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NRG Supports Haiti with $1 Million for

Solar Project

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WEST WINDSOR — Local-ly based NRG Energy Inc. has pledged to donate $1 million to fund a solar project in a remote region of Haiti.

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The Hotel Montana, a four-star resort in Haiti, came crash-ing down during the country's massive Jan. 12 earthquake - a surprising collapse, since the hotel had been sturdily built on presumably solid ground.

Haiti Quake Offers Surprising Lesson

About Earth's Surface

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Nine months after the catastrophic earth-quake which killed some 300,000 and left 1.3 million homeless, as reports and articles denounce the terrible conditions in Haiti’s 1,354 squalid refugee camps, Haiti Grass-roots Watch decided to look into the issue.• Is there a plan for the refugees, and if so,

what is it?• Who is in charge?• Will it work?

A dozen interviews, scores of documents and many telephone calls later, Haiti Grass-roots Watch discovered there actually does seem to be a plan. However, it is not readily accessible to the media or the Haitian pub-lic, it is so far only very loosely coordinated and thus far, is not overseen by any Haitian agency or ministry, making accountability difficult, if not impossible.

This article is the first in a series of three which examine the plan, its challenges and its workability.

While five Haitian government ministries are in some way involved with the issue (Planning, Interior, Public Works, Social Affairs and Economy and Finances), it appears that the planning and coordination of figuring out housing for Haiti’s 1.3 mil-

lion internally displaced people has so far been overseen and managed by foreign enti-ties – two of the 12 “Clusters” – the Shelter Cluster and the Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Cluster.

“Clusters” are groupings of UN agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other international organizations around a sector or service provided during a human-

itarian crisis. International staff try to con-vene and coordinate NGOs and agencies according to area of intervention.

National and local cluster meetings hap-pen every week but minutes and reports from participants indicate that ministries rarely participate in the national Shelter or CCCM meetings, many of which are held in English. (On the other hand, cluster staff do interact with the government officials at the local level.)

Shelter Cluster Coordinator Gehard Tauscher told Haiti Grassroots Watch that the lack of coordination and participation at the national level is a roadblock, noting that he wished “all layers of the government would come together and speak with one voice.”

“I wish they would lock up all of the peo-ple in a nice place for a weekend – the UN, the agency people and the national govern-ment – and not let them out until they make decisions,” he said.

One Shelter Cluster staffer, Deborah Hyde, Information Manager for the Léogane Cluster, was a little less tactful in where to lay the blame.

“We need leadership and unfortunately in

Who is in Charge and What is the Plan?

Photo: Mark Schuller/Unstable FoundationsThis photo is from a recent study of camp conditions and the roles played by NGOs called Unstable Foundations

see Plan on page 12

SPORTS

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Jocelyne Beroard to Honor Toto Bissainthe

Haitian Professor Ruthy Char-lot from Winnipeg University, Canada had passed away on Oct. 15 at around 8 a.m. Accord-ing to sources closed to the Uni-versity. Ms Charlot had died of an unexpected pulmonary blood clot, allegedly due to her medi-cations. Apparently, a 911 call was made after 7 a.m. Ms. Char-lot passed away soon after at the hospital.

Haitian Professor Ruthy Charlot Passed Away

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Practicing In Frisco, Haiti’s Amputee Soccer Team Plays For Hope

“I wish they would lock up all of the people in a nice place for a weekend – the

UN, the agency people and the national government – and not let them out until

they make decisions.”

FRISCO – The players sprawled on practice-field grass near Pizza Hut Park, heeding the words of Haitian soccer coach Andre Pacombe.

“You are not here just to play,” he said animatedly, in the team’s native French. “You are here to show the world what you can do. You are here to give hope.”

As the players rose and sprang back into action, the meaning of Pacombe’s words became clear: The team materialized in incomplete form, abbreviated legs and arms protruding from the players’ red uniforms. One man had no arms at all.

These 15 men are a sign not only of Hai-ti’s rebirth in the wake of the January earth-quake that killed 230,000 people but also of its progress. As members of Haiti’s first entry in World Amputee Football’s World Cup, they represent an inspiring advance for a nation that has historically shunned its citizens who have disabilities.

“In Haiti, amputees are often badly treat-ed,” said Patrick Peronel, 31, who lost his leg when he was hit by a car at age 12. Demonstrating that amputees can play soc-cer on a competitive level, he said, could bring fellow amputees the respect they deserve.

After his accident, he said, he felt worth-less, as if life were over. What had God done to him, and why?

Playing amputee soccer, he said, helped change his mind-set. “I’m somebody,” he said. “I’m an athlete.”

That, said Fred Sorrells, is reason enough to field a team.

“We’re working to lift up all the dis-abled of Haiti,” said Sorrells, president and founder of the Arlington-based Interna-tional Institute of SPORT, sponsor of the Haitian team effort.

“They’re bringing honor to their coun-try.”

The team was in Fris-co for almost a week of training. On Friday, the squad will fly to Argen-tina, where it will be one of 14 teams competing for the World Cup title.

The rules of amputee soccer roughly resemble those of traditional play, with some variations: Eligible players are those whose arms or legs end before their wrist or ankle. Goalies can have two legs but only one hand; outfielders can have two hands but only one foot.

Moving around on their standard-play metal forearm crutches, the players launched into a tight circle of kicking and high-step drills as Pacombe barked out orders, a whistle and stopwatch dangling from his neck. “Allez! Allez! Go! Go!”

Three of the team’s 15 players were among the estimated 300,000 injured in this year’s earthquake. Francois Mackendy, 23, had to have his leg sawed off after being trapped in rubble.

Ariel Valembrun, 28, and Emmanuel Ladouceur, 24, both lost hands in the quake. Afterward, they had surgery to remove infected arms.

For other players, the lost limbs are the result of many factors – from congenital birth defects to auto or electrical accidents. But it was January’s earthquake that set the effort in motion.

