The weather is much less hospitable in most of the rest of the United States: this summer's heat-wave took 100 lives in Texas, for example.
Behind the velodrome's timber-clad frame, cyclists will race for gold round a track made from sustainably-sourced Siberian pine, while Zaha Hadid's striking wave-shaped roof on the Aquatics Center has been temporarily adorned with "wings" providing seating for 15, 000 spectators.
It is tempting to believe that the profits of regional banks have been driven up solely by America's mortgage-refinancing wave.
ECONOMIST: Hard times have been good to America's smaller banks
However Alt-J's experimental art-rock album An Awesome Wave and London singer Jessie Ware's debut Devotion have been tipped for success by rival bookmakers Paddy Power.
Cairo's efforts came despite the wave of popular anti-Israel sentiment that threatened to end Egypt's traditional role as Israel-Palestinian mediator in the aftermath of the revolution against former President Hosni Mubarak's rule last year.
The Wave's high-speed CPU ensures swift, smooth application experiences and multi-tasking, making the device an always-on mobile multimedia companion.
ENGADGET: Samsung Wave: 3.3-inch Super AMOLED, Bluetooth 3.0, and new Bada OS (updated)
Initially it seemed as though the VGE was simply fiddling with the contrast and brightness controls, but on closer inspection, Nuwave's (nasdaq: WAVE - news - people ) patented video microchip was working marvels.
But if there's a new wave of high-tech startups, don't be surprised when Microsoft--now a multibillion-dollar blue chip, albeit a still highly agile one--once again offers options or some variant of them to attract and keep capable people.
The key may lie in the phrase "unslakeable thirsting in the backyard" in the last verse. (Yes, "unslakeable, " as in "insatiable, " one example of Veirs' idiosyncratic use of language.) She's not crass enough to spell it out so explicitly, but she's equating emotional longing with heat-wave dehydration, in a wonderfully subtle way.
Alt-J 's debut, "An Awesome Wave" (Canvasback), mixes alt-rock, electronica, experimental a cappella vocals and folk in a clever album that zigs and zags with each track.
WSJ: Lost in the Trees, Frank Ocean, John Fullbright and Other Best of 2012
Mr Niasse has said the new government's first task would be "to re-establish the country's equilibrium and stop the wave of corruption".
My surfboard was quickly ripped out from underneath me, its leash yanking me into the wave's violent washing-machine wake.
The cabinet's decision-in-principle triggered a wave of demonstrations throughout the Palestinian territories, and stern warnings to Israel from foreign governments to leave him be.
ECONOMIST: Yasser Arafat under threat: But it's not time yet to kiss good-bye | The
The Israeli cabinet's decision-in-principle triggered a wave of demonstrations throughout the Palestinian territories, and stern warnings to Israel from foreign governments to leave Mr Arafat be.
His best-known work on wave mechanics known as "Schrodinger's Equation" goes some way to explaining the inter-connectivity of the universe at a quantum level.
CNN: Shades of gray: The Secret Footballer on racism in soccer
Researchers looked at the heart's electrical stability through a measure called T-wave alternans.
By utilizing the Blender 3D creation suite (which was a first for Kumparak), Unity 3D engine and Qualcomm's Vuforia AR SDK, the result is an Android app that renders the 3D interior atop the random wave-like pattern -- visible once the door's removed -- on the TARDIS in real time (no pun intended).
ENGADGET: Mini TARDIS really is bigger on the inside, thanks to augmented reality (video)
It's part of a larger corporate wave that's turning Japan from a land of rigid, high-cost lifetime employees into a nation where skilled workers migrate with jobs.
The two companies will examine ways of enabling large-scale commercial production of Aquamarine's new wave energy device, known as Oyster.
Right now, for instance, there's a full-blown revival of '80s new wave.
Mike Ramsay and Jim Barton, TiVo's co-founders, were part of the first wave of interactive TV when they worked on a Silicon Graphics -Time Warner trial installation in the early '90s.
CNN: Analysis: Consumers have yet to buy into interactive TV
In one of the worst hit regions, Indonesia's Banda Aceh still bears scars from the wave -- you see it in the twisted metal, in the gutted buildings and the naked foundations where homes once stood.
The power has gone south to cool off the United States' north-east, which baked in July's heat wave.
If funding is successful, you'll be able to wave hello to Edison Junior's DoorBot -- an app-enabled, WiFi-connected video doorbell.
The CEO kicked off a wave of excitement around Apple's iPhone--which began selling in June--when he unveiled the new product at Macworld last year.
In the 1920s and '30s, the Waikiki beach boys a gang of handsome wave-riders that included surfing's founding father Duke "The Big Kahuna" Kahanamoku were throwing wild shore-side parties with visiting Hollywood stars like Bing Crosby.
GPs tend to give their own patients the benefit of the doubt, and a worker who feigns illness and gets a sick-note to wave under the boss's nose is harder to manage than one who has been tackled at an earlier stage.
The first wave of children born under China's one-child policy are now entering their 20s.
By the time Disney's first titles are released or Warner's second wave, VC1 vs MPEG2 will be a non-issue.
应用推荐