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Photos by Dr. Florence Dunkel, Montana State University, Bozeman

001 - Icy Steps that sent Florence to the ER, 6 March 2009002 - Florence in the ER, fractured left transverse process on L1 vertebra003 - Florence with two, wonderful physical therapists, no surgery required!004 - Florence at home on 9 March 2009 with grandson Roman's "Flat Stanley"
Thanks to neighbors (Peter and Kandy Rose), Florence has a walker for the trip to Washington, DC, and then, Mali005 - Florence at World Bank to present her experiences with African entrepreneurial startups at World Bank, 11 March 2009006 - Dr. Nancy Beckage, UC-Riverside, in background at World Bank presentation007 - Florence with some World Bank persons009 - Dr. George Ayittey and World Bank person in Washington, DC011 - Dr. George Ayittey attended Florence's presentation at World Bank012 - Florence with World Bank executive - Riikka Rajalahli013 - World Bank022 - Mountains in northern Spain/southern France023- Plane is over the Iberian Peninsula024 - Goodbye to Europe, Africa is next025 - Hello Moroccan mountains in Africa026 - Wendy looks like she overcame the "jet lag"027 - Mali taxi, anyone?028 - Wendy at the local outdoor mall in Mali029 - The walker made it to Mali. Note the new tennis ball031 - Wendy in a village in Mali033 - Wendy's dress being sewed as she waits!035 - Florence and the comersant Diallo039 - Mali's answer to Waste Management trucks040 - At the National Museum of Mali in Bamako045 - Replica of the largest mud-brick mosque in the world at Djenne between Bamako and Mopti

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054 - Keriba Coulibaly, plant scientist at IER (Mali equivalent of USDA),
former student at MSU-Bozeman from 2005-2008, and Florence055 - Florence and Keriba Coulibaly. Keriba interpreted English/Bambara
for Wendy and Florence in the Village of Sanambele059 - In gold dress is Mme. Kadiatou Gamby, PhD entomologist at
Institut Economie Rurale (IER). IER is the equivalent in Mali to the USDA060 - Abdoulaye Camara and Mme. Aissata Thera on the left.
Abdoulaye was a student at MSU-Bozeman from 2005-2008. He studied in Bozeman again for 3 months, spring 2010.
Aissata earned an MS in Plant Science in 2008 from MSU-Bozeman.
Dr. Gamby, again, in the gold dress, is the IER supervisor of Abdoulaye and Aissata061 - Dr. Gamby and Florence066 - Notice the shoulder humps on these cattle. This identifies them as descendents of Brahma cattle from India.
The Brahma blood line protects non-native-to-Mali cattle from the tstete fly which vectors African sleeping sickness068 - Keriba Coulibaly and Belco Tamboura at Belco's home near Katiabougou
Katiabougou is the location of the National Agricultural University (IPR/IFRA) in Mali086 - Wendy and Florence are now living in Sanambele for 6 days088 - As you can see, Wendy is a big favorite of Sanambele kids

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100 - Dry season standing water in a near-by river bed, potential source of malaria-vectoring mosquitoes

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311 - Still friends. Wendy is an exceptional Extern!
This is the end of the series

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