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...government policy Katrina would not have been an enormous disaster is disingenuous to the point of being an outright lie. The idea that we, as a country, have the resources to immediately airlift 50,000-odd people out of what is tantamount to a war zone, when virtually all civic infrastructure in New Orleans and its suburbs was destroyed or inoperable, suggests a shocking disengagement from reality...
...their mouths. In June, a young conscript stationed near the DMZ allegedly threw a live grenade into a tent full of sleeping comrades and sprayed it with his K-1 semiautomatic, killing eight. It's still unclear what caused the incident-his court-martial started last week-but civic groups have complained for years about grim conditions and high suicide rates in the armed forces. Says human-rights activist Park Won Suk: "Military life and the treatment of soldiers are still stuck in the 19th century...
...There are plenty of opportunities to do financial planning for retirement, but when it comes to figuring out a period of life that's as long as midlife in duration, you're on your own," says Marc Freedman, head of Civic Ventures, a San Francisco nonprofit that encourages older adults to remain active citizens. Two years ago, there were just a handful of such programs, but today there are more than 20, and the numbers are growing, Freedman says...
...three remaining recipients were the SEED School in Washington, D.C., which enrolls about 320 urban students in grades seven through twelve; Youth Civic Engagement of the Hampton Coalition for Youth, in Hampton, Va., which offers extensive opportunities for teens to interact with city government; and the Systematic Code Enforcement Program in Los Angeles, a rigorous home- and apartment-inspection initiative...
...City of Hiroshima The city's website provides information on war memorials and peace declarations. Included are Hiroshima civic organizations, museums and town development guides...