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- The Art of Simple Food: Notes and Recipes From a Delicious Revolution.
Bay Area natural food revolutionary presents her principles and recipes for good eating.
- The Country in the City: The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area.
A history of local environmental politics from the late 1800s to the present.
- Designing California Native Gardens: The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens.
Easy to use book includes sample plans, drawings, color photographs and plant lists.
- Golden Gate Gardening: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Food Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area and Coastal California.
Definitive source on local vegetable gardening tailored for the many climates in the region.
- Legacy: Portraits of 50 Bay Area Environmental Elders.
Profiles of extraordinary locals who defended the open spaces of the Bay Area.
- Plants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates of the San Francisco Bay Region.
What to plant to conserve water, provide wildlife habitat and reduce fire hazards
- 1,001 Ways to Save the Earth.
This handbook provides practical and simple ideas for every budget and every day.
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hybrid and Alternative Fuel Vehicles.
In argon-free language, explains the advantages and disadvantages of each kind of car.
- Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings: Save Money, Save the Earth.
A one-stop resource to improve home energy performance and reduce costs
- Don't Throw It Out: Recycle, Renew and Reuse to Make Things Last.
Extend the life of your treasured possessions and maximize the value of everything you own.
- Ecovillages: A Practical Guide to Sustainable Communities.
A manual for planning, establishing and maintaining a sustainable community, using a permaculture approach.
- The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-it-yourself Guide to Placemaking.
Offers techniques to revive a community by transforming public spaces.
- American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (And What We Can Do About It)
- The author follows the path of America's food from gathering to garbage bin, examining why roughly half of our harvest ends up in landfills or rots in the field.
- Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation
- A compelling color guidebook for designing and building natural schoolyard environments that enhance childhood learning and play experiences while providing connection with the natural world. Intended for parents, teachers, school administrators, designers, environmentalists, and community volunteers, this book is a fantastic resource that will inspire readers to transform their own school grounds.
- The Battle Over Hetch Hetchy: America's Most Controversial Dam And The Birth Of Modern Environmentalism
- A history of the controversial project that flooded the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite to supply San Francisco residents with a clean source of drinking water and an important source of power.
- The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
- An examination of the passing of the golden age of water and the shocking facts about how water scarcity will soon be a major factor in our lives.
- Blue Frontier: Dispatches from America's Ocean Wilderness.
- Charts ongoing ecological crisis of the marine environment, emphasizing public policy and activist efforts.
- Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession With Bottled Water
- Annotation: Bottled and Sold shows how water went from being a free natural resource to one of the most successful commercial products of the last one hundred years—and why we are poorer for it.
- California Rocks!: A Guide to Geologic Sites in the Golden State
- California Rocks! explores sixty-five geologic sites at parks and other publicly accessible places. Learn why so many saber-toothed cats were preserved in La Brea Tar Pits, how hollow tubes formed in the flowing lava of Lava Beds National Monument, and what forms the big waves at Mavericks surf break.
- Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming
- Censoring Science illuminates the real science behind global warming and maintains that we can still prevent environmental disaster, while both strengthening our economy and our national security. Censoring Science exposes the truth behind the administration's spin doctors, and shares the inside story of one of the most important and influential scientists of our time.
- Climate Change: The Point of No Return
- Mojib Latif uses the latest scientific information to explore the causes of climate change and what concrete changes are taking place. He deals with the common arguments of the skeptics and drafts scenarios of what the future might hold if we don't dedicate ourselves to living sustainably.
- Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming
- This is a story of betrayal, selfishness, greed and irresponsibility on an epic scale. Hoggan examines the public relations circus that surrounds global warming, and uncovers the organized campaign, largely financed by the coal and oil industries, to make us think that climate science is still somehow controversial.
- Climate Resilient Cities: A Primer on Reducing Vulnerabilities to Disasters
- A Primer on Reducing Vulnerabilities to Disasters provides city administrators with exactly what they need to know about the complex and compelling challenges of climate change. The book helps local governments create training, capacity building, and capital investment programs for building sustainable, resilient communities.
- Cool Green Stuff: A Guide to Finding Great Recycled, Sustainable, Renewable Objects You Will Love.
- Ecostyle from all over Earth!
- Costing the Earth?: Perspectives on Sustainable Development
- The United Nations estimates that the global population will grow to nine billion by 2050, meaning a 50 percent increase in our consumption of natural resources by 2030, with a similar increase in our production of harmful waste. Bernd Meyer explains the economic conditions needed to achieve sustainable development around the world.
- Dangerous or Safe?: Which Foods, Medicines, and Chemicals Really Put Your Kids at Risk
- An indispensable resource for parents, this relatable guide gives moms and dads clear instructions on what scary products to avoid, and which so-called poisons are completely safe. Whether it's allergens in the atmosphere or pesticide spray in the yard, Dangerous or Safe? prepares parents for nearly every hazard their child will face.
- Disaster on the Horizon: High Stakes, High Risks, and the Story Behind the Deepwater Well Blowout
- Provides detail about the oil well accident that occurred in April of 2010, which the author describes as the worst oil well accident in United States history, and examines the oil industry, its resistance to regulations, and government concessions that cause the issues to remain.
- Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family
- Cell phone radiation is a national emergency. Scientist Devra Davis presents an array of recent and long-suppressed research which shows that the most popular gadget of our age damages DNA, breaks down the brain's defenses, and reduces sperm count while increasing memory loss, the risk of Alzheimer's disease, and even cancer.
- Dodging the Toxic Bullet: How to Protect Yourself from Everyday Environmental Health Hazards
- Dodging the Toxic Bullet presents workable strategies that show how we can live longer, healthier lives by breathing clean air, eating healthy food, drinking safe water, and using non-toxic products.
- Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
- McKibben's earliest warnings about global warming went largely unheeded. In this book, he argues that we can meet the challenges of a new "Eaarth"--still recognizable but suddenly and violently out of balance--by building the kind of societies and economies that can hunker down, concentrate on essentials, and create the type of community that will allow us to weather trouble on an unprecedented scale.
- Earth: The Operator's Manual
- Using one engaging story after another, coupled with accessible scientific facts, world authority Richard B. Alley explores the history of energy use by humans over the centuries, gives a doubt-destroying proof that already-high levels of carbon dioxide are causing damaging global warming, and surveys the alternative energy options that are available to exploit right now.
- The Earth-friendly Food Chain: Food Choices for a Living Planet
- The Earth-Friendly Food Chain: Food Choices for a Living Planet is a concise, practical guide through the exciting new world of healthy, sustainable food, packed with inspiring facts and true stories.
- Eco Amazons – 20 women who are transforming the world
- Profiles twenty women who are committed to helping the environment and examines the projects they've begun to help move society towards a sustainable future.
- Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything
- The bestselling author of "Emotional Intelligence" and "Primal Leadership" reveals the hidden environmental consequences of what societies make and buy, and how that knowledge can drive the changes necessary to save the planet.
- Encounters with the Archdruid.
- McPhee describes conservation champion David Brower going head to head with three natural enemies.
- The End of Energy: The Unmaking of America's Environment, Security, and Independence
- Forty years of energy incompetence: villains, failures of leadership, and missed opportunities.
- Energy: The World's Race for Resources in the 21st Century
- The future of our energy supply is an explosive topic. Unprecedented population growth means that energy consumption will continue to rise dramatically in the future, significantly altering the balance of political power across the globe. Hermann-Josef Wagner warns us that the need to find alternative sources of energy is becoming ever more urgent.
- Environmental Food Crisis: The Environment's Role in Averting Future Food Crises
- The report provides the first summary by the UN of how climate change, water stress, invasion pests and land degradation may impact world food security, food prices and life on the planet and how we may be able to feed the world in a more sustainable manner.
- Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry Of Everyday Products - Who's At Risk And What's At Stake For American Power.
- Spurning precautionary practices damages us, our ecosystems and American competitive advantage.
- Feeding the Planet: Environmental Protection Through Sustainable Agriculture
- Almost one billion people suffer from malnutrition worldwide. While the global population is still growing dramatically, many starve. Our climate is threatened while agricultural production stagnates. Klaus Hahlbrock extols a responsible response to dealing with nature and poses an important question: how can we maintain a viable and vital diversity of the species?
- Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature and Climate Change.
- Expansion of author's cogent New Yorker series on the urgent global warming crisis.
- Finding Higher Ground: Adaptation in the Age of Warming
- Seidl (Early Spring) transcends wrangling about the reality of climate change by focusing on those already adapting to shifts in temperature: flora, fauna, and farmers.
