query: what is the purpose of the sierra club

pos: Sierra Club Sierra Club The Sierra Club is an environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by the Scottish-American preservationist John Muir, who became its first president. The Sierra Club primarily operates in the United States; an affiliated organization, Sierra Club Canada, operates in Canada and deals exclusively with Canadian issues. Traditionally associated with the progressive movement, the club was one of the first large-scale environmental preservation organizations in the world, and currently engages in lobbying politicians to promote environmentalist policies. Recent focuses of the club include promoting sustainable energy, mitigating global

pos: Sierra Club The Sierra Club's executive directors have included: Sierra Club The Sierra Club is an environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by the Scottish-American preservationist John Muir, who became its first president. The Sierra Club primarily operates in the United States; an affiliated organization, Sierra Club Canada, operates in Canada and deals exclusively with Canadian issues. Traditionally associated with the progressive movement, the club was one of the first large-scale environmental preservation organizations in the world, and currently engages in lobbying politicians to promote environmentalist policies. Recent focuses of the

neg: Manchester City F.C. (Sierra Leone) the British club and its other supporters branches, this problem was swiftly resolved by the donation of a Toyota Coaster mini-bus, as well as a number of other items of equipment, including an updated set of match-worn kit, plus training kit and other items such as textbooks, in a donation effort spearheaded by club legend Paul Lake. The bus fulfilled a secondary purpose of providing funding for the club, as the club rent it out as private transport on days when the bus is not in use by the team itself. Manchester City F.C. (Sierra Leone) Manchester City F.C. (Sierra

neg: Adirondack League Club v. Sierra Club in cases pertaining to issues other than property rights, such as taxation and regulation. While the U.S. Supreme Court established for federal courts that "any reliance upon judicial precedent must be predicated upon careful appraisal of the purpose for which the concept of `navigability' was invoked in a particular case," a nuanced approach most recently applied by the U.S. Supreme Court in PPL Montana, New York courts have yet to make a similar distinction. Navigability precedents from taxation and regulation cases were cited in the "Adirondack League Club vs. Sierra Club" property rights case. Before "Adirondack League Club v. Sierra

neg: Sierra Burgess Is a Loser their date. Sierra witnesses the kiss and assumes that Veronica kissed him on purpose. As revenge, she decides to expose the fact that Veronica was dumped by her ex-boyfriend over direct message. During the football game, Veronica angrily tells Jamey the truth, and when a panicked Sierra attempts to defend herself and explain, he recognizes her voice. Shocked, he tells both Sierra and Veronica to stay away from him and leaves. Sierra writes a song called "Sunflower" and sends it to Veronica as an apology. Veronica sends the song to Jamey and tells him about what a great girl Sierra

neg: Great Sierra Wagon Road Great Sierra Wagon Road The Great Sierra Wagon Road was a route through the Sierra Nevada in California, built to bring supplies to the Great Sierra Mine on Tioga Hill in the high country of what was to become Yosemite National Park. The road was built in 1882 by the Great Sierra Silver Mining Company, extending over , in 130 days. The mine promptly shut down, leaving the road without a purpose. In 1915 the road was purchased by Stephen T. Mather, the independently wealthy first director of the National Park Service, who donated it to the Park Service. The

neg: Great Sierra Wagon Road The road preserves stone retaining walls, known as "Chinese Walls" after the Chinese laborers who built them. The service road section remains largely unchanged from its original construction. Great Sierra Wagon Road The Great Sierra Wagon Road was a route through the Sierra Nevada in California, built to bring supplies to the Great Sierra Mine on Tioga Hill in the high country of what was to become Yosemite National Park. The road was built in 1882 by the Great Sierra Silver Mining Company, extending over , in 130 days. The mine promptly shut down, leaving the road without a purpose.

neg: Philip Hyde (photographer) one of the few Ansel Adams asked to teach with him. Hyde became a contributing photographer for the Sierra Club Annual in 1950. He photographed for "This is Dinosaur: Echo Park Country and Its Magic Rivers," a 1955 book edited by Wallace Stegner highlighting a proposed dam on the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument in Utah and Colorado. Hyde eventually became the primary conservation photographer for the Sierra Club. David Brower commissioned him to photograph for what came to be known as "battle books", that helped the Sierra Club lead a coalition of environmental groups to establish or expand

neg: John Muir the Proposed National Park", both published in 1890. But to Muir's dismay, the bill left Yosemite Valley under state control, as it had been since the 1860s. In early 1892, Professor Henry Senger, a philologist at the University of California, Berkeley, contacted Muir with the idea of forming a local 'alpine club' for mountain lovers. Senger and San Francisco attorney Warren Olney sent out invitations "for the purpose of forming a 'Sierra Club.' Mr. John Muir will preside." On May 28, 1892, the first meeting of the Sierra Club was held to write articles of incorporation. One week later Muir

neg: Robert Clunie would often visit Clunie at his High Sierra campsite, and in 1947, 119 members of the Sierra Club camped close by. Edna Spalding of the Sierra Club wrote "The highlight of tonight's campfire program was the talk by Bob Clunie, the artist, whom we have all adopted as one of our own. We have cherished his friendly presence around camp -- and now can understand both the man and his pictures better for having heard him tell what these mountains mean to him, and how he feels it is his duty and privilege to tell the world about them." His

neg: Richard M. Leonard half of the War, Leonard fought the Japanese in Burma. He was awarded the Bronze Star. On April 20, 1948, Leonard became a founding director and general counsel for Varian Associates, a pioneering scientific instrument company in what later became known as Silicon Valley. Leonard served on the board of directors of the Sierra Club from 1938 to 1972. He served as president of the Sierra Club from 1953 to 1955. Richard M. Leonard Richard Manning Leonard (October 22, 1908 – July 31, 1993) was an American rock climber, environmentalist and attorney. He served as president of the Sierra Club

neg: Anti-whaling stickers, fliers, T-shirts and petitions. Conservation groups dedicated to this purpose formed including both average citizens and social radicals whose ideas on how to respond varied widely. The first was the American Cetacean Society which was formed in 1971 and quickly followed by the Whale Center and Connecticut Cetacean Society. Well established environmental organizations like the World Wildlife Fund, the National Wildlife Federation, the Humane Society of the United States, the Sierra Club and the National Audubon Society also joined the movement. The environmental organization Greenpeace formed in the early 1970s as an offshoot of the Sierra Club. In 1975

neg: Sierra Club Foundation Sierra Club Foundation The Sierra Club Foundation is an American environmental nonprofit. It is affiliated with the Sierra Club. The organization's stated mission is to "help educate, inspire, and empower humanity to preserve the natural and human environment." The Sierra Club Foundation is a public charity based in San Francisco, California and founded in 1960. It provides financial support to the Sierra Club and other environmental organizations. The Sierra Club Foundation funds a range of environmental projects. The organization was founded by John Muir. Members of the organization's board of directors have included Lynn Jurich and Mike Richter. The current

