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...opportunities it would be unfair to focus on that piece of good fortune alone. The truth is, his team began planning well in advance (662 days, by the count of CEO Zhang Zhiyong), focusing on bang-for-buck sponsorship choices. Knowing, for instance, that the U.S. Dream Team would wind up in the basketball finals, but that its NBA-star-packed roster would be too pricey to support, Li Ning sponsored eventual silver-medal winners Spain and bronze-medal winners Argentina. Li Ning - sponsored athletes won 27 out of China's 51 golds...
While some wish for a Gone With the Wind red carpet of old, Pratt insists the glamour has just been tech-charged...
Scientists still don't know exactly how rogue waves occur, nor do they know how to predict them. Open ocean waves, possibly including rogue waves, form when wind produces distortion over the surface of the sea - the stronger the wind, the higher the wave, which is why hurricanes can create such destructive walls of water. Tsunamis, on the other hand, like the one produced by the 8.8-magnitude earthquake in coastal Chile on Feb. 27, don't create rogue waves; tsunamis barely make a ripple on the open ocean and gather in size only when they reach shallow land near...
Rogue waves generally occur out in the open ocean. They may be the result of a number of factors coming together - strong winds and fast currents coinciding, for instance - or of a focusing effect, in which several smaller waves join together to form one big wave. There may even be a nonlinear effect at work, in which just a small change in wind speed multiplies to form a big wave. And certain areas of the ocean, like the strong waters off Africa's coast, may be more vulnerable to rogue waves than others...
Unfortunately for No. 11 Harvard (1-1), the last few seconds on the clock would wind down without another tally, as the No. 14 Hoyas (1-1) held on to win the game, 13-12, in a matchup of two nationally-ranked teams yesterday afternoon at Georgetown. The game was the Crimson’s first televised contest of the season...