All categories - 12 April 2007

2007-04-12 00:30:59 · 2 answers · asked by jobees 6 in Polls & Surveys

Personally, I loved watching his show every morning. But hey, that's just my opinion.

2007-04-12 00:30:48 · 19 answers · asked by Jumpin' Jack Flash 1 in Media & Journalism

Warming could spark water scramble: experts By Timothy Gardner
Wed Apr 11, 6:42 PM ET



NEW YORK (Reuters) - Climate change could diminish North American water supplies and trigger disputes between the United States and Canada over water reserves already stressed by industry and agriculture, U.N. experts said on Wednesday.

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More heat waves like those that killed more than 100 people in the United States in 2006, storms like the killer hurricanes that struck the Gulf of Mexico in 2005 and wildfires are likely in North America as temperatures rise, according to a new report that provided regional details on a U.N. climate panel study on global warming issued in Brussels on April 6.

Severe weather already costs North America tens of billions of dollars annually in productivity and damaged property, and those costs are expected to rise, the U.N. report said.

The broadest effects of climate change will be water problems across the entire continent -- including more frequent droughts, urban flooding and a scramble for water from the Great Lakes, which border both the United States and Canada.

"Water was an issue in every region ... but in very different ways and very different places," Michael MacCracken, a review editor of the report, said in a telephone interview.

Unlike many continents, North America has no east to west mountain ranges that limit droughts by forcing rapidly moving wet air to release rain, said MacCracken, also chief scientist for climate change at the Climate Institute, a Washington-based nonprofit group.

Cities will also be threatened as glacial melt leads to higher ocean levels. Late in the 21st century, severe flooding that occurs in New York once every 500 years could happen as often as once in 50 years, putting at risk much of the infrastructure in the New York region, the report said.

Droughts would also occur more often in the U.S. Midwest and Southwest as warmer temperatures evaporate soil moisture.

Those droughts could diminish underground supplies like the Edwards Aquifer in Texas, which supplies 2 million people with water, by up to 40 percent, and cut levels of the Ogallala aquifer which underlies eight U.S. states, the report said.

During droughts like the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, U.S. farmers pumped water from underground aquifers to save their fields through irrigation. "Much of that water is now gone," said MacCracken. "We've used up our savings bank."

Tight underground water supplies could kick off a scramble for large above-ground supplies in the Great Lakes, the report said. Spats have already occurred over diversion of the lakes' water for distant cities and farms, while calls have increased for channeling water to the Mississippi River to supply U.S. cities during hot summers.

Problems are also expected to intensify as warmer temperatures lower water levels through evaporation. "Climate change will exacerbate these issues and create new challenges for binational cooperation," the report said.

The tension could be heightened by the fact that a majority of the Canadian population lives close to the Great Lakes, while only a small fraction of the U.S. population reside nearby, MacCracken said.

2007-04-12 00:29:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

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2007-04-12 00:29:02 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

There's a lizard in my room and I have a phobia of lizards! Any suggestions on what to do...I already screamed...

2007-04-12 00:28:10 · 18 answers · asked by ~ B_e_K_z ~ 5 in Polls & Surveys

2007-04-12 00:27:46 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Policeman
Toy salesman
Psychologist
Disc jockey

2007-04-12 00:27:36 · 6 answers · asked by anu n 1 in Mythology & Folklore

in some moives, when he/she start to be conscious, he/she
forget past and still can speak..that means
he/she sti; remember the language and words.. how come?

2007-04-12 00:27:25 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

Hi, i have a really good friend and she is in a band.
She is quite good but the other 2 bring her down.
She thinks she is great and people tell her that she is just to be nice.
Should i tell her that she is rubbish?
I really don't want to crush her dreams but i really don't want to see her get hurt.
She thinks she is brilliant but really, she's crap.
Help!
I don't want to lie to her.

2007-04-12 00:26:57 · 9 answers · asked by Chelsea G 2 in Friends

driving a car in New york state?

2007-04-12 00:26:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

That is - Stereotypical phrases (for the literary challenged americans and brits)!

