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3. Dieting with a buddy always makes weight loss easier.
No one doubts that companionship and common goals can pay off for dieters. But Aronowitz notes that there are some instances in which the buddy system may work against you and your buddy.
"If one buddy fails and the other doesn't, it clearly upsets the balance, and could cause tension and embarrassment," she says. Ultimately, Aronowitz says, weight loss is a personal journey. If you find it's easier with a friend, remember to compete only against yourself -- not each other.
4. Dietary fat keeps you feeling full longer, so you'll eat less.
This was a well-accepted food rule for many years. But Somers says new research has challenged this logic. It has shown that while fat does take longer to digest, "it's actually the least satiating of any food group -- so no, it will not help you control you appetite," Somers says. The foods likely to stave off hunger the longest are protein foods, followed by carbohydrates, then fats, she says.
5. When you blow your diet, you might as well wait until the next day to get back on track.
Nothing could be farther from the truth, Heller tells WebMD.
"Every meal matters, so if you ate that big old piece of birthday cake at lunch, get right back on track with your next meal," she says. "You don't have to have a full day of healthy eating in order for it to count."
6. Refusing food at a party or when visiting is rude.
"If you had diabetes, or a severe food allergy to something, you wouldn't think twice about turning down a food you weren't sure of -- and you should feel that same sense of priority in turning down a food that you know will blow your diet," says Heller.
7. Skipping a meal every now and then will help you lose.
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- When Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 10 a.m.
- Where Bravo School of Art, 2690 Historic Decatur Rd Studio 206, San Diego Map | Website
- Age limit All ages
- Categories Arts, Lectures & Classes, Painting, Visual Arts
- Cost $72 - $82
In this rather fast paced workshop on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., you will be given an 8" x 8" chipboard book (not shaped like a boat) with 8 pages and 2 ring binder clips to work in. Fill each page, including the front and back covers with new mixed media techniques.
Some techniques you might explore are: bleach and black paper, resists on paper, painting (paintover), gesso carving and scribing, as well as using a variety of unusual mark making tools. Lisa Bebi will instruct you page by page and also give you a step-by-step written guide to take home.
Bravo School of Art at 2690 Historic Decatur Rd, Studio 206 San Diego, CA 92106. Google Map.


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Definition of Hail Mary in English:
Hail Mary
noun (plural Hail Marys)
1A prayer to the Virgin Mary used chiefly by Roman Catholics, beginning with part of Luke 1:28. Also called Ave Maria.
Example sentences
- We'd pile into the car at the crack of dawn and my father would say a Hail Mary before we left, to make sure that the Virgin Mary kept an eye on us.
- And he tightened his hold on her hand as they recited the Lord's Prayer and a Hail Mary.
- She made a cross on her forehead, said a Hail Mary and an Our Father, asked God to prepare a place for her friend and remove her pain.
1.1A recitation of a Hail Mary prayer: muttering Hail Marys under her breath
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- He had some Hail Marys to say after his last movie.
- Whatever the truth, this distinguished and talented actor has some Hail Marys to say.
- She wished she were catholic so she could go to a priest and confess, then say some Hail Marys and be absolved.
2 [usually as modifier] American Football A very long, typically unsuccessful pass made in a desperate attempt to score late in the game: they beat the 49ers on a Hail Mary pass in the final seconds
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- They beat the other team on a Hail Mary pass as time expired, marking easily the most exciting play of the day.
- He is valuable in short-yardage situations and perfectly executed a Hail Mary pass for a touchdown against the other team.
- And this was, and as some people, as I say, call it a Hail Mary pass.
2.1Any attempt with a small chance of success: a Hail Mary plan
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- Nobody thought this was a 60-win team, mind you, but certainly a strong enough group to return to the playoffs without a Hail Mary deal.
- I can only imagine this was the perp's attempt at a Hail Mary to get key evidence thrown out.
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Is Grant Morrison overworked?
That's the question going through my mind with the recent news that Batman: The Return of Bruce #5 was confirmed as being postponed for two months. Originally scheduled for Aug. 5, the DC Comics website now has it coming out on Oct. 6. Blogger David Uzumeri brought this to my attention with a Twitter poster on Friday, and the realization of the delay dovetailed in with two other pieces of stray information from weeks ago.
The first was the news of a sudden artistic change-up to Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #4 from Cameron Stewart to Georges Jeanty; originally solicited for July 21, the book only came out one week late, but the artwork looks a tad rushed. Stewart wrote on his blog that "conditions were such that I felt that my work would be drastically compromised and subpar should I stay on board, and so I felt that it was best that I walked away." It has proven to be amicable, with pages already filtering out online of a future collaboration with Stewart, Morrison and DC on the 16th issue of Batman & Robin.
The second is from the blog of Sean Murphy, artist of the Morrison-penned Joe the Barbarian. According to his post, he's waiting on the script for the final two issues of the series. Joe the Barbarian #7 was originally scheduled for release on July 21, while DC's website now has a release of Sept. 15.
Checking with the solicitations for the past three months, Morrison is working on four series: Batman, Batman & Robin, Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne and Joe The Barbarian. He's also been announced to work on two miniseries, Batman: The Return and Multiversity, a new series titled Batman Inc., as well as a prose book titled Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero.
Delays are to be expected on comics at some point, but these news tidbits add up to a possible trend. What do you think?
regarding joe barbabrian i have a feeling the vast majority are trade waiting anyway.
I worry more about Robert Kirkman and Jason Aaron to be honest.
Return of Bruce Wayne is definitely due to Ryan Sook.
I'm surprised you didn't catch Batman and Robin 14, which was originally to be released early July, and is now due out late September.
While in-part, I think it is due to the fact that he is working on far too many books in too small of a time span, I also think it is down to the artists he uses.
I've read more than a few interviews with Morrison and he says he writes every day and he sometimes writes for 12 hours or more a day. Fair play to him for trying to get that much done, and he always comes across like he enjoys writing so much, but that many hours a day can't be healthy.
Mind you, I also read that in an interview that he plays Red Dead Redemption and Batman: Arkham Asylum on Xbox 360, so who knows. Nobody could write 60-84 hours a week and still find time for their Xbox, surely?
Matt, is that conjecture or fact? Ryan Sook was my first guess too, and that the other books (Batman 702, B&R14-15) got pushed back to fill in the gap while we wait for it to come out.
At this rate, they shoulda stuck with Stewart on ROBW4 and just put it out a month late. It wouldn't have affected the rest of the schedule much.
Sigh, yeah, they should have, Mister U.
I hate looking at that book.
Also, if Ryan Sook is the bottleneck, I'm gonna find whoever commissioned that bigass Brightest Day poster that probably caused this delay and … I'm going to … engineer it so they're stuck in an elevator with a 450-pound unwashed person for three hours.