Sorrells, whose organization works to improve conditions for disabled people worldwide, had traveled to Haiti earlier this year to see what he could do. Needing a

French translator, he came to rely on Gis-card Ciney, whose mother was an amputee quake victim.

Through Ciney, Sorrells met other ampu-tees, and as he researched the possibilities for amputee athletics, he discovered World Amputee Football, a 30-year-old organiza-tion founded by Don Bennett of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Why not bring the sport to Haiti, he thought?

More than a hundred players tried out for the team, feeding hopes for an amputee soc-cer league in the future. FC Dallas donated accommodations, uniforms and practice fields for the team’s pre-tournament prepa-ration.

The effort inspired Houston security guard Foday Dumbuya to take three weeks off work to help out. A refugee from Sier-ra Leone and a lifelong soccer player, Dumbuya lost his leg to civil-war strife; he came to the U.S. about four years ago.

He understands what the men have gone through – the feelings of despair that cloud one’s mind after such tragedy, the feeling

that life is over. “At first,” he said,

“I was thinking every-thing is gone in my life. But one day I got up and kicked the ball, and it went the direction I wanted it to go. So I kept playing.”

He now moves adroitly on his crutch-es, perched above the ball while spinning cir-cles around it with his leg before kicking it 30 feet to another player.

There’s no use dwell-ing on the past. “What has been done has been done,” he said.

The team has no illu-sions about returning as amputee World Cup champs – for now, that honor belongs to Uzbekistan – but the players hope their effort will inspire others like them to action.

The team plans to return to Dallas to visit military and other amputees.

“Before long,” Sorrells said, “people will say, ‘Look what Haiti did. They recognized their disabled as a resource.’

“These guys are a testimony.” The Haitian amputee soccer team’s par-

ticipation in this weekend’s World Cup of Amputee Football is spearheaded by the International Institute of SPORT, a non-profit organization based in Arlington.

The organization is seeking about $30,000 in donations to help fund the team’s trip to Crespo, Argentina. More information can be found on the group’s website, at www.iisport.org, or by calling Fred Sorrells at 214-674-6196.

The story was first published in Dallas-news.com.

BORDEAUX, France (AFP) – Bordeaux coach Jean Tigana revealed on Tuesday that his current employers would probably be his final club.

“I think this could be my last club because I might take my footballing retire-ment early,” Tigana, 55, said in an inter-view with regional daily Sud-Ouest.

“As things stand, I’ll go until the end of my contract (which runs until June 2012). We’ll talk about it with (Bordeaux presi-dent) Jean-Louis (Triaud) at the end of the contract.”

Tigana, a member of the heralded ‘Magic Square’ midfield that was the heartbeat of France’s 1984 European Championship-winning side, has previously coached Lyon, Monaco, English side Fulham and Turkish outfit Besiktas.

He returned to management with Bor-deaux in May this year, having spent three years out of the game after leaving Besiktas.

He won 52 caps for France, scoring one goal, and represented Toulon, Lyon, Bor-deaux and Marseille at club level.

Bordeaux Could be my Last Club, Says Tigana

October 20-26, 2010The haiTian Times2

J’ai choisi le texte : « Ki jan nou ekri kreyòl ayisyen » comme conclusion de la série « Apprendre l’orthographe du créole haïtien » que j’ai commencée à publier il y a maintenant trois semaines sur l’hebdomadaire haïtiano-américain « The Haitian Times », dans le cadre de ma chronique régulière : « Du côté de chez Hugues ». Le texte « Ki jan nou ekri kreyòl ayisyen » a été reproduit dans la revue « Études créoles », vol.III, # 1, novembre 1980. C’est le texte officiel de la graphie du créole haïtien. Rappelons que c’est un décret gouvernemental en date du 18 septembre 1979 qui a officialisé l’usage du créole dans les écoles haïtiennes. Quatre mois après, le 22 janvier 1980, un communiqué publié par la Secrétairerie d’État à l’Éducation nationale entérina la graphie du créole haïtien. Voici telle qu’elle a été proposée, il y a un peu plus de trente ans, la graphie officielle du créole haïtien.

Ki jan nou ekri kreyòl ayisyen(Graphie du créole haïtien)

1. Konsòn (Consonnes)

b : bal, debat, kapab m : malad, enfimite, dam

ch: chat, rache, rach n : nas, zepina, bakasin

d : daso, kadas, gad ng: ling, touhing, zing

f : fal, rafal, saf p : poto, rapadou, pap

g : garaj, bagay, bag r : rat, marasa

h : ha, branhang, enhen s : sik, dousi, sous

j : jalou, kajou, raj t : taso, titato, tèt

k : kad, makawon, avèk v : vakabon, lave, rèv

l : lavi, pale, fasil z : zafè, razè, raz

II. Vwayèl (Voyelles)

1. Vwayèl bouch (Voyelles orales)a : ase, latè, leta o :

ochan, foli, matoe : elèv, redi, rale ò :

òfèv, gòl, gadò è : es-ès, kèk, ankè ou :

ouvriye, goud, kalfou i : istwa, pit, anasi

2. Vwayèl bouch-nen (Voyelles nasalisées)an : anlè, zandolit, devan on :

onz, ponpe, pantalonen : enbesil, pentad, lapen oun :

ounsi, mezounbèl, youn

III. Vwayèl-konsòn (Semi-voyelles)

1. W

wa : watè, lakwa wo : wotè, gwo

wan : wanga, lakwann wò : wòl, bwòs

we : wete, dwe won: wont, fwonte

wen : wench, kwen wou: woule, kwout

wi : witi, kwi : kaw, lakataw, kiw, bow

Atansyon (Attention) : wo, wò, won, wou, kapab ekri konsa

tou: (peuvent aussi s’écrire :) ro, rò, ron, rou Egzanp (Exemples) : rote, gro, ròl, bròs, ront, fronte, roule,

krout.

