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The Mountain View-Los Altos-Los Altos Hills Challenge Team supports and creates programs to help youth make positive decisions and live healthy lives. That theme came forward loud and clear at the team's 2002 Champions for Youth benefit breakfast last Thursday.
Dick Liewer, in his final year as associate superintendent of curriculum in the Los Altos School District, and Brother Sam Robin, Saint Francis High School teacher, were the recipients of the Challenge Team 2002 Champions for Youth Awards.
The Challenge Team is a community-based, non-profit partnership of community organizations which collaborate to prevent alcohol, tobacco and other drug-related problems in our community. The Challenge Team believes in working together to make a difference for youth and for the health and productivity of the community.
Keynote speaker Brother Steve Johnson, co-director of the Graduate School of Education, Santa Clara University, spoke about "Raising an Ethical Adolescent." Johnson coordinates several community projects, training professionals who work with delinquent and troubled youth and developing gang intervention programs.
"We have a challenge in developing character in today's youth," Johnson said, "Character is who you are today after you overcome the sum of a person's virtues and vices, and what you will be tomorrow."
Johnson provided five key positive behavior patterns that parents should adhere to with growing youth: have a daily conversation with your child; always know where your child is by monitoring or checking; know your child's friends and use peers as a source of influence; reinforce desired behavior in a consistent manner; and sanction undesired behavior in a way that is firm, fair and consistent.
Marge Gratiot, superintendent of Los Altos School District, presented the youth award to Liewer.
"Dick is a treasure for all our children," Gratiot said. "He is leaving the school district next month and we will all miss him dearly. After all these years with Dick, it's like a friendly marriage, but now we will be divorced, but I keep all the kids."
Kevin Makley, president of Saint Francis High School, presented Robin's award.
"Sam committed his life to youth and has been an outstanding role model for 13 years at Saint Francis high School, " Makley said. "He not only talks the talk, but walks the walk. He wants youth to be drug free, and adhere to the values of respect of self and respect of others."
Gay Krause, chairperson of champions for youth, was given an award for organizing the program.


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- The context for this chapter includes the intention of this book to help increase the range of ways that ergonomists do research, including using more qualitative methods, and that the kind of research we are discussing here involves human participants. In particular we were charged with the task of showing the principles and practices on which such qualitative research should be based. We have reviewed over thirty ergonomics research papers. We provide summaries of what those papers are about and analyse them in relation to some principles about doing and reporting qualitative research that we develop elsewhere in the chapter. The intention is to comment on how the research could be made more rigorous and reported more completely.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The North Carolina NAACP is preparing for another round of protests at the General Assembly following the arrest of 17 activists.
State chapter president the Rev. William Barber said Friday that more NAACP members and activists aligned with the group will engage in nonviolent demonstrations Monday with the possibility of more arrests. Religious leaders, professors, members of social justice group the Raging Grannies are expected to join the protests.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A protest of Republican policies at the North Carolina General Assembly has ended with the arrests of 17 people.
General Assembly police arrested members of the state chapter of the NAACP and other activists Monday outside the Senate chambers. The demonstrators called attention through prayer and song to what they called a regressive agenda.
Police Chief Jeff Weaver said the protesters will be charged.
The protest was directed at Republican action on health care, unemployment benefits, education and voting rights. The House passed a bill last week requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, which the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People views as a poll tax.
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Stephenie Meyer (born December 24, 1973 in Connecticut) is the American author of the Twilight Saga and several other books.
She grew up in Phoenix, Arizona with a large family. She has five siblings: Emily, Heidi, Paul, Seth and Jacob. She "borrowed" her siblings' names for use in her Twilight novels, most notably for the character of Jacob Black, who is named for her automotive expert brother. Meyer attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where she majored in English. She met her husband Christiaan, nicknamed "Pancho", when she was growing up in Arizona, and married him in 1994; together they have three sons, Gabe, Seth, and Eli. Meyer is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Meyer says that the idea for Twilight came to her in a dream about a girl and a sparkling vampire sitting in a meadow on June 2, 2003, the transcript of which is now Chapter 13 of the book. After writing and editing the novel, she signed a three-book deal with Little, Brown and Company.
The sequel to Twilight, New Moon, had an unintentional staggered release all over North America, beginning in early August 2006. Meyer initially wrote an alternative sequel to Twilight, called Forever Dawn, which she then used as an outline for the remainder of the series. She has stated that the novel will never be published, as it doesn't fall into the genre of young adult. The third book in the series, Eclipse, was released on August 7, 2007. The fourth book, Breaking Dawn, is slated for release on August 2, 2008. Meyer has revealed that Breaking Dawn will be the last book written from Bella Swan's perspective, and stated on her website that there will be more than four books. Meyer has also stated that her other novel, Midnight Sun, will be more of a companion piece to the series than a genuine sequel, as it will describe Twilight from the view of Edward Cullen. A rough first twelve chapters of Midnight Sun have been posted on Meyer's website, because Meyer apparently didn't have enough sense not to show it to people other than her editor, and Midnight Sun has been (hopefully permanently) postponed. The band Muse features prominently in the Twilight series. Meyer is a huge fan, and always includes songs by the band in her playlists for the books. She has also told fans that a concert featured in her third book is a Muse concert, and that some of the main characters are fans of Muse. Muse now has many new fans in the way of rabid fangirls (whose usual music taste include Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers). Many Youtube videos have been made by the fangirls, setting pictures of Robert Pattison and Kirsten Stewert to popular songs by Muse. Massive amounts of headdesking has occured amongst Muse fans due to this. In the upcoming Twilight movie, it is confirmed that the song "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse will be used in the soundtrack, much to the chagrin of the real fans.
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Meyer's first novel, Twilight, was published in October of 2005. By November, Twilight had reached #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list for young adult chapter books.[1]
Meyer soon published the sequel to Twilight, New Moon, in August 2006. In its first week of release, it debuted at the number 5 position on the New York Times Best Seller List for Children's Chapter Books. In its second week it rose to the number 1 position, where it remained for the next eleven weeks. In total, it spent over 50 weeks on the list.[2] On May 5, 2007, the special edition of New Moon was released. It included New Moon temporary tattoos, an Eclipse poster, and the first chapter of Eclipse.
On August 7, 2007, Eclipse, the third book in the Twilight Saga, was released. In total, the three books have spent a combined 143 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list.[3]
One of Meyer's stories was published in Prom Nights from Hell, a collection of stories about bad prom nights with supernatural effects. Other authors who contributed to this collection are Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, and Lauren Myracle. Prom Nights from Hell was released April 10, 2007.
