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...years ago and began growing coffee. Within a few years he was able to buy a television and Vietnam's ultimate status symbol?a Honda motorbike. But these days his extended family of 14 is struggling. Still, he doesn't blame the Kinh settlers to whom he sells his crop and even credits them with bringing development to the region. "Without the Kinh," he says, "we could do nothing...
...take the greatest extremes of warming to make life uncomfortable for large numbers of people. Even slightly higher temperatures in regions that are already drought- or flood-prone would exacerbate those conditions. In temperate zones, warmth and increased CO2 would make some crops flourish?at first. But beyond 1.5? of warming, says Bill Easterling, a professor of geography and agronomy at Penn State and a lead author of the IPCC report, "there would be a dramatic turning point. U.S. crop yields would start to decline rapidly." In the tropics, where crops are already at the limit of their temperature range...
...returned from the classes immediately began reforming the prisons, allowing inmates basic rights, like making phone calls. In El Salvador graduates began segregating youthful offenders from adults in jail. In other countries cops have incorporated the course's techniques into their training programs. A recent survey of the first crop of graduates concluded that the course had been "a watershed in their own lives...
...returned from the classes immediately began reforming the prisons, allowing inmates basic rights, like making phone calls. In El Salvador graduates began segregating youthful offenders from adults in jail. In other countries cops have incorporated the course's techniques into their training programs. A recent survey of the first crop of graduates concluded that the course had been "a watershed in their own lives...
Afghanistan is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. Its infrastructure is woefully unprepared to support the thousands of displaced people living in refugee camps scattered throughout the country. The World Food Program estimates that over a million people may face starvation over the next year, caused by crop failures and the toll exacted by continuous warfare. The government refuses to provide education for females and strips women of any semblance of equality. Apart from a flurry of protest when these issues were first exposed, they quickly faded below the threshold of the world's attention...