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...creating a homegrown version of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Those scientists reported that by the end of the century, annual mean temperatures in New York City could increase 7.5şF (13.6şC), with sea levels rising as much as 55 in. (140 cm), depending on how fast polar ice melts. "Coastal floods will be very powerful and very damaging," says Cynthia Rosenzweig, a NASA researcher and co-chair of the New York climate panel...
...Fast-forward 20 years. You are now living in California, when a colleague reveals he is from Boston. “Oh, I know Boston!” you reply. “I went to school in the area.” His face lights up as he begins to fire off batting averages for every Red Sox player, praise the outcome of the Big Dig, and lament the loss of Brigham’s best ice-cream flavor. Somehow, replying with “Yup, it sure was cold during Primal Scream” does not seem like...
...Fast-forward to 2008, and Barack Obama has transformed the political landscape. His call to unite the nation not only attracted the young, but it also hooked some members of the most improbable constituency—the Republican Party. But, while Obama brought fewer prejudices to the presidency than his predecessor, did he also succeed in breaking down our biases and clinging to comfort...
...wander into a bedroom teeming with stoned yet attractive partygoers. Ah, there’s Britney, complete with strategically tousled hair and her post-comeback “It’s Britney, bitch” stare. Fast forward through a lot of lacy lingerie and variations on aforementioned stare and Britney delivers a pun almost worthy of the “gracias” / “grassy ass” wisecracks we sported during recess in 5th grade: “If You Seek Amy?...
...selection of Matt Lauer is extremely timely. The fast world of news and journalism is evolving before us every day. Leaders of the industry have been swallowed up by novel technologies, going by the name “new media.” Sadly, print journalism faces an uncertain future (you’re probably reading this on a screen, aren’t you!). With Lauer on his way ,we must tip our caps to new media—you win this one “TV.” We are not losing hope for more traditional news...