Stanford university libraries. As bruce was describing, the bill lane center is dedicated to advancing scholarship and Public Education on the past, present and future of Western North america. So this is a very appropriate program for them, and the Stanford University libraries offers access to a comprehensive range of Scholarly Resources both print and digital format in support of research and nstruction here at stanford. Today we inaugurate a new lane Center Initiative called arts west. It is designed to place a spotlight on the rich contributions of the arts and humilities in the american west. Arts west offers the Stanford Community innovative public programming, on the writers, artists and cultural leaders that make the west a Fertile Ground for global creativity and artistic vision. It offers two distinctive series , the great writers of the west focuses on our western literary heritage and the great artists of the west elevates the western visual arts. We begin today with the c
On holidays, too. Follow us on twitter, like us on facebook. And find our programs and schedule on our website, cspan. Org history. Next on American History tv, a panel of scholars discusses the life and legacy of novelist, journalist, photographer, and social activist jack london. In this twohour program, well see a selection of his photo journalism and learn how the author of the call of the wild has influenced generations of western writers. The bill lane center for the American West and Stanford University libraries cohosted this event. Thank you, bruce. Hello, my name is marc levin, and im an affiliated scholar with the Billing Center for the american center. A program today is called jack london, apostil of the American West. And is being cosponsors by bill lane center for American West and the Stanford University libraries. As bruce was describing, the Billings Center is dedicated to advancing scholarship and Public Education on the past, present, and future of Western North ame
My name is mark lavigne and im an affiliated scholar with the Billing Center for the American West. Our program today is called jack london, apostle of the American West. And it is being cosponsored by stanfords bill lane center for the American West and the Stanford University libraries. As bruce was describing, the bill lane center is dedicated to advancing scholarship and Public Public education on the past, present and future of Western North america. So this is a very appropriate program for them, and the Stanford University libraries offers access to a comprehensive range of Scholarly Resources both print and digital format in support of research and instruction here at stanford. Today we inaugurate a new lane Center Initiative called arts west. It is designed to place a spotlight on the rich contributions of the arts and humilities in the American West. Arts west offers the Stanford Community innovative public programming, on the writers, artists and cultural leaders that make t
They hold the lowest piece of wood onto the foundation that prevents the allows from sliding during an earthquake that is a bolt over the original construction and these are typically put in along the foundation to secure the house to the Foundation One of the things well show you many types of bolts lets go outside and show the vufrdz were outside the epic center in downtown San Francisco well show 3 different types of bolts we have a e poxy anchor. It is a type of anchor that is adhesive and this is a rod well embed both the awe hey that embeds it into the foundation that will flip over a big square washer so it secured the mud sell to the foundation well need to big drill luckily we have peter from the company that will help us drill the first hole. So, now we have the hole drilled ill stick the bolt in and e postoffice box it. That wouldnt be a bad idea but the dust will prevent the e postoffice box from bonding we need to clean the hole out first. So, now we have properly cleaned
Its an embarrassment to be a witness of what the police does and is allowed to do on the streets of San Francisco, going around and killing people. The police are here to the job of the police is to help, to assist, and it prevent the killing of people, but instead what we see happening is that they are going around the streets killing people as if they were animals. Its very saddening for parents, for mothers and fathers to hear that their loved ones have been assassinated on the street by the Police Department. If there are indeed changes happening for the better, there are improvements happening, reforms happening, we should be able to see them . We should be cognizant of them and be able to see them on the streets, but we dont see them at all. This cannot and should not stay as it is. We need to actually see the reforms that you all talk about on the street. We need to see them here and we need to see them on the streets. So thank you very much and in ending, i would like to thank