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BEIJING, China — Like everything else in life, heat is great, in moderation. At Bethel Foster Home in rural Beijing, where I am volunteering as a piano teacher and resident translator for blind or visually impaired orphans, it was 41 degrees Celcius today. That’s 105.8 degrees Fahrenheit, for you Americans. Hotter than body temperature, way into fever, and way, way past moderation. Let me describe some simple ways that heat manifests itself...
Rays of heat began to stream through my windows. And the room got warmer. And warmer. And hotter. And hotter. By about 10 a.m.--when the pounding heat woke me up--the temperature in my room was approximately 90 degrees. Celcius...
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