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Tides Foundation is a left-leaning donor advised fund based in the United States. [ 4] It was founded in San Francisco in 1976 by Drummond Pike. Tides distributes money from anonymous donors to other organizations, which are often politically progressive. [ 5] An affiliated group, Tides Advocacy, is a "massive progressive incubator." [ 6]
Low tide at Bangchuidao scenic area, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China Low tide at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, California, U.S. Low tide at Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S. (2014) The changing distance separating the Moon and Earth also affects tide heights. When the Moon is closest, at perigee, the range increases, and when it is at apogee, the range ...
San Francisco, from Twin Peaks, looking down at Eureka Valley, with Market Street, center foreground leading towards the now-previous City Hall dome ruins on left, and The San Francisco Call's domed Call Building on right, center background circa April 18–21, 1906
A red tide that killed thousands of marine animals in the San Francisco Bay Area last year has returned and may already be the culprit behind additional deaths. Dead fish wash ashore as toxic red ...
October 11, 1948 (age 75) Nationality. American. Occupation (s) Philanthropist, political activist. Known for. Founder of Tides Foundation. Drummond MacGavin Pike (born October 11, 1948) is an American philanthropist and progressive political activist. He founded the Tides Foundation in 1976 and served as its president until 2010. [1]
This list of museums in the San Francisco Bay Area is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Sneaker waves are mainly referred to in warnings and reports of incidents for the coasts of Central and Northern California (including the San Francisco Bay Area's beaches, especially Ocean Beach, [7] Baker Beach, [8] and those that face the Pacific Ocean, [9] e.g. from Big Sur to the California–Oregon border), Oregon, and Washington in the ...
Brackets indicate seismic window periods as defined by Jim Berkland. [1] Tidal triggering of earthquakes is the idea that tidal forces may induce seismicity . In connection with earthquakes, syzygy refers to the idea that the combined tidal effects of the sun and moon – either directly as earth tides in the crust itself, or indirectly by ...