As the country gets bigger and more people make their residency here the demand for fuel increases‚ thus‚ causing higher prices for fuel. Gas prices have been increasing at alarming rates over the last five years. There has also been a significant increase in the use of fossil fuels. This year alone‚ gas increased to a whopping $3.21 average in the state of Alabama alone (www.gasbuddy.com). California had the biggest increase going above the $5.00 mark (www.gasbuddy.com). As long as our fossil
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Save the Bees to Save Ourselves Bee’s are often seen as a nuisance‚ however‚ they are very important insects. They are responsible for pollinating about one-thirds of all of the world’s crops. Unfortunately over the last decade wild and managed bees have been dying off in great numbers. Bees are a vital part of their ecosystems and must be protected in order to protect our own food supply. Since the early 90’s wild bees have been dying off at an ever increasing rate‚ however‚ it was not until
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The island of Bougainville is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea. It is named after a French explorer named Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. This region is also known as Bougainville Province or the North Solomons. 175‚160 people live on the island of Bougainville. About 28‚000 years ago‚ the first people settled down on the island. Three to four thousand years ago‚ Austronesian people arrived‚ bringing with them pigs‚ chickens‚ dogs and tools. The first European
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Trees for Life - Grow a Tree (Fourth Project) Region: China Author: Zhou Yun‚ Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences Consortium Member: Green Earth Volunteers (China) Status: Funded and Ongoing Budget: $1430 Collected: $1430 Needs: $0 Result: To continue this education and reforestation project‚ in response to increasing interest from new schools in the Beijing and Xinjiang areas. Donors: Ron Blum‚ Massachusetts [September 2002]; Lydia Thompson and the 6th floor MADEP‚ Massachusetts
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We have inherited much from planet Earth‚ such as natural resources and every single one of the living creatures that planet earth is home to. However‚ in the preceding decades much has happened to our environments. After years of burning unlimited amount of fossil fuels and releasing harmful gases into the atmosphere‚ we have reached a point where it has affected our ecosystem. As result of the changes in our ecosystem‚ we have placed extreme amount of stress on living organisms. Animal population
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Hampi (Kannada: ಹಂಪೆ hampe) is a village in northern Karnataka state‚ India. Located within the ruins of Vijayanagara‚ Hampi is the former capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. Predating the city of Vijayanagara‚ it continues to be an important religious centre‚ housing the Virupaksha Temple‚ as well as several other monuments belonging to the old city. As the village is at the original centre of Vijayanagara‚ it is sometimes confused with the ruined city itself. The ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage
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continue to persist now. I feel that‚ to a significant extent‚ his position as academic shields him from and allows him to theorize away a counterculture that has been very much alive and struggling. Or‚ as Hakim Bey opens his TAZ: The Temporary Autonomous Zone‚ Ontological Anarchy‚ Poetic Terrorism‚ CHAOS NEVER DIED.The production or assumption of a limited period of the 60s tends to
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DOMESTIC SAVINGS- Savings is the difference between Income and Expenditure.A high level of savings helps the economy to progress on a continuous growth path since Investment is mainly financed out of savings. Given the importance of savings there have been extensive studies on the behavioral and other factors‚ which influence savings. Savings is income not spent‚ or deferred consumption. Methods of saving include putting money aside in a bank or pension
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the basis of application sectors‚ geography‚ and by country‚ including forecasting revenues‚ market share‚ and analyzing trends in each of the sub sectors. The UUV market based on type is categorized as ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicles) and AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles). The market is categorized into oil and gas‚ defense‚ and scientific research‚ of which ROV is greatly used in oil and gas and AUV for defense purpose. The report is classified across these application sectors where the market
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TIBETAN REFUGEES IN NEPAL There are more than 20‚000 Tibetan refugees living in about 12 settlements across the country. However‚ the true number of Tibetan refugees is not known. Some estimates suggest that 30‚000 Tibetans live in Kathmandu alone. While some Tibetan refugees arrived in Nepal in the early 1950s‚ the first major influx crossed the border in 1959‚ following the Lhasa Uprising. They established camps primarily in the Himalayan border regions of Nepal such
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