2. Y ya : faya, pyas yo :

koyo, konfyoloyan : yanvalou, pyan yò :

miyò, dyòl, biyòtye : peye, katye yon :

bouyon, pyon yè : ayè, soupyè you :

you, pyout yen : anyen, kretyen :

pay, kay, bòy, fèy, chany

3. ui huit, nuit, uit, zuit

IV. Alfabè (Alphabet) A, an, b, ch, d, e, è, en, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, ng, o, ò,

on, ou, oun, p, r, s, t, ui, v, w, y, z.

V. SIY ESPESYAL (Signes spéciaux)

1. Ti tirè (Le tiret)

Nou kapab sèvi ak ti tirè, si nou vle, pou makònen yon mo ak kèk fòm gramè ki vini apre li, tankou : (On peut se servir du tiret, si on le désire, pour relier un mot et un élément grammatical qui le suit. Cet élément grammatical peut être :)

Fòm atik defini yo : (l’article défini )fi-a, nèg-la, pèlen-an, fanm-nan Fòm adjektif posesif yo : (l’adjectif possessif)papa-li, pitit-mwenPwonon konpleman retresi yo : (le pronom complément

contracté) Nèg-la di-m li te wè-m yè.

2. Apostwòf (Apostrophe) Nou kapab sèvi ak apostwòf pou pwonon sijè yo : (On

peut se servir de l’apostrophe pour les pronoms sujets contractés. :)

M’ vini rele ou epi ou pa vini. Jèda pa la, l’al lekòl.

M’, n’ l’, se mo tankou tout lòt mo. Fò nou kite yon ti espas anvan nou kòmanse ekri mo ki vini apre a. (m’, n’, l’, sont des mots comme les autres. Il faut laisser un espace entre eux et le mot qui suit.)

3. Aksan (Accent) :

Nou sèvi ak aksan pou fè : (on se sert de l’accent pour changer :)

e tounen è (e en è)o tounen ò (o en ò)

« a » devan « n » pa tounen « an » :

(On s’en sert aussi pour empêcher que « a » devant « n » ne devienne « an » :

van, vànpan, pàn

VI. KA ESPESYAL (Cas spécial)

Lè on pati son vwayèl « ou » pase nan nen san pa gen yon konsòn-nen tou pre li, nou mete « n ». Nou jwenn ka sa yo sitou nan mo kreyòl ki soti nan lang afriken : (Quand la voyelle « ou » se prononce de façon nasalisée sans qu’il y ait influence de « n » ou de « m », on peut ajouter un « n ». Ce phénomène se rencontre le plus souvent dans les mots créoles d’origine africaine comme :)

ounsi, ounfò, oungan.

La graphie officielle du créole haïtien

E N F R A N ç A I S

Du côtéde chezHugues

par Hugues St. Fort

October 20-26, 2010 The haiTian Times 3

WEST WINDSOR — Locally based NRG Energy Inc. has pledged to donate $1 million to fund a solar project in a remote region of Haiti.

The donation will fund the project The Sun Lights the Way: Brightening Boucan Carré. The cheap, renewable, and low-maintenance electric power it will provide will be used for fish farming, irrigation pumps, streetlights and schools. If it proves successful, the project will serve as a model for other towns in the country that was rav-aged by a devastating earthquake earlier this year.

”Normally we try and keep our charitable giving a little closer to home, where we have facilities and all, but the need of Haiti was just so great and we felt that we could actually make a difference,” said NRG CEO David Crane.

”We’re essentially a domestic company, so we feel we can project our expertise a lot more easily into Haiti than into (countries that are further away).”

The donation was announced at the Clin-ton Global Initiative’s meeting last month in New York City. The two groups met through the initiative, which in part matches funding groups with nonprofits.

Solar-generated power is one way of get-ting around Haiti’s lack of infrastructure, particularly in remote areas like the few towns that make up Boucan Carré, which has a population of about 48,000. The nonprofit Solar Electric Light Fund, which installs solar capability in developing coun-tries, will oversee the project.

SELF will work with Partners in Health, a nonprofit that operates numerous clinics in Haiti and which has used SELF before to generate power in medical clinics. SELF Executive Director Bob Freling said PIH’s

expertise in the country should help them avoid some of the pitfalls other nonprofits have faced when entering a country that is known for its complicated bureaucracy.

”Sure we’re going to have challenges working in a post-disaster area,” he said. “The good news from our perspective is, because of our partnership with Partners in Health, I think it’s just going to make things a lot easier. ... I just feel more comfortable and confident knowing we have access to that network of relationships.”

The plan is to put solar arrays in Boucan Carré and to teach locals how to do what little maintenance is required. Mr. Freling said the training involved helps to increase the base of knowledge in the country. So far, SELF has done a quick assessment of the area, and plans to look at it more closely in the next month. Mr. Freling said he expects the installation work to take place in 2011, well ahead of the CGI commitment deadline of April 2012.

”We have the opportunity to fulfill that vision of turning Boucan Carré into a model that could be replicated elsewhere in Haiti,” a country where 85 percent of the population lacks access to electricity, Mr. Freling said.

”When I first heard about the earthquake and people talked about rebuilding Haiti, for me it was obvious Haiti needed to embrace renewable energy as a pivotal component in their strategy to rebuild because with-out access to modern energy services and electricity, there’s no way to have any kind of sustainable development,” he continued.

The current power grid there, he said, reaches only about 25 percent of the popu-lation.

”On the other hand, Haiti is blessed with an abundance of sunshine, so why not tap into that renewable, carbon-free energy,

and use it for everything,” Mr. Freling said. “We’re trying to demonstrate the viability of a solar electrical system as a cornerstone of their viability going forward.”

Mr. Crane, the NRG CEO, said the desire to help Haiti came out of the wish to get more involved in the world.

”With the increasing number of global disasters, when Haiti occurred I think it was the fourth time we did special triple match-ing for employees that wanted to donate their own money,” he said. “We started by doing that, which was becoming sort of depressingly familiar, and we decided this time we wanted to do more.”

Earlier this year, NRG raised a total of $428,000 to help Haiti recover from the earthquake, which combined employee contributions and matching with a $100,000 donation to Concern Worldwide to build two primary schools.

