Even Western Europe, which contains some of the most secular societies on earth, will be affected by a growing tide of religiosity due to immigration from the Muslim world, predicts Kaufman.

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Our own Foundation, Dancing Star (www.dancingstarfoundation) is working with partners and colleagues around the world to vastly multiply the environmental awareness and on-the-ground efforts by animal rights activists, conservation biologists and educators throughout the world to help stem the tide of irrevocable damage to the living earth.

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The earth bank aims to protect homes against a one-in-100-year tide and storm surge.

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That is, the moon pulls hardest on the Earth's oceans on the side facing the moon, making a bulge of water (high tide).

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