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Popular Cars in the 1930s | eHow.com - 0 views

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in cars popular english 12_02_10 Harper wikipedia school Lee

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  • The 1930s were an important time for cars in the United States with the introduction of four-wheel hydraulic brakes, radio and heaters. Models began being characterized as more aerodynamic and taking on a smoother shape. This decade of car ingenuity also marked the beginning of V-8, the V-12, and the V-16 engines. Despite the depression of the 1930s and the decline of auto purchases, there were a few models of car that were quite popular.
  • Buick Series 40
  • Plymouth Model 30U
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  • 1932 Ford V-8 Cabriolet
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Music of Haiti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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HaitiMusic

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  • The music of Haiti is influenced mostly by European colonial ties and African migration through slavery
  • Starting in the late 1970s (with discontent surrounding the increasing oppulence of the Duvalier dictatorship), youth from Port-au-Prince (and to a lesser extent Cape Haitien and other urban areas) began experimenting with new types of life. Francois Duvalier's appropriation of Vodou images as a terror technique, the increase in US assembly and large-scale export agriculture, the popularity of disco, and Jean-Claude Duvalier's appreciation of konpa and chanson francaise disillusioned many youthand love.
  • Rara music is a Lenten processional music with strong ties to the Vodou religious tradition. It has been commonly confused with Haitian Carnival since both celebrations involve large groups of dancing revelers in the streets.
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  • The local homegrown Haitian hip hop movement is rising in popularity in Haiti and other Haitian communities. It is becoming more and more popular with Haitian youth, often communicating social and political topics as well as materialism. Compas as well as other popular local music beats are used frequently with urban sounds. Popular Haitian hip hop artists are Black Alex from King Posse, Original Rap Staff, Top Adlerman, Masters. Recent years have seen a rise in popularity for Haitian Hip-Hop artists
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Haitians: Their History and Culture - 0 views

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haitians history education

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      Kids in Haiti have respect for their teachers while some kids in the U.S don't care for their teachers.
  • Despite the reforms, obtaining an education in Haiti remains an elusive goal for most.
  • Grading and testing are very strict and formal in Haiti; it is much more difficult to attain a grade of B (or its equivalent) in Haiti than it is in the United States. Therefore, Haitian students may tend to attach great importance to grades and tests, even quizzes. The notion that what one learns is more important than the grade one earns will be very confusing to a Haitian student.
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  • The signing of the Concordat with the Vatican in 1860 brought much of the education
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AFP: Clinton hails cholera progress in Haiti - 0 views

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HSR11 HaitiCholera

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  • Touring a cholera clinic, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday hailed the news that the wave of cholera that has killed more than 4,000 Haitians since October is receding.
  • The number of new patients at the Cholera Treatment Center, managed by US government grantee Partners in Health, has been reduced by half to about 40 per day since the start of the epidemic, a State Department official said.
  • The death toll from Haiti's cholera epidemic is 4,030, the Haitian health ministry said Thursday, while the number of cholera cases totaled 209,034 as of January 24.
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Food Aid Hurts Haiti's Farmers | Americas | English - 0 views

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HSR11 HaitiFood

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  • This season, farmer Charles Surfoad is storing his rice rather than selling it.
  • He says food aid from the earthquake relief effort produced a glut that pushed down prices.
  • If he sells now, he says he'll lose money.
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  • Food aid is never good for us," he says. "As a farmer, I'm one of the first affected. You can't send that to a country where that's what they grow."
  • if he can't sell his rice, he won't have money to buy seeds for next season.
  • And because he supplies about 50 neighbors with seeds, their next season will be affected, too.
  • The entire supply chain can be affected,
  • But, these cases illustrate that when donors bring in food, those who make a living growing and selling food can suffer.
  • here is a risk, definitely. And we are very aware of that," says Brooke Isham, director of the Food for Peace program at the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
  • But the United States, which is the largest provider, "is lagging a little bit behind the curve of good practice in food aid," says Marc Cohen with the advocacy group Oxfam.
  • U.S. food aid consists almost entirely of American grain.
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Haiti - Food Crops - 0 views

