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...place since 2001, and structures built under it tend to be the ones left standing after a 120 m.p.h. wind rips through. We know that for every dollar spent on that kind of basic mitigation, society saves an average of $4, according to a 2005 report by the nonprofit National Institute of Building Sciences. Then there's Mississippi, which, believe it or not, still has no statewide building code. Katrina destroyed 68,729 houses there. But this year a proposed mandatory code, opposed by many builders, real estate lobbyists and homeowners, ended up voluntary...
...rate. Marathon concluded that protecting only its employees and contractors wouldn't be enough. Because mosquitoes will bite anybody and Marathon expects the island facility to be productive for 40 years or more, the company adopted a more ambitious goal: it is working with its business partner Noble Energy, nonprofit organizations and the Equatoguinean government to stop transmission of the disease on the island within five years...
...yesteryear's dry lectures in a dusty church don't quite cut it with this generation of travelers. "Boomers don't want to be told about faith, they want to experience it for themselves," says Cindi Brodhecker of MTS Travel in Ephrata, Pa., which focuses on the religious and nonprofit market. "They want to explore where their ancestors might have worshipped. Or better understand their religious background." And, like Fisher, they often want to take the family, making it a multigenerational experience. "Today faith-based travel is no longer targeted to a niche market--church groups who want...
...walked right past each other. We didn’t exchange a word, but a creepy sense of recognition was definitely there.But besides reading time and a freakish connection with Mystery Man From Brazil, three hours a day of transit have given me valuable perspective. Working at a nonprofit social services agency designing a pre-employment program for low-income youth living in public housing (and getting to and from it), I have come to realize my situation is, well, quite ideal. I’m lucky enough to have a stipend to pay for train passes...
Chambers is a finalist. Among the others are Martha Rollins, 63, of Richmond, Va., who runs a furniture store and café staffed by ex-convicts; June Simmons, 64, of San Fernando, Calif., whose nonprofit trains social workers to cut down on life-threatening errors in their care of the elderly; and Charles Dey, 75, of Lyme, Conn., who places high school students who have disabilities in paid internships that provide a workplace mentor. Chambers hopes to use any prize money to expand his New England auto-loan operation across the U.S. If more folks can afford to get to work...