With Virginia Tech held liable for failing to issue a timely warning in the 2007 shooting massacre, alerts are becoming part of the soundtrack of college life.
Then again, this may be a timely warning for our current President, who seems increasingly convinced that the conflict can, indeed, be solved militarily.
Professional Footballers Associationn chief executive Gordon Taylor said: "Because of Woodward's bravery many other ex-players and apprentices are now contacting us - it is double figures now - and that is a timely warning for everybody in football about our duty of care to these youngsters.
Here's a timely warning for anyone who wants to increase federal regulatory involvement in wireless: For all the talk about how Americans are desperate for more bandwidth, the realities of how we deliver it in a robust and sustainable way are pretty complex.
Late last month, as the Blaster worm was emerging, but before it had made headlines, the Department of Homeland Security issued a timely warning, "Potential for Significant Impact on Internet Operations Due to Vulnerability in Microsoft Operating Systems".
Another part is on the back end: Devising an algorithm to take data from tens of thousands of smartphones, determine a magnitude and epicenter for the quake, and then issue a timely warning.
The university is facing charges of failure to issue a timely warning and failure to follow its own procedures for providing notification.
The UN report is a timely warning.
It is a timely warning from an expert who has not lost his perspective.
"Your So-Called Education" (Op-Ed, May 15) is a timely warning.
