Beyond that, the Knicks, a half-game behind the Eastern Conference-leading Miami Heat after Monday's 99-85 victory over the Detroit Pistons, continue to outperform expectations and sit at 31-15.
Sears, for example, has developed a response model based on weather, e.g. targeted emails on window AC units during a heat wave targeted at relevant zip codes 3-5 days after a heat wave.
Miami took advantage of a Knick defense that was out of position too frequently after making ill-advised rotations, and the Heat got open triple after open triple.
Chalmers' basket ended a run of six straight points and made it 79-60, and the Heat lead was 85-63 after three.
James was voted to the NBA's All-Defensive first team, but Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau accused him of flopping after a play during the Heat's second-round series victory over the Bulls.
LeBron James is in the hunt for a second straight NBA championship after leading the Miami Heat to an NBA-best 66 wins during the regular season.
Jim Winkler, minister of the church, was the first to take the podium at the July 2 noontime press conference in sweltering 95-degree heat, just days after millions in the area had lost electric power during a brutal storm.
Cooler temperatures are being seen in fire-hit areas after last week's peak heat, however.
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The families' water buckets are usually empty after days - sometimes weeks - trekking through the searing heat.
James made the comments to reporters huddled around his locker in Chicago not long after he and the Miami Heat had their 27-game winning streak snapped, with the Bulls prevailing 101-97.
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"It was difficult circumstances and preparations, " Gannon said after a game played in searing heat and a three-hour bus ride to the stadium.
But he went to the bench only after sinking a momentum-changing three-pointer to put the Heat up 97-94.
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Another young swimmer, Tomoko Hagiwara, climbed out of the pool after finishing seventh in her 200-m individual-medley qualifying heat last Monday, her shoulders sagging, her head tilted downward.
After a late-afternoon swim in Lake Maracaibo to cool off from the sweltering heat, we got our first glimpse of towering clouds amid the glow of the setting sun.
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After registering his third triple-double of the season and seventh since joining the Heat, James got a mixture of cheers and boos when he went to the bench with 10:15 left.
Here, Mr. Ripert calls for stirring thin truffle slices into a warm broth-and-butter emulsion but only after the pan has been taken off the heat.
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Such so-called Dyson spheres would, if they exist, reradiate captured energy (after some of it had been put to good use) as heat infra-red radiation.
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Dwyane Wade added 21 points and Chris Bosh had 16 for the Heat, who outscored the Nets 56-36 in the second half after it was tied at halftime.
The 19-year-old -- who dominated the event last year culminating in her stunning Beijing win -- had complained of having a problem with her ankle after Sunday's first round heat.
Carter Capps, throwing 98 mph heat, got out of trouble in the eighth after Curtis Granderson's one-out double by retiring rookie David Adams on a popup and striking out Ichiro Suzuki.
Delay could play into the financial industry's hands, to the extent that it reduces the likelihood of heat-of-the-moment laws like Sarbanes-Oxley, rushed through after the Enron scandal.
Studies of weather-related mortality have found that with heat-related deaths there tends to be a significant level of death "displacement" - put bluntly those who were likely to die anyway simply died sooner, so the period after a heat wave tends to see fewer than average deaths.
The Welshman has so far been backed by the club's Abu Dhabi-based owners despite a disappointing start to the season, but he will undoubtedly feel the heat after this poor display.
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