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...expected to bring public transport in almost 30 major cities - including Paris - to a standstill. The movement will also be backed by other public employees involved in a contested pension reform: limited disruption is expected in schools due to striking teachers, for example, while the Paris Opera and Comédie Français have already canceled their programs for Thursday with virtually all their public sector staff set to walk out. At issue: the government's plan to require most public sector employees currently covered by "special regime" retirement schemes to work as much as 2.5 years before they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Prepares for Strikes | 10/17/2007 | See Source »

...obtain other visas or make alternate post-graduate plans. After investing in these foreign students by giving them places in American universities, it is absurd to turn them away when they ask to stay and contribute to America.Our policy has not always been so restrictive. During the dot-com boom we experienced high demand and raised the cap to 195,000, a level that was never reached. Congress, however, let the cap fall back to 65,000 in 2003. Since then it has been reached progressively earlier each year as demand has increased—first in August, then...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Raise the H-1B Cap | 4/9/2007 | See Source »

...current post in 2003. Bored and lonely, Andrews Googled "pastor's wife" and came upon dozens of websites--most created by older women partial to lace motifs and wheezy background hymns. "I was just not feeling the teddy bears and hearts," says Andrews. She launched her own site, WithPurpose com in 2004 because "I thought there must be others like me." Her dark-lipsticked smile might draw readers in, but her blunt postings about life in a small congregation keeps them coming back. She guesses that the 200 or so PWs who regularly visit her forums feel that sites like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pastors' Wives Come Together | 3/29/2007 | See Source »

...income side of the equation appeals to you but you do not have a child or close friend you want to finance, consider some other private-loan options that have surfaced. At prosper com and zopa.com you get matched with borrowers who have been vetted through their credit reports. That's no guarantee they'll pay. Still, in some cases the borrowers are consolidating credit-card debt and agree to a rate of 10% or more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Loan at Home | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...most fevered followers of Allen's organizational methodology gather online. Websites like gtdindex.marvelz com parse Allen's every utterance. The 43Folders blog ran an eight-part podcast interview with him. GTD enthusiasts like Frank Meeuwsen, on whatsthenextaction.com gather best practice techniques for implementing the book's ideas. More than 60 software tools have been built specifically to supplement Allen's system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oracle of Organization | 3/3/2007 | See Source »

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