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Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2006
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This report examines educational attainment and achievement in Florida 2005-06.
This report examines educational attainment and achievement in Florida 2005-06. Indicators include: K-12 demographics, K-12 achievement, K-12 coursetaking, college participation, college affordability, and college completion.
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Twenty children have died from the flu this season. All but three states have reported widespread flu cases and doctors' offices and pharmacies are running out of the vaccine.
Four-year-old Harper Ogden was one of the patients in line and the last in her family to get the vaccination.
It's especially important for the Ogden family, especially with mom, dad and the baby that's on the way.
But the Ogden family has had trouble finding places that still have the vaccines in stock until they came to Inova Fairfax Hospital.
Rikki Ogden, mother: "her pediatrician, my doctor's office were out. CVS' had them but they weren't giving them to kids or they didn't have the mercury free ones for pregnant women."
The hospital's flu clinic is a great one stop shop. There are no age restrictions and they have the flu mist. They have different dosages for all age groups from infants to senior citizens.
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MARTINS FERRY - Martins Ferry has found the ingredients for successful baseball.
Good pitching and sound defense are needed in large quantities.
The last two days the Purple Riders have received an abundance of both and it's resulted in back-to-back shutouts.
The Riders ran their scoreless streak to 18 innings with a convincing 6-0 victory against Barnesville (3-9) just ahead of the inclement weather Tuesday.
"We've been playing great defense most of the season, but early in the season, we were just walking too many guys," Ferry coach Anthony Reasbeck said. "We've cut down on our walks and that's equaled wins for us."
Senior Andrew Chlon was lights out on the hill for the Purple Riders. He allowed just two hits, walked two and fanned nine in a complete-game effort.
"That was probably the best outing of Andrew's career," Reasbeck said. "He's really not pitched as often as we would have liked because we couldn't afford to take him off shortstop. He's got a good fastball, good off-speed stuff and he threw a lot of strikes."
Continually working ahead in the count with great command of his pitches, Chlon didn't allow a Shamrocks' runner to reach third base all afternoon.
"No matter how well (Chlon) pitches, we made six errors, only had two hits and struck out too many times and those things just won't you ball games," Barnesville coach D.J. Butler said. "I'll take the blame again for not having the team ready to play as soon as we stepped off the bus."
The Riders' offense was no means hit the ball all over the yard against impressive Shamrocks' frosh Dylan Burkhart.
Ferry (7-6) manufactured a run in the third. Brenden Baire - the Riders' ninth hitter - led off with a single. Ethan Baire then dropped down a sacrifice bunt. Marcus Sutton then drove a base hit into right center, bringing Baire around with the game's first run.
The Riders struck four more times in the fifth. Chlon and Tyler Strama produced back-to-back singles with one out and Butler called for Robert Vargo to be walked intentionally, loading the bases.
The move appeared to have worked like a charm. However, the throw to the plate for the force out after Burkhart induced a ground ball was wild, allowing a run to score.
After Strama had come around to score, Ferry catcher Seth Scott, who was the winning pitcher Monday against Edison, lined a two-run single into right center.
"I don't know if we're hitting our stride or not to be honest," Reasbeck said. "This team could possibly go out (today) and get 10-runed. I've seen it before. I hope, though, we are starting to find a level of consistency in all facets of our play."
Chlon drove in the game's final run with a single in the sixth. He led the way with two hits.
Barnesville got one hit apiece from Dylan MacMillan and Collin Wilson.


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Employers Turn to Biometric Technology to Track Attendance
When hourly employees arrive at Greathouse Screen Printing in San Diego, instead of punching a time clock they smile into a biometric facial recognition device that sits on a counter at the front of the shop. In a matter of seconds, the device identifies them, automatically punches them in, and sends the data to a cloud-based time-and-attendance software program.
The company's owner, Shawn Greathouse, implemented the biometric clock from Processing Point Inc. a year ago to streamline his time-management process and to ensure that he was only paying employees for the hours they worked.
