil Features
• Amsoil is an excellent synthetic oil that provides your engine the lubrication
• Cleanliness is another great aspect of this oil
• The oil life is longer than you expect from less expensive oils
• Those who need 20w-50 motor oils can own it without any doubt
• It goes well with both synthetic and conventional motor oils
Mobil 1 Features
• It can be bought for its price which remains cheap that other synthetic oils
• It is a great option for any beginner
• The container comes easy to use and reuse
• It is easy to carry along
Final Thoughts On Mobil 1
Mobil 1 claims to be free from toxins and it stays safe from evaporation. Due to being a cheap option anyone can afford it and expect a pretty good amount of protection. Additionally, it also helps your engine from getting dust and other composites, so it surely helps your engine for serving a long time.
Price Factor For All Three Oils
You have read out all the features these three oils offer but the important factor always remains the price. Here in the following table you can have an idea about the price of these oils so you can decide easily which one you should choose finally.
The price mentioned here is per quart for AMSOIL, Royal Purple, and Mobil 1 and as synthetic always remains higher in price than conventional does not mean that you cannot get a synthetic one at a fair price. These prices mentioned here are not fixed and may differ from time to time. You will also get to know about the viscosity as a bonus.
Here I finish the article with a fair amount of information on the trending motor oils. I hope you will like the information and share it with the needy ones. All the three oils AMSOIL, Royal Purple, and Mobil 1 are excellent to use, it is just the different level of pricing, viscosity, and overall protection that you can consider before making your decision.
Note: always check the viscosity of your vehicle before going for just any motor oil to keep your vehicle from lower mileage or any other type of damage.

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San Diego's Cleantech Cluster Looks to Canada & Other International Partners for Collaboration
In June, 2007, a study commissioned by the City of San Diego and the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. found 148 cleantech companies in San Diego County.
The study encouraged San Diego business leaders in establishing Cleantech San Diego as a way to help stimulate the emerging cluster (and to encourage adoption of renewable energy and other clean technologies)—and the nonprofit trade group now boasts 758 member companies. Not all of those are cleantech companies, of course, but it still represents a five-fold increase in San Diego's cleantech base.
The group's luster was burnished a bit more in February, when Shawn Lesser of Atlanta's Sustainable World Capital named Cleantech San Diego to a top 10 list of cleantech cluster organizations for 2010. Lesser, who raises funds for green private equity firms and cleantech companies, proclaimed San Diego as the North American headquarters for another recent endeavor, the Global CleanTech Cluster Association. He says the association embodies a collaborative effort among cleantech clusters in more than 20 regions around the world.
All of this formed the backdrop to an International Cleantech Showcase that drew an estimated 250 people to the University of San Diego earlier this week. The showcase included presentations and a panel discussion comprising cleantech company executives from Australia, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland.
"What's exciting about this international summit is that we're doing it together," says Jim Waring, a co-founder and board chairman of Cleantech San Diego (and a San Diego Xconomist). "I'm excited because I see that we're turning the corner and we're not going to be provincial."
Even if California could eliminate 100 percent of its carbon emissions, Waring contends it won't have much impact on lowering total greenhouse gases around the world. But he was enthusiastic about the collective impact California and San Diego could have by joining with other countries and other cleantech clusters. "We're talking about a momentum that is way bigger than just us," Waring says.
Canadian diplomat David Fransen, who was appointed Consul General in Los Angeles two years ago, provided an example of how such collaborations are coming together among cleantech proponents in San Diego and Canada.
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What a great program and example for other cities. San Diego just keeps getting better! If only housing were a little cheaper there, I'd move in a heart beat. Clean, beautiful city with perfect weather!


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October 11, 2006 - Holland, Michigan, USA – Tiara Yachts, Inc. and Galati Yacht Sales have taken steps to enhance their partnership for the 2007 Model Year which began on August 1, 2006. Specifically, Galati has been named the exclusive dealer for Tiara Yachts along the Gulf Coast from Anna Maria, FL to New Orleans, LA.
"Galati Yacht Sales is a top-notch operation," stated Nick Bischoff, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Tiara Yachts. "We are happy to be affiliated with an organization that puts customer service at the forefront of everything they do."
Galati Yachts Sales was recently awarded top honors by Tiara Yachts for both sales and service achievement. They ranked among the Top 10 for retail sales and they were named a Platinum level service group for their outstanding work during last year. "Tiara and Galati share the goal of expanding our business along the Gulf Coast," noted Bob Slikkers, President of Tiara Yachts. "We're looking forward to some exciting things from Galati—this year and beyond."
For more information please visit www.tiarayachts.com and www.galatiyachts.com.
Tiara Yachts is a wholly owned subsidiary of S2 Yachts, Inc. They proudly produce boats from 29'to 58' that are a source of pleasure, a matter of pride and a lasting investment to their owners.


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President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to office at the height of the Great Depression. He ushered in an environment...
