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Featured Article: Almaty

TV-Tower in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Almaty, Kazakhstan's former capital, is the scientific, cultural, historical, financial, and industrial center of Central Asia. It boasts a large tourist, student, and expatriate community, and includes a diverse citizen base of Kazakhs, Russians, Uzbeks, Germans, Poles, Chinese, among others. The city sits at the foot of Tien Shan Mountains amidst unique natural forests of wild walnuts and apples. The name "Almaty" means "rich with apple."

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Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, consists of the island of Cuba (the largest of the Greater Antilles), the Isle of Youth and several adjacent small islands. Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean at the confluence of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic Ocean. Cuba is south of the eastern United States and the Bahamas, west of the Turks and Caicos Islands and Haiti, and east of Mexico. The Cayman Islands and Jamaica are to the south.

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Developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner believed that children need sustained interaction with their parents and a supportive society in order to develop into successful adults (source: Urie Bronfenbrenner)

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