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The Pittock Mansion was home to Portland pioneers Henry and Georgiana Pittock from 1914 to 1919. During the late 1800s and the early 1900s, their lives and work paralleled the growth of Portland from a small Northwest town site to a thriving city with a quarter million population. With its eclectic architectural design and richly decorated interior, including family artifacts, the Pittock Mansion stands today as a living memorial of this family’s contributions to the blossoming of Portland and its people.
English-born Henry Lewis Pittock journeyed on a wagon train from Pennsylvania to Oregon in 1853 where, at the young age of 19, and in his own words, “barefoot and penniless,” he began working for Thomas Jefferson Dryer’s Weekly Oregonian newspaper. In 1860, at the age of 26, he married 15-year-old Georgiana Martin Burton of Missouri. Six years prior, Georgiana had crossed the plains from Keokuk, Iowa to Oregon Territory with her parents. Georgiana’s father E.M. Burton was a flour mill owner and one of early Portland’s well known building contractors.
Together, Henry and Georgiana began a long life of work, community service, and devotion to family, which would last 58 years and celebrate six children and eighteen grandchildren.
A consummate businessman, Henry Pittock took ownership of the Weekly Oregonian in 1860, changing its format to the daily paper we read today. He went on to build an empire incorporating real estate, banking, railroads, steamboats, sheep ranching, silver mining, and the pulp and paper industry.
Georgiana dedicated herself to improving the lives of the community’s women and children. She helped found the Ladies Relief Society in 1867, whose Children’s Home provided care, food, and shelter for needy children. Georgiana also worked with the Woman’s Union, and played a key role in building the Martha Washington Home for single, working women.
The couple was known for their quiet reserve, helpful demeanor, and love for the outdoors. Georgiana cherished gardening, and kept a terraced flower garden at the mansion covered with every kind of flower imaginable. She frequently adorned her house with cut flowers, and is recognized for originating the tradition of Portland’s annual Rose Festival.
A vigorous outdoorsman, Henry rode horses in the Rose Festival parades, and was a member of the first party to climb Mt. Hood, one of the spectacular peaks visible from the mansion. On one of his climbing expeditions, someone suggested that the group sit down and rest, at which point Henry responded, “The man who sits down never reaches the top.”
Henry and Georgiana were at the pinnacle of their successful lives when they commissioned architect Edward Foulkes to design and build their new home overlooking Portland, the city they loved.
They began planning and designing their new home in 1909. The mansion was completed in 1914, replete with stunningly progressive features including a central vacuum system, intercoms, and indirect lighting. The house also creatively incorporated Turkish, English, and French designs. In keeping with their loyalty to their home state, the Pittocks hired Oregon craftsmen and artisans, and used Northwest materials to build the house. The final estate included the mansion, a three-car garage, a greenhouse, and the Italianate gate lodge servants’ residence, all situated on 46 acres of land almost 1,000 feet above downtown Portland.
At 80 and 68 respectively, Henry and Georgiana moved to their new home. The hard-working couple who had lived in the heart of Portland as it developed from a forest clearing to a bustling business center, now resided high in the hills, with a breathtaking vista of their beloved Portland. It was a warm and gracious house for both the adults and children of the family.
Georgiana died in 1918 at the age of 72, and Henry in 1919 at 84. The Pittock family remained in residence at the mansion until 1958, when Peter Gantenbein, a Pittock grandson who had been born in the house, put the estate on the market.
The threat of demolition at the hands of land developers, and the extensive damage caused by a storm in 1962, brought concerned citizens together to raise funds to preserve the site. Seeing this popular support, and agreeing that the house had tremendous value as a unique historic resource, the City of Portland purchased the estate in 1964 for $225,000. Fifteen months were spent restoring it. The mansion opened to the public in 1965, and has been a community landmark ever since.
A house of historical significance and visual magnificence, the Pittock Mansion today offers us a uniquely personal opportunity to peek into the past, and study our world as it was - from the viewpoint of one Portland family
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Explore #130: Check out the strange optical illusion created by staring in between the two shapes... they appear to move apart from each other... Weird hey?
By the way: It's a macro shot of bar codes on two cans of deodorant standing side by side....
From our recent trip to Vancouver. Nice rosetta and I love the color of the cup and saucer. From 49th Parallel on Main St in Mt. Pleasant.
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Bryce Point, Bryce Canyon National Park
Sunset at Bryce Canyon was the most beautiful when the sun had just descended below the horizon, dying the sky rosy pink. The array of hoodoos shone softly and delicately on the dark backdrop of remote mountains. It was one of the most mesmerizing sights I had ever seen.
Normal daily life along a different timeline - which we cannot find - but have the feeling that it exists - but
Certainly!
Quantum computing represents a groundbreaking advancement in technology, deeply intertwined with the concepts of superposition, entanglement, and interference from quantum physics. Unlike classical computing, which processes information in a linear fashion using bits (0s and 1s), quantum computing utilizes quantum bits or qubits that can exist in multiple states simultaneously. This enables quantum computers to perform numerous calculations at once, effectively navigating through a vast landscape of potential solutions.