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Franklin D. Roosvelt Approves Ten Postage Stamps to Celebrate National Park Year
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One hundred years ago, on August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation to establish the National Park Service, but this was not the first time a president has acted "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein... by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."1 On June 30, 1864, in the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed legislation withdrawing Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove from the public domain and granting the land to the state of California.2 On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the legislation creating the world's first national park, Yellowstone. Over the next forty-four years presidents and Congress created almost forty national parks and national monuments. The War Department and some states undertook to preserve Civil War battlefields as well as the site of the British surrender at Yorktown that ended the American Revolution and to erect monuments at Bennington, Vermont, and Bunker Hill, Massachusetts. The mineral springs at Hot Springs, Arkansas, has also been withdrawn from the public domain. Many individuals and organizations were taking action to preserve places of natural and historic significance, but in an earlier, simpler time, little thought was given to providing a coordinated structure of management. Preservation had become an end in itself.
By the early years of the twentieth century, however, the issue of managing preservation, often called conservation, was becoming more pressing. In 1890 the Census Bureau had declared that a frontier no longer existed. The West held a new fascination, and the nation's 63 million people were increasingly interested in traveling by rail—the Great Norther, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe—to national parks, almost all of which were located in the West at that time. The parks were open to all visitors, but no one was in charge of protecting them. Cavalry units of the U.S. Army patrolled some parks to limit poaching and vandalism. But the threats were larger than that. After the 1905 earthquake, San Francisco needed a dependable supply of water, and creating a reservoir in Hetch Hetchy Valley within Yosemite National Park would solve the problem. Congressional approval was needed. With no single voice to speak for Yosemite, of any other park, the approval was easier than it should have been. Conservationists saw that they must act.
[The parks were] orphans, split among three departments—War, Agriculture, and Interior. They were anybody's business and therefore nobody's business.
President Theodore Roosevelt held a conference on conservation in the East Room of the White House in 1908. He and his chief forester, Gifford Pinchot, believed that natural resources needed federal management. American lands no longer seemed vast and endless, and something had to be done so that parks would exist into the future. Among those who advocated for establishing an organization in charge of parks, two stood out: Stephen Mather and Horace Albright. They, in turn, became the first and second directors of the National Park Service.
Mather, who had made a fortune in business, arrived in Washington in 1915 to begin working with Albright. They had two goals: To overcome opponents of a National Park Service within the government (including Pinchot, who worried that a Park Service would threaten timber rights on Forest Service land) and to create public support for such an organization. They began meeting with government officials to promote the positive benefits of having one organization overseeing the national parks. The parks were "orphans," said Albright, "split among three departments—War, Agriculture, and Interior. They were anybody's business and therefore nobody's business."3 Slowly Mather and Albright won the support of influential organizations and individuals, including railroad and automobile interests, the Sierra Club, and the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. They convinced national magazines, especially National Geographic, to print articles about the national parks and encourage the public to visit them. Mather orchestrated seventeen railroads to cooperate in publishing The National Parks Portfolio, a book full of pictures and articles about the parks that was sent to each individual member of Congress. In 1916 Representative William Kent, and independent from California, and Senator Reed Smoot, a Republican from Utah, sponsored the necessary legislation, culminating in Wilson's signing of the National Park Service Organic Act. Interior Secretary Franklin Lane appointed Mather the first director, and work began on creating a system of parks.
Until he retired in 1929, Mather continued to promote the parks using
advertising and publicity methods that had proved so successful in
establishing the NPS. One avenue he pursued was to get the Post Office
to issue stamps featuring the parks. His efforts were not realized until
Franklin D. Roosevelt, an avid stamp collector, was inaugurated
president. Roosevelt's new secretary of the interior, Harold Ickes,
proved to be a tireless advocate of conservation and of the national
parks. He acted quickly. He announced that in 1934 would be National
Park Year. At a cabinet meeting on March 9, 1934, Ickes and Roosevelt,
together with James Farley, postmaster general, discussed a series of
park stamps, and by March 29, they had a definite plan.4
In the next few weeks Arno B. Cammerer, appointed NPS director August 10, 1933, asked George Grant, chief photographer of the National Park Service, to begin the process of selecting photographs from which artists would produce the designs and engravings for ten stamps. Grant was an interesting—and logical—choice. He was hired as the first official photographer for the National Park Service. Over the course of his career—he retired in 1954—he took more than 30,000 pictures of the parks. Most are credited as "National Park Service photograph," so he never became as famous as his contemporary Ansel Adams.5 Grant and several associates selected ten parks to be features on stamps ranging from one cent to ten cents. They were, in ascending order of stamp value: Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Mount Rainier, Mesa Verde, Yellowstone, Crater Lake, Acadia, Zion, Glacier, and Great Smoky Mountains. In a 1962 interview conducted by Herbert Evison, Grand said he had no idea of how many different images had been considered: "We had an awful time making those selections." 6
On May 16,1934, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing was directed to prepare sample designs for the first stamp—the one-cent Yosemite—based on the photograph selected by Grant and his group. On June 15, Farley selected one of several submitted designs. He approved the proof June 28, and printing began on July 6. Ten days later the stamp went on sale.7 The remaining nine were on similar schedules; the last stamp, the ten-cent Great Smoky Mountains, went on sale October 8. Think about it: just six months from initial discussion to finished product—no sign of bureaucratic inefficiency here!
