Van Jones has taken the stage here at Netroots Nation and is telling us about a recent trip to the Arctic that he took with several dignitaries, including former President Jimmy Carter and executives from DuPont and Monsanto. They went up to look at the receding glaciers and the disappearing habitat for animals such as the polar bear. They left convinced that there was no doubt, as Van Jones put it, that Al Gore had ...

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By Ken Levine: Favorite American Expression Ichiro! (tags: mariners)

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A two hour American television program (produced in the style of a traditional nature documentary) that first aired on Discovery Channel in 2001. It was directed by Pierre de Lespinois and narrated by actor John Goodman. The dinosaurs were designed by Paleo-artist and art director Mark Dubeau, who is also noted for creating dinosaurs on a myriad of other Discovery Channel and National Geographic specials. The dinosaur animation was directed by noted animator Don Waller ...

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We're listening to a very lively keynote by the distinguished Professor Lawrence Lessig, who is explaining how money in the political process has bankrupted Congress as an institution and reviewing the history of corruption, which goes all the way back to the beginning of the country."We face the exact same problem here," Lessig said, referring to the Framers' problems in making early American government independent (or nondependent) of private money and influence. Lessig is eloquent, ...

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