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...Alex e-mailed the restaurant managers so they could prepare the staff for what to expect. "I came up with a list that said what autism is, what might happen and how to handle it. You can't keep the noise down in a restaurant but maybe not play the music so loud, be patient and if a child is having an episode get the parents the check as quick as possible...
...exquisite piece of intelligence equipment should be on the open ocean is another question. The upside is mobility; the downside is salt water, wind and waves. Shortly after arriving in Hawaii, the MDA ordered an assessment of the radar's rig, which resulted in a $27-million to-do list before it could be declared operational. Improvements include everything from rethinking the platform's ballast system to installing anti-slip surfaces on its decks. In short, at the time when it was originally supposed to be in service, the vessel was not fit for the open sea - and that much...
...hordes of Russian oligarchs and hedge-fund yuppies have sent demand soaring for "black gold," with top varieties such as Beluga now selling for over $3,000 a kilo, whilst the rarest varieties, such as Almas ($50,000 per kilo), whose eggs are white, have a four-year waiting list. The soaring demand for sturgeon roe has created lucrative opportunities for "caviar cowboys," who sell illegally smuggled caviar to unscrupulous chefs willing to turn a blind...
...Scratching the Everglades from the U.N. list, the critics charge, conveniently deflects attention from that fact. And, they fear, it gives President Bush political cover when, as expected, he vetoes a $21 billion federal water preservation bill that Congress passed last week, which includes almost $2 billion more for Everglades restoration. (Bush feels the measure is too expensive.) Add to that the Bush Administration's reputation - from global warming to stem cell research - for ignoring if not rewriting science in favor of its conservative and pro-business agenda, and it's no surprise that Democrats and environmentalists are so upset...
...they overreacting this time? Willens has adamantly insisted that neither he nor the Administration did anything underhanded in New Zealand. Stephen Morris, the National Park Service's international affairs director, agrees: Willens, he argues, correctly interpreted the purpose of the World Heritage Committee's list - to call attention to threats and get countries to act on them. In the Everglades' case, "the 1993 listing achieved what it was supposed to do," which was to get a restoration project under way, says Morris. And a big reason the Committee voted in the end to remove the Everglades, he adds, is that...