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Being a football fan is often compared to following a religion, and right now Arsenal fans need to renew their faith in the club as much as in the individual players and the manager.
Whilst many just want the last game of the season on Sunday to be over and done with, the match against Fulham represents a good chance for the players to lift some of the doom and gloom hanging over the club.
Another abject performance will see Arsenal fans spend the summer struggling to find positives about the club. However, should all the players actually show some fighting spirit and win the game, the negative feeling around the club will potentially improve.
Craven Cottage is more a chapel than a cathedral of football, but it's a traditional ground that, forgetting the Michael Jackson statue, represents what Arsenal need to do on Sunday; go back to basics. It's also on the banks of a river, but that's a coincidence in the religious/biblical metaphor.
The Gunners need to revert to playing the football that raised fans' hopes in January and February this season. Clearly the attitude hasn't been right in recent games, and due to the poor run of form it seems the players are thinking too much about what they're doing. Their natural instinct is being curbed by a negative mentality. Up until the Carling Cup final, Arsenal were playing great football and getting results, and should that return, a win at Fulham would inevitably follow.
Just reverting to playing well again isn't as simple as flicking a switch on and off, but with little or no pressure on the team, they have the chance to give the fans something to cheer. Obviously winning this one game wouldn't hide the failings of the season, and in many ways a thumping victory would increase frustration at what might have been, but something has to be done to make fans remember why they put so much time and effort into following the club. The players need to restore some pride for themselves and for the fans, as Arsenal are currently at the end of jokes from most opposing fans.
Playing away from the Emirates could help as the atmosphere last week against Aston Villa wasn't pleasant. The away fans at Craven Cottage will undoubtedly be in good voice, as they are whatever stadium or situation the team are in, and this will be needed more than ever to raise the spirits of this side.
On the pitch, there won't be much pressure on Arsenal as the expectation level of the team is so low at the moment. With third place now unlikely, the players should relax and give everything to win the game and just see if Bolton do them a favour against Manchester City. Without suggesting they won't give 100%, I'd be surprised if Fulham take a physical approach to the game with a Europa League fair play place up for grabs, so there's a possibility Arsenal will be afforded more space to play their normal attacking game.
However, should Arsenal fail to turn up with the right attitude and level of commitment, they'll leave the fans still questioning all areas of the club. No-one wants this negative feeling to linger amongst supporters, so this is the last chance for a few months for the players to make loyal fans feel good about Arsenal again. The fans' faith in the players, the manager and the club as a whole is probably at its lowest under Arsene Wenger, and a rousing away day win could be what is needed to remind fans why they bother following the club.
A win will not solve any of the bigger issues at the club in terms of the playing squad, ownership and ticket prices, but it would serve as a reminder that being an Arsenal fan at the moment isn't as depressing as some are making out, and that it is worth keeping the faith.
However, not everyone connected with the club has faith or is ready to renew it. There were quotes from Denilson across the newspapers on Friday morning, saying that he is ready to leave the club. It is always a shame to hear that any member of the squad is unhappy at Arsenal, however I doubt there will be many supporters who will mourn his departure.
The Brazilian midfielder could have been a good player for Arsenal, however he never seemed to apply his talent properly on the pitch. He was capable of playing a great pass or scoring from long range, but those moments were too rare alongside sideways passes, a poor work rate and needless fouls. Good luck to Denilson wherever he goes, but I sense that he's wasted the best opportunity of his career to play at the highest level.
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I was the Man Utd supporters. I want to make a few comments here about the arsenal players who act, not responsible and most importantly for me, they felt it was doing everything for the club and now they are pointing fingers to Arsene Wenger is at fault. As a statement recently by Denilson "I am so upset.I am a winner and I came here to win trophies but I've been here for five years and won nothing n "There's something missing at Arsenal but no one knows what it is" What r u talking about? how many opportunities you're given by AW,but how your performance during the game? very5 bad. you should admit that you play very5 bad and always make stupid mistake! I like RVP as always think positive.Now AW admit his mistake too but how about ARSENAL PLAYERS??? the answers is Arsenal players,JUST MAKE DONT KNOW. *~Thanks sam~ n im sorry guys,Im just want to express my dissatisfaction here on some arsenal players like Denilson act (shame on u guys)* -Eden-
Y u right man arsenal must win dere last game of d season. My main problem with dis team is dere player cause it seems they forcing dem 2 play arsenal, wenger must buy expensive players if he rlly lyk arsenal and wnt gud 4 dem. V e c t o r
I think your missing the point and that is the players don't care .as for denilson at least it's a bit of good news he's going the worst midfielder arsenal have ever had.
the problem with denilson IMO is that he was brought up through the youth ranks in sao paulo as an attacking midfielder and used by Wenger as a holding midfielder ala Gilberto Silva.
the problem is - denilson is not a ball-winning DM but a distributor. denilson's "worst" games were when he was put in as a the ball-winning DM.
you put denilson on a team where his role is to attack more and he'll be dangerous.
denilson's best games were when he was able to take shots on goal and be integral to the attack. i saw him many times take shots outside the 18 and be integral for a goal, but as time went on, it seemed for whatever reason behind the scenes, his job was to play deeper.
good job!
Wenger has been hiding behind the youth project long enough, and he is now totally exposed. If he continues with his youth programme(selling experienced players/promoting youth), the quality players that have kept us in the cl places will leave or once again exhibit more disinterested displays.
Even if he wanted to change, his philosophy has tainted the club so much that it won't work. It's a sad and pitiful ending. Parker would help, but he would be undone, like cesc, by the manager and too many of the players around him. It's over.
I have been an arsenal supporter for many years to me this year has been disappointing but not the worst i have known,to support a team you do have to have faith that they will come right then all is forgotten till the next time. i can remember when spurs were the best team in england and going to white hart lane was a nightmare winning league and cups is nice but all the better when you have earned them by waiting and hoping Man U at this time are the best team and deserve to be so but it will not last forever.As for the players if you put an Arsenal shirt on you have my support but they have to take some responsibility for there own performance over a season and not moan about not winning anything,blame should be shared by everyone at the club and not on individual but the whole squad. Denilson leaving i wish him well sport is the one job where you cannot fit into one team and be a star in other.
