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...Still DiRosa insists, "You can't put a bar on this border. Anything you put is nothing more than a lock that has to be watched. We need detection technology, patrols." Retaining open borders for wildlife may mean using several approaches, including vehicle and pedestrian barriers in some areas, technology, drones, radar and more human patrols in others, he said...
...can’t be a leader on everything, but on environmental stuff it’s very clear we have to set the bar high and set it way out in front of us,” said Seidel, who went to college in Berkeley, Calif., a city noted for its environmentalism. “We’re the perfect size, we have plenty of resources, and we have lots of bright ideas. Cambridge ought to set a model for other cities to follow...
...states, each of which devises its own annual tests and curriculum standards, setting the bar high enough for students, and if not, what should be done about...
...incentive for schools to do much of anything for the kids who are on grade level or above, which is one reason the law is unpopular in wealthier, high-achieving communities. And sadly, says O'Connell, "NCLB provides no incentive to work on the kids far below the bar...
...decade after Pearl Jam's failed "Ticketbastard" crusade against the ticketing giant, the Web is doing what lawsuits couldn't: raising the bar with a healthy dose of competition. While Ticketmaster, part of Barry Diller's Interactive Corp., still dominates the industry--it sold 128 million tickets last year, compared with Tickets.com's 76 million--it is fending off threats from every direction. Some of its biggest customers--concert promoters and professional sports leagues--are finding ways to sell their own tickets. Smaller ticketing outfits are attracting museums and concert halls with software that gives them closer fan connections. Worst...