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HaitiFood HSR11

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  • Corn, also referred to as maize, was the leading food crop
  • Total production averaged approximately 185,000 tons during the 1980s; yields increased in some areas.
  • Rice became an increasingly common cereal, beginning in the 1960s, when increased irrigation of the Artibonite Valley aided larger-scale farming.
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  • Tubers were also cultivated as food. Sweet potatoes, one of the nation's largest crops, grew on an estimated 100,000 hectares, and they yielded 260,000 tons of produce a year in the 1980s.
  • The tropical Pacific tuber taro, called malangá in Haiti, grew with other tubers on more than 27,000 hectares.
  • Red, black, and other kinds of beans were very popular; they provided the main source of protein in the diet of millions.
  • Mangoes, another tree crop, were a daily source of food, and they provided some exports.
  • In addition, Haitians grew a wide variety of spices for food, medicine, and other purposes, including thyme, anise, marjoram, absinthe, oregano, black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, garlic, and horseradish.
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Billionaire Philanthropy and Haiti: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly - Devon Pendleton - The... - 0 views

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philanthropy haiti actors likeaG6

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  • “Hope for Haiti Telethon,” where others manning the phones included organizer George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Justin Timberlake, Leonardo DiCaprio, Halle Berry, Ringo Starr, Julia Roberts, Taylor Swift, Brad Pitt, Mohammad Ali, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Cindy Crawford, Robert DeNiro, Charlize Theron, Mel Gibson, Cameron Diaz, Reese Witherspoon, Keith Urban, Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Jeremy Pivens, Adam Sandler,Sheryl Crow, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston, Penelope Cruz, as well as one hundred other top entertainers in the music, movie and television industry.
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Harper Lee - Information, Facts, and Links - 1 views

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Harper Lee

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  • She has published only one book
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      ravenm467 wcta on 30 Nov 10
       
      Wow..she is a one time wonder(:
  • Born in Monroeville, Alabama, in 1926, Nelle Harper Lee still lives there with her sister, and she spends time in New York City as well.
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      ravenm467 wcta on 30 Nov 10
       
      I would love to live there(:
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  • she has fought fiercely to stay out of the public eye.
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      ravenm467 wcta on 30 Nov 10
       
      Smart!!!
  • A rough-and-tumble child, Harper Lee frequently defended her less rambunctious friend Truman Capote in the schoolyard. She later did the research for his acclaimed novel In Cold Blood.
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      ravenm467 wcta on 30 Nov 10
       
      Shes like me
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      LAURA wcta on 30 Nov 10
       
      hahah
  • Harper Lee’s mother was Frances Cunningham Finch. Lee uses all three of her mother’s names for characters in To Kill a Mockingbird.
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      ravenm467 wcta on 30 Nov 10
       
      Thats of her(:
  • Harper Lee Gregory Peck in the film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Lee received the 1961 Pulitzer Prize in Literature for To Kill a Mockingbird.
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      ravenm467 wcta on 30 Nov 10
       
      Congratulations!
  • To Kill a Mockingbird was made into a major motion picture starring Gregory Peck in 1962. Peck won an Oscar for his performance in the film.
  • To Kill a Mockingbird was banned by Virginia’s Hanover County School Board in 1966 because it deals with the subject of rape. Harper Lee defended her book as espousing a Christian ethic and an honorable code of conduct, and she scathingly questioned whether the school board members, in grossly misjudging her novel’s content, were illiterate.
  • and witty
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Cholera in Haiti | CDC Travelers' Health - 0 views

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HSR11 HaitiCholera

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  • An epidemic cholera strain has been confirmed in Haiti, causing the first cholera outbreak in Haiti in at least 100 years.
  • The majority of cases have been reported in the Artibonite Departmente, approximately 50 miles north of Port-au-Prince, although the outbreak has spread to all areas of the country. Affected hospitals are strained by the large number of people who are ill.
  • Most travelers are not at high risk for getting cholera, but people who are traveling to Haiti should still take their own supplies to help prevent the disease and to treat it. Items to pack include A prescription antibiotic to take in case of  diarrhea Water purification tablets* Oral rehydration salts*
iand427 wcta

CDC - 2010 Haiti Cholera Outbreak - Frequently Asked Questions - 0 views

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HSR11 HaitiCholera

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  • The outbreak of cholera was confirmed in Haiti on October 21, 2010.
  • For a cholera outbreak to occur, two conditions have to be met: (1) there must be significant breaches in the water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure used by groups of people, permitting large-scale exposure to food or water contaminated with Vibrio cholerae organisms; and (2) cholera must be present in the population. While it is unclear how cholera was introduced to Haiti, both of these conditions now exist.
  • Cholera can be treated by immediately replacing fluids and salts lost through diarrhea using oral rehydration solution. This solution is used throughout the world to treat diarrhea. Antibiotics may also be used to shorten the course and diminish the severity of the illness. However, they are not as important as receiving oral or intravenous rehydration therapy.
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Cholera! pbs :D - 0 views

