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...M.I.T. atmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel: global warming. Over coming decades, atmospheric pollution and the greenhouse effect are expected to heat not just the air but also the surface of the oceans, and it is the thermal energy of that water that fuels typhoons and hurricanes. As a rule of thumb, according to Emanuel, wind speeds increase 5 m.p.h. for every additional degree Fahrenheit of water temperature. By that formula, sustained winds in future hurricanes could conceivably top 200 m.p.h...
...months ago I teamed up with several Harvard friends to compete in New York City's first Ivy League Alumni Basketball Tournament. Except for an occasional jammed thumb or sprained ankle, I've never been prone to sports injuries, and when both my large toes began aching midway, I did what many athletes are trained to do: I gritted my teeth and played through the pain. By the end of the day, it hurt just walking to the car. When I took my shoes off, I noticed blood under my toenails, a troubling sight even for a physician. Just touching...
...rule of thumb, if you do something three or more times a week, you need a sport-specific shoe. The exceptions: basketball, running and aerobics. These always require special shoes, regardless of how often you participate in them. Basketball and aerobics, in particular, involve frequent lateral movement, demanding shoes that give you good stability. Look for a sneaker with a high back (or profile) that will keep your foot from rolling over. Otherwise you'll risk painful ankle sprains and torn ligaments and tendons...
When you're trying on sneakers, do it 30 min. to 1 hr. after you've exercised so that the foot is still fully expanded. Always wear the sort of socks you'll be wearing during the sport, and check that you have a thumb's width--about 1/2 in.--of space between the tip of your toes and the front of the sneaker, giving enough room to wiggle them...
...Here's a Hollywood rule of thumb--when you have more than two screenwriters, the movie will either be a) incoherent b) choppy or c) spotty. Sometimes, in particularly lame cases, the movie will be incoherent, choppy and spotty. Like Runaway Bride. Not only wasn't it as good as Pretty Woman, it rivaled The Haunting for the I-want-my-money-back award of the summer. Even five screenwriters couldn't come up with a decent joke--the only good gag was so contrived that a FedEx truck had to appear out of nowhere for the damn thing...