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...shorter life span for men, but the problem may be even more profound. Williams blames deep-seated cultural beliefs--a "macho" world view that rewards men for taking risks and tackling danger head on. Men are twice as likely to get hit by lightning or die in a flash flood, according to a report delivered last week in Atlanta at a meeting sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In low-lying flood zones, says Thomas Songer of the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, men are more likely to drive around barricades and drown in high...
...minutes a day--24 hours a year--riding in elevators, usually looking at nothing but their shoes, according to Michael DiFranza, 41, CEO of Captivate Network. Captivate has installed 4,200 flat-screen video monitors in about 400 office buildings in the U.S. and Canada. The screens flash news headlines, weather reports and stock-market updates--and along the bottom, ads from such firms as American Airlines, Mercedes-Benz and UBS Warburg. "We're getting people's attention at a moment in the day when conventional media can't get to them," says DiFranza...
...cases, their albums are as comfortable sharing pages with Blink 182 and John Mayer as they are with Grandmaster Flash and Aceyalone. For many people, the band provides their first (and in some cases, only) taste of hip-hop history and aesthetics. Chali 2na, the group’s most popular and outspoken emcee, calls Jurassic “the Ghetto Diplomats...
...next weekend, while watching a movie, the boys were struck with a flash of inspiration that solidified the deal...
...this after one brief flash on television. The goal, of course, is that next time America sees “Morris” on ESPN, it will be on the back of an NFL jersey...