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For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”

Romans 1:17 (NKJV)

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Me Worry? Matthew 6:25-33

Me Worry? Matthew 6:25-33

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One of the towers of The Cathedral Of The Immaculate Conception. The first Catholic Church in Port of Spain was built in 1781 by the Spanish governor Martin de Salverria on the site that is now known as Tamarind Square. The English governor Sir Ralph Woodford decided to build a church better suited to the growing and predominantly Catholic population. Plans were drawn by the governor’s secretary, Phillip Renagle, and the foundation stone was laid on 24 March 1816. The new church was located west of the existing church at the eastern end of what was MARINE Square, one Independence Square. The building was laid out in the shape of a Latin cross and built of blue metal from the Laventille quarries, with iron framework from England for the doors and windows. Dr James Buckley, Vicar Apostolic to the Holy See, arrived in Trinidad in March 1820 and the church became a Cathedral. Completed in 1832, the Cathedral would be consecrated in 1849 after all the debts had been paid. In 1851 Pope Pius IX declared that the cathedral was to rank as a Minor Basilica. On 2 September the twin towers, originally built of stone, were destroyed by an earthquake and rebuilt in wood as they are today. The towers contain twelve bells and a clock, added in 1879. Written by Olga J. Mavrogordato http://nationaltrust.tt/location/the-cathedral-of-the-immaculate-conception/ #church #cathedral #chrustian #heritage #trinidadhistory #trinidadandtobago #portofspain #spanish (at Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Port of Spain)) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Cwa6XhnDG/?igshid=25co893w8un7

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chrustian reblogged your photoset: Vintage Snowmachines I interviewed a guy today...

Do they sled or ski behind them? Where’s the seat?

In the last photo you can see the seat for the yellow snowmachine. Neither of them currently have a seat attached. The seat looks a bit like a bench from a bench press.

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I've been following you for a while and I've always been kind of wondering on where you went to school/what you studied. Were you an Alaska resident or did you just end up there because reasons? I'm an anthro student and would really like to get into CRM just because I love being in the field but like, I feel like I've got very little direction after it after I'd graduate.

Hey there! So, I’m a very recent graduate (last month!) of the University of Alaska Anchorage with a Masters in Anthropology, with a focus in Applied Anthropology (mine being Cultural Resource Management [CRM]). My thesis focused on osseous tools (bone, antler, ivory) and how the structural and mechanical properties (density, malleability, etc) of the materials from which these tools were manufactured seemed to affect their selection (e.g. ivory is shiny and lustrous, so often domestic items are made of this “luxury” material, and antler is a low-calcium content material which makes it more malleable and less prone to break with forces applied, therefore a lot of projectiles are made from this material). 

I was not an Alaska resident. Prior to moving to Alaska I went to school at the University of Washington where I got my undergrad in 2004. I ended up in Alaska through a field school at Broken Mammoth in 2005, one of the earliest sites in Alaska, dating to the Late Pleistocene. In 2006, I began the graduate program at UAA, and as a TA, I was lucky enough to get a tuition waiver and very small stipend (not even enough for rent), which was still totally worth it. 

I’m unsure how common it is, but UAA offers CRM-oriented classes. I took CRM, Section 106, and Ethics in Archaeology, all of which are integral in understanding the process and how consultation works. All the theoretical stuff is interesting, but in the real world, you do need some practical guidance to understand how to navigate through the laws. If you’re interested, Tom King is an amazing source for CRM. Check out his book, Saving Places that Matter, and his blog, CRM Plus. Your state’s SHPO should also have federal bulletins and state regulations on hand, sometimes with enough to give out to aspiring CRM archaeologists. 

This stuff can be rather mundane and not really what we thought we were signing up for, but consultation and mitigation is really an integral part in preserving our cultural heritage. So even if a project is slated to destroy an entire site that defines a culture, if the process follows as it was designed, at the end, each party involved should leave with some showing of satisfaction. 

But really, there are a lot of sources online if you know what to search for. The National Park Service explains a lot of the process rather well. And if you’re brand new to the CRM world, I would suggest the first step being to understand what criteria allow for finding sites as being culturally significant. 

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have more questions.