Im MUFC Fans~~ I thinks Arsenal need Hit Man type in defence n need a master mind+creative type in midfield n the most important that arsenal must change is Arsenal No 1 goalkeepers..! That is my opinions,sorry & TQ~~ -Eden-
i can bet all arsenal fans that wenger has already masterminded his excuses ahead of this summers transfere window. players overpriced, the right player at the right price wasnt available or words to that effect will be what we read or hearin the papers. its all part of his and the baords plans to scam another expensive season out of the fans. why do arsenal need to make so much money if they aint gonner spend it. a youth system doesnt need to be funded by costing the fans overpriced tickets. thats what sponsers are for. if you ask me there is something dodgy going on at the emirates and its making all the wrong people rich and everyone else poor.
they need to shoot on goal rather than over passing their play.period.
Arsene Wenger has indeed BEEN exposed!! Arsenal has a wonderful youth system - the most important ingredient for building depth - which is committed to playing the "beautiful game" yet the Gunners keep firing BLANKS. If Wenger insists on playing the"youngsters" ( who aren't so young anymore) at the expense of bringing in 2 or 3 seasoned and proven pros to sure up the Central D, holding Mid and a predatory finisher up front, then he should be held accountable for barely eking out a spot in UEFA Champions League.
Arsenal's main problem is the coaching staff's inability to plan and maintain a concrete game strategy. When a quality team like Arsenal gets caught so often after leading by 2 and 3 goals it reflects on the coaching staff failing to make the necessary adjustment or substitute to "kill off" the game or "park the bus." I think it's time for a changing of the guards at The Emerates. A new Leader to shake up the squad who owes no one any favors or obligations. Clean hands!!
Disappointing though, but GUNNER 4 THIS LYF AND THE NEXT!
When is anyone going to ask the right question "When is Wenger leaving?" He has had his chance and he has basically proven he is incapable of delivering the goods.
Back in January everyone knew the team needed a goalkeeper and at least one good defensive player if not two - the team had a chance at four different cups. What did he do, stick to the old "unproductive" formula.
It is so blatantly obvious that even the late Ray Charles, who by the way was blind, could have seen that Wenger does not have control over the team. I don't believe he can lead them.
He will come up with a myriad of excuses that will all relate to players but never coaching.
It is time for all of us Arsenal fans to realize that if we want to get back to the winning ways of the past, we need a new leader.
I'll grant to Wenger supporters that the big question would be "Who?" and I would say at this moment in time it seems that anyone should do better that Wenger.
I always feel bad when what is supposed to be ours is foolishly and ignorantly conceded to the underdog. The coaching patern needs over-hauling if not, doom awaits us, but God forbid. It's better to address this ugly trend before we land into troubled water, before many of us begin to develop high blood pressure, before we get cardaic arrest, before we summersault into a sate of comatose. We are tired of excuses, we are tired of not doing this or that. If we must move forward, then certain things have to be done at the right time. We are no longer babes, we must rise from this our slumber and follow the trend of events, we should not be left behind. Anyone not doing well should be told outrightly. No more time for sentiment. Arsene Wenger should be told the gospel truth and not shy away from the matter. He must seat tight or quit the stage before it's too late. I want to thank nemerous fans all over the world like me who despite the failure encountered so far still keep faith in d club
plz dont blame mr wenger.....its alll player mistake...wenger & rice just plan..but the player need to ensure they will elivered good result..thanks
why should the manager be blamed if the players forget their basics on the field?
stop going to matches and watch arsenal on television. by doing that mr wengers financial making powers will end and he will start to think he isnt untouchable anymore. an buisness man is only as good as the money he makes. the money wont hurt arsenal as they dont like to buy players anyway and they can always rely on there worldbeating youth system. im not good at maths but barcelona are better at doing what arsenal do and their ickets are cheaper, or mabey its time to start supporting and helping out some of the lower local lower league teams who would benefit more from the cash flow. either way arsenal are rip off merchants who make promises in order to rob the fans blind. at the end of the day you dont support a football team just to read in the papers how good they are at making lots of money.
What the hell is with the Wenger apologist? His team has quit with something yet to play for. Just that alone says that he has lost his edge. That's without mentioning the pass few seasons in which they have fallen the same way with metronome like timing. We know what's going to happen and Wenger has yet to change his philosophy- a real indictment of him and his failure as a manager of late. Not to discredit his past achievements, but that has nothing to do with the present. Presently Wenger presides over a team that has reached its maximum potential without winning.
The sad part is all it would take is adding a few defensive minded players, which is not a secret and has not been for years. Yet he brings in more young, inexperienced, and technical midfielders, disregarding the toughness required to win the titles. I'm ready to move on from him.
Since following Arsenal requires faith, what are management going to do when the atheists outnumber the faithful in north London?
Like religion, I don't believe in fairy tales.
Until Wenger gives up his "kids first" philosophy, and signs some real men, there's no reason to means enjoying fewer and fewer displays of entertaining football.
why mr.wenger don't want to make a bid for Jan Vertonghen??????????????now Jan Vertonghen will wear man city's shirt for next season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!pls wenger sign him on last mins!!!!!!!come on man~....why man city always like to snatch our target player????????
Again the same story from Mr Wenger.He'll be careful,he'll be reasonable and don't know what else! R U saying that we need to have faith in Djourou? or Denilson? Fans are fed up. I believe that its time for Mr Wenger to go. We cannot just please ourselves only with what he has done. We need to look forward and get out of this barren period for trophies.I feel that the guy must go!
everyone is at fault; both AW and players. i'm not sure how much responsibility AW should shoulder however! no buy-in from me in their youth-policy rubbish. these trophy-less years started when they moved from highbury. it's time to forget P&L and spend some $$$$$ on Dx2, DMx1, Sx1.
Arsenal Fans, at the start of the new season, just resign youselves to another trophyless campaign, when you still have players like Almunia, Diaby, Clichy, Ebuoe, Sqiullachi, Denilson, Roscinsky, Bendtner, Chamack, Kolscieny and of course with WENGER as the Manager.
For Arsenal Board and Management, there is nothing as good as the present state of things as long as the club buys players at rock-bottom, polishes them up, then quickly sells at cut throat fees... good money is made for them, and the fans can go to hell for all they care. That is Wenger's Youth Policy for you! He came to meet Arsenal, one day he will GO, and Arsenal will remain. Let's all FANS fervently pray for that wonderful DAY to come soonest.Keep on smilling guys/gals!!!
