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...delicious fright as these image leap from the screen and into the brain's trauma center, any parent will whisper a consoling "They're not real, honey." They are, though-as real as any nightmares the dream machine can conjure. But a machine didn't dream up, design, build, or give festering life to these creatures. Stan Winston...
...could run it on pure electricity? Not only would that help the environment - one-third of U.S. carbon emissions come from cars and trucks - but in an era of ever-increasing gas prices, it would help your wallet as well. Unfortunately, the auto industry has consistently failed to build and sell a truly marketable electric car. They were either too expensive or too weak on the road - or too often both; and back in those halcyon days when our chief climate fear was a new ice age, low gas prices made electric cars unnecessary...
...Make It a Contest Challenge friends and family members to see who can do the most jumping jacks or push-ups, who can dribble a basketball the fastest or who can hop 100 yards on one leg. Start slow but build up, and be creative: use a pedometer to track steps and miles, and see who can be the first to "climb" Mount Everest and "walk" across your state...
...Aloft competes, is currently worth about $12.5 billion. Woronka says profits for this sector are usually about 15% for owners, and expects that Aloft's owners will be earning about the same. According to Starwood, an Aloft hotel costs from $17 million to $25 million for a developer to build, not including land, which could be a little higher than the cost of a Marriott Courtyard or Hilton Garden Inn, Woronka estimates. The key difference for developers may be that being new, Aloft has more wow factor. "You can renovate the older brands all you want," says Woronka, "but Aloft...
...Charlie Crist signed a bill requiring physical-education programs in the state's elementary schools. Denver has renovated more than 50 school playgrounds, significantly increasing children's activity levels, and towns and cities elsewhere have launched similar efforts to make it easier for kids to be active. "If you build a park or playground, people will come," says James Sallis, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University and the director of the Active Living Research initiative...