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...campus?  Got a great outing planned or want to find out more about indoor events so you can escape the frigid weather? Check out or subscribe to the still-expanding group at https://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/winter.

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A List to Keep You Company During J-Term | 12/31/2009 | See Source »

...stop out of fear they'll anger paying clients. Worse still, NSR says, are the enclosed terraces proliferating outside cafes and restaurants across France. The temporary glass or plastic structures were initially set up to keep customers warm so they can enjoy an "outside" café experience in chilly weather. But when smokers were forced outside, these terraces became de facto smoking zones that other patrons now have to cross to get indoors. NSR contends that the smoke also drifts inside - it says it has conducted tests showing that the air in establishments with covered smoking terraces is three times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smoking Ban? The French Light Up Again in Public | 12/26/2009 | See Source »

...species may have more tolerance for climate changes than others, and may not need to move as quickly; some species may be intolerant of change but unable to move. Other species may be sensitive to changes in rainfall, while still others responsive only to temperature - and changes in these weather patterns may not happen at the same rate. "The complexity is daunting," says Ackerly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Climate Change: How Fast Is the Earth Shifting? | 12/24/2009 | See Source »

...Holland is certainly not alone with this problem. Authorities around the world have experimented for years with measures to deal with increased congestion, including creating dedicated lanes for carpoolers, reversing the flow of traffic on roads during rush hours and varying speed limits depending on traffic and weather. Cities such as London, Rome and Stockholm have started charging drivers a daily fee to enter "congestion zones" in their centers. In the U.S., states like Oregon, California and Massachusetts have mulled levying highway taxes based on the amount of mileage people drive. But the Dutch scheme is by far the most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holland's Plan to Tax Every Kilometer Driven | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

...apparent cause of the problem was the weather - specifically the fine, powdery snow that fell in northern France last week as a cold snap swept across the continent. Eurostar officials said Sunday that the tiny flakes appear to have penetrated the air filters on the locomotive's engine blocks and then melted when the trains entered the heated tunnel, causing the electrical systems to short out. "It was lighter than normal, fluffier, and the temperature inside the tunnel and the humidity was higher than normal," Nick Mercer, Eurostar's commercial director, told the media...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Eurostar Breakdown: 'Tis the Season to Be Livid | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

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