On May 6, 2008, Meyer's adult sci-fi novel, The Host, was released by the adult division of Little, Brown and Company; it follows the story of Melanie Stryder and Wanderer, a young woman and an invading "soul", who are forced to work as one in order to find Jamie and Jared, Melanie's little brother and the love of Melanie's life respectively.
On May 31, 2008, the special edition of Eclipse was released. It contains the cover art and first chapter of Breaking Dawn[4] as well as "Team Edward" and "Team Jacob" t-shirt transfers.
Breaking Dawn was released on August 2nd, 2008 in North America. The book was released two days later, on the 4th of August in places outside of North America.
It is unknown just how many brain cells have been killed by any of these books.
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Minister Reynders on the 10th European and World Day Against the Death Penalty
On the occasion of the 10th European and World Day Against the Death Penalty, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders has observed that significant progress has been made since 2002: 21 countries have abolished the death penalty for all criminal offences, while the number of countries that actually practise the death penalty has been reduced by more than a third. But the fact that some countries have recommenced executions demonstrates that the fight to completely abolish the death penalty is not yet won.
Consequently Belgium, together with the EU, remains committed on several fronts to the fight against the death penalty. The death penalty is an unacceptable infringement of human dignity, and a cruel, inhumane and degrading punishment.
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It's called a character arc, and everybody has one. It's the progression of a character throughout a film as they go from "A" to "B" and change emotionally, intellectually, and physically along the way. It exists because nobody sane wants to watch two hours of some dude sitting in a chair…which just so happens to be the story of how this very list was made.
When it comes to action, horror, and any other fast-paced genre of film, one of the best things about watching the characters adapt is that since the environment they exist in is so do-or-die, there is a incredibly steep learning curve – so by the end of the film, you most likely have a completely different person you started with…and considering that they are still alive, they probably got way, way more badass along the way.
10. Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise
Ellen is on the top of this list not because she was found to be the least badass in the end – keep in mind that this isn't a contest of how badass a person got but rather a contest of how badass they got compared to how they started. The point is, Ripley is up top because she was already pretty badass to begin with. By the end of the first film she's killing aliens in her damn underwear – that's just breakfast for her. For lunch she's inside a bipedal forklift showing a queen alien just how things go down in her neighborhood. At this point, there are now two giant jet-black space demons just drifting through the vacuum of space thanks to her.
Oh, but she ain't done, no – she hates these things so much that the moment one of them is incubating inside her she takes a dive into a big ass furnace just to spite the little bastard. On her way down, the thing even tries to make a literal break for it, erupting out of her chest – so what does she do? She holds it so it can't escape.
That needs repeating: she holds the alien baby that has just violently exploded from her chest. Who do you know in this film that would have had the presence of mind to do that? Until this – literally everyone who is killed by a chest-burster reacts the exact same way: screaming and dying. And she holds on to it.
Then for dessert she comes back as a cloned half-alien psycho lady. She goes from a blue-collar space worker to having goddamn acid for blood in four films. That's some badass right there.
9. David Sumner in Straw Dogs
Weird movie. Watching it you expect things to unfold the way they do, but not for the reasons they do. They establish right away this group of ruffians working on David's roof, and the extreme tension between them. It's clear through many, many horrible moments that these guys are only getting closer and closer to meaning this man harm – and it's clear that David, a timid mathematician, is not really capable of defending himself in the least.
This is why it's interesting that in the end of this film, David and his wife find themselves locked in their house trying to keep these men out – only, it's not because they want to get at David or his wife, but rather another man that David accidentally hit with his car and is now in possession of. They suspect this man of a crime, and they wish for swift justice upon him and nothing more. It's very weird – but it makes the turn to badass that much more awesome.
You see, David has a choice: he could just shove this most likely guilty man out the door and give him to the group, who will probably beat him to death and then leave David and his wife alone. Considering that until this moment he's basically ducked any confrontation when possible, you'd think that would be the option he goes with. But no – David's had enough of this shit, and he decides out of principle that he isn't going to give these assholes what they want. As he puts it: "I will not allow violence against this house." Freaking badass.
And then well – blood, lots of blood as David just goes berserk on these guys – hitting them with knives, hot oil, and freaking bear traps like he's Brock Sampson or something. It's the most brutal you'll ever see Dustin Hoffman.
8. Laurie Strode in the Halloween series
The character of Laurie Strode is pretty much the poster child for the helpless horror teenage girl. She's the OG of hiding in closets and running in terror. In fact, the entire franchise is really the perfect example of the killer/victim relationship in slasher films – one side is screaming, running, jumping, hiding and the other side is just kind of chilling out and walking around and somehow people still manage to die. It really makes no sense – it's like a ferret trying to escape a beached shark, if it calmed down it would probably figure out that it's really not such a hard situation. Okay, that was probably the worst analogy I've ever made, but whatever.
The point is, Laurie is mega-helpless from the start, and then after two films of screaming, the franchise forgets about her until 20 years later. This time around, while still traumatized by it all, she's prepared to take action – with an ax! Axtion! After making sure her kid get away from Myers she makes the switch from hunted to hunter, and actually goes after her brother with the intent to end this freaking series once and for all. After stabbing him repeatedly she knows, just like us watching, that the bastard hasn't had enough – so she steals an ambulance and crashes it with him on the hood.
Then comes the truly badass moment where this once scared little teenage girl is face to face with her demon, her brother, who at that moment attempts to appeal to her softer side, only to get the ax treatment instead. It has to be one of the best ending moments of a horror series ever. And no – shut it right now before you try to tell me that there was another movie after this. I don't remember such movie you speak of so don't try. Shhhh – no. No.
7. The Narrator in Fight Club
This is a weird one because when you really think about it – the change happened a lot stranger than how we see it. To us, we see this complacent everyman who suddenly meets the version of himself he's always wanted to be, and slowly through his help becomes just as badass as his friend, only to realize that the whole time he's been talking to himself.
That twist, when you go back and watching the film knowing it, means that his transformation was probably a hell of a lot more bizarre than we're led to believe. Suddenly, to those around him it's not gradual and smooth so much as it is rocky and awkward – every day he gets better, but only by constantly fluctuating between being wicked badass and totally whiny. He goes through with terrorism on a massive level and simultaneously fights himself every step of the way.