- First Steps: Conserving Our Environment
- In this series of stunning photographs, British photographer Zammit-Lucia celebrates the successes of the environmental movement and draws attention to the conservation work that remains.
- Food Fight: The Citizen's Guide to a Food and Farm Bill.
- Tell-all on subsidies distorting our food system, our bodies and our future.
- Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
- Whether at the supermarket or an all-you-can-eat-buffet, this handy, pocket-size resource is the perfect guide for anyone who would like to become more mindful of the food we eat.
- Force of Nature: The Unlikely Story of Wal-mart's Green Revolution
- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Humes (Eco Barons) offers a stirring story of how ecologically responsible practices are increasingly benefiting the bottom line, and how as Wal-Mart goes global (and tries to lure back the more green-conscious consumer decamping for Target), the biggest retailer in the world is, slowly but surely, encouraging a change for the better.
- Forests Forever: Their Ecology, Restoration, and Protection
- Forests today are both our most plentiful and our most endangered natural resource. Understanding their workings and how to sustain them is imperative to ensuring the future of humanity. John Berger urges us to learn what can be done to preserve these treasures, and he offers here a compelling guide to the complex issues surrounding forest preservation.
- Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash.
- Travel the fascinating trail trash takes - with experts.
- Golden Gate Gardening: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Food Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area and Coastal California
- Golden Gate Gardening offers encyclopedic coverage of gardening principles and practices specific to the Bay Area and the Northern California coast.
- The Great Disruption: Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring On the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World
- Gilding, former director of Greenpeace International and now on the faculty at Cambridge University's Program for Sustainable Leadership, proposes that global warming is just one piece of an impending planetary collapse caused by our overuse of resources.
- Green Careers in Energy: Your Guide to Jobs in Renewable Energy
- Peterson's Green Careers in Energy pinpoints the best opportunities in the fast-growing and most promising renewable energy fields-solar, wind geothermal, hydroelectric and marine, biofuel, and hydrogen-with data on colleges, organizations, and institutions that offer courses, degrees, certification, and training/retraining.
- Green Cleaning For Dummies
- Green Cleaning For Dummies provides readers with green solutions to every common cleaning chore. Focusing on organic, nontoxic, sustainable alternatives to conventional cleaning products, it's packed with suggestions and tips for effective cleaning, and even offers green solutions for sprucing up patios, garages, vehicles, and the exterior of a house.
- Green Collar Jobs: Environmental Careers for the 21st Century
- Green jobs are becoming one of the most dynamic career paths in the country. In fact, recent studies show that green career growth is outpacing traditional job growth. As further proof that the field has come of age, the book contains specific references to numerous green career websites and job boards in the renewable energy industry.
- The Green Scorecard: Measuring the Return on Investment in Sustainability Initiatives
- From solar panels to company-wide recycling programs to supply chain decisions -- green is here to stay. The question is: What's working, what's not, and what should we put our energy into going forward? And the only way to know that is to do a true return-on-investment analysis. Authors Jack and Patti Phillips bring their long-touted ROI methodology to these newest business initiatives, offering businesses the true antidote to green-sky thinking.
- Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth
- HOT is a father's cry against climate change, but most of the book focuses on solutions, offering a deeply reported blueprint for how all of us―as parents, communities, companies and countries―can navigate this unavoidable new era.
- How Bad Are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything
- Part green-lifestyle guide, part popular science, How Bad Are Bananas? is the first book to provide the information we need to make carbon-savvy purchases and informed lifestyle choices, and to build carbon considerations into our everyday thinking.
- In Cheap We Trust: The Story of a Misunderstood American Virtue
- Considers our hot-and-cold relationship with thrift and offers a colorful ride through its history in America, from Ben Franklin and his famous maxims to the branding of Jews and the Chinese as cheap in order to neutralize the economic competition they represented.
- Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder.
- Extols importance of exposure to nature for physical and emotional development.
- The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle To Save the Redwoods.
- Her two years of civil disobedience succeed in promoting the survival of primal forest.
- Legally Poisoned: How the Law Puts Us at Risk from Toxicants
- In this scientifically rigorous legal analysis, Carl Cranor argues that just as pharmaceuticals and pesticides cannot be sold without pre-market testing, other chemical products should be subject to the same safety measures. Cranor shows, in terrifying detail, what risks we run, and that it is entirely possible to design a less dangerous commercial world.
- Life Without Oil: Why We Must Shift to a New Energy Future
- This timely, sobering, yet constructive discussion of energy and ecology offers a realistic vision of the near future and many important lessons about the limits of our resources.
- The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century.
- Apocalyptic vision of a post-oil future details economic, political and social changes.
- The Meat Crisis: Developing More Sustainable Production and Consumption
- This powerful and challenging book explores the issues surrounding the global growth in the production and consumption of meat and dairy animals and products, including cultural and health factors, and the implications of the likely intensification of farming for both small-scale producers and for the animals.
- Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
- Annotation: "Merchants of Doubt" tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades that link smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole.
- Moby-duck : the true story of 28,800 bath toys lost at sea, and of the beachcombers, oceanographers, environmentalists, and fools-- including the author-- who went in search of them
- This work is a journey into the heart of the sea and an adventure through science, myth, the global economy, and some of the worst weather imaginable. With each new discovery, he learns of another loose thread, and with each successive chase, he comes closer to understanding where his castaway quarry comes from and where it goes.
- Mountain Justice: Homegrown Resistance to Mountaintop Removal, for the Future of Us All
- Mountaintop removal (MTR) does exactly what it says: A mountaintop is stripped of trees, blown to bits with explosives, then pushed aside by giant equipment, all to expose a layer of coal to be mined. In recent years, local people fighting against MTR's destruction of their homes in West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia, have invited volunteers from outside Appalachia's coalfields to help them bring national attention to this shameful practice, and abolish it.
- The Next Eco Warriors: 22 Young Woman and Men Who Are Saving the Planet
- Emily Hunter, daughter of Greenpeace co-founders Robert and Bobbi Hunter, introduces us to the feisty and diverse global community of young people who are tackling issues of energy use, overfishing, overconsumption, waste management, the disappearance of indigenous cultures and rainforest, and other urgent environmental/social concerns with a sense of passion and possibility.
- No More Dirty Looks: The Truth About Your Beauty Products--and the Ultimate Guide to Safe and Clean Cosmetics
- Most of us don't realize that the products we use every day can expose us to thousands of chemicals that are readily absorbed through our skin. The impact on your health? It's not pretty.
- Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry.
- Warns of hazardous chemicals in products of profit-driven, unregulated U.S. cosmetics industry.
- Now or Never: Why We Must Act Now to End Climate Change and Create a Sustainable Future
- The bestselling author of The Weather Makers returns to the subject of climate change with a thought-provoking and powerful argument for immediate global action and a wide range of innovative, deeply pragmatic ideas to help solve the crisis.
- The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.
- Discusses the ecology of the food we eat in a remarkable journey up and down the food chain.
- Our Planet: How Much More Can Earth Take?
- This accessible and readable introduction to the Sustainability Project quickly became a project upon which six authors collaborated. They brought together the accumulated knowledge of researchers from the Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), who are versed in global environmental change, resource use, work, the economy, and sustainable development.
- Our Threatened Oceans
- The oceans are the basis of all life—they regulate our climate and are an important source of food. But we overfish them and pollute them. If we don't act fast this will have disastrous consequences. This volume identifies how we can start to effectively protect our oceanic ecosystems.
- Pick Your Poison: How Our Mad Dash to Chemical Utopia is Making Lab Rats of Us All
- If you're alarmed by the health risks of the many hazardous chemicals we encounter at home, work, and school, don't get frightened, get informed. Read Pick Your Poison to learn the facts and find out what you can do about the daily onslaught of toxins that are making lab rats of us all.
- Plastic: A Toxic Love Story
- In this probing look at how plastic built the modern world-- and the price the world has paid for plastic-- journalist Freinkel points out that we're nearing a crisis point and gives readers the tools needed through lively anecdotes and analysis.
- Plundering Appalachia: The Tragedy of Mountaintop-Removal Coal Mining
- Plundering Appalachia is a collection of photographs and essays detailing the grim realities of mountaintop removal mining: the effects of the blasting on the environment and the people and animals in its wake; the irreversible devastation of the natural landscape of Appalachia; how mountaintop removal is or is not regulated; and the true costs of the practice over time.
