A short biography of man who founded the Sierra Club, from his Scottish roots to his boyhood in the Wisconsin wilderness, his travels to California, and his work as a naturalist.
Biography of an explorer, naturalist, writer, founder of the Sierra Club, and early proponent of wilderness preservation who was influential in establishing our national park system.
ON JOHN MUIR TRAIL: Four men, two from California, and two from Australia plan a mountain adventure. This adventure is shown with dozens of pictures and their captions. An overview of the general area shows how it changes along the route going in. Lakes and mountains prevail. Of these, Sally Keyes lakes and many of the mountains are special. A pack station contains supplies for the trip in. These are divided evenly by weight for pack mules to carry equal loads. Characteristics of the land crossed change with interest along the route. Campsite is reached at Sally Keyes lakes, and preparations are made for the stay, which include meals eaten, sleeping area, and of course, fishing. The history and utility of the "Firewood Tree" provide interest. The Trail offers snow, a storm and a minor injury. These are followed by a "rest day" at camp. "Special Moments" and "Miscellaneous" yield small items for mostly visual collection. They will stimulate future years-long memories. Others, such as the "Fairy Ring" remain, to charm those who instead see it now.
This paper uses the IMF's Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal Model to compute shortrun multipliers of fiscal stimulus measures and long-run crowding-out effects of higher debt. Multipliers of two-year stimulus range from 0.2 to 2.2 depending on the fiscal instrument, the extent of monetary accommodation and the presence of a financial accelerator mechanism. A permanent 0.5 percentage point increase in the U.S. deficit to GDP ratio raises the U.S. tax burden and world real interest rates in the long run, thereby reducing U.S. and rest of the world output by 0.3-0.6 and 0.2 percent, respectively.
Belger Art Center for Creative Studies, University of Missou
Published Date
ISBN 10
0914489224
ISBN 13
9780914489221
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