first day that the Yosemite stamp went on sale, 250,000 stamps were
sold in the park and 60,000 covers canceled. In Washington, D.C.,
285,000 stamps were sold and 26,219 covers canceled. Beside the
individual stamps, commemorative sheets of 200 and 120 stamps were also
produced along with souvenir sheets of four and six stamps. In 1937 a
special one-sheet of the ten-cent Great Smoky Mountains stamp went on
sale at the Society of Philatelic Americans annual convention in
Asheville, North Carolina, very near the park. Stamp collectors and park
advocates alike were delighted.8
Each stamp was one color, and the color for each stamp was different. Roosevelt himself selected the orange-red for the Grand Canyon stamp.9 The lettering was generally white (reversed). Six stamps are in the horizontal format, and four are vertical. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing did all the engraving work. The ten-cent Great Smoky Mountains stamp was the first U.S. postage stamp designed by a woman, Esther Richards.10 Together, with individual stamps and souvenir sheets, almost 435 million stamps were printed. That so many were printed means they are still available today, and prized by collectors. A complete set can be purchased online for about $10.
It is hard to know if the stamp series encouraged Americans to go to their national parks, but throughout the 1920s and into the early 1930s visitation had ranged between about 2 and 3 million a year. In 1933, 3,255,684 people visited the parks. The next year, National Park Year, visitation jumped to 6,095,201. Between 1934 and U.S. entry into World War II in 1941, the number of park visitors increased by at least 15 percent every year. In 2015, in a much larger population, 307,247,252 people went to a national park.11
President Roosevelt used other means to urge Americans to enjoy the national parks. Grant's photographs, printed in newspaper and magazines, made the natural beauty of American landscape features iconic. In addition, Roosevelt brought the War Department battlefields into the National Park System in a major reorganization in 1934. During his term in office the number of park units grew from 52 to 143, including, among so many others, Blue Ridge Parkway, Everglades, Natchez Trace Parkway, Dry Tortugas, Big Bend, Fort Stanwix, Joshua Tree, Manassas, Zion, Cape Hatteras, Salem Maritime, Channel Islands, Saratoga, Mount Rushmore, and Hopewell Furnace. 12
Speaking at the dedication of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, September 2, 1940, Roosevelt told his audience:
"There are trees here that stood before our forefathers ever came to his continent; there are brooks that still run as clear as on the day the first pioneer cupped his hand and drank from them. In this Park we shall conserve these trees ... for the happiness of the American people. The old frontier that put the hard fibre in the American spirit and the long muscles on the American back, lives and will live in these untamed mountains to give to the future generations a sense of the land from which their forefathers hewed their homes." 13
In other words, parks were just not about beauty and scenery; they stood for the values upon which Americans had built this nation, and they ensured that present and future generations could draw inspiration from them.
Roosevelt's impact on the parks and conservation in general was enormous.14 During his years in office not only did the number of park units practically triple but national wildlife refuges and national forests also increased in number and acreage. In 1934 he initiated a program that required hunters of migratory waterfowl to purchase a duck stamp along with a license. All the proceeds from the sale of the duck stamps, a program that continues today, go to the purchase of wetlands and migratory waterfowl habitat. The annual competition for the year's duck stamp draws hundreds of artists.
In the last hundred years presidents have made it a point to visit national parks, and they like to have themselves and their families photographed smiling against the scenic vistas. Roosevelt visited parks, too. Though he could not walk the trails, he delighted in greeting rangers and visitors from his open-air car, reaching out to shake their hands. For personal recreation, he often turned to his stamp collection. His hobby helped him to see that everyday postal stamps, in denominations everyone used—and almost everyone wrote letters in those days—would remind Americans that their national parks, monuments and battlefields, refuges and wetlands and coasts, are preserved forever for their enjoyment.
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The Rose Room previously was the study hall for our young Sisters when the Kairos Centre was the Novitiate for the Congregation. Sr Rose Joseph was the Tutor to the Sisters and was gifted in many areas and consequently prepared scores of Novices for GCSE, College, Music, Singing and Art.
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Festive, colorful and never far from its pre-Hispanic roots, Mexico has much to offer visitors beyond its lovely white sand beaches and marine wildlife-rich waters. You'll find a wealth of unique cultural experiences in its 'magic towns', ancient Maya and Aztec sites, current-day indigenous communities, national parks and jungle biosphere reserves. Come discover what's right next door!
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Baha California Sur
Separated from the rest of Mexico by the Sea of Cortez, Baja California Sur is a dry and sunny coastal destination. Time your trip to the Sea of Cortez with the breeding season of a variety of magnificent whale species including gray, humpback, sperm and blue whales for top notch whale watching. Skip the big resorts in favor of more relaxed towns like Todos Santos and Loreto.