It's funny to think about that scene where he and Tyler are driving in a car with their space monkeys and Tyler eggs him into letting the car crash. To sit in the back seat listening to a man argue with himself about taking his hands off the wheel has to be a pretty strong indicator that you've joined up with the wrong men's club, you know?
What's great about this guy's process, his path to enlightenment, is that it actually makes sense – the saying goes that you first "kill" your parents, then your god, and then your teacher in order to cast off all your limitations in life. This is exactly what happens, down to the ending of the film when the narrator "kills" Tyler, his teacher.
6. Samantha Caine in The Long Kiss Goodnight
This is one of those films out there that has been long forgotten, but still really holds up in the 'wisecracking' department. Probably my favorite of the action one liners in this film has to be when Samuel L. Jackson's character complains about putting a gun in his pants worrying that he'll 'shoot his damn dick off' and Samantha replies with 'Now you're a sharpshooter?" Booya! That's some 90s action film banter right there.
Anywho, this is basically The Bourne Identity only six years earlier and with Geena Davis. Davis plays a sweet little schoolteacher with amnesia of eight years who suddenly finds out that she is a bona fide CIA murder machine hotty. Suddenly as everything slowly starts rushing back she begins to take on her old self – slaughtering with the greatest of ease. It all comes to be a wonderful reversal of the typical action film guy/girl relation as this badass lady pretty much treats Samuel L. like some piece of meat that she has to occasionally save now and then. Sure he gets a few punches in there, but as would any action movie sidechick had the genders been reversed.
All in all it's 90s action in a nutshell: killer dialogue, convoluted villain motive, kidnapped little girl, ticking time bomb, and Samuel L. Jackson. All the ingredients.


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Plus, she was useful from the beginning when team 7 was made.
Every each benefits from the other.
Naruto from Sakura's intelligence and Sasuke's talent, Sakura from her more capable teammates and Sasuke would benefit from working with others.
Whoever didn't see this right from the beginning when it was clearly stated that the teams were made to have a certain balance means that didn't understood a thing from the manga they're reading.
Now, all that Sakura needs it's let's say, a higher importance, though she has one, but it's overlooked by the flow of over-powered characters.
I also remembered when she analyzed Zetsu saying that he is some sort of alter-ego of Hashirama, thing that none of the other character have done.
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Gilbert, Grove Karl
Grove Karl Gilbert, about 1910. Photo courtesy US Geological Survey
Grove Karl Gilbert (or "GK" Gilbert, 1843-1918) was one of the leading geologists of the late 1800s and early 1900s and, compared to his contemporaries in the field of geomorphology, he is the one with the greatest influence on current thinking.
Early Years
Gilbert was born in Rochester, New York. Little is known about his mother, but his father was a portrait painter. The close-knit family lived frugally and spent evenings in intellectual pursuits such as group poetry writing, riddle solving and reading aloud. He sought out such an enriching environment his whole life.
GK attended public school some, but because of poor health, much of his education came from his family. (It's not clear what his health problems were.) He was a voracious learner who spent his entire life as a studious, hardworking, mild mannered and nice person. He attended Rochester University, where languages, logic, rhetoric and mathematics dominated the classical education prevalent at the time. But he also was well educated in Newtonian physics and learned a bit of geology and botany, as well. His family insisted that, while there, he improve his health with vigorous outdoor exercise which helped prepare him for the arduous field work in his future.
Gilbert graduated at age nineteen, just as the Civil War was beginning. His uncertain health may have prevented him from being drafted and he apparently had no interest in enlisting. Instead, he tried to pay off college debt by becoming a teacher to farm children in Michigan. Unable to discipline his students, he failed at this job and quit before completing his first year.
In 1863, he apprenticed to "Cosmos Hall" back in Rochester. Explorers around the world were collecting natural history specimens, like fossils and minerals, and Cosmos Hall processed and sold them, mostly to museums. His office work and occasional field expeditions helped him develop a knowledge and love of geology. On an expedition near Albany, New York to excavate a mastodon skeleton, the leader got injured and Gilbert took over the project. He later returned to the site and attempted to understand changes to the landscape since the mastodon lived there. This included estimating the upstream migration rate of the local waterfall. This study involving the environmental reconstruction of past landscapes began the path he followed in his career in geology.
After five years at Cosmos Hall, Gilbert sought a job that would train him better to be a geologist. He became a volunteer assistant at the Geological Survey of Ohio. Because he was not a citizen of the state, he could not be an official employee, but as a volunteer, he received a stipend for his living expenses. John Strong Newberry, one of the leading American geologists of the time, led the Survey. Newberry taught GK much and introduced him to other leading luminaries in American science. The main focus of the Survey was to aid industry, mostly through mining studies, and agriculture, mainly through mapping soils and related resources. But purely scientific topics, like paleontology and glacial history, were pursued as well. Gilbert learned mapping techniques, stratigraphic interpretation, and how to search for valuable mineral deposits. These skills added to those he learned at Cosmos Hall, like classification techniques.
Wheeler Survey
After two years in Ohio, Newberry recommended Gilbert as a civilian geologist for the U.S. Army's Geographical Survey West of the 100th Meridian, headed by Lt. George Wheeler. In the first field season, 1871, the Wheeler Survey travelled over 10000 kilometers. They started in Nevada and explored desert lands in Eastern California, including a crossing of Death Valley (hottest place in the Western Hemisphere) in July. They arduously hauled boats up the Colorado River into the lower reaches of the Grand Canyon and crossed Arizona from the Canyon to Tucson. The Survey's main objective was mapping, but Gilbert noted the geology as they travelled. The second and third field seasons involved less travel and, for Gilbert, more carefully done geologic investigation in Utah, New Mexico and Arizona.
Gilbert spent the fourth and final year with Wheeler mostly in Washington, DC, writing reports on the field work. The two geological regions he studied were the Basin and Range and the Colorado Plateau. The Basin and Range is made of many parallel mountains and valleys that had been interpreted as anticlines and synclines, similar to the Appalachian Mountains in the Eastern US. Gilbert showed that the landscape was created by parallel faults with mountains being upthrust and valleys dropping down between them. He returned to this topic occasionally for the rest of his life and eventually all geologists accepted his interpretation of the evidence. On the Colorado Plateau, he began to think of landscapes not, like most geologists, as the current stage in a long historical evolution but, as physicists might see them, as situations tending toward a balance between competing forces.