After studying the available options, Mr.

Crane said, NRG decided to work with SELF because “this looked like we could do the most with our financial and technical expertise.”

While SELF and PIH are handling most of the technical aspects of this first project, Mr. Crane he does not see this donation as the end of his company’s commitment to Haiti.

”This is basically a start from our per-spective, and frankly I would be disap-pointed if this is all that we did,” he said.

”We’re here to underwrite and to learn, but what we’d like to do obviously is expand. If we can demonstrate this is very successful, we would like to leverage our own financial investment; we’d like to make this a role model for the solar indus-try, and for (non-governmental organiza-tions) and other concerned entities.”

The story was first published in cen-traljersey.com.

NRg supports Haiti with $1 Million for solar Project

Port-Au-Prince - The death toll in the floods caused by torren-tial rains in Haiti has risen to 12, including those killed in the country's capital city of Port-au-Prince over the weekend, offi-cials said Monday.

According to health officials, among the 10 people killed by floods in Port-au-Prince over the weekend were a two-year-old girl

and an 11-month-old baby. While one victim was killed

after he fell into an open sewer in the capital, most of the others were killed while trying to cross flooded streets. Officials said two bodies were recovered on Mon-day in the district of Fontmara outside Port-au-Prince. They were residents of a large camp set up for those who lost their homes

in the deadly January 12 quake.The streets as well as hundreds

of homes and other buildings in Port-au-Prince and nearby towns have been inundated by flood waters, with the country's meteo-rology department issuing flash-flood warnings across Haiti's southern peninsula.

The devastating floods comes at a time when international efforts are

progressing to rebuild the impover-ished country after the devastating January 12 earthquake that killed 217,000 people and caused dam-ages estimated between $8 billion and $14 billion. Official estimates indicate the quake left at least 1.5 million people homeless across Haiti, mostly in the capital Port-au-Prince. An estimated half-a-million homeless currently live

outside in improvised camps in the capital city.

International donors have since pledged $9.9 billion in funding over the next three years and beyond for the reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, which is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere.

The news was first published in rttnews.

Death Toll In Haiti Floods Raises To 12

With 1.3 million people still living in spontaneously formed camps nine months after a massive earthquake devastated Haiti, a United Nations expert called Oct. 19 for a shift in the focus of humanitarian operations and more urgency in launching the reconstruction process.

“Haiti is still living through a profound humanitarian crisis that affects the human rights of those displaced by the disaster,” Secretary-General Ban Ki moon’s Repre-sentative on the Human Rights of Internal-ly Displaced Persons (IDP) Walter Kaelin said after a visit to the country, noting that

camp residents include both those who lost their homes and others fleeing poverty exacerbated by the January quake, which killed more than 200,000 people.

“Visiting some of the capital’s worst slum areas, I also met many others outside camps, whose plight was less visible, but not less grave. People in the camps have specific needs, especially relating to shel-ter, which need to be addressed at the camp level,” he added.

“However, other urgent needs such as access to health, water, sanitation and education faced not only by the camp

population but also by Haiti’s poor should be addressed through a neighboRhood approach. That way, the entire affected population has equal access in accordance with needs and people are not drawn into unsustainable camps.”

Information on the United Nations offi-cial website, Mr. Kaelin who called for more urgency for reconstruction process, said the crisis needs a development solu-tion, with the Government facing the pri-mary responsibility to communicate pub-licly a plan on how to provide durable solutions, while donors ensure early recov-

ery funding for smaller-scale neighbor-hood reconstruction to begin.

Regarding the increasing number of forced evictions from private land, he stressed that there must not be any forced eviction without due process and reason-able alternatives, and “the Government should publicly stand up for this prin-ciple,” with the right to property balanced against the economic and social rights of the quake victims.

Mr. Kaelin voiced concern that pre-existing high levels of violence against

uN expert urges Changed Focus for 1.3 million Quake survivors still in Camps

see suRVIVORs on page 11

NRG CEO David Crane

October 20-26, 2010The haiTian Times4

Hundreds of people gathered at City Hall park Oct.19 to protest against New York state's relationship with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The New York State Division of Crimi-nal Justice Services signed a memo-randum of understanding with ICE last May, as part of a national initiative called ”Secure Communities,” which allows the two groups to share information about arrested individuals. The goal of the pro-gram, according to ICE, is to identify and remove undocumented criminals from the U.S. through deportation and to thereby ”improve public safety.” New York state signed the memorandum, but it has yet to be implemented.

Make the Road New York, one of the organizers of the rally against the pro-gram, said that innocent people are being deported as a result.

”This is not about convicted felons,” said Andrew Friedman, co-executive director of Make the Road New York. ”In most instanc-es it's about innocent New Yorkers or New Yorkers who are guilty of very minor things. This is not about public safety.”

The group of protestors marched across the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan to City Hall Park and stopped at a small stage complete with a mariachi band. Speakers told their stories of how the program has affected them.

One protester, Jorgelina Aguirre, whose son is currently in jail on Riker's Island says her son was harrased and beaten up in Brooklyn and was later arrested for the beating. As a result of Secure Communi-ties, Aguirre says an immigration hold has been placed on him. If he is found inno-

cent, she fears Immigration officers will be waiting to take him away.

Councilman Daniel Dromm of District 25 in Queens and other council members around the city have asked Mayor Michael Bloomberg to end the city's voluntary rela-

tionship with the federal ICE, saying it is tearing families apart.

”What we're doing is we are forcing the immigrant commuinty to be distrustful of the police department rather than trustful of the police department,” Dromm said at

the rally, ”and Secure Communities makes insecure communities for those reasons.”

The Mayor's office has not returned call for comment.

The story was first appeared on wnyc.org.

Protestors Rally Against 'secure Communities' Program

PHOENIX, (AP) – Lawmakers in at least 14 states announced Oct. 19 they are working on legislation to deny U.S. citizenship to the children of illegal immi-grants, although they weren't specific about how they plan to do it.