(I'm trying to replace Die In A Fire and all that other shit with more mundane, everyday punishments for bad comics and bad ideas.)
Too much Batman on the brain, probably.
He's probably working on a movie or TV show… when talent gets a shot at the big leagues, comic deadlines are the first thing to go out the window.
Yeah, it would be my assumption it is the Artists, Morrison doesn't skimp. But it's possible he's gone through some rewrites and such. At least with Return. My question is on Thursday Batman 703 is supposed to be pretty much celebrating Bruce's return, so are they going to delay that? Or just play that everyone knew he was returning anyway and roll with it?
But that's just an assumption, people can get sick, and even the best writers get hit with writers block, or just a work overload.
How's Geoff Johns holding up, schedule-wise? It has to be a concern when two guys basically drive your entire line, one of whom just got a major desk-job promotion.
Overworked? Overrated? Get Morrison off of Batman, which I feel he has helped to ruin the past few years, and on to Superman, a character that he truly understands and has done wonderful things with. It would have the added bonus of getting JMS far, far away from Superman too.
Return of Bruce Wayne is definitely due to Ryan Sook.
Anything to back that up with?
Because Morrison's books always get delayed, and he's got several books running late right now.
It can't all be the artists fault.
To the guy who said it was Ryan Sook's fault, did you miss the whole Wednesday comics thing? Granted they had a lot of lead time, but if he can do that, he can do a normal sized comic that he's been scheduled to do for… what, 5 months now?
maniacmatt, to be fair, Sook hasn't completed a full single issue of a regular ol' comic since X-Factor #1 back in frigging 2005. He didn't finish Final Crisis: Resist, and he didn't finish Atom & Hawkman. Wednesday Comics was gorgeous, yeah, but the guy still hasn't been able to put out a 22-page comic in literally years.
I'd like to know what's causing the delays in Morrison's 18 Days script book that was supposed to come out in July, and there hasn't been any updates as to why it hasn't been released or when it will be released. I did see an advanced review that was published recently, so that's encouraging. Obviously it's not the same as things he's currently writing right now, as he is said to have written this script years ago, but still…
As for the Batman and Joe the Barbarian stuff, yeah Morrison has a lot on his plate right now. He's working on a feature film, a TV mini series, loads of Batman comics, Multiversity, Joe the Barbarian, a prose book, and who knows what else he's got in store for us? I wouldn't say he's overworked in that regard. Young attorneys working as prosecutors and public defenders are probably overworked. Morrison, is lucky to be as talented as he is, and as in demand as he is, and I bet he's loving every minute of every piece of work he takes on.
Personally I don't care when the comics get here, so long as when they get here they're worth the wait. And for me, with Morrison and with the artists he tends to work with, I'm never let down in that regard.
The good news is that we've seen inked pages from Batman Inc., so we know he shouldn't be too far behind at this point, if indeed he has anything left to finish on the other Bat books.


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- 18 whole graham crackers
- 3-1/2 cups cold milk
- 2 packages (3.4 ounces each) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 2 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon light corn syrup
- Line a 13-in. x 9-in. dish with nine whole graham crackers; set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mixes for 2 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set; fold in whipped topping. Spread over graham crackers. Top with remaining crackers.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate and butter. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Spread over graham cracker layer. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. Yield: 12-15 servings.
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"Started to make this, discovered I was short one box of vanilla pudding, so used what I had, 1 vanilla,1 chocolate. My husband loved it! Can't wait to make it again for the rest of the family, especially the grandkids. Truly a simple, tasty treat."
"We like this a lot. Usually use French vanilla and do layers; crackers, pudding, crackers, pudding, crackers and topping. We take a tub of choc icing and microwave it for about 30 sec. Stir well and pour over top of the crackers. It sets up after being refrigerated overnight. It is one of my family's favorites."
"I have been making this for years. I usually use French vanilla pudding mix rather than just vanilla. It gives it a richer flavor. Now my granddaughter is making it."
"This recipe has been around for a VERY long time.....still good today!"
"I made this for our family's Christmas celebration this year. It is very easy and quick to put together. It does require 8 hours to overnight of refrigeration, so plan accordingly. I lightly sprinkled the top with Wilton's Peppermint Crunch Sprinkles to give it a Christmas look, which flavored it nicely. I also added an additional layer of graham crackers to the center. It's a yummy recipe, one to keep handy to enjoy anytime of the year!!!!"
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"This recipe was so good. We had to force ourselves to stop eating it. Light, refreshing, tasted like an éclair but with more yummy cream. My 18 yr old son wants this for his birthday cake. Thanks for an easy, quick delicious recipe."
"Thanks for sharing---this was always a staple at family get togethers, when we were growing up. Over 30 years+ and it is still good! It used to be known as Mock Eclair."
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by Josh Bolton at 17:28 16 Comments
A second summer signing seems imminent at Spurs, with numerous media outlets reporting that Vincent Janssen is London-bound from AZ Alkmaar. With Janssen set for his "dream move", Spurs are surprising many by getting their business done early this season — a trait that has often eluded Daniel Levy in previous transfer windows.
The only aspect more impressive than Spurs' willingness to act (and not react) in the transfer market, is that they are addressing areas of the squad that were in clear need of strengthening.
Like for like signings… you could say...
by Mattj78 at 19:34 17 Comments
With Wanayama already signed up, we have one very good signing. but already I hate the transfer window again.
Not a day has gone by yet where we haven't been linked with a striker or midfielder. In fact, I think at last count we had been linked with over 20 players. And not one of them, Wanyama aside has turned out to be anything other than utter bull ****!
But the media made up stories are not the only reason I hate the transfer window. It's the fact that we are always so slow to sign players and I am fed up with waiting for us to sign another striker.
A striker that...
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Following a very successful raid on his former club Southampton last summer in securing the acquisition of our defensive lynchpin Toby Alderweireld, Poch has struck again in the form of midfield enforcer Victor Wanyama for a knock down price.
On face value this looks a great deal at the price mooted and a clever one also in the belief that not only provide the depth in midfield we severely lacked in the closing stages last season in particular but also allow Eric Dier to be deployed as a fourth line centre half negating the need to sign someone to cover in the event...
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After another season has closed and I have now re entered the world of reality after my rather re actionary and misguided post match report after the defeat at Newcastle, I thought it was time for my end of season awards ceremony.
Spurs have finished in the highest position for years and with Pochettino now signed up, we can look forward to next season with optimism.
So, here I go with the first award!!!
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I've made it into the office early. Headphones on, music full blast, head down. I begin to close my incognito windows on Google Chrome.
"Why is life so sh*t?" reads one.
"Does God hate me?" reads another.
"Painless ways to kill yourself," completes this trifecta of depression.
