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Brennan Linsley/Associated Press GETTING READY: One day before the inauguration of President-elect Michel Martelly, a painter and other workers prepared the grounds of the Haitian National Palace, still heavily damaged by the 2010 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday

Photos of the Day: May 13 2011

Mr. Linsley estimates waiting shaved 15% off the construction tab.

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Linsley Lindekens Corinne and Maurice Greenberg Following the concert, guests sat down to dinner on the second-floor lobby of Avery Fisher Hall.

The Right Dragon for the New Year Pia Catton 2012

Linsley Lindekens Frank and Lizabeth Newman The evening's program was a surprising step above standard gala fare.

The Right Dragon for the New Year Pia Catton 2012

Now, conditions have improved enough to continue, said James Linsley , GID's president.

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Linsley Lindekens Shirley Young and oboist Liang Wang On a fashion note, the evening's theme allowed for guests to wear some of their boldest, most colorful finery.

The Right Dragon for the New Year Pia Catton 2012

"There's an alignment of the stars," Mr. Linsley said.

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Brennan Linsley/Associated Press Ms. Obama, center, Haiti's first lady Elisabeth Debrosse, right, and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, left, painted with children at a center for displaced children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday.

First Lady Visits Haiti, Mexico 2010

"There's the possibility to use this system as a hands-on place to learn across most of the curriculum," Linsley told me.

Katherine Gustafson: Back to School in "the Mother of All School Greenhouses" 2010

Linsley noted that garden and greenhouse projects being abandoned when those maintaining them move on is an all-too-common schoolyard story.

Katherine Gustafson: Back to School in "the Mother of All School Greenhouses" 2010