Another theme he would return to in later studies began with his work for Wheeler. While glaciers covered the northeastern U.S. during the ice ages, Gilbert saw that the West was much wetter, with large lakes filling what now are desert valleys.
Powell Survey
In Washington, Gilbert formed friendships with fellow scientists and became part of the scientific establishment in the city. He had met John Wesley Powell in Utah; Powell led another of the Western Surveys and he and Gilbert became close friends in Washington. Gilbert quit the Wheeler Survey and began to work for Powell. At about the same time, he met Fannie Porter, whom he met at a dance at Powell's home. They soon were married. By this time, Gilbert was a well-respected geologist and Powell's leadership fit GK's style and temperament like a glove.
Gilbert began work for Powell in 1875, and spent most of his field time the first few years in Utah. He was able to study geology at his own pace, though over time he became increasingly responsible for overseeing much of the survey work while Powell dealt with politicians in Washington.
Powell, Gilbert and geologist Clarence Dutton, also a member of the Powell survey, proved to be three intellectual giants whose synergistic scientific output explained the geology of the Colorado Plateau and, in so doing, greatly advanced the science of geology.
One of Gilbert's greatest contributions to science is his monograph on the Henry Mountains in Utah. In it, he explained a new form of mountain building and developed a theory for how streams shape the landscape. Gilbert spent one week in the Henrys in 1875 and two months in 1876. Most of his time was spent mapping, but the ideas for his monograph were gelling in his mind. For several days in 1876, it rained too much for mapping, so Gilbert sat in his tent and fleshed out his ideas in his notebook. Upon returning to Washington, he spent several months writing the official report, which was published in 1877.
Gilbert determined that magma rose through the crust but had insufficient pressure to reach the surface. When it could no longer rise, it spread sideways and pushed the overlying rock up to form a mountain dome. The intruding rock, called a laccolith, slowly solidified and the dome stopped growing. Unlike most geologists of the time, Gilbert explained the landscape from the perspective of physics, engineering, and mathematics. Several other geologists in the Western Surveys had similar thoughts on laccoliths and mountain formation, but Gilbert developed the theory much more fully than any of the others.
Wholly original to Gilbert was his explanation of how streams erode the landscape, using the Henrys as an example but presenting concepts applicable everywhere streams flow. He presented what came to be known as the "Theory of the Graded River," where "grade" refers to the steepness of the stream channel. Streams carry a certain amount of water down a certain slope angle and these determine the energy of the flowing water. The movement of sediment in the stream uses some of the energy and if there is energy left over, the stream will erode the bed of the stream. But by eroding the bed, the slope decreases and, hence, the energy decreases until erosion stops because there is no extra energy. On the other hand, if more sediment is dumped into the stream, from tributaries or washed off hillsides, than it has energy to move, some will be deposited. This deposition increases the slope angle and energy increases until the stream can carry all of the sediment. In both cases, the stream adjusts its slope until it has the right amount of energy to carry its sediment load and once this equilibrium situation is achieved, the stream will remain unchanged. In the real world, the sediment load and discharge of the stream vary over time, so streams rarely will truly be in equilibrium but are tending toward an equilibrium condition which itself changes over time.
If a landscape is comprised of one rock type evenly distributed, then steeper areas will erode more quickly than less steep parts and, given enough time, the landscape would erode to a flat, uniform surface. But, most landscapes are made of a variety of rocks with varying resistances to erosion, so stronger rocks tend to form steeper parts of the landscapes while weaker rocks are worn away to create the flatter parts. Like the streams, the whole landscape is tending toward a balance between the forces of erosion and the resistances to it. While erosion continues, the basic shape of the landscape can remain relatively unchanged for long periods of time.
Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains introduced new and highly original concepts and, so, was not immediately accepted. American geologists regarded streams as fundamentally important in landscape creation, but most Europeans at the time saw streams playing a minor role. It was several decades before his ideas were generally accepted in Europe, while acceptance in the US was quicker. Gilbert had established himself as a well-respected field geologist and a world-class theoretician.
US Geological Survey
There were four Western Surveys, run by Powell, Wheeler, Clarence King and Ferdinand Hayden. These were merged into the US Geological Survey in 1879, under the leadership of King. Gilbert was put in charge of the Great Basin and he set out to understand Lake Bonneville, a huge Pleistocene lake in northwestern Utah. The Great Salt Lake today is a small remnant of the lake that existed during the last ice age. It was clear by alternating deposits of lake sediments and desert alluvial fans and salt deposits that the large lake basin had filled and dried multiple times and Gilbert set out to understand how this happened and how it helped shape the landscape. Gilbert led a team that mapped the region while he investigated the processes acting on the lake, based on relict features like beaches and deltas now on desert mountainsides and valley floors.
He spent three field seasons in Utah, going home to Washington each winter. But before he could start a fourth, King resigned. Powell became Director of the USGS while continuing to lead the Bureau of Ethnography for the Smithsonian Institution. Powell needed Gilbert in Washington and left him to do much of the day-to-day running of the Survey. For twelve years, Gilbert rarely left Washington and the completion of his Lake Bonneville work was a long, drawn-out process. He held the titles of "Senior Geologist" and, later, "Chief Geologist" of the USGS.
Geographer Willard D. Johnson in Utah, mapping for Gilbert, 1901. Photo courtesy US Geological Survey.
Gilbert published short articles on the Lake Bonneville work, but he did not draw it all together until he published a 400-page monograph, Lake Bonneville, in 1890. Gilbert advanced the understanding of shoreline processes and how beaches are formed by waves. He reasoned that the wetter, "pluvial," periods in the West were caused by the same climatic changes that led to the ice ages in the East. The lake left two main shorelines that once were as flat as a lake surface but now are warped. Gilbert showed that the weight of the huge lake depressed the crust beneath and when the water disappeared, the crust rebounded unevenly. (Others were finding similar "isostatic rebound" in glaciated regions, like the Great Lakes in the US and Scandinavia.)
While most geologists were chronicling the history of regions, Gilbert was interpreting landscapes as the product of physical forces, like waves, acting on the land. Lake Bonneville, like the Henry Mountains before it, introduced many new ideas to geology and showed Gilbert to be a giant in the discipline.