- Poisoned for Profit: How Toxins Are Making Our Children Chronically Ill
- In a landmark investigation that's been compared to Silent Spring, two veteran journalists definitively show how, why, and where industrial toxins are causing rates of birth defects, asthma, cancer, and other serious illnesses to soar in children.
- Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology
- Half compendium of lost opportunities, half hopeful look toward the future, Powering the Dream tells the stories of the brilliant, often irascible inventors who foresaw our current problems, tried to invent cheap and energy renewable solutions, and drew the blueprint for a green future.
- Privatizing Water: Governance Failure and the World's Urban Water Crisis
- Critically examining a range of issues including the transnational struggle over the human right to water, the commons as a water-supply-management strategy, and the environmental dimensions of water privatization. Privatizing Water is a balanced exploration of a critical issue that affects billions of people around the world.
- Public Health SOS: The Shadow Side of the Wireless Revolution: 110 Questions on Electromagnetic Pollution from a Forum at the Commonwealth Club of California
- Electromagnetic factors in health is an emerging public health issue globally, creating electrical sensitivity and being linked to illnesses of many kinds. Learn what the independent science shows, what you can do to create electromagnetic safety and how you can help get Congress to pay attention to this important issue affecting humans, animals and nature.
- Radiation Rescue
- Safer solutions for cell phones and other wireless technologies.
- The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics.
- Ecofeminist promotes practical plan to solve environmental and social problems.
- The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Fresh Water in the Twenty-first Century
- The Ripple Effect is Prud'homme's vivid and engaging inquiry into the fate of freshwater in the twenty-first century.
- The Road to Yucca Mountain: The Development of Radioactive Waste Policy in the United States
- In The Road to Yucca Mountain, J. Samuel Walker traces the U.S. government's tangled efforts to solve the technical and political problems associated with radioactive waste.
- Seasick: Ocean Change and the Extinction of Life on Earth
- In Seasick, veteran science journalist Alanna Mitchell dives beneath the surface of the world's oceans to give readers a sense of how this watery realm can be managed and preserved, and with it life on earth.
- Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things
- Studies have shown that significant levels of toxic substances can leach out of commonplace items in our homes and workplaces. How do these toxins make their way inside us and what impact do they have on our health? And more importantly, what can we do about them? Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie tackle these questions head on by experimenting upon themselves.
- Stairway Walks in San Francisco
- The author has combined dozens of her favorite stairways into 27 guided neighborhood walks. Each stairway walk contains a step-by-step route description that includes notes on historical background, architecture, and other points of interest.
- Sustainable Communities: A New Design Synthesis for Cities, Suburbs and Towns
- Addressing what the authors identify as a societal conflict between "long-term social and economic health" and "short-term gain," this book offers examples, real and proposed, of sound environmental planning for communities.
- A Sea in Flames: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Blowout
- The first book about the BP disaster by a world-renowned oceanographer, A SEA IN FLAMES examines the environmental and social consequences of the spill from the perspective of those directly affected by it.
- The Sixth Extinction: Journey Among the Lost and Left Behind.
- How globalization contributes to the loss of diverse cultures, languages and local traditions.
- The Smart Guide to Geothermal: How to Harvest Earth's Free Energy for Heating & Cooling
- Discover why geothermal heating and cooling is the most energy efficient technology available to homeowners, and how all homes--new or retrofit, in hot or cold climates--can use this reliable, silent, non-polluting way of extracting free energy from the earth.
- Totem Salmon: Life Lessons from Another Species.
- In lyrical writing, describes effort to save the salmon in one Humboldt County river.
- Walden.
- The 1854 classic with an introduction and annotations by Bill McKibben.
- Water in a Changing World: United Nations World Water Development Report No 3
- A global assessment of the state of freshwater resources.
- Water Resources: Efficient, Sustainable and Equitable Use
- This work shows what conflicts this will entail, and provides a basis for possible solutions. It is one of 12 books addressing global sustainability concerns commissioned by the Forum for Responsibility in Germany.
- We all live downstream: writings about mountaintop removal
- WE ALL LIVE DOWNSTREAM is a multi-genre anthology of noted authors and young writers speaking out against mountaintop removal coal mining.
- The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring.
- Explores previously unknown ecosystem in the canopy of Northern California's redwoods.
- The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
- An extraordinary and timeless biography that looks at the influence the natural world played on Theodore Roosevelt.
- A World Without Bees
- Writers and beekeepers Benjamin and McCallum have traveled across Europe and North America investigating the plight of the honeybee, which is disappearing across the globe at an alarming rate, addressing different causes for this growing catastrophe (dubbed colony collapse disorder or CCD), including viruses, parasites, pesticides, climate change, and the demands of commercial beekeeping.
- The World Without Us.
- Paints provocative scenario of what would happen to earth if all humans disappeared.
- Zapped: Why Your Cell Phone Shouldn't Be Your Alarm Clock and 1,268 Ways to Outsmart the Hazards of Electronic Pollution
- Ann Louise Gittleman brings forth the latest research into electromagnetic fields to create this groundbreaking guide for every citizen of the wireless age. With the proactive, levelheaded approach that has made her one of our most respected health experts, she not only clarifies the risks but also offers specific, step-by-step information for how anyone can minimize them.
- After the Deluge.
Full Enjoyment Books, 2004. A teen arsonist threatens utopian San Francisco's sustainable direct democracy.
- Always Coming Home.
Complex portrayal of a yet-to-exist society in Northern California.
- Earth.
Ecological disasters threaten the entire planet.
- Earth Abides.
Classic of last man on earth after epidemic - and he lives in Berkeley!
- Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston.
The Northwest secedes from the Union to form a socially and ecologically responsible state.
- A Friend Of The Earth.
A riff on the mores and manias of environmental crusaders, blending idealism and satire.
- The Fifth Sacred Thing.
Ecofeminist's epic novel pits San Francisco utopia against Southern California dystopia.
- Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias.
Notable short works of visionary fiction incorporate elements of primitivism and eco-anarchism.
- Into The Forest.
Two sisters survive in the Northern California forest when fuel deliveries to the area cease.
- Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit.
Records philosophical conversations that take place between a man and a gorilla.
- The Monkey Wrench Gang.
A comic and incendiary call to protect the American wilderness.
- Virtual Light.
Viscerally convincing dystopia of homeless living on Bay Bridge.
- Bag it
- Our story follows Jeb Berrier, an average American guy--admittedly not a 'tree hugger'--who makes a pledge to stop using plastic bags. This simple action gets Jeb thinking about all kinds of plastic. Jeb embarks on a global tour to unravel the complexities of our plastic world.
- Baraka.
- Magidson Films, Inc., 2001.
Captures the harmony and the calamity that humans and nature have visited upon the Earth.
- Big ideas for a small planet. Season 1
- Forward-thinking designers, products and processes that are at the forefront of a new green world-- fashion and product designers, entrepreneurs, first-time inventors who have the potential to transform our everyday lives.
- The botany of desire
- Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - and the corresponding human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house to the tulip markets of Amsterdam.
- Crude
- "[T]ells the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet: the infamous $27 billion 'Amazon Chernobyl' lawsuit pitting 30,000 rainforest dwellers in Ecuador against the U.S. oil giant Chevron." -- Container.
- The Day After Tomorrow.
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2004
Climatologist Jack Hall must fight to survive the elements when global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age
- Dirt! the movie
- Through live action and animation, examines the history and current state of the living organic matter that feeds and shelters humanity, and helps regulate the Earth's climate.
- The End of Suburbia.
- Electric Wallpaper Co., 2004
Will the end of cheap and plentiful petroleum mean the end of suburbia as we know it?
- Fed Up!: Genetic Engineering, Industrial Agriculture and Sustainable Alternatives.
- Wholesome Goodness Productions, 2002
An entertaining and informative overview of America's contemporary food production system.
- Food, Inc
- Exposes how our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profits ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment
- Fuel
- A powerful portrait of America's overwhelming addiction to, and reliance on, oil. Having been born and raised in one of the USA's most oil-producing regions, Josh Tickell saw firsthand how the industry controls, deceives, and damages the country, its people, and the environment, and after one too many people he know became sick, he knew he just couldn't idly stand by any longer.
- The Future of Food.
- Lily Films, 2004
Reveals the devastation genetically modified crops have wreaked upon farmers, crops, foods and communities, and shows new solutions.