2007-04-12 00:26:45 · 10 answers · asked by MickMore 2 in Languages

i screwed up a little bit......and she don't wanna see me and she's not even talking to me .....any suggestions

2007-04-12 00:26:21 · 33 answers · asked by Sam 1 in Singles & Dating

I am 14 this year. My classmates like to say that I am very "gay " or sissy. I think it has got something to do with the way I say things (puberty voice broken already) or do things. When I ask them in waht way I am like that and they just cant point out exactly where the prob is. I am very frustrated. How can I help to toughen myself up because I really just cannot stand all those comments from people around.

2007-04-12 00:26:12 · 4 answers · asked by jack 1 in Friends

2007-04-12 00:25:45 · 4 answers · asked by ? 1 in Garden & Landscape

2007-04-12 00:25:34 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Anthropology

I am 15 and have been playing seriously for 12 months. My handicap is 12 and I have recently started lessons and have a new swing - with this help I think I shall be able to get down to around 4 in the summer as I will be able to play at least 2-3 times a weeks. Basically what do I need to do so I can become a playing professional golfer? I enjoy the game and improve everytime I play. I am in the UK so there seem less opertunities to become professional so does anyone know what I should do? Thanks for all the help.

Jimbo.

2007-04-12 00:25:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Golf

hey i`m a begining song writer..
i want to ask whats the big thing these days can you guys narrow it down to the two best

1: Slow Alternative Rock
2: Mid Pace Alternative Rock
3: Fast Pace Alternative Rock
4: Acoustic songs
5: Heavy metal songs
6: Piano with slow pace rock
7: Mid pace punk/pop rock
8: Fast pace punk/pop rock
9: Techno Rock type
10: Classic Rock

2007-04-12 00:25:06 · 9 answers · asked by kevrhd92 3 in Other - Entertainment

Isn't that song strange? for one it was written and sanged by a Jew even though it was a Christian song. The artist said an interview that he thought there was more of a Jesus market than a Jehovah one. And 2end of all, he says in the song, "I've never sinned. I've never been a sinner. But I"ve got a friend in Jesus. So I know that when I die, it's going to set me up with the spirit in the sky." Does that statement make any sense to anyone? If he thinks he's never sinned then he's admitting he doesn't need Jesus. So how can Jesus be his friend? Unless it's talking about standing pure before God after the atonement. But the song is a little strange.

2007-04-12 00:23:48 · 5 answers · asked by Melissa Y 1 in Music

2007-04-12 00:23:40 · 13 answers · asked by leo g 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-04-12 00:23:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anshi 1 in Cricket

Ok These people I kinda know dont ever spak to me or my family but the other day one of them got in my way and I said excuse me so she turned and went on about how i could just push her aside she was smiling I didnt say anything but I managed to present a half smile. Was this rude of me. These people are rude man. And the mom acts like a spoiled teenager. I think she thinks shes hot or something. 40 maybe 50 year old lady built like the mechilin man if you know what I mean.

2007-04-12 00:23:31 · 7 answers · asked by mario 1 in Singles & Dating

2007-04-12 00:23:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Just asking on a friend's behalf.

2007-04-12 00:23:07 · 9 answers · asked by Salsoul 2 in Media & Journalism

*Can you live a day without chocolate?
*Have you ever compromised your chocolate bar(or anything made of chocolate) for any one? if yes then why & when?

2007-04-12 00:23:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Food & Drink

2007-04-12 00:22:40 · 1 answers · asked by Kayode O 1 in Other - Visual Arts

you hear kids under 5 say the "F" word.

2007-04-12 00:22:06 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Family & Relationships

how can people meet their future partners at weddings?
i mean there is so much chaos and lots to do, how can you go and introduce yourself and all

i don't think there is any time for that! when you are not seated on the same table.

2007-04-12 00:21:55 · 19 answers · asked by shelley k 1 in Weddings

I'll give the global warming enthusiasts the benefit of doubt that the earth is warming .
What I won't give is 'blind credence' that man can reverse it !!

Liberals are always saying " It's patriotic and right to QUESTION what we're told ". . OK. . . .I'm QUESTIONING !!

Where's the Beef .. . . er, I mean Proof ?

2007-04-12 00:21:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics