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...artificial tree so bad? A new study by the well-regarded sustainability firm PE Americas found that owning an artificial tree--as do an estimated 50 million households in the U.S.--caused lower carbon emissions over a decade than did buying real trees 10 years in a row, chiefly because of the gasoline used to get a cut tree from farm to living room. The big caveats, however, are that the study focused on carbon and was sponsored by the American Christmas Tree Association, which works with artificial-tree makers...
...published its annual “National Leadership Index,” which is compiled by HKS Professor Todd L. Pittinsky from public opinion surveys. The results this year revealed the most negative attitudes since the project began in 2005. Respondents rated their confidence level either the same or lower in every one of the 13 leadership sectors, which range from military to education to business. Gergen said the Leadership Index and the Best Leaders profile fit well together. “The theory behind this project is that America is facing a leadership shortage,” he said...
...even aware that there were restrictions in place,” said Dian Yu ’11, another member of Cabot House. Administrators said that preserving the Harvard-Yale experience while simultaneously creating a safer game environment was the chief motive behind the changes. Despite a lower turnout perhaps attributable to the bitter cold, McCoy called the 2008 match a success. “The people that were there definitely seemed to be enjoying themselves,” he said...
...Primack and Miller-Rushing had observed that the plants around Walden Pond were producing flowers on average more than a week earlier than they were in Thoreau’s time, when temperatures were 4.3 degrees Fahrenheit lower...
...Until now, only six of CSU's campuses had competitive admissions standards over and above the systemwide requirements of a 3.0 high school GPA or high enough scores on the SAT or ACT to compensate for lower grades. Under the new rules, all campuses will still have to admit all eligible freshmen in their immediate vicinity, but many of the schools will up the academic bar for students from farther away. Rejecting paying students might seem counterintuitive in a time of need, but tuition accounts for just 23% of Cal State's funding (even after a 10% hike last year...