- Garbage warrior
- Garbage Warrior is a feature-length documentary film telling the epic story of maverick US architect Michael Reynolds and his fight to introduce radically sustainable housing. An extraordinary tale of triumph over bureaucracy, Garbage Warrior is above all an intimate portrait of an extraordinary individual and his dream of changing the world.
- Gashole
- GAS HOLE is an eye-opening documentary about the history of oil prices and sheds light on a secret that the big oil companies don't want you to know – that there are viable and affordable alternatives to petroleum fuel! It also provides a detailed examination of our continued dependence on foreign oil and examines various potential solutions -- starting with claims of buried technology that dramatically improves gas mileage, to navigating bureaucratic governmental roadblocks, to evaluating different alternative fuels that are technologically available now, to questioning the American Consumers' reluctance to embrace alternatives. -- http://www.gasholemovie.com/synopsis.html
- Gasland
- Exposes how our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profits ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment
- Global Warming: What's Up With the Weather?
- WGBH Boston, 2000
Explores the possible relationship between rising global temperatures and extreme weather events.
- Go further
- Actor Woody Harrelson leads a group of friends on an environmental activism bus tour from Seattle to Santa Barbara
- Life
- This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome challenges from adversaries and their environment. With David Attenborough.
- Miracle planet
- A history of the formation of Earth and the evolutionary steps that have led to modern life.
- The national parks: America's best idea
- Chronicles the history of America's national parks system from its birth in the middle 1800s to the present day.
- Oil on Ice.
- Warner Home Video, 2005
Discusses conflict between the oil industry and environmentalists over the future of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
- Planet Earth: The Complete Series.
- BBC Video, 2007
A beautifully filmed nine hour exploration of the habitats and natural wonders of our world.
- Saved by the sun
- "A provocative mix of scientists, economists, and ordinary citizens who are all pushing the envelope of solar power's untapped potential"
- The story of stuff
- "A fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns, with a special focus on the United States. All the stuff in our lives, beginning from the extraction of the resources to make it, through its production, sale, use and disposal, affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. [The film] exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues and calls for all of us to create a more sustainable and just world" -- http://www.storyofstuff.org


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-Statin drugs that lower cholesterol cause memory loss and lessen brain function
-"Even though the brain only makes up 2% of the body's weight, it contains 25% of its cholesterol" link
Memories and Learning are Directly Dependent on Cholesterol
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, research was pointing to an unknown compound made by glial cells that was responsible for the ability of neurons to form synapses, or connections between each other.
Thoughts, memories, learning, and all mental function is dependent on the formation of synapses, so the ability to form them will directly impact mental functioning and health.
In the absence of this-- as yet unknown-- "glial factor," neurons formed few synapses, and the synapses they formed were inefficient and poorly functioning. In the presence of glial cells, which secrete the unknown factor, neurons formed many, highly efficient synapses.
So what is this "glial factor"?
Research in 2001, by Mauch, et al., published in volume 294 of Science magazine, determined that the unknown glial factor is cholesterol, which is released by the glial cells in a carrier called "apolipoprotein E."5
Initially, the researchers thought that the apolipoprotein E (apoE) may have been the glial factor itself. But it turned out that when neurons were treated with apoE, the beneficial effects on synapse formation were not observed.
The researchers then reasoned that, since apoE fit the bill in some ways, but did not have the desired effect, some of the lipids it carried may have been the elusive glial factor.
As it turned out, treating the neurons with a 10 mcg/mL solution of cholesterol increased synapse formation by 12 times! Other lipids, carried by apoE, such as phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin, did not have a significant effect, and were even toxic to the neurons at very high doses.
On the other hand, when low-cholesterol glial secretions were produced by using the cholesterol-lowering drug, mevastatin, the effect of the glial secretion on synapse formation was strongly diminished. When cholesterol was added back to the low-cholesterol secretion, the positive effect on synapse formation was fully restored.
The authors identified cholesterol as a limiting factor of synpase formation. In other words, the need for cholesterol in the brain is large enough relative to the supply of cholesterol that the availability of cholesterol can directly limit the ability to form synapses.
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It is an essential structural component of mammalian cell membranes and is required to establish proper membrane permeability and fluidity.
In addition to its importance within cells, cholesterol also serves as a precursor for the biosynthesis of steroid hormones, bile acids, and vitamin D.[2] Cholesterol is the principal sterol synthesized by animals; in vertebrates it is formed predominantly in the liver. Small quantities are synthesized in other cellular organisms (eukaryotes) such as plants and fungi. It is almost completely absent among prokaryotes (i.e., bacteria).
Within cells, cholesterol is the precursor molecule in several biochemical pathways. In the liver, cholesterol is converted to bile, which is then stored in the gallbladder. Bile contains bile salts, which solubilize fats in the digestive tract and aid in the intestinal absorption of fat molecules as well as the fat-soluble vitamins, A, D, E, and K. Cholesterol is an important precursor molecule for the synthesis of vitamin D and the steroid hormones, including the adrenal gland hormones cortisol and aldosterone, as well as the sex hormones progesterone, estrogens, and testosterone, and their derivatives.[2]
Some research indicates cholesterol may act as an antioxidant
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(NaturalNews) Including high-cholesterol foods as part of a healthy diet may not be the poor dietary choice we have all been told it is, suggests a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine. It turns out that cholesterol actually helps increase production of an important component of the nervous system that facilitates proper nerve cell communication, and prevents the onset of brain diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease
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Here are the facts!
1 Cholesterol is not a deadly poison, but a substance vital to the cells of all mammals. There are no such things as good or bad cholesterol, but mental stress, physical activity and change of body weight may influence the level of blood cholesterol. A high cholesterol is not dangerous by itself, but may reflect an unhealthy condition, or it may be totally innocent.
2 A high blood cholesterol is said to promote atherosclerosis and thus also coronary heart disease. But many studies have shown that people whose blood cholesterol is low become just as atherosclerotic as people whose cholesterol is high.
3 Your body produces three to four times more cholesterol than you eat. The production of cholesterol increases when you eat little cholesterol and decreases when you eat much. This explains why the "prudent" diet cannot lower cholesterol more than on average a few per cent.
4 There is no evidence that too much animal fat and cholesterol in the diet promotes atherosclerosis or heart attacks. For instance, more than twenty studies have shown that people who have had a heart attack haven't eaten more fat of any kind than other people, and degree of atherosclerosis at autopsy is unrelated with the diet.
5 The only effective way to lower cholesterol is with drugs, but neither heart mortality or total mortality have been improved with drugs the effect of which is cholesterol-lowering only. On the contrary, these drugs are dangerous to your health and may shorten your life.
6 The new cholesterol-lowering drugs, the statins, do prevent cardio-vascular disease, but this is due to other mechanisms than cholesterol-lowering. Unfortunately, they also stimulate cancer in rodents, disturb the functions of the muscles, the heart and the brain and pregnant women taking statins may give birth to children with malformations more severe than those seen after thalidomide.
7 Many of these facts have been presented in scientific journals and books for decades but are rarely told to the public by the proponents of the diet-heart idea.
8 The reason why laymen, doctors and most scientists have been misled is because opposing and disagreeing results are systematically ignored or misquoted in the scientific press.
9 The Benefits Of High Cholesterol
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The Scottish believe that the random appearance of a black cat at your doorstep foreshadows prosperity. Since my mom is of Scottish descent, she and my dad must have known that when my brother Mercy was just a tiny little kitten fending for himself in the alley behind our old house, he was going to bring joy, love and happiness into our family.
Mercy, a black cat, was born into a feral cat colony that occupied the alley behind our house. He was a super tiny little kitten when he first popped up by the feeding rock. This was a rock hidden from the view of a mean neighbor that didn't like that my parents were feeding the alley cats. My parents were smitten by him. My dad said that he would jump up on top of the rock and shake his back end from side to side to keep the other cats two to three times the size of him off the rock until he got his share of the food. My parents couldn't stand the thought of little Mercy fending for himself in the alley, so they caught him, got him cleaned up and off to visit the doctors at the Morris Veterinary Clinic. Mercy was a healthy kitten and Dr. G even said that if we didn't want to keep him, he would take him because he could already tell that he was super smart and was going to be a great cat with a sweet personality. And Dr. G was right!


