Word: predictabilities
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Hurricane Charley ripped, helter-skelter, through Florida and up the East Coast last week, leaving bitter lessons in its path. First, there was the reminder that hurricanes are devilishly hard to predict. Last year, meteorologists at Miami's National Hurricane Center demonstrated remarkable accuracy with their storm-landing forecasts. But on Friday, after a million people were ordered to evacuate the Tampa area, Charley slammed into the shoreline 100 miles to the south instead. The 145-m.p.h. winds twisted aluminum siding as if it were gift ribbon and snapped 100-year-old pine trees. Then, as people raced inland...
...rather, it needs to modernize its drilling and refining infrastructure. Even then, says Wardell, Saudi Arabia's extra capacity comes in the form of heavy crude - good for making diesel but not the in-demand light, sweet crude that refineries need for gasoline. And so most analysts now predict prices will hit $50 per bbl., a far cry from the less than $10 per bbl. that crude fetched back in 1986. Supply and demand are powerful in theory, but for the moment they're taking a backseat to fear. If Yukos dries up (the Russian titan produces 2% of world...
...athletic prospects. Kids with tiny hips and flexible limbs are funneled into gymnastics or diving, children with lightning-quick reflexes are destined for table tennis or badminton, while beefier types are tagged as weight lifters. At nearly every elementary school around the nation, amateur anatomists measure youths' bones to predict their future heights, and the tallest are reserved for provincial volleyball, basketball or handball squads. "Just name the sport," says Xu Guangshu, former principal of the Shichahai Sports School in Beijing, another Olympic cradle. "If you give us enough money for proper training, we can create Olympic stars. We have...
...determine which vintages are worth waiting for, and for how long. Wine goes through stages of oxidization, from fermentation and bottling to total oxidization, when it becomes too old to consume. In between, it reaches periods of equilibrium when it is perfect for uncorking. The Clef du Vin helps predict when those periods will fall-and with 95% accuracy, according to experts. In other words, with the Clef du Vin, you'll get a much clearer picture of what being "aged to perfection" is all about...
...attend; she'll be on vacation. Meanwhile, a second edition is being rushed into print. Maybe Maier can quit her day job now. - By Bruce Crumley Music To Their Ears The global music industry is rebounding from five years on the slide. Analysts at Merrill Lynch predict growth of 0.4% in 2005, ahead of further increases the following years. Higher CD sales and legal downloads are prompting the revival...