Arizona Sen. Russell Pearce said he and the lawmakers have a working draft of their model legislation and have consulted constitutional scholars to change the 14th Amendment and deny automatic citizen-ship.

”This is a battle of epic proportions,” Pearce said Tuesday during a news con-ference at the Arizona Capitol. ”We've allowed the hijacking of the 14th Amend-ment.”

Pearce declined to say how the legisla-tion will differ from similar measures that have been introduced in each two-year congressional session since 2005. None of them made it out of committee.

He and another Arizona lawmaker did argue that wording in the amendment that guarantees citizenship to people born in the U.S. who are ”subject to the jurisdic-tion” of this country does not apply to the children of illegal immigrants because such families don't owe sole allegiance to the U.S.

Carlos Galindo-Elvira, vice president of Valle del Sol, a Phoenix group that pro-vides social services to community mem-bers and advocates for immigrants, said the part of the amendment Pearce is con-tending clearly was meant for children of foreign diplomats who are born in the U.S.

Pearce's ”interpretation is being used to qualify his argument to legitimize bullying babies,” he said.

The efforts by Pearce and the other lawmakers come amid calls to change the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment. Sup-porters cite costs to taxpayers for services provided to illegal immigrants and their children.

Constitutional changes require approval by two-thirds majorities in both chambers of Congress, an impossibility now because Democrats have the majority in both hous-es and most oppose such a measure. Even if Republicans gain power in November and legislation is passed, an amendment would still need to be ratified by three-fourths of the states.

Pennsylvania state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, the founder of a national group of legisla-tors critical of illegal immigration, said the 14th Amendment ”greatly incentives foreign invaders to violate our border and our laws.” He had a news conference Tues-day in Harrisburg, Pa., on the multistate endeavor.

The effort could run afoul of the lan-guage in the 14th Amendment and lead to a court battle over the constitutionality of the law. But Metcalfe said providing birthright citizenship to children of illegal immigrants is an ”ongoing distortion and twisting” of the amendment.

Metcalfe's office said lawmakers in at least 12 other states besides Arizona and Pennsylvania said they were making their own announcements about working on

the citizenship legislation. Those other states: Alabama, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebras-ka, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah.

Pearce was the main sponsor of a tough new Arizona law that would require police enforcing other laws to question people about their immigration status if there's reason to suspect they're in the U.S. ille-gally. It was to go into effect this summer, but a judge put on hold key provisions pending the resolution of a legal challenge.

Pearce also was the chief sponsor of a

2007 state law targeting employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed the 2010 law and who is championing the state's legal defense of it against a court challenge mounted by the U.S. Jus-tice Department, was noncommittal when asked whether lawmakers should approve legislation on citizenship.

However, Brewer said she was ”always concerned” by the possibility of involving the state in a court fight. ”No one wants to be in court. No one wants to be fighting the federal government,” she said.

state Lawmakers Preparing Citizenship Legislation

Sen. Russell Pearce

October 20-26, 2010 The haiTian Times 5

By Darlie Gervais Haitian Times staff

Haitian Professor Ruthy Charlot from Winnipeg University, Canada had passed away on Oct. 15 at around 8 a.m. Accord-ing to sources closed to the University. Ms Charlot had died of an unexpected pulmonary blood clot, allegedly due to her medications. Apparently, a 911 call was made after 7 a.m. Ms. Charlot passed away soon after at the hospital.

According to the University officials Charlot joined Menno Simons College as a Sessional Instructor in September 2009. In her short time at the College she became a much loved friend, colleague and teacher. The 35 years old, Professor Charlot was instrumental in getting Haiti's 5 Quake survivors into Winnipeg University with full scholarship.

“Ruthy's premature departure saddens all of us who worked in partnership with the university, including Fritz Desormes, Dean, State University of Haiti; Mme. Mirlande Manigat, Dean, Quiskeya Uni-versity, Senator Evelyne Chéron, said Gina Chéron of the Consortium for Haitian Empowerment.

The Brooklyn based Consortium for Haitian Empowerment had worked closely with the President of the University who

contacted the organization for the coordi-nation of the Project.

Ruthy Charlot was the daughter of Dr Jean –Baptiste Luc and Mrs Rita Charlot. She left a brother Jean-Luc in Miami, Florida and was the cousin of Harry Fou-ché, the Consortium Vice Chair.

A Memorial Service to celebrate and remember Ms Charlot will be held on Oct. 20 at 4:00 pm.

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Haitian Professor Ruthy Charlot Passed Away

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Oct. 18 (UPI) - Three inmates were killed in a botched prison escape in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, police said.

Police said the inmates overpowered several guards and stripped them of their weapons before being killed in the Sun-day escape attempt, The Miami Herald reported.

”They tried to get out and were killed,” Haitian National Police spokesman Frantz Lerebours said.

Seven people, including three United Nations police advisers, were briefly detained in the attempted breakout but no prisoners escaped, the report said.

The detainees got away after gunfire broke out and were later treated for ”minor injuries caused by pushing,” U.N. police spokesman Andre Leclerc said.

U.N. police received calls for assistance around 10:30 a.m. Oct 17 and by midaft-ernoon dozens of U.N. troops and riot police blocked off the street leading to the prison's entrance, the report said.

Witness Lionel St. Louis said he was waiting to deliver food to three cousins held at the prison when the shooting broke out.

”Everybody started running,” St. Louis, 36, said. He said the shooting remained steady for nearly 2 hours.

Three Inmates Die in Haiti escape Try

Resolution in Loving memoryof

Ruthy Charlot

Consortium for Haitian Empowerment, pay respect to the memory of one whose life was full of love, dedication and now is ended when Ruthy Charlot was called to join God in heaven.

Whereas, the deceased was a cherished community leader and Professor dedi-cated to the advancement of her students;

Whereas, the passing of Ruthy Charlot has left us deeply saddened, she will be missed but not forgotten.