One of the biggest - if not the biggest - changes needed at Arsenal over the summer is to bring in someone (i.e. Steve Bould, Tony Adams)with the knowledge, experience and passion to organize Arsenal's defence. It doesn't matter who's at the back as we saw again at Fulham the organization and positioning is terrible. (1) They can't defend in dead ball situations (2) Time and again they play too high a line / too flat and are carved open with a simple through ball. Wenger curiously points to their defensive strengths...really Arsene it's simple. For the 65-70% of the time Arsenal has the ball the other team can't score. But all they need is 35% possession and they can score a goal or two. Time and again I've heard the likes of Nutty or Lee Dixon talk about how much time & effort George Graham devoted to working on defending. So Arsene as the supporters said at the Cottage - spend some money. Then work their backsides off so they know what to do when we don't have the ball.
i has been an arsenal fan since my life but am disappointed on the manager atitude, we the arsenal fan have bare the shame.other club fans are making mokery of us, they call arsenal womens club nd also i want arsenal to spend money like other club eg man city is nt earning more than them. We need trophy PROF WENGER
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No, Tracy ChapmanMonday, July 16th, 2007
Murs – "Dreadlocks"
from Murs For President (Warner, 2007)
I don't want to cry "sellout." Because selling out is good business.
And it's certainly not ignorant rap. He suggests reading about Selassie. And shouts out college graduates. And it's a damn De La hook.
About 2 steps and a walk out away from from the socially aware dance craze we discussed last week?
I guess the issue is an aesthetic shift. Dude dumbed down his style.
But his style wasn't ever that complex, not in this decade it wasn't.
Come to think of it Murs has always been rapping about sort of smart shit in a sort of dumb way. Or maybe the other way around.
He's been open about the fact that Murs For President is his underground exodus record, but I was expecting something closer to early CMW than late CMT.
Realistically I expected him to make a third rate Rhymefest record. And this is much more interesting than that.
But it's still not that great.
Rick Rock's slap is slightly more engaging than 9th Wonder's snoozers, but it's about equally generic.
It's weird. If this was an unknown act, or The Pack, I might cautiously ride for it. But it's Murs. So I'm mostly confused.
It's not like it's a dishonest record. I don't doubt that this is the record he wanted to make. So more power to the dude. It's not like Sunspot or whoever is doing anything BUT keeping it real.
I assume.

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Mike Baldwin has evidently asked a few scouts, and they say OKC should take Thabeet. I'm curious as to if these might be scouts from the Nuggets, Blazers and Timberwolves: "He changes games," said one Eastern Conference scout. "If he doesn't give you anything on the offensive end he can change the game defensively. There's not a lot of guys in this draft that can come in with their presence alone who can alter the game. "I'm not saying he's as good as Blake Griffin but I think he can alter a game defensively more than Blake Griffin. That's why (Thabeet) is unique, especially in this draft that has so many point guards." Another scout had a similar comment. "It's not like he's a stiff offensively," the scout said. "He has a couple of signature moves. That's something he can develop. If he does develop a little offensively, and picks up his intensity a little bit, he could become an All-Star."
A litte update on the major mock draft sites: Chad Ford has OKC taking Rubio, Draft Express has Memphis taking James Harden at two (which makes no gosh darn sense, unless they plan to trade him) and OKC taking Thabeet, NBADraft.net has Harden coming to OKC and Dime has the Thunder taking Harden.
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Curry says he's a point guard: "I'm a point guard who has the ability to move over. If I need to run the floor and somebody else gets the ball and brings it down the court, I guess you can call that a combo," (Stephen) Curry said. "But with my experiences last year at Davidson playing the point full time, (it) really improved my skills in that department and managing the game and the team throughout the season. That helped me improve myself as a player." But notice the little, "but I have the ability to move over." That's smart if you want to get picked third.
Ian Thompson of SI with his revised mock: "OKC – James Harden – Not unlike Jeff Green, Harden fits this developing roster as an all-around player who will complement Kevin Durant. They will be glad to have him whether he develops into a starter or a sixth man."
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Papa Whiskey
November 7, 2010, 03:38 PM
I can shoot 2" groups at 200 yards all day long with with my .257 Wby. But I'm lucky to get 3 shots inside 8" at 300. What the heck am I doing wrong?
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November 7, 2010, 04:02 PM
What is your bullet weight, and what is your twist? Are you in free-air the entire range length?
November 7, 2010, 04:12 PM
Papa Whiskey,
A little more info on you setup might help. What sights/optics? What bullets or other load data can you give? What position are you shooting from? Could be a whole bunch of things. What rifle? How are the groups opening up. Are they stringing vertically, horizontally or randomly? Any pattern?
November 7, 2010, 04:17 PM
^Those are definitely good questions. That's an extra 100 yards for the wind to mess up your shot. Do you use wind flags?
Papa Whiskey
November 7, 2010, 06:36 PM
Let's see... Weatherby mark v ultralight off of a pretty comfortable card table/ sandbag set up. Careful hand loads with barnes 100 gr. Tipped tsx and 66 gr. Imr 4831. Bottom of a pretty deep rock pit so very little wind but shots seem to string more horizontally than vertically. Probably just poor shooting but everything just looks so pretty at 200!
Papa Whiskey
November 7, 2010, 06:58 PM
No wind flags but I'm about 200 feet down and seriously zero discernible wind
November 7, 2010, 07:57 PM
As I understand it, a vertical string tends to indicate that your barrel is touching the stock. Weatherby's standard Mark Vs do have a pressure point design near the tip of the stock. Even B&Cs replacement stock has this feature. They can easily be removed. I would free-float the barrel.
November 7, 2010, 08:01 PM
yes. free float all day. no need for a pressure point. thats Turrible.
November 7, 2010, 08:03 PM
are you lettig the barrel cool off between shots ? hot barrel will string the shots also. especially a light weight barrel
November 7, 2010, 08:39 PM
The easiest things to check first would be:
Barrel crown - probably not it but very easy to inspect.
Stock screws for looseness.
scope or sight looseness
Vertical stringing can be:
Air in lungs not being consistent
Shoulder pressure not consistent
Lug bottoming out in stock or stock screws loose.
Flexing stock & changing pressure on barrel
Like bubba15301 said heat
Load could be too light or inconsistent.
Setup could be bad.
If using a front bag it could be in a bad spot.
No rear bag - that can be a killer.
NPA could be off.
Scope Parallax??
I did shoot in a borrow pit for a while. The wind was alway dead or 6/12. The thing was I had more wind than I expected at times. Now I have shot in wind that made 300yd hits erratic, but it was obviously strong.
