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...Schoonmaker said that she and Scorsese would race after work to the small movie houses on New York’s Upper West Side, where they were able to watch, absorb, and learn. As a result of these shared film experiences and their long-time friendship, Schoonmaker and Scorsese have similar tastes and a blessedly healthy working relationship...
...main reason has to do with the Arctic and Antarctic. As polar climates warm enough for trees to move in, the color of that part of the earth will change, as viewed from above. Green trees, which absorb more light, will replace whiter snow and ice, which reflect more rays back to space. Like a dark-colored car hood on a hot day, a dark-colored earth will warm. The group’s computer modeling experiments show that the localized warming due to the change in the earth’s surface reflectivity (called its “albedo?...
...Tuesday’s announcement shocked freshman Lena Litvak, who Graham recruited to Harvard last year. Returning back to the Yard after practice, Litvak found herself besieged by recruits anxious to know what Graham’s departure meant for the team. Mukundan hopes the team will absorb the shock and move on. “We’ve had a lot of things happen this year, and we’ve had a lot of challenges,” she said. “We admire Gordon a lot and we know he has us as our first...
...population centers or other high-value assets. You protect that inner layer with a middle layer comprised of as large an expanse of wetlands or swamp as possible. Finally, you protect that middle layer with a third layer--barrier islands out in the ocean proper, which also act to absorb and weaken storm surges...
...raising rates significantly, even canceling policies outright. How can hurricane-prone states retain coverage? "The only solution is to get the Federal Government to do what it did after September 11 and recognize that some risks are too large and costly for the private-insurance market to absorb on its own," says James Donelon, the state insurance commissioner of Louisiana. The Terrorism Re-Insurance Act of 2002 made $100 billion in federal money available as a backstop for buildings vulnerable to terrorism. Donelon advocates a similar fund for cities threatened by climate change...