Therefore be it resolved, that The Con-sortium for Empowerment embraces the family to show its support and solidarity to the family because in the death of Pro-fessor Ruthy Charlot, we have a working relationship that will stay with us forever. We cannot replace Ruthy Charlot, but we will show her respect and appreciations.

Be it further resolved that a period of official remembrance be observed by the displaying of Ruthy Chalot's picture on the Consortium for Haitian Empower-ment’s wall.

Respectfully submitted,Consortium for Haitian Empowerment

Harry Fouche, ChairFritz Monfleury, TreasurerRonald Aubourg, SecretaryGina CheronClaude GarouteMyriam Naderand C.H.E entire membership

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The Politic Of Forced Assimilation

It has happened to the Basques in Spain under Francisco Franco (1939-75); the Kurds in mod-ern Turkey, the Crimean

Tatars of the former Soviet Union during the reign of Joseph Stalin (1922-53) and the Tibetans under Chinese rule (1959-?): forceful attempts at assimilating these minorities into the larger entities through eradication of their mother tongues, the most potent symbol of their ethnicity. To that end, the use of their language was discouraged, forbidden and, in extreme cases, criminalized. As such, this policy is the most repugnant form of subjugation. Conversely in Haiti, a nation of 12 million souls, including its Diaspora, that speaks a native language, it is the majority that is compelled to adopt that of the dominant minority, namely French.

Moreover, “Haitian”, the etio-logically correct appellation for the lan-guage, is wrongly, albeit intentionally, called Kréyol, patois or broken French, which means that it derives from the more accepted French language. It is akin to declaring that Portuguese is bro-ken Spanish, and also patently absurd to assume that a Frenchman can under-stand “Kréyol.” This widely accepted the-ory of the origins of “Haitian” contradicts the reality, as “Kréyol, patois or broken French” is grammatically, orthographi-cally and phonetically distinct from the French language. Those insisting on the intertwinement of the two languages may be on to something more sinister: a willful intent to debase and confuse a proud little nation that intended, at its inception, to discard all vestiges of colonialism. Con-textually, it is by choice that Haiti is the only country in the Western Hemisphere that develops its own language despite centuries of colonialism.

Like the demonizing of Vodou by malev-olent foreigners with nefarious intents, this way of thinking is a deliberate attempt at disavowing the notion of a Haitian iden-tity. Aptly, it wasn’t until 1987, the 183rd year of Haiti’s formal independence from France, that the inappropriately-named “Kréyol” was finally recognized as an official language to be used conjointly with French. However, encrypting “Hai-tian” as an official language into the Constitution is only one step, promoting its acceptance by the population may require many more steps that will involve changing the mentality of a nation that has consistently been steered away from the concept of forging a national identity.

Human interactions through commerce and conquests have fundamentally altered native tongues all over the planet and in many instances created new ones. For example, it is not unusual to find Japanese words in Chinese and vice versa and Ger-man words in the English language. And, it was in the context of promoting inter-action that Esperanto, an alternative lan-guage that would allow people who speak

different native languages to communi-cate while retaining their own languages and cultural identities, was introduced by Dr. L.L. Zamenhof in 1887. Though the idea was well-intentioned, it never caught on and remained Eurocentric and elitist in nature as, according to the lat-est estimate, only 2 million practitioners speak Esperanto. Moreover, its restricted usage demonstrates that the development of languages runs parallel to that of insular groups or societies and cannot be created artificially regardless of good intents.

As a rule, a common language rep-resents the soul of a nation, something which the pathological French people can attest to. In the 1990’s a debate raged in France over the infiltration of English, the dominant international idiom since the end of WWII, into the French sacred language. The result was the Toubon law (1994) enacted by the French National Assembly forbidding the use of Eng-lish words in broadcasting. The law may seem preposterous to outsiders but to the French it was about protecting their identity. More to the point, I remember watching a French program titled “Bouil-lon de culture” (Cultural stew) in which Jean D’Omersson, a famous French writer and member of L’Academie Française was invited. Asked by the host why he loves France? D’Omersson responded with unabashed pride “Parce qu’elle nous a donné la langue”, literally “Because it (France) gave us (the French) the lan-guage.” This was a testament of the emo-tional attachment to the French language which D’Omersson as, do all French men and women, consider central to their iden-tity.

Fittingly, languages form the essence of ethnic identity more so than geography or race and are revered by their native speak-ers, which is why ethnicity is recognized by the language a person speaks rather than the geographical area in which he lives or the color of his skin. In Africa wherein, as a result of European colo-nialism, ethnic groups straddle national borders, it is precisely the language that identifies a person as being a member of a particular ethnic group. It is also for that reason that the ethnic Germans who lived for centuries in the Volga region of the former Soviet Union were deemed Ger-mans by Stalin because of the language they spoke.

As languages define ethnicity more so than geography and race, should Haitians be identified as French or Kréyol speak-ers? In contrast with the other countries of the Western Hemisphere that adopted the idioms of their former colonizers, Haitians speak a distinctive dialect, which should appropriately be called Haitian, in conformity with our ethnicity, not Kréyol, which is a reminder of a past we would rather forget. Our existence as a people is contingent on affirming our identity, which is inextricably linked to our lan-guage, and unless we (Haitians) come to terms with that reality, others will always feel empower to decide what is best for us.

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It took 17 days for rescue workers to make contact with 33 miners, trapped from the collapse of a copper and gold mine near the Chilean city of Copiapo, 2,000 feet below the surface of the ground. The incident occurred August 5 after part of the San Jose mine collapsed. Unable to escape, the miners found their way to a designated safety area and two days worth of emergency food supplies. Among them, they managed to ration the food, stretching it to last two weeks. Just around that time Chilean workers above made small bore holes to communicate and send food, sup-plies and LED lights down to the miners.