November 7, 2010, 09:41 PM
Strange. 2" at 200 and 8" at 300 doesn't add up. Bullets are destabilizing somewhere in between, or you are just making bad shots.
November 7, 2010, 10:25 PM
ain't got a clue
but at what range would that bullet w/ that load go transonic ?
ok... scratch that, not even close
November 7, 2010, 10:46 PM
I agree with you. It seems bullet going off between 200 & 300 that much is a head scratcher. I have a feeling it is more than 1 problem and they really come into play at 300. Most of what I listed would have an affect at 200 & 100. So bad shooting doesn't play in to the decent short range shooting. Usually bad shooting shows at every range.
Zak Smith
November 7, 2010, 10:52 PM
If you can shoot 2" at 200 but it opens up to more than 4" at 300 yards in identical conditions, I'd try a different load.
November 7, 2010, 10:52 PM
What power scope are you using? And what zoom levels at 200 vs 300?
November 7, 2010, 11:08 PM
I just reread; your shots are more dispersed horizontally.
That could be your trigger finger/hand. Inconsistent location or not pulling straight back. Cheek weld/parallax. Too much angle behind the rifle or butt slipping on you.
It does seem like a combination of things to add up to and extra 4-5 inches though.
It could just be the bullet/load ain't holding up, but I would think the horizontal dispersion is not supporting that.
I did have a scope where the eyepiece would move around. I would shoot 2 in 1 hole then get a flier of about 4-8 MOA. Took a little while to figure that one out. But it did it any distance even though it was sporadic. It was mostly horizontal but did it vertically at times . . .
"200 ft down" wow, maybe being that close to the center of the earth is throwing you off. Around here we have nothing like that.
November 7, 2010, 11:20 PM
Try longer bullet with slightly better ballistic coefficient? Sierra Match King available in .257?
Zak Smith
November 7, 2010, 11:33 PM
Not a BC problem.
November 7, 2010, 11:46 PM
Understand, but trying another bullet will allow him to see if the pattern remains the same or changes. That might help indicate. Already reloading, so double check? Has to be a wobble coming from somewhere, as the groups are tight enough at 200? Seems there is something going on with velocity reduction?
November 8, 2010, 01:20 AM
Aside from something changing with your shooting fundamentals, wind (which you say isn't an issue), load (which I don't get, not transsonic at 300 and the bullet will get more stable as it slows down), I'm going to go with... scope parallax... which can actually be a function of the shooting fundamentals - your shooting position and location of your cheek weld, and therefore the position of the eye behind the scope is different from shot to shot, changing what should be a 3-4" group at 300 into a 8" group.
It has happened to me.
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28 Jun 2016:
U.S., Canada, and Mexico to
Set 50 Percent Renewable Power Goal by 2025
The United States, Canada, and Mexico will pledge on Wednesday
to generate 50 percent of their electricity
from non-fossil fuel sources by 2025, according to U.S. officials. The three nations are expected to set the ambitious goal at a North American Leaders Summit in Ottawa. The commitment includes not just renewable sources of power such as energy and wind, but also hydropower, nuclear power, carbon capture and storage at coal-fired power plants, and gains in energy efficiency. Under that definition, the three nations now produce 37 percent of their electricity from renewable sources. Canada is leading the way in non-fossil fuel power generation, with 59 percent of its electricity coming from hydropower and 16 percent from nuclear plants. Continent-wide cooperation on clean energy issues has improved since the election last year of Justin Trudeau as Canada's Prime Minister.
27 Jun 2016:
Abandoned Coal Mines Emit
As Much CO2 as a Small Power Plant
Thousands of abandoned coal mines dot the U.S. landscape, vestiges of old fossil fuel boomtowns and industrial hubs.
An abandoned coal mine in Ashland, Penn.
But despite no longer producing coal, these sites are still contributing to climate change by leaking carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a
recent study by scientists at West Virginia University
. The total amount of CO2 released annually by 140 abandoned sites in Pennsylvania is equal to that "of a small coal-fired power plant," says the study, published in
Environmental Earth Sciences
. CO2 is created when sulfuric acid generated during the mining process interacts with carbonate rocks. It is then
carried to the surface
in runoff water. "Although considerable research has been conducted regarding the environmental legacy of abandoned mine lands, their role in carbon cycling is poorly [understood]," wrote the scientists. The findings "suggest that these waters may be important to carbon cycling on a regional scale."
24 Jun 2016:
Cities on Six Continents
Join Forces to Combat Climate Change
Mayors from more than 7,100 cities on six continents
announced this week
that they are creating a new alliance to fight climate change at the local level.
New York City
The new group — a merger of the European Union-based Covenant of Mayors and the United Nations-backed Compact of Mayors — represents a combined 600 million people in 119 countries. The initiative aims to set city-based CO2 emissions cuts, build sustainable communities, and foster the sharing of resiliency policies and technologies. "Cities are key to solving the climate change challenge," former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Maroš Šefčovič, vice-president of the European Commission,
wrote in
The Guardian
. "They account for most of the world's carbon emissions, and mayors often have control over the largest sources. Cities can also act quickly to confront climate change, without the political and bureaucratic hurdles that often hold back national governments."
23 Jun 2016:
Scientists Discover Contagious
Cancer in More Species of Shellfish
Last year, scientists discovered a type of contagious cancer in soft-shell clams in which free-floating cells transmitted the disease from one animal to another.
Now, a team of Columbia University researchers is reporting that contagious cancers in the ocean
may be more common than previously thought
and can not only jump from animal to animal, but across species. According to the new study published in Nature, the leukemia-like cancer, known as disseminated neoplasia, has been found in three more species of bivalves: mussels, cockles, and golden carpet shell clams. The cancer cells were genetically distinct from their hosts, indicating they originated elsewhere. Transmissible cancer had previously been found in
Tasmanian devils
and dogs, but there's no indication that humans are at risk. "I would only worry deeply if I was a mollusk," Stephen P. Goff, a molecular biologist at Columbia University and co-author of the study,
The New York Times
Unable to Endure Rising Seas,
Alaskan Villages Stuck in Limbo
A number of Alaska Native villages have been impacted so severely by sea-level rise and other climate-induced threats, they have decided to relocate.
