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Clyde Muirshiel Country Park is located in west of Scotland in the central belt bounded by the towns of West Kilbride, Largs, Lochwinnoch and Greenock. It is 281km2 in area. It attracts around 1.5 million visitors per year (ClydeMuirshiel 2016). The park itself, was officially set up in 1990 after the idea of park in this region was first mooted in 1940 (ClydeMuirshiel 2016). The park is run according to the auspices of Scottish Natural Heritage whose policy statement regarding regional parks is

Alberta is a province that is rich and abundant in natural resources such as oil sands. What are oil sands? Oil reserves play a very important role in the Canadian economy. Oil sands from areas such as Alberta have been described as “Canadians greatest buried energy treasure” by popular magazines such as Time magazine. Oil sands are a naturally existing mixture of sand, clay and other materials such as water and bitumen. Some materials in oil sands including bitumen are highly viscous that they need

are cut down, hundreds barrels of fresh water are used daily, many animal habitats are destroyed, and the air and water are becoming severely polluted. The water that is needed to make crude oil is placed in special “ponds” also known as tailing ponds. The tailing ponds water contain toxic levels of mercury, lead, and naphthalene (which is cancerous since). A report shows that 40% of Canada’s emissions come from Alberta alone, and if all the crude oil in the sands were to be burned, 22 billion metric

Radiation has been a large-scale threat around the world, but especially in Central Asia. The region of Central Asia includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. All radioactive mines are threats, but the mines, tailings, and trails involving uranium remain the biggest threat. These mines continue to be threats because uranium is poisonous, causing toxicity and possibly death. Radioactive materials in general are highly used for nuclear energy, for both good

making ice cream could be easy and fun. Once I discovered this new perspective of life, I wanted to learn more. I became fascinated by chemical reactions in my high school’s lab. When I discovered that beans could grow in various amounts of mine tailings and soil, all I could think about was how we could be could be growing more plants in areas where we are just dumping iron pellets. Discovering something that was previously unknown through observing, measuring or experimenting with is one of the

Chapter 3 Retailing in Electronic Commerce: Products and Services Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to: 1. Describe electronic retailing (e-tailing) and its characteristics. 2. Define and describe the primary e-tailing business models. 3. Describe how online travel and tourism services operate and their impact on the industry. 4. Discuss the online employment market, including its participants, benefits, and limitations. 5. Describe online real estate

Surveillance occupies a major portion of the typical private investigator's day, and is one of their most important tasks. Here are a few hints and tips for any new or aspiring private investigator to help improve their surveillance skills: It's not exactly thrilling sitting all night in your car checking on someone who says his recent accident means he is house-bound, while the insurance company suspects the claimant is still running a night-time taxi business from home. A colleague who specializes

2009). The site covers about 26 miles of stream and stream side habitat. Silver Bow Creek was used as a conduit for mining, smelting, industrial and municipal wastes for more than a hundred years (Weitz, Luxenberg). Rather large amounts of mine tailings deposits are found along the creek. These deposits contain elevated levels of metals and have been dispersed over the entire flood plain (Weitz, Luxenberg). Silver bow creek and the Summit Valley have not always been a site of pollution and contaminated

pressure to close store due to the fact that e-tailing is becoming more and more popular. Companies can use websites to track consumers and get a better idea of what they are buying, this would be important for Joseph A. Bank because when they bring in new products they could have a better representation of consumer interest in it. Although it is more convenient to the consumer to shop online it does have a few drawbacks, from a retailer stand point e-tailing is all self-service. A specialty retailer

In Peru, a mine by the name of Yanacocha has been a massive operation for 23 years. It has produced more than 35 million ounces of gold, making it the largest operating mine in South America and the largest in the world. The International Financial Corporation, a lending leg of the World Bank, helped finance the project in 1993 and has been pushing money into it for expansion. Down the river, villagers who don’t have access to electricity and barely have clean drinking water, have been suffering