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...that, truth be known, most of them should never have owned. Curiously, almost no one lays blame at the feet of those who bought the puffed-up shares of so many unproved companies. So bankers and analysts who concocted and endorsed the IPOs that went poof are taking the heat, as are regulators, whose thumb wasn't nearly big enough to squash some obscene practices--like analysts personally selling shares that they rated a "buy." Another dirty trick: loading up on pre-IPO shares and then slapping on a "buy" rating when the stock starts trading...
...want to add to the unspeakable grief of Stringer's family and friends. But his death should be a lesson for the rest of us, a tragic reminder of how dangerous the combination of high heat and stifling humidity can be. Of course, most troubles with overheating don't progress quite so far. Often you get nothing more than a heat rash, muscle cramps or headache. Things can get very serious very fast, however, depending on your underlying physical condition, how dehydrated you've become and whether or not you have had time to acclimate to a surge in temperature...
Next come the sweat glands, which release enormous quantities of water through the skin. It's not the sweating per se that cools the body but the evaporation that draws heat from the skin and lowers its temperature...
...once air temperature reaches into the 90s, your body has trouble dissipating any heat. And if the air is already full of moisture, as it is on a day with high humidity, it's hard for sweat to evaporate from your skin. With no place else for the heat to go, the temperature inside your body begins to rise dangerously...
Mild cases of heat exhaustion--a serious but not necessarily life-threatening condition--should respond rather quickly to a few simple measures. Try cooling off by heading for the nearest air conditioner. Apply damp towels all over the body, especially places like the wrist and temples, where blood vessels are nearest the skin. Drink plenty of liquids to help replace all those lost body fluids. Water is generally the best option. Alcohol, tea and colas, which act as diuretics, can actually increase fluid loss...