neg: Sierra Club Foundation board of directors include Darren Aronofsky, Steven Berkenfield, Marni McKinnney, Doug Walker and Sanjay Ranchod. Sierra Club Foundation The Sierra Club Foundation is an American environmental nonprofit. It is affiliated with the Sierra Club. The organization's stated mission is to "help educate, inspire, and empower humanity to preserve the natural and human environment." The Sierra Club Foundation is a public charity based in San Francisco, California and founded in 1960. It provides financial support to the Sierra Club and other environmental organizations. The Sierra Club Foundation funds a range of environmental projects. The organization was founded by John Muir. Members

neg: Sierra Club Canada Sierra Club Canada Sierra Club Canada (SCC) is a Canadian environmental organization. It is part of the environmental movement. The roots of Sierra Club Canada go back to 1963, when environmentalists in British Columbia affiliated themselves with the Sierra Club of the United States (many of these individuals were prominent in the founding of Greenpeace). Sierra Club Canada became a pan-Canadian organization in 1989, and was legally incorporated as a Canadian organization in 1992. Sierra Club Canada is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors, three members of which are elected each year in an election in which all SCC

neg: Sierra Club Canada. In 1971, volunteer lawyers who had worked with the Sierra Club established the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund. This was a separate organization that used the "Sierra Club" name under license from the Club; it changed its name to Earthjustice in 1997. The Sierra Student Coalition (SSC) is the student-run arm of the Sierra Club. Founded by Adam Werbach in 1991, it has 30,000 members. The Sierra Club Voter Education Fund is a 527 group that became active in the 2004 Presidential election by airing television advertisements about the major party candidates' positions on environmental issues. Through the Environmental

neg: F.C. Kallon F.C. Kallon Football Club Kallon commonly known as F.C. Kallon, formerly Sierra Fisheries, is a Sierra Leonean football club based in Freetown. The club is one of the top clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League and play their home games at the National Stadium in Freetown. The club owner, chairman and CEO is a former Sierra Leonean international footballer Mohamed Kallon. The club is coach by a former Sierra Leonean international footballer Musa Kallon, who is also the older brother of Mohamed Kallon. The club is named after and owned by the successful Sierra Leonean footballer Mohamed Kallon,

neg: Arroyo Seco, Querétaro clubs with the purpose of promoting infrastructure projects in their home communities. The Club de Migrantes de la Sierra Gorda is an association of twenty seven of these clubs from various municipalities, with three from Arroyo Seco. Most of the projects are related paving, water distribution and sewerage/drainage. These dollars are often matched through a program sponsored by the Mexican federal government. Many businesses in the municipality and the rest of the Sierra Gorda take the dollar as currency, especially at the end of the year when many come to the area to visit family. Arroyo Seco has one of

neg: Sierra Club Canada members can vote. Two of the seats are reserved for youth members of the Club. SCC currently has five Chapters (Atlantic, British Columbia, Ontario, Prairies, and Quebec) and the Sierra Youth Coalition. It has offices in Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Victoria. In addition, SCC includes several local groups working mostly at the municipal level. SCC is also affiliated with the Sierra Club Canada Foundation and the Sierra Club British Columbia Foundation. The Sierra Youth Coalition is the youth-led wing of the Sierra Club Canada. SCC is a major member of the Canadian Environmental Network. Over the years Sierra

neg: Theodore Solomons in Los Angeles, California on May 27, 1947. Mount Solomons (13016') is named after him as well as the long-distance trail the Theodore Solomons Trail. Theodore Solomons Theodore Seixas Solomons (1870–1947) was an explorer and early member of the Sierra Club. From 1892 to 1897 he explored and named the Mount Goddard, Evolution Valley and Evolution Basin region in what is now northern Kings Canyon National Park in eastern California. He was instrumental in envisioning, exploring, and establishing the route of what became the John Muir Trail from Yosemite Valley along the crest of the Sierra Nevada to Mount Whitney

neg: Theodore Solomons Theodore Solomons Theodore Seixas Solomons (1870–1947) was an explorer and early member of the Sierra Club. From 1892 to 1897 he explored and named the Mount Goddard, Evolution Valley and Evolution Basin region in what is now northern Kings Canyon National Park in eastern California. He was instrumental in envisioning, exploring, and establishing the route of what became the John Muir Trail from Yosemite Valley along the crest of the Sierra Nevada to Mount Whitney He was born in San Francisco, California on July 20, 1870, the second son and the fifth of seven children of Hannah Marks, an influential

neg: Ports Authority F.C. Ports Authority F.C. Ports Authority Football Club is a Sierra Leonean professional football club based in the capital Freetown. The club is a member of the Sierra Leone National Premier League, which is the top football division in Sierra Leone. The club is owned and run by the Sierra Leone Ports Authority (SLPA). Ports Authority play their home games at the National Stadium in Freetown. One of the biggest and most popular football clubs in Sierra Leone, they won the Sierra Leone National Premier League championship in 1973 and again in 2008. They have won the Sierra Leonean FA Cup

neg: Manchester City F.C. (Sierra Leone) Manchester City F.C. (Sierra Leone) Manchester City F.C. (Sierra Leone), known as just Manchester City F.C. or Manchester City (Salone) in their home country, is a Sierra Leonean football club based in Freetown, Sierra Leone, currently a member of the Sierra Leone National First Division, the second highest division of football league in Sierra Leone. Founded in 2004, the club is an offshoot of the local Manchester City F.C. supporters club, which as of 2009 was the largest non-UK based Manchester City supporters club in the world. Previously not self-sufficient, the club funds itself via using the team mini-bus, donated

neg: F.C. Kallon who is renowned for playing for Internazionale and AEK Athens FC. Sierra Fisheries was acquired by Kallon in 2002 for US$30,000. Under the designation of "Sierra Fisheries", the club has won 3 national championships. Kallon won the Sierra Leonean FA Cup, and the Sierra Leone League title in 2006, and qualifying for the African Champions League. F.C. Kallon Football Club Kallon commonly known as F.C. Kallon, formerly Sierra Fisheries, is a Sierra Leonean football club based in Freetown. The club is one of the top clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League and play their home games at the

neg: Half Dome new IOS. Half Dome is also an element or inspiration of various company and organization logos, including that of The North Face, Sierra Designs, & Mountain Khakis outdoor product companies, the Sierra Club environmental group and the Sierra Entertainment game studio. In 2015, American music artist Toro y Moi, real name Chazwick Bundick, released a song called 'Half Dome' from his album 'What For?'. The song was inspired by a hike he took up the dome. On the hike he happened to meet photographer R. Adam Prieto who was a fan of Bundick's music. Prieto agreed to create the music

