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...thought is that there's no evidence global warming is causing this drought or will ever cause anything like a permanent one; there's even a theory that higher temperatures could help boost Australian agricultural production by bringing more rain to some parts of the country. On the other hand, modeling studies by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation suggest temperatures will rise by 1-6°C over the next 60 years, increasing evaporation and water scarcity in future droughts...
...seduce consumers, companies resort to elaborate feats of marketing sleight of hand. Walker draws back the curtain on the pioneering branding campaign that created a mystique around the energy drink Red Bull, which was introduced in the U.S. in 1997. As the corporate saga goes, Red Bull was invented by Dietrich Mateschitz, an Austrian entrepreneur who "supposedly came across a syrupy tonic favored by rickshaw drivers in Thailand, called Krating Daeng." Rather than rely on a traditional TV ad campaign, the company mounted an expensive stealth-marketing campaign, enlisting extreme-sports enthusiasts to ride wind-powered kiteboards to Cuba...
...Beichuan, quake victims, from the very young to the very old, line the road, waiting for the citizen cavalry to arrive. "We're counting on volunteers to bring us food," says Wang Shaoqing, 82. As he speaks, children run up to the cars of volunteers, who stop and hand them food and water bottles through the windows...
This time of year, the various campus figures are asked to send out countless e-mails imploring students to fill out their Q evaluations. After final examinations are over, professors will get to read their students’ evaluations of their work. Students, on the other hand, often never see feedback on the final projects or papers they did at the end of the semester, their grades on final examinations, or section participation. This oversight—often justified by logistical constraints at the end of the year—is necessary and not that difficult...
...winner really needs the loser." But then he added that unless the loser gets over the "pain" of coming in second, the party is doomed. Nothing is more likely to bring the loser's supporters aboard than seeing their candidate throw herself wholeheartedly behind the winner. On the other hand, when the post-primary relationship doesn't gel - Democrats remember how excruciating it was to see Jimmy Carter practically chasing Ted Kennedy across the stage to grab his hand at the 1980 convention in New York City - it can be fatal...