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Bishop Thomas Celebrates Feast with Antiochian Seminarians
4 December 2010 • Divine Liturgy in Three Hierarchs Chapel • By Deborah (Malacky) Belonick
"If we have faith, and allow God to do to us that which He wills, everything good will come down to us," said His Grace Thomas, visiting bishop to our Three Hierarchs Chapel, during his homily on the Feast of St. Barbara and St. John of Damascus. Preaching on Luke 8:43, the gospel story of the woman with the flow of blood, His Grace reminded our seminary congregation that obedience to God's will, within the providential circumstances of life and within the Holy Orders of church service, produces healing and perfection.
An alumnus of St. Vladimir's, Bishop Thomas leads the Diocese of Charleston, Oakland, and the Mid-Atlantic, part of the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese in America (AOCANA). The diocese includes more than thirty churches and missions in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
This was His Grace's first visit back to his alma mater in twenty-five years. He warmly greeted the chapel congregation, and graciously presided over the Divine Liturgy. Five presbyter-seminarians and one deacon-alumnus within the fold of AOCANA concelebrated with His Grace, along with three visiting presbyters from AOCANA, and our seminary Dean Archpriest John Behr and Chancellor Archpriest Chad Hatfield.
"It is a blessing to be with you," Bishop Thomas began his homily. Then, especially addressing seminarians, he instructed, "It will be a temptation for you to think that you will heal people; that you will teach; that you will change things. We think that we will save the world, the Church. It's best, if we simply save ourselves.
"We must not lose sight of the fact that we are slaves of Jesus Christ," he continued. "We must not forget Who is the true Priest and Who is in charge of everything we do."
Bishop Thomas also conveyed to the seminary the Nativity Season blessing of Metropolitan Philip, Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All America. Lastly, he acknowledged St. Vladimir's as a "hospital that [spiritually] heals people and sends them out to distribute God's Grace." He wished the seminary "many more years of healing and teaching for His kingdom."
Serving at the altar with His Grace were presbyter-seminarians, Frs. Raphael Barberg, Jason Blais, Michael Sakran, Lucas Rice, and Ignatius Warren; deacon-alumnus Adrian Budiça; sub-deacon-seminarian Richard Ajalat; and altar-server seminarian Andrew Meena—all from his archdiocese. Visiting AOCANA priests who served included Frs. George Alberts, Dimitri Darwich, and Thomas Zain; Fr. Elias Bitar, SVOTS Lecturer in Liturgical Music, also attended the liturgy.
At the conclusion of Divine Liturgy Chancellor Archpriest Chad Hatfield welcomed His Grace, noting, "It is a particular joy to receive back one of our students who is within the episcopal rank of Holy Orders."
A special luncheon with Bishop Thomas, for AOCANA seminarians, their spouses, and visiting clergy, followed.
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2012 NAIA Football Players of the Week - No. 7
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Keondrick Daniels of Union (Ky.) has been named the NAIA National Football Special Teams Player of the Week, Joel Nixon of Morningside (Iowa) has been tabbed the National Football Offensive Player of the Week and Paramore Tapa of Faulkner (Ala.) received National Football Defensive Player of the Week honors, the national office announced Monday. Daniels, Nixon and Tapa were chosen for their performances during the week of Oct. 8 - 14 and were selected out of a poll of conference and independent award winners.
Daniels, a wide receiver from Tallahassee, Fla., became the first player in Union football history to return a punt and kickoff for a touchdown in the same game in the Bulldog's 51-48 loss against Bethel (Tenn.). The freshman's 79-yard punt return late in the first quarter opened the high-scoring affair. Daniels second score, an 83-yard kickoff return, came early in the second quarter to give Union a 21-14 lead. For the game, Daniels averaged 40.5 yards per kickoff return and 40 yards per punt return.
On the season, Daniels' ranks fourth in the NAIA in total punt return yards (194), seventh in kickoff return yards per attempt (29.5) and ninth in punt return yards per attempt (13.9).
Nixon, a native of Wakefield, Neb., led the Mustangs to a 63-7 thrashing of then-No. 19 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) on Saturday. The senior quarterback completed 20-of-28 passes for a career-high 395 yards and five touchdowns. Nixon, who accounted for 435 of Morningside's 644 yards of total offense, also ran for 40 yards on eight attempts. His passing performance is the eighth highest single-game total in Morningside history and marks his third 300-yard game this season.
Nixon ranks amongst the top 11 nationally in pass efficiency (174.2), total offense per game (322.2), passing yards per game (271.2), total offense (1,933) and total passing (1,627). He is the third Morningside football player to earn a national weekly honor this season.
Tapa, a senior defensive lineman from Compton, Calif., led a defensive effort that held a potent then-No. 16 Cumberland (Tenn.) offense to 14 points in Faulkner's 42-14 upset win. He logged a season and game high 11 tackles, including 2.5 tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks. Additionally, Tapa forced a fumble that gave the Eagle offense a first-and-goal on the Cumberland 1-yard line. Faulkner scored on the ensuing play to take a 21-14 lead.
Tapa is the team leader with 10.0 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks.
For a complete listing of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
For the complete NAIA Player of the Week calendar, click here. The next NAIA National Football Players of the Week will be announced on Oct. 22.
Offensive Nominees: Brandon Large, Dakota State (S.D.); Austin Dodge, Southern Oregon; Neal Pawsat, Georgetown (Ky.); Bryan Smith, Waldorf (Iowa); Jordan Barrett, Southwestern (Kan.); Tevin Lake, Marian (Ind.); Dan Mervos, Ave Maria (Fla.); Anthony Campuzano, Wayland Baptist (Texas); Zavier Steward, Missouri Valley.
Defensive Nominees: Josh Leff, Southern Oregon; Charlmers Oscar, St. Francis (Ill.); Javarius Harris-Flowers, Southwestern (Kan.); Denzel Billy, Evangel (Mo.); Demetri Oliver, Marian (Ind.); Seth Wardyn, Nebraska Wesleyan; Nate Keller, Webber International (Fla.); Gage Hayes, Ave Maria (Fla.).
Special Teams Nominees: Andrew Muzljakovich, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Stephen Swillum, Evangel (Mo.); Travis Adamson, Ottawa (Kan.); Derek Blessing, Concordia (Neb.); Mike Josifovski, Marian (Ind.); Kedrick Starr, Eastern Oregon; Mason Prater, Webber International (Fla.); Nick Falkiewicz, Ave Maria (Fla.).
2012 Football Players of the Week (complete schedule)
Week 1 (Sept. 3):
Offense: Davis Bloemendaal, Northwestern (Iowa)
Defense: Howard McDonald, Eastern Oregon
Special Teams: Jordan Delbaugh, Nebraska Wesleyan
Week 2 (Sept. 10):
Offense: Bryce Baker, Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Defense: Dexter Davis, Friends (Kan.)
Special Teams: Ty Littzen, Morningside (Iowa)
Week 3 (Sept. 17):
Offense: Shane Gimzo, Ottawa (Kan.)
Defense: Zach Dolph, Saint Xavier (Ill.)
Special Teams: James Bryan, Belhaven (Miss.)
Week 4 (Sept. 24):
Offense: Derek Lear, Montana State-Northern
Defense: Marcus Carter, Friends (Kan.)
Special Teams: James Loydd, Waldorf (Iowa)
Week 5 (Oct. 1):
Offense: John Dostal, Hastings (Neb.)
Defense: Marc Porras, Kansas Wesleyan
Special Teams: Casey Clarke, Campbellsville (Ky.)
Week 6 (Oct. 8):
Offense: Austin Dodge, Southern Oregon
Defense: Dewaun Harrison, Cumberlands (Ky.)
Special Teams: Cole Boger, Morningside (Iowa)
Week 7 (Oct. 15):
Offense: Joel Nixon, Morningside (Iowa)
Defense: Paramore Tapa, Faulkner (Ala.)
Special Teams: Keondrick Daniels, Union (Ky.)


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I literally won this game solely by kicking my enemies in the balls until they fainted, sure, it took a while, since I'm not exactly the king of stealth, but I'd reckon it was worth it.
I just wish it wasn't all FOR THE EVULZ like it is now a days, atleast in the first one, their intentions were somewhat good, now the templars just seems like egotistical archetype villains.
I get the feeling Ubi Soft is trying to put off giving Desmond his own game as long as possible since they seem to know nobody likes him. I wouldn't mind some more historical eras. Maybe like the Colonial period, or World War I, or one where you play as a female assassin.
Screw that. I want him to review that new Naruto game that came out. Nothing but pure hilarity and fan girl tears.
Good Review. You gotta love it when you get Pets in a Game who can do what you do but alot better.
Most of the laughter there came from the snarky british guy joke.
