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  The Hope For Our Dying Home-Earth...An Inconvenient Truth

  by justhuman in

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  yesterday it was the day of the global inviroment.

  as i walked to the street going to work, the main square of the capitol was filled with small children and their teachers with huge paintings, songs, art work with recycled elements demanding a cleaner plannet.

  when the old generation will pass those little ones that will take in charge with all the inviromental education they had they will go for a better world.i'm sure about it, you could see it in their small eyes.

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  "" The only place where there has been "significant" melting in the Northern Hemisphere is Greenland from what I've read. I've also read that the Polar Bear population is stable and even increasing.""

  Hmm, aint heard this before. Polar Bears are moving habitat because of melting ice - each year they need to travel further and further away to find food. Also, if we are talking about an area half the size of the planet i.e. - "the northern hemisphere", we need to start talking about the "global" problem, an example would be glaciers that are disappearing all over the place. Analysis was performed by National Geographic ( they don't lie ) regarding this.

  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0821_020821_wireglaciers.html

  To qoute - they have observed an "alarming acceleration in the melting of Glaciers".

  Some of the ice had been frozen for 50000 years. Now people can bring up a few hundreed years ago their was a warm century etc etc. As I have said before this is not denied, tempreture goes up and down. But - this particular warming trend is melting ice from tens of thousands of years ago. This time it is different.

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  "" The South Pole is getting colder, not warmer. The majar areas of temperature increase over the last few decades have been in CITIES which have grown substantially. Duh! More people = more energy use = more heat! Cities which have experienced little or no growth have experienced no increase in temperatures. I've seen the official government charts for dozens of US cities. They don't lie. ""

  It depends what info you read on this. Parts of antartcica have certainly shown a cooling down trend - but it certainly is not all of the South pole. Entire sections have broken off due to ice thinning and then cracking. Hmm, an offical US government document trying to rubbish Global Warming, who would have thought!!!!!!

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  "" Many of the temperature monitoring devices are in places where the environment has changed. Some of them were in fields thirty or forty years ago and because of urban development they are in the middle of commercial real estate developments and surrounded by asphalt, skewing the readings. ""

  Oh please show me the scientific evidence for this!!!!! I am sure some will be affected by this but to suggest that it is a major contributing factor to weather monitors giving a warmer reading smacks of desperation.
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  The Hope For Our Dying Home-Earth...An Inconvenient Truth

  by justhuman in

  1. jw
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  yesterday it was the day of the global inviroment.

  as i walked to the street going to work, the main square of the capitol was filled with small children and their teachers with huge paintings, songs, art work with recycled elements demanding a cleaner plannet.

  when the old generation will pass those little ones that will take in charge with all the inviromental education they had they will go for a better world.i'm sure about it, you could see it in their small eyes.

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  Some strong opinions coming across on this thread.

  In my employment I am deeply involved with Environmental analysis and work alot with environmental scientists.

  So lets cut to the chase and deal with established fact -

  Is the climate changing? YES.

  Has the climate changed before? YES.

  Has the recent climate change accellerated since humans started burning fossil fuels? YES.

  Based on scientific evidence, is it going to get worse before it gets better? YES.

  Did the movie "An inconvenient Truth" have innaccuracies in it? YES.

  But was the basic message of "An Inconvenient Truth" correct? YES.

  The potential problem is that many people refer to the past and say that climate shifts are a natural occurance - and they are correct - to a point....

  The current climate shift is distinctly different from previous ones. Clear cut proof is available from observations in the North and South pole where ice is melting that has been there for 10,000s of years. The average atmospheric tempreture has went up and down for many millenium but current observations show a much higher jump, especially in the polar regions.

  So the end is simply this - the climate is changing and we are at the very least a contributing factor and the current climate shift is one of the most significant shifts in many 1000s of years . If we do not curtail the burning of fossil fuel it will get worse.

  To say that this subject is "hype" is a nonsense, and is generally reffered to in this way by people who simply do not know anything about the subject or cannot be bothered to check.
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  Britains Got Talent

  by digderidoo in

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  for the attention of the rest of the world-.

  tonights final of britains got talent makes me so proud to be british.

  please allow me to showcase.. here's a link to the winner, my personal favourite 14 year old george sampson.

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  I have to agree - it was a great final.

  My money was on andrew johnston to win, but the winner desrved it as well.
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  For all those Football lovers-Euro 2008 on its way

  by justhuman in

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  i know in this forum we have some football lovers.

  so are you guys getting ready for the euro 2008?

  fill up the fridge with beers, send the wife way for a few weeks, call your friends to watch the match.... this is what i call a mans-world.... as for our national team the champions for 2004 we hope the best for them.

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  I will be in Italy for 2 weeks during the Euro 2008 tournament but I will watch as much as I can.

  Its true what they say - the football season never seems to end.
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  I believe in a higher being

  by Mickey mouse in

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  i opened another thread with a similar title and thought it was going to be a discussion about belief in god but it wasn't.

  so i started my own.. although i'm not sure of much at the moment (since i had my beliefs whipped out from under me like the floor under my feet) i feel fairly certain about one thing.

  there is evidence of intelligent design and beauty in the universe and i don't logically think this is accidental.

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  Mickey

  I 100% totally agree with what you say. The evidence is there "if people want to see it".

  What the master plan is for mankind and the universe we will just need to be patient.
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  http://www.governingbodyletters.blogspot.com/

  by Quandary in

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  has this been confirmed?.

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  More change!!!

  There is just so much going on in JW land at the moment!!!

  Personally I think this is pretty major, if its true it will probably come as quite a shock to R & F pubs.
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  Rangers v Zenit St P - any predictions

  by besty in

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  i'll start - sir walter 2 wee dutch dickski 1. all goals scored from open play in normal time.. any advance?.

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  Excert from a diary -

  Monday - stayed at home

  Tuesday - stayed at home

  Wednesday - stayed at home

  Thursday - went to pub to watch Rangers - boring as hell, should have stayed at home.

  Hee Hee.

  If Mike McCurry is the ref you are "definate" to win.

  Seriously - it is good for a scottish club to be there, no doubt about it, but I draw the line at supporting the gers.

  My prediction - Zenit 2 - Rangers 1.
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  rangers in the EUFA cup final

  by ninja in

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  wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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  i don't expect you non scots to understand but......ninja is so happy.....come on the gers

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  Being a celtic fan - in certain ways I am gutted the blues are through.

  But then again, it is good for scottish football.

  I hope they do it in the final - but preferably with a bit more "positive" football!
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  Response in the UK to announcement?

  by sweet pea in

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  come on guys - we're over in the us and bluesbrother seems to be the only one who has commented on the reaction to the announcement in the uk.

  any other reactions from the friends?

  surely you've all had your meetings by now?.

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  A few near me (Glasgow area) have described the change as "radical" and "surprising".

  Though, I have yet to come across someone who was disappointed at the change!!!
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  CONFIRMED Book Study amalgamated with the TMS and SM

  by yesidid in

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  old timers on the board may remember that i was the first to mention the november 06 blood insert in the km.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/121104/1.ashx.

  the same very, very reliable source has confirmed that the book study will be amalgamated with the tms and sm.. this same source recently had a long and private conversation with a gb member.

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  As has been touched on by a few already but - I think the book study was the favourite meeting for many pubs. A bit more relaxed and more social.

  Tea / coffee and a bite to eat afterwards.

  Some may not be happy that its being moved!