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How does the absence of left guard Logan Mankins affect what the Patriots can do in the run game?
Mankins' absence is substantial. He is one of the best guards in the NFL and brings a rugged attitude and presence to a very good offensive line. He and center Dan Koppen are the best players on this line and have been cornerstones during the Patriots' excellent run over the past few seasons.
New England has a decent backup plan in place if it ends up without Mankins. Former starting right tackle Nick Kaczur has moved to Mankins' guard spot and second-year offensive tackle Sebastian Vollmer inherited the right tackle vacancy. Vollmer is very promising and should be an upgrade over Kaczur on the edge. In fact, it probably will not be long before Vollmer is entrenched as Tom Brady's blind-side protector at left tackle. Vollmer was excellent this past season in protection and moving bodies in the run game.
But Kaczur is now suffering through a significant back injury and his status is uncertain. Now, the cupboards appear rather bare and surely Mankins' stand for a new contract has gotten stronger with Kaczur's injury. But assuming New England does not budge with the contract talks, how will this hole in the line affect this run game?
You can't discuss the Patriots' run game without first talking about the passing attack, as New England often operates out of the shotgun and with predominantly passing personnel groupings on the field in any down and distance. This is an extremely well-coached line and much like Peyton Manning or Drew Brees, Brady's ability to see the rush and maneuver within the confines of the pocket often makes the protection appear better than it truly is.
But because of this excellent overall protection and an elite passing game, New England can exploit favorable numbers in the box in the run game and also is very adept at calling timely runs to keep defenses honest and off balance. Again, this makes the line's job collectively a little easier. That's what having an all-time great player such as Brady can do for an offense.
The remaining options for the left guard spot feature a list of no names, with Dan Connolly as the leading candidate for promotion. Also, don't forget that right guard Stephen Neal has an extensive injury history. Connolly did well enough in Neal's place last year.
Mankins on board certainly still would not be a bad idea, of course. He is an exceptional player and is missed. But the Patriots' coaching staff has been exceptional at developing offensive linemen -- Neal is the perfect example -- and mixed with the system and strong supporting cast, don't expect a massive drop in production up front.


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What Fighting Deforestation Can And Can't Achieve
When we talk about combating climate, the most obvious issues that come to mind are policies to prevent carbon dioxide emissions — cap-and-trade programs and carbon taxes and environmental regulations. Then there are the technological solutions like renewable energy and electrified vehicle fleets and more energy efficient infrastructure. If people are feeling desperate, they start discussing geoengineering
But one part of the climate change solution mix doesn't get talked about as often, perhaps because it's almost too obvious: we need more plants. Or, more specifically, we need more forests.
Thanks to photosynthesis — the process by which plants convert sunlight into energy — trees and other flora remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen. This allows them to act as a "carbon sink" — any process that results in a net removal of carbon from the atmosphere. Conversely, deforestation releases the carbon forests store up back into the atmosphere. The 2007 report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change determined that deforestation contributes roughly 17 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, putting it in third place behind the global energy sector's 26 percent and the global industrial sector's 19 percent. Most of that action is in tropical forests, where the most egregious deforestation is occurring. Also, contrary to the image of individual rural farmers chopping down rainforest for crop land, most tropical deforestation these days can be laid at the feet of major industries and corporations.
What It Can't Achieve
Start with the bad news. A recent article in The Conversation pointed to a 2011 study that attempted to measure the effect of living biomass, dead wood, and other organic products from temperate, boreal, and tropical forests between 1990 and 2007. Assessing global satellite data, global forest growth, and density is tough, but the researchers determined that Earth's forests are taking in around 4 billion metric tons of carbon a year. Unfortunately, deforestation — which exists in a constant tug-of-war with regrowth — rolled a lot of that back, resulting in a net carbon sink effect of 1.1 billion metric tons annually.
The problem is the sheer scale of the numbers surrounding the global forest carbon sink. In 2010, fossil fuel burning, cement production, land use — including deforestation — dumped a grand total of 36.7 billion metric tons into the atmosphere. But only half stayed there. (Deforestation's 17 percent contribution was to that final atmospheric amount.) The rest was absorbed by the oceans and the land, the latter including the forest carbon sink's 4 billion metric ton contribution.
Those numbers were about the same in 2011. So just considering the carbon dioxide that got into the atmosphere, even getting back all 3 billion metric tons lost to deforestation would take out only a slice of the problem. The most pessimistic study on this front was released in 2013, and determined that even the best case scenario of deforestation reduction would cut atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide by 40 to 70 parts per million (ppm). That's in comparison to the up to 600 ppm above 2000 levels human activity is anticipated to add by 2100 under most projections.
There are lots of reasons why reforestation's potential to curb climate change is limited.
Given human needs and activity, complete reforestation is obviously a pipe dream. Younger and recently planted forests also tend to take in less carbon than older and more developed forests, and carbon can remain in the atmosphere for thousands of years — making the path from fossil fuel reserves underground to burned emissions effectively a one-way ticket. Even without deforestation, a forest's carbon intake for photosynthesis enters into a natural equilibrium with natural fires, decomposition, and other processes that return some of their carbon to the atmosphere under much shorter time periods. So the researchers concluded the most important reason to fight deforestation is to preserve the remaining forests not caught in the deforestation-regrowth tug-o-war, and which have held the most carbon the longest. Losing all of them would add another 130 to 290 ppm to atmospheric carbon concentrations.
That's really the key take away: fighting deforestation won't be able to help us roll climate change back that much, but it can help us hold the line against things becoming any worse. But there are other reasons to keep up the fight as well.
What It Can Achieve
Progress on preventing deforestation is mixed, but overall seems to be trending in the right direction. Brazil recently announced that rainforest deforestation there was reduced 84 percent over the last eight years, hitting 1,764 square miles from mid-2011 to mid-2012 — the lowest rate since the country began monitoring it. (Though there are concerns that failure by the Brazilian government to properly enforce its forestry code could reverse that trend.) At the same time, the Mekong region — which encompasses Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar — lost nearly a third of its forest cover between 1973 and 2009. Globally, we've seen carbon dioxide emissions from deforestation drop by over 25 percent since 2000, in comparison to 1990s levels.All that said, we can certainly do better on fighting deforestation. After assuming relatively high levels of economic and population growth a 2007 study, found that reducing present deforestation rates by 50 percent by 2050, and then holding the line until 2100, could prevent as much as 50 billion metric tons of carbon emissions this century. That's 12 percent of what's needed through 2100 to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of carbon at 450 parts per million — the threshold beyond which most scientists agree the threat of catastrophic climate change becomes intolerable. The IPCC estimates this could be done for less than $20 per ton.