neg: Katie Sierra suspension controversy former English teacher Jean McCutcheon testified that Sierra's activities at Sissonville High had caused a "simmering feeling", and that she had counseled Sierra that it was a "terrible time in history" to start a club such as the one proposed. Jacob Reed, the student who had been detained for his comments to Sierra, testified that the "only reason" for Sierra's actions was that she "wants attention". He also claimed that Sierra told him she hoped America would lose the War in Afghanistan, and asked why Sierra was opposed to what he saw as "pretty much payback" for the September 11,

neg: Sierra Club Canada Club Canada has influenced environmental policy and legislative initiatives. The following list of milestones provides an indication of some of the campaigns that Sierra Club has been involved in, both in coalition with others and as a leading advocate. 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 In 2003, Sierra Club Canada lobbied extensively to stop Canadian participation in the ITER project. The SCC, arguing that the research project was a subsidy, influenced public opinion against the project. Canada is now no longer involved in ITER. Sierra Club Canada Sierra Club Canada (SCC) is a Canadian environmental organization. It is part

neg: Sierra Peaks Section Sierra Peaks Section The Sierra Peaks Section (SPS) is a mountaineering society within the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club that serves to provide mountaineering activities for Sierra Club members in the Sierra Nevada, and to honor mountaineers who have summited Sierra Nevada peaks. The Sierra Peaks Section was established in 1955. The Section maintains historic summit registers at Bancroft Library on the University of California, Berkeley campus. To become a member of the SPS, one must be a Sierra Club member and have climbed at least six peaks on the SPS List; it is not necessary that the peaks

neg: Sierra Club The Sierra Club is a partner of America Votes, an organization that coordinates and promotes progressive issues. Donors to the Sierra Club have included David Gelbaum, Michael Bloomberg, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The Sierra Club has also received funding from the Democracy Alliance and the Tides Foundation Advocacy Fund. In 2015, a PR front group, known as the Environmental Policy Alliance, claimed that the Sierra Club and other U.S. environmental groups received funding from groups with ties to Russia's state-owned oil company. Presidents of the Sierra Club have included:

neg: Theodore Lukens correspondence and interviews with experts for whom he collected various specimens and photographed specific items. Lukens joined the fledgling Sierra Club in 1894 after a visit to Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada Mountains. A self-taught photographer, he prepared albums of 100 to 150 photos of trees and mountains for friends such as Senator John Bard and Alice Eastwood, botanist at the California Academy of Sciences, among others. One particular trip in 1895 to Yosemite's Hetch Hetchy Valley was for the sole purpose of meeting the famed conservationist John Muir, who was reported to be roaming the valley. Lukens outfitted himself

neg: Diamond Stars F.C. Diamond Stars F.C. The Diamond Stars Football Club is a Sierra Leonean professional football Club based in Koidu Town, Kono District, Sierra Leone. The club represent the diamond-rich Kono District and is a member of the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the top football league in Sierra Leone. The club is coached by a Class A Coach ZAPA. The club got the name the Diamond Stars due to the rich diamond reserves in Kono district, where it is based. Diamond stars have one of the largest fan bases among Sierra Leonean football clubs and its supporters are primarily from Kono

neg: Sierra Club Books Sierra Club Books Sierra Club Books was the publishing division of the Sierra Club, founded in 1960 by then Sierra Club President David Brower. Volumes intended for club members had been published prior to 1960. In addition, books under their name had been published before 1960, but done through already established publishers, as was the case with "This Is Dinosaur", published by Alfred A. Knopf. Their first in-house book, volume 1 in the Exhibit Format series, was "This is the American Earth", published in 1960. In 1962, they introduced color photography to the series with the publication of "In Wildness

neg: Sierra Club of Canada v Canada (Minister of Finance) is now known as the Sierra Club test. The deleterious effects of granting a confidentiality order include a negative effect on the open court principle were noted by Iacobucci J. but they were outweighed by the salutary effects of the grant. The case is also known as "Atomic Energy of Canada Limited v. Sierra Club of Canada". Sierra Club of Canada v Canada (Minister of Finance) Sierra Club of Canada v Canada (Minister of Finance) is a Supreme Court of Canada decision, which was reached in 2002, when a Non-Governmental Organization (or "NGO") sought judicial review of the federal government’s

neg: Sierra Club Park. Despite this lobbying, Congress authorized the construction of O'Shaughnessy Dam on the Tuolumne River. The Sierra Club continues to support removal of the dam. The Sierra Club advocates the decommissioning of Glen Canyon Dam and the draining of Lake Powell. The Club also supports removal, breaching or decommissioning of many other dams, including four dams on the lower Snake River in eastern Washington. The Sierra Club is a member of the BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of environmental groups and labor unions. The BlueGreen Alliance was formed in 2006 and grew out of a less-formal collaboration between the Sierra Club

neg: Ports Authority F.C. team of the club, Musa Sesay, he said the three were asked to quit the club with immediate effect. For the moment, the team will be coached by Hassan Milla, a former player of the team and supervised by Harold Nat Johnson. Ports Authority F.C. Ports Authority Football Club is a Sierra Leonean professional football club based in the capital Freetown. The club is a member of the Sierra Leone National Premier League, which is the top football division in Sierra Leone. The club is owned and run by the Sierra Leone Ports Authority (SLPA). Ports Authority play their home

neg: Sierra Club v. Morton Sierra Club v. Morton Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 U.S. 727 (1972), is a Supreme Court of the United States case on the issue of standing under the Administrative Procedure Act. The Court rejected a lawsuit by the Sierra Club seeking to block the development of a ski resort at Mineral King valley in the Sierra Nevada Mountains because the club had not alleged any injury. The case prompted a famous dissent by Justice William O. Douglas arguing that trees should be granted legal personhood. Mineral King is a seven mile by one mile subalpine glacial valley in Sequoia National

neg: Anna Maria Falconbridge the Sierra Leone Company money she claimed was owed to her late husband. The company denied her claims (paperwork was conveniently lost). Anna Maria published letters denouncing the company. “Three editions of her Narrative of Two Voyages to the River Sierra Leone during the Years 1791–1792–1793 appeared during 1794 and 1795”. The letters that Anna Maria wrote were not originally made to be published. The original purpose of them seems to be for her own personal records of what happened in her travels. Anna Maria and Isaac DuBois had one son Francis Blake DuBois, born 1801 England. The family eventually