Copper Canyon
Experience the majestic labyrinth of the Copper Canyon, tucked deep in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Northern Mexico. Take an unforgettable ride through the canyon on the Chepe Train, one of Latin America's last passenger trains. Venture by foot, bicycle or horse into the canyons, past cliffs, rivers, waterfalls, lakes and forests. Visit a remote indigenous Raramuri village, the former silver mining town of Batopilas and the colonial town of El Fuerte for an authentic old-world experience.
The state of Puebla in the central highlands between the Sierra Nevada and the Sierra Madre Oriental gave the world mole poblano, a thick, rich, chocolate-tinged sauce along with a culinary heritage that is unique to this part of Mexico. Visit Puebla City, Cholulo (home to the world's largest pyramid by volume) and many of Mexico's 'magic towns', so designated due to their natural beauty, cultural riches and historical interest.
The state of Chiapas is a land of contrasts, with colonial cities, wildlife-rich tropical rainforests, active volcanoes, beautiful beaches and Maya archeological sites. Deep in the jungle, discover the classic Maya temple cities of Yaxchilan and Palenque. From Palenque visit Aguas Azul, a stunning series of iridescent blue waterfalls and natural pools. The charming colonial city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas sits in the heart of one of the most deeply rooted indigenous areas in Mexico, and is an excellent base for community-based tourism visits to the Lacandón Indians and others, as well as for hiking and jungle exploration.
Separated geographically by rugged mountains—indigenous traditions and crafts are still alive and thriving in the city and state of Oaxaca. Visit the mountain top ruins of Monte Alban, the long abandoned Zapotec city that was built over 2,000 years ago. On the Pacific coast the nine bays and 36 beaches of Huatulco and the bay of Puerto Escondido (popular with surfers) offer all the beauty of surf and sand on a comfortably small scale.
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Mérida, the lovely colonial capital of the Yucatán has come into its own as a destination to spend some quality time, which has also given rise to a growing expat community. However long your planned stay—Mérida is an easy drive to both Chichen Itza and Uxmal, two of the most important Maya archeological sites in the Yucatán.
Set among cliffs towering over the sugary sands and multi-hued Caribbean waters, the Riviera Maya town of Tulum is a favorite destination both for its spectacular coastline and dramatic pre-Colombian ruins set among the cliffs over the beach.
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The dancer moves with his hand and the painter periodically follows the gesture and timing of the dancer.
Echo piece, Natalie Adams, WOOGURU, Arianna Rodeghiero and Christine Cheung,
All face away from the drawing on the wall and are unable to see the result. The drawer responded to each dancer as they improvised movements, either through copying their gestures or through the echoing of their action. The dancers responded to the sound of the drawing materials.
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Is there anything better than Sunday morning breakfast? This morning after sleeping in, we picked a few ingredients from the garden and started this shakshouka. It was then left simmering while we wandered down to our local café for a fresh coffee with our dog. We then came home to the house filled with a tomato-paprika smell, finished off the shakshouka by adding the eggs which gently poach in the spicy tomato sauce.
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- eggplant - 2 small, chopped
- brown onion - 1, chopped
- garlic - 3 cloves, chrushed
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- canned tomatoed - 400g, chopped
- cherry tomatoes - handfull, halved
- tomato paste - 2 tbs
- harissa - 1 tsp (optional)
- chilli - 1, finely chopped (optional)
- cumin seeds - 1 tbs, toasted and ground
- paprika - 1 tbs
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- salt flakes - to taste
- black pepper - cracked, to taste
- feta cheese - 100g, crumbled
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- eggs - (free range), 4
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As the wise ol' saying goes, never forget where you came from. So we stamped the coordinates of PUMA HQ on the back of this Epoch men's hoodie; that way, they'll never slip anyone's mind. A drawcord around the hood means you can adjust the fit, and you can store small items in the two pockets at the waist. A reflective PUMA Cat Logo sits on the front to boost visibility in low light conditions.
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Now you can say 'Yo' on your Pebble smartwatch
Some people may think that Yo is dumb, but its one and only use case — letting you say Yo and nothing else — is actually getting increasingly useful. It has been retooled to alert Israelis in the case of missile attacks, used to notify people of goals scored at the World Cup, and now it's making an appearance on your smartwatch after it landed on Pebble.
"No swiping, talking, or typing. Just Yo," Pebble's David Woodland said in a blog post announcing the app's arrival on its app store. Among the benefits of Yo he listed are that it helps to save time from having to read a message, and is a polite nudge but still gets attention.
Even if you couldn't really believe it when Yo's developer raised $1 million for an app that barely does anything, its use as a simple notification alert — particularly as a trigger just like on cloud-based scripting service IFTTT (If This Than That) — gives us hope that the money is being put to some use after all.
