That's pretty cheap for this high-class off ice space.

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While it's exciting to work beside world-class scientists such as ice-sheet climatologist Jason Box, glaciologist Alun Hubbard and geophysicist Richard Bates, it's equally disheartening to be here bearing witness to the catastrophic events they record.

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Mr. ALAN STERN (Southwest Research Institute): And, you know, whereas we know of four terrestrial planets and four gas giants, we expect that there are hundreds if not thousands of these ice dwarfs, and so this class of planets which we have not yet reconnoitered is in reality the most populous class of planetary body in our solar system.

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Stunning, intricate creations by world-class carvers include those from the ice city of Harbin, in China.

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Last week, more than six years and many court battles later, our class-action suit Aguilar v ICE, which included 22 New York men, women and children, was settled in Federal District Court for a million dollars.

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Globalisation may have subjected Carpigiani to stiffer competition, but it is also helping to propagate a taste for genuine Italian ice-cream among China's swelling middle class.

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But how we do it is take the bench-top physics class model, where you mix nitrogen and ice cream in a bowl and stir it up with a spoon.

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One of my kids middle class friends was once escorted into a private buffet hall designed for birthday parties with dry ice, a Power Rangers costume, and two large screen TVs showing moments of his short 8 year life, all set to dramatic music.

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