Robin Bronen
But there is no U.S. agency designated to help pay for and implement an entire community's move. Robin Bronen, a senior scientist with
The Institute of Arctic Biology
at the University of Alaska, says that's a huge problem. In an interview with
Yale Environment 360
, she explains that because there is no government process to facilitate such relocations, none of these villages have been able to move, despite their resolve to do so. And in a bureaucratic Catch-22, these communities no longer receive the infrastructure repair funds they were once entitled to. Pointing to future sea level rise along U.S. coasts, Bronen says that "if we don't figure out how to create this relocation institutional framework, we're talking about humanitarian crises for millions of people living in the United States."
Read the interview.
22 Jun 2016:
New NASA Visualization
Illustrates Severity of Recent Texas Floods
Texas experienced record flooding earlier this month after two weeks of near-constant storms dumped heavy rain on the eastern part of the state.
Rainfall accumulation during recent Texas floods.
As much as 30 inches of rain fell, causing thousands of residents from Dallas to Houston to evacuate, 15 deaths, and billions of dollars in damage. Now, NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio has released a
video illustrating rainfall accumulation
in the U.S. from May 27 to June 9, highlighting just how severe and protracted the Texas storms were. Warmer air holds more moisture, so as temperatures have risen in recent decades, Texas has experienced more severe flooding. Houston, for example, has seen a
167 percent increase in the heaviest downpours
since the 1950s. Five major floods have occurred in the Houston area in the past year.
20 Jun 2016:
2015 Deadliest Year for
Environmentalists on Record, Finds Report
Last year was the deadliest year on record for environmentalists, according to a
new report from Global Witness
, a nonprofit that tracks environmental and human rights abuses worldwide.
Indigenous people protest a dam in the Amazon.
One hundred and eighty-five people were killed trying to stop development of land, forests, and rivers in 16 countries in 2015 — equal to more than three people per week. The tally represents a 59 percent increase over 2014, and is double the number of journalists killed in the same period, according to the report. Environmentalists were most at risk in Brazil, the Philippines, and Columbia, which had 50, 33, and 26 killings last year, respectively. "This report sheds light on the acute vulnerability of indigenous people, whose weak land rights and geographic isolation make them particularly exposed to land grabbing for natural resource exploitation," the Global Witness authors wrote. "In 2015, almost 40% of victims were indigenous."
17 Jun 2016:
California's Roadside Trees
Provide $1 Billion in Municipal Services
The trees that line California's streets and boulevards are worth an estimated $1 billion a year for the work they do in removing air pollution, storing CO2, cooling homes, and reducing rain runoff, among other municipal services,
Palm trees in Los Angeles, California.
according to a
new analysis
by the U.S. Forest Service and the University of California, Davis. The state's 9.1 million street trees pull nearly 568,000 tons of carbon from the atmosphere annually, equal to taking 120,000 cars off the road, the study, published in the journal
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
, found. The scientists say California has room to put another 16 million trees along its roads if it wants. "We've calculated for every $1 spent on planting or maintaining a street tree, that tree returns, on average, $5.82 in benefits," forester and lead author Greg McPherson
said in a statement
. "These trees are benefiting their communities 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."
16 Jun 2016:
Some Coral Reef "Bright Spots"
Remain, Despite Devastating Bleaching
After decades of being overfished and mismanaged, and the worst bleaching event on record this year, scientists
reported in the journal
this week
that there remain some "bright spots" among the world's coral reefs
Coral reef on the Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific.
– systems that are doing better than anyone expected. The study examined 18 different factors at 2,514 reefs in 46 nations, including water depth, tourism, fishing, and population density. Those systems that were still thriving — defined by the scientists as having more fish than expected — tended to be managed by, and accessible only to, local fishermen and indigenous groups. This included reefs in places like the Solomon Islands, parts of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Kiribati. "There's been a narrative about local involvement, but it's often very token," Joshua Cinner, a research fellow at James Cook University in Australia and lead author of the study,
The Atlantic
. He said there should be more opportunity for "communities to creatively confront their own challenges."
15 Jun 2016:
Clean Energy Could Cost Up To
59 Percent Less by 2025, Report Finds
The cost of solar energy could drop by as much as 59 percent by 2025, from 13 cents to 6 cents per kilowatt hour, according to a
new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency
Rooftop solar panels in Hannover, Germany.
Offshore wind could become 35 percent cheaper, and onshore wind 26 percent cheaper, by 2025. The cost of building renewable energy facilities is also likely to fall, by as much as 57 percent by the middle of next decade, the report found. "Historically, cost has been cited as one of the primary barriers to switching from fossil-based energy sources to renewable energy sources, but the narrative has now changed," Adnan Z. Amin, director-general of IRENA,
said in a statement
. "To continue driving the energy transition, we must now shift policy focus to support areas that will result in even greater cost declines and thus maximize the tremendous economic opportunity at hand."
14 Jun 2016:
CO2 Crosses 400 ppm For Last
Time "Within Our Lifetimes," Study Warns
Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 will stay permanently above 400 parts per million (ppm) this year due to El Nino—and will likely not drop below that number again "within our lifetimes," according to a
study published this week in the journal
CO2 measurements from 1958 to today.
The milestone represents a symbolic threshold that scientists and environmentalists had long sought to avoid. Greenhouse gases have jumped 48 percent from the pre-industrial era, and 29 percent in just the past 60 years, from 315 ppm to 407 ppm today. CO2 concentrations tend to ebb and flow with the seasons, dipping as vegetation grows in summer and increasing during winter. But in the study published in
, scientists at the U.K.'s Met Office and University of California, San Diego warned that because of the recent El Nino, CO2 concentrations wouldn't fall below 400 ppm this year, or any year into the distant future.
California Condor Population
Reaches New Heights in 2015
Earlier this year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced what it called a milestone for the California condor: More chicks had hatched and fledged in the wild during 2015 than the number of condors that died,
California condor
bringing the total in the wild to 270. It was perhaps the most promising news about the condor in decades. After their numbers dropped to just 22 in the 1980s, the U.S. government began rounding up the birds for a last-ditch captive breeding program, then gradually released newly bred birds to the wild. The program was highly controversial, and the condors' return to the wild over the past two and a half decades has been fraught with peril. But biologists have noted encouraging signs in recent years: The birds have expanded their range, are more likely to engage in wild behaviors, and have begun foraging for their own food.
Read more.
