Stephanie Roach During the 20th century most men and woman had similar views on many things. In Women and Conservation by Carolyn Merchant it breaks down womens contributions to conservation within their lives. In the 19th and 20th century woman developed organizations and clubs protecting the preservation of wildlife. The California club merged in January of 1900 with Miss Robert Burdett as president and Miss Lovell White as vice president. They believed that men were the main destroyers of
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Dedicated to saving the wilderness‚ the SIERRA CLUB formed in 1892. JOHN MUIR‚ the president of the Sierra Club‚ worked valiantly to stop the sale of public lands to private developers. At first‚ most of his efforts fell on deaf ears. Then Theodore Roosevelt inhabited the Oval Office‚ and his voice was finally heard4. Thanks
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President Theodore Roosevelt on a three-day camping trip to try and persuade him to allow more protection for Yosemite. He accomplished his goal of the trip and now instead of only being protected by the state of California‚ it is federally protected (Sierra Club). He went on to influence California‚ among other states‚ even more with his
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the piano‚ he then supported himself by teaching piano later on until 1930(Lorenz). In 1919‚ at the age of 17‚ Adams became involved with the Sierra Club. In 1927 Adams went on the Sierra Clubs High Trip‚ and the next year he became the Clubs official trip photographer (History). Adams published his first illustrated book‚ Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras‚ in 1927. It was followed shortly by Taos pueblo‚ which was published in 1930. In the 1930’s he
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Muir is one of California’s most important historical personalities. Born in Scotland‚ he has been called “The Father of our National Parks‚” “Wilderness Profit‚” and “Citizen of the Universe.” As a wilderness explorer‚ his exciting adventures in the Sierra Nevada and Alaska’s glaciers led him searching for nature’s beauty. Gifford Pinchot was born to a wealthy family on August 11‚ 1865‚ at his family’s summer home in Connecticut. His family was upper-class merchants‚ politicians‚ and land owners. His
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My family and I have always loved are camping trips‚ especially the ones the take us deep into the depths of the Sierra Nevada mountians. There’s a very unique and beautiful camp ground near Mammoth Lakes called Devils Postpile. My is it beautiful‚ two gigantic crystal clear lakes‚ wildlife sites that could easily be posted in any National Geographic magazine‚ and trout that have enough meat on their bones to suvive in the deepest of any ocean. One little problem I always have
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become his primary inspiration to pursue photography. Strangely enough the 1906 earthquake made a permanent mark on him as he was thrown to the ground breaking his nose. When he was 17 he gained his early experience and inspiration by working for the Sierra Club at the Club ’s LeConte Memorial Lodge‚ in Yosemite National Park. Ansel eventually became a photographer for the clubs annual outings. He is best known as a visionary figure for natural photography as well as for his passion in preserving the
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Muir in my eyes remains a hero to the wilderness and the natural world. He sought to preserve the Yosemite national park. Through this he tried to bring awareness and knowledge to the common people with the hopes that they would learn and come to appreciate nature in the ways he did. He desired for people to experience the love he had for the wilderness. The excitement he got from the simplest things nature brought him was indescribable. From childhood where he was brought up in Scotland‚ he
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The History of Valve Software The story of Valve Software is a story of two men with a dream. Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington joined with Microsoft in the early days of the company designing the earliest Windows operating systems‚ and after thirteen years with them had become what were known as “Microsoft Millionaires.” Both men enjoyed playing video games and inspired by a friend who left Microsoft to join game development studio ID Software‚ they decided to leave their lucrative positions at
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Q1) Choose an Asian film from WEEKS 1-6 of the course and provide a critical analysis and account of its press/critical reception and/or marketing (in its country of origin‚ overseas‚ or both). ______________________________________________________________________________ Yojimbo BY MUSTAFA I. ABDELMAGEED As Kurosawa himself once pointed out‚ the story of Yojimbo is so simple it ’s a wonder nobody thought of it before. A quick summary of “Yojimbo”‚ The film stars Toshiro Mifune as Kuwabatake
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