Miranda ranks high among Venezuelan states in agricultural and pastoral production, and government irrigation projects have resulted in the expansion of its large-scale farming and in the diversification of its agriculture.
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Although the total amount of new space coming on stream is less than it was a decade ago, the scale of the expansion in town centres is almost as great.
These announcements complimented a large-scale expansion of the "Power Up" program, which creates and staffs technology centers that poor children can use to improve their understanding and use of computers, the Internet and educational software.
While presently only 0.03 TW of energy was extracted from wind in 2008, and there is room for a considerable expansion of this technology with relatively insignificant effects on the climate, any future expansion on a global scale must take account that the potential for extraction of wind energy is finite according to the nature of the Earth system.
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The merger was designed, in Sir Iain Vallance's words, to create "one of the first great companies of the 21st century", which would deliver expansion on a global scale.
On October 28th Fortescue reversed its long-standing public optimism and announced it would curtail expansion, a huge blow given the importance of scale in efficient mining of iron ore.
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Now on the scale of the next century, the projections are suggesting that, between the ice and thermal expansion of the ocean, that we're likely to see upwards of a meter of sea level rise.
Fed lending and asset purchases on such a massive scale caused equal expansion of its liabilities, most importantly the reserve deposits of commercial banks and thrifts.
Khan announced to expansion of the program to include another 1250 girls to understand the impact of replicating the project on a larger scale.
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