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HaitiCholera Period 7

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  • outbreak of the deadly disease, cholera, has claimed the lives of
  • 0 Haitians with more than 18,000 cases reported in recent weeks.
  • Cholera victims await treatment in Haiti, where the disease has broken out due to a lack of sanitation and clean water following a de
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  • disease
  • sease has broken out due to a lack of sanitation and clean water following a de
  • While cholera is a disease not common in Haiti, researchers have traced this outbreak to a strain of bacteria identical to one found in South Asia.
  • eports of cholera cases in the Dominican Republic and Florida
  • of cholera include diarrhea, high fever, vomiting and dehydration
  • Symptoms
  • poor living conditions
  • its population of 10 million.
  • The government has launched a country-wide radio and television campaign encouraging Haitians to wash their hands and avoid contaminated water sources.
  • Contaminated water is a main culprit in transmitting cholera.
  • top priority in halting this crisis.
  • riots in two northern cities, Cap-Haitien and Port-de-Paix
  • Protestors are furious with a U.N. delegation from Nepal who they believe introduced this specific strand of cholera to the region.
  • Haiti is being closely monitored, as further crises could send a wave of refugees to the Florida coast.
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Personal Learning Environment (PLE) - a new learning concept or a new learning system? ... - 0 views

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GLOBAL flat Classroom CBP PLE

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      HEATHER wcta on 22 Mar 11
       
      PLE's give students free rein. It helps them manage their goals, and therby control their educational destiny! It's pretty fascinating really.
  • “the heart of the concept of the PLE is that it is a tool that allows a learner (or anyone) to engage in a distributed environment consisting of a network of people, services and resources. It is not just Web 2.0, but it is certainly Web 2.0 in the sense that it is (in the broadest sense possible) a read-write application.”
  • the integration of both formal and informal learning episodes
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  • is that it offers a portal to the world through which learners can explore and create, according to their own interests and directions, interacting as they choose, with their friends and learning community.
  • “Learning becomes as much social as cognitive, as much concrete as abstract, and becomes intertwined with judgement and exploration.”
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Thomas Friedman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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friedman the wikipedia thomas world is flat

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      SEAN wcta on 01 Dec 10
       
      hes a very rich man
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      KATRINA wcta on 01 Dec 10
       
      his personal life!
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      KATRINA wcta on 01 Dec 10
       
      yes he is
    • KATRINA wcta
      KATRINA wcta on 01 Dec 10
       
      he has a very interesting life!
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      MICHAEL wcta on 01 Dec 10
       
      He was a successful writer, sometimes drawing upon his readers for ideas. His writing on wars has won him awards.
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      PHILIP wcta on 01 Dec 10
       
      born july 20, 1953
  • Master Championship bridge player, died in 2008. He has two older s
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  • to be a professional golfer. He attended Hebrew school five days a week until his bar mitzvah,[1] then St. Louis Park High School where he wrote articles for his school's newspaper.[2] He became enamored with Israel after a visit there in December 1968, and he spent all three of his high sc
  • Net worth $25 millio
  • Spouse Ann Bucksbaum
  • Born July 20, 1953 (1953-07-20) (age 57) St. Louis Park, Minnesota, U.S. Residence Bethesda, Maryland Occupation Author, columnist
  • Children Orly and Natalie Website
  • editors.[9] The GGP collapse marked the largest real estate bankruptcy in U.S. history.[10] Ann and Thomas Friedman live in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. The July 2006 issue of Washingtonian reported that they own "a palatial 11,400-square-foot (1,060 m2) house, currently valued at $9.3 million, on a 7½-acre parcel just blocks from I-495 and Bethesda Country Club." Friedman is paid $50,000 per speaking engagement.[8]
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      JEREMY wcta on 01 Dec 10
       
      Thomas L. Friedman is a world renowned author and writer for The New York Times
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U.S. companies step up on Haitian relief efforts - Jan. 15, 2010 - 0 views

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likeaG6 Haiti relief efforts

