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Ricky H

CYCLING IS GOOD FOR YOU :: Bike For All >> The essential resource for everyone who cycl... - 1 views

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shared by Ricky H on 26 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • But you don’t have to be as super-fit as this to enjoy cycling. All it takes is a few gentle rides of about five miles, ridden at a moderate pace, and you’ll soon be strong enough to tackle ten mile jaunts with ease, or even long distance charity rides.
    • Ricky H
      Ricky H on 26 Sep 10
       
      Biking Can be done by fit and not so fit people.
    • Melissa Pietricola
      Melissa Pietricola on 26 Sep 10
       
      I think I count as "not so fit" and I like to bike!
Nolan M

American Immigration Past and Present - 0 views

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american immigration past

shared by Nolan M on 22 Oct 10 - Cached
  • America has served as the destination point for a steady flow of immigrants
  • Their numbers declined with the onset of the Revolutionary War during the 1770s
  • picked up strongly again during the 1840s and 1850s.
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  • this need was filled once again by immigrants arriving from Europe.
  • 25 million arrived between 1866 and 1915
  • immigrants had come mainly from northern European countries such as England, Germany, and the Scandinavian countries
  • 1880s most new immigrants were arriving from southern and eastern European countries such as Italy, Poland and Russia.
  • World War I in 1919, immigration declined dramatically
  • low through the Depression era of the 1930s and the World War II years of the early 1940s.
  • began to increase again during the late 1940s, and has risen steadily since that time.
  • The current phase of immigration history began in 1965, when strict quotas based on nationality were eliminated. In 1978, the United States government set a single annual world quota of 290,000, and this ceiling was raised again in 1990 to 700,000.
  • pace that at times has exceeded one million new arrivals per year
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