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Life Without Fossil Fuels US Election: Obama Shifts Policy on Offshore Oil Drilling As Petrol Prices Soar Bush Calls for Lifting of Ban on Alaska Oil Drilling Senate Blocks Attempt to Allow Oil Drilling in Alaskan Wildlife Reserve Oil drilling in wildlife park gets nearer Senate vetoes oil drilling in Alaska refuge Automakers Turn to Technology to Break US Addiction to Oil Oil Pollution and What It Is Doing to our World Sweden Plans to Be World's First Oil-free Economy Pollution Rules for Us Oil and Coal Eased

By Ningthoujam Sandhyarani

oil import level increases and consequently, affecs the overall country's income

Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheveks overthrew the Romanovs, imprisoning Anastasia and her family in Siberia until 1918 when they were murdered by Bolshevik soldiers. The bodies were buried in a secret location.

In the 1920’s a previously unknown woman in a mental hospital in Germany began claiming that she was Anastasia Romanov. She continued to make these claims up until her death in 1984, and arguably not without reason. There had been rumors that some of the members of the Tsar’s family had escaped the soldiers and as the woman had the same eye color, hair color, height, and body markings as the Romanov princess (including a deformed foot), most of the Russian public was not hesitant to accept the woman known as Anastasia Anderson to be the real Anastasia Romanov.

Then in 1991, the remains of the Romanov family were found and exhumed in Siberia. Portions of skeletons were found and the remains were identified as the Tsarina three of her female children using mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA is inherited solely from one’s mother. Once DNA was extracted from the skeletons, it was compared to that of the most recent maternal relative, Prince Philip of England; and as all four DNA samples matched that of the prince, it was confirmed that the nine skeletons that had been found included those of the Tsarina and three of her female children. Similar methods were used to confirm the identities of the other skeletons including that of Tsar Nicholas using mitochondrial DNA from James, Duke of Fife. However, it was concluded that the bodies of Princess Anastasia and Prince Alexei had not been found.

ENDORSING THE US MAYORS’ CLIMATE PROTECTION AGREEMENT

1995-2009

Increase the use of clean, alternative energy by, for example, investing in “green tags”, advocating for the development of renewable energy resources, recovering landfill methane for energy production, and supporting the use of waste to energy technology;

Three times more likely to hit a teacher Over 2.5 times more likely to get arrested Twice as likely to have multiple sexual partners 1.5 times more likely to get a sexually transmitted disease, use drugs, or drink alcohol. “

irects the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review EPA policies regarding the use of mobile to stationary source trading of emission credits under the Clean Air Act to determine whether such trading can provide both nonattainment and attainment areas with additional flexibility in achieving and maintaining healthy air quality and increasing use of alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles, thereby reducing United States dependence on foreign oil.

In 2006, the US House of Representatives passed for the tenth time a motion that would allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska.

Environmentalists oppose such drilling on the grounds that the 19 million acre Refuge is ecologically sensitive

Supporters of drilling claim that growing foreign dependence on oil threatens American security and that drilling in ANWR would help reduce that dependence.

PESTICIDES* October, 2008

These are chemical compounds used to kill pests, including insects, rodents, worms, weeds, and fungi.

organophosphates (e.g. parathion, chlorpyrifos [trade name Dursban])  carbamates (e.g. aldicarb, carbaryl)  pyrethrins/pyrethroids (pyrethrin, deltamethrin)  chlorinated hydrocarbons (e.g. DDT, lindane [trade name Kwell])  organometallic pesticides (e.g. various arsenic and mercury compounds)  nitrophenols (e.g. 2,4-dinitrophenol)  herbicides (e.g. diquat, paraquat)

Advertising in teen magazines and on television typically glamorizes skinny models who do not resemble the average woman. In fact, today's models generally weight 23% less then the average woman. Considering the average person in the United States sees approximately 3,000 ads in magazines, billboards, and television every day, your teenager is getting the wrong message about body image much too often.

average height and weight for a model is 5'10" and 110 lbs, and the height and weight for the average woman is 5'4" and 145 lbs

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I used to be running with my friends. I'd go out and steal and do drugs, shoot at people but once I got locked up it was a different story.

Using free energy from the sun to produce electricity is one of the most effective ways to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, and installing small-scale solar applications is a great way to start.

Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet, $59 for one-week supply of 42 meal-replacement cookies,

Flavors in oatmeal raisin, chocolate, blueberry, banana and coconut

Controls your hunger so you can stick to your diet

Negative Media Effects on Teenagers There are several negative media effects on teenagers as well. Media is responsible for creating ideals about body image, owing to which several teenagers (especially girls) suffer from inferiority complex and resort to unhealthy practices to lose weight and get skinny. The amount of excessive violence in media – be it the television, movies or the video games, tends to increase aggressive tendencies in teenagers. The amount of celebrity hype created by the media causes many children to make irrational demands for designer clothing, accessories and other perks of the celebrity life that they are exposed to. Glorification of unhealthy habits like smoking, drug abuse, unprotected sex and alcohol can encourage these habits in teenagers, which can permanently scar their lives.

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