There's also ocean acidification to consider. Approximately 10 billion metric tons of the carbon dioxide that didn't enter the atmosphere in 2011 was absorbed by the oceans, driving up the creation of carbonic acid and threatening a whole host of marine ecosystems.
Human jobs and human lives sit at the top of many of those food chains; about one billion people around the world rely on seafood as their primary source of protein, the vast majority of them in poor and under-developed countries. So every bit of carbon taken in by forests is carbon that isn't threatening ocean life.
Finally, there's a feedback loop to keep in mind. Preventing tropical deforestation slows down the climate change that leads to more deforestation, and vice versa. In the rainforest specifically, trees and vegetation actually introduce additional moisture into the air, meaning deforestation reduces rainfall. That makes hydroelectric power harder to produce: a study warned that this process could eliminate 40 percent of the power produced by Brazil's Belo Monte hydropower complex — the third biggest in the world — which is a problem for a country that gets 80 percent of its electricity from hydropower.
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An international mechanism to financially reimburse countries for preventing deforestation has been in the works at the United Nations for several years now. Called REDD or REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) it's already provided $67.3 million in 16 partner countries. Unfortunately, the program wasn't part of the Kyoto negotiations in 1997 (though it may make its way into the Paris talks in 2015) and only has $112.5 million to work with, thanks to donations from Norway, Denmark, and Spain. Japan and the European Commission have pledged funds as well, but so far the United States has not contributed a cent. And many of the details for how REDD should operate remain in dispute. So a serious move by the United States' government to both bulk of REDD's funding and push it along policy-wise could certainly help.
Granted, REDD is not without its critics or possible pitfalls, particular the fact that much of the program — so far as its developed — is structured around offsets. Monitoring and verifying offsets, which allow one actor to continue emitting a certain amount of carbon if they pay some other actor to carry some net carbon negative act, can be logistically and conceptually difficult. And of course, offsets still allow emissions elsewhere. A better approach for REDD might be to financially encourage developing countries to preserve forests, with no counterbalancing allowances for carbon emissions elsewhere. Just straight up pay them to conserve, on the precept that economically underprivileged countries should not be bearing the burdens of climate change.
Climate Advisors and other groups have also just put forward a raft of recommendations for other ways the United States could step forward to promote commodities and markets that don't rely on deforestation. These include clamping down on illegal deforestation through tougher import laws, use our technical expertise and resources to bulk up the transparency of of both global agricultural practices and supply chains, and push reforms to both foreign aid and trade agreements.
Finally — and it's a bit of a second-order effect — another thing the U.S. government could do to help is completely rethink its mandated blend of biofuel in our gasoline supplies. The current policy drives up the demand (and thus the profitability) of corn, soy, and other biofuel stocks, encouraging more deforestation both here in the states and in rainforests around the world to make room for cropland.
So that's where we are with deforestation. It's just a slice of the possible solutions, but it's not a negligible slice. And we aren't doing enough to make full use of it.
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The picture prompted me to do a little research on the Russian Sakhalin Project II. Fascinating project and a real reality check. The world is run on fossil fuels, a look at Sakhalin II will show you just how committed the world is to these cheap and easily transported fuels. Right now, most economies seek more and more oil and gas, these drive the world's economic growth and this growth must continue to ramp up to service the growing population and the growing expectations. China is the model for the world in the 21st century.
Now this makes any attempts to stop the growth of fossil fuel use and CO2 emissions a dubious game. Add to that the rise in Natural Gas production and use, with the leakage we know takes place adding a potent greenhouse gas to the atmosphere.
So, how do we tell the world that the game is up? That fossil fuels are killing the planet? It is no wonder people ignore the message, their jobs and prosperity and even the food at lunch is directly related to cheap efficient fossil fuels.
The result is what we can measure. Co2 concentrations up and spiraling out of control. Methane concentrations rising with a heft increase in leakage with each new Natural gas project. Are we going to be able to turn this around any time before disaster is upon us. I argue that a rational look at reality says NO. Not a chance in hell! This is what the facts tell us. I see no facts that say we are through with fossil fuels and on a crash program to run the world on other sources of energy. No chance, this game is over.
Jack- I agree with all about all you expressed. 1) The work all of us climate activists are doing is important and necessary- from Gore and Mckibben to you and me. We are all doing the best we can and, I presume, will continue to. 2) We celebrate our 'victories'- though there have not been many – as wel we should. 3) What I think we (or, at least, I) have a tough time acknowledging are the tremendous macro-trends of growth powered by ready and available fossil fuels that exist. I suppose, if we really took that in (as you did in your comment) then, maybe, we are afraid that we would just give up. I will not give up but part of my process now, as an activist, is acknowledging what my heart and mind strongly suspect- that our species is going to bring up some semblance of hell-on-Earth. We are also an extraordinarily resourceful species- perhaps we will be able to figure out a 'way back' once we get there! (sadly, that will be up to not-so-far in the future generations)
Indeed, I have no plans to give up, but we must see the enormous nature of the battle. We fight over Keystone XL while Russia build Sakhalin II. Africa, with Chinese help is looking for more oil and gas, and will produce it in future.
Canadian Tar Sands reflect just how far we have doubled down on oil and gas.
I read somewhere yesterday that world governments are now reconciled to the global warming event that is right on our doorsteps. What they talk about now behind closed doors is who will be a winner and who will lose. Nations run the models and predict what their mitigation moves should be. What new security measures to take. And how they might even profit from the climate change. This is prudent, because the intelligence agencies of the west and Russia and China have surely informed leadership of what is coming. The governments may be full of liars and greed mongers, but intelligence agencies are tasked with presenting reality to the leadership, like it or not.
Most people do not know this, but the end of the Soviet Union was engineered by the Soviet State Security Apparatus, like KGB and other lesser organs. Why you ask? Because they have always been staffed with the best and brightest of Soviet Society. They had access to the real data, not the fake propaganda data the civil government presented. Yes, I believe the US CIA for example knows full well that the campaign of lies against global warming is totally fake, and have told the US government and military to expect severe effects from an out of control climate, even now this is happening. Governments know, I am sure the MI6 and MI5 have informed David Cameron about what is coming. The Met Office in Britain even held an emergency meeting recently to discuss Britain's recent out of control weather events. Oddly enough, the Jet Stream is now bring the first really serious out of control weather events straight to the UK.
"Finally — and it's a bit of a second-order effect — another thing the U.S. government could do to help is completely rethink its mandated blend of biofuel in our gasoline supplies."
Rethink? I think you could have made the statement far stronger. I'm not aware of any redeeming virtues in corn ethanol.
And second-order effect? I thought it had significant impacts on world food prices? Perhaps you are using a much narrower criterion.
Here's hoping more states will follow FL and no longer require it in gasoline.
