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...neighboring Bosnia have even threatened to split from Sarajevo in retaliation. Serb officials say war is not an option, but Belgrade could suspend diplomatic relations with the U.S. and other countries that recognize Kosovo. Losing Kosovo, a vital locus of Serbian national feeling, may also radicalize Serbian politics and push moderate nationalists like Kostunica away from the E.U. and into Russian hands. "Serbia should not seek the company of those who support tearing a piece of our territory away," Leon Kojen, a former chief Serbian negotiator, told the Belgrade daily Politika. Russia's intransigence, meanwhile, is part of a general...
...tiny sensor at the bottom of a $100 Nike Plus running shoe. The kit also includes a small receiver that attaches to an iPod nano and measures the runner's speed, distance and calories burned. The data pop up on the nano's screen while it plays. (Or push a button, and a voice will tell you how you're doing.) There's an aftermarket for all that info at nikeplus.com where runners can upload their data, compare speeds and even challenge a worldwide community to top their times...
...More than five times as many people take yoga classes at health clubs today as did a decade ago, and enthusiasts have devised all kinds of variations appalling to purists: hip-hop yoga, disco yoga, power yoga, not to mention controversial hot yoga, or Bikram, which incites people to push themselves to their limit in sweltering rooms in which temperatures are set at 105şF (41şC...
...main charge is to foster faculty development across the University and push for recruitment of women and minorities. The office’s website encourages schools within the University to submit applications for pilot funds that aim to “improve Harvard’s performance in developing scholars at all stages of the academic career ladder.” Jonathan Colburn, communications coordinator for the FD&D, notes that the fund is intended to promote the development of all faculty, regardless of previous representation. “Certainly all manner of faculty have applied for our pilot programs...
...Mets fans became connoisseurs of baseball perversity. I was sitting in the stands the day Marvelous Marv Throneberry hit a triple and was called out for missing second base. The Mets manager, the extremely antique Casey Stengel, wobbled out to protest but was told by the umpire not to push it too hard. Marvelous Marv had missed first base...