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...years, or 20 years? Those of us who served in Vietnam could readily see the same lack of willingness in the South Vietnamese as they mostly refused to put their lives on the line in their war against the North. If the government of a country of 28 million people can't muster enough support to combat 10,000 insurgents, maybe we should be considering other options. John Uffer, Denville...
...Certainly, his fellow Netizens feel that his efforts are by no means hopeless. Han's blog, which has registered well over 200 million hits since it was started in 2006, making him one of the most popular bloggers on the planet, covers everything from the minutiae of the amateur racing world to diatribes about the hot social issue of the day on the Internet. "Neither fame nor wealth have changed his honesty or the sharpness of his criticism," says novelist Zhang Yueran of Han. "To me he's like the little boy in The Emperor's New Clothes, whose provocative...
...coast of Israel, where tropical species have moved in through the Suez Canal, jellyfish floated in swarms more than 100 km long and 2 km wide. Blooms of Mnemiopsis, first documented off Israel last winter, clogged the filters of a desalination plant that supplies coastal communities with 100 million liters of water a day. At the height of the outbreak, water production at the plant dropped by more than a third as desperate workers tried to clear the filters. (See video: "Battle of the Endangered Species: Bats v. Trees...
...experts tell us that between 2000 and 2010, Michigan will have lost a million jobs. Revenue to the state has plummeted. It's why we have focused on regional collaborations--for example, our Michigan state police deployed in partnership with the Detroit police. You've got to be able to share resources like that. It is clear that while you go through this tough time, you have to have police officers on the street...
...created a Michigan Land Bank to assemble properties so that we can not just auction them but make them available for job providers. The bottom line is, Detroit was built as a city for 2 million, and it's got less than a million people now, so we've got a lot of vacant space...