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=Easter=

How is Easter celebrated?
==Easter is celebrated by Christians by attending Easter church services. They, along with others, also participate in giving Easter baskets (often from the Easter bunny), getting together with family for a special Easter meal, hiding Easter eggs for children to find, baking special Easter treats, and other activities.==

The Christian Community all around the world.
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= = The **2012 Summer Olympic Games**, officially the **Games of the XXX Olympiad**, and also known as **London 2012** as per the official logo, are scheduled to take place in [|London], [|United Kingdom] from 27 July to 12 August 2012.[|[][|1]Clouds
 * The Summer Olympic sports are archery, badminton, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, canoe / kayak, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, handball, judo, modern pentathlon (shooting, fencing, swimming, show jumping, and running), mountain biking, rowing, sailing, shooting, soccer, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, track and field, triathlon (swimming, biking, running), volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, and wrestling.

Valerie Adams
Age At Games: 27 Birthplace: Rotorua Residence: Auckland

**What are clouds?**

A cloud is a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals. The droplets are so small and light that they can float in the air.

**How are clouds formed?**

All air contains water, but near the ground it is usually in the form of an invisible gas called water vapor. When warm air rises, it expands and cools. Cool air can't hold as much water vapor as warm air, so some of the vapor condenses onto tiny pieces of dust that are floating in the air and forms a tiny droplet around each dust particle. When billions of these droplets come together they become a visible cloud.

**Why are clouds white?**

Clouds are white because they reflect the light of the sun. Light is made up of colors of the rainbow and when you add them all together you get white. The sun appears a yellow color because it sends out more yellow light than any other color. Clouds reflect all the colors the exact same amount so they look white.

**Why do clouds turn gray?**

Clouds are made up of tiny water droplets or ice crystals, usually a mixture of both. The water and ice scatter all light, making clouds appear white. If the clouds get thick enough or high enough all the light above does not make it through, hence the gray or dark look. Also, if there are lots of other clouds around, their shadow can add to the gray or multicolored gray appearance. This information was taken from:

[] at 10.12am Make a Rain Gauge .


 * What you'll need: **
 * A plastic (soft drink) bottle
 * Some stones or pebbles
 * Tape
 * Marker (felt pen)
 * A ruler


 * Instructions: **
 * 1) Cut the top off the bottle.
 * 2) Place some stones in the bottom of the bottle. Turn the top upside down and tape it to the bottle.
 * 3) Use a ruler and marker pen to make a scale on the bottle.
 * 4) Pour water into the bottle until it reaches the bottom strip on the scale. Congratulations, you have finished your rain gauge.
 * 5) Put your rain gauge outside where it can collect water when it starts raining. After a rain shower has finished, check to see how far up the scale the water has risen.

Rain falls into the top of the gauge and collects at the bottom, where it can be easily measured. Try comparing the amount of rain to the length of time the shower lasted, was it a short and heavy rain shower or a long and light one? If you want to get serious you can graph the rainfall over weeks or even months, this is especially interesting if the place you live experiences varying seasons where sometimes it is very dry and other times it is very wet. Combine your results with [|wind speed], [|wind direction] and [|air pressure] for a full weather report.
 * What's happening? **

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Anzac Day


 * Anzac Day** is a national day of remembrance in [|Australia] and [|New Zealand], originally commemorated by both countries on 25 April every year to honour the members of the [|Australian and New Zealand Army Corps] (ANZAC) who fought at [|Gallipoli] in the [|Ottoman Empire] during [|World War I] . It now more broadly commemorates all those who died and served in military operations for their countries. [|[1]][|[2]] Anzac Day is also observed in the [|Cook Islands] , [|Niue] , [|Pitcairn] , and [|Tonga] . It is no longer observed as a national holiday in [|Samoa].