In games like these, money is it's own reward, and I can expect people not to be satisfied with that. In games like GTA: Vice City and San Andreas, I did all the jobs and mission and assets I could to raise my bank, and when I easily hit a million bucks, I'd revel in the fact that I could buy all the weapons I want, die, and then buy them again. I'd have so much money, I'd buy a safehouse to save just so I wouldn't have to commute to one I already had.
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Sorry to disappoint, but Shaun is voiced by Danny Wallace I believe, who for reference, is the guy who wrote the book that Jim Carrey's film Yes Man is based on.
wow no one tried to post without watching the video? shocking!
hopefully the campain is longer this time, cause after the campian in ac2 there was nothing to do
I actually enjoy AC: Brotherhood. Sure there's alot of shit going with lots to do but that's what i like in games..it's what keeps me coming back to them most of the time in addition to the story that's going on within the game.
I kinda wish they did a similar addon for AC1, with Altair instead of Ezio. Not that this seems bad at all, but I think with Altair's history after the events of AC1, it would have been more interesting.
had to agree with yahztee on this, but i've noticed that recycling existing games and changing some content in order to make a new game has become the virtual world equivelent reruns ala fallout new vegas and left for dead two and so on and so forth.
Well, I fucking hated that snarky British guy. Someone needs to throw him in a gasoline soaked haystack and set it on fire.
Glad I wasn't the only one who didn't much like the assassin's groupies doing all the killing for you.
true that, both are always looking for the negative side of things :D
The multiplayer was wicked but got old fast. I stopped around level 30, there is nothing fun anymore. I rather stick to Gears II.
Surely, AC III should get everything right. From the SP to the MP. I am counting on Ubisoft because this game was the only big title for me this Fall. The rest failed.
I didn't even complete the DLC for AC2... even though I have it. i should really complete that first, but at point Brotherhood should be on sale.
Ah, the random but at times predictable cycle of game sales.
The main area's for exploration next that people keeping chanting for included Feudal Japan or during/post-industrial revolution. Either haven't been done that much so go for it.
I had a sneaking suspicion that he might enjoy the multi-player. Both because it's stealth based, and you don't have to talk, or listen to anyone if you don't want to.
Agreed about the gameplay improvements. I loved that they made the combat less counter based and rewarded aggressive fighting with kill chains. And the poison dart quickly became one of my favorite ways to kill people.
And while I appreciated that it was a direct sequel, pretty much making it AC 2.5, I think that by now Ezio has earned his retirement. By the time this game ends he's what, in his forties? That's pretty good for the sixteenth century but his character arc feels pretty much concluded. It's either time to move on to Desmond or a new time period...or both, but leave Ezio in peace.
When are we going to get an Assasins Creed set in the Napolionic era?
are you seriously listening to yahtzee's reviews when you are buying games? if so, you probably have like... 3 games in total? but seriously, the game is rediciusly fun and is well worth 60$
actually shaun hastings is voiced by and modelled after danny wallace, british actor:
Crap? graphics and nothing else. AC II is one of my favorite games EVAR! That was his best review in a long time, though. I laughed hella hard. Gonna buy probably in the summer
i would really like an AC game set in like the viking time. it's the perfect era, imaging chasing your enemies through footmarks in the snow and see guards slipping on icy roof tops. also, the assassin should wear a cape that evens the snow after you walk on it so that you leave no traces unless you sprint.
I'm sort of failing to see your point here. What have Australians got to do with anything at all in this discussion? Danny Wallace who voices Shaun in the game (as well as looking virtually identical and having a very similar personality) isn't Australian and, despite living there, nor is Yahtzee. The game isn't made in Australia either.
So, the game: I generally don't like multiplayer but was surprised to find that it's not as horrible as I expected and they didn't short-change the single player mode to accommodate it... so all's well there, I guess.
liked this vid... stil not buying AC:B though
Loved the review. The last 2 have been aces.
What I NEED NEED NEED to know is who the hell that guy is in the pictures that he uses all the time with the "X" across his faces.
It's seriously driving me insane, I've wanted to know for eons... Please, god... WHO IS IT.. I... Must... KNOW..
I hope that the next assasins creed will be about a new assasin, i'm getting sick of Ezio.
Short answer: it's some guy.
Slightly longer answer: even Yahtzee doesn't know, just some guy he found when looking for someone with a blank expression.
Complete answer: he explains it here. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-escapist-presents/1039-Live-Chat-with-Ben-Yahtzee-Croshaw
Yahtzee, have you ever seen the film "In Bruges"? 'Cause there's a bit where a guy goes into a confession and says "Forgive me father, for I have sinned.", and the priest asks him what his sin is and he says the he killed a guy for money, and the priest asks him who he killed, and he says "You, father." and kills him.
Anyone else think that Yahtzee sounded like he had a cold ? Just something I noticed ,maybe my speakers are screwed .
Really looking forward to AC:B ,though I have to wait for my exams in school to finish ='( .
As a fan of the Desmond story arc, I'd gladly play a game all about Desmond.
I love the underlying conspiracy theory plotline. I enjoy reading the damn e-mails in-game!
Cool review, but why was the sound so low/muffled? o-o
Instead of hiding with a cloak on his hat he'd be wearing a business suit OR a tourist outfit with shorts, a white t-shirt and a silly looking hat. I think it'd be brilliant, although there could be some major problems steering clear of becoming a bad Hitman-ripoff.
Eh. I don't have ACII. I want ze multiplayer. So I may as well buy Brotherhood, since I looked ACII during the rental period. You've foiled me again, Ubisoft!
More on topic, twas an amusing review.
That would be easy to imagine. My ears bled the last time my friend tried to replicate my accent; he's from America, and it sounds truly awful!
OT: Finally; a game Yahtzee said was quite good! I love the Assassins'S Creed series, and I'm very glad that he at least appreciates the effort that goes into them.
Well I'd better actually play the campaign instead of ignoring it like I am that tumour. It sounds rather fun. I've been playing the online because I really do enjoy it, grinning to yourself in satisfaction as your 'assassin' kills the civilian next to you never gets old, and the feeling you get when you execute a truly epicly sneaky assassination is just fantastic. Although it has to be said templar vision is just so ridiculously overpowered it's untrue.
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Constructed using high end technological methods that toughens it from the inside and increases its life span.
1) Asymmetric tread design – Includes large tread blocks on the outside edges that improves cornering stability and gives balanced dry as well as wet grip.
Benefit - Minimizes heat buildup on the outside shoulders.
2) ECOPIA compound – Provides much needed strength to the radial.
Benefit - Lowers carbon dioxide emissions and fuel consumption as well.
3) O-Bead technology – Properly grips the tyre on to the rim.
Benefit – Improves handling and wear uniformity.
- Width195
195 is the width in millimetres of the tyres cross section.
- Aspect Ratio60
60 is the Aspect Ratio, it is the ratio of the sidewall height to the cross section width.
- ConstructionR
Radial construction. R stands for radial-ply construction.
- Rim15
15 inches, stands for the diameter of the wheel that the tyre is designed to fit.
- Load Rating88
88 (560 kg) is the load index i.e. the maximum weight each tyre can carry at full speed.
- Speed RatingH
H (210 kmph) is the speed rating i.e. the maximum speed for the tyre at full load.


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What's Up for February? The moon!
Hello and welcome. I'm Jane Houston Jones from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
During 2009, we'll be celebrating International Year of Astronomy by taking you on a tour of one of the month's best celestial objects. This month, it's the moon!
Everybody can see the moon, even in the daytime! You don't even need a telescope or binoculars to see the moon.
When you gaze at the moon, you'll see the same views that enchanted and startled ancient astronomers centuries ago.
During the full moon, you can see patterns in the dark and light geologic surface features. Some people see a rabbit on the moon, and others see a man on the moon. What do you see?
Sky-watchers have observed and pondered the moon for centuries. In the summer of 1609, English mathematician Thomas Harriott was the first to aim his simple telescope at the moon and sketch what he saw. His drawings show the lunar terminator – the line marking the division of day and night on the moon. They also show some of the dark features, including the Sea of Tranquility. Harriott went on to create lunar maps over the next few years.
But Galileo's famous observations from later in 1609 were the first to be published and publicized in 1610.
These first views and maps of the moon through telescopes revealed previously unknown jagged lunar surfaces.
Fast forward to the 20th century and beyond. More than 70 spacecraft have visited the moon so far. Twelve men walked on the lunar surface. And six of these drove lunar rovers. Plans are underway for astronauts to return to the moon.