"Buddy punching was definitely part of the decision," Greathouse says. "It was never an out-of-hand problem, but it did happen."
Buddy punching—the practice of punching another employee in or out when they aren't there—is one of many forms of time theft.
A 2009 study conducted by Harris Interactive Inc. showed that 21 percent of hourly employees admit to stealing company time. While only 5 percent participated in buddy punching, 69 percent said they punch in and out earlier or later than scheduled, 22 percent put additional time on their time sheet, and 14 percent didn't punch out for unpaid lunches or breaks.
"It's all a form of fraud," says Lisa Disselkamp, director at Deloitte Consulting and co-founder of the Workforce Educational Organization, a nonprofit time and labor management research firm in Richmond, Virginia. "When employees inflate their time, it directly impacts the bottom line."
Many employers are implementing biometric time clocks to make it harder for hourly workers to steal company time. Whether the device uses facial recognition, fingerprint tracking or vein-pattern scanning, these clocks can eliminate time theft by verifying the identity of those clocking in, and creating a digital audit trail so time sheets can't be altered.
"Biometric technology won't tell you if someone punched in then ran back to their car," Disselkamp says. "But it will validate that employees are on the premises when they say they are."
They also make time and attendance data—and payment history—much more defensible. Digital time tracking means employers can prove that they paid employees for the hours they worked and demonstrate to safety auditors that they had the right number and combination of employees on-site at any given time.
Such validation has become increasingly important in recent years as lawsuits involving fair-wage practices have picked up. More than 7,000 wage-and-hour lawsuits were filed in federal court in 2011—up 32 percent from 2008, according to published reports. The primary complaint in these lawsuits was that workers were being forced to put in more than 40 hours a week without overtime pay.
The U.S. Labor Department recovered $225 million in back wages for employees during fiscal 2011. And that number is likely to increase, as the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division continues to add new investigators to pursue violation complaints.
The best way for employers to fight these lawsuits—assuming they are unfounded—is with data, says Andrew Newby, chief operating officer of ProcessingPoint Inc., a business service provider that offers a line of biometric time clocks. "Many courts side with employees in claims that they were underpaid or not given fair overtime," he says. "But if the employer has records that shows employees were paid for the hours they worked, the case goes from a 'he said, she said' to one based on facts."
Along with tracking all original punches, most biometric software programs will indicate if a punch has been changed along with the original punch time, and may require a manager's note explaining why the change was made, which prevents tampering.
"It's important to have these tracking features for the audit trail," Newby says.
All of these biometric fraud controls were appealing to the leadership team at Yarco Co., a real estate management firm based in Kansas City, Missouri. Yarco has 400 employees managing 100 properties in 10 states, and 375 of them are remote hourly workers.
However, the number of external workers wasn't the only impetus for making the switch to a biometric time management system, says Grant Kaufman, Yarco's director of operations. His team was looking for efficiency.
"We did an HRIS conversion to Ceridian in 2007, and once that was done, we realized we had to get rid of our clunky, old time-and-attendance system," Kaufman says, referring to a human resources information system.
Before the conversion, Yarco relied on hand-written time cards that employees filled out once every two weeks and faxed to their manager. Once approved, the company's two payroll staffmembers would spend the entire weekend deciphering the handwritten faxes and manually entering the time data into the Ceridian system so employees could be paid on time.
"It was brutal," Kaufman says. The faxes were difficult to read, and even when they were legible, they were trusting employees to be completely honest about their hours.
When Kaufman began exploring alternative systems, the Ceridian sales rep connected him with M2Sys Accelerated Biometrics, a technology company in Atlanta. A few months later the company rolled out an M2Sys finger-vein-reader clock at all 100 property sites.
The tool was easy to use. Employees create a template by doing three scans of their finger so the system can record their vein pattern. After that, employees just slide their finger into the reader, and it records the punch in less than 30 seconds.
Despite this ease of use, Kaufman's team went to all 100 sites to conduct training and to talk to employees about what biometric technology is, how it works and how the data would be used.
