If you want to know what it’s like to live like a hamster‚ than look no further than La Villa Hamster. Tucked away down an unremarkable side-street near the centre of the western French city‚ La Villa Hamster offers guests the "unique" opportunity to live the life of a rodent.The hotel has all basic amenities essential for a rodent such as containers of organic grain‚ a metal water spigot activating by pushing a giant lever with your foot‚ and a double bed accessible only by a step ladder and
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A tropical rainforest is an ecosystem that occurs roughly within 28 degrees north or south of the equator (equatorial zone between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn). They are characterised by their humidity (average of 88% in the rainy season and 77% in the dry season)‚ hot temperature (average 27.9 °C during the dry season and 25.8 °C during the rainy season) but more importantly their extremely high rainfall (torrential rainfall - between 1‚500 mm and 3‚000 mm annually). Tropical rainforests
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Deforestation of the Amazon: Causes‚ Effects and Possible Solutions NAME Geography 101‚ Section 040 PROFESSOR 6 December 2012 Abstract This paper explores the causes‚ effects and possible solutions of the deforestation of the Amazon Forest. It is important to understand why more than 580‚000 square kilometers of Amazon forest has been destroyed in Brazil since 1980 (Rhett Butler 2012). The main topics of this paper‚ in order to fully explore the issue at hand‚ will include:
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Abandoned Acid Mine Drainage at Shoup’s Run Introduction Acid mine drainage (AMD) is an industrial waste which is the result of the extraction process of the mineral coal from the ground. It causes widespread pollution in the streams above and below the coals fields. AMD is caused when water flows through sulfur-bearing materials forming acidic solutions. It is formed when pyrite (FeS2)‚ an iron sulfide‚ is exposed and then reacts with air (O2) and water (H2O) to form sulfuric acid. 2FeS2
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Site Factor of EXTERNAL MORPHOLOGY of Perth; The external morphology of Perth is constricted to an area of development because of the natural features such as‚ the Swan Coastal Plain‚ The Darling Scarp (East)‚ The Indian Ocean (West)‚ The Swan Canning River System. The swan coastal plain influences the external morphology of Perth‚ because the well-drained sandy soils provide an ideal foundation for the construction of urban buildings. The flat undulating nature of the plain has facilitated extensive
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However‚ rather than accept these frightening predictions‚ we must examine them within the context of the Nile River basin and the relationships forged among the states that share its waters. The Nile River is 6850km long. It is the world’s longest river and flows from the east and central African plains to the Mediterranean sea in a south to north movement with a catchments basin covering 10% of the African continent. The Nile River spreads across 10 states with an area of approximately 3x106 square
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Ancient Life of the Great Lakes Basin: Precambrian to Pleistocene 2011 [Pick the date] Table of Contents I. Introduction 3 II. History of the Great Lakes Basin 3 III. Precambrian Period 3 IV. Ordovician Period 4 V. Silurian Period 4 VI. Devonian Period 4 VII. Pennsylvanian Period 4 VIII. Mississippian Period 4 IX. Lost Interval 5 X. Ancient Life of the Great Lakes Basin: Precambrian to Pleistocene The purpose of this report is to provide an
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https://sslvpn.pitt.edu/itx/‚DanaInfo=find.galegroup.com+downloadDocument.do?...1&actionCmd=DO_DOWNLOAD_DOCUMENT&userGroupName=upitt_main&downloadFormat=HTML Gas for Peru v green imperialism; Development and the environment.(The row over the Camisea project)(gas field development) "Gas for Peru v green imperialism; Development and the environment.(The row over the Camisea project)(gas field development). ." The Economist (US). 368.8336 (August 9‚ 2003): 28US. Expanded Academic ASAP. Gale. University
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Katrina Pham Ms. Leang English 1 HP‚ Period 1 3 October 2012 Lost in a Forest “It’s too dark‚ Katrina. I can’t see!” cried Christopher‚ my baby cousin. “Slow down! If I lose you‚ the monsters are going to swallow me whole.” I heard him‚ but his whimpers only exacerbated the situation‚ which was already worsening by the second. The sun had nearly disappeared behind the mountain‚ and the darkness was quickly claiming the night. Out of instinct‚ I grabbed his hand and we ran as quickly as we could
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w w w e tr .X m eP e ap UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education .c rs om 0500/22 FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH Paper 2 Reading Passages (Extended) Additional Materials: * 6 1 2 9 3 6 9 5 7 9 * October/November 2011 2 hours Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and
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