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Some dont understand what is going on ..... "Global Warming??? - we need to take action and no .... for our future and our kids Doing whats right - Please look over these petitions and sign them http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/757422046 http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/681212377
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/455058974 http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/322848148 http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/187421019
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/303156149
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FRESH WATER IS ESSENTIAL TO ALL LIFE ON EARTH, AND FORESTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO FRESH WATER. FORESTS FILTER AND CLEAN WATER, SOFTEN HEAVY RAINFALLS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE ERODE SOILS, AND HOLD RIVER BANKS IN PLACE. IN TURN, WATER CARRIES DISSOLVED NUTRIENTS, WHICH IT DISTRIBUTES THROUGH THE FOREST SOIL. FORESTS ARE "SPONGES", CAPABLE OF COLLECTING AND STORING LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL. FOREST SOILS ABSORB FOUR TIMES AS MUCH RAINFALL AS SOILS COVERED BY GRASS, AND EIGHTEEN TIMES MORE RAINFALL THAN BARE GROUND. WITH THEIR DEEP ROOT SYSTEMS, TREES ARE ABLE TO PULL WATER UP FROM FAR BELOW THE GROUND. THE WATER MOVES THROUGH THE TREE AND IS USED IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS, COOLING, AND OTHER GROWTH PROCESSES. FROM THE LEAVES, IT IS EVAPORATED AS WATER VAPOR. IN THIS CYCLE, TREES ARE LIVING "WATER FOUNTAINS" THAT REDISTRIBUTE LIQUID: MOISTURE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE REMAIN TRAPPED DEEP UNDERGROUND IS RELEASED THROUGH THEIR LEAVES INTO THE AIR, WHERE IT THEN CONDENSES INTO CLOUDS AND FALL AS RAIN ONCE AGAIN. WITHOUT TREES TO REDISTRIBUTE THIS WATER, THE CLIMATE IN MANY AREAS WOULD BE FAR DRIER. TREES RELEASE THIS CONSTANT UNDERGROUND RESERVOIR OF WATER SLOWLY AND EVENLY, HELPING TO PREVENT SEASONAL FLOODS AND DROUGHTS. FOREST CANOPIES INTERCEPT MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS OVER THEM. THIS RAIN AND SNOW WOULD OTHERWISE FALL DIRECTLY TO THE GROUND, GRADUALLY WASHING THE SOIL AWAY. THE FOREST PREVENTS THIS EROSION FROM TAKING PLACE. THE WATER THAT LANDS IN THE FOREST CANOPY GENTLY DRIPS TO THE GROUND WITH MUCH LESS FORCE THAN DIRECT RAINFALL. BUT IN MOST CASES, FLOODS DO NOT OCCUR IN A PREDICTABLE PATTERN. LOGGING OPERATIONS IN WATERSHEDS CAN CREATE FLOODS. WHEN YOU REMOVE TREES YOU EXPOSE THE LAND TO SUNLIGHT WHICH MELTS THE SPRING SNOWFALLS AND FILLS THE STREAMS TO QUICKLY AND CAUSE FLOODING. POLLUTANTS CAUSE DAMAGE TO THESE STREAMS, RIVERS AND FORESTS ALONG WITH LIVING HABITAT.
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Blog: Friends :
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— (A)ccepts you as you
are(B)elieves in
"you"(C)alls you just to
say "HI"(D)oesn't give up
on you(E)nvisions the
whole of you (even the
unfinished
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beautiful.Nothing about
her was
extraordinary.Nothing
about her made her stand
out in a crowd.She grew
up in a family of six.The
eldest, she learnt
responsibility at an
early age.As she grew
stronger, and
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— A wealthy man and his son
loved to collect rare
works of art. They had
everything in their
collection, from Picasso
to Raphael. They would
often sit together and
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friends;friends of
friends ...... under that
bundle of snow have a
Merry Christmas -
much
love
Bryan
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(tags:
unbearable ) "WE HAVE A
WRITTEN AGREEMENT TO HUNT
ON THE ESTATE, WHICH
DOESN'T EXPIRE AT UNTIL
THE 30TH OF AUGUST," he
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River - 50
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afp.google.com The
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KayI met Kay (not her
real name) for the first
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and she lived a very busy
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Move forwardOne of the
biggest temptations for
those on the spiritual
path, and one I have
fallen into often, is
self absorption. Looking
inward is important, self
knowledge, or the growth
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