An example of Gilbert's research while confined to Washington is his study on the origin of craters on the moon. Through a series of experiments, including the firing of lead balls into mud to observe the resulting crater, and comparisons between volcanic and meteoric craters on earth, he concluded that the moon's surface was not volcanic. Instead, it was shaped largely by impacts. He concluded that Earth originally had a ring of debris, much like Saturn, and these coalesced over time to form the moon. On this later point, he was later shown to be wrong, but the meteoric origin of the craters has been confirmed. Through this study, he also began the now widespread discipline of planetary geology.
GK and Fannie had a daughter, Bessie, and two sons, Archibald and Roy. Bessie contracted diphtheria in 1883 and died at age six. While the parents grieved, they, too, came down with the disease. They recovered, but slowly. Fannie became an invalid and her health deteriorated until her death in 1899. The boys spent much time away from home, including boarding schools and time with Gilbert's brother in New York. Both worked for their father some as adults and, while Gilbert was not especially close to his sons, they kept on good terms.
Powell resigned from the USGS in 1894, but Gilbert remained with the service. He declined several invitations to become a professor, presumably preferring research to a combination of research and teaching.
Gilbert in Colorado, 1894. Photo courtesy US National Academy of Sciences.
Hydraulic mining began in California's Sierra Nevada in the 1850s. Powerful water cannons blasted away hillsides and gold was removed from the debris as it washed away. By the 1870s, so much sediment was moving down rivers that their channels filled and surrounding farms and towns were flooded. It became clear that the debris would eventually fill in much of San Francisco Bay. A court order stopped the hydraulic mining, but the mining corporations involved asked the federal government to make it legal again. In 1904 President Roosevelt asked the USGS to study the problem and Gilbert was given the job. His investigation had two related parts. The first was an experimental study of how sediment is moved by streams and the second was a field evaluation of the problem. In the course of this research, in 1909, Gilbert had a stroke which greatly limited his physical activity for the rest of his life. After a few years of recuperation, he returned to a slowed pace of work and completed the hydraulic mining research.
"The Transportation of Debris by Running Water" was published in 1914. Gilbert set up a laboratory in Berkeley with a flume to measure sediment transport under various conditions. After designing the experiments, he left most of the work to his assistants. He immersed himself in the literature of fluid flow, mostly work done by physicists and engineers in Europe. He interpreted his experimental results with the prevailing theories and presented an exhaustive treatise of sediment transport.
The field portion of his hydraulic mining work was, for Gilbert, a perfect test of the graded river theory he outlined in his Henry Mountains work decades before. If streams tend toward an equilibrium, where they have just enough energy to transport the sediment they receive, then the Sierra streams under consideration were drastically thrown out of equilibrium by the mining debris. "Hydraulic-Mining Debris in the Sierra Nevada" was published in 1917. In it, he predicted, with reasonable accuracy, how long after the mining stopped, the streams would return to their pre-mining equilibrium elevations and slopes. He also outlined a framework for viewing watersheds as coherent systems affected by both natural laws and human actions. It took decades before such thinking was commonly used in environmental studies. Gilbert's work provided the justification for permanently outlawing large-scale hydraulic mining in the region.
While in California, Gilbert met Alice Eastwood, a botanist and fellow Sierra Club member. The two fell in love, planned to marry and even made plans to raise Gilbert's grandson after his daughter-in-law died. But while visiting his sister in Michigan, he fell ill. Several weeks later, Gilbert died of heart failure, a few days before his seventy-fifth birthday.
In addition to the research work discussed above, Gilbert made important contributions to many areas of earth science. These include glacial geomorphology and glaciology, earthquake prediction and evaluation of earthquake damage (he was present for the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake), coastal geomorphology, and groundwater.
Another contribution to earth science is Gilbert's philosophical positions on how geologists should contribute to knowledge. To reduce personal attachments to theories being tested, he advocated for researchers to generate "multiple working hypotheses," and test all of them at the same time. The one that best fits the evidence is then assumed to be correct. An important source of hypotheses is analogous situations. For example, physicists and engineers knew much about how a beam flexes when weight is added and then removed. Perhaps, he hypothesized, Earth's crust under Lake Bonneville flexed in a similar way as the basin filled and emptied. A scientist should be both theoretician and careful observer and the best scientists are those who can generate the best hypotheses and design the best tests. (Gilbert's philosophical ideas overlapped with T. C. Chamberlin, another leading figure in geology at the time.)
In a memorial to Gilbert, USGS geologist W. C. Mendenhall praised him:
In sheer balance of mental power, Gilbert was probably unsurpassed by any geologist of his time. Fundamental among the qualities of his mind were self-knowledge and self-control. These qualities he possessed in a degree equaled by few. That mind which he knew and controlled so well was a quiet, efficient, powerful instrument, which functioned perfectly. Thus he was the very antithesis of the brilliant, temperamental, erratic genius. He recognized both his powers and his limitations, and did not undertake that which he was not equipped to do. (Quoted in Pyne, 1980, p. 105)
Scholarly Impact
Gilbert received many accolades. He was a member of the National Academy of Science, and was elected president of many scholarly organizations, including the Geological Society of America in 1892 and again in 1909, the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1899, the National Geographic Society in 1904, and the Association of American Geographers in 1908. In 1900, he was awarded the prestigious Wollaston Medal from the Geological Society of London. Much to his delight, he also belonged to less formal groups like the "Great Basin Mess," a group at the USGS that regularly met for lunch and discussion.
Gilbert was highly respected during his lifetime, but his influence on geomorphology was limited for decades after his death. The study of landforms for the first half of the Twentieth Century, especially in the English speaking world, was dominated by the qualitative study of landscape change over millions of years. This approach, known as the Cycle of Erosion, is most closely associated with William Morris Davis, who dominated the discipline until his death in the 1930s. (Davis, however, wrote a 300 page biography of Gilbert, extolling his life and works.) After the Second World War, geomorphologists sought a different way to study landform dynamics and Gilbert's work provided both insight and inspiration. Research became more physically based and quantitative, like his hydraulic mining work, emphasized systems concepts that drew heavily from his Henry Mountains work on equilibrium, and put more effort into explaining landscape changes rather than merely chronicling them, like his Lake Bonneville studies. The "G.K. Gilbert Award" for outstanding research is a testament to the respect given him many decades after his death is. This award is given independently by three separate organizations, The Association of American Geographers (first awarded in 1983), The Geological Society of America (also 1983), and The American Geophysical Union (2010).
Further Reading
Davis, William Morris, 1927. Biographical Memoir of Grove Karl Gilbert, 1843-1918. National Academy of Science Volume XXI Fifth Memoir, 303 p.
