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To: LindyBill who wrote (284200)	12/14/2008 2:34:22 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 793989

The Goracle spoke to an audience in Germany this week where he told them that "the entire North Polarized cap will disappear in 5 years." By 2013?… This guy is insane. Nickelodeon thinks green with online multiplayer title Posted by Jeff Bakalar In an effort to educate and encourage action, Nickelodeon is set to release what could be the first ever online multiplayer video game that deals with environmental issues. As a component of the broader Big Green Help initiative, the game will tie together an overall theme that the company launched on Earth Day last April. The Big Green Help Global Challenge will be available for download starting Sunday, and we were able to grab a sneak peek. Everyone who wants to play the game must take a pledge to reduce their carbon footprint. With that pledge comes a virtual checklist of changes that can be made such as "travelling by foot, bike, etc., instead of by car for four miles each week." At the end of every gaming session, players can track their progress and see how they are making an impact. Keep reading for more on the title including a gameplay video. The game itself is impressive. A small download onto your PC or Mac gives you a fully 3D third-person-shooter where you must help "green" the last three pollution-free cities on the planet. This is done so by eliminating the carbon-producing enemies of the game such as "Guzzlor," a gas-guzzling tractor-trailer, "Bulb Bot," an energy-wasting light bulb monster, and "Carbon Creeper," a giant scorpion of unrecycled trash. Each villain is given a health point count, very similar to how many RPG video games are set up. Gamers can choose to play through nine levels as one of four Nicktoon characters--SpongeBob SquarePants; Back at the Barnyard's Otis; The Fairly OddParent's Timmy Turner; and Avatar's Aang--all of which are beautifully rendered in 3D. You'll be able to join in with other players online, cooperatively taking on the challenge as a team. The game controls just like any third-person title you've seen before, allowing for easy pick-up-and-play. We really like the idea of using a video game to help raise awareness about global environmental issues affecting our world. The most important factor in the movement toward a cleaner planet is undoubtedly education, and, hopefully, The Big Green Help Global Challenge will be able to convey that message to the population that needs it the most--our youth.

To: LindyBill who wrote (284200)	12/14/2008 9:26:42 AM
From: Ruffian	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793989

Al Gore: "North Pole Will Disappear in 5 Years" (Video) Maybe he will too...........

To: LindyBill who wrote (284200)	12/14/2008 9:31:15 AM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 793989

Global Warming? Not in Moscow Saturday, December 13, 2008 5:07 PM By: Phil Brennan While Moscow basks in a snowless December and some meteorologists predict that the traditional Russian winter with snow and severe frost is gone forever, cities in the U.S. where snowfall is very rare are getting slammed with the white stuff. According to the newspaper Pravda, Moscow is experiencing an unprecedented deficit of snow. Even Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is wondering where all the snow has gone, noting philosophically that the city will get snow "When God gives some." Accustomed to having a blanket of snow that ordinarily covers the vast Russian territory in October, Pravda noted that it would ordinarily start snowing in Moscow in October or November. This year, however, Pravda wrote that there "is not even a snowflake in the middle of December. "There were several humble snowy attempts made, but one will not see even a small pile of snow in Moscow’s streets today," the newspaper reported, adding that "December temperatures in Moscow were higher than normal, with December 3rd and 4th registering the warmest winter days in 130 years of meteorological observations." That's not to say the snowless weather has been balmy, with the usual "chilly winter cold, the blue sky and the bright sunshine" [replaced] with thick gray clouds hanging very low above the city, Pravda noted. "There is mud everywhere: mud on the ground, mud in the air, even the sky seems to be very dirty. Muscovites dream about the sun as they get showers in December." Many Russians are complaining of "depressions against such a gray winter background. About 65,000 Muscovites suffer from cold[s] since viruses live well under warm-weather conditions." Even the bears in Moscow's zoo refuse to hibernate, and the city's power stations are suffering huge losses because they only get paid for the heat that they produce and sell to consumers. Pravda said that unnamed meteorologists predict that Moscow will most likely never again see the true Russian winter anymore. But not all of Russia is avoiding the usual Russian winter. On Dec. 8, forecaster Cameron Venable of the Ontario Weather Service reported that temperatures in Siberia would be a super-frigid 81 degrees below zero this week. While snowfall may be giving Moscow a pass, some areas in the U.S. have shivered in icy weather. A vicious ice storm socked New England and upstate New York, knocking out power to more than 1 million customers and forcing the governors of Massachusetts and New Hampshire to declare states of emergency, according to the Minneapolis StarTribune. On Dec. 11, New Orleans was hit by the earliest snow ever recorded for the Big Easy. According to forecasters since 1850, snow has fallen in "measurable amounts," rather than traces, in the city just 17 times, according to the Times-Picayune. And in Beaumont, Texas, on the same day, an upper-level storm system dumped as much as 2 inches of snow on some parts of Southeast Texas, causing icy roads and power outages. Four bridges in Port Arthur were closed due to ice. In Houston, air travelers were delayed while workers at the city's two major airports deiced planes. "Beaumont has had 2 inches of snow, and that's the highest snowfall ever recorded in the month of December," according to Sam Shamburger, meteorologist with the National Weather Service. "It is the earliest snowfall ever recorded in Beaumont. The previous record for the earliest measurable snowfall was Dec. 22, 1989." © 2008 Newsmax. All rights reserved.