The Most Dangerous Road In the World

 La Paz - The World's Most Dangerous RoadBetween the barren altiplano capital of La Paz and the verdant Yungas coca capital of Coroico lies one of the most dramatic and deadly roads in the world. Built by the blood and sweat of prisoners during the war with Paraguay in 1932, the “Death Road” is still the only route that connects Northern Bolivia with the capital. This absurdly narrow road is heavily traversed by buses, minivans, trucks, tankers, taxis, private vehicles, and mountain bikes. Mountain bikes! That’s right; the world’s deadliest road is open for tourism, only in Bolivia. Despite the fact that (or because of it) there is an average of one accident every two weeks and 200 fatalities annually, tourists are just bursting...

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World's Most Expensive Houses

The Updown court- most expensive house in the world The Updown Court complex, housed at Windlesham, England is not only known as one of the most important residential complexes in and around London, it is also the worlds most expensive house floating in the market. Launched in the market for sale at 70,000,000 pounds ($110,684,000 US dollars) it is also the largest residential construction in the United Kingdom since the 19th century.The history of the Updown Court has not been as vibrant as its present and near past. Originally, it was built in an area spanning 58 acres of land, with an in-built lake and woodlands. The initial building was completed in 1924 and was supposed to house...

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The crowd grew angry over the prolonged wait for tickets---World Cup cricket fans clash with police in India

World Cup cricket fans clash with police in IndiaThe crowd grew angry over the prolonged wait for ticketsFans queuing outside the Chinnaswamy stadium in the Indian city of Bangalore to buy tickets for the cricket World Cup have clashed with police.Television pictures showed policemen hitting dozens of fans on their legs and backs.Many of the fans had been waiting since Wednesday night. Reports said they were angered by the shortage of tickets available for purchase at the venue. Bangalore is to host Sunday's World Cup showdown between India and England.According to reports, barely 8,000 tickets are up for sale at the stadium which can accommodate 40,000 people.The BBC's Alison Mitchell, who is in Bangalore, says that there were...

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How To Insure Your Life trough World Wide

Life Insurance Basics – It's Not As Bad As You Think Life insurance is a contract between an insurer (a life  insurance company) and a policy owner to insure the life  of an individual. In many cases, the individual being  insured is also the policy owner.The life insurance policy pays a death benefit to a  named beneficiary (which is stipulated in the contract by  the policy owner) upon the death of the insured.Life insurance was originally designed as a way to help pay for burial costs. However, today, life insurance is used for a wide variety of purposes both personal and  business including insuring the life of business owners  (to keep the business operating after the owner's death), ...

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Whole life insurance--History ,Terms,Types,Requirements, Guarantees And Liquidity.

Whole Life Insurance, or Whole of Life Assurance (in the Commonwealth), is a life insurance policy that remains in force for the insured's whole life and requires (in most cases) premiums to be paid every year into the policy.  History All life insurance was originally term insurance. However, because term life insurance only pays a claim upon death within the stated term, a number of term insurance policy holders became upset over the idea that they could be paying premiums for 20 or 30 years and then wind up with nothing to show for it. In response to market pressures, actuaries conceived of an insurance policy with level premium payments that were higher than traditional term insurance contracts. These contracts would offer a...

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Volunteering in Mexico and Central America

An Overview, Top Tips, and Recommended OrganizationsContributing Editor and Columnist on Volunteering Abroad for Transitions Abroad Many international volunteers, especially those from North America, find Mexico and Central America to be inviting and exciting places to serve. Easier and cheaper to get to than Africa and Asia, this region offers a huge range of volunteer opportunities from working with street children in Mexico City to counting butterflies in the rainforests of Cost Rica.I first volunteered in Central America in 1986, and I still recall the feeling in my muscles while mixing cement with a shovel on a sister city project in Nicaragua; the sound of Mayan mothers patting homemade tortillas into shape; and the taste...

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Top quotes On Love

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Top Quotes---Love quotes

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.Anthony Robbins I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren’t enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision. Good actions give strength to ourselvesand inspire good actions in others.PlatoGreat effort springs naturally from a great attitude.Pat Riley Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.Brian Tracy “An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red stoplight…The truly...

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Environmental Pollution ,And Forms,Sources And Causes,And Effects Of Pollution

Air pollution from World War II weapon production in AlabamaPollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat, or light. Pollutants, the elements of pollution, can be foreign substances or energies, or naturally occurring; when naturally occurring, they are considered contaminants when they exceed natural levels. Pollution is often classed as point source or nonpoint source pollution. The Blacksmith Institute issues annually a list of the world's worst polluted places. In the 2007 issues the ten top nominees are located...

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Geographic information system

A geographic information system (GIS), geographical information system, or geospatial information system is any system that captures, stores, analyzes, manages, and presents data that are linked to location(s). In the simplest terms, GIS is the merging of cartography, statistical analysis, and database technology. GIS may be used in archaeology, geography, cartography, remote sensing, land surveying, public utility management, natural resource management, precision agriculture, photogrammetry, urban planning, emergency management, landscape architecture, navigation, aerial video, and localized search engines.As GIS can be thought of as a system, it digitally creates and "manipulates" spatial areas that may be jurisdictional, purpose or...

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