Pyne, Stephen J., 1980. Grove Karl Gilbert: A great engine of research. Austin, University of Texas Press, 306 p. [This book is the primary source of material for the information above.]
Yochelson, Ellis L., ed., 1980. The Scientific Ideas of G. K. Gilbert: An assessment on the occasion of the centennial of the United States Geological Survey (1879-1979). Geological Society of America Special Paper 183, 148 p.


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Thule Passage 2 Bike Strap Rack w/ Cradles $149.95
Easy, convenient bike transportation.
Get your bikes out of the car trunk and carry them securely with the Thule Passage 2 Bike Strap Rack. This rack attaches securely to your trunk with six adjustable nylon straps; vinyl-coated buckles at the end of the straps hold the carrier firmly to your car without scratching it. Once have the rack secured to your car, use the patented FitDial to perfect the fit.
- Narrow cradle arms hold a wider range of bike frames, including small child bike-frames
- SoftCushion pads protect trunk and hatch, while padded rubber cradles cushion the bike frame and hold it securely
- Arms fold down when not in use
- Thule part number 910XT
- Attaches with six adjustable nylon straps with vinyl-coated buckles
- FitDial system
- SoftCushion pads
- Narrow cradle arms fit a wide range of bikes
- Arms fold down when they're not in use
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Randy Christensen
I am looking at the Thule Raceway Pro Rack for my 2014 Honda Accord. Will it work on my Accord?
Jen Crowell
Will is rack fit my 2010 Subaru Impreza? It's a hatchback.
Alex R.
Fits on almost anything!
- Gender:Female
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
I bought this for my hatchback and love it. It's really easy to get set up and conveniently stores in the back of my car. It also can be adjusted to fit almost any of my friends cars! Super handy and great price! I've had it for about a year and the rubber has held up fine, even in the Texas heat.
I've used it around town and on 200+ mile car trips with no problems.
Denise Malinosky
will this fit my ford focus hatchback 2014
Youyou J.
Hi, will this rack fit for my infinity qx50 (ex25 or ex37)? Thanks.
Josh Hirschmann
Passage 2 on 03 Forester
Josh Hirschmann
- Familiarity:I've used it several times
Recently made the drive from Jackson to Vermont and back with one bike and this rack on my 03 Forester with no complications. I've been told a roof rack is sturdier, but I wanted a setup on my hatch so if I need to move I can have the ski rack up top and bikes on the back. The setup is quick and painless and it only takes a moment to mount or dismount the bike. I was a little nervous about the straps coming loose over the drive but it turned out to be a non issue. It is Thule's lowest price point model, it won't be quite as sturdy as their higher end models, but it gets the job done.
My only complaint so far is that the metal hooks slide around the edge of my hatch and scratched it up a bit, but nothing severe (and my Subi has enough scratches and dings already that I'm not upset about it). I haven't tested it out with two bikes yet, or with heavier mountain bikes, just my cruiser.
I would say that if you are planning on consistently hauling a pair of heavier bikes, and have a shiny new ride where a scratch or two would be a big deal to you (although I don't know if other models may have the same issue), invest in a higher end model. If you're just looking for a basic rack at a good price point go with the Passage. Overall I've been happy with my purchase.
Cory D
Great for what it is
- Familiarity:I've used it several times
This rack is good for the price. Not nearly the quality of the hitch and roof mounted racks I have borrowed previously from friends, but it's easy to use and has held up well so far. I took it on a long trip and it worked well though the bike and rack slid around a bit from their initial positions.
Will this rack fit on a 2012 Volkswagen...
Will this rack fit on a 2012 Volkswagen GTI?
Wayne Christoffersen
Hey Raven,
This rack will fit your GTI.
Also, I strongly suggest you change your profile name to anything other than your email address. This community is a public forum and posting personal info is no different than leaving your home address on a bus seat. We cannot control who may contact you with this information since it can been seen by anybody with an internet connection.
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Mary F.
Will this rack carry a womens trek Cali...
Will this rack carry a womens trek Cali bike?
Hi there,
If the bike has a women's style step-through top tube, than you will need a top tube adapter that Thule also sells. It is a clamp on bar that attaches to the frame where a traditional top tube would be so you can use this or other style bike racks. I hope this helps. If you have any additional questions, feel free to ask.
Travis Tzioumis
Jaron is right. I've included a link to the Thule Frame adapter below.
Amy W
Will this fit a 2012 Scion xB?
Will this fit a 2012 Scion xB?
Grant Kates
Hey Amy W,
Thanks for your question.
Yes, this bike rack will fit the trunk of your 2012 Scion xB just fine. I hope this helps.
Great Quality Rack for the Price
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
Ok I gave it 5 star but maybe it deserves 4. So after reading the instructions installing is really simple. It takes less than 5 min to install the rack and put 2 bikes on it. We traveled over 5 hours with them and no problem. Only thing is left and right hooks feels/sounds like they can't scratch the paint when you tightening. Although nothing as of yet. Definitely a cheaper alternative to other more expensive racks.
I drive a '13 Subaru Impreza Sport Premium
Jane Hwang
Great rack...once you put it together...
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
I love this rack I've had it before and I sadly lost it while moving. It's super user friendly and really easy to load. BUT....(there is always one of those) assembling the rack was rather difficult. Putting the arms on the body of the rack was a pain in the A**. However it is worth it when you finally get it all put together. Putting it on the car was a breeze and like I said before super user friendly. My boyfriend (Guru Grant K) and I love using it to take the bikes on our trips. The rubber straps to lock your bike into the cradles are easy to adjust if need bee and release when you are ready to bike. I have a Toyota RAV 4 2014 and it fits the hatch really well.
Will the 2 bike strap with cradles fit the...
Will the 2 bike strap with cradles fit the 2008 ford edge?
Wayne Christoffersen
Yeah that should work out fine but if you want to be sure you can run your car through the Thule fit configuration just below the Add To Cart button to check.
Wendy P.
Will this fit on a 2011 Honda CRV?
Will this fit on a 2011 Honda CRV?
Lexi Dowdall
The Thule Rack Configurator tells me that this model is not compatible with your CRV, it's looking like you will probably have to go with a roof rack. You should check out the Thule Rack Configurator on the left hand side of this page to check out your options. You can also chat or call in and speak with one of our Gearheads.
Gregory A S.
