Sunflowers near Arles

There are now 61 trees per person, according to recent satellite images taken of Earth. 

A record six species of fish returned to healthy levels in 2011, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported to Congress on Monday, including the Chinook salmon along the northern California coast, the coho salmon off Washington State, and the Pacific widow rockfish.

Sunflowers turned last summer toward the sun, in fields near Arles, France, one sunflower pretty much looking like another sunflower, just as they had for centuries.

The late Johnny Carson said this about performing: "You can be the center of attention without being yourself."