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...seemed kind of crazy," he says. But now Begley and his wife Rachelle star in an environmental reality TV show -Living With Ed, on HGTV - and he can feel the effect his example has had. "People tell me that all the stuff I've done has had an impact on them doing the same," says Begley. "It's made them change...
...just the color of the box office receipts. The producers of the Steve Carrel comedy Evan Almighty worked with the Conservation Fund to make the film carbon neutral, from the first script sessions to the ultra-light DVD packaging. (The movie bombed, but at least it made a lighter impact on the Earth when it did.) This season the action show 24 will set the standard for green production, with all-recycled scripts, biodiesel power and LED lights. (Jack Bauer will not begin chasing terrorists in an L.A. city bus, however.) Given Hollywood's penchant for copying success...
...course, many girls suck it up too, but there are anatomical reasons that explain why they are more likely to have a concussion diagnosed. For starters, look to the neck. Bigger, stronger neck muscles can balance the head during impact and lower the chances of the brain's being jolted in a collision. According to a study that will be published in the Journal of Biomechanics, the circumference of men's necks is 20% larger than that of women's necks. Further, resistance tests showed that men's necks are 50% stronger than those of women. Another new biomechanical study...
...engineer Herbert Saffir came up with the idea of a five-category scale as part of a project commissioned by the United Nations. Later expanded by National Hurricane Center director Robert Simpson--and dubbed the Saffir-Simpson scale--it is now the standard guide to a hurricane's expected impact. Saffir...
...something that doesn’t get space on the ABC Web site,” she said. Not all politicos, however, are quick to sing the praises of the collaboration. Jarret A. Zafran ’09, president of Harvard Democrats, doubts the application will have much impact at Harvard. He said that Harvard is already saturated with political information. “The campus is very politically active as it is,” he said, saying that the “U.S. Politics” application on Facebook could be better used as a tool for campaign...