Like David, I agree with virtually all you say – but think the following require clarification:
"So, how do we tell the world that the game is up? That fossil fuels are killing the planet? It is no wonder people ignore the message…"
You must actually accomplish the first two before the third becomes the problem.
As much as I read on subject of Climate Change, including the excellent posts here, the incredible (maybe impossible) rate of change in world CO2 production required just didn't hit until I saw the Kevin Anderson (Tyndall Center) presentation on The emperor's clothes. The graphs were like getting a pie in the face. (climatestate.com has the video)
1) The message must be clearer. You still hear so much giving impression this is just another problem we really should deal with.
2) It must be widely disseminated
Or by "people ignore" did you mean the people with the power – who presumably DO know?
Given the urgency I see no way this can be accomplished by other than a top-down government effort – perhaps forced to act by a group of informed, totally dedicated, citizens.
Other good things about forests..
Forests mitigate the effects of extreme weather.
Forests are ecosystems that can reduce mudslides and floods, can evapotranspire water gradually, hold the snowpack longer, contribute to soil development.
Forests support a pool of genetic diversity that might even include some of the next geologic era's keys to survival.
"No chance, this game is over." Very true, and it's been over for a while. The only ones who want to maintain the fiction that we can turn it around are those who want one final run on the casino.
Brooks, Jack is completely right on this one. Collectively, we don't want to pay the economic penalties that would accompany severe fossil reductions, and we don't want to make the draconian sacrifices that would accompany energy cutbacks. All the data is pointing in one direction only; the remainder is purely wishful thinking.
I know this is about CC but trees and forests also have aesthetic and spiritual dimensions which are not unrelated to our propensity to chop them down – for money! I wish more parents brought their kids up to appreciate their natural heritage rather than plastic, ME
Jack, I would go even further about what the intel and defense worlds know. The Arctic was of strategic interest for decades, and I'm sure they have relevant data to climate change well above what has been reported in the open press. Given the banks of supercomputers they have available, and the classified data, they know better than anyone that our chances of survival are nil.
When, and from whom, will the public finally get understanding of the scientific consensus and the grave urgency of action? It isn't going to be Obama or corporate media, so who does that leave?
Robert Brulle has described the environmental/climate movement as the largest social movement in US history. It includes hundreds of institutions with tremendous resources and networking expertise, as we all know, not to mention many billions in the bank. It includes millions of already concerned citizens who have no idea what to do and are famished for leadership and credible hope for solutions. It includes scientists from almost every discipline. And it includes thousands of cities and community action groups doing what they can incrementally in relative local isolation. This is an impressive mega-constituency for political influence, EXCEPT THAT IT HAS NO EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP.
For want of unity (or perhaps imagination?) among the advocates, there is apparently no plan, no collaboration, no summit, no clarion call to organize the entire membership of this movement into a political force. Think it can't be done?
Considering the difference high level collaboration of climate leaders could make, there is a case here for a moral obligation to undertake it.
Personally, I think it's the last hope for getting us beyond analysis to real national action. So I encourage CP to spotlight this potential and invite climate leaders to post on what more can be done, especially w/ regard to media strategy.
If dismantling the disinformation machine & getting national clarity on the projections is prerequisite for political turn around on climate; and if that requires the fastest, smartest, biggest PR campaign ever imagined, well jeez, lets build some track. This movement needs coordination if it will later be said we did every thing we knew how. And we DO know how to do this.
My point is an overwhelming majority your "collective we" are ignorant of just how bad it is.
Given this state of ignorance why do you keep blaming clueless people for not changing their lives drastically?
I don't recall your ever saying some are blameless because "we", the knowledgeable, have not educated them.
I think when the blame is ultimately passed around, along with Obama, there will be Brooks Bridges – and a large number of CP readers. Anyone who knew and didn't do all they could.
Brooks, later there will be mass regret, but in the present the reality is that institutions, alliances and influential people can do far more than any average individual (or CP reader). The greater responsibility lies with those in position to put the true state of the world, including climate, on the front page of every voter's brain (right or left).
Absolutely correct. Every little individual action helps but if most are denied access to accurate info and scientists have no way of getting their data across to the public, don't expect an educated public. My survey showed that those who watched our national broadcasters were better educated and doing more than those who stuck to commercial media, ME
ME, can I link to your survey?
Reforestation is vital once, and if, we get serious about survival and ecological repair. Every square foot that can be forested ought to be forested, and food forests ought to sprout in every city. We need hedgerows back, vast National Parks, city forests, forests of stunted trees in deserts, cold adapted trees climbing up mountains, swamp-lovers in wet-lands etc. Every bit of derelict and degraded land must be re-vegetated. I remember admiring the efforts of guerrilla gardeners in New York, throwing 'seed bombs' into vacant lots. Every little bit helps, and this could be vastly more than a 'little' if we put our backs into it. Little money is required-just willing labour.
You are making the assumption that if they were 'educated' about the severity of climate change, they would then change their behavior. There's no evidence for that; it's wishful thinking.
"Every bit of derelict and degraded land must be re-vegetated." So, while we're in the process of eliminating every bit of forest possible, and paving over every bit of unpaved land, you call for 180 degrees opposite. Do you think that has even a one-in-a-billion chance of happening? We're on a ship steaming full speed ahead, with no intention of even slowing, much less turning around!
"And we DO know how to do this." You can organize all the climate leaders you want, and educate the citizenry about the reality of climate change all you want. If the electorate is not willing to make the harsh sacrifices required to avoid catastrophe, all the organizing in the world will be useless.
I don't buy the "certain doom" meme. To me it is based on the notion that people won't be willing to do what is necessary.
But my reading of history shows that humans have shown repeatedly that they are capable of large coordinated focus and sacrifice if they feel threatened. From victory gardens to fuel rationing to pouring a nation's resources into fighting a threat.
In addition such epic struggles give "purpose" to society that I think there is a hunger for in modern life.
The next generation might find deep inner meaning and purpose in "fighting the good fight" to restore the climate and ocean once the threat is real and pressing.
I don't know if humans will respond to the climate crisis with such an effort, but it is certainly possible.
The future is not known.
It feels arrogant to me for anyone to say they are "certain" how global society will react to climate changes over time.
Good summary of the forest-climate issues. Thanks.
Another interesting forest-climate interaction emerging is the expansion of forests into tundra in the north. This is increasing carbon sink (slowing global warming) but also darkening albeido (increasing global warming and arctic amplification).
"As much as I read on subject of Climate Change, including the excellent posts here, the incredible (maybe impossible) rate of change in world CO2 production required just didn't hit until I saw the Kevin Anderson (Tyndall Center) presentation on The emperor's clothes." Ask yourself why a summary of that wasn't posted here, along with the other 'excellent posts'.
