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...system assigns blue, yellow, orange and red as the danger increases and offers guidelines on how to respond to each level. When U.S. intelligence receives reliable information about a new threat, Director Tom Ridge's Homeland Security Council will huddle to determine which hue fits the situation. The color wheel is designed to provide some context to what have so far been one-size-fits-all warnings that make it hard for local law-enforcement officers to know whether they need to merely leave their cell phones by the bed or dispatch armed guards to the bridges...
Then she climbs behind the wheel of an HUPD cruiser to begin her eight-hour shift keeping the campus safe. Each shift is different, and she never knows what any night will bring. Tonight, thankfully, is quiet...
...into brothels, might be the wives of village heads. Teachers know which children are vulnerable, and some alert procurers for a fee. Sompop has seen pickup trucks leaving schools full of girls sold to brothels in what is called the "green harvest." A police officer is often at the wheel. "This is a war," Sompop says, "a war for our children...
...Practically every surgical resident I know has fallen asleep at the wheel driving home from work," writes another. "I know of three who have hit parked cars. Another hit a 'Jersey barrier' on the New Jersey Turnpike, going 65 m.p.h...
Fortunately PSLM is taking its role as the righteously indignant third wheel in this negotiation process seriously, with fiercely-worded statements about the inadequate nature of the new contract and the unresponsiveness of the administration to the janitors’ needs. My concerns are alleviated, and I can only hope that PSLM members will redouble their efforts over the next few months, or at least until their Goldman internships begin in June...