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...late afternoon, and patches of early spring sunlight (this is the Southern Hemisphere) peek through the Ravenea louvelii, the native palm. Lemurs are sleeping this time of day, though, and a sleeping lemur is hard to spot. But then our guide, Marie Razafindrasolo, stops us - perched on a branch some 20 feet up is the black and white indri, the largest of the living lemurs and the symbol of Madagascar. After a few minutes, the indri gives a high-pitched, sustained cry - a spacing call, a warning to any other indri in the area, and a sound that stays with...
...that the anticorruption cases will be tried under normal laws of the land and everyone will be allowed due process under the law. [Zia and Hasina] have been released on bail by the courts. One of the reforms we did was making the courts totally independent from the executive branch. Basically the process will continue under the next government...
...States of America,” is part of the “Challenges of the 21st Century” series organized by Renée Haferkamp of the Center for European Studies. But despite the politically-charged title, Barroso, head of the Union’s highest executive branch, kept his distance from the upcoming election. About the evolving U.S.-E.U. rapport, Barroso quipped “Europe is not what it was 10 years ago,” adding “more of the same will not suffice.” Barroso, a former Portuguese prime minister...
...event was described by organizers as “a global exploration of the creative potential of streets.” “[This event] re-imagines what parks can be,” said David T. Queeley, director of the Parks for People New England program, a branch of TPL. “This is a means to begin to promote parks and open spaces in cities.” Friday’s “park,” arranged in collaboration with Livable Streets Alliance, an organization that works to rethink urban transportation in Boston...
...prioritization of FEMA’s mission has severely weakened the organization’s morale, and top disaster specialists, senior leaders, and experienced personnel have left in droves. The dearth of long-term professional staffers is exacerbated by a lack of workers in general: the Louisiana branch, for example, has a mere 90 employees to manage the entire state. This dual lack of resources and manpower has left FEMA floundering. The organization has yet to impose a cohesive system of management on levees nationwide, which are currently owned by a hodgepodge of federal and local officials. As a result...