Center for Appropriate Transport youth in need of a hands-on education. CAT is an alternative education program registered with the Oregon Department of Education and as such is one of the few publicly funded bicycle schools in the United States. Center for Appropriate Transport The Center for Appropriate Transport (CAT) is a non-profit community center dedicated to bicycles and alternative transport located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. CAT holds publicly funded educational workshops for teaching youth from ages 12 to 21. Within the facility there is a public bicycle repair workspace and a bike machine-shop for the design and manufacture of special-purpose bikes, particularly
The Wheel of Time balance and duality, and a respect for nature found in Taoism. Additionally, its creation story has similarities to Christianity's "Creator" (Light) and Shai'tan, "The Dark One" (Shaitan is an Arabic word that, in religious contexts, is used as a name for the Devil). It was also partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" (1869). "The Wheel of Time" is notable for its length, detailed imaginary world, well-developed magic system, and large . The eighth through fourteenth books each reached number one on the "New York Times" Best Seller list. After its completion, the series was nominated for a Hugo