The idea of parallel timelines can be likened to the way quantum computers operate. Each decision or computation can be viewed as branching into multiple outcomes, similar to how different timelines might unfold based on various choices. This means that a quantum computer can explore various paths to a solution simultaneously, leading to remarkable efficiencies in solving complex problems.
In practical terms, this capability could revolutionize fields such as cryptography, where quantum computers may break existing encryption methods faster than classical computers. In material science, they could simulate quantum phenomena to discover new materials with desirable properties. Additionally, in optimization problems across various industries, quantum computing offers the potential to find the most efficient solutions more rapidly than traditional methods.
In summary, the link between quantum computing and the concept of parallel timelines highlights a fascinating intersection of technology and theoretical physics, suggesting that our understanding of reality may be more complex and interconnected than we previously imagined.
Good thing I went shooting the other day... teehee. I was torturing the poor girl in the cold to pose :))
Special thanks to her.
Parallel Realities
Everything you experience as solid and "real" is a vibration of energy – held, or locked in place, by belief systems. If, for a moment, you could set aside all mental programs about your reality, you would experience an entirely different perspective of what you call reality.
We would like you to receive the idea that there are several realities, several outcomes, several parallel realities that could always manifest.... You and others are broadcasting energy in the form of your thoughts, your emotions, and your beliefs at all times. As you send the energy forth, several realities are always possible. The reality that manifests is the one you have focused more of your energy on.
We are encouraging you to.... embrace the countless realities that are only a frequency, a vibration away.
~ Morning Messages
Image from Global Bitcoin Summit, Beijing:
First introduction of the Caring Currency -
MEANINGFUL FUN & SOCIAL PROFIT
Caring Currency Project – a Fun and Exciting opportunity to be happier, make more friends find meaning in your life and build your reputation as being Part Of the Solution (POS) in business, society… JOIN US, and make China and the world a better place.
(How China Saved the World)
How? Help us create, develop and share the “Caring Currency” ecosystem – a much needed complimentary and alternative ecosystem to the high stress, high pressure, low satisfaction lifestyles we are living today. Become Part Of the Solution, create a Caring Currency used in a Lifestyle Of Health, Happiness And Sustainability (LOHHAS).
Ecosystem?
We live in ecosystems - Cultural, Financial and Environmental…they’re all related and interdependent. Actually, everything is dependent on our Environmental Ecosystem, because without food, water and air there is no human culture or opportunity to do business and support the human world we’ve created. Caring Currency will fill the gaps and connect the dots, making our lives meaningful.
The BLOCKCHAIN
The BLOCKCHAIN is the brilliant underlying technology of Bitcoin, creating a world-wide, peer-to-peer medium of exchange, accounting system with methods to store value. Build your reputation in a trustless system - no third party, but instead a face-to-face and peer-to-peer people-oriented platform. Caring Currency has priceless, special values - human values.
What about business? Show Me the Money...
Smart people realize that money is only money. You can’t eat or drink it. You can’t have a conversation with it, and as much as we need it and want it, it distorts our perspectives and controls our lives in many negative ways. The pursuit of money alone hurts us and the planet we depend on.
Caring Currency is a financial business on the BLOCKCHAIN – the home of the Republic Of Conscience.
Caring Currency is a New, Parallel World – in the Republic Of Conscience
Hard to define in old terms, nothing comparable to the Republic Of Conscience has existed until the connectivity of the internet and accounting of the BLOCKCHAIN made it possible… Old financial terms and structures that existed prior to the BLOCKCHAIN and Bitcoin – Money, Security, medium of exchange etc. will be naturally updated to freely serve people around the world in new ways.
Freedom..
Although we live different nations, with all their opportunities and restrictions, we can free ourselves from those burdens by changing our attitudes, outlook and decision-making criteria. Caring Currency expresses the Freedom of our individual State Of Mind in the Republic Of Conscience.
FUN…and Education
With a variety of fun coin names like KuaiLeBi (Happy Coin) and DUCKeCOIN, Caring Currency is (1.) first meant to bring light-hearted fun and smiles to people’s faces and make their lives and relationships happier, and (2.) secondly, exercise the practice of giving back to society, building generosity, social cohesion and harmony. (3.) Thirdly, give the masses practical, technical experience with virtualcurrency, wallets and transferring values through the BLOCKCHAIN.
INVESTMENT
What is most important to you? Money or Friends?
I have a question for you… can you buy friends?
Some people think they can, but the quality of those friendships are always very poor.
However, you can definitely “invest” in friendship by INVESTING IN YOURSELF. (To find more friends, you must invest in learning to BE a friend!)
HOW YOU CAN LEAD A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, MORE MEANINGFUL LIFE
Take CARE of yourself,
Invest in yourself…
YOUR NETWORK - Join the leaders of the new world based on the BLOCKCHAIN...
YOUR EXPERTISE – the BLOCKCHAIN is less than 5 years old, you know more than most people!
YOUR SKILL SET – this is your opportunity to experiment, test and try new things!