"We handled it all with kid gloves because we knew some people would be touchy about Big Brother issues," he says.
This is a common concern among employees who fear their data is going to be used against them, says Michael Trader, president of M2Sys. "Invasion of privacy is the biggest obstacle employers face," he says. "But it's important to note that no image is ever stored."
The vein reader—and all biometric time clocks—don't take actual pictures or fingerprints of employees. They scan the identified features and translate them into a numbered code that corresponds with a specific employee ID. Without an associated picture, the scans can't be used to track an individual or steal that person's identity. "It's just an encrypted binary data stream," Trader says.
Kaufman's team also explained the benefits of the clock to the employees—they could be paid sooner, it would eliminate handwriting confusion and data-entry errors, and it meant they no longer had to remember their hours for the biweekly time sheets.
"Once they realized how easy it was to use, we didn't get as much flak as we thought," he says.
And while he's certain the company has reduced the incidence of time theft, the real benefit came from the efficiencies of the new system. Thanks to the automated system, they cut the time it takes to process payroll by 90 percent and were able to cut one full-time payroll staffer. "The savings were unreal."
Educating employees about how biometrics work can go a long way toward easing their fears and getting buy-in for the technology, Greathouse says. "They are going to punch in one way or another," he says. "If you address their concerns about the technology upfront, it won't become a problem."
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal prosecutors in Washington say a New York marketing executive received $600,000 in illicit funds to do unsolicited campaign work for a 2008 presidential candidate.
Troy White pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor for failing to file tax returns reflecting the amount his company was paid.
Court documents outlined an elaborate scheme and said White worked with District of Columbia businessman Jeffrey Thompson to help a presidential candidate during several primaries in spring 2008.
While the candidate was not named in court documents, Thompson and his network of donors were major contributors to Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid.
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Mountaineers beat Herd again
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Even given all the bad blood in the basketball series between West Virginia and Marshall, never had it been reduced to mass technical fouls and multiple ejections.
Well, now we can honestly say the series has had it all.
Marked by a bizarre final 97 seconds in which there were five technical fouls and the ejection of five players - four of them Mountaineers - West Virginia won yet another game over Marshall Wednesday night at the Charleston Civic Center.
The 69-59 win was WVU's sixth in the last seven games against Marshall. The Mountaineers now lead the all-time series 30-11, including 17-5 since the game was anchored in Charleston in 1992.
But aside from continuing that relative domination, little was usual about this one.
Oh, the game itself ran pretty much true to form. Neither team shot well (WVU 33.3 percent, Marshall 39.1), there were plenty of free throws (52) and Marshall hung its hat on 3-pointers (9) while WVU relied on its defense.
That last factor, defense, was the difference as far as the Mountaineers were concerned.
"They [Marshall] hadn't played a team yet that played great defense,'' WVU guard Gary Browne said. "Of course when we started guarding them they got frustrated and they fouled and did all the other stuff.''
And it was that other stuff that will probably be most remembered.
For the record, Deniz Kilicli led WVU with 21 points, Juwan Staten had 12 points and Aaric Murray added seven points and 10 rebounds. All of them sat out large chunks of the game because of foul trouble, and in their stead Browne had seven points and Keaton Miles contributed six and five rebounds.
Marshall, meanwhile, got 17 points from D.D. Scarver and 16 from Elijah Pittman. Those two also combined for eight 3s. DeAndre Kane had 13 points and seven assists, but also had five of his team's 17 turnovers.
But all of that became footnotes when, with 1:37 to play, after Kilicli had just put in a short shot that gave the Mountaineers a 61-54 edge, Staten and Marshall's Robert Goff found themselves sprawled on the floor. As Staten got up, Goff kicked him between the legs from the floor.
That precipitated a bench clearing from WVU's bench just a few feet away. The players were quickly separated.
