Robyn0312

I'd suggest if you see if hanging around in the future you could knock on the door of the house you think it belongs to to check? If it doesn't belong to them and after time it's still looking a bit lost and forlorn it shouldn't take long to take it to a vet to check if it's microchipped...

buy a george forman grill and also learn how to make cooked breakfasts - instant popularity. Pesto goes with everything. Sandwich bags save you loads of money as you can buy all the cheap stuff on offer at the supermarket and then bag it and freeze it - can you tell I'm still a student...

I was mugged twice in quick sucession a few years ago, at the time I was fine but it did have a noticeable affect on my life for around 2 years afterwards and still tofay I do things differently than I did then. I think they'll find it hard to find people who want to talk about this on TV as many will still feel vulnerable and not want to relive it. Also in a lot of cases the mugger isn't caught or properly identified and lives in the same area as the victim again making people reluctant to want to talk about it on tv! In my case I actually know the building my mugger lives in and now openly avoid travelling that way unless I have to...

Engineering Geologist, although I'm emmigrating to further my career. I have done voluntary work in the past but I don't think I'd be more fulfilled if I was still doing that now...

Have to add to everyone elses point in that reporting any theft is definately worth it. I was mugged twice in short sucession but both phones I lost had been tagged and I had all the details which I gave to the police. They later recovered the second phone from a kid on a local estate - so they do find things!!! Also would recommend getting in touch from a support point of view - at the time I thought I was fine but 3 years on I still suffer from flashabcks and avoid going anywhere after dark on my own. Sometime even you don't realise it these things can really affect your life. I know Southwark has an active victim support service which may be worth conisdering even if your not bothered about it now - and yes I do realise that everybody has the right to deal with things in their own way - just an option.

nuclear in the mean time and better funding for feasibility studies of unusual technologies. I saw a really great generator system developed in Norway that uses osmosis between salt and fresh water sytems to generate electricity. There are no waste products, you just need to be careful about salination/desalinisation of local water sources/output, although if done in a brackish environment would have negliable affect. The thing holding it back was funding for larger scale testing.

We've been in Altima Court for a few years now and use BT Broadband, we get a good service and have never had any problems with it. We mainly use it for on-demand television, recording tv, and general internet use. We've never used it for any major online gaming or large regular downloads though, so don't know how that would be affected. I know we have 2 other neighbours with BT aswell as they show up on my newtworks list on my PC. Welcome to the building CD!

Have to say I think a bakerloo line extension will not happen. Looking at a map of where underground train lines are routed through south london you will see a great void around SE - for a reason. Around these areas the underlying london clay contains porous and waterbearing sand beds. This makes tunnelling very very complicated and dangerous and therefore engineers would always advise against it. This was the cause of a major accident when the northern line was extended south to morden - and explains the kink in the otherwise very straight route. A lot of poeple were killed whilst constructing a tunnel in this material when it collapsed, so the line was diverted. There would be similar risks tunnelling at these depths in our area too. The reasons aren't always just political.

On 1 May 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain was created by the political union of the Kingdom of England (which included Wales) and the Kingdom of Scotland. This event was the result of the Treaty of Union that was agreed on 22 July 1706,and then ratified by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland each passing an Act of Union in 1707. Almost a century later, the Kingdom of Ireland, already under English control by 1691, merged with the Kingdom of Great Britain to form the United Kingdom with the passing of the Act of Union 1800. - from wikipedia I don't know about india/asia though...

From a geological perpective we are a tiny insignificant blip. To be honest, from a scientific and not cynical point of view it would literally do the world of good if we did go extinct. Whilst I would say that species are not dispensible I don't think it matters how, when and how many species do go extinct the earth will recover. We have already undergone several mass-extinction events - the end permian mass extinction event, the largest event known of lead to the extinction of 99% of all global species. Importantly this was also through gradual decline associated with climatic change and anoxic ocean events. Numerous other less dramatic events have also occured. However, it does matter to ensure the longevity of our own species, if we do nothing about these issues then we are effectively surrendering our effective survival. Although I'm also of the view that before it would get to this point disease, food issues and associated wars will reduce the human population back to a level which will be more sustainable alongside the natural environment.

Deforrestation of the Amazon, whilst still at too high a rate has been brought down significantly when comparing the number of destroyed hectares from this year and last year. The surrounding coutnries have formed an alliance to increase and improve patrolling and policing of the area. One of the easiest things that you can do as an energy consumer is to look at what form of power station your energy provider relies on. Some offer certain %'s of energy from renewable sources. In supporting these more ethically minded companies you will also be helping them to fund research into newer and more efficient technologies. Realistically people do not want to have to change their current lifestyle to reduce emissions as they do not see a direct knock-on affect to themselves as an individual. However, regardless of the climate change issue we do need to switch to more renewable or alternative energy sources as we hit peak oil several years ago, we already import over 10% of our annual gas requirements and within the next 50 year they estimate that this will increase to 90%. Which also then puts us in the grip of those who supply the gas.

For somebody to be released on compassionate medical grounds I believe that they should be of the state that they require permanent medical care and are therefore being released into medical care ie. a hospital or holistic hospice for the dying, rather than into the general community. If this is not the case then I do not think that they can be determined as sick enough to warrant this consideration.

we got ours from Nabru who were great. They do modular furntiure so you can effectively design whatever you want. Its also useful as they come and assemble it in your home some no problems fitting large items through narrow doors/window removal etc. All their covers are removable with fire and stain treatment too. We got a huge suede corner sofa with a double sofa bed in it for ?800 - less than DFS at the time but far better quality.

I think there are some good and some bad points made here. I sat my A levels 6 years ago now and whilst I had to so some work I walked through them with very little effort and still achieved top grades. Whilst this may be because I am academic I think it also is a reflection of todays youth's ability to sit exams. From the age of 12 I was taught the correct way to answer questions - which formats to use for which subjects and exam bodies and which buzzwords to always include - you were literally groomed to pass exams. Whilst this ensured top grades were achieved it did very little for application of this knowledge to actual situations outside of exams. I also agree that the majority of people would benefit from a more vocational based approach and that too many people are going to university to study for degrees which send them down indefinate career paths. I ended up taking 3 years out after school after studying medicine for one term only - bright students are often pushed to take certain options with little consideration for how they will actually enjoy it. After leaving I spent time working in a variety of jobs and really found out what I wanted to do and came back to uni at 21. By this time I was going because I really wanted to learn - and chose a very applied subject - geology. I think a lot of students would make better choices and would be more likely to choose applied subjects if they weren't going simply for want of something better. As it is I did not have a 'party' experience and spent 3 years working extremely hard, which paid off in recieveing a first last month. I think a lot of students recognise that a degree is becoming common-place and therefore a lot more people are taking masters courses than in the past - although the danger is that this will then become the norm. However I do feel that the level of commitment required in undertaking a post-grad qualification sorts out the dossers from the workers. Sorry for the long post - just something I feel a lot about.

sorry cut out signal as I was writing my message please also see http://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/NEWS/London%20Earth%202008%20FINAL.pdf we will be doing everywhere south of the thames over the next 5 weeks so maybe you'll see us around elsewhere!