Alas, the phrase ânew normalâ carries more ominous weight in other parts of the legal world. Major law firms trimmed staff in the wake of the recession, and starting salaries at big law firms in New York and elsewhere have largely stagnated and continue to hover around $160,000, or less.Things are worse yet in the world of do-gooding lawyers.las, the phrase ânew normalâ carries more ominous weight in other parts of the legal world. Major law firms trimmed staff in the wake of the recession, and starting salaries at big law firms in New York and elsewhere have largely stagnated and continue to hover around $160,000, or less.
Pygmy parrots, as their name suggests, are the smallest members of the parrot family and are even smaller than budgerigars. There are six species which are found in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Unusually for birds, pygmy parrots eat a lot of lichen and fungus as well as some seeds, fruit and insects.
The Mountain Pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus) is the largest of Australia's five pygmy-possums and the only one that lives in the alpine zone. It lives in areas above 1300 metres, mostly in mountain plum-pine heathlands growing over boulder-fields of basalt or granite.he Mountain Pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus) is the largest of Australia's five pygmy-possums and the only one that lives in the alpine zone. It lives in areas above 1300 metres, mostly in mountain plum-pine heathlands growing over boulder-fields of basalt or granite.