YOUR RELATIONSHIPS – improve your relationships by improving yourself.
YOUR WEALTH – build a fortune to live a secure and meaningful future.
YOUR AMBITION – Helping others reach their positive goals, will provide the platform and resources for your ambitions.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
We are developing a new way to “buy friends” and gain respect – winning their hearts and minds through appreciation and “gifting” through the Caring Currency ecosystem.
Some people call it “Pay It Forward” but simply put, we’re developing a system of quantifying, distributing and recycling our goodwill. Join us and learn more.
What we need: Your skills, passion and commitment.
The benefit to you… Participating with passionate people, where you will find inspiration to create your own state of mind, money-making businesses and spinoffs.
What you need to do – no experience necessary!
Show your courage, commitment and support – Send us a 3 Finger Photo of yourself, and a brief explanation of your skills and how you want to use your skills to create a Caring Currency for a better world. Don’t forget to smile_\!/
Parallels swag table at MacTech Conference 2010. One of the MacTech Conference kiosks can be seen in the background.
72 Bild Serie Erstfeld - Göschenen:
Re 420 222 + Re 4/4 ziehen gemeinsam einen Eurocity oberhalb von Erstfeld Richtung Süden!
Man sieht hier das auch Cargo Lokomotiven vor Personenzügen eingesetzt werden!
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Nordrampe der Gotthardbahn / Gotthard Nordrampe E.rstfeld - G.öschenen
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B.ahnhof E.rstfeld (Uri - 472m - G.rosses L.okomotivdepot der S.BB und Beginn der 26 Promil -
R.ampe) - B.ahnhof A.msteg - S.ilenen (Uri - 544.4m) - W.indgällentunnel (Länge 183 m) -
K.erstelenbachbrücke / C.härstelenbachbrücke (Länge 127m) - B.ristentunnel (Länge 709m) -
I.ntschireussbrücke (Länge 121m) - I.ntschitunnel (Länge 88m) - E.hemalige H.altestelle
I.ntschi - Z.graggentalbrücke (Länge 89m) - Z.graggentunnel (Länge 68m) - B.reitentunnel
(Länge 57m) - M.eitschligerk.urve - M.eitschlingentunnel (Länge 74 m) - S.äckenviadukt
(Länge 120 m) - M.örschlisbachgalerie (Länge 25 m) - B.ahnhof G.urtnellen (Uri - Höhe 737.6m) - H.äggeribachtunnel (Länge 92m) - P.faffensprungkehrtunnel (S.piraltunnel, Länge 1`476m) -
M.uhrentunnel (Länge 53 m) - M.ühletunnel (Länge 88m) - U.ntere M.eienreussbrücke
(Länge 60m) - K.irchbergtunnel (Länge 300m) - W.attingerkurve - U.nterer W.attingerbrücke - W.attingerkehrtunnel (Länge 1`084m) - O.bere W.attingerbrücke - R.ohrbachtunnel
(Länge 230m) - B.ahnhof W.assen (Uri - Höhe 928.1m) - M.ittlere E.ntschigtal G.alerie
(Länge 185m) - M.ittlere M.eienreussbrücke (Länge 122m) - S.trahllochtunnel (Länge 40m) -
L.eggisteinkehrtunnel (Länge 1`090m) - O.bere M.eienreussbrücke (Länge 54m) -
M.aienkreuztunnel (Länge 78m) - O.bere E.ntschigtal G.alerie (Länge 102m) - K.ellerbachbrücke
(Länge 70m) - R.ohrbachbrücke (Länge 61m) - N.axbergtunnel (Länge 1`570m) - E.ggwald -
B.ahnhof G.öschenen (Uri - 1`105.9 - N.ordportal des G.otthard - B.ahntunnel)
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Parallel dazu die Bilder der entsprechenden Abschnitte der M.odell - A.nlage im V.erkehrshaus
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The Gotthardrailway go through a small valley from the r.euss and is a important line between G.ermany and I.taly in Switzerland in Europe
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Eine Reise in Bildern auf der Gotthard Nordrampe von E.rstfeld nach G.öschenen
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Fotografiern an der G.otthard N.ordrampe am 11. Juni 2004
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Mit dem Z.ug von B.ern über L.uzern nach E.rstfeld
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B.us und W.anderung entlang der G.otthard N.ordrampe
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Mit dem Z.ug von E.rstfeld über L.uzern zurück nach B.ern
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Hmmm. It seems walking around with your camera is the 2nd best way to spend a beautiful afternoon. Ok, maybe third. :D
Thinking about memory lanes that you seldom stroll down; bright joys that lie just out of sight; hints of green summer days and happiness carefully filed away; so close but just out of reach.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVdDtIqRwh0
Inside the abandoned Barber Mill.
Happy Towel Day 2009 to all fans of Douglas !
Here's my contribution to the celebration : several of my probabilities brought together, probably each from a different parallel universe. :)
All these books are the French editions of Douglas' novels. However, I've recently ordered the trilogy in English (in the "Picador Boxset"), and I'm waiting for receiving it !
So long !