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...slots and casinos would generate an immediate one-time payment of $75 million to $100 million that would help tremendously in the short term. In the longer term, the state would collect 25 percent of the revenue from both casinos, adding a projected $250 million to $300 million dollars per year to its dry coffers...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Numbers Game | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

...added effort has paid off, as Kuld currently leads the Crimson in kills per game (4.02) by a healthy margin, while standing third in digs (92) and tied for fourth in service aces...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kuld Taking Over at the Right Time | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

...offensive explosion this past week was not unprecedented, as Kuld has been a model of consistency in the past, appearing in every single set in his sophomore and junior years (130 in total). During those campaigns, Kuld finished in the team’s top three in kills per game as well as in the top 25 in the nation last season in service aces per game with...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kuld Taking Over at the Right Time | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

...national estimates, for every 1,000 live births, 39 babies die in their first month; a third of these don't survive their first day. In Jharkhand and Orissa, two of east India's most impoverished and underserved states, the numbers are worse still - 49 and 45 deaths per 1,000 live births, respectively. The neonatal mortality rate in China, by comparison, lingers under 15. "Just improving health services will not do," says Dr. Prasanta Tripathy, who founded the Indian social welfare NGO Ekjut with his wife Dr. Nirmala Nair. "Communities need to be made aware of what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In India, Getting Mothers Talking Saves Babies' Lives | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

...Nepal, where neonatal mortality in participating groups dropped by 30%, the benefits of the trial have endured. Recent estimates indicate that the neonatal mortality rate has now dipped under 30 per 1,000 live births, thanks also to the work of other NGOs and governmental organizations in the region. Two years ago, the Institute of Child Health withdrew funds and left, but the women kept on going. When Costello returned to visit recently, 75% of the groups were still active. "It's really impressive that our groups are still running," he recalls telling a cluster of women. "They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In India, Getting Mothers Talking Saves Babies' Lives | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

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