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...Another potential problem relates to barometric pressure. Most aircraft cabins are pressurized to the equivalent of an altitude up to 2,400 m. Anyone who has gone mountain trekking knows that shortness of breath, dizziness and even fainting can occur at such levels on earth. For passengers with a heart or lung condition, the problem could be more severe in the air. (They should consult their doctor before flying.) But airlines resist increased pressurization on economic and technical grounds. "I'd have no wish to fly in an airplane trying to maintain sea-level pressure," says Perry. "You would need...
...recent Sunday-night rave in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park?a weekly event growing exponentially in size?revelers who partied until dawn left a mountain of water bottles and other trash scattered over the sidewalks and grass. And that pretty much sums up how the message sent by these neo-psychedelics differs from the one of their 1960s forebears. Instead of promising to save the earth, they want to enjoy it. Rather than peace, they're looking for parties...
...profile events. At London's New Ambassador's Theatre, the writer himself stars in a Gate Theatre of Dublin production of his One for the Road, a brutal study of torture and totalitarianism (July 3-7). Across the city, the Royal Court Theatre is performing a Pinter double-bill, Mountain Language and Ashes to Ashes. After London, the Royal Court show and One for the Road will travel to New York City with two other Gate productions, the double-bill of Landscape and A Kind of Alaska, and The Homecoming, to join Lincoln Center's nine-play Pinter Festival (July...
...amusement park rides. And some scientific studies have surfaced in recent months tracing subdural hematomas, or blood clots, to riding high-speed roller coasters. In June, 28-year-old Pearl Santos died of a ruptured brain aneurysm after riding the Goliath roller coaster at the Six Flags Magic Mountain park in Valencia, California...
...numbers, the biggest, baddest, thrilling-est roller coaster in North America is "Superman: The Escape" at Six Flags Magic Mountain - 415 feet high with a 328-foot drop and cars that travel as close as roller coasters get to a speeding bullet: 100 miles per hour. Behemoths like that get built for a reason - that's how park-goers want it, and a real headliner roller coaster, though it may take $20 million to build, can make a park into a financial success by drawing beer-and-bravado-laced teens from miles around...