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A retrospective study of fall risk factors
A report by the National Patient Safety Agency based on an analysis of over 200,000 falls, found that the majority of falls resulted in no harm; however other consequences such as a loss of confidence, increased likelihood of discharge to a residential or nursing home or an increased length of stay in the hospital cannot be easily captured or quantified. This article reports on a study undertaken to identify the risk factors and trends present in a cohort of patients that have suffered a fall in a community hospital.
Chetan Shah MPharm, Dip Clin Pharm, Cert Psych Ther., Principal Pharmacist – Community Services, Ealing Hospital NHS Trust,
Gillian Williams, MSc,BSc, RGN, Modern Matron, Ealing Hospital NHS Trust,
Jaikishan Joshi and Roobi Aziz, Research Students, School of Pharmacy, University of Hertfordshire.
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Presto's bursting strength tester is a perfect instrument to measure the resistance of a material against the pressure applied. It is widely used in industries to test the bursting strength of the materials like paper, cardboard, rexine, leather, industrial fabric, sheets, etc. A hydraulic pressure is applied to the sample via a rubber diaphragm. The medium for creating hydraulic pressure is glycerine. The test is an escalated test to assess the properties of the material in extreme conditions. The instrument is assembled using a stiff metal base plate with a combination of Autumn Gray and Blue coloured painting and bright zinc/chrome plating to provide it a rust resistant finish. The laboratory equipment comes with two spare diaphragms, Instruction guide, Electric wiring Diagram, Test foil set and Calibration Certificate traceable to NABL approved Labs.
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Taylor Fritz is -the 3⃣rd player who won his 1⃣st ATP Tour title in Eastbourne (Andreas Seppi in 2011, Mischa Zverev in 2018);-the 2⃣nd 🇺🇸player (Andy Roddick in 2012) who won in Eastbourne;-the youngest among Eastbourne champs in men's singles (21 years 8month 1day).2019 men's singles final was the shortest (1hour) in Eastbourne since 2009.
Congratulations to the 20th anniversary of the Academia Sánchez-Casal (AS-C)! A successful model created by Emilio Sánchez Vicario and Sergio Casal in 1998. Using tennis and education within the 'Academia' framework as the vehicle for personal development, our student athletes will continue to be good citizens of the world, long after they leave our care.The Sánchez-Casal Academy is considered . . .
4⃣3⃣ is a mystic number.43rd ranked Yulia Putintseva beat Naomi Osaka at Birmingham Classic and open the way for Ashleigh Barty to quest for the No.1 spot43 years ago -1st Aussie No.1 Evonne Goolagong Cawley43 Grand Slam matches Ashleigh Barty played (25-18 win/loss record)43 years ago – last Aussie champ won the WTA Finals (Evonne Goolagong Cawley)+ last champ at Australian . . .
Legacy and GOAT-status is on the line for Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic …the winner will take it all…
Marketa Vondrousova is in the footsteps of the great Czech Grand Slam players. She reached her first semifinal at her 9⃣th Grand Slam.How many Slams needed for the Czech women players to reach a SF?Martina Navratilova – Hana Mandlikova 7⃣Petra Kvitova – Marketa Vondrousova 9⃣Helena Sukova 1⃣3⃣Jana Novotna 1⃣5⃣Karolina Pliskova 1⃣8⃣
Karen Khachanov is on a hot streak! He has a 1⃣0⃣ match winning streak in Paris! Started in '18 at Rolex Paris Masters (6 wins, ) indoor, + he added 4 more wins in outdoor ROLAND-GARROS '19. Defeating seeded players like John Isner, Alexander Sascha Zverev, Dominic Thiem, Novak Djokovic, Juan Martín del Potro.
Top half of the men's draw: Novak Djokovic, Alexander Sascha Zverev, Dominic Thiem, Karen Khachanov = 1⃣5⃣Grand Slam (including 1⃣ Roland Garros) + 3⃣8⃣ Masters titlesBottom half: Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Rafa Nadal, Kei Nishikori = 4⃣0⃣Grand Slam (including 1⃣3⃣ Roland Garros)+6⃣3⃣Masters titles.
Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal wrote history at Roland Garros! 1⃣st time they had opponents from the same country with the same scoresheets in the same round at a major!Federer – Leoardo Mayer (ARG) 62 63 63Nadal – Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) 62 63 63
3 of the last 5 Slams (after Serena Williams' return to the Tour) brought up always issues and incidents: 2018 Roland Garros – walkover before the match vs Maria Sharapova (catsuit case) 2018 Wimbledon – lost vs Angelique Kerber in the Final 2018 US Open – lost vs Naomi Osaka in the Final (Carlos Ramos . . .
