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  1. EnglishLady

    Polar bears not endangered, US confirms

    I think Moots got you there Turtle - proof positive ROFL :D Loved the bit about the NC Squirrel and the Vine that ate the South :D:D
  2. EnglishLady

    Polar bears not endangered, US confirms

    Ah hah back at ya :D
  3. EnglishLady

    Do Bugs Have A Place On Your Dinner Plate?

    ROFL - Too funny :p - well done LOL :D
  4. EnglishLady

    Polar bears not endangered, US confirms

    That would be : End Cretaceous, End Triassic, End Permian, Late Devonian, and End Ordovician That would be NASA Scientists .... "Correlations between rising CO2 levels and global surface temperatures suggest that our planet is on a one-way warming trend triggered by human activity" I...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. EnglishLady

    Polar bears not endangered, US confirms

    You seem to have not included all of my quote there Moot LOL "Is "man" interfering with "nature" for his own gain? In this case oil, another case elsewhere could be logging and so on and soforth ....."
  8. EnglishLady

    Pilot Chosen To Relaunch Campbell's Bluebird

    Sky News Dec 23 A powerboat enthusiast has been selected to pilot the legendary record-breaking Bluebird K7 which crashed and sank more than 40 years ago Cumbrian computer analyst Ted Walsh said it was "a great honour" to be chosen and added he would do his best to pay tribute to Donald...
  9. EnglishLady

    Laurent Gbagbo denied access to Ivory Coast state funds

    BBC News Dec 23 The Central Bank of West African States has blocked Laurent Gbagbo's access to Ivory Coast's funds and has recognised Alassane Ouattara as president. The bank says only appointed members of Ivory Coast's "legitimate government" will have access to the deposits there. The...
  10. EnglishLady

    Polar bears not endangered, US confirms

    Well while you are gathering your thoughts and raiding the fridge ..... here are my thoughts ...... ".... Georgina Mace, director of the Centre for Population Biology at Imperial College London, said that since 1950, human intervention has caused more changes in the ecosystem than during any...
  11. EnglishLady

    December Locations

    Sorry to hear that Bob - we had to pay out $1700 the other day on ours :(
  12. EnglishLady

    December Locations

    Unloaded, waiting in Monee IL for the next one please ....:D
  13. EnglishLady

    Polar bears not endangered, US confirms

    WOW :p I would like to be around in 50-100 years time to see if you are right ....... :D Anyone got the secret to the fountain of Youth yet? I still believe that we ARE encroaching on nature as I stated and that cost will prove too high, 'cos sooner or later she will bite us in the...
  14. EnglishLady

    Toyota pays $10m to fatal Lexus crash family

    BBC News Dec 23 Toyota has paid $10m to the family of four people killed in a runaway Lexus car in 2009. The amount, agreed in September but kept confidential, was released by a lawyer for the dealership that lent the Lexus to the family. Toyota, which did not admit or deny liability in...
  15. EnglishLady

    US attacks North Korea 'sacred war' threats

    BBC News Dec 23 The US has denounced North Korea for threatening a "sacred war" against the South, whose military has been holding live-fire drills near the border. The state department's Philip Crowley told the BBC there was no justification for Pyongyang's "belligerent words". In a...
  16. EnglishLady

    Polar bears not endangered, US confirms

    So you are of the opinion that since the Industrial Revolution, man has had no effect at accelerating "Global Warming" - correct? :rolleyes: ;
  17. EnglishLady

    Polar bears not endangered, US confirms

    LOL now you know very well what I meant - in line with this story :p Is "man" interfering with "nature" for his own gain? In this case oil, another case elsewhere could be logging and so on and soforth .....
  18. EnglishLady

    New solar fuel machine 'mimics plant life'

    BBC News Dec 23 A prototype solar device has been unveiled which mimics plant life, turning the Sun's energy into fuel. The machine uses the Sun's rays and a metal oxide called ceria to break down carbon dioxide or water into fuels which can be stored and transported. Conventional...
  19. EnglishLady

    US to make 'wild' public land eligible for protection

    BBC News Dec 23 The US is to make millions of acres of public land eligible for wilderness protection, officials have said. The order reverses former President George W Bush's policy forbidding the government from doing so. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Thursday said the new policy...
  20. EnglishLady

    Obama to regulate greenhouse gases from power plants

    BBC News Dec 23 The Obama administration has said it will regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants amid opposition from industry and Republicans in Congress. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it would regulate emissions from fossil fuel power plants by 2011 and...
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