NASA's unmanned Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, launching this year, will collect valuable information about the Moon's environment that will help pave the way for those future missions.
Besides the moon, be sure to look at brilliant Venus in the Western sky at sunset. And look for Saturn in the Eastern sky a few hours later this month.
You can read more about the moon and our planetary neighborhood on NASA's International Year of Astronomy website
And you can learn all about NASA's missions at
That's all for this month.
I'm Jane Houston Jones.


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I resubbed to WoW recently and have been playing my mage. My goal is to get her to 90 before the expansion in November. She hit 85 today so is moving along nicely. She was 80 when I started last week.
This is Jealina
My other toons include
Jasarina 90 Shaman
Rheassi 80 Priest
Kasarina 78 Druid
Kealina 76 Paladin
Amalena 58 Death Knight
Breina 30 Hunter
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Cardinals collide with Bulls in AAC affairFeb 18, 2014 - 3:39 PM Louisville, KY (SportsNetwork.com) - The 11th-ranked Louisville Cardinals will try for their fifth straight win on Tuesday night when they welcome the South Florida Bulls to the KFC Yum! Center on Tuesday night for an American Athletic Conference bout.
Although USF started its season a stellar 9-4 during its non-conference schedule, things have taken a turn for the worse in the AAC, winning just three of 13 matchups to dip to 12-14 overall. The Bulls are currently losers of three straight, most recently dropping a tough 75-74 contest versus UCF on Saturday, but they are surprisingly a solid 5-4 on the road.
Louisville dismantled Rutgers on its home floor on Sunday, 102-54, and have made a dominating statement during its four-game winning streak by outscoring its opponents by an astounding 26.0 ppg. The Cardinals are now 21-4 overall this season, including 13-2 on their home floor, and at 10-2 in the conference, they are a game and a half behind Cincinnati for first place with six games remaining, including a showdown with the Bearcats on Saturday.
The Cardinals have won 28 of 32 all-time matchups with the Bulls, which includes an easy 86-47 triumph in Tampa earlier this season.
In a back-and-forth contest with UCF that consisted of seven ties and 10 lead changes, the Bulls held a lead in the final minute before falling victim to the game-winning layup by UCF with under two seconds remaining. The Bulls shot an impressive 49.1 percent from the field on the afternoon, but they could not keep pace with the Knights (.509). Martino Brock provided a spark off the bench with 21 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the floor, while Victor Rudd also poured in 21 points to go with nine rebounds.
USF is typically not a strong offensive club, as it shoots just 43.3 percent from the field (including 25.6 percent from 3-point range) for 66.0 ppg. Its defensive effort has been lacking as well, allowing 70.5 ppg while sporting a -1.3 turnover margin. Rudd is the unquestioned catalyst with 14.9 ppg and 6.7 rpg, although he shoots a modest 41.1 percent from the field. Corey Allen Jr. (9.9 ppg), Chris Perry (9.5 ppg, 5.7 rpg) and Brock (9.4 ppg) have been solid as well.
Louisville opened up a 19-point lead at the half of its most recent game and only improved after intermission en route to its most convincing victory of the season, as it shot 55.7 percent from the field, including a red-hot 16- of-30 from beyond the arc, while holding Rutgers to more turnovers (18) than field goals (17). Luke Hancock was especially dangerous from 3-point range, knocking down 6-of-8 from long distance for 25 points. Terry Rozier (16 points) and Wayne Blackshear (10) were both impressive off the bench, while five others scored at least seven points in the balanced effort.
With the Cardinals manhandling their opponents in recent weeks, they have only improved upon their outstanding season totals, as they outshoot their opponents from the field, 48.1 percent to 39.5 percent, and own the nation's best scoring margin at a whopping +21.2. They are also active in the passing lanes with the country's third-ranked turnover margin (+6.7) and knock down 8.4 3-pointers per game at a 37.9 percent clip. Russ Smith has firmly established himself as one the nation's best guards with 17.7 ppg, 4.6 apg and 1.8 spg, while making nearly 39 percent of his 3-pointers. Montrezl Harrell mans the paint with 12.6 ppg, 8.3 rpg and 1.4 bpg, while Hancock (12.0 ppg), Chris Jones (10.8 ppg) and Blackshear (9.8 ppg) round out a very deep squad.
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Clark's double-double led the way as the Crimson opened Ivy League play in victorious fashion (Gil Talbot).
HANOVER, N.H. – Christine Clark's 17-point, 10-rebound effort helped lift the Harvard women's basketball team to a 71-63 win at Dartmouth Saturday as the team opened its 38th season of Ivy League play.
Clark's double-double was her first of the season and second of her career. The sophomore converted 4-of-8 attempts from the floor, including 2-of-4 from three, and was a perfect 7-of-7 at the line. Brogan Berry also notched 17 points and was 8-of-8 on freebies, and dished out eight assists to jump into seventh place in Ancient Eight history with 465 career helpers.
Four Crimson (8-6, 1-0 Ivy League) reached double-digits with Victoria Lipper and Emma Golen adding 12 points and 10 points, respectively. Harvard matched its season-high with nine three-pointers, and combined to shoot 46.0 percent from the floor, 40.0 percent from three, and was 16-of-20 at the line.
Harvard has now won three straight on the road to match its longest winning streak of the year. The Crimson is 21-17 all-time in Ivy League openers and 18-12 under Head Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith.
Dartmouth (2-12, 0-1 Ivy League) was also led by a quartet of double-digit scorers, highlighted by Faziah Steen's 20 points. Milica Toskovic scored 15 as the Big Green dropped its 10th straight game.
Golen opened the game with a three-pointer and Lippert followed with a bucket in the paint as the Crimson led 5-0 after two possessions. Clark and Berry extended the lead to 9-2 at the free throw line, and a long jumper by Golen moved the score to 11-4. Dartmouth cut its deficit to 11-8 at the first media timeout, but three's by Berry, Clark and Lippert extended the margin to nine, 20-8, with 13:07 to play in the first half.
Harvard cooled off as the Big Green heated up, as Dartmouth went on an 18-2 run over the next nine-plus minutes to take its first lead of the night. The Big Green pulled within 20-15 after four scoreless minutes by the Crimson, and back-to-back baskets by Sasha Dosenko and Steen made it a 22-19 game. Toskovic's three tied things up at 22, and Dartmouth went ahead 26-22 after four straight points from Dosenko.
Elle Hagedorn stopped the bleeding with a baseline drive and a pair of Clark free throws sent the Crimson into the locker room at the half trailing by just one, 31-30. Berry and Clark led Harvard at the break with nine points, and seven points, respectively, with Berry also dishing out four assists and Clark grabbing five rebounds. The Crimson shot just 37.5 percent for the frame, but turned nine Big Green turnovers into 15 points and went 8-of-8 at the line to keep pace.
There were little signs of Harvard's first-half struggles early in the second, as the Crimson hit on each of its first six shots from the floor, including four three's, to regain a 46-35 lead. Golen opened the period with a long jumper and Miriam Rutzen followed on the next possession with a three from the left corner. Back-to-back three's by Clark and Berry gave Harvard a 43-33 edge, and Golen's three-pointer moved the score to 46-35.
Dartmouth chipped away at the lead and trailed by just three, 46-43, before Clark drilled her second three from the top of the key. Toskovic's trey again pulled the Big Green to within three, 51-48, but baskets by Lippert and Elise Gordon regained a 55-48 advantage with under 10 minutes to play. Gordon and Lippert teamed up again to move the score to 59-50, and with 3:27 to play the Crimson led 61-53.
Harvard was unable to put the Big Green away down the stretch, as Tia Dawson's layup with 32 second remaining kept Dartmouth within five, 67-62. Toskovic converted just 1-of-3 at the line after being fouled behind the arc to make it a 69-63 game with 17 seconds on the clock, but the dead ball rebound went Dartmouth's way, keeping hope alive for the Big Green. Harvard's defense tightened up, however, and after a pair of Berry free throws the Crimson walked away with the 71-63 victory.
Harvard returns home for the first time in nearly a month Tuesday, Jan. 17 when it hosts North Dakota at 7 p.m. in Lavietes Pavilion.
GAME NOTES: Christine Clark recorded her first double-double of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds … Brogan Berry has moved into seventh place in Ivy League history with 465 career helpers … Harvard was outrebounded for just the second time this season … The Crimson improved to 21-17 all-time in Ivy League openers and 18-12 under Head Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith … Harvard has won four straight against the Big Green and is 39-31 all-time.


