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...create a single "hot zone" across the entire island. Dubai-based company African Digital Bridges (ADB) says its network services 40% of the island and 60% of the population, and that by early next year, Mauritius should be completely wi-fi. From that time, visitors will be able to borrow wireless modems and buy prepaid cards for their laptops at the main tourist hotels, allowing them to connect to the local network, whether they're out by the pool, at the bar or on the beach. And you can do more than just check your e-mail. Rizwan Rahim, head...
...sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. “The goal of the conference is to help mayors think about current issues,” said IOP Director Jeanne Shaheen, a former governor of New Hampshire. “The conference offers the opportunity for mayors to borrow ideas from others, meet other mayors, and network for future times when they may need guidance.” Seminar topics included the transition from the campaign to City Hall, leadership, crisis management, ethics, and intergovernmental affairs. These sessions were led by professors at Harvard as well as current and former...
...create a single "hot zone" across the entire island. Dubai-based company African Digital Bridges (ADB) says its network services 40% of the island and 60% of the population, and that by early next year, Mauritius should be completely wi-fi. From that time, visitors will be able to borrow wireless modems and buy prepaid cards for their laptops at the main tourist hotels, allowing them to connect to the local network, whether they're out by the pool, at the bar or on the beach. And you can do more than just check your e-mail. Rizwan Rahim, head...
Carell, however, is careful not to borrow too liberally from his predecessors; for “The Office,” he watched only parts of one episode of the British series before filming the first episode for NBC. “He was so wonderful, I didn’t want to end up doing an impression of Ricky Gervais,” says Carell. “His is definitive, there was no way I could improve upon what...
Weld's first term featured a relentless, often brutal drive toward fiscal health for his state. In 1991, the year he succeeded Michael Dukakis, the state had to borrow $1.2 billion to pay its bills. On assuming office, he axed 8,500 state employees and then privatized everything from road maintenance to hospitals. Today short-term borrowing is well under $250 million. "Dukakis tried to bail out the sinking ship by hand," recalls Richard Larkin, managing director of Standard & Poor's municipal finance department. "Weld took the ship into dry dock and slapped a new hull...