With the help of NASA engineers, the Chilean Navy used a high-tech capsule to bring the miners one by one to the surface nearly 69 days after the initial collapse. The capsule necessitated drilling through the extremely hard copper and gold terrain. The 33 miners brought back successfully to the surface were trapped the longest period of time in history anyone had spent underground. Reports said NASA pro-vided the miners with a liquid diet high in calories, which would prevent the miners from vomiting on the 20 minute, curving ride up to the surface. They were given compression socks as well as Asprin, to prevent any blood clots from forming, as well as dark glasses to protect their eyes from the exposure to light. The miners were closely monitored while riding in the capsule.

The amazing part of this odyssey so well reported was the discipline and self control of the Chilean people and the professional ability of so many technicians and work-ers. Even the women who were certainly very affected by the lenthy rescue process did not let their emotion overcome their expectation. They show courage and relied on the patriotic ability of those who were involved in the rescue process at all level. All together, they gave to the world a vivid example of amazing achievement. In fact, it was the result of exceptional instruction and training. The men underground did not fight over the little food they had left. On

the contrary, they jointly decided to stretch to two weeks what could be consumed in two days. They talked to each other, they sang and may be prayed together. They gave supportive hope to each other, and respected the established order of their lift to safety and their love ones.

Considering that Chile had produced not only high caliber technicians and skillful workers, but Nobel Price winners in lit-erature and world respected intellectuals, it was normal to look into the educational system of this unusual country that look like an addenda on the west side of South America. In fact, the shape of Chile is a distinctive ribbon of land 2,700 mi long and on average 109 mi wide. occupy-ing a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Its educational system includes: Pre-school for children up to 5 years old, optional for 1st grade; Primary school: (Basic) for children from 5–13 years old, divided into 8 grades: Secondary school: (Intermediate) for teen-agers from 13–18 years old, divided into 4 grades. The Secondary school is also divided into:

1. Scientific-humanities approach: From 11th grade in high school, students can choose a major in either science (math, physics, chemistry, biology), or humani-ties (literature, history, philosophy), which means they will get more lessons in the areas of their choice; 2.Technical-Profes-sional education: Students receive 'extra' education in the so-called 'technical' areas, such as electricity, mechanics, metal assem-bly, etc. This second type of education is more typical of public schools (Lycées), to give students from poorer areas a chance to work right away after completion of high school, as a way to fund a possible higher education career later.

The university is a system divided in public or 'state' universities and a private system.

When will the Haitian educators will look into a more appropriate education system?

Chilean Amazing Achievement

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Thanks to the recession, 2009 was one of the worst years for poverty in America in more than half a century. The total number of Americans living in poverty hit 43.6 million, the highest level in 51 years and the national pov-erty rate rose to 14.3 percent from 13.2 percent, according to data released last month by the Census Bureau.

All told, one in seven Americans are living in poverty. To visualize Ameri-ca's startling rise in poverty, Mint, the personal finance site, put together this interactive chart of regional poverty rates.

Among the hardest-hit states are Louisiana, Mississippi and certain areas of Texas. States with the lowest poverty statistics include Wyoming, Hawaii, Minnesota and several East Coast states

Though suburban areas are now home to one-third of America's poor, large cities have not been immune to the effects of the recession. Residents of cities like New York, Los Angeles and Miami have seen some of the big-gest drops in personal income in the last year.

Crippling poverty rates in many of America's hardest-hit regions have been accompanied by several other disturbing trends for the middle class. Income inequal-ity hit an all-time high before the recession, according University of California, Berkeley, economist Emmanuel Saez. States, faced with an estimated budget shortfall of

$380 billion for 2011, have started to cut crucial services and have laid off thousands of workers.

Growing layoffs last year caused millions of Ameri-cans to lose employee-provided health insurance, leaving 16.7 percent of Americans with no health insurance, the highest level since the Census started collecting the data in 1987.

As have been ravaged in areas particularly tied to the housing boom, some have speculated that industries like construction may never return to their pre-crisis levels.

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It's change grandma and grandpa believe in. Seniors are poised to vote at historic levels on Election Day. And it's bad news for Democrats. They support Republicans more than any other age group.

Republicans are more likely to vote at every age this year. But it's older Repub-lican voters--including GOP-leaning inde-pendents--who could create a generational tide.

Young adults are not less likely to vote. Older adults are remarkably likely. Seniors and baby boomers are more engaged in the election and more enthusiastic about voting than pre-election polling has found since at least 1994, according to Pew Research Center data. By comparison, young voters and adults between the ages of 30 and 49 poll like previous midterm cycles.

The trend is strongest among voters age 65 and older. Eighty-four percent of seniors who are registered to vote say they will ”definitely” vote. That's 9 percentage points above the previous record, 1994, when the question was first asked. Six in 10 seniors have given the election ”a lot” of thought, also a peak. High enthusi-asm and engagement generally signal high turnout.

We do not look to the old for change. Their voice is often minimized, said to be the past fighting the future. But it's the future that concerns seniors. They lived the ascendency of the American superpower. They compare that past to today's fragile state. And these days don't feel like the golden years, at least for most.

Seven in 10 seniors plan to work after retiring, according to a Employee Benefit Research survey. Older voters are most pessimistic about the economy. They are also most likely to say Barack Obama's policies made the economy worse. About

six in 10 seniors approved of Obama in week one. Only about four in 10 do today. They are more skep-tical of healthcare reform than the young. They are most likely to favor a smaller government over bigger, perhaps ironically since most receive Medi-care.

AARP recently ran a study of its membership. Two-thirds lack confidence that their children's genera-tion will be better off than their own. More than four in five of its members view the economy negatively. Nearly all are worried about the deficit. This partly explains their concern over big government. Uncle Sam lives beyond his means. And that means, many seniors fear, their safety net could be cut (or cut back).

That fear was underscored Friday. Social Security beneficiaries found out they will see no increase in their benefit checks. Benefits traditionally rise with inflation. But 58 million seniors' found out it wont next year, like the year prior. That will not warm them to the party in power.

And in an aging America, that news counts. America's median age is generally rising. Now baby boomers are retiring (or wish they were).

