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...income riders, the MBTA’s new fare structure will in fact benefit those who truly depend on the system by taxing occasional riders and streamlining multimodal transit. On the whole, the Authority’s revised system of charges represents both a thoughtful and a progressive model for public transit pricing in a mid-sized city...
...spent making an organization more efficient overall,” Eldridge says. Money is pouring into non-profit organizations, and Eldridge says consultants can give vital advice on managing it. “Organizations like the [Bill and Melinda] Gates Foundation are moving non-profits towards a more corporate model,” Eldridge says. Museums and other cultural institutions having been adopting ideas from the business world for decades. Eldridge says she has trouble getting excited about for-profit consulting projects, but she finds the non-profit niche very appealing. “I think it?...
...adopt a wider variety of living situations. In rural Catholic regions, e.g., Pope Benedict XVI's birthplace in Bavaria, people still appreciate traditional gender roles: men make money, while women stick to kids and kitchen. But Western egocentrism invites young couples to reduce family to a meager dinks model (double income, no kids). At my workplace, I am surrounded by such married couples. And more and more female singles see the emancipation of women as closely connected with leading a solitary life and trying to win a place in the fast lane. One thing is undoubtedly true: German governments have...
...Cells is a model for the job creation the German government hoped for when it passed solar legislation. Although highly educated and technically skilled, the country is struggling with a 10% unemployment rate. Building an advantage on the next big technology, goes the thinking, could drive economic growth. "We feel there's a chance for Germany to be innovative, to create an industry and possibly be the leader," says Cornelia Viertl, a senior adviser at the German Federal Environment Ministry. Public awareness of environmental issues and a desire to be less dependent on Russian natural gas have created a favorable...
...Please Feed the Models Columnist Belinda Luscombe addressed the decision of the organizers of the Madrid fashion shows to bar from the runways any model who falls below a certain weight [Oct. 2]. ?Viva España! ?Viva Madrid! I have never met a man or woman who thinks those gaunt and pathetically unappealing models, who look like something from the worst of the World War II POW camps, do anything for clothes, fashion or themselves. It's time we objected to the twisted concepts of the fashion-industry nitwits. Louis C. Kleber Las Vegas...