Great on my VW Touareg
- Familiarity:I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
I bought this rack to take my beach cruiser along on my ocean city vacations in California. Works well and easy to use on my car.
John Morgan
Will this rack fit a 2009 Toyota Corolla...
Will this rack fit a 2009 Toyota Corolla 4 door, no spoiler just an Se model and do you have rubberized grips for the parts that connect to your paint ??
Arthur Debowski
Yes this will work with your 2009 Corolla. To see all of the fit options for your particular vehicle just click Thule Car Rack Configurator located up above on the site near the pricing menu.
Jeremy Jensen
Looks nice, fits nice on a mercury milan
Bought this as a fathers day gift, fits nice and works great for his needs. Bikes seem nice and secure, no concerns at this time.
what's the best bike rack to use for 2...
what's the best bike rack to use for 2 bikes on a kia Sorrento
Matt Towner
There isn't a best one for your particular car, the difference between the different Thule models is just the quality of the racks, how easy they are to setup and carry bikes. The passage 2 is the base model rack. The archway and raceway will also fit, but they're a lot nicer rack.
Mick McCullough
Will this fit a 2013 Honda Fit with a roof...
Will this fit a 2013 Honda Fit with a roof line spoiler
Matt Towner
Hey Mick,
It's not recommended for the Fit Sport of with the optional spoiler. A roof rack or hitch rack are your only options. This is the same not only for the Thule racks, but all others that mount this way.


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Researchers studied 152 volunteers between the ages of 18 and 55. Via nose drops, researchers gave the healthy volunteers the virus for the common cold — and paid them $1,000 each, NBC News reports.
Once the patients became sick, their telomeres — structures within immune cells that NBC says cap chromosomes like the tip of a shoelace — were compared to the telomeres from when they were healthy.
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Global Energy Focus on Renewables
Those of us living in the United States can easily get wrapped up in the domestic energy picture, but it is important to stop and take a look at how renewables are doing in other countries too.
If you peruse a list of countries by 2008 emissions, the top emitter of carbon dioxide is currently China, followed closely by the U.S. China accounts for 23.5% of world emissions, and the U.S. is responsible for 18.27%. However, the good news is that China's renewable-energy industry is currently on the upswing due to supportive government policies and generous subsidies; so much so that they've achieved the height of the world's wind and solar industries. We've all heard the phrase, "Everything is made in China." The U.S. does import many goods from China, but a report released this week titled, "Advantage America" analyzed trade between the two countries in solar, wind and smart-grid technology and services in 2011.
The analysis, by Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Pew Charitable Trusts, showed $6.5 billion in renewable energy technology and services traded between the U.S. and China. But the U.S. sold $1.63 billion more to China than it imported.
It's good to see both countries making such strides in renewable energy. Oftentimes, the countries are perceived as being in competition with one another, but a more accurate picture would be that they are interdependent. The bottom line is that both countries should be doing as much as possible to focus on renewables, especially considering they're the top two carbon dioxide emitters on the planet. And the global interest and investments in renewables doesn't stop there.
Saudi Arabia, a country with the world's second largest oil reserves, is beginning a green revolution. This week, Saudi King Abdullah revealed ambitious plans to develop renewable energy programs that will produce 54,000 megawatts of electricity by 2032 as part of a strategy to save 1.2 million barrels of their oil per day for export.
King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KA-Care) is a strategy paper set up by King Abdullah in 2010 to develop alternative energy sources so the country won't have to burn millions of barrels of oil a year on power generation. KA-Care outlines the preliminary phases of the kingdom's agenda for its energy future and focuses on thermal solar, photo-voltaic solar, wind, geothermal and waste-to-energy. Much of the desert landscape in the Persian Gulf is well suited to solar energy production; a fact that has not escaped the Saudi's neighbor, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The UAE, with 8% of the world's proven oil reserves, has also embarked on a major renewables program, which focuses on nuclear and solar energy production. By taking a look at the global energy picture, we see that even those countries with vast fossil fuel resources recognize the finite limitations of their reserves and the importance of investing in sustainable energy projects, which is great news in the fight against climate change. Every country on the planet contributes to global warming, and every country will have to do their part in order to pave the way to a sustainable energy future.
Could a Carbon Tax Be the Answer to Curbing Global Warming?
Most of the time, we do not take into account the complete costs to producing or consuming a good or service. This is because we focus on the explicit costs. For example, if we were to bake a loaf of bread, we would take into account the cost of the flour, yeast, sugar, salt, water, milk, and butter. Perhaps we would even calculate our labor time to make the dough and the cost of running the oven, but would we account for the carbon dioxide dumped into the atmosphere for the delivery truck that delivered the baking supplies? How about the CO2 emissions from the power plant burning fossil fuels to generate the electricity to run the oven? The problem is that we are not required to bear the full cost of production. Some of the costs to bake that loaf of bread were shifted to society as a whole.
Even if we did not bake the loaf of bread ourselves, we're still shifting costs to society as a whole just by consuming it. Our cars burn gasoline to drive to and from the grocery store, and regardless if we walked or biked, gasoline was likely also burned to deliver the bread to the grocery store in the first place. Sure the delivery truck paid for the gasoline, but many companies do not pay for the carbon emissions their operations generate.
We need to make some drastic changes to avoid the ills of global warming, which we are beginning to see affect our daily lives, but the logistics of transforming our world's energy system can be intimidating. The first thing we need to do is get off fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy sources. Easier said than done, I know. It will be a complex and time-consuming process converting power plants, vehicles/transport systems, homes and commercial buildings. Unfortunately, time is not on our side here. We really need to reduce carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
So then the question becomes how can we transition the world's energy infrastructure to sustainable sources by mid-century? One of the ways suggested is to implement a tax on CO2 emissions that begins low and gradually increases. There should be no mystery either about how much and at what intervals over time the tax will rise. Then people, businesses and governments can plan their fossil fuel exit strategy.
The revenues the carbon tax generates should be directed into subsidizing renewable energy innovation and overhauling energy infrastructure.
Ideally, the carbon tax should be global. Again there are logistical challenges to this climate change solution. The key is that we need a systematic and practical process. Isn't it time we started taking responsibility for the full costs of production and consumption? Society is bearing the cost as a whole, and society as a whole needs to be part of the solution.