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  • Corporate America has already pledged more than $40 million in donations to support earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.
  • U.S. companies had already pledged $1 million or more apiece to international relief organizations working in Haiti.
  • They include Amgen (AMGN, Fortune 500), Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500), and Coca-Cola (KO, Fortune 500). Time Warner (TWX, Fortune 500), the parent company of Fortune and CNNMoney, is also raising funds for the relief effort.
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  • Wal-mart (WMT, Fortune 500), the world's largest retailer, has pledged $600,000 to support Red Cross emergency relief efforts in Haiti. The company also announced that it is sending $100,000 in pre-packaged food kits to Haiti at the request of the Red Cross.
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At Haitian port, desperately needed aid sits and sits and sits... - Haiti - MiamiHerald... - 0 views

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HSR11 HaitiCholera

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  • Water filtration tanks that would provide orphans with clean water during a cholera epidemic have been stuck at Haiti's main port since Nov. 22, hostage to customs red tape.
  • Haiti's struggle to recover from last January's 7.0 earthquake has been hamstrung by a massive bottleneck at customs. To some, the culprit is corruption, and the solution is to grease the right palms to get products moving to their intended destinations.
  • Haiti has a culture of bureaucratic inefficiency that has been overwhelmed by a tidal wave of incoming charitable goods. The government defends the delays, arguing that some alleged donations are actually intended for sale but disguised as aid by opportunists who hope to maximize profits by avoiding Haiti's enormous import fees.
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Cholera under control in parts of Haiti - 0 views

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HSR11 HaitiCholera

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  • Three Haitian provinces were able to contain a cholera epidemic that has claimed almost 4,000 lives in the Caribbean island nation since October, the government said Tuesday.
  • The number of cholera patients has been reduced in the provinces of North, Northeast and Artibonite, although there were still a few new cases reported in some other parts of the nation, according to Public Health Minister Alex Larsen.
  • Latest official statistics showed that cholera had killed 3,927 people and affected 199,497 others, of whom 112,656 were hospitalized.
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Haiti Relief - 0 views

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HaitiRelief

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  • The New York Times does not certify the charities’ fund allocations or administrative costs. More information about giving, for this and other causes, is available online from the GuideStar database on nonprofit agencies and the BBB Wise Giving Alliance. The Better Business Bureau also offers a list of charities providing assistance in Haiti that meet its standards for accountability.
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      CORINNA wcta on 10 Feb 11
       
      Corinna Florez period 7
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Rail transport in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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rail in transport english 12_02_10 Harper Lee school

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    Transportation in the 1930's
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Morphine Addiction Help - Resources for Morphine Dependency - 1 views

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  • Morphine is a powerful narcotic agent with strong analgesic action and other significant effects on the central nervous system. It is dangerously addicting. Morphine is a naturally occurring member of a large chemical class of compounds called alkaloids. Morphine is highly effective in relieving pain. It also inhibits the cough reflex, decreases the desire to eat, and causes constipation. Side effects include impairment of mental performance, euphoria, drowsiness, lethargy, and blurred vision.
  • Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects: Shallow breathing Slow heartbeat Seizure (convulsions) Cold, clammy skin Confusion Severe weakness or dizziness Feeling light-headed, fainting Less serious side effects are more likely to occur, such as: Constipation Warmth, tingling, or redness under your skin Nausea, vomiting, stomach pain Diarrhea Loss of appetite Dizziness Headache Anxiety Memory problems Sleep problems (insomnia)
  • Prescription drugs can ease pain and aid in recovery
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  • , but they are also one of the most common roads to addiction around today.
  • hree Classes of Prescription Drugs Most Commonly Abused Opioids - which are used to treat pain (includes codeine, oxycodone and morphine) Central nervous system (CNS) depressants - used to treat sleep disorders and anxiety (includes barbiturates and benzodiazepines) Stimulants - used for narcolepsy, ADHD and obesity (includes dextroamphetamine and methylphenidate)
  • Extreme drowsiness Pinpoint pupils Confusion Cold and clammy skin Weak pulse Shallow breathing Fainting Breathing that stops
  • Just because morphine is a prescribed drug for pain relief does not mean this drug cannot become addictive.
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    morphine addiction
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Review of The Struggle Continues - 0 views

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haiti films

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  • This video was filmed during September, 1989 when Pax Christi sent a delegation to Haiti. It is a beginners film, one that unabashedly tries to move the viewer to concern for and action on Haiti's behalf. There is a need for this sort of film to introduce people Haiti who know little or nothing of her. The film has a job to do. It does not concentrate on or much mention the attractive features of Haiti. It sets out to show and analyze Haiti's misery.
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    bianca santiago  P.7
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