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  1. EnglishLady

    Neanderthals cooked and ate vegetables

    BBC News Dec 27 Neanderthals cooked and ate plants and vegetables, a new study of Neanderthal remains reveals. Researchers in the US have found grains of cooked plant material in their teeth. The study is the first to confirm that the Neanderthal diet was not confined to meat and was...
  2. EnglishLady

    Deadliest Catch

    WOOHOO it is coming back .... :o sorry, but I have enjoyed this show since I moved out here :o :D "Deadliest Catch" Back on Track for 2011 After Hillstrands and Sig Quit" Millions of dedicated fans held their breath wondering if Discovery Channel would be reckless enough to try to...
  3. EnglishLady

    Nine accused of terrorism conspiracy appear in court

    BBC News Dec 27 Last updated at 07:13 ET Nine men charged with conspiracy to cause explosions in the UK have begun appearing at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court. They are also charged with preparing for terrorism by agreeing potential targets and testing materials. The men are...
  4. EnglishLady

    Winter storm blasts NC, takes aim at East Coast

    By KRISTIN M. HALL, Associated Press – 27 mins ago NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A rare white Christmas in parts of the South was complicating life for some travelers as airlines canceled hundreds of flights, while snow was predicted for the nation's Capital and travel authorities warned of...
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    Funny Insurance Claims

    These extracts are from true Insurance claim forms :D "I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached an intersection, a hedge sprung up, obscuring my vision." "No one was to blame for the accident, but it never would have happened if the other driver had...
  6. EnglishLady

    Idiotic 911 Calls

    10 True 911 calls, which of them is the dumbest? ..... The woman who called 911 to ask a police officer on a date The woman who called 911 after getting locked inside her own car The lonely man who called 911 over 27,000 times The woman who called 911 because McDonald's didn't have...
  7. EnglishLady

    Coded American Civil War message in bottle deciphered

    BBC News Dec 25 A message in a bottle delivered to a Confederate general during the American Civil War has been deciphered, 147 years after it was written. In the encrypted message, a commander tells Gen John Pemberton that no reinforcements are available to help him defend Vicksburg...
  8. EnglishLady

    Some Amazing Pictures taken with the Hubble Space Telescope

    Hubble's Top Space Shots From 2010 Hubble Space Telescope - Best Images From 2010 | World News | Sky News
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    Female Bomber Kills Dozens In Pakistan

    Sky News Dec 25 A female suicide bomber has killed least 41 people and injured dozens others in northwest Pakistan Wearing a head-to-toe burqa, the attacker detonated explosives at a security check post, some 500 metres away from a food aid centre in Khar, the main town of the district of...
  10. EnglishLady

    Ho Ho Ho! Santa Claus Is Water-Skiing To Town

    Sky News A water-skiing Santa, complete with knee-boarding reindeer, has made a festive appearance near Washington DC Joining Santa on the Potomac River were Frosty the Snowman, a group of elves, and even the Grinch. It was the water-skiing Santa's 25th annual appearance on the water...
  11. EnglishLady

    British and American spelling

    There have been quite a few "spellcheckers" on EO lately, so here is my get out of jail free card in case anyone thought I was mis-spelling anything LOL :D There are several areas in which British and American spelling are different. These are the main ones to be aware of. (Oxford...
  12. EnglishLady

    'Twas the night before (senior) Christmas

    by Ed Solomon 'Twas the night before (senior) Christmas 'Twas the night before Christmas at Rock-Away Rest, And all of us seniors were looking our best. Our glasses, how sparkly, our wrinkles, how merry; Our punch bowl held prune juice plus three drops of sherry. A bed sock was...
  13. EnglishLady

    A slightly different Nativity Play

    A Christmas Story "THE NATIVITY PLAY." Having been born on the feast day of Our Lady, and being baptised Mary Teresa Bernadette, I always felt that I was more than qualified to play the Virgin Mary in the School's Nativity Play. But every year it was the same thing, some sweet little...
  14. EnglishLady

    A True Christmas Story

    Robert May was a short man, barely five feet in height. He was born in the early part of the last century, that is to say, the nineteen hundreds. Bullied at school, he was ridiculed and humiliated by other children because he was smaller than other boys of the same age. Even as he grew up...
  15. EnglishLady

    'Chocolate cough remedy' in sight

    BBC News A chemical in cocoa could soon be turned into a medicine for persistent cough, researchers claim. Scientists are carrying out the final stages of clinical trials of a drug that contains theobromine, an ingredient found in chocolate and cocoa. The UK developers say the drug...
  16. EnglishLady

    Wikileaks suspect Bradley Manning's health 'declining'

    BBC News Dec 24 The only person to visit Wikileaks suspect Pte Bradley Manning in custody other than his lawyer says his health has declined in the past four months. Pte Manning, a US soldier, is being held in solitary confinement in a high-security military prison at Quantico marine base...
  17. EnglishLady

    Singing your heart out this Christmas is good for you

    BBC News dec 25 Whether it's a candle-lit carol service or a rather more raucous evening of karaoke down the pub, many people will enjoy a good old singsong this Christmas. But belting out "Hark! the herald angels sing" or your own unique interpretation of "I will survive" will not just...
  18. EnglishLady

    US sanctions policy 'riddled with loopholes'

    BBC News Dec 24 US sanctions tend to be riddled with exceptions that are neither humanitarian nor democracy-related, a former US sanctions official has said. Stuart Eizenstat, a deputy treasury secretary in the Clinton era, told the BBC World Service that such loopholes were created by...
  19. EnglishLady

    Do Bugs Have A Place On Your Dinner Plate?

    Sky News The world's food crisis could be eased if Westerners included insects in their diet to make up some of their protein needs, according to a Dutch scientist. The world's food crisis could be eased if Westerners included insects in their diet to make up some of their protein needs...
  20. EnglishLady

    Santa Tracker

    Sky News Dec 23 Millions of children will be able to track Santa Claus this Christmas Eve as he travels round the world delivering presents Using Santa Cams in cities along his journey, the tracker - which goes live at 9am - allows youngsters to monitor his progress on the internet or...
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