10 Jun 2016:
Researchers Find a Way to Turn
CO2 Into Rock at Iceland Power Plant
Scientists have discovered a new way to successfully capture carbon dioxide and transform it into rock deep underground. The experiment,
published in this week's
Section of rock made from mixing CO2 and water.
was conducted at the Hellisheidi power plant in Iceland, the world's largest geothermal facility. When the plant — which helps power Iceland's capital, Revkjavik — pumps up volcanically heated water to turbines, gases like carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide often come up as well. A team of U.S. and European researchers, led by Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, captured the CO2, mixed it with the used volcanic water, and re-injected it into basalt rocks up to a half-mile underground. More than 95 percent of the mixture naturally solidified into carbonate minerals in less than two years. Previous estimates predicted that the process could take hundreds, if not thousands, of years.
09 Jun 2016:
Fish Can Recognize Human
Faces, According to One New Study
Fish now join humans, monkeys, primates, and birds as one of the few animals able to distinguish faces, according to
new research published in the journal
Scientific Reports
this week.
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The skill requires a sophisticated
combination of perception and memory
— and generally, a neocortex. But scientists at the University of Oxford in England and the University of Queensland in Australia were able to train archerfish to recognize human faces, despite the fact that these tropical fish don't have complex brain structures. Archerfish typically feed by spitting water at prey, like insects. So the scientists taught the fish to spray water at images of particular human faces in exchange for food. Archerfish identified the correct person 81 percent of the time.
08 Jun 2016:
Sea Ice Hits New Spring Low
In the Arctic, Says Federal Agency
Sea ice extent in the Arctic hit a new record spring low last month, measuring 537,000 square miles below average — an area twice the size of Texas, the
National Snow and Ice Data Center announced this week
Sea ice breaking up in the Beaufort Sea in May.
Last month's Arctic sea ice extent was the lowest May sea ice measurement since satellite monitoring began 38 years ago and follows a string of record low ice this winter. "We didn't just break the old May record, we're way below the previous one," NSIDC Director Mark Serreze
told Climate Central
. The Arctic's snow cover also hit record lows this year, with April having the lowest snow cover for that month on record and May the fourth lowest. The Arctic has warmed twice as fast as the rest of the world in recent decades, but scientists say that this year's strong El Niño in the Pacific Ocean could be ramping up temperatures even more. Temperatures at the pole have been
4 to 11 degrees F above average
this winter. "Will we end up with very low sea ice extent this September?" Serreze said. "I think pretty much absolutely."
06 Jun 2016:
Fish Choose Plastic Over
Zooplankton in Polluted Waters
Fish that grow up in waters full of plastic particles develop a taste for trash, choosing to eat plastic over zooplankton, their natural food source, according to a
study published in the journal
Oona Lönnstedt
The research, by ecologists at Uppsala University in Swedish, found larval perch from the Baltic Sea exposed to microplastic pollution (less than 5mm in size) had stunted growth, were less active, ignored the smell of predators, and experienced increased mortality rates. Plastic pollution has become a major problem in the world's oceans, but scientists are just beginning to understand how these fragments can affect the health of marine species. "If early life-history stages of other species are similarly affected by microplastics, and this translates to increased mortality rates, the effects on aquatic ecosystems could be profound,"
said ecologist Oona Lönnstedt
, lead author of the study.
03 Jun 2016:
Increasing Hurricane Damage
Could Strain U.S. Emergency Relief Budget
As hurricane season in the U.S. officially got underway this week, federal financial experts warned that damage from tropical storms will "increase significantly in the coming decades" due to human-driven climate change, and that such a trend could threaten the national emergency relief budget.
New Jersey National Guard
"Over time, the costs associated with hurricane damage will increase more rapidly than the economy will grow," the
report from the U.S. Congressional Budget Office states
. Right now, damage from hurricanes amounts to 0.16 percent of the U.S. GDP, or about $28 billion. As sea levels rise, intense storms become more frequent, and coastal development continues, the report estimates this share could reach .25 percent ($45 billion in today's economy) by 2075. The federal agency suggested that one way to cut costs is "a coordinated effort to significantly reduce global emissions."
02 Jun 2016:
U.S. Officials Issue a
Sweeping Ban On Elephant Ivory Trade
The Obama administration finalized a rule this week
banning the sale of nearly all elephant ivory
within the United States.
The exceptions to the new rule include professionally appraised antiques at least a century old and items with fewer than 200 grams (7 ounces) of ivory. The rule does not apply to ivory from other species, such as walrus, whale, and mammoth, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a statement. The new regulation is part of a recent global push to halt the trade of elephant ivory from Africa. Kenya
burned 105 tons of confiscated ivory in April
to raise awareness of the country's growing poaching problem, and the country's president, Uhuru Kenyatta, will seek a total ban on elephant products during an international wildlife trade meeting this fall.
01 Jun 2016:
Climate Change Could Be Making
Food Crops More Toxic, UN Report Says
As extreme weather increases in frequency and intensity, food crops are producing more chemical compounds that can be toxic to humans in large doses, according to a recent
report by the United Nations Environment Programme
Sam Fentress/Wikimedia
Crops such as wheat, maize, and soybeans generate these compounds as a natural response to environmental stressors, such as drought, floods or heat waves. But when consumed by humans for extended periods of time, they can cause illnesses like neurological diseases or cancer, according to the study. One example, the
Thomson Reuters Foundation reports
, is nitrate. Drought slows down plants' conversion of nitrates into amino acids and proteins, leading to a build up of the compound. When consumed in large quantities, nitrates stop red blood cells from transporting oxygen in the human body. "We are just beginning to recognize the magnitude of toxin- related issues confronting farmers in developing countries of the tropics and sub-tropics," the UNEP report noted.
31 May 2016:
Bees' Fuzzy Bodies Help Them
Detect Electrical Charges From Flowers
Back in 2013, scientists discovered that bees can detect the electrical charges that flowers emit, helping them locate nearby food sources.
Mark Burnett/Wikimedia
Exactly how the bees were doing this, however, remained a mystery. Now, scientists have found that the hairs on bees' fuzzy bodies
move in response to the charges
, which send nerve signals to bees' brains that flowers are nearby. The finding is an important one: Scientists
have long thought
that only animals in marine or moist habitats could detect electric fields, since currents are carried through water. That bees can do this in dry air opens up the possibility that other insects might have the same ability. The research, conducted by scientists at the University of Bristol in the U.K., was published this week in the journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
27 May 2016:
Poland Begins Logging
Ancient Forest Despite Fierce Protests
Despite intense protests from environmentalists and scientists, Poland began logging the Bialowieza Forest this week, the last remaining fragment of Europe's ancient woodlands and a World Heritage site.