Brian, it's in http://www.sustainablefutureplanning.com.au (references and publications), ME
Excellent point Barry. Purposeless lives springing from deprivation of opportunties for significant decision making at work and school, is showing up primarily as dissociation and superficiality. But the potential is still there as we see with spontaneous volunteering after disasters, ME
What is the example of actions that could reforest while putting mega tons of biochar in the soil, a sudden switch to renewables before economies collapse due to inclement weather, and enlightenment of consequential actions concerning food production before ….?
One a bad day, one chance in a hundred. On a good one, one in ten. Better than zero, I'd say. I plant a few score myself, every year. A few even survive the droughts and heat waves.
As to troll motivation, I think it's a trophy thing. A sadly misguided pride in merely getting someone's goat with contrarian cleverness.
Getting the public to the point of willingness to "make the harsh sacrifices required to avoid catastrophe", which you seem to advocate (yes?) will take a bit of truth-telling to a science illiterate 50%, accompanied by some enthusiasm for saving rather than eulogizing what's left of the planet that gave you your very own brain to play with… don't you think?
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We'll be watching the radar today as isolated showers and storms try to make their way into Central Indiana. The day will be mainly dry with just spotty activity possible through the early afternoon.
This evening rain chances go up, and this is just the start of a soggy period for the area.
You can see on FutureTrak13 that the day isn't a washout, but the showers become more widespread as we head into tonight.
Overnight scattered showers and storms are likely with temps only falling into the upper 60s.
Sunday we should start out mainly dry, but more scattered showers and storms will likely develop for the afternoon.
At this time we are not looking at the potential for severe weather, however, lightning is a danger in any storm.
We need the rain. I know some spots have picked up a great amount of rain, but Indianapolis is running 1.23″ below normal for this time this month.
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This paper presents the design and testing of a dual-band circularly polarized patch antenna. The portion of the antenna for upper band operation consists of two stacked circular patches which are supported by the plastic posts in the air. The patches are excited by four L-probes which are located sequentially under the circumference of the lower patch. The distance between the upper patch and the ground plane is about 0.1 free space wavelength at 2.492 GHz. This upper band portion possesses an impedance bandwidth of 54.9% and a 3-dB axial ratio bandwidth of 47.7%. The antenna peak gain is 8 dBi. For dual-band operation, a larger circular patch for lower band operation is added below the upper band patches. The lower band patch is also coupled by four L-probes sequentially. The integrated antenna has an impedance bandwidth of 43.9% and a 3-dB axial ratio bandwidth of 33% for the lower band, while an impedance bandwidth of 55.2% and a 3-dB axial ratio bandwidth of 44.7% can be obtained for the upper band. Both bands have a peak gain of around 7.8 dBi.
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This is how Stan saw Gerald and the whole dog thing: 'So he got this black Labrador, just went to the dog shop, told the man, "I need a dog to take care of, I'll take this Labrador home," and the man say to the dog, "Yeah, you got a good home now," and Gerald takes the dog home. He takes the dog down his basement and tapes the Labrador's mouth, takes his pit bull Deuce and says "Get him!" He lets Deuce start eatin' the dog up while he's timing it on a watch, see how long it would take his dog to kill this dog. And I said to Gerald, "Hey, Gerald, this Labrador wouldn't beat Deuce, no way, so why did you tape his mouth shut?" And he said, "Coz I just wanna see how fast my dog would kill him, for one, and, for two, my dog's a championship fighter and you don't need no dog scratched up and bit up by no dog, by no accident. This is like sparrin' for my dog, this is like my dog need to taste blood every day. My dog need to kill somethin' every day, Stan. Just like a fighter need to spar every day, he don't need nobody bustin' him up when he got a big fight comin' up. He just need to bust somethin' up hisself. Right?"'
'He brought Deuce down to fight this guy's dog in Chicago one time, and me and Donnie, we went down there with him ...Gerald was drivin' his Mercedes Benz, a green car with caramel-coloured seats and he had this big, beautiful truck behind where he carried his dogs in cages. So Deuce, he winnin' this particular fight and all of a sudden the dog got on him and he started rippin' Deuce's throat out. So I'm kinda, like, lookin' at Gerald and I was seein' the 'spressions on his face, you know, and just as his dog was gettin' beat, Gerald told the dude, "Stop the fight!" And the dude said, "No, man. No, man, you started the fight." And Gerald says, "You stop this mother****in' fight! Stop the fight! I quit, here your money."
'Gerald had a nice green leather suit on, he picked his bloody dog up, threw his dog across his shoulder, blood run all down his ****in' coat. Instead o' puttin' him in the truck, in the cage, he put him in the back seat o' the Benz, mad as hell, rubbing his dog, cryin' up and down the road, tellin', "I ain't never gonna do this **** no more, I don't know why I did this, I keep a mess o' snakes afore I put a dog through this again." You know?
'Yeah, Gerald he had some companionship about this particular dog. He'd raised this dog, and this dog, he'd killed a few. This ****ing guy, man, once his dog lost a fight and he was $7,000 down. He turns around, he looks at me, and the other guy says, "Hey, you want to wash your dog off before you put him in your truck?" Gerald just pulls a nine-millimetre out of his back pocket, aims it at the dog's head, busts a cap to the dog's head, and says, "Put that mother****er in a plastic bag. I don't need 'em if they can't fight no better than that. I don't need no mother****in' dog that can't fight." This the kinda guy he was...'
I felt sorry for him at first **** him and any body else that would do things like that.
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Destiny sold '$500m' worth of units into stores on day one, is biggest new IP ever
Activision hasn't revealed Destiny's day one sales but has confirmed that the game is a record-breaker.
Watch Dogs is Ubisoft's best ever launch
After what has been a very long wait, Watch Dogs has certainly delivered the goods for Ubisoft.
O2 to sell PS4s on contract; 65 stores have launch day stock
Still hunting for a launch day PS4? Then O2 may be your surprising saviour.
Xbox One matches PS4's 1m day one sales
Microsoft has announced that it too has conjured one million day one sales of its new console.
GAME has more Xbox One stock available tomorrow
200 launch day Xbox One units will be made available to GAME customers tomorrow.
Tesco offering Xbox One tomorrow night on first-come, first-served basis
Yes, there's still a chance that you can get hold of an Xbox One on launch day.
Amazon not guaranteeing Xbox One or PS4 before Christmas
The UK arm of online retailer Amazon cannot guarantee pre-Christmas delivery of either next-gen console for those who have yet to order.
$1bn worth of Call of Duty: Ghosts sold into retail on day one
Call of Duty: Ghosts has apparently 'sold more than $1 billion of Call of Duty: Ghosts into retail stores worldwide as of day one'.
