Cyberpunk plots often center on a conflict among hackers, artificial intelligences, and megacorporations, and tend to be set in a near-future Earth, rather than the far-future settings or galactic vistas found in novels such as Isaac Asimov's Foundation or Frank Herbert's Dune.

He is also devoted to philanthropic endeavors, most notably his own White Feather Foundation and the Whaledreamers Organization, both of which promote the co-existence of all species and the health and well-being of the Earth.

Foundation and Earth is a Locus Award nominated science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, the fifth novel of the Foundation series and chronologically the last in the series.

Several centuries after the events of Second Foundation, two citizens of the Foundation seek to find Earth, the legendary planet where humans are said to have originated.

Even less is known about Earth than was the case in Foundation, when scholars still seem to know the location of ' Sol '.

Foundation and Earth takes place only some 500 years into the 1, 000-year Seldon Plan.

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There are seven volumes in the Foundation Series proper, which in its in-universe chronological order are Prelude to Foundation, Forward the Foundation, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, Foundation's Edge, and Foundation and Earth.

Four years later, Asimov followed up with yet another sequel, Foundation and Earth ( 1986 ), which was followed by the prequels Prelude to Foundation ( 1988 ) and Forward the Foundation ( 1993 ).

After sharing a few conversations with each other, Trevize comes to believe that the Second Foundation lies on a planet in which Pelorat is an expert — the mythical planet of Earth.

This was followed shortly thereafter by Foundation and Earth.

According to his widow Janet Asimov ( in her biography of Isaac, It's Been a Good Life ), he had no idea how to continue after Foundation and Earth, so he started writing the prequels.

Asimov later integrated the Robot Series into his all-engulfing Foundation series, making R. Daneel Olivaw appear again twenty thousand years later in the age of the Galactic Empire, in sequels and prequels to the original Foundation trilogy ; and in the final book of the Robots series — Robots and Empire — we learn how the worlds that later formed the Empire were settled, and how Earth became radioactive ( which was first mentioned in Pebble in the Sky ).

To the members of our Advisory Board, and most specially to its members who constitute our committees of selection, the Foundation is indebted for its successes of choice of Fellows.

A History of the Roman Empire from its Foundation to the Death of Marcus Aurelius ( 1893 )

Arbor Day reached its height of popularity on its 125th anniversary in 1997, when David J. Wright, noticed that a Nebraska nonprofit organization called the National Arbor Day Foundation had taken the name of the holiday and commercialized it for their own use as a trademark for their publication " Arbor Day ," so he countered their efforts, launched a website, and trademarked it for " public use celebrations " and defended the matter in a federal district court in the United States to ensure it was judged as property of the public domain, the case was settled in October 1999.

In Asimov's Empire and Foundation series, the capital planet Trantor of the galactic empire is a completely built-up planet, covered in its entirety with tall buildings and subterranean structures.

In 1999, Barrymore was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star " Lifetime Achievement " Award commemorating her outstanding achievements within the film industry as a child actress.

The Foundation closed its doors, causing the proceedings to be vacated, but its creditors began to demand settlement of its outstanding debts.

In January 1996, the Britannica was purchased from the Benton Foundation by billionaire Swiss financier Jacqui Safra, who serves as its current Chair of the Board.

" The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths ( FSID ) praised the storyline, and its director Joyce Epstein explained, " We are very grateful to EastEnders for their accurate depiction of the devastating effect that the sudden death of an infant can have on a family.

According to the Film Arts Foundation in San Francisco, " The Chris Awards ( is ) one of the most prestigious documentary, educational, business and informational competitions in the U. S ; ( it is ) the oldest of its kind in North America and celebrating its 54th year.

Foundation of the Maurya Empire ( Sanskrit: म ौ र ् य र ा जव ं श, Maurya Rājavanśha ) which was geographically extensive and powerful empire in ancient India, ruled by the Mauryan dynasty from 321 to 185 BC. It was one of the world's largest empires in its time.

Under William Randolph Hearst's will, a common board of thirteen trustees ( its composition fixed at five family members and eight outsiders ) administers the Hearst Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, and the trust that owns ( and selects the 18-member board of ) the Hearst Corporation.

After telling the audience " I shall now read to you the scroll of the Establishment of the State, which has passed its first reading by the National Council ", Ben-Gurion proceeded to read out the declaration, taking 16 minutes, ending with the words " Let us accept the Foundation Scroll of the Jewish State by rising " and calling on Rabbi Fishman to recite the Shehecheyanu blessing.

Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman argues that, although the term intellectual property is in wide use, it should be rejected altogether, because it " systematically distorts and confuses these issues, and its use was and is promoted by those who gain from this confusion.

Founded in 1858 and coeducational from its start, ISU is classified as a Research University with very high research activity ( RU / VH ) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

The Sealy & Smith Foundation has contributed over $ 600 million dollars to UTMB since its inception.

( 1825 ) A Concise History and Description of Kenilworth Castle: From its Foundation to the Present Time, 16th edition.

Kitt Peak was selected by its first director, Aden B. Meinel, in 1958 as the site for a national observatory under contract with the National Science Foundation ( NSF ) and was administered by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy.

* 1972 – The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to " Greenpeace Foundation ".

Following the closure of the Netscape project, the name was adopted by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary the Mozilla Corporation, who continue to promote the original project's goals in association with the wider Mozilla community.

At the Grantmakers East Forum in Tbilisi, Georgia on October 26, 2010, Mr. Ben-Horin spoke on the concluding plenary panel “ Disruption and Positive Deviants ” moderated by Melissa Pailthorp, Microsoft Community Affairs Senior Manager for Central and Eastern Europe, and Anna Piotrovskaya, Executive Director of the Dmitry Zimin Dynasty Foundation.

Upon concluding the 2004 Forum, the Forum Foundation selected the city of Monterrey, Mexico to host the 2007 Forum.

Foundation of Etruscan temple at Tarquinia, scene of the Tages legend.

Central Park Summerstage, a series of free concerts presented by City Parks Foundation and hosting performers of many kinds, is also a major part of New York's summer music scene, which also includes the July Intel New York Music Festival.

The Tate Gallery, scene of the Turner Prize and K Foundation awards

On January 30, 2008, after the Republican candidates were narrowed to four — Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Ron Paul, and John McCain — the Library was the scene of the final GOP debate, once again hosted by the Reagan Foundation and Mrs. Reagan.

The UPRH successful has been the scene of the Dove Project Sabanera, native species threatened with extinction, Project Moonboogie for designing a lunar vehicle and maintains the Microbial Observatory of the Salinas of Cabo Rojo sponsored by the National Science Foundation .< ref >" About Us.

The band was started by ten-year-old J. P. ( Jean-Paul ) Toulon and his nine-year-old brother, Jamie Toulon, with encouragement from their father Vern Toulon, a longtime member of the Madison punk scene who had spent time in New York City, where he was a guitarist for the industrial band Missing Foundation.

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