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...Pointedly, the emergency evacuation makes no allowances for shelter for those who opt not to evacuate. City officials do not want a repeat of the hellish conditions at the Superdome and the Convention Center, where thousands of people sought shelter after Katrina. The images and tales of people stranded in the shelters without lights, air conditioning or adequate food and water supplies have lingered long after the storm. ?As I?ve stated before, there will be no shelter of last resort in the event of a major hurricane that?s coming our way,? Nagin said. ?The Convention Center will...
...mother’s actions are dismaying. In her 2005 book “Are Men Necessary?,” The New York Times sweetheart Maureen Dowd bemoans this apparent lack of commitment to the feminist cause among so many modern ladies. Increasingly, Dowd fears, women are willing to opt out of careers to be professional mommies, forgoing jobs for juice boxes. These mothers are blind to the tooth-and-nail fights of the generations before them—the fights to have jobs and to hold professional degrees. This recent trend, she implies, is a horror...
...which increases the chance that antibiotic-resistant strains of staph and other bacteria will make the rounds of the intensive-care unit. As a rule, doctors decide where to go based on how sick they are. For fairly routine care--a hip replacement, a hernia operation--they will often opt for the convenience and comfort of a community hospital. But if there is any mystery about the symptoms, the rule is Get Thee to a Teaching Hospital. The meals will probably be worse, the beds may not get made on time, a spirit of competent chaos may abide...
MILAN Italians opt for Dolce & Gabbana's light metal model ($265) with detail hinting at hoop earrings...
...intrusive. Not everyone wants to be talked to by a billboard. "If somebody starts pinging phones, there's going to be consumer backlash," says Tom Burgess, ceo of Third Screen Media, a mobile-marketing and software consultant. For that reason, the newest high-tech outdoor campaigns invite consumers to opt in, say, by sending a text message. For example, insurance-company Nationwide is encouraging visitors to send in snapshots via a company website. Each afternoon it posts selected photos on the 23-story Reuters billboard in New York City's Times Square. Up the street, Walt Disney World advertises...