300MB day one patch needed to activate key PS4 features
A host of functionality for Sony's PS4 will only be available to users once they have downloaded a 300MB patch.
UK retail's back-up plan as postal strike threatens Call of Duty launch
The UK's biggest online games retailers will make sure customers receive Call of Duty: Ghosts on launch day, despite a proposed postal strike.
Xbox One requires 15-20 minute day one update download
New Xbox One owners next month will be required to download and install a sizable patch on day one.
Gran Turismo 6 schedule "very tight" with large day one patch planned
It will be a shock to no-one to hear that Polyphony Digital is up against it to get Gran Turismo 6 ready for its December 6th release.
Sony hails "incredible" PS4 yields
SCEA president Jack Tretton has described PS4 production yields as "incredible".
GAME halts Xbox One Day One Edition pre-orders
UK video games retailer GAME has stopped accepting pre-orders for the Day One Edition of the Xbox One.
Xbox One launch line-up confirmed
Microsoft has confirmed over 20 games for the launch line-up for the Xbox One.
VIDEO: Xbox One WILL include a headset; Major Nelson unboxes console
Microsoft has changed its mind again and confirmed that a headset will be included with the Xbox One.
Day-one PS4 pre-order cut-offs come into effect at UK retail
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The winding and picturesque streets surrounding this apartment boast a wide range of authentic Greek tavernas and quaint boutiques. Guests can walk to the foot of the Acropolis Hill where the entrance to the Parthenon is located in just 5 minutes on foot.
Getting around Athens from the apartment is straightforward and quick. A metro station lies just 200 metres from the apartment. A bus stop with links to the airport is just 8 minutes' walk from the apartment. A tram stop which offers access to the coast is 30 metres from the apartment.
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Everything is perfect. Perfect zone near acropolis & near plaka. Perfect appartment with 3 beds, bath and kitchen.
Fotis is very nice and he help us in all. I recommend this appartment.
Very nice apartment, fully equipped with all necessary facilities.
Very close to city centre and only 10min walk from acropolis museum and acropolis.
The only issue could be the noise from the road traffic, especially if someone leaves the windows open in summer.
Fotis' flat is located in the heart of Athens that allows you to go where ever you want to go and see! A few blocks from the Acropolis Museum and the Plaka (5-10 minute walk), and you're there! You can also see other parts of Athens as his flat is right across the street from the tram station! The flat was fully furnished (as advertised), air-conditioned, and very comfortable! Fotis was very friendly and accommodating! If you want a place near the Acropolis, Fotis' place is for you! Highly recommend!
We have loved. The apartment is very central, next to the Acropolis museum, it is very clean and super comfortable. The host is a charm and have been very good. Furthermore we left some sunglasses and has commanded us without any problem. We recommend at least a 10 or 12-
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Nos ha encantado. El apartamento está bastante centrico, al lado del museo de la Acrópolis, está muy limpio y resulta super cómodo. El anfitrión es un encanto y hemos estado muy bien. Además nos dejamos unas gafas de sol y nos las ha mandado sin ningún problema. Lo recomendamos por lo menos con un 10 o 12-
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39 reviews | 4.4 out of 5
when trying to decided if I should buy this product, I read all the bad reviews so I knew to expect the tiny star stickers and everything that everyone else was unhappy with.
I'm glad I bought it anyway. the planets glow in the dark and my son really loves that.
it comes with the string to hang the planets from the ceiling. also comes with little thumb tacks to stick them into the ceiling.
This gift was nothing I expected. I gave it to my 10 year old nephew as a gift and went I went to see it in his room I couldn't believe how authentic the planets looked. I lit up the room like a starry night and it was amazing!
I purchased this product with the intention of encouraging my 4-year-old to sleep in his own bed, however, the stickers that come with the product are to small and do not provide enough illumination to simulate the appearance of a "starry night." The planets are cool, and I love the way it encourages him to learn about the solar system but, the 200 stickers that come with it are too small to even be noticeable. I would recommend possibly purchasing the larger sticker set along with the 3-D planet set, that is if you are willing to spend $30.00+ on glow-in the-dark accessories.
I think it is a decent product. I wanted to decorate my 8 month baby's room with a space theme in mind and "Glow in the Dark" served the purpose.Every time he is in his room, he looks at the planets all the time. The only thing i think is missing is The Sun, if added to the product would be good. But overall, it definitely glows in the dark. I would recommend this product to one and all.
My son was ooohhh'ing and ahh'ing when we turned off the light. I would buy it again! The only thing I didn't like was that the glow in the dark stickers were very small. They were literrally the size of a thumb tack.
I bought the glow-in-the dark solar system on request of my 9-year old son, who thought it would be a great addition to his room. He especially liked the glow in the dark planets, which would be really "cool" at night. This was one big disappointment - after we got everything hung up from his ceiling, it turns out the planets do not glow at all. Only the decals that come in the package actually glow - and these glow very minimally too. This product definitely does not live up to what is described on the box.
My three year old loves "his planets" hanging from his bedroom ceiling! Only complaint (from my husband) is that Pluto was included and "it isn't technically a planet" :)
enjoyed putting it together with my daughter during spring break! looks cute and glows!
Well, Saturn was a problem as it did not interlock as the other planets and I had to be a little creative in getting the ring to stay on it. I thought of returning it but since all the other members of the solar system worked fine, I just used a little glue. a heated stickpin and it hangs along with the others. If you buy this, please check the planets to be sure they work as they should as there are very FEW instructions.
My 8-year old is studying about the solar system. I ordered this for her as a surprise. My husband installed it on her bedroom ceiling at bedtime. My daughter loooved it. Now my two other kids want a set for their own rooms! It really glows in the dark and provides an ethereal sculpture at night. Now they rarely ask to sleep on our bed!
The planets are a good size and look great when hung on a ceiling.They do not glow very bright or for a long time.Hanging them all was easy to do with the string and putty provided.I would recommend this to a friend.
I got this to decorate my 2 year old daughter's room. She loves it. She was excited to put them up but she was in awe when we showed them that they glow in the dark. She wanted us to lay on the floor and just look at them. It comes with about 11 thumb tacks that have a clear star on them. The planets snap together and stay together pretty well. You have mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune, and pluto. They are all different in size and color. I don't know for how long they glow, but they are bright and last for a pretty long time. The little sticker stars, shooting stars, and moons are annoying to get off the paper but they work fine. We have a popcorn type ceiling and they still stay up. Good glow too.
I hung these around my sons light in his bedroom. They glow in the dark for a good while. The instructions say to tie the string onto the planet (easy enough) then tie the string to the thumbtacks provided. The thumbtacks provided are flat and star shaped! I had an extremely difficult tying the strings to a flat thumbtack so I ended up using regular thumbtacks and that worked well.