Renata Krzysciak-Kosinska
The forest, covering more than 350,000 acres, is home to the continent's largest population of European bison and 20,000 other wildlife species. Polish officials said the logging is to remove spruce trees dead or dying from a bark beetle infestation, but green groups argue that half the trees marked for removal aren't spruce. Environmentalists have been patrolling the forest to keep track of logging activity, and they filed a formal complaint last month with the European Commission to intervene "before the Polish government allows for the irreversible destruction of the Bialowieza forest," Greenpeace Poland activist Katarzyna Jagiełło recently told
The Guardian
26 May 2016:
More Solar Energy Jobs Exist
In U.S. Than in Oil and Gas Sector
Solar energy now supports more jobs in the U.S. than either the oil and gas industry or coal mining, according to a
new report
from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Alex Snyder
Solar jobs grew at a rate 12 times faster than general U.S. job market growth. Worldwide, employment in green energy grew 5 percent in 2015, to 8.1 million jobs, IRENA reported. The
58 percent drop in oil prices since 2014
caused many fossil fuel companies to lay off workers — more than 350,000 people worldwide since the slump began. The IRENA report says clean energy jobs could triple to 24 million by 2030 if nations follow through on the climate pledges they made in Paris last year. "This increase is being driven by declining renewable energy technology costs and enabling policy frameworks," said Adnan Amin, director-general of IRENA.
For the Endangered American Eel,
A Long, Slippery Road to Recovery
The American eel isn't just a U.S. native. It's also indigenous to Greenland, Iceland, eastern Canada, and parts of Central and South America. Despite this expansive range, the International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the species as "endangered."
Heather Perry
It would be in even worse shape without the Delaware River, which flows unimpeded 330 miles through New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Few, if any, eel refuges are more important, and management on the Delaware provides a global blueprint for eel recovery. The upper watershed is protected as a Wild and Scenic River corridor and as the water supply for New York City, and last June, New York State banned fracking in its part of the basin. Compare the Delaware with the nearby Susquehanna River, where the Conowingo Dam has wiped out 400 miles of eel habitat on the main river. But here and elsewhere eel recovery is underway.
Read more
25 May 2016:
Could This Straddling Bus Help
Solve China's Air Pollution Problem?
With an estimated 20 million new drivers on the road each year, China has long struggled to control its CO2 emissions, air pollution, and traffic problems.
But a Beijing-based transit company is planning to
test a new straddling bus this summer
that could provide some relief, according to Chinese news agency Xinhua. The bus, which can carry up to 1,400 passengers, hovers above the road, letting smaller vehicles pass underneath. Because it operates on existing roadways, the system is much cheaper to build than underground subways, while carrying the same number of people. The idea of a straddling bus has been around
since 1969
, but has remained a far-fetched concept until recent years. A model of the system, designed by Transit Explore Bus, was unveiled at the International High-Tech Expo in Beijing this month. The company plans to build and test an actual straddling bus in Changzhou this summer.
24 May 2016:
Peru Declares Emergency to
Fight Mercury Pollution from Gold Mines
Peru has declared a 60-day emergency in the Amazon due to widespread mercury pollution from the region's booming gold mining industry,
the country's environment minister announced this week
Marcin Nowak/Wikimedia
Several studies have confirmed dangerously high levels of the neurotoxin in waterways, fish, and people living in the Madres de Dios region, near Peru's southeast border. Members of the Harakmbut indigenous group, for example, have mercury levels in their bodies
six times higher than what doctors deem safe
. Mercury is used to separate gold from ore, but it can have
serious health impacts
, including damaging brain, kidney, and lung function. In illegal mining operations — which make up the majority of mines in the Peruvian Amazon — workers often handle the substance with bare hands, and dump excess mercury into nearby rivers. During the 60-day emergency period, the government will supply uncontaminated fish to local communities and set up mobile health clinics.
23 May 2016:
World Could Warm 8 Degrees
Celsius If All Fossil Fuel Reserves Burned
As nations meet in Bonn, Germany this week to hash out how to achieve the 2-degree Celsius goal they set in Paris, new research is providing policymakers a glimpse of what would happen if the world does nothing to curb climate change.
What if nations chose instead to burn through all of their remaining fossil fuel reserves, equal to 5 trillion tons of CO2 emissions? According to the
new study published in the journal
Nature Climate Change
, the world would warm an average 8 degrees Celsius (14.4 degrees F), or up to 17 degrees Celsius (30 degrees F) in the Arctic. The research was conducted by a team of climate scientists at the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University in British Columbia who wanted to understand the worst-case scenario. "Such climate changes, if realized, would have extremely profound impacts on ecosystems, human health, agriculture, economies, and other sectors," the researchers write.
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For two decades, Klaus Lackner has pioneered efforts to combat climate change by pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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Obama Looking for Kids
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White House advisors tend to be experts with decades of experience in specific fields, from foreign policy to education to energy.
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But President Barack Obama
announced this week
he's looking for a much younger batch of consultants to advise the White House on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The Kid Science Advisors outreach program will ask children which issues are most important to them and how to better engage students studying science to help guide White House policy and priorities. "The real reason we do this, as I've said before, is to teach our young people that it's not just the winner of the Super Bowl or the NCAA tournament that deserves a celebration,"
Obama said Thursday
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Plastic six-pack rings have long been a nuisance to wildlife and ecosystems, fouling oceans and shorelines, and entangling and choking wildlife.
Now, a brewery in Florida has developed an
edible version from the byproducts of making beer
, including wheat and barely. If not eaten by marine creatures, the six-pack ring biodegrades.
Saltwater Brewery
3-D printed 500 of the holders in April and plans to scale up production to package all of its 400,000 cans of beer per month in the edible rings. The material is just as strong as traditional plastics, the brewery says, but is more expensive. The price would drop, however, as more companies use the edible rings, the brewery said. "We want to influence the big guys," Chris Goves, president of Saltwater Brewery, said in a video about the new project. "And hopefully inspire them to get on board."
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anyone got any idea how to create a delete function ?? asap . Thx in advandce
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TRENTON — A city woman waiting for a friend in a parked car in the city's Wilbur section was forced to remove her jewelry Tuesday by a man armed with a gun, police said.
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Where can I take courses whose credit will transfer to Hamilton?