neg: Face of Sierra Leone The International Ambassadors of Sierra Leone (I.AM.SL) Pageant Agency which produces national contests like Miss Universe Sierra Leone, Miss Independence Sierra Leone and Miss Teen Sierra Leone. In 2018 the Face of Sierra Leone divided onto two national competitions which select the winner to Miss Universe and Miss Earth independently. The main purpose of the organization of Miss Universe Sierra Leone is to promote Local Tourism in Sierra Leone and to expose young Sierra Leonean women to different cultures and nationalities. Note that the year designates the time the Face of Sierra Leone has acquired that particular pageant franchise. The

neg: Sierra Club Voter Education Campaign (EVEC), the Club sought to mobilize volunteers for phone banking, door-to-door canvassing and postcard writing to emphasize these issues in the campaign. The organization maintains a publishing imprint, Sierra Club Books, publishing books on environmental issues, wilderness photographic essays, nature guides, and other related subjects. They publish the Sierra Club Calendars, perennial bestsellers, featuring photographs by well-known nature photographers such as Galen Rowell. They also publish the John Muir library, which includes many of their founder's titles. The Wilderness Travel Course is a basic mountaineering class that is administered by the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club's annual

neg: Yosemite National Park of all-weather highways to the park. The Yosemite Museum was founded in 1926 through the efforts of Ansel Franklin Hall.In the 1920s, the museum featured Native Americans practicing traditional crafts, and many of the Sierra Miwok continued to live in Yosemite Valley until they were evicted from Yosemite in the 1960s. In 1903, a dam in the northern portion of the park was proposed. Located in the Hetch Hetchy Valley, its purpose was to provide water and hydroelectric power to San Francisco. Muir and the Sierra Club opposed the project, while others, including Gifford Pinchot, supported it. In 1913, the

neg: Sierra Club Books by the Yolla Bolly Press run by Jim and Carolyn Robertson in Covelo, California. The program continued for two decades after 1994, first under Peter Beren, the former marketing director, then under Helen Sweetland, the former children's books editor. The press closed in 2014. The Club continues to publish the "Sierra Club Wilderness Calendar" and the "Sierra Club Engagement Calendar" annually, which are perennial bestsellers. They are distributed to the book trade by Publishers Group West. Sierra Club Books Sierra Club Books was the publishing division of the Sierra Club, founded in 1960 by then Sierra Club President David Brower.

neg: Bai Bureh Warriors Bai Bureh Warriors The Bai Bureh Warriors of Port Loko commonly known as Bai Bureh Warriors is a Sierra Leonean professional football (soccer) club based in Port Loko, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone. The club represent Port Loko District and is currently playing in the Sierra Leone National First Division, the second highest football league in Sierra Leone.. Bai Bureh Warriors spent many years in the Sierra Leone National Premier League before being relegated to the second division in 2005. The club is named after Bai Bureh, a great Sierra Leonean warrior and military strategist who led the Temne Uprising

neg: Sierra Club access, conservation are traditionally considered the core advocacy areas of the Sierra Club. Uniquely for a progressive organization, the Sierra Club has strong grassroots organization in rural areas, with much activity focused on ensuring equitable and environmentally-friendly use of public lands. This is particularly accentuated by the fact that the club attracts many people who primarily join the club for recreation and use of public land for hiking. Some Sierra Club members have urged the Club to be more forceful in advocating for the protection of National Forests and other federally owned public lands. For example, in 2002 the Club

neg: Mohamed Kamanor Mohamed Kamanor Mohamed Kamanor (born 15 October 1992 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays for FC Kallon as a defender. Mohamaed Kamanor was recruited to top Sierra Leone National Premier League club FC Kallon by popular Sierra Leonean football agent Chernor Musa Jalloh, who is well known for recruited many talented young Sierra Leonean footballers. While at FC Kallon, Kamanor quickly established himself as one of the most talented players in the Sierra Leone Premier League. Kamanor signed for Superettan club Umeå FC in 2012. He was recruited by Umeå FC during the club agent

neg: Northeast Ecological Corridor and increased sedimentation levels to this irreplaceable water body, where sporadic bioluminescence occurs. Dos Mares' proponents were fined $140,000 for these illegal activities by the PR DNER and United States Fish and Wildlife Service. More than 20 different interest groups (fishermen's associations, residents, community groups, business associations, recreationalists, university professors, students, and conservation NGOs, among others) forged in 2004 what came to be known as the Coalition for the Northeast Ecological Corridor. As the Coalition was organizing, the Puerto Rico Chapter of the Sierra Club was authorized by the national charter on February 19, 2005. The Sierra Club provided added

neg: Bureh Town Bureh Town Bureh Town is a small resort town in the Rural District in the Western Area of Sierra Leone. Bureh Town is located around the Sierra Leone peninsular; and is home to the Bureh Beach, one of the main tourists attracting centers in Sierra Leone [h http://www.surfingsalone.com/]. Bureh Town is home to the Bureh Beach surf club, the only surf club center in Sierra Leone. . The town is named after Bai Bureh, a Sierra Leonean pro independent leader, who lead the Hut Tax War of 1898 in Northern Sierra Leone against the British administration of Sierra Leone. The

neg: Environmental movement in the United States Shellenberger and Nordhaus wrote, "Today environmentalism is just another special interest. Evidence for this can be found in its concepts, its proposals, and its reasoning. What stands out is how arbitrary environmental leaders are about what gets counted and what doesn't as 'environmental.' Most of the movement's leading thinkers, funders, and advocates do not question their most basic assumptions about who we are, what we stand for, and what it is that we should be doing." Their essay was followed by a speech in San Francisco called "Is Environmentalism Dead?" by former Sierra Club President, Adam Werbach, who argued for

neg: Sierra Club Jr.; and Arianna Huffington. In 2008, several Sierra Club officers quit in protest after the Sierra Club agreed to promote products by Clorox, which had been named one of a "dangerous dozen" chemical companies by the Public Interest Research Group in 2004. According to Carl Pope, the Sierra Club chairman, the deal brought the Club 1.3 million US dollars over the four-year term of the contract. Also in 2008, the Sierra Club endorsed Senator Barack Obama for President, citing "his strong record of support for clean air, wetlands protection, and clean energy." Between 2007 and 2010, the Sierra Club accepted

neg: Sierra cup for dispensing food out of a group pot, as well as a personal bowl/plate. Sierra cups have been in use since the early part of the 20th century, perhaps as early as 1905. A 1940 "Sierra Club Bulletin article" has pictures of sierra cup use in the wilderness dated as early as 1931. Sierra cup A Sierra cup (originally called a Sierra Club Cup) is a cup used for camping or Backpacking. Sierra cups are wider at the top than bottom, allowing for stacking. They typically have a fixed wire handle that is formed into a hook for attaching the