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Total EUR 1 200 000, Budget of OBS EUR 200 000
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The vision of the multi-disciplinary program Digital Health Revolution is to enable the utilization of data about the individual as part of personal, preventive services, which in turn will improve citizens' opportunities for self-management of one's wellbeing. The program is built on the idea that an individual can control and make use of his or her personal data. The program aims to combine data from different sources, including genome data, health and wellbeing monitoring data and everyday behavioral data comprising the personal digital footprint in a systematic way. The personal health data will be processed for the benefit the individual, companies and the society by creating digital service solutions and new business opportunities. Pilots will be launched to create user-oriented, preventive service solutions. In a long run, the outcomes of the project will facilitate the integration of personal data and personal my data based services into the future public health care service concepts.
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Imagine it's a few centuries ago, before the scientific revolution in medicine. Acupuncturists start complaining about chiropractors and the unearned popularity they have. They start emphasizing the strokes caused by chiropractors in their marketing campaign. Their campaign also emphasizes how relatively painless gently putting needles into a person's skin is, and how it doesn't cause side effects. All the while, just like the chiropractors, they neglect to demonstrate any actual effect though the scientific method. Instead, they, again, just like the chiropractors, rely entirely on anecdotal "trial and error" to determine what "works" without regard for observer biases. The acupuncturists' campaign is successful enough to wipe out chiropractic from serious consideration, and even set it up as an archetypal example of ridiculous quackery.
Now imagine it's centuries later. Acupuncture is still around. And they call aspirin "chiropractic medicine." They call chemotherapy "chiropractic medicine." They call surgery "chiropractic medicine." And they call vaccination by injection "chiropractic stealing ideas from acupuncture" because it involves a needle.
Welcome to the skeptics world in regard to the dead pseudoscience of "allopathy." One woo faction squabbled with a slightly worse but temporarily more popular woo faction and played a big part in killing them off. Once they killed off the enemy, they needed another enemy they could attempt to discredit to make themselves look good. Thus, homeopaths invented a tenuous connection between scientific medicine and homeopathy's slightly-more-evil twin, allopathy. Threatened by the genuine effectiveness of medicine coupled with the watchdog organizations that enforce that effectiveness, other woos jumped onto the propaganda bandwagon.


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GET READY: Milan Christopher Returns to TV with New Dating Show [VIDEO]
I can't remember that guy's name Milan Christopher was smoochin' with on VH1's 'Love and Hip Hop' anymore. But, we all know that love affair didn't work out.
The oh-so-controversial rapper isn't giving up on love though and is currently plotting his return to the Viacom family.
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"Fans can look forward to seeing Milan Christopher return to his reality-TV roots through his new unscripted show, 'On The Road With Milan.' This new unscripted series will showcase Milan search for true love while juggling a hectic work schedule and trying to balance his career and social life."
This is giving me 'For the Love of Ray J' and 'I Love New York' vibes. Fingers crossed for some smart, sexy mens with big wallets that we can lust after in case Milan loses interest.
Watch Milan's interview with TS Madison where he talks about munching cakes, his loves for tall guys and more at the 2:10 mark.


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Back in 2011, The Joy Bus, a local nonprofit that delivers meals to homebound cancer patients, was just getting off the ground. Founder Jennifer Carraway was delivering meals to patients during her lunch hour and worrying about the rising price of gas. She wanted to raise money to buy a van, and dreamed about someday having a dedicated Joy Bus kitchen.
Fast-forward four years and Carraway now oversees about 20 volunteers who help her take meals to a roster of cancer patients. And that kitchen? Well, it's about to become a reality.
In the upcoming months, Carraway will open The Joy Bus Diner, a restaurant that will support the nonprofit's operations. The diner will be located in North Phoenix, specifically in a strip mall just east of State Route 51 at Shea Boulevard. It will serve "simple, greasy-spoon diner food," Carraway says, and 100 percent of the profits will go to support The Joy Bus meal delivery program. The restaurant will rely on donations from local partners like Crooked Sky Farms, which already donates produce every week for the patients' meals.
Carraway's already signed a lease on the space, which used to house a Subway. But she says, "There's a lot of renovation that needs to be done before it's ready for us." Already she's started stripping the walls of the paneling and wall paper, but a hood and stove still need to be installed.
To help finance the renovations Carraway has launched a Kickstarter campaign. Pledges who donate to the cause will get rewards ranging from a Joy Bus T-shirt to a personalized panel on a wall inside the restaurant. Each wooden panel will be able to be inscribed with text in memory of or in honor of a person of the pledge's choosing.
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Carraway is also gearing up for the third annual Joy Bus Gala, which will be held on Sunday, November 8, at the Hotel Valley Ho. The event features six local chefs, each of whom will prepare a single dish for the event. Participating chefs include:
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Tickets to the gala, which can be purchased online, cost $119 per person and feature food and drinks including local beer and wine. There will also be a silent auction. Tickets are limited.
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Roundup of being in a good mood. Also TK/B/B revised: Happy Nice Bureaucrat Edition
- Posted by Paul Gowder on October 14th, 2008 filed in Tuesday Kafka/Borges/Byron (and others), roundup
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1. The bureaucratic nightmares referenced in my last post have turned out to be less painful — mainly because my department has a wonderful, glorious, goddesslike benevolent administrator who cuts through red tape like a hot knife through wack-ass suckas (chosen only because the singular rhymes with "butter" in the cliche and I wanted to sound gangsta, not because I actually have a violent streak). She is my canon lawyer for the Stanford bureaucracy.