If you plan to enroll in classes for which you want to receive credit toward your Hamilton degree, you should take courses from a regionally accredited college or university. In general, this means any reputable institution, private or public, that offers B.S. or B.A. degrees (including state and community colleges). Please note that accreditation does not guarantee that course credit will transfer. To receive Hamilton credit for courses you take elsewhere, you must receive a grade of "B-" or better in the course.
What kinds of courses should I take?
Because of Hamilton's flexible curriculum, you have considerable freedom in choosing courses before you arrive at Hamilton in January. Take the opportunity to explore new subject areas in the liberal arts, to begin or refine your skills in a foreign language, or to strengthen a current area of academic weakness.
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Primary Turnout in 2008 Nears — but Doesn't Beat — Record
Susan Davis reports on the presidential race.
While voter turnout in nearly two dozen primary states this election season has set records, the overall turnout in primary contests "will fall just short of setting a national record" in 2008, according to a report out today by American University's Center for the Study of the American Electorate.
Despite the voter enthusiasm displayed, particularly on the Democratic side where Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are still battling for the nomination, the 1972 primary season maintains the record-setter with 30.9% of eligible voters casting ballots versus 30.2% this year.
The center's director, Curtis Gans, said in an interview that the remaining primaries do not have enough eligible voters left to break the 1972 record. "There's not enough numbers to do that," he said.
The report may come as a surprise in an election season punctuated by stories of record turnout in many of the 34 states that have held primary contests so far. The report based its findings on states that hold primaries, and not caucuses.
What's not a surprise is that Democratic turnout far surpasses that of Republicans. Democrats set records for turnout in 23 of the 34 states that have held primaries, while Republicans set records in just 10 of those states. Every state reported higher turnout, however, compared with 2004.
Democrats are responsible for 64% of the nearly 55 million votes cast so far, while Republicans cast 36% of those ballots.
In the report, Gans says that all indicators point to a good year for Democrats who should make "gains in both houses of Congress, the nation's governorships, the state legislatures of most states and makes Obama the distinct favorite to be the nation's next president."
One of the biggest negatives affecting Republicans — and the unofficial Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain — is President Bush's unpopularity and the widespread perception that the U.S. is in a recession. Gans said historical trends overwhelming suggest, as they did in 1992, that voters throw out the party controlling the White House in times of economic unrest. "There's never been a case when people feel a recession that they don't turn out the party in power," he said.
One unknown is if the high primary turnout will translate in to the general election, although indicators would suggest that it's likely. The 2004 general election turnout, at 60.9% of the electorate, was the second highest since 1968 at 61.9% of eligible voters. Gans writes that general election turnout will be driven by an "extraordinarily discontented public" citing recent polls that suggest more than 80% of the nation think the country is on the wrong track.


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President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism advisor John Brennan created a stir recently when he talked of building up the "more moderate elements" of the terrorist group Hezbollah.
But in response to such an idea, one Christian member of Lebanon's Parliament said, "Good luck with that."
"Hezbollah is a very dangerous party because they are trying to impose to Lebanon their policy and their vision of jihad and martyrdom," said Nadim Gemayel, member of the Lebanon Parliament. "And this is unacceptable."
Gemayel has called for Hezbollah to disarm. He told CBN News in an exclusive interview that the Shiite terror militia has hijacked his country.
"It's abiding to the rules of the Iranian revolution," Gemayel said of the gorup. "But moreover, I think that with the support, of course, of the Iranian arms and the money and the financing of the Iranians and from the facilities that Syria is providing to Hezbollah, we are having a party -- a military party -- growing day after day and year after year -- especially after the war of 2006."
In that war, Israel heavily damaged Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Lebanon after the group kidnapped two Israeli soldiers.
Hezbollah has been able to regroup -- to the tune of some 60,000 rockets and long range missiles. Israeli officials believe that those rockets and missiles are aimed at their country from across the Lebanese border.
Gemayel said Hezbollah sponsors, Iran and Syria, are funneling the weapons into his country. He told CBN News that most Lebanese are afraid of the terrorist group and its Iranian influence in their country.
"Today, I think that most of the Lebanese, of course, are afraid," Gemayel said. "And maybe some of them cannot say clearly and openly what I am saying today: and that is Hezbollah is threatening them."
Speaking out like this can be deadly. Gemayel's father, former Lebanese President Bashir Gemayel, was assassinated by Syrian operatives in 1982. His cousin Pierre was also murdered in 2006.
CBN News asked Gemayal that as a bold, Christian voice in Lebanon, if he ever feared for his own safety.
"I think that this battle -- the battle of freedom, the battle of democracy, and especially the battle of preserving the role and existence of the Christians in Lebanon is very, very important." he responded. "And it's worth giving all that I have in order to preserve the civilization and the culture and the role of Christians in Lebanon."
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text: HUDSON, Wis. -- Wisconsin has paid off a nearly $60 million debt to Minnesota, opening the door for a new agreement allowing residents of one state who work in the other to just file one state income tax form. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced in Hudson on Wednesday that his administration sent $59.7 million to its western neighbor late Tuesday. With this debt paid, the two states can move ahead with a new reciprocity agreement to benefit both taxpayers and their employers, Walker said. He predicted the new agreement would be finalized within two months. Minnesota Gov.


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Do u guys trust 2012 Doomsday prophecy?
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The time is close to 21/12/2012, it seems that 2012 Doomsday is coming soon~~
Do u guys trust the Prophecy of Maya ?
As days go, its going to be an interesting one!
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nope, not at all. The peole who 'read' this could be and probably are wrong, and a little off their square.
I don't buy into it because my promise from God is that I will be raptured before the end. Besides God's word is that no man will know the date or time.
by Member on Dec. 7, 2012 at 5:59 PM
naw i think there will b changes,but no dooms day stuff.. the mayans nver said it would end just that the calander was ending.. soo ya
I still say, if they couldn't predict the weather this far out, they were unqualified to write a thousand yr old calendar accurately.
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Muscat, which is thought to be named for the French word "musque" meaning perfumed, has a distinctive and lovely set of aromas and flavors. To capture these, we fermented in the grapes in stainless steel tanks at low temperatures. Throughout the process, Winemaker Jason Dodge tasted the wine, which evolved daily as active yeasts turned the sweet juice into dry wine. At the height of aromatic intensity, Dodge arrested fermentation, preserving some natural sweetness and locking in the yeast volatiles. The resulting wine shows depth of flavors with a lovely musque.