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...week production schedule to keep up with demand. Even though Prestige Ameritech is a wholesaler that sells its products to retailers, such as 3M, there have been so many people trying to buy masks directly from the Prestige factory in suburban Fort Worth that the company has had to lock all its doors. Whether or not face masks will protect people from disease, sometimes it helps just to have the illusion of security...
...warn that even with the passage of the financial propositions, the future would bring more headaches. The League of Women Voters says that Prop 1A would "make it more difficult for future governors and legislatures to enact budgets that meet California's needs and address state priorities" and "could lock in a reduced level of public services by not taking proper account of the state's changing demographics and actual growth in costs." The Legislative Analyst wrote, "The fiscal effects of Proposition 1A are particularly difficult to assess...
...Certain economists, though, have another way of looking at that and similar findings. They see a systematic psychological breakdown - as a species we're just really bad at understanding costs that come later on. Instead, we assign a disproportionate amount of importance to what's immediate and tangible. We lock eyes with that initial low rate and can't look away. (And, yes, credit-card companies get that...
That's no surprise if you've been to Hawaii and seen the ubiquitous signs warning tourists to lock their cars and remove any valuables. And many travel books and online message boards carry specific warnings for Hawaii about break-ins. One useful piece of advice: If you see broken glass in a parking lot, don't park there. That glass probably means it's a prime hunting ground for thieves...
Early on in “Security,” Stephen Amidon’s most recent novel, security technician Edward Inman describes the changes in his job over the decades. “It used to be that a lock was enough to keep people calm; now paranoia dictates that every house be outfitted with cameras and sensors, wires under the floors, and reinforced panic rooms. No matter if Stoneleigh, Massachusetts is virtually crime-free—people want to know about every movement at every moment.”Inman’s brand of security...