But then after a lengthy review, the game officials ejected Goff for his flagrant foul, assessed technicals to Browne and Nigel Spikes and then ejected four West Virginia players who weren't even in the game. And that's the reason Jabarie Hinds, Murray, Eron Harris and Terry Henderson were ejected - for leaving the bench.
Afterward, coach Bob Huggins was able to make light of it given that it really didn't affect his team.
"Only one of those guys would have been in the game,'' Huggins said. "I don't know what they thought. They probably wanted to get a better view. Those four aren't what you'd call fighters.''
During the long break - perhaps 10 full minutes - West Virginia's players (or at least those still eligible) gathered and composed themselves. When they returned, they closed out the game with relative ease.
"We just talked about coming together and pulling this thing out,'' Miles said. "The only thing that mattered were the five guys on the floor, not anything else that happened.''
Marshall coach Tom Herrion pretty much refused to talk about the incident, other than to say he was "still a little befuddled by the whole thing.''
Things couldn't have gone much better for Marshall early in the game. The Herd not only made five of its first seven shots, it managed to render moot its own sloppiness with the ball by not allowing WVU to score off its turnovers. Of course, that was made easier by the fact that the Mountaineers missed 13 of their first 17 shots.
Eventually, though, Marshall's shooters cooled on one end and those turnovers began to matter at the other. After that 5-of-7 start, MU finished the half by missing 12 of 16 shots and West Virginia also outscored the Herd on those turnovers 10-1.
Still, West Virginia trailed until less than three minutes remained in the half. Behind 24-19, the Mountaineers ran and pressed Marshall dizzy over the last 41/2 minutes, finished with a 12-2 run and led 31-25 at the break.
West Virginia immediately saw its lead cut to one to start the second half, but quickly put the margin back up and added to it.
At one point extending its free-throw streak to 17 in a row, the Mountaineers took their first double-digit lead on their first 3-pointer of the game, Hinds' at the 9:41 mark. The margin there was as high as 11 when Kilicli scored on an inbound pass and went up 51-40.
The margin began to close when Kilicli left shortly thereafter with his fourth foul and Marshall began making a handful of free throws and some timely 3-pointers by Pittman and Scarver, each of them pulling the Herd within five points when WVU seemed just about to establish some space.
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Dennis Tinnon 30 0-4 4-6 7 1 7
Elijah Pittman 30 6-9 0-0 2 1 16
Nigel Spikes 23 1-3 5-9 8 1 7
D.D. Scarver 33 5-13 3-4 4 2 17
DeAndre Kane 39 6-15 0-1 3 7 13
Chris Martin 11 0-4 0-0 0 0 0
Robert Goff 20 0-0 0-2 4 0 0
Jamir Hanner 13 1-4 0-0 3 1 2
DeVince Boykins 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
J.P. Kambola 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Team 4
Totals 200 19-52 12-22 35 13 59
Min FG FT R A P
Deniz Kilicli 30 7-19 7-8 5 1 21
Aaric Murray 29 3-7 1-2 10 0 7
Juwan Staten 25 5-12 2-2 2 3 12
Jabarie Hinds 29 3-8 2-2 1 2 9
Terry Henderson 9 0-2 4-5 2 1 4
Dominique Rutledge 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Eron Harris 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0
Gary Browne 25 2-5 3-4 5 0 7
Matt Humphrey 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Kevin Noreen 19 1-1 1-3 5 1 3
Keaton Miles 30 1-4 4-4 5 0 6
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Totals 200 22-59 24-30 43 8 69
Halftime - WVU 31-25. 3-point goals - MU 9-20 (Pittman 4-7, Scarver 4-8, Kane 1-4, Martin 0-1). WVU 1-6 (Murray 0-1, Staten 0-1, Hinds 0-1, Henderson 0-1, Browne 0-1, Miles 0-1). Fouled out - Kane. Technical fouls - MU: Spikes, Goff, Pittman. WVU: Staten, Browne. Attendance - 11,512.