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The Radar Science & Engineering Section is JPL's center for radar instrument development for Earth and planetary science missions. For over 40 years, Section 334 has led NASA's activities in radar mission concept development through flight project implementation and operations. Section 334 teams work collaboratively with other sections and with industry to develop one-of-a-kind radar instruments, systems, and missions to explore the Earth and our solar system, including the following:
Earth Missions: Seasat, SIR-A, SIR-B, SIR-C, SRTM, NSCAT, SeaWinds/QuikSCAT, TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, OSTM/Jason-2, CloudSat, Aquarius, SMAP, SWOT
Airborne Radars: AIRSAR, IFSAR, GeoSAR, UAVSAR, ARMAR, APR-2, AirMOSS
Planetary Missions: Magellan, Cassini, MARSIS, SHARAD
Mars Landing Radars: Pathfinder, MER, Phoenix, MSL
Section 334 members are prolific in submitting Principal Investigator-led research proposals in science and technology, as well as forming larger teams to propose instruments and missions. The section is actively engaged with the national and international science and engineering communities to develop ideas and partnerships. Research proposals that are funded are managed directly by PIs in the section, often in collaboration with university or industry partners. Larger efforts, such as major space instrument development, involve collaborations outside the section. The section has a strong commitment to publication of research and actively advocates participation in national and international conferences.


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DNS Changer Checker (July 9th) : This will provide a basic check if your PC is using the wrong DNS because of a trojan. The real problem will be July 9th, when the substitute DNS servers are dropped.
More info on this http://mashable.com/2012/04/24/dns-changer-trojan/?hpt=hp_bn16


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Alucrom goes for Xtreme™ Mix
800 towers have been completed
Alucrom AB is the largest protective coating contractor in Sweden with 11 stationary coating facilities in Sweden and one in Poland. They also provide contract coating all over the country.
Alucrom AB does contract coating of the windmill towers for Enercon Windtower Production (EWP), in the old Kockum shipyard area in Malmoe. The pre-treatment of the steel towers consists of sandblasting in 2 separate depots before coating them in 4 separate designated depots.
To date, 800 towers have been completed. The plural component coatings were mixed by hand, which is hard work, since there are 18 to 20 liters applied on a tower segment of 28 m. Alucrom decided to upgrade the coating application with automatic proportioning and mixing of the coatings. According to plant manager, Bengt Persson, this had to lead to efficient control of accuracy and consumption.
The task to design, install and start up the installation was awarded to Graco distributor Smekano in Helsingborg. Smekano has many years of experience designing protective coating systems. The installation was built according to the flow of material. The base coat is stirred in 200 liter drums. Once mixed, the components are transferred from drums to holding tanks with diaphragm pumps. The holding tanks of 420 liters are located on a beam construction above the Xtreme™ Mix Proportioners. To provide the 4 coating halls with material, there was a need for 4 proportioners consisting of 2 Xtreme™ Mix packages for the base coat and 2 Xtreme™ Mix packages for the polyurethane top coat.
Graco´s electronically controlled Xtreme™ Mix has 2 Xtreme™ King® pumps. These pumps enjoy a very good reputation in protective coating applications . Their flow is metered by linear sensors instead of gear meters, as the pigments and the binders in protective coatings are extremely abrasive and no in-line flow meters can stand the wear. The Xtreme™ Mix proportioners are so safe that they can be installed as close as possible to the holding tanks. The proportioner is simple to run thanks to its control panel and automatic stop in alarm situations. The waste is minimized by mixing the components close to the gun.
"The decision to choose Graco´s Xtreme™ Mix was evident", says Alucrom regional manager Alf Linné. "Earlier experiences with Graco´s Xtreme™ King® pumps were the main reasons we choose the Xtreme™ Mix proportioners. The non-destructive flow metering assures accurate and safe operation."


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Our Mission
To provide a well-designed bicycle that delivers superior performance with uncompromised style.
What We've Accomplished
Bacchetta Bicycles, Inc. opened its doors in February 2002. In the last sixteen years, the company has achieved renowned respect in the bicycle industry for producing our exceptional line of recumbent cycles. Drawing on the 60 years of combined recumbent experience of Mark Colliton, Rich Pinto, Mike Wilkerson, Jeremy Massey, and Mark Swanson, we make the highest quality bicycles and accessories for you, the recumbent enthusiast.
Our innovative frame designs have started a trend in the industry. We have developed what has now become known as the standard for performance recumbents.
"Besides building good bikes, Bacchetta has revitalized SWB design, changed the way we look at performance recumbents, and developed a new roadie recumbent market in the process. Pretty cool, huh?"
At Bacchetta, we've chosen the more performance oriented short wheelbase (SWB) format and created designs that provide excellent handling and comfort characteristics. To learn more about our frame design philosophies, please review our Frame Design information.
What We're Doing Now
Now that we've made our niche in the recumbent and bicycle industries, we're dedicated to growing the recumbent market as a whole. To do that, we need to engage ourselves in the larger cycling community, not only as a manufacturer – but as individuals as well. By supporting and belonging to organizations like the League of American Bicyclist (LAB), Adventure Cycling and the Rails to Trails Conservancy (RTC), we hope to play our part in promoting an appreciation for the outdoors and encouraging a more active lifestyle for our American population.
To support these goals, our Bacchetta team is also on the road attending local cycling events. It's part of our personal approach to meet our customers and our grassroots attempt to provide cyclists of all types, the opportunity to try out our state-of-the-art recumbent bikes. For a complete list of national events we will be attending, please visit our EVENTS PAGE. We love to meet our riders.
For information on joining the organizations mentioned above, please visit our Resources Page.
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We have bright expectations for our future and we believe that the best is yet to come. We're continually striving to maintain Bacchetta's position as recumbent trailblazers. We will go on creating innovative bikes and striking designs. We're always improving on our well-known line of performance recumbents, so our customers can continue to expect high-quality bikes in the upcoming future. We'll also be working toward expanding our product line to include more designs to fit the needs and goals of all rider types.
We will maintain our personal touch on the bicycle industry – where no one else will. We enjoy playing an active role in promoting recumbents at local cycling events. Bacchetta is committed to go the extra mile to accomplish this, so we'll be there.


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While conducting research on the siblings of my 2nd great-grandfather James H. Burton (1822-1905), I found FindAGrave Memorial #5714647 for Henry Sloas, the husband of Mary Burton, my 2nd great-grandaunt. According to the memorial, Henry died of typhoid fever on 28 October 1863 while imprisoned at Camp Chase in Ohio and is buried in an unmarked grave at Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.
The memorial gave some information about an incident during the Civil War in which Henry was believed to have been involved. Click here to read the account.
Based on what I could find about the Henry Sloas who served in the 48th Virginia Infantry, I believe that was a different man. However, after some digging around in the Confederate records on Fold3, I found the following document on a hearing before a military commission in Louisa, Kentucky, which resulted in Henry Sloas being sent to Camp Chase just a few short months before his death.
Commission held at
Louisa Easter[n] Ky.
in the case of
Henry Sloas a
Disloyal citizen
Recd. C. C. May 16th 1843."
"Case of Henry Sloas.
John C. Porter, on oath states that he arrested Sloas, because I considered him a disloyal citizen and because I believe he had his large gun out and buskwhacked [sic] Gen. G W. Morgan cvl.[?] last fall. I know him to be a very strong rebel. He frequently harbored the rebels, and was reported to be in the habit of carrying information to them. I heard him say at a log rolling, that the first Union men that came about his house, he be damned if he wouldn't make one less of them. When I asked him, the other day, for his gun, he said he had not had it for a month, but when I raised my gun and cocked it he showed me wher [sic] it was. It was further reported that he was one of the men who dug the hole to put Huff and others who
had were murdered last winter.
(In answer to prisoner) I have heard you this this [sic] was a war for negro equality, and that if any party was right it was the Jeff. Davis party.
The commission Recommend him to be sent to Camp Chase.
Capt. John Dalzell A Brown Jr Let. Col. and
Judge Advc Mil Com Protem Pres.
The prisoner denies every assertion of the witness and affirms that he prove by the miners' own mother[?] that he has lied_"
|Case of Henry Sloas; Unfiled Papers and Slips Belonging in Confederate Compiled Service Records;
National Archives Records Administration, Publication M347;
digital images, Fold3.com (www.fold3.com : accessed 16 Jun 2013).
© 2013 Denise Spurlock


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