neg: Koidu in the city. The BBC World Service, CNN International, and several other international stations are also on the air in the city on satellite. Sierra Leone National Premier League club, the Diamond Stars is based in Koidu. The club represents the Kono District. Like the rest of Sierra Leone, football (soccer) is by far the most popular sport in Koidu Town. The Sierra Leonean professional football club known as the Diamond Stars of Kono, which is based in Koidu Town, represents the city and the entire Kono District in the Sierra Leone National Premier League. The Diamond Stars Football Club

neg: United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures by the plaintiff goes forward. Those requirements include, among others, "standing to sue". The Constitution does not identify what requirements must be met to ensure standing; the Supreme Court has developed the requirements over time through its case law. Just prior to SCRAP's decision to sue the United States and the ICC, the Supreme Court had, in "Sierra Club v. Morton", denied standing to the Sierra Club in its environmental challenge to Disney’s effort (with the support of the Interior and Agriculture Departments) to build a hotel and ski resort in California. SCRAP’s claims of wrongdoing and harm to its

neg: Sierra Club v. Babbitt to the Handbook, mitigation measures should be as consistent as possible for all HCPs with similarly situated species. The Handbook states that "the Service should not apply inconsistent mitigation policies for the same species, unless differences are based on biological or other good reasons and are clearly explained. The court examined mitigation requirements for other projects within the beach mouse habitat and found no consistency. The court did not find that the FWS followed their own guidelines. What the court did find, however, was that the FWS, had no justification for the issuance of the permits. Third, the Sierra Club

neg: Sierra Club activities, being focused solely on political advocacy. Generally, chapters in California are much more active with regard to outdoor activities. The Sierra Club presents a number of annual awards. These awards include the Sierra Club John Muir Award, which is the organization's top award. The John Muir Award is given to an individual with "a distinguished record of achievement in national or international conservation causes." Other awards given by the Sierra Club include the Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography, which honors excellence in conservation photography; and the Francis P. Farquhar Mountaineering Award, which recognizes contributions to mountaineering. Land management,

neg: Mohamed Kallon is the founder and owner of the Sierra Leonean football club Kallon F.C., currently playing in the Sierra Leone National Premier League. Kallon is one of the top clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League and play their home games at the National Stadium in Freetown. Previously known as Sierra Fisheries, Kallon acquired the club in 2002 for $30,000. Kallon FC won the Sierra Leonean FA Cup, and the Sierra Leone League title in 2006, and qualifying for the African Champions League. Mohamed Kallon is a devout Muslim and a member of the Mende ethnic group. Kallon is married

neg: Joseph LeConte he became friends with John Muir and started exploring the Sierra. He became concerned that resource exploitation (such as sheepherding) would ruin the Sierra, so he co-founded the Sierra Club with Muir and others in 1892. He was a director of the Sierra Club from 1892 through 1898. His son, Joseph N. LeConte, was also a noted professor and Sierra Club member. He died of a heart attack in the Yosemite Valley, California, on July 6, 1901, right before the Sierra Club's first High Trip. The Sierra Club built the LeConte Memorial Lodge in his honor in 1904. The Le

neg: Sierra Club areas? Or are they actually committed to fighting climate change by providing enough housing for Californians in low-carbon, infill areas? Because their opposition to SB 827 unfortunately indicates more of the former than the latter." The Sierra Club Foundation was founded in 1960 by David R. Brower. A 501(c)(3) organization, it was founded after the Internal Revenue Service revoked the Sierra Club's tax-exempt status due to the group's political activities. The Sierra Club added its first Canadian chapter in 1963 and in 1989 opened a national office in Ottawa. Canadian affiliates of the Sierra Club operate under the Sierra Club

neg: Kono District Kono is home to Sierra Leonean Premier League club the Diamond Stars of Kono. The club is one of the oldest, biggest, and most popular football clubs in Sierra Leone. The club have won the Sierra Leonean FA Cup once, in 1992. Famous local football clubs are Flamingo FC, Rangers FC, Cosmos FC & Farmers FC. The district is made up of fourteen (Chiefdoms, and there are seventy-two sections across the district) of Sierra Leone|chiefdoms]] as the third level of administrative subdivision. Each chiefdom has one traditional ruler known as paramount chief. (*Quidadu) Kono District was the setting for much

neg: Ibrahim Tahini Ibrahim Tahini Ibrahim Tahini (born 25 July 1987 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean footballer of Lebanese descent who plays as a forward. He is a free agent and his last club was Stenungsunds IF. Tahini was born and raised in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He is of partial Lebanese descent and he is a graduate of the S. Edwards Secondary School in Freetown. He is a product of Sierra Leone's football club the Old Edwardians. Tahini was rated as one of the best young footballers in Sierra Leone during 2002 and 2003. He joined Edwardians after he completed

neg: Sierra Club v. Babbitt statutes and irrational decision making. Sierra Club v. Babbitt Sierra Club v. Babbitt, 15 F.Supp.2d 1274 (1998), is a United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama case in which the Sierra Club and several other environmental organizations and private citizens challenged the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Plaintiffs filed action seeking declaratory injunctive relief regarding two incidental take permits (ITPs) issued by the FWS for the construction of two isolated high-density housing complexes in habitat of the endangered Alabama beach mouse ("Peromyscus polionotus ammobates"). The District Court ruled that the FWS must reconsider its decision

neg: Sierra Club v. Babbitt Sierra Club v. Babbitt Sierra Club v. Babbitt, 15 F.Supp.2d 1274 (1998), is a United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama case in which the Sierra Club and several other environmental organizations and private citizens challenged the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Plaintiffs filed action seeking declaratory injunctive relief regarding two incidental take permits (ITPs) issued by the FWS for the construction of two isolated high-density housing complexes in habitat of the endangered Alabama beach mouse ("Peromyscus polionotus ammobates"). The District Court ruled that the FWS must reconsider its decision to allow high-density development on

neg: Sierra Club national level take precedent. In addition to political advocacy, the Sierra Club organizes outdoor recreation activities, and has historically been a notable organization for mountaineering and rock climbing in the United States. Members of the Sierra Club pioneered the Yosemite Decimal System of climbing, and were responsible for a substantial amount of the early development of climbing. Much of this activity occurred in the group's namesake Sierra Nevada. The Sierra Club does not set standards for or regulate alpinism, but it organizes wilderness courses, hikes, and occasional alpine expeditions for members. In California, the club, through its outdoor recreation groups,

neg: Sierra Club Michael Brune reported that he learned of the gifts after he succeeded Carl Pope as executive director of the Sierra Club in 2010. Brune reported that he ended the financial agreement with natural gas industry interests. In 2014, the Energy and Environment Legal Institute filed a referral with the Internal Revenue Service pointing out that Sierra Club and Sierra Club Foundation were not paying income taxes from sales of solar panels for their partners across the US. The Sierra Club has an affiliated super PAC. It spent $1,000,575 on the 2014 elections, all of it opposing Republican candidates for office.

