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• We are looking for current high school football photographs from within the last two years from any high school in New York state or Vermont: Football action but with empty seats or sparse crowds/fans would be ideal.
• We are looking for current high school football photographs from within the last two years from any high school in Louisiana: Football action with cheering fans, positive energy, etc.  would be great.

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Katrina

Guatemala is one of the most unequal countries in Latin America, where poverty, corruption and violence has forced millions to leave their homes and head north in search of security. The worsening global climate crisis, drought, famine and the battle for disappearing natural resources are progressively being seen as major factors in the increase in the number of Guatemalan families showing up at the U.S. border seeking asylum. Almost half the population cannot afford the cost of the basic food basket. As a result, the prevalence of stunting in children under 5 is one of the highest in the world. At 46.5 percent nationally, the stunting rate peaks as high as 90 percent in the hardest hit municipalities. While two thirds of the overall population live on less than US$ 2 per day, poverty affects indigenous people disproportionately: 80 percent of them experience deprivation in multiple aspects of their lives, including food security, nutrition, health and education. Vulnerable to natural disasters and the effects of climate change, the regions extended dry seasons have had a severe impact on the livelihoods of subsistence farmers, who rely on rain-fed agriculture, especially in the Dry Corridor. The impact of lack of rain has been devastating. In 2018, drought related crop failures directly affected one in 10 Guatemalans, and caused extreme food shortages for almost 840,000 people, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. Entire families have been migrating in record numbers: since October 2018, more than 167,000 Guatemalans traveling in family groups have been detained at the US border, compared with 23,000 in 2016. Guatemala is facing serious challenges in achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 on Zero Hunger, which includes the elimination of all forms of malnutrition by 2030. The human tide streaming to America’s southern border may only grow in coming years as the impacts of climate change force northward migration.

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The Tampa Bay Times recently produced an eight-part series about a young boy from Tampa with a rare genetic disease and his family’s stop-at-nothing efforts to seek a cure. Lincoln DeLuna suffers from X-linked myotubular myopathy, a disease that affects one in 50,000 boys. His muscles are so weak, he can barely move. Lincoln needs tubes to survive. He can’t walk, talk or swallow. He’s a smart boy who has learned to sign with his right hand, one of the few parts of his body he can control. Maggie and Anthony want their son to have a normal life. Any life, really. Without a cure, Lincoln will die. And a single shot might save him. Because Lincoln’s condition is so rare, and because boys like him aren’t supposed to live this long, the disorder is not included on Florida’s list of illnesses ( like cerebral palsy or Down syndrome) that qualify for Medicaid waivers. Federal funds help support the healthy kids program, but each state decides what diseases to cover. Science had gotten there, in just 20 years. With the help of a desperate mom in Florida, a Boston researcher growing skin, a dog from a farm in Canada, a scientist cloning genes in Seattle and a former venture capitalist creating a California company to cure ultra-rare diseases. The miracle had happened. Just not for Lincoln. “We have to just enjoy him as he is, while he’s here,” Maggie said. “He wasn’t even promised to us for a day, and he’s about to turn 5.”..They hovered over his bed, singing a goodnight song until he fell asleep. “Hey,” she called a few minutes later. “Come see this!” A French company called Dynacure had just announced a new clinical trial of a different treatment. Officials hoped to start enrolling patients in a year or two. Maybe they just had to hang on a little longer. Maggie said to Anthony, “I’m going to email them tomorrow.”