This means that, depending on your usage -- and the amount of your ETF -- you could effectively score more than a year of free mobile service from Ting.

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Pebble will reflect even a small amount of ambient light, however, so your backlight usage is likely to be fairly minimal.

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Lastly, group plants together by water usage to ensure they get the correct amount of water.

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But, just for giggles, assume that it is the recoverable amount: that would imply daily production of more than current UK gas usage.

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For the environment this means far less air emissions, far less water usage and disposal needs, and far less land impacted to produce a similar amount of oil and natural gas.

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Although the amount of time Americans whittle away online is rising (up three hours per week in 2011), social media usage has dipped for the first time, down 10 percent in 2012 from 2011, with Generation X and baby boomers leading the decrease, the report says.

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