Hmm… I feel like I need to replace the old TK/B/B with a new, happier, pro-administrator who cuts through the bureaucracy TK/B/B. Only, really, there isn't much pro-administrator stuff in Kafka, Borges or Byron. I suppose I could use one of those bits from the trial where Josef K thinks his lawyer can actually help. But that's too double-edged — it would suggest that I feel like Winston Smith in some way, that I expect to get a bullet in the back of the head just as I become reconciled to Big Stanford Bureaucracy. Right. This'll have to leave the K/B/B turn. Hmm… let's see… damn. Most of what I really love is cynical. Yeats perhaps? No, that's ridiculous.
Ooooh. I know just the thing. YES. For the giver of a great boon in defiance of the gods:
Who reigns? There was the Heaven and Earth at first,
And Light and Love; then Saturn, from whose throne
Time fell, an envious shadow: such the state
Of the earth's primal spirits beneath his sway,
As the calm joy of flowers and living leaves
Before the wind or sun has withered them
And semivital worms; but he refused
The birthright of their being, knowledge, power,
The skill which wields the elements, the thought
Which pierces this dim universe like light,
Self-empire, and the majesty of love;
For thirst of which they fainted. Then Prometheus
Gave wisdom, which is strength, to Jupiter,
And with this law alone, "Let man be free,"
Clothed him with the dominion of wide Heaven.
To know nor faith, nor love, nor law; to be
Omnipotent but friendless is to reign;
And Jove now reigned; for on the race of man
First famine, and then toil, and then disease,
Strife, wounds, and ghastly death unseen before,
Fell; and the unseasonable seasons drove
With alternating shafts of frost and fire,
Their shelterless, pale tribes to mountain caves:
And in their desert hearts fierce wants he sent,
And mad disquietudes, and shadows idle
Of unreal good, which levied mutual war,
So ruining the lair wherein they raged.
Prometheus saw, and waked the legioned hopes
Which sleep within folded Elysian flowers,
Nepenthe, Moly, Amaranth, fadeless blooms,
That they might hide with thin and rainbow wings
The shape of Death; and Love he sent to bind
The disunited tendrils of that vine
Which bears the wine of life, the human heart;
And he tamed fire which, like some beast of prey,
Most terrible, but lovely, played beneath
The frown of man; and tortured to his will
Iron and gold, the slaves and signs of power,
And gems and poisons, and all subtlest forms
Hidden beneath the mountains and the waves.
He gave man speech, and speech created thought,
Which is the measure of the universe;
And Science struck the thrones of earth and heaven,
Which shook, but fell not; and the harmonious mind
Poured itself forth in all-prophetic song;
And music lifted up the listening spirit
Until it walked, exempt from mortal care,
Godlike, o'er the clear billows of sweet sound;
And human hands first mimicked and then mocked,
With moulded limbs more lovely than its own,
The human form, till marble grew divine;
And mothers, gazing, drank the love men see
Reflected in their race, behold, and perish.
He told the hidden power of herbs and springs,
And Disease drank and slept. Death grew like sleep.
He taught the implicated orbits woven
Of the wide-wandering stars; and how the sun
Changes his lair, and by what secret spell
The pale moon is transformed, when her broad eye
Gazes not on the interlunar sea:
He taught to rule, as life directs the limbs,
The tempest-wingèd chariots of the Ocean,
And the Celt knew the Indian. Cities then
Were built, and through their snow-like columns flowed
The warm winds, and the azure aether shone,
And the blue sea and shadowy hills were seen.
Such, the alleviations of his state,
Prometheus gave to man, for which he hangs
Withering in destined pain: but who rains down
Evil, the immedicable plague, which, while
Man looks on his creation like a God
And sees that it is glorious, drives him on,
The wreck of his own will, the scorn of earth,
The outcast, the abandoned, the alone?
Not Jove: while yet his frown shook Heaven, ay, when
His adversary from adamantine chains
Cursed him, he trembled like a slave. Declare
Who is his master? Is he too a slave?
Shelley, Prometheus Unbound, of course, act 2 scn. 4. I'm glad the grad students in my department have a Prometheus.
2. Larry Solum has a new version of Semantic Originalism up. This is good, because I've really really been meaning to comment on it — on the old version, that is — and now I'm no longer way behind in doing so.
3. I endorse every single thing Comrade PhysioProf says about Hitchens, down to the smallest detail.
4. Interesting remarks from the Chicago law faculty blog about the evolutionary biology of disgust in relation to stupid people who oppose gay rights, etc. Unfortunately, the blogger doesn't really suggest any actual thesis… Martha Nussbaum appears in the comments.
5. Per Larry Solum, Waldron has posted a paper on democratic jurisprudence which is now at the absolute top of my must-read list.