neg: Mike Hudak public lands ranching. He authored several articles for Internet display and for publication in Sierra Club newsletters. Fifteen Sierra Club chapters and twenty-two groups (37% of Sierra Club membership) by summer 2000 had signed resolutions calling for the Sierra Club to oppose commercial livestock grazing on federal public lands. As a resource person to the Sierra Club's Grazing Task Force from June 1999 to May 2000, where he was privy to actions of the club as they pertained to its grazing policy, he learned in December 1999 that the club's National Board planned to consider revising that policy at its

neg: Sarasota Woman's Club well as profit from it. To Brighten Up my town and promote its social, Industrial and commercial progress. To promote the love of Nature sunshine and fresh air. To adopt Brighten Up as my slogan. In addition, the Woman’s Club took as inspiration a poem originally published in the "Southern Woman’s Magazine" entitled “What is a Woman’s Club?”: What is a woman’s club? A meeting ground, For those whose purpose, great and broad and strong, Whose aim is like the star: who ever long To make the patient, hastening world resound With sweeter music, freer tones. A place where kindly,

neg: Kamboi Eagles F.C. Europe. Kamboi Eagles F.C. The Kamboi Eagles Football Club commonly known as Kamboi Eagles, is a Sierra Leonean football club based in Kenema, Sierra Leone, currently a member of the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the highest division of football league in Sierra Leone. The Eagles have an intense rivalry with the Diamond Stars of Kono and district rival Gem Stars. The Eagles play their home games at Kenema Town Field in Kenema and have twice won the Sierra Leonean FA Cup, in 1981,1985 and 2014. Sierra Leonean international footballer Paul Kpaka started his career with Kamboi Eagles before moving

neg: Kamboi Eagles F.C. Kamboi Eagles F.C. The Kamboi Eagles Football Club commonly known as Kamboi Eagles, is a Sierra Leonean football club based in Kenema, Sierra Leone, currently a member of the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the highest division of football league in Sierra Leone. The Eagles have an intense rivalry with the Diamond Stars of Kono and district rival Gem Stars. The Eagles play their home games at Kenema Town Field in Kenema and have twice won the Sierra Leonean FA Cup, in 1981,1985 and 2014. Sierra Leonean international footballer Paul Kpaka started his career with Kamboi Eagles before moving to

neg: Sears Island 2nd term). In response, the Sierra Club of New England waged a seven-year struggle in federal courts in the mid-1980s and early 1990s to keep Sears Island free of development. Key cases included: Sierra Club v. Marsh, (1985), Sierra Club v. Secretary of Transportation. (1985), Sierra Club v. Marsh (1989) and Sierra Club v. Marsh (1992) A three-year-long consensus-driven effort by Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) and its Sears Island Joint Use Planning Committee culminated on January 22, 2009 in the signing by Maine transportation commissioner David Cole of a perpetual conservation easement granting Maine Coast Heritage Trust control of

neg: Sierra Club v. Morton the Second Circuit’s decision in "Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference v. Federal Power Commission", he sought a more direct, and litigious, approach to environmentalism by setting up the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, later renamed Earthjustice. The Sierra Club then sued the United States Secretary of the Interior in San Francisco federal court to block development of Disney’s famous ski resort. Asserting itself as private attorney general, the Sierra Club argued that Disney’s resort would cause “irreparable harm to the public interest”. The Sierra Club did not allege it suffered a unique, private injury from Disney’s ski resort because it believed

neg: Ibrahim Koroma Ibrahim Koroma Ibrahim Koroma (born 17 May 1989 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays for Motala AIF. Previously Koroma played for Swedish Superettan club Varbergs BoIS and the Sierra Leone national football team. He plays both as a defensive midfielder and central defender. Koroma is commonly known by his nickname "Marcel", which is taken from former French footballer Marcel Desailly. Koroma played for Sierra Leone National Premier League side FC Kallon until 2008. He scored 13 goals in 83 caps during his four-year stay at the club. Koroma also helped FC Kallon win the Sierra

neg: Adirondack League Club v. Sierra Club Adirondack League Club v. Sierra Club Adirondack League Club vs. Sierra Club was a court case decided on December 17, 1998, by New York's highest court, the New York Court of Appeals, denying the defendants' motions for summary judgment that the South Branch of the Moose River flowing through Adirondack League Club property was a public highway, but holding that recreational use can be considered in determining if a river is a public highway. The case was sent back to the trial court for additional review. However, the case was settled before there was a final court determination as to

neg: Bai Bureh Warriors against the British in 1898. Bai Bureh Warriors won the Sierra Leonean FA Cup Cup in 1978 and 1982 and their best performance in any Caf competitions came in 1979 when they reached the second round of the CAF Cup Winners' Cup. Bai Bureh Warriors The Bai Bureh Warriors of Port Loko commonly known as Bai Bureh Warriors is a Sierra Leonean professional football (soccer) club based in Port Loko, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone. The club represent Port Loko District and is currently playing in the Sierra Leone National First Division, the second highest football league in Sierra Leone..

neg: Inter-territorial Catholic Bishops' Conference of The Gambia and Sierra Leone coadjutor, and auxiliary bishops and the ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter) in Sierra Leone and The Gambia. Established in 1981, Caritas Sierra Leone was formed by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Sierra Leone for the purpose of serving as the relief and development branch of the Catholic Church in Sierra Leone. Caritas Sierra Leone was active during the Sierra Leone Civil War providing shelter, nourishment, trauma counselling and advocacy for child soldiers. In post war Sierra Leone, Caritas participated in peace building actions but has also worked with humanitarian relief, youth empowerment, gender equality,

neg: Mohamed Sillah (footballer) Mohamed Sillah (footballer) Mohamed Sillah (born August 15, 1983 in Bo, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer (defender or defensive midfielder), who is currently playing for Scarborough Athletic in the English Northern Counties East Football League. He signed a short-term contract at the club after. Sillah has previously played in Turkey and Sweden. Sillah is also a member of the Leone Stars, the Sierra Leone national football team. He made his international debut for Sierra Leone in 2002. Before moving to Europe Sillah played for top Sierra Leone National Premier League club Bo Rangers and Diamond Stars. He

neg: Sierra Club was criticized for joining with the Wilderness Society in agreeing to a compromise that would allow logging in the Black Hills in South Dakota. A goal of the Sierra Club is to replace coal with other energy sources. Through its "Beyond Coal" campaign, the Sierra Club has set a goal to close half of all coal plants in the U.S. by 2017. American business magnate and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $50 million to the Sierra Club's anti-coal work in 2011, and announced another $30 million gift to Sierra's Beyond Coal campaign in 2015. The Beyond Coal