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May 25, 2016
By: The Associated Press
February 17, 2013
Plant City, FL- A southwest Florida man has been arrested after authorities say he poured light fluid around his home and started a fire in the bedroom of two young children.
Sheriff's deputies said 44-year-old Randy Lisenby was fighting with a woman he was living with on Saturday and threatened to set their Plant City home on fire. He allegedly poured the flammable liquid around the doorway and some of it splashed on two young children.
According to a report, the woman and children left the home.
The Tampa Bay Times reports Lisenby started a fire in the children's bedroom, burning a rug and blankets, then tried to light a fire at the back door before deputies talked him outside.
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We use our exchange server for INTERNAL stuff and also have an external Email Provider.
Both the Exchange Server and the External Email go to the SAME email address.
When I tried to create my exchange connection in Zimbra, after I already made my POP connection to the external, it would NOT let me use the same email address since it was already used.
Is there anyway around that? Not sure if it even affects anything, but either way, its not the right email address. (although the connection still pulls in the right emails because the login information is still right, just the field called "email address" at the top is wrong, which also displays when your looking at the activated email accounts)
My second concern is, our users right now are used to ONE inbox, even though we have 1 external connection and 1 internal connection.
Outlook combines both those accounts into 1 inbox for easy viewing. (i'm sure all of our users dont even know they have 2 email accounts)
Is there anyway to do that with Zimbra? Re-training everyone to grasp having 2 email accounts is not an option.
Thanks for any help!!!
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Create a bedroom space for writing and reflection with this elegant desk, patterned after a European antique.
- 45.5" wide x 23'' deep x 31'' high
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Whither or Wither The House Democrats?
A subtle change has occurred in The House of Representatives. Some Democrats and some Republicans have decided to back away from the pork barrel one last final time. This happens every two years and usually doesn't inspire much in the way of notice. Yet to see which Democrats have decided or may be deciding to call it a career is to finally have some hope | Read More »


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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Daniel Paille's goal with 3:31 left in the
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Johnny Boychuk tied the contest early in the third period while Tuukka Rask
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Hi. When will ZCS support Outlook 2013?? I would have thought that Zimbra would have worked on support for Outlook 2013 and ZCS months before Outlook 2013 was released. Now that it's been released I've tried the latest ZCS connector and it still doesn't support Outlook 2013.
This is a huge issue as I have customers deciding to look elsewhere because they have decided Outlook 2013 is the mail client they want there users to use.
At the point of losing any additonal customers and pretty much getting up to speed with other collaboration platforms that support Outlook 2013, when can we expect that ZCS connector will work on Outlook 2013?


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Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Zdeno Chara and Patrice Bergeron tallied in the
third period as the Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders, 4-2, at TD
Shawn Thornton and Gregory Campbell also scored for the Bruins, who improved
to 3-0-1 this season and recovered from an overtime loss to the Rangers on
Tuukka Rask made 24 stops.
Keith Aucoin potted both goals for the Islanders, who couldn't sustain
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Making his first start since Dec. 3, 2011, Rick DiPietro allowed four goals on
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As a Jack Nicklaus' maiden project in Indonesia, he ensured this remarkable 6,545 meter, par 72 course incorporated many of his personal favorite features for some of the world's top courses
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Facilities:Locker rooms Pro-shop Restaurant Sauna Whirpool Private function rooms Practice driving range Chipping Putting greens and practice bunker Night golf (3 holes) Olympic size swimming pool Children's pool waterslides Changing rooms Snack bar Outdoor tennis
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Year built: 1989
Designer: Jack Nicklaus
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Total Holes: 18
Total Pars: 72
Total Distance: 6,545 meters
Type Course: Private
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Cherished holiday traditions around Long Island
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The village is open 5-9:30 p.m. for this event; it is closed during the day. Visitors are welcome to bring their own candle lanterns or flashlights to guide their way. Admission is $10, $7 seniors and children 5-12. Old Bethpage Village Restoration is on Round Swamp Rd., in Old Westbury. For information, contact (516) 572-8400 or www.nassaucountyny.gov/parks.
