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Looking for a travel bargain this summer? Like the heat? Follow the trail of the Rat Pack to Palm Springs, Calif. Its posh spas, golf courses, restaurants and casinos are much roomier in the off-season. And starting in June, rates at resorts like the plush Miramonte fall from as much as $350 a night in peak season to just $89 a night. There is a catch: average temperatures hover at 105[degrees] and can go as high as 122[degrees] midday. But locals swear the golf courses are still playable in the morning. Families can spend the heat...
...parent has dementia, doesn't that justify a child's taking full control? Not necessarily, says Dr. Juergen Bludau, medical director of the Joseph L. Morse Geriatric Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. A parent is still entitled to as much autonomy as is safe, says Dr. Bludau. For example, if a mother with early or middle-stage Alzheimer's still drives, he says, urge her to limit her exposure--avoiding highways or rush-hour driving, for example. Later on, some white lies may work, like taking the battery out of the car and pretending that there's no money...
...year-old multimillionaire, has in recent years gained the trust of the Prime Minister and been awarded a deluge of government contracts. Mokhtar now holds the reins of several key publicly listed companies previously controlled by the government, swelling his empire to include container ports, mines, hotels and oil palm plantations. The publicly traded companies he controls have a combined market value of $1.3 billion; an informed Mokhtar associate estimates his total holdings at more than $1.5 billion...
...monogramming of initials and other symbols on bras and panties; it was such a hit that last month the chain made the service available nationwide. Barneys' brisk-selling lettered cashmere sweaters, introduced last year, were reordered for spring. A trendy drink at such hot spots as the Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla., is the Chambord margarita: a frozen mix with initials drizzled on top in dark syrup. Some spas are initialing pedicures in faux rhinestone and pearl. All of which sounds like a new version of the Me decade. And you thought the '70s nostalgia was waning...
...first-year, you didn’t know anyone with a digital camera. Today, if you don’t own one yourself, a close friend probably does. You probably know someone with an iPod MP3 player. You may even know someone with a digital video camera or a Palm device that doubles as a cell phone. And as we continue to demand more from our gadgetry, our computers continue to be the centers of the digital universe. As first-years, computers were our word processors and e-mail machines. Today, they are the means by which...