6. Slightly old now, Phoebe chimes in on the chorus of people, including myself, objecting to the obscene exploitation of unpaid internships. see also.
7. For those of you who fly a lot, you might be interested in the wisdom of the internets on finding fares. One really good tip seems to be that the site that feeds all the obnoxious competing sites is ITA Software, and they seem to have a broader range of flights — at least, I found a much better schedule, for a much lower flight, for a planned trip, on that site than I did on orbitz. Of course, now I have to figure out how to book it, which one can't do from the ITA site.
13 Responses to "Roundup of being in a good mood. Also TK/B/B revised: Happy Nice Bureaucrat Edition"
Paul Gowder Says:
October 14th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
I suppose I could have just used Byron's Prometheus… but I like that passage from Shelley's lots and lots.
Comrade PhysioProf Says:
October 15th, 2008 at 5:31 am
Thanks for another fucking link, dude!
Paul Gowder Says:
October 15th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Hah, word. You seem to be my most regular commenter.
Daniel Goldberg Says:
October 15th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Hey — some of us are faithful readers, but can't comment because every time we want to comment, it would turn into this massive, verbose comment that would be better served by being hosted on a personal blog, except we don't maintain personal blogs . . .
Not that I know anyone like that.
Paul Gowder Says:
October 15th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Daniel, you are forgiven. However, for the record, I approve of massive, verbose comments. Especially from smart, interesting people like you.
Daniel Says:
October 16th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Flattery will get you everywhere. One thing that does astonish me is the breadth of your reading. As an interdisciplinarian and a lifetime generalist, I consider myself quite well-read, but your geekiness may surpass even mine. (That is a compliment).
Paul Gowder Says:
October 16th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Speaking of flattery getting one everywhere! Though I think my geekiness conceals large gaps… I'm terribly with languages, for example, so I'm shamefully monolingual.
Daniel Says:
October 16th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Sadly, so am I. My efforts to learn Japanese are so embarrassingly slow it's painful to even admit I'm trying. I spoke Hebrew about 20 years ago, but have lost almost everything. No Renaissance man am I.
Paul Gowder Says:
October 16th, 2008 at 11:37 am
I find that the initial investment in learning a language is so high (hours upon hours upon hours upon hours of memorizing vocabulary and grammar, plus practice) that, even though the cost is decreasing as one advances, I've never made it over that hump. For me, it's a combination of bad character (impatience) and lack of capital (as measured in time). One day, I'm going to do an immersion program, which seems the most pleasant way (combine travel and cultural cosmopolitanism with your learning? And do it extra-quick? OK!), and at least pick up Spanish, French, or German, but finding the time and money for that so far has been hard.
(hmm… maybe I can find someone to give me a grant to do that this summer? I could tell them I need to be able to read Kant in the original…)
Hey. Daniel. Wanna reform with me? I'll investigate language immersion grants and programs if you will…
Daniel Says:
October 16th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Agreed all the way around. I too am terribly impatient, and just don't seem to prioritize language acquisition enough to invest the significant time.
Immersion is the only way to really do it, but sadly, even this robs me of any excuse, because the wife is Japanese and I spend at least 10 days per annum in Japan, where I could do nothing but speak Japanese if I wanted. Instead, I rely on the fact that most urban dwellers in Japan speak excellent English.
*hangs head in shame*
Paul Gowder Says:
October 16th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Out of curiosity, how much have you picked up just from those incidental trips? I'd expect this would promote a surprisingly large vocabulary just by osmosis, but that's just sheer intuition.
Daniel Goldberg Says:
October 16th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Bits and pieces only . . .
Uncommon Priors » TK/B/B: Scheduled Fire-Stealing Edition Says:
December 16th, 2008 at 10:56 am
[...] For no better reason than because I like this poem, and because I needed to preschedule a TK/B/B for New Orleans, Byron's Prometheus. Which, come to think of it, I actually like rather better than Shelley's version. [...]


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At the occasion of the official opening of the exhibition, the artist Line Boogaerts will perform her art of live drawings on the front windows of the location. Fri 27 Jan: Peter Kubelka – IMAGE AND OBJECT, a demonstration
The artist gives an introduction to his daily presentation of bread, butter and other archeological metaphors for the cinema. Sat 28 Jan: Floris Vanhoof – Bug Sounds/Vinyl Canon
The artist is also a musician and live performer. He will bring an excerpt from a larger installation project, involving a record player and a stag beetle. Sun 29 Jan: Andrew Lampert – Lesser Hazzards
Performer and film archivist Lampert euthanises a set of 'wounded' projectors to release them from their suffering. Warning: audience participation required. Mon 30 Jan: Piet Zwart Symposium – Media, Models and Metaphors
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A live encounter and demonstration by the artist, who uses the most unusual and yet very everyday materials in his questioning of our camera culture. Wed 1 Feb: Momo's Typo's
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Thu 16 Jan: Line Boogaerts – live drawings