Seeing Hawaii in Cruising Style

      The Hawaiian language is based on five vowels and just seven consonants, but this is more than enough to utter the word "Aloha".       This greeting written out in lights already welcomes those arriving at Honolulu airport, but it is in fact much more than a greeting or farewell.         Aloha means love and well-being and somehow stands for everything that goes to make up the image of Hawaii, from colourful shirts, through flower garlands and grass skirts to coconut bikinis.         Hawaii is the "Aloha State" and the 50th state of the United States of America. A...

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Mount Kosciusko

Mount Kosciusko is actually the highest mountain (2,228 metres) on the world's flattest and smallest continent, Australia. It does not rise up out of the surrounding countryside as do many of Indonesia's spectacular mountains. Elevation gain is minimal and the wide open terrain is scenic. In the winter there is deep snow on the upper parts of the mountain. The mountain is within a national park so no cars are allowed and the vegetation and wildlife is protected. Mt. Kosciusko was named by Polish explorer Paul Strzelecki in 1840. Actually, Australia does have some interesting mountainous terrain, including areas of the Blue Mountains, the crags...

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Nuclear Power

There are three separate sources of haz- ard in the process of  supplying energy by nuclear power. The   radioactive   material   must   travel from is place of  manufacture to the power station. Altough the power stations   them- selves are solidly built, the container used for the transport of the materials are not. There are normally only two methods of transport available, namely road or rail. Unfortunately, both of  these involve close contact withh the general public, since the routes are sure to pass near, or even throught, heavily popu- lated areas. Next, there is the problem       of   waste. All nuclear   power stations produce wastes that in most cases wi‟l remain radioactive for thousand of years, It is impossible...

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