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...volunteers in the "low" activity group were doing about two to three hours of gardening, housework or brisk walking each day. That's the kind of activity many people in the general American population - which, unlike the Amish, relies on cars and dishwashers and washing machines - would consider a serious workout...
...Willis' role in Pulp Fiction ... Filmed a role in [Terrence Malick's] The Thin Red Line, that eventually got cut.... Walked off the set of Luck of the Draw when the producers refused to let him include his pet chihuahua in the movie." Instead, Rourke, who had been a serious amateur boxer as a teenager, went professional, submitting himself to the rigorous training, abuse and combat that would pay off in The Wrestler...
...series of studies have made it clear that if the Big One or even a Pretty Big One strikes, Florida is going to have very serious problems. The state-run insurance firm and the Catastrophe Fund have just a few billion dollars on hand, so a major storm would force both entities to float massive bond issues in an unfavorable market, and to make up their shortfalls through gigantic assessments on policyholders. A House committee recently warned that the state would have "extreme difficulty paying its obligations" after a 100-year storm, and that premiums on nearly every property...
...coastal marshes and rebuild barrier islands. There is already $1 billion worth of small projects on the books to start that process, but restoration work is moving much, much more slowly than levee work, and scientists have estimated that it could cost more than $20 billion to make a serious dent in addressing the coast's land losses. "I'm not worried about money; this country has the wealth and the capacity to do amazing things," says Davis, the former head of the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana. "The resource that keeps me up at night is time. We lucked...
...Detroiters are happy, Barack Obama's campaign is thrilled. The Democratic nominee called on Kilpatrick yesterday to resign, saying through a campaign spokesman that "Mayor Kilpatrick's ongoing troubles and the serious charges against him have been a distraction that the city cannot afford." They have also proven to be a distraction Obama could not afford in a state that may be one of the nation's closest contests in November. Kilpatrick's very public troubles have angered many of the white suburban voters that Obama needs to win over. From an inauguration that was celebrated with official "club crawls...