neg: Sierra Club major in the Army Reserve. In many areas of the country, Sierra Club also organizes hiking tours. Sierra Club's website has a "hiking near me" function. Section "Sierra Club Near You" shows all the upcoming trips in nearby area. The historic High Trips, sometimes large expeditions with more than a hundred participants and crew, have given way to smaller and more numerous excursions held across the United States and abroad. These outings form a major part of Sierra Club culture, and in some chapters, constitute the majority of member activity. Other chapters, however, may sponsor very few outdoor or recreational

neg: East End Lions F.C. East End Lions F.C. East End Lions is a Sierra Leonean professional football club based in the capital Freetown. They play in the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the top football league in Sierra Leone. East End Lions represents the East End of Freetown, and play their home games at the National Stadium. East End Lions are one of the two biggest and most successful football clubs in Sierra Leonean football history (along with their main rivalry Mighty Blackpool). The club was founded in 1928 and is one of the oldest football clubs in Sierra Leone. East End Lions have

neg: Sierra Club budget was $88 million in 2011 and $100 million in 2012. In 2013, the group's budget was $97.8 million. In 2008, Clorox donated $1.3 million to the Sierra Club in exchange for the right to display the Sierra Club's logo on a line of cleaning products. In February 2012, it was reported that the Sierra Club had secretly accepted over $26 million in gifts from the natural gas industry, mostly from Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake Energy. The Sierra Club used the Chesapeake Energy money for its Beyond Coal campaign to block new coal-fired power plants and close old ones.

neg: Sierra Club High Trips were led by mountaineers such as Francis P. Farquhar, Joseph Nisbet LeConte, Norman Clyde, Walter A. Starr, Jr., Jules Eichorn, Glen Dawson, Ansel Adams, and David R. Brower. A number of first ascents in the Sierra Nevada were made on Sierra Club outings. Sierra Club members were also early enthusiasts of rock climbing. In 1911, the first chapter was formed, Angeles, and it began conducting local excursions in the mountains surrounding Los Angeles and throughout the West. Many major innovations in mountaineering have come from Sierra Club members. Norman Clyde and Jules Eichorn, considered among the most famous

neg: Sierra Club is usually considered the state's analogue to other state mountaineering clubs such as Mazamas or the Colorado Mountain Club. The Sierra Club's stated mission is "To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth; To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; To educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives." The Sierra Club is governed by a 15-member Board of Directors. Each year, five directors are elected to three-year terms, and all club

neg: Sierra Club and the United Steelworkers. In 2012, the Laborers' International Union of North America left the coalition due to the Sierra Club and other environmental groups' opposition to the Keystone Pipeline. Immigration was historically among the most divisive issues within the club. In 1996, after years of debate, the Sierra Club adopted a neutral position on immigration levels. As the club has shifted to the left over the years, this position was amended in 2013 to support "an equitable path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants". Although the position of the Sierra Club has generally been favorable towards immigration, some critics of

neg: Kenema District Bo District served more than 60,000 Liberian refugees Kenema has a mixed economy, made up of gold and diamond mining as well as agricultural production of coffee, cacao and rice. Kenema is home to Sierra Leonean Premier League club the Kamboi Eagles. The club won the Sierra Leonean FA Cup in 1981, 1985, and 2014. The district is made up of sixteen chiefdoms as the third level of administrative subdivision. Kenema District Kenema District is a district in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is Kenema, which is the second most populous city in Sierra

neg: Newton, Sierra Leone larger Western Area Rural District Council Government, Newtown is locally governed by a directly elected town council, headed by a Town Head. The current Town Head of Newtown is Tommy Browne of the APC, who was elected in the 2013 Western Area Rural District Newton Town Head election . The Anti Drugs Strikers football club which is based in Newton, represent the city in the Sierra Leone National Premier League. The club is overwhelmingly popular in Newton. Newton, Sierra Leone Newton is a city in the Rural District in the Western Area of Sierra Leone. The city lies approximately twenty

neg: Sierra Club campaign says 187 coal plants have been closed since 2010. Other funders of the Sierra Club's anti-coal campaign include the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The CEO of Chesapeake Energy, a natural gas company, donated $26 million to the Beyond Coal campaign between 2007 and 2010. The Sierra Club is also opposed to nuclear energy. The Sierra Club opposes dams it considers inappropriate, including some government-built dams in national parks. In the early 20th century, the organization fought against the damming and flooding of the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National

neg: Jacksonville Arboretum & Gardens Jacksonville Arboretum & Gardens The Jacksonville Arboretum & Gardens (JAG) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and park in Jacksonville, Florida, similar to Tree Hill Nature Center, and organized for the purpose of developing a unique natural attraction on a city-owned, site. The arboretum officially opened on November 15, 2008, and the Sierra Club of Northeast Florida stated, "Development of this park is truly a community project of a size and scope never before undertaken by a volunteer organization." Between 1941 and 1961, the "Humphries Gold Mining Company" harvested zircon and other minerals required for the production of titanium. Strip-mining removed

neg: Sierra Club members are eligible to vote. A president is elected annually by the Board from among its members. The Executive Director runs the day-to-day operations of the group. Michael Brune, formerly of Rainforest Action Network, has served as the organization's executive director since 2010. Brune succeeded Carl Pope. Pope stepped down amid discontent that the group had strayed from its core principles. Sierra Club members belong to statewide chapters and local groups. National and local special-interest sections, committees, and task forces address particular issues. The national Sierra Club sets the organization's policy agenda and overarching rules. The club is known for

neg: Hassan Koeman Sesay Hassan Koeman Sesay Hassan Koeman Sesay (born 5 September 1981 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer who plays for Hà Nội ACB, one of the biggest clubs in the Vietnamese top football league. Sesay also plays for the Sierra Leone national football team, for whom he has appeared in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying match. He started his football career with local club Real Republicans in the Sierra Leone National First Division, the highest football league in Sierra Leone. He spent some seasons at the club then move to Goderich United then FC Kallon then

neg: Patrick Bantamoi Patrick Bantamoi Patrick Bantamoi (born 24 May 1986 in Bo, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Finnish club RoPS. He made his international debut for Sierra Leone on November 16, 2009 in friendly international friendly match against Dutch club Willem II in Tilburg, Netherlands. Bantamoi also holds a Finnish passport. Bantamoi was born and raised in Bo, Sierra Leone in the southern part of the country. He was discovered while playing in a local street football tournament in Bo in 2002. He was the first choice goalkeeper for Sierra Leone at the 2003

