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...employers." Some companies, like mining and chemicals giant Orica, aren't waiting for government-led reform. For staff at its Melbourne headquarters, Orica pays $A14,000 a year to a nearby child-care center for priority access to seven full-time places on a waiting list that can otherwise stretch two years. With 600 employees in that office alone, it's only a partial solution, admits human resources manager David McKinnon, but keeping employees with young children happy makes good business sense: "The benefit we get back is probably tenfold." Despite the scheme's success, though, it's unlikely Orica...
Three thousand, two hundred kilometers, two thosand miles: that is the length of the United States-Mexico border, an already politically-charged stretch of terrain that could soon be fortified with a 698-mile, two-layered fence if House Bill 4437 becomes law. To the common U.S. citizen, it may seem like this “wall” will alleviate domestic immigration tensions, preventing undocumented workers from entering U.S. soil. In reality, this frail three-foot high metal fence, a product of popular misconceptions about immigration, is unlikely to significantly reduce undocumented immigration and merely serves as a symbol...
...season, the Harvard men’s volleyball team isn’t finishing games like it wants to be finishing its season—with a focused crunch-time attitude. Following what has been a disturbing season-long trend, the Crimson failed to finish games strongly down the stretch and was swept, 3-0 (30-23, 30-25, 30-26) on Friday evening at Springfield College at the Blake Arena in Springfield, Mass. “We can’t close matches this year,” junior Dave Fitz said. “We don?...
...Harvard’s seniors, the 2005-06 season has been a disappointing end to a difficult career with the Crimson.As freshmen, captain Matt Stehle, swingman Mike Beal and forward Zach Martin looked on as the team started 10-5 but collapsed down the stretch to finish 12-15. In their sophomore campaign, the trio suffered through a team-record 23-loss season. Last year, the program rebounded to the tune of a 7-7 record in league play, setting up high hopes for the 2005-06 season, which have been dashed by the team’s current seven...
...admire academic Harvard, but bureaucratic Harvard and community-member Harvard are sometimes a stretch for me,” he says, noting that PBHA is very involved in the community, but that Harvard tries to take credit...