Old Westbury Gardens
Westbury House, the grand old estate at Old Westbury Gardens, shares its holiday spirit with visitors once again before it closes for the season. This weekend offers the final chance to visit and glimpse what a holiday celebration was like during those opulent decades of the early 1900s.
Stop by the estate, Saturday evening, Dec. 15, for a holiday Owl Prowl, 6-8:30 p.m. A wildlife expert from Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center will bring live owls for a "meet and greet" session and later lead an outdoor search for the creatures throughout the grounds. After the program, warm up with a tour of Westbury House, looking festive in its holiday best.
Two sessions are offered: 6-7 p.m. and 7:30-8:30 p.m. Admission is $12, $8 ages 3-17; registration is required. Admission includes a visit to Westbury House, refreshments and a visit with Santa.
The following day, Dec. 16, features a wreath making workshop, at 2 p.m. Kids, ages 6 and up, can learn to craft a one-of-a-kind wreath to deck their own halls this season. The fee is $10, including materials and admission for an accompanying adult. Registration is required.
Old Westbury Gardens is located at 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For further information, contact (516) 333-0048 or visit www.oldwestburygardens.org.
A Christmas Carol at Adelphi University
Charles Dickens' timeless holiday classic, "A Christmas Carol," is brought to life in a radio-style staged reading at Adelphi University. The reading, dramatized by Barbara Feld, takes place Sunday, Dec. 16, at 2 p.m. Feld's famous adaptation of the beloved tale, features Adelphi faculty member Dr. Brian Rose and 13 student actors. They'll bring a new dimension to Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, and all the other characters everyone knows and loves from this treasured story.
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Economic opportunity
To build a brighter economic future, we know that young people around the world need education, resources and support. Watch the video above to learn how we're empowering young people in Africa to go after their dreams, start their own businesses, and succeed — no matter what challenges they may face.
Markets, whether large or small, keep communities thriving. But conflicts, disasters and a lack of infrastructure can prevent people from conducting the daily transactions on which all growth and progress depend. Around the world, Mercy Corps discovers why commerce is stuck.
In some places, manufacturers need loans to purchase equipment and young people desire job skills. In others, key transportation routes to market must be rebuilt or farmers require better storage to keep their inventory fresh until sold.
Our economic development projects provide financing, equipment, training or technical support. These projects help people find jobs, build their businesses, supply their communities with the goods they need —and improve their lives.
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Haiti: Mobile wallets help Haitians rebuild
Families needed food. Small vendors and local economies needed cash. And it turns out the solution to this Catch-22 was right in the hands — or the pockets — of most Haitians.
Indonesia: Kid-friendly food carts take on child malnutrition
The slums of Jakarta, Indonesia are home to some of the poorest families in Asia. The city — one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, with more than 28 million people — has dozens of such places, where thousands of people live cramped in close quarters.
Iraq: Economic development on a personal level
In a part of the country often forgotten by the central government, southern Iraq has had its share of challenges following years of conflict that began with the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s.
Georgia: Cash cows: On the ground with Georgia's dairy industry
My cab driver was yelling something that sounded like "khows, khows!" I hadn't the faintest idea what he was talking about until I saw the spotted figures in the distance and realized he was saying "cows."
Guatemala: Rural micropharmacies offer medicine for all
Sustainable Community Health Stores is a new way of addressing the rural healthcare problem. It helps local families start small businesses while providing much-needed medicines in underserved communities.
Japan: The journey from donation to voucher to survivor in Japan
Japan: Re-opening Ofunato's fish market
The tsunami poured through the Ofunato fish market, leaving the open-plan structure mostly intact but washing away almost everything within it.
Japan: What it looks like coming back to Japan
Every day that I was away from Japan — while I was eating dinner, watching TV, dancing, laughing with friends, or sleeping on the other side of the world — a small army of police, army, municipal employees and volunteers was at work in tsunami-affected areas.
Indonesia: Pushing back the sea
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