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...investments. Sievers’s election marks an inspiring moment in local politics in that she brings refreshing diversity to a county position and sets an example for future municipal and local elections. It also vindicates the use of new media in local politics, as Sievers’s largest campaign expense was a $51 Facebook ad. In another sense, her election is an inspiration for college students to stay involved in politics and civic service, even beyond the general election— by campaigning, volunteering, or even running for office. In local politics especially, participation matters. Sievers?...
While the school collapses have been in the news in the last week, the country is still drowning in the aftermath of the storms. Gonaives, the country's third largest town, was the hardest hit and is still buried under 3 million metric tons of mud. Medecins San Frontiers (MSF, Doctors Without Borders) has set up mobile clinics, distributed water and constructed a temporary hospital in Gonaives, since the government hospital was completely destroyed during Hurricane Hannah in late August. In hard-to-reach areas, however, malnutrition is growing and the food supply shrinks. Daily food insecurity affects...
...fields falling under the control of the Kurdish region. "This will create many problems over water rights, the delineation of borders, oil fields, mineral resources, this all needs to be considered," says Hashem al-Ta'ie, head of parliament's regional and provincial committee and a member of the largest Sunni parliamentary bloc. "Look at the problems between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the central government...
...Germany's Federal Statistical Office reported that Europe's largest economy had shrunk by half a percentage point in the third quarter, following a 0.4% decline the previous period. The UK revealed a 0.5% slide in GNP over the past three months, while Spain and Italy showed similar contractions. The one small bright spot on the map was France's unexpected 0.14% growth - fueled, just as surprisingly, by a 0.2% rise in consumer spending, and a 0.3% jump in investment outlays by businesses...
Today WGU is the nation's largest supplier of math and science teachers in urban school districts. And its alumni are hired by such FORTUNE 500 companies as Microsoft and AT&T. "[WGU] has earned a reputation for producing high-quality graduates, particularly in education," says Kevin Kinser, a professor at New York's University of Albany who studies online learning and is not affiliated with...