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...national Campus Computing Project (CCP) survey, 42% of schools reported that they had already migrated or were about to migrate to an outsourced student e-mail service. Another 28% said they were considering switching. CCP founding director Kenneth Green says many of today's first-year students like to use the Web-based e-mail they grew accustomed to in high school, just as many stick to an existing cell phone number rather than get a new dorm number...
...power]." Some members of the opposition, already worried that the IRGC is writing the script current events, wonder if the Guards did not pre-plan the entire crackdown. They point out that four days before the presidential election, the Guards' weekly newspaper, Sobhe Sadeq, warned of a "Velvet Green revolution" and said the IRGC would never permit the opposition movement to come to power...
...with Madame Mao). Pop-culture fiends will delight in Sputnik, tel: (63-2) 709 1867, which sells local and international comics as well as vinyl toys, while fans of vintage furniture will find peace among the mid-century modern antiques of Karma, tel: (63-2) 437 0748, whose olive-green walls and steep red staircase provide a backdrop for Saarinen tulip chairs and Sciolari chandeliers. Meantime, Heritage, tel: (63-2) 692 3469, purveys a wealth of Filipiniana, from rare editions of writings by Philippine national hero José Rizal to practical handbooks on the ins and outs of pig-rearing...
...MigrationWatch, an organization concerned with both legal and illegal immigration to the U.K., welcomes the new plan. "This is a small, crowded island," says chairman Sir Andrew Green. "In a normally functioning economy there is not a fixed number of jobs, so it's not the case that one immigrant takes one British job. However, there is some effect of the kind as the rate of employment is falling very fast...
...test wouldn't go into effect until 2011, and even then, there's no knowing how much of the proposal will actually make it into law. But no matter what kinds of points or tests end up getting the green light, it's clear that the road to becoming British is about to get longer and harder...