Ivory Coast is the world’s top producer of cocoa beans, and with Ebola ravaging our neighbors, fears that Ebola would cross the borders placed CARE on high alert.
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One Simple Pill: Deworming the World
You might think that a worm isn’t a big deal, but in the developing world it can take a severe toll on a child’s most formative years.
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Is choosing to vaccinate or not vaccinate a personal choice?
By David Martin, President and CEO of VeinInnovations There were 102 cases of measles in the United States in January 2015. Most of the cases were in California. The majority of people who contracted the measles were unvaccinated. To put things in perspective, there were less than 100 cases per year from 2002 to 2007. […]
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Oglethorpe’s Dream and Georgia Day
February 12 is Georgia Day, a time for commemorating the founding of the 13th colony in 1733. Our state has many distinctions when it comes to historic sites and architecture, and more than a handful of firsts. On any list of eminent inheritances belongs Georgia’s premier coastal gem, Savannah, the birthplace of the colony and state.
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Atlanta Residential Real Estate: Poised for Massive Recovery
The first Atlanta residential real estate index of 2015 positions this year to be one of the most memorable years for the Atlanta housing industry in recent history. Strong employment, a growing economy, new government legislation, and an increase in new and existing home sales contributed to the Cal-Culator’s 0.3 increase to a 6.3 in […]
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What makes the return of measles so dangerous and disheartening?
It was declared eradicated, but more than 80 cases of measles in California – most occurring in children whose parents declined vaccination – mean we must redouble our efforts to vaccinate. Here’s the latest update on the outbreak, and what you can do to protect your children and yourself. By David Martin, President and CEO […]
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Combating the February doldrums with action
Now that the holidays are over and Super Bowl is done, perhaps now is a good time to return your attention to the community around you and give it your energy.
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It’s almost February; how are your resolutions? What are you putting on or giving up?
From hundreds of wearables to 50,000 health apps to diets and cleanses and fads – seems it’s time for some tips on fitness tools and the truth re: diets, with a special emphasis on reasonability and reducing a certain white substance that is killing us.
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Three Reasons to Call Your Lender Now
During a typical winter season, the housing industry hibernates as hopeful homebuyers and sellers hunker down until springtime thaws the cold to make real estate moves. However, this year appears to be far from the norm. The New Year has barely begun and already the stars are aligning for those ready to stick their heads […]
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How governor Ellis Arnall modernized Georgia — a case study in leadership
This week guest contributor THOMAS A. SCOTT, professor emeritus of history at Kennesaw State University, looks at the education, voting, and prison reforms of a forward-thinking governor.
If great leaders take people where they didn’t know they wanted to go, but where they needed to go to stay in step with the future, then Ellis Arnall has to be listed as one of the most effective leaders in Georgia history.
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How can men improve their chances of living as long as women?
Men and women are all eventually headed towards death, but nature tends to come for men first. The gap in life expectancy has shrunk in recent years – from 1990 to 2007, the gap narrowed from seven years to a little over five years in the United States. Women outlive men, it turns out, in […]
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Champs, chumps elude chomps in zombie escape teambuilding game
No matter how loud I sang about “the little silhouetto of a man, scaramouche scaramouche,” every five minutes the chain holding back the zombie loosened another foot. We were playing “Trapped in a Room with a Zombie,” and we were working (and singing) frantically with eight strangers to solve puzzles to find the key and escape the hollow-eyed monster, while locked in an otherwise nondescript office in a Tucker industrial park.
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Hope for Human Dignity: Haiti Five Years after the Earthquake
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an appropriate occasion to reflect on the Haitian people’s struggle for human rights and dignity five years after the earthquake.
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An award for all mankind, a dinner for one — the Atlanta Nobel Prize party for MLK, given by the city’s image-conscious white leadership
This week guest contributor SHEFFIELD HALE, president and CEO of the Atlanta History Center and a Georgia Humanities Council board member, tells the story of white Atlanta’s reaction to MLK’s Nobel Peace Prize.
On October 14, 1964, the Nobel Committee announced that thirty-five-year-old Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Atlanta Housing Industry: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
After a year of significant progress in the housing industry with strides made in increased inventory, reduced foreclosures and rising home prices, the final month of 2014 didn’t provide many boosts for the Atlanta residential real estate market. The Cal-Culator, Atlanta’s residential real estate index, dropped 0.2 to a 6.0 due to declines in three […]
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Do Immune Boosters Really Work?
By David Martin, President and CEO of VeinInnovations The New Year is off to a very chilly start. Last week, parts of the United States were colder than Mars. It’s frigid across the country and this year’s flu season is harsher than usual. So far this season, almost 5,500 people suffering from flu have been […]
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The Georgia way — coming together to give and serve
This week guest contributor LAURA MCCARTY of the Georgia Humanities Council talks about a Georgia tradition — giving.
Last month I attended the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta holiday meeting. Almost 200 people were there, which is about double the number that gather each Tuesday at the Loudermilk Center to learn, serve, and connect. The reason why? Santa Claus was in attendance, and he and Tom Gay (president of Gay Construction) presented checks totaling almost $235,000 to 58 nonprofits to assist with projects that benefit the children and youth of metropolitan Atlanta.
From longtime recipients the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta and Hillside to first-time recipient the Southeastern Trust for Parks and Land, board members and staff turned out to accept the checks, say thank you, and celebrate with the Kiwanians.
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What Martin Luther King, Jr. Can Teach Us About Serving Others
As Atlanta prepares to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of service, I am reminded of one of his most famous quotes: “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is ‘what are you doing for others?’”
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Leprosy, Not Just a Biblical Problem
As World Leprosy Day approaches on Sunday, January 25, we thought it fitting to bring one of the world’s oldest known diseases to light.
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Development of Healthcare Workforce Allocation Tool Demonstrates Real Collaboration Among Atlanta-based Global Health Organizations
Chronic shortages of healthcare workers (HCWs) represent one of the biggest barriers to development and improvements in health outcomes for people living in developing countries.
