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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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 Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 12:24 am Post subject: They will always have Scotland |
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By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Published: May 4, 2007
BECCLES, England � This winter a 50-foot-wide strip of Roger Middleditch�s sugar-beet field fell into the North Sea, his rich East Anglian lands reduced by a large fraction of their acreage. The adjacent potato field, once 23 acres, is now less than 3 � too small to plant at all, he said.
The New York Times
The erosion of the coast near Beccles has increased in recent years.
Each spring Mr. Middleditch, a tenant farmer on the vast Benacre Estate here, meets with its managers to recalculate his rent, depending on how much land has been eaten up by encroaching water. As he stood in a muddy field by the roaring sea recently, he tried to estimate how close he dared to plant this season.
"We�ve lost so much these last few years," he said. "You plant, and by harvest it�s fallen into the water."
Coastal erosion has been a fact of life here for a century, because the land under East Anglia is slowly sinking. But the erosion has never been as quick and cataclysmic as it has been in recent years, an effect of climate change and global warming, many scientists say. To make matters worse for coastal farmers, the government has stopped maintaining large parts of the network of seawalls that once protected the area.
Under a new policy that scientists have labeled "managed retreat," governments around the globe are concluding that it is not worth taxpayer money to fight every inevitable effect of climate change.
Land loss at Benacre "has accelerated dramatically," said Mark Venmore-Roland, the estate�s manager. "At first it was like a chap losing his hair � bit by bit, so you�d get used to it." But in the past few years, he said, "it�s been really frightening."
A report this year from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that rising seas will force 60 million people away from their coastal homes and jobs by the year 2080... |
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gang ah jee
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: city of paper
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 2:24 am Post subject: |
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| That is good news. Nice to know there's a silver lining after all. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 5:25 am Post subject: |
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| Gopher wrote: |
If I'm wrong, I'm going to change the title of this thread. I can't admit defeat or the fact I truly love -- I mean LOVE -- Canadians. To think I'm going to go to my grave not knowing the joy of a Tims Hortons donut. I'm poorer for it. But you, sweet Canadian man, will know of my defeat. Look for the change. The change!
But anyway, the powerpuff girls care enjoying a comeback and this is proof artists hate America. |
Your claim is a strawman. First, no one claims they are girls. They are cartoon characters. Second, no one is claiming they are making a comeback in the traditional sense;
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| 1.a. A return to formerly enjoyed status or prosperity: The film star made an unexpected comeback. b. A return to popularity: Wide ties are making a comeback this year. 2. The act of making up a deficit, as in a contest or game. 3. A reply, especially a quick, witty one; a retort. |
We are looking at the third definition. The argument on the table is the renewed interest in little crime fighting girls (this cartoon being merely one example) is a sign that Chavez is providing a viable third alternative to either American hegemony or the UN system. |
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