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cfortheloveofwater · 7 years ago
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Was It ‘Illegal’ For Trump To Shrink Utah’s Monuments? The Battle Begins
President Trump has dramatically scaled back two national land monuments in Utah. The administration and Republican leaders in Utah say taking the land out of the hands of the federal government will allow the state to decide what to do with it, including protecting some areas and possibly allowing development in others.
As expected, environmental and Native American groups were outraged. Patagonia, which sells outdoor clothing and gear, splashed a statement across its website reading “The President Stole Your Land,” and calling Trump’s move “illegal.”
The battle over Trump’s authority to shrink monuments may be just beginning. Native American tribes and conservation groups are mounting legal challenges, even as the administration turns its focus to possibly shrinking half a dozen more in other states.
Before President Trump even finished his triumphal visit to Utah yesterday, the first lawsuits were being filed.
At the center of this sage brush battle is a relatively obscure federal law called the Antiquities Act. Signed by President Teddy Roosevelt in 1906, it was intended to stop the pilfering of ancient Indian artifacts from public land. But it also gave presidents the authority to create national monuments on their own without Congress.
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cfortheloveofwater · 7 years ago
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Earliest example of large hydraulic enterprise excavated in China
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A team of researchers from several institutions in China has uncovered one of the largest water management projects in the ancient world in what is now a part of the eastern coast of modern China. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes their finding and compares it to other ancient water management systems.
Over 5000 years ago, people living in the Yangtze River Delta apparently grew weary of the flooding that periodically destroyed their crops. They embarked on what became one of the largest water management projects in the ancient world, moving earth and piling it in desired ways to change over 10,000 hectares of landscape to suit their needs. The researchers at the site have been working for four years uncovering the large hydraulic system that was built to support Liangzhu Ancient City. 
The researchers report that laborers spent years digging up dirt to make canals, piled it to make dams, and even installed a system of gates to control movement of the water. Read more.
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cfortheloveofwater · 7 years ago
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There's nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and wildlife are native. The fundamental idea behind the parks is native. In brief, the country belongs to the people; it's in the process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us. The parks stand as the outward symbol of this great human principle.
FDR (1934)
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cfortheloveofwater · 7 years ago
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Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.
Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves
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cfortheloveofwater · 7 years ago
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Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.
Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper
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cfortheloveofwater · 7 years ago
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It was a sign of growing up, when the darkness made no more difference to you than the day.
Roddy Doyle
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cfortheloveofwater · 7 years ago
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I have a mind to confuse things, Unite them, bring them to birth, Mix them up, and undress them. That is, until the light of the world Has the oneness of the ocean, And a generous, vast wholeness, That gives a mesmeric fragrance.
Pablo Neruda, “Too Many Names”
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cfortheloveofwater · 7 years ago
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Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.
Rumi
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cfortheloveofwater · 7 years ago
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o debería aprender a amar y ayudar a los demás. Quiero dar a más de mí corazon a el mundo. Por lo tanto, tendré que pensar menos de mí. Si ese es el precio de amor, estoy dispuesto a enfrentarlo.
Desconocido
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cfortheloveofwater · 7 years ago
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I've come to believe that there exists in the universe, something I call, "The Physics of The Quest" — a force of nature governed by laws as real as the laws of gravity or momentum. And the rule of Quest Physics maybe goes like this, If you are brave enough to leave behind, everything familiar and comforting to you, and set out on a truth-seeking journey. If you are truly willing to regard everything that happens to you as a clue. If you accept, everyone you meet along the way as a teacher. If you are prepared – most of all – to face  some very difficult realities about yourself... then, the truth will not be withheld from you.
Liz Gilbert; Eat, Pray, Love
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cfortheloveofwater · 7 years ago
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People change. There is no use, getting sentimental about it. You change, too. Move on. Find someone else who compliments the new you.
Everyone
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cfortheloveofwater · 7 years ago
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Sean siempre capaces de sentir en lo más hondo, cualquier injusticia cometida contra cualquiera, en cualquier parte del mundo. Es la cualidad más lindo de revolucionario.
Ernesto Che Guevara, Octubre 1966,
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La universidad debe ser flexible: pintarse de negro, de mulato, de obrero, de campesino, o quedarse sin puertas. Y el pueblo la romperá y él pintará la universidad con los colores que le parezca
Ernesto Che Guevara, 28 de Diciembre 1959, Discurso recibir el Doctorado Honors Causa de la Universidad Central de las Villas
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cfortheloveofwater · 7 years ago
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Si usted es capaz de temblar de indignación cada vez que se comete una injusticia en el mundo, somos compañeros, que más importante.
Ernesto Che Guevara, 20 Febrero 1964, La Habaña, Respuesta de Che a la Sra. María Rosario Guevara
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cfortheloveofwater · 7 years ago
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Unir a estudiantes con la conciencia de la importancia que tiene el actor creativo que realiza día a día, hacer del trabajo algo creador, algo nuevo.
Ernesto Che Guevara, 20 de Octubre, 1962
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cfortheloveofwater · 7 years ago
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La juventud tiene que crear. Una juventud que no crea es una anomalia.
Ernesto Che Guevara, 20 de Octubre, 1962
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cfortheloveofwater · 7 years ago
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I’ve noticed something about people who make a difference in the world: They hold the unshakable conviction that individuals are extremely important, that every life matters. They get excited over one smile. They are willing to feed one stomach, educate one mind, and treat one wound. They aren’t determined to revolutionize the world all at once; they’re satisfied with small changes. Over time, though, the small changes add up. Sometimes they even transform cities and nations, and yes, the world.
Beth Clark, Kisses from Katie
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