In 1915, Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of an [|Allied] expedition that set out to capture the [|Gallipoli] Peninsula, according to a plan by [|Winston Churchill] to open the way to the [|Black Sea] for the Allied navies. The objective was to capture [|Constantinople], the capital of the [|Ottoman Empire] , which was an ally of [|Germany] during the war. The ANZAC force landed at Gallipoli on 25 April, meeting fierce resistance from the Ottoman Army commanded by [|Mustafa Kemal] (later known as Atatürk). What had been planned as a bold strike to knock the Ottomans out of the war quickly became a stalemate, and the campaign dragged on for eight months. At the end of 1915, the Allied forces were evacuated after both sides had suffered heavy casualties and endured great hardships. The Allied [|casualties] included 21,255 from the [|United Kingdom], an estimated 10,000 dead soldiers from [|France] , 8,709 from Australia, 2,721 from New Zealand, and 1,358 from [|British India]. News of the landing at Gallipoli made a profound impact on Australians and New Zealanders at home and 25 April quickly became the day on which they remembered the sacrifice of those who had died in war. Though the Gallipoli campaign failed to achieve its military objectives of capturing Constantinople and knocking the Ottoman Empire out of the war, the actions of the Australian and New Zealander troops during the campaign bequeathed an intangible but powerful legacy. The creation of what became known as an " [|Anzac legend] " became an important part of the national identity in both countries. This has shaped the way their citizens have viewed both their past and their understanding of the present.

As the demand for water grows, more water is extracted, treated, and transported sometimes over great distances which can require a lot of energy. If the local source of water is ground water, the level of ground water becomes lower as more water is removed and this increases the energy required to pump the water to the surface. Recycling water on site or nearby reduces the energy needed to move water longer distances or pump water from deep within an aquifer. Tailoring water quality to a specific water use also reduces the energy needed to treat water. The water quality required to flush a toilet is less stringent than the water quality needed for drinking water and requires less energy to achieve. Using recycled water that is of lower quality for uses that don’t require high quality water saves energy and money by reducing treatment requirements. Reusing water to save energy is more thoroughly discussed in the California Energy Commission’s 2005 report: [|__California's Water - Energy Relationship__] (CEC#700-2005-011-SF). This report highlights the large amount of energy required to treat and distribute water. Energy is required first in collecting, extracting, conveying, and distributing water to end users and second in treating and disposing of the wastewater once the end users have finished with it. Although it requires additional energy to treat wastewater for recycling, the amount of energy required to treat and/or transport other sources of water is generally much greater Come summer and the entire nation seems to have just one word on its lips - water. Year 2000 saw one of the worst summers recorded in the history of India. The drought in the state of Gujarat and Rajasthan was the worst in decades.
 * Recycling Water Can Save Energy**

Fresh water, they say is a scarce resource. Is it?

During the monsoons every year, we allow huge amounts of fresh water to run off our roads and pavements into the drains where it mixes with the sewage and heads straight for the rivers where we dump waste. Did you know that this rain water is enough to see us through the summers?

Consider this. If we were to collect all the water which rains on our terrace, roads and pavements instead of letting it run into the ditches, we could actually have vast reserves of water.
 * There is an easy solution**

All we need to do this is create rain water tanks to store water. If water tanks and reserves are expensive and difficult to maintain, we could even dig huge pits and make open reservoirs. These reservoirs would not only collect the rain water but also allow it to seep into the ground and raise the ground water level.

This type of water management and storage of rain water is called water harvesting.

It is actually a very old technique that has been used by a lot of traditional societies for generations. Water tanks, check dams, storage wells and reservoirs are dotted all over rural India and have seen villagers through several summers. In Kishori village of Alwar district in Rajasthan, farmers have made //Johads// or check dams to trap rain water and store them in huge reservoirs.

As water scarcity increases, we will also have to look towards such traditional but revolutionary water management methods.

Rainwater is a precious resource. Yet many buildings and properties are designed to remove water as quickly as possible. It's time to change our thinking to welcome rainwater and become stewards for water.

We drain rivers, streams and groundwater to meet our growing demand for water. It's time to shift that pattern to reducing our consumption and living within local water supply needs.

It's time to take the next bold step and go beyond sustainability and begin to regenerate our ecosystems. We can do this by becoming stewards of water, learning about rainwater catchment and starting to replenish our groundwater.

Rainwater harvesting is a technique used for collecting, storing, and using rainwater for landscape irrigation and other uses. The rainwater is collected from various hard surfaces such as roof tops and/or other types of manmade above ground hard surfaces. This ancient practice is currently growing in popularity throughout our communities due to interest in reducing the consumption of potable water and the inherent qualities of rainwater. This web site will mainly focus on general information about rainwater harvesting systems, rain water system advantages and disadvantages, and helpful links and references.

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