neg: Kabala, Sierra Leone who have satellite. There are government-recognised secondary schools, all of which have religious affiliations. There is a new Islamic school, the Kabala Islamic Secondary School, which is as yet unrecognised. Kabala Secondary School is the biggest and oldest secondary school. It was founded by Catholic missionaries. Like the rest of Sierra Leone, football is by far the most popular sport in Kabala. The city's major football team is the Bintumani Scorpions. The club currently plays in the Sierra Leone Nationwide First Division, the second highest football league in Sierra Leone, and the second biggest football club within the township is

neg: Kabba Samura Azerbaijani club FK Mughan in January 2010. In May 2011, he signed a short-term contract with Vietnam's V-League club Hoàng Anh Gia Lai. Samura has a wife and two children. Kabba Samura Kabba Samura (born 26 October 1981 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean international soccer player and as well a Swedish Citizen European passport holder. He is currently playing for the Vietnam's V-League club Hoàng Anh Gia Lai. Samura began his career with Mighty Blackpool in the Sierra Leonean Premier League. He made his debut at his club where he started his career at the age of

neg: Sierra Club the Sierra Club have charged that the efforts of some club members to restrain immigration, are a continuation of aspects of human population control and the eugenics movement. In 1969, the Sierra Club published Paul R. Ehrlich's book, "The Population Bomb", in which he said that population growth was responsible for environmental decline and advocated coercive measures to reduce it. Some observers have argued that the book had a "racial dimension" in the tradition of the Eugenics movement, and that it "reiterated many of Osborn's jeremiads." During the 1980s, some Sierra Club members, including Paul Ehrlich's wife Anne, wanted to

neg: Courtright Reservoir Courtright Reservoir Courtright Reservoir is a reservoir in Fresno County, California. The reservoir is at an elevation of 8,170 feet (2,490 m) in the Sierra National Forest, in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, bordering the John Muir Wilderness. The high Sierra reservoir is formed by Courtright Dam in Helms Creek canyon and has a capacity of . The dam is composed of rock-fill and is 315 feet (96 m) tall, measured from the crest to the original streambed. It was completed in 1958 and is owned by Pacific Gas and Electric. Its primary purpose is hydroelectricity production. The lake is

neg: Sierra Club activists." The immigration reduction proponents won 7% of all votes cast in the election. In 2005, members voted 102,455 to 19,898 against a proposed change to "recognize the need to adopt lower limits on migration to the United States." With the increased number of progressive activists joining the club in recent years, the Sierra Club has dramatically shifted its stance on immigration further towards the affirmative. Today, the Sierra Club supports a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, opposes a border wall and works with immigrant groups to promote environmental justice. The Sierra Club has come under criticism for opposing

neg: Special-purpose local-option sales tax is no other funding for expanding transit options while the gas tax and county SPLOSTs already go toward roads. It was also opposed by the Sierra Club for putting so much more toward roads that will simply fill up again, as well as by the NAACP since it is a regressive tax that would have also applied to basic necessities like groceries, and would have singled-out MARTA as the only agency that would be blocked from receiving operating funds. Governor Nathan Deal has said there will be no re-vote, and no increase in the taxes on gasoline (which are constitutionally

neg: F.C. Johansen F.C. Johansen FC Johansen is a Sierra Leonean football club founded in 2004 and is based in the city of Freetown. The club is run by Isha Johansen (Tejan Cole) and her Norwegian husband Arne Birger Johansen. The club started with the objective of giving hope to a group of young people, using sport as a means of channeling their energy into a positive healthy direction. Co-owned by Billionaires CONPROLOG Ltd In 2010, FC Johansen was not playing the Sierra Leone league. In 2011, they played for the first time in the Sierra Leone division One league. That year they

neg: Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS Cosworth The Ford Sierra RS Cosworth is a high-performance version of the Ford Sierra that was built by Ford Europe from 1986 to 1992. It was the result of a Ford Motorsport project with the purpose of producing an outright winner for Group A racing in Europe. The project was defined by Stuart Turner in the spring of 1983. He had recently been appointed head of Ford Motorsport in Europe, and he realised right away that Ford was no longer competitive in this area. Turner got in touch with Walter Hayes, at the time the vice-president of

neg: Eric Francis do so after the first month of what became a decade-plus cleanup that cost state taxpayers $50 million by 1997. His investigative articles on the issue have been published in "Sierra", the magazine of the Sierra Club, the "Village Voice", "Woodstock Times", the "Las Vegas Sun", "The St. Louis Journalism Review", "Lies of Our Times", and other national and international publications. His persistent coverage led to his being banned from the New Paltz campus as an alleged public nuisance on May 5, 1993. Challenging the ban, he brought a federal lawsuit against the State of New York in the persons

neg: Glen Dawson (mountaineer) new route on Mount Russell, by way of the south face, west chute. Dawson then climbed the Red Kaweah and the Black Kaweah. Over the Labor Day weekend of 1932, Dawson and Dick Jones climbed Mount McAdie. Dawson served as Mountaineering Notes Editor for the Sierra Club Bulletin for 1932. On February 22, 1933 Dawson made the first ski ascent of Telegraph Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains. In 1933, Dawson, Eichorn and Dick Jones made the first ascent of what was later named Dawson Minaret in the Minarets. On the Sierra Club's annual High Trip, Dawson, along with Neil

neg: Clorox a link between classic and modern consumer behaviors.” In 2008, the Sierra Club endorsed the Clorox Green Works line. Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope stated that one of non-profit organization's "primary goals is to foster vibrant, healthy communities with clean water and air that are free from pollution. Products like Green Works help to achieve this goal in the home.” The Sierra Club also partnered with Clorox “to promote a line of natural cleaning products for consumers who are moving toward a greener lifestyle." The partnership "caused schisms" in the club, which contributed in part to Pope's decision to

neg: David Simbo to Norway to play for them. Simbo returned to Sierra Leone to play for Mighty Blackpool. In 2011, he went on loan to Swedish third-tier club Motala for the first half of the season, and then Allsvenskan club Trelleborg for the second half of the season. He spent the 2012 season with Boden. In 2013, he signed for Sandviken. He signed for Saudi club Najran SC in July 2015. He made his international debut for Sierra Leone in 2010. David Simbo David Simbo (born 28 September 1989) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer who plays for Turkish club Kurtuluşspor as

neg: Glen Dawson (mountaineer) they discovered a cairn on the summit. They later learned that mapmaker Donald McLain had made the first ascent in 1911. Returning to the Sierra Nevada, Dawson, Eichorn and Clyde joined the Sierra Club High Trip with 199 participants plus 25 mules with wranglers and horses. Dawson led a group to the summit of what was later named Mount Farquhar. Along with Thomas Rawles and Hans Helmut Leschke, he climbed the most difficult (#8) of the Kearsarge Pinnacles. A party of 16, including Dawson, Clyde, Farquhar and Eichorn then climbed Junction Peak. Dawson, Eichorn, Brem and Leschke then climbed a