Footprint Calculation CO2 Emission‚ Energy Consumption and Water Consumption due to Pavement Construction and Usage Darío Enrique Romero Santana Department of Civil and Construction Engineering‚ Western Michigan University 4601 Campus Drive‚ Room G-249 Kalamazoo‚ MI 49008 United States Introduction Footprint is defined as the “measurement of how much land‚ water and natural resources a person‚ city‚ country or humanity as a whole requires to produce the resource it consumes”‚ (Edelman Darym)
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Ethic and Sustainability Issues New Balance had faced many new challenges in terms of ethical and sustainability issues. The challenge for the company was to recognize how to incorporate an effective Corporate Social Responsibility program for stimulating a successful global business‚ while increasing the contribution of New Balance to developing an upright and sustainable world. New Balance is enduring a commitment to environmental principles in its business operations to have the least minimal
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STABILITY IN MINING THE TAR SAND OF DAHOMEY BASIN‚ SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA David Afolayan ALAO and Mopa BASSAGI DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL SCIENCES‚ UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN P.M.B. 1515‚ ILORIN‚ KWARA STATE‚ NIGERIA Abstract The need to have stable slopes in open pit mining of the tar sand deposit of the Dahomey Basin‚ Southwestern Nigeria is emphasized in this study. In the Loda village‚ Southwestern Nigeria‚ samples of the lateritic soil and alluvial sand which overlie the tar sand occurrence were subjected
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Kaitlyn Willett Thoreau‚ New Mexico City Report Practically all residents pronounce the town’s name like "thuh-roo" (similar to "through" or "threw") and definitely not like "thorough" or "throw." Thoreau lies along Interstate 40 and the historic U.S. Route 66. The climate in Thoreau is desert‚ with sparse vegetation typical of the region. Common plants include pinyon pine and juniper trees‚ sagebrush‚ tumbleweeds‚ and some short‚ sparse grasses. Summers are relatively mild‚ due to Thoreau’s
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the Passaic River and New York Bay. The Issue In the 1950s the factories of New York city started over dumping waste into the Passaic River. The waste would carry down the river and into the New York Bay. Much of the wildlife was dying including the fish‚ turtles‚ and eventually the birds. The factories didn’t really notice much of it at first‚ but after awile they started to hear complaints of dead fish floating to the surface. The water was very mucky and the sand was infused with pesticides
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Philips versus Matsushita: A New Century‚ A New Round How did Philips become the leading consumer company in the world in the postwar era? What distinctive competence did they build? What distinctive incompetencies? During 1892‚ Gerard Philips had a small light-bulb factory in Eindhoven‚ Holland in the same year the factory was failing so the brother Anton‚ a salesman came abroad. The larger electrical company was very diverse with their products. The two brothers focus on technological prowess
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Compare Chinese New Year with American New Year Difference: Following is two differences between two customs. Dates are different: The Chinese New Year is based on lunar--calendar‚ but the American New Year is based on solar—calendar. So‚ both the dates of New Year are different even if the New Years are on January 1. Festivities are different: In the America‚ Americans like to have parties at New Year’s Eve. At ten seconds before midnight‚ people count down. After. People hug and kiss
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others. Recently new laws have been passed which effect new drivers. These laws mainly pertain to the younger generation of driver mainly teenagers. I believe that the current laws passed pertaining to what can and cannot be done by a new driver are a good thing. The law has changed several ways. First‚ new driver cannot and should not have anyone ride in the car with him or her unless it is a family member. Second‚ cell phones are not allowed and should not be allowed to be used by new licensee. And
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Adam Lanza’s Smashed Hard Drive Doesn’t Erase His Digital Footprint‚ Experts Say Before going on a murderous rampage last week‚ Adam Lanza reportedly took a dramatic step to erase his digital history: He removed the hard drive from his computer and smashed it with either a hammer or screwdriver. By doing so‚ he may have destroyed valuable evidence that would help investigators understand his motives for killing his mother‚ 20 first-graders and six school employees at a Sandy Hook Elementary School
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there was a land to the west‚ the “New World”. They saw it as a way to control their‚ ever growing‚ population and a way to earn more money. It wasn’t until the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries that England was capable of settling the Americas. New inventions allowed English seamen to travel on a straighter course to their destination‚ find their position in the middle of the ocean‚ and protect themselves from the native Americans that inhabited the new world. Also‚ technology in means of
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