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To: Grainne who wrote (91303)	12/14/2004 9:13:49 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

It was originally on Showtime- which we don't watch. But I rented it at the video store. It's about a young girl, just getting her first job, who is killed by a toiled seat from Mir. She becomes a reaper- collecting the souls of the dead. It's very funny, and very well written, but the family dynamic is very touching. She leaves a rather dysfunctional family behind- and they remain in the show- and that's kind of sweet. See the pilot- if you like that, you'll like the rest of the show. One of the girls at my video store just raved about it every time I came in to the store, which is why I rented it in the first place.

To: Grainne who wrote (91303)	12/14/2004 6:52:18 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

This was an interesting little story. It's funny, because everyone we met in Scotland told us how much the climate there had changed. One of my favorite taxi drivers told us about how in his boyhood he and his friend used to ski the local hills- now there isn't nearly enough snow for that. The change has been very noticeable for them. ............. Climate Change Impact? Look in Your Backyard Tue Dec 14, 2:12 PM ET Science - Reuters By Juana Ines Casas BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - To witness the impact of a warming planet, one need not make a costly trip to the melting Arctic ice cap. Proof of climate change is right there in most people's backyards, scientists said on Tuesday. AP Photo Slideshow: Climate Change Issues Digital Domination The best music download sites, MP3 players, and P2P services that are still alive and kicking. There, plants, birds, insects, mammals and fish are rapidly responding to changes in the climate. Flowering may happen earlier, while birds may not survive extreme temperatures. "Widespread ecological impacts of climate change are already visible in every part of the world and in every ecosystem, even your backyard," said Arnold Van Vliet, a scientist who studied extreme weather and nature's response for environmental group World Wide Fund for Nature or WWF. On the sidelines of the U.N. conference on climate change, WWF said it wants to use the study to push top negotiators to act more swiftly to stop global warming caused mostly by industry and the burning of fossil fuels. "The environmental ministers arrive today and there is an incredible lack of urgency in the hallways," said Jennifer Morgan, director of WWF's climate change program. Warm winters, hot summers, excessive precipitation and extended droughts are all blamed for changing what goes on outside our windows. The study shows that plants, for example, are now flowering up to 30 days earlier and at dates never documented in the last two centuries. TEMPERATURES RISE In the backyards in the Netherlands, the start of the pollen season advanced up to 22 days between 1969 and 2000. In Boston, plants flowered eight days earlier at the end of last century when compared to the beginning. Some species have shown a dramatic increase in range area, like the Mountain Pine Beetle, which has spread over millions of hectares (acres) in North America. Butterflies that migrate to the Netherlands from Southern Europe used to arrive in May, but the recent warm years have produced first sightings in January. In the last 100 years, northern Europe has become 10 to 40 percent wetter and southern Europe up to 20 percent drier. Residents of the conference host city Buenos Aires also are quick to tell how climate change has affected them: It hasn't snowed in the Argentine capital since the 1940s and old-timers tell how they used to wear scarves and mittens all winter. The world's average temperatures have already risen nearly one degree Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) since the pre-industrial era and the European Union (news - web sites) and many environmental groups say it should not exceed 2 degrees. But Van Vliet, a professor at Wageningen University, said his findings have made him even more cautious. "We recommend a ceiling of 1.5 degrees Celsius (3 degree Fahrenheit). Two degrees is far too high."