Rising Sea Levels and Sustainable Desalination
Depending on where in the world you live, it might be easy to forget that the environment is more than just the air we breathe or the land under our feet. It's important to keep in mind that the oceans also are being affected radically by climate change. The oceanic problems are too numerous to list. However, this week we are taking a closer look at one issue that people in different parts of the planet face, rising oceans as the polar ice caps melt and more saltwater.
Those of us that live in the United States might not be aware how rich we are in freshwater sources as say countries in the Middle East that are very arid environments. Obviously those countries have other resources that we lack, but water is essential to life. Our planet may be covered in a great deal of water, but much of it is unusable to humans in its natural state because of the high salt content.
Did you know that salt is expelled from seawater when it freezes? Although some brine is trapped, the overall salinity of sea ice is much lower than seawater. So the seas are rising as previously permanently frozen parts of the planet melt. This means that not only is there more water, but it's becoming salty as it melts.
Desalination is any of several processes that remove some amount of salt and other minerals from saline water. Unfortunately, it is quite an energy intensive process. Last week, a new renewable energy desalination project was announced in Masdar, Abu Dhabi, which is in the United Arab Emirates. The project seeks to transform seawater into useable, freshwater on land by building a commercially viable and renewable energy-powered desalination plant by 2020.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region of the Middle East is comprised of the Arabian Peninsula countries of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman. The GCC formed in 1981 and uses about half the world's desalinated water.
Of course, accessing renewable energy is not the only impediment to sustainable desalination. Another effect of global warming is oceanic acidification that contributes to massive algae blooms. These algae blooms can shut down a desalination plant. There are other unwanted components that might be present in seawater such as radioactive material from warships and nuclear power plants which would need to be removed before the water could be used safely.
Despite other lingering issues, it is still worth asking the question, "Can these enormous desalination plants powered by renewable energy help mitigate some of the issues we face from rising sea levels?" The answer is, "Every bit helps." But don't start thinking it's a magic bullet since none exists. We still all need to do our parts in reducing our carbon emissions and footprints. However, it is good news that desalination can be a sustainable and environmentally responsible industrial solution and worth noting that low cost, low impact renewable energy technologies do exist.
Citizen Yogurt Bring Innovative Flavors and CarbonFree® Operations to Raleigh
Environmental conservation is a broad, global goal that will only be achieved by the aggregate of actions taken by small businesses and individuals in communities around the world. Carbonfund.org is engaged in large-scale initiatives, such as the development of our forestry projects in Brazil, but we continue to offer simple and affordable ways for any person, family or start-up business to make a difference in the fight against the negative impact of climate change.
Our personal emissions offsetting programs and CarbonFree® Business Partnerships help everyone to be part of the solution to climate change. New CarbonFree® Partner Citizen Yogurt is a great example of a local business putting its community and environmental mission into action. Citizen Yogurt in Raleigh, North Carolina is a 100% locally owned and operated family business, offering self-serve frozen yogurt with bold and unusual flavors and toppings, and a commitment to social and environmental responsibility.
Citizen Yogurt's community involvement includes sponsoring local swim teams, sports clubs and organizations in their neighborhood. They sponsor charitable donation nights where at least 10% of the night's revenue will go to community organizations. The yogurt shop features sustainable bamboo hardwood floors and their yogurt comes from rBST-free cows.
"Citizen Yogurt has chosen to take a different path to success. We have committed to running our business in the best way possible – including the impact on the environment and community. Carbonfund.org's transparency, not-for-profit status and strong partner list help make that goal easier to achieve," states Charles Park, Owner and President of Citizen Yogurt.
Citizen Yogurt joined the CarbonFree® Business Partnership program this year, neutralizing their annual operational emissions by supporting Carbonfund.org's projects that reduce carbon emissions elsewhere through reforestation efforts, energy efficiency innovation and renewable energy technology development. Their CarbonFree® Business Partnership program underscores their commitment to sustainable operations and helps to create awareness in their local area about mitigating carbon emissions and encouraging customers to think about environmental commitments in their own lives.
We believe that Citizen Yogurt is leading by example as a great model for environmental commitment while serving up tasty froyo treats to the Raleigh community.
Canada's 1st Carbon Neutral Whale Watching through Eagle Wing Tours and Carbonfund.org
The proliferation of killer whales bred in captivity, on display in aquariums and public performances, and in Hollywood movies over the past thirty years has spurred the interest in killer whale watching in the wild. Yet the worldwide population of Orcas has been difficult for researchers to assess, and the species is threatened by depletion of the global fish population, oceanic pollution, large-scale oil spills, and habitat disturbance caused by noise and conflicts with boats, including whale watching tour operators.
Organizations such as the Pacific Whale Watch Association has helped by establishing strong memberships and specific guidelines for whale watching tours that help to protect both the whales and the tour groups seeking the memorable experience of watching Orcas in the wild.
In a stronger step towards developing environmentally-responsible tour operations, Carbonfund.org is pleased to announce a new partnership that brings carbon neutral whale watching to the Vancouver Island area. Carbonfund.org has recently partnered with Eagle Wing Tours, a locally owned and family operated marine adventure eco-tourism company based on Vancouver Island, to create Canada's first carbon neutral whale watching experience. Eagle Wing Tours assessed the full estimated annual carbon emissions from its whale watching tour operations and established a carbon mitigation program through Carbonfund.org by supporting our carbon reduction and clean energy technology projects. This carbon neutral program is the final step in Eagle Wing Tours' Go Green Whale Watching Program.
"We are trying to redefine what a wildlife tour company is. Spotting that whale is the cherry on top of an all ready very comprehensive marine experience," explains Brett Soberg, Co-Owner and Captain at Eagle Wing Tours. "What we can do to protect these species by supporting education, conservation and responsible business is where we really count. We selected to support Carbonfund.org due their non-profit designation which supports our 1% For the Planet membership."
Carbonfund.org encourages eco-tourism companies to carefully monitor their environmental impact and to mitigate harmful emissions by investing in energy efficiency and renewable energy innovation, and supporting forestry and habitat preservation. We are pleased to welcome Eagle Wing Tours to join our eco-tourism partners in these efforts.


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The recent elections in Iraq have not resolved the main problems therea constitutional crisis, continued terrorism, a potent Sunni rebellion, and fighting between religious and ethnic groups that could result in a full-blown civil war. Is the Iraq war a hopeless quagmire that has been lost, or can the U.S. still foster a united, peaceful and prosperous Iraq?
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May the Force be with you, Lupita. See you in December.
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- Characterized by its chunky look, whether low or high
- Equal width from top to bottom
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