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The Bottom Line


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In Texas, a child is born into poverty every

7 minutes. A child is abused or neglected

every 10. Texas has the most teen births and the

most repeat teen births in the nation,

earning a ranking of 50th in the U.S.

The following slides illustrate the need of

Texass most neglected people.


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Barely one day old, Jasmine Williams sleeps on her mothers lap as they waitfor the babys paternal grandmother to come and take custody of her. Hermother, Kimberly Williams, 15, is in TYC custody and correctional officers

shackled her feet shortly after giving birth to her baby. Both of Jasminesarents were 15 when she was born.


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Texas is home to the three poorest counties in the United States.Three year old HectorCabada patiently waits for the dribble of water to reach him in the familys shower,enclosed by hastily built walls of plywood, corrugated tin, and the camper trailer they

call home in Salida Del Sol colonia near Penitas, Texas in Hidalgo County. Texas ishome to the most Fortune 500 companies.


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Sixteen percent ofTexans live with hunger or in fear of starvation the thirdhighest in the nation. Surrounded by clutter, dirty dishes, and trash, two-

year-old Abby takes a bath in the kitchen sink of the managers apartment atthe Budget Motel.


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Texas is 1st in the nation in the number of executions. Kenneth Foster

prayed in a visitation cubicle on Texas death row one week before his

scheduled execution date. The state has performed 405 executions since

the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.


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Twelve-year-old Matthew Clark stood crying in the rain outside The WallsUnit of Huntsville prison moments after his stepfather, John Joe Amador,

was executed on August 29, 2007. He was convicted of robbing andmurdering San Antonio taxi driver Mohammad Reza Ayari 13 years ago.


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Rosaries were placed out of the way nearYola Barrieres feet during a

sponge bath in the bedroom of her mothers Port Arthur, Texas home. Yola,

50, lived near the refineries and chemical plants in the area since she was a

tiny baby and family members believe the toxic pollution and cancerous

emissions from the smokestacks that ring the area is what caused her

cancer.


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Forty-one percent of children in the juvenile justice system have seriousmental health problems. Joseph, 17, got a little bit of sunshine in the yardoutside the security unit at Marlin. The facility, which once housed adult

prisoners in the Texas Department ofCriminal Justice.


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60% of children under the Texas juvenile prison system come from low-income homes. Texas spends more than twice as much per prisoner as perpupil. Laying on the floor, thirteen-year-old Drake Swist peers out fromunderneath the bars on his cell door in the security unit of the Marlin facility.


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Greece Wildfires


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In late August 2007 large parts of Peloponnese

suffered from wildfires, which caused severe

damages in countless villages and forests.

The out-of-control situation claimed at least 68

lives and left the countryside looks as though a

bomb has been dropped on the area. Greek authorities believe many of the fires were

started deliberately.

The impact of the fires to the environment and

economy of the region are still unknown.

It is known, however, that these fires are the

largest wildfires in the history of Europe, and the

largest environmental disaster in Greek history.


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Mountainside with dead burned trees in the southeastern Peloponneseregion ofGreece. It may cost Greece more than 1.2 billion euros.


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Two fire fighters are battling a raging forest fire in the small village of KatoKotili on Peleponnese in Greece.


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Desperate residents are guarding off the wildfires with everything they have.

Here Poul Efstadiadis and his wife stand guard with a couple of plasticbuckets filled with water.


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More than 800 Greek firefighters and 800 soldiers were battling the wildfires


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Desperate residents are guarding off the wildfires with everything theyhave.


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Helicopter fighting against the fire on the mountain on the Peloponnes,

Greece


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Burnt-out wrecks of cars are testament to local people's bid to escape theflames "in a convoy of death". Just across the road is a fire engine lying onits side


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Maria Pothou in the black shirt is in a state of shock when returning to her

house in the village of Makistos. Her neighbor Demetra Kokkaliary is cryingwith her nei hbour


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The massive fires ravaged fragile ecosystems in the Peloponnese peninsula

and caused ecological damage in the mountains, now facing the threat offloods and land slides


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The rural way of life, as here in Artemida, is threatened after the wildfires,and puts thousands of villagers in danger of ending up as environmentalrefugees.


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The church in the village of Makistos lost the roof in the fire and thesurroundin forest is left barren.


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The fires killed 70 people and destroyed more than 5000 homes and

businesses, according to latest figures. Here the cemetery in the village of

Artemida is prepared for a family who lost their lives in the wildfire.


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The local priest stands outside the ruins of a burnt church in Grekas, Greece

on Wednesday, August 29, 2007. While the whole village was saved, thechurch was burned to the ground.


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Firemen trying to save the forest around Maypia, Greece


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Funeral held for a 70-year-old woman and her two grand kids in Artemida,Greece, on Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. These 3 persons were among the 19people who was killed by the fire when they tried to escape the fire in andaround the village of Artemida.


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Mountainside around Makistos, Greece, on Monday, Sep. 3, 2007.


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Mandalay-Myanmar


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With economic sanctions crippling the

Burmese economy its people are eager

for change and a better life.

However, after the protest were squashed

by the military regimes violent crackdown

freedom is far from a reality and everyday

life remains a serious struggle.


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Khin Shwe,70, stands outside her bedroom at the Mingun Buddhist HomeForThe Aged February 25, 2007 in MIngun, Myanmar (Burma). Theprivately run nursing home houses around 78 elderly Burmese who have nofamily to care for them.


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A Burmese monk walks by a sign written in Burmese script after praying at

the Sule pagoda February 20, 2007 in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma).


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Burmese men wait in line for new passports at a government office.


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A Burmese woman sits on a rusty old city bus February 20, 2007 in Yangon,Myanmar (Burma).


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A Burmese beggar carries her child asking for money February 21, 2007 in

Yangon, Myanmar (Burma).


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A Burmese child struggles to carry a rice bowl on top of her head along the

Ayeryarwady river February 23, 2007 in Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma).


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Unemployed Burmese women sleep away the day at a park February 21,

2007 in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma).


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Burmese man carries shredded paper through a narrow alley as people eat

lunch at a local restaurant February 19, 2007 in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma).

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A pregnant Burmese motherrests with her son sufferingfrom diarrhea andmalnutrition.

T

he MaeT

aoC

linic providesfree healthcare for all Burmesein need.

According to a UNICEFreport, 10 children out of 100die before the age of five

while in Thailand only 2 out of100 die.

Myanmar has one of theworlds worst healthcaresystems, many die from avariety of illness such asmalaria, tuberculosis, AIDS,and diarrhea.

Burmese cross the borderdaily to purchase goods, seekmedical help, see relatives

and for migrant work.


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Burmese students pray after english class at the Thaw Ya Khyani monastery

school in Myawadi, Myanmar November 3, 2007. Students from 5 to 11

years old pack the classroom.


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Burmese monks carrying their rice bowls wait in line for lunch at the

Mahagandhayon monastery February 23, 2007 in Amarapura, Myanmar.

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