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...Zippity Doo Dah" sounds more dreary than cheery as it loops through a distant sound system in the near vacant parking lot of Hong Kong Disneyland's multi-billion-dollar theme park. It's 2 p.m. on Sunday, a peak hour for family fun, but Hong Kong's Magical Kingdom is a little short on enchanted subjects. The fifth branch of the Happiest Place on Earth has been criticized for being too small and offering too few rides, but the The Walt Disney Company hopes to inject a little fairy dust into the place by adding a hitherto missing ingredient...
...changeovers often occur. Dan Shore, who is now director of budgets and financial planning, will replace Mora in an interim capacity. University spokesman John D. Longbrake said that Shore would only serve as “acting chief financial officer,” leaving the vice president post temporarily vacant. Mora’s resignation comes at a time of increasing flux in the University’s highest administrative positions. Last September, University President Drew G. Faust appointed her former Radcliffe colleague Tamara E. Rogers ’74 as vice president for alumni affairs and development after asking...
...Associated Press correspondent Brian Schwaner in an article last August that applies just as well today. “Beyond the happy mayhem of the French Quarter, entire neighborhoods are in ruins and the business district sags from the shattered economy. Thousands of people are homeless and squatting in vacant and storm-damaged properties, some just a few blocks from City Hall.” Returning to the French Quarter, I realized how suspended things seemed there, even amid the “happy mayhem.” New Orleans is a nocturnal city, and in the bright sunshine...
Observers say Fukuda is expected to put forward another nominee later this week or early next week. But some worry that Japan has already lost a lot of international credibility by leaving the position vacant. "The key take-away from all this is that Japan does not deserve to be part of the G7 anymore," says Jesper Koll, president and CEO of Tantallon Research Japan, which is part of a Singapore-based hedge fund. "As the world of global finance faces its biggest challenge in over a generation, the world needs leadership. Instead, Japan is offering nothing but petty politics...
There are some glimmers of hope on the horizon. Charities like Habitat for Humanity are taking advantage of the cheap home prices and labor to fix up abandoned properties for underprivileged families. The strangely upbeat Repo Home Tour bus is about to launch a regular Saturday showing of vacant houses in an effort to get them sold quickly. And the city, lenders and financial counselors are joining forces to help residents prevent foreclosure. In fact, less than a mile away from the peach-colored home, close to 1,000 people recently gathered for the city's first free No Homeowner...