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...Although it is difficult to face, there is still a fair amount of evidence that the economy could be in the midst of another sharp drop. Recent housing figures may have been slightly better than expected, but less awful is still awful. Several large U.S. companies, lead by utilities giant American Electric Power (AEP), said that the year would be worse than expected. It probably is a sign of severe trouble when the electric company is cutting costs. Whether GM goes into bankruptcy or not, it is still shrinking its workforce. Last week 7,600 salaried workers took buyouts. Chrysler...
...everything. Pictures from parties, your relationship status (leading to fun games like, “You’re married to your female friend? That’s a joke right?”), drunk wall posts and status updates, and photos of red Solo cups are now fair game. If you reject, they will be crushed and guilt-trip you, claiming that they are “hip” and can handle it. If you put them on limited profile, chances are good that in the short term they will have no idea what limited profile...
...Understandably, many teachers and teachers unions are wary of performance-based evaluations because of disagreement over what constitutes a fair way of measuring teacher effectiveness. But making decisions about matters like salaries and layoffs based on a nuanced teacher evaluation system is far fairer than merely looking at the number of years a teacher has logged at one school district...
...positive step toward a freer society. But elections alone don't make a democracy. A draft law to regulate nongovernmental organizations was approved this week by the Cabinet, unsettling elements of the nascent local NGO community, who say that parts of the law raise concerns about how free and fair the new Iraq will...
...fair, Safi has only been in his post for a month and acknowledges that there were "a lot of things out of order" regarding his office's handling of NGOs, including the physical and bureaucratic challenges associated with registering an organization. There is, for example, one telephone number on his directorate's website (and it's out of service). Up until a few weeks ago, there was no internet connection in his offices even though the directorate's website encourages e-mail inquiries...