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ARC: Regional population rises to 3.93 million
Atlanta Business Chronicle
August 10, 2006
The 10-county metro Atlanta region grew at its fastest rate in more than five years in 2006, while Gwinnett County overtook DeKalb County a the second-largest metro county. The region added 111,700 new residents to push the population to 3,925,400, according to estimates from the Atlanta Regional Commission released Aug. 10.
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Assessing colleges proves challenging:
Federal commission calls for ways to measure learning versus cost
Editorial
Atlanta Journal Constitution
August 14, 2006
The reputation of Southern colleges traditionally depended more on completed passes by their football teams than on courses completed by their student bodies. Today, schools and students take academics far more seriously.
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Militants hear fewer cheers:
Palestinians long for state, not state of war
Opinion by Daniel Lubetzky
Atlanta Journal Constitution
August 14, 2006
An instinctive pleasure fills many Palestinians' hearts when Israel is attacked by Hezbollah. But after their emotional release, I observed on my recent trip to Gaza that Palestinians are starting to complain - in private for now - about the negative repercussions of any association with foreign militants. Radical groups and outcast nations wrap themselves in the mantle of the Palestinian cause to advance ulterior goals, besmirching Palestinians' legitimate quest for sovereignty.
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For cops, state pay just not enough:
State Patrol, GBI losing trained staff
By Rhonda Cook
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
August 15, 2006
Trained officers are leaving the state's primary law enforcement agencies - the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Georgia State Patrol - in droves because of low pay and long hours.??The beneficiaries of this exodus have been rural sheriffs, district attorneys' offices, corporations and federal agencies, according to documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Immigrants transform Gwinnett
By Brian Feagans
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
August 15, 2006
Some call it "Korean Uptown." Others have nicknamed it "GwiMexico." But new figures released today make one thing clear: Gwinnett County has emerged as Georgia's largest immigrant hub. Roughly one out of every four of the county's 719,398 residents is foreign-born, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Aug. 18: "Interfaith Prayer for Peace." Sponsored by the Atlanta Conference of Sisters and the Faith Alliance of Metropolitan Atlanta (FAMA).
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Sep. - Oct.: "Street retreat -- We are one: Seeing the invisible." Participants will wander the streets of Atlanta for a day, without food or money. Sponsored by the Interfaith Children's Movement of Metropolitan Atlanta.
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Sep. 19-21: “What you say next will change your world: Tools for tough conversations.” Three one-day workshops on nonviolent communication, featuring Marshall Rosenberg, PhD., and sponsored by Sacred Spaces.
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Sep. 21-24: "Centennial Remembrance of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot." Documentaries, panel discussion, gallery exhibition, memorial service, and more.
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Oct. 8-10: “Faith, politics, and policy.” Fall Conference, Candler School of Theology, Emory University.
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