It didn't tell u what planet they were u couldn't tell by the picture cause it was in black and white and it was missing a planet
I bought this for my 3 year old sons room to hang on the ceiling to add to stars he already has up. The planets are great & he absolutely loves them! Every night we turn off the lights & pretend we're in space. Its a wonderful learning toy & looks cute in the room too. The planets are made of a very light plastic that snap together & it comes with everything to easily hang them plus some star stickers as well as small labels for each planet. My only con would be that I think the planets could glow more but other than that its a wonderful toy & I would recommend!
This was far better than the Smithsonian one. I bought the galaxy glow in the dark packages as well as the larger star packs. I drilled tiny holes in the tops of them and used super fine fishing line to hang from th ceiling at different lengths to get the 3d effects. 2- 11 inches from the ceiling. Walmart has a 24 inch black light in the light bulb section for $10. The 18 inch wasnt enough light. Its best to put them up in the dark. We also put them on the walls.
Great product I love it I used it for my son school project on the solar system and he also leaved it it's hollow, plastic the only thing I didn't like was that it didn't come with the sun, it was really hard trying to find a toy sun so I made one using a balloon and paper machete it turned out great he got a100 and extra credit for the son lol ☺
I purchased this product for my son's 4th birthday. He loves the solar system. I thought it would be cool to hang this in his room. I was right. My son loves it. We talk and read about the planets and he cannot wait til it gets dark every night so he can lay on his floor in the dark and look at his sky.
the glow in the dark stickers are stuck to the paper they came on. USELESS
My kids absoulutly love their room now. It adds such a fun and exciting view, even I enjoy spending time looking at them. Definatly worth the money!


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In the following essay, MacKenzie explores the manner in which the language and figures of English mythology and "anti-mythology" are developed into the visions of England as paradise and as an "English paradise lost" in Richard II. MacKenzie observes that while Gaunt refers to England as a mythological and Biblical paradise, the play also refers to England as a "fallen paradise" in Biblical, iconographical, and classical terms.
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Forget about New York, Snake Plissken just wants to get out of Hollywood meeting rooms and back to the big screen.
An Escape from New York remake has been talked about for several years, but beyond talk in 2010 by director Breck Eisner (The Crazies) about casting Timothy Olyphant and Jeremy Renner to fill Kurt Russell's books, not much has been mentioned about the project.
According to Entertainment Weekly, however, the film might be back in action. Studio Canal and Joel Silver's Silver Pictures announced Monday that they not only intend to remake the classic film in the vein of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but also turn it into a trilogy. The first installment will follow the original movie, taking place in a future where the island of Manhattan has been turned into a prison colony.
John Carpenter wrote and directed the 1981 original as well as its tongue-in-cheek sequel Escape from L.A. If this movie does finally get made, it will join Halloween, The Fog and Assault on Precinct 13 in the growing subgenre of Carpenter remakes.
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With the professional baseball draft coming up in a few weeks, the Mets' system is tracking statistics for 10,000 to 12,000 amateur players, in addition to about 8,000 professional players, LaRocque said.
As his hands danced across the keyboard of his office PC (which has a quaint 15-inch screen), LaRocque demonstrated how the system tied together the data generated by Major League Baseball's centralized information system, reports entered each day by the club's scouts and minor league analyses generated using software from Inside Edge, an independent company based in Minnesota.
With a click, he pulled up information about one of the Mets' stars: career statistics, length of service, Social Security number and off-season address. With another click a screen showed that one of the team's minor league pitchers threw first-pitch fastballs 71 percent of the time against right-handed batters but only 60 percent of the time against lefties.
''I have access to whatever happened the previous day in the minor leagues, the major leagues, with all of the amateur scouting that's happening prior to the draft,'' LaRocque said.
The players rarely see all of the megabytes of statistics that interest the front-office staff. For them, the No.1 new technology remains the digital video.
''We always had tapes, but you might have had to sit there for three hours, fast-forwarding, '' said Steve Trachsel, a veteran pitcher for the Mets. ''Now you can really focus on what you need, and you might only have to spend one hour doing it.''
Many clubs are installing additional cameras in their stadiums so players and coaches can review angles that are never seen on television. The Mets, for instance, have installed at least three additional cameras along the first- and third-base lines and behind home plate. Other teams have even more. Dan Feinstein, video coordinator for the Oakland Athletics, said his team records up to seven angles for home games.
Piazza and other players say the ability to study video is a particular boon to hitters. Pitchers have always been better prepared than batters, some baseball experts say, because starters have several days' rest between starts, giving them the opportunity to study batters they are scheduled to face.
Now with computerized video systems, players can study pitchers more efficiently.
''Of course,'' Piazza said, ''you still have to produce on the field.''
For all of their added technology, the Mets have been having trouble with that part of the equation. As in so many other areas of life, technology is merely a tool, not a solution.
Tom Glavine, the pitcher who joined the Mets this season after years with the Atlanta Braves, said the Braves were far less aggressive than the Mets in using video technology. But that has not stopped the Braves from dominating the Mets in recent years.
In the end, technology is only as useful as people choose to make it. A laptop in the Mets' clubhouse is tied into Scarola's video cave. Some players use the laptop all the time; others do not.
A few hours before a recent night game, that laptop collected dust while one of the team's underachieving stars reclined on a couch watching ''Beverly Hills Cop'' on a flat-screen television.
Photos: CAUGHT ON CAMERA -- In an office deep inside Shea Stadium, the Mets' video coordinator, Joe Scarola, left, dissects play-by-play images. Some of the video is collected by cameras behind plexiglass along the first- and third-base lines. The Mets, including Denny Walling, the hitting coach, below, can analyze every player's performance, pitch by pitch. (Photographs by Richard Lee for The New York Times)(pg. G4); (The New York Times; photograph by Joseph Sohm/Corbis)(pg. G1) Chart:''Scouting Report'' As major league teams increasingly use digital tools, including digital video and the Internet, to analyze players and distribute the game to wider audiences, ballparks like Shea Stadium are now brimming with advanced technologies. MORE ANGLES -- Many clubs have installed additional cameras, supplementing television cameras, to create a video database that can help players and coaches analyze hitters and pitchers from different angles. VIDEO ACES -- Video coordinators in the depths of the stadium record the game played there and monitor others by satellite. The video is then put into a computer format for cataloging and analysis. DEEPER DATA -- Baseball executives have access in their offices to vast statistical databases and research reports on thousands of professional and amateur players. LIVE ON THE WEB -- To provide live Webcasts of games, Major League Baseball receives television images by satellite, then encodes them in a format viewable on a PC. KEEPING SCORE -- Major League Baseball sends officials to every game to score and record each play, using laptops with customized software, for instant transmission. (pg. G1)