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Published: Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, 9:00p.m. Updated 1 hour ago

Four years have passed since an earthquake devastated the Haitian landscape, and humanitarians say communities are improving but survivors still need support.

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, said Ian Rawson of Squirrel Hill, a board member for Hospital Albert Schweitzer in Deschapelles, Haiti. That didn't start with an earthquake, and it can't be fixed overnight.

At the peak of displacement, about 2.3 million people, including 302,000 children, were out of their homes and at least 200,000 died, according to the United Nations.

Pittsburghers long-invested in Haiti reached out, securing adoptions, delivering supplies and revamping medical systems to help the people of Haiti off their knees.

Tent cities in Port-au-Prince have almost disappeared, said Ali McMutrie, 25, co-founder of Haitian Families First. Education is the next big step. The youngest generation of Haitians are the ones who have the chance to really turn their country around.

McMutrie and her sister, Jamie, founded the nonprofit to help families overwhelmed by poverty keep and care for their children at home. The women estimate 30,000 children are institutionalized out of poverty and family circumstances, though 80 percent still have a living parent.

Some families have five or more children, McMutrie said. Some new parents can't find work and believe the orphanage is their only option. Many young mothers lack prenatal care and die in childbirth, leaving young fathers ill-equipped to feed their newborn children.

We step in wherever we see a need, she said. That could mean nutritional help, like beans for extra protein or powdered milk for babies. It takes $210 to pay for a year of schooling for an older child, so we cover that when parents can't afford it on their own.

The Haitian Ministry of Education estimated nearly 5,000 schools were affected, about a quarter of the country's education system. Of those, almost 4,000 remained closed.

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LAS VEGASHome automation has a public relations problem: If the non-tech obsessed public views it at all, it views it as complicated, intimidating and possibly unnecessary. And home-automation technology is still in an emerging state, with many products still working out various kinks and tanglesunderstandable, maybe, but still frustrating for any person brave enough to give home-automation systems a try.

Kwikset's Kevo lock looks like a normal deadbolt, but it's actually a smart lock that lights up and unlocks when you tap it.

However, people seem more likely to try out home-automation tech when it comes a la carte. Color-changing Bluetooth light bulbs and smart thermostats are good examples, and another area thats on the rise seems to be smart locks.

I kept running into smart locks at booth after booth after booth. From the all-inclusive Okidokeys, to the sleek Goji, to the deceptively standard looking Kevo, smart locks were making themselves known on the show floor.

Each of these smart locks have slightly different features and advantages to make them appealing to consumers looking for smarter functionality at their front doorOkidokeys locks can be unlocked with either smart or feature phones, the Goji Smart Lock will not only greet you by name but will also send you a picture alert of who is at your front door, and the Kevo lock can recognize your phone as you approach and will unlock your door when you tap the lock.

The Okidokeys lock, like most smart locks, uses Bluetooth, can generate temporary keys, and will even notify you when people lock or unlock your door.

However, there are also similarities: Most of the locks I saw operated via battery power, most use Bluetooth functionality, almost all of them included the traditional key-and-lock structure into the device as well (and many also provide a key fob or alternate method of access for those who dont have access to an app or web dashboard), most eschewed subscriptions or any fee-based services, almost every one featured a notification system of alerts via text or email, and more than one used rules or modes that are similar to IFTTT recipes.

The majority of the smart locks that I saw on the show floor were not part of a complete home automation system (although a few did feature Z-Wave capabilities, meaning they could potentially be added to a larger system), and all focused on serving a common need: An easier way for you to control access to your home from anywhere.

And this is where the smart lock trend is really poised to succeedby addressing real-life use cases where the technology is truly needed. Airbnb hosts, for example, could provide guests with a digital key that can only be accessed during their stay (after which permission is revoked). Parents can receive notifications when their children arrive home from school, homeowners can give access on specific dates and times for the nanny, house cleaners, or even the plumber. If someone attempts to tamper with your lock or force entry into your house, you can receive alerts. Some of these smart locks will even recognize your presence (via your smartphone) and unlock your door for you.

While some smart locks look pretty unremarkable, the iBlueOpen flaunts its 21st-century style.

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Published: Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, 9:00p.m. Updated 1 hour ago

Officials at the Community College of Allegheny County have scrambled to relocate science labs and classes as they assessed damage from water pipes that burst in the K. Leroy Irvis Science Center.

The spring term starts on Monday.

Water damaged all five floors of the new $28 million facility when copper pipes in a green heating and cooling system split open sometime during the winter break, which began on Dec. 21. Staffers returned to the campus on Jan. 2 to find extensive water damage in the labs on the west side of the third, fourth and fifth floors of the building located off Ridge Avenue.

Officials still had no estimate of the damage on Friday. Allegheny Campus President Donna Imhoff said that won't be apparent until workers remove drywall and ceiling tiles and repairmen are able to review lab equipment that water permeated.

Right now my priority is students and safety. We're still assessing the damages. Hopefully, we will have it repaired before midterm, Imhoff said, pointing to a panel of copper pipes in a heating and cooling panel that burst above the ceiling in a fifth floor chemical supply room.

Classes will be held in some rooms and labs on the eastern side of the building that escaped damage, Imhoff said.

The Science Center, years in the making, houses modern labs and classrooms for programs in biology, microbiology, anatomy and physiology, chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, geology, astronomy and physical sciences.

Even before the ribbon cutting in March, officials suspected problems with the building when a section of snow and ice accumulated on the eastern side of the roof then fell several stories to the plaza below.

On Nov. 7, CCAC trustees, acting at the recommendation of an independent architect, approved spending $82,000 for an upgrade to an electrical de-icing system for the roof and gutters on the east side of the building. Imhoff could not say whether the work was completed.

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Gisborne residents are continuing to save water following a large landslide which severed a water pipe, causing major issues for the town's water supply.

Water consumption in the area is now down by a third, meaning water rationing planned for next week will likely not be needed.

Gisborne District Council deputy chief executive Peter Higgs is happy with what residents have managed to achieve.

"Our target was to reduce water use to less than 14,000 cubic metres per day. This was achieved yesterday. Thank you to all the Gisborne people who have made this happen."

A large landslide in the Mangapoike area resulted in a total ban on watering lawns and gardens and left engineers working frantically to stabilise land affected by the pipeline.

"Good progress is being made fixing the pipes," says Mr Higgs. "Fulton Hogan, the contractor tasked with the repair job, has had staff working 24/7. They have brought in a range of subcontractors to get the job done as soon as possible.

"While yesterday's rain was brilliant in reducing demand for water, it had the potential to delay the pipe welding. This hold up was overcome by erecting rain proof gazebos above the areas where the welding was required."

It is expected water will be flowing freely through the pipe again by mid-way through next week.

"In the meantime it is vital that we all keep our water use to a minimum. Until the pipe can reliably bring water from the Mangopoike Dams into the Waingake Treatment Plant we will continue to rely on emergency supplies from the Waipaoa Treatment Plant, and a small amount from the Te Arai River.

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