The senior vote has been relatively sta-ble in recent midterms. They are about one in five voters. This year however, seniors constitute a larger share of the likely 2010 electorate, seen in Gallup data, than in any midterm since 1994 (though 2002 nearly matches). Eight in 10 seniors say they are ”certain” to vote this year, according to ABC News/Washington Post polling.

That's 11 points above seniors standing in its 2006 survey.

Democrats have either reconciled with, or missed, this senior moment. The presi-dent held an MTV-style town hall last week with young voters. He recently gave an interview to Rolling Stone magazine. He's rallying his base on college campuses.

The young always receive more politi-cal attention than the old, though the old generally shape elections more than the young. That trend is exaggerated in mid-term elections. Seniors 2006 turnout rate, 63 percent, was more than twice the youth rate. That year, voters age 60 or older were 29 percent of the electorate. Young voters were 12 percent.

Democrats' struggle with seniors is not news. Voters 60-plus sided with Republi-cans in seven of the last ten presidential elections (and two exceptions were Clinton era three-man contests). Yet, among that same 60-plus population, Democrats have actually faired better in midterms. Demo-crats split seniors in 2006 and won the larger 60-plus bloc, as they did in Reagan era midterms.

This year, by Rasmus-sen's measure, seniors favor electing a Republican in their district by a 18-point margin (53 to 35 percent); Republicans' advantage with all other age groups is in the single digits. Gal-lup tracks the same trend. Seniors following the elec-tion closely favor Republi-cans by an 11-point margin in the ABC/Post poll.

This senior surge is, like the electorate overall, com-ing from the right. Dem-ocratic seniors and baby

boomers are less engaged than past mid-terms. But at least seven in 10 GOP seniors and baby boomers, including right-leaning independents, are highly engaged. That's roughly 20 points above past norms and their Democratic counterparts this cycle.

The tea party momentum is one factor. Nearly a third of tea party supporters are seniors, according to New York Times/CBS News polling. Almost half are baby boomers.

Seniors are hardly the only engine behind the Republicans' rise this year. The middle has shifted against Democrats. Democrats' historic problems with the white working class, and white men more broadly, have emerged all over again. But the other key factor is indeed generational.

How big of a factor? It's not an exact science. Demographic shifts often fall within exit polls' margin of error. The Hispanic share of the electorate only rose from 8 to 9 percent between 2004 and 2008. But we pay attention because His-panics are a growing share of the popula-tion. And so are seniors. This year, the future might belong to the old.

Older Voters set for Historic Turnout

America's Poor: Where Poverty Is Rising In AmericaThe Great Recession increased poverty in 31 of 50 U.S.

states last year, according to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau. These states, which all saw both the num-ber and the percentage of residents living in poverty rise in 2009, were almost entirely concentrated in the South.

In 2009, 14.3 percent of all Americans - or 42.9 million people - had incomes that fell below the official poverty line, which varies from state to state. That percentage was up from 13.2 percent in 2008. In addition, income inequality hit an all-time high in 2009.

At the state level, the percentage of residents living in poverty last year was highest in Mississippi, at 21.9 percent, and lowest in New Hampshire, where 8.5 percent of residents had incomes beneath the threshold. Another 10 southern states had a poverty rate that exceeded 15 percent.

To capture exactly how far some residents were living below the poverty line, the Census Bureau also recorded income-to-poverty ratios in each state. The percentage of Americans living on incomes that were less than half of their state's poverty threshold -or had an income-to-pov-erty ratio below 50 percent -- grew to 6.3 percent from 5.6 percent in 2009, and was highest in Washington, D.C.

One of the most harrowing stats, released by the Census last Thursday, shows that the highest number of Americans are living in poverty since the Census pub-lished its first estimates 51 years ago.

Below poverty threshold in 2009: 17.1% Below poverty threshold in 2008: 15.7% Residents whose income fell below poverty threshold between 2008 and 2009: 101,539

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The Hotel Montana, a four-star resort in Haiti, came crashing down during the country's massive Jan. 12 earthquake - a surprising collapse, since the hotel had been sturdily built on presumably solid ground.

As Haiti continues to sift through the damage, scientists have found that the earthquake's energy spread in an unusual way. It turns out that the topography of the Earth's surface is just as important as the ground underneath in determin-ing how an earthquake spreads, a study detailed in the Oct. 17 online edition of the journal Nature Geoscience reveals. Two other recent studies, also published in Nature Geoscience, found that the Haiti quake was the result of a rupture along a previously unknown fault and that it gen-erated several small tsunamis.

As Haiti rebuilds, these new studies will help identify regions of the country that are more vulnerable to earthquakes than previ-ously thought.

surprising shaking When the magnitude-7.0 earthquake

rocked the country, more than 200,000 people died, 1.5 million were left home-less, and the damage totaled between $9 billion and $14 billion. The extent of the damage was not surprising, considering the quake struck Port-au-Prince, which is filled with poorly constructed buildings and sits atop a kind of rock that allows the shaking to spread easily.

But one seemingly stable area, along a foothill ridge, suffered a surprising amount of damage.

Ground motions during the Haiti earthquake were significantly amplified

along this mountain ridge, causing substan-tial structural damage. Felled along with the Hotel Montana were two United Nations buildings, the Hotel Christophe, the French ambassador's home and a number of substantial private homes.

”It was a surprise,” said Susan Hough, a study team member with the U.S. Geologi-cal Survey in Pasadena, Calif. ”It's a ridge in an affluent part of the city, and it really got ham-mered.”

Topography - the shape of the Earth's sur-face - is not generally considered when geolo-gists study an area's vulnerability to earth-quakes. Geologists typically focus on the kinds of rocks underground.

In the new study, Hough and her col-leagues measured aftershocks following the Haiti quake to assess how ground motion varied in different parts of Port-au-Prince.

importance of topography They compared sites located on soft sed-

iments, hard ground and rocky, mountain-ous ridges. As expected, structures built on soft sediments experienced enhanced shaking. However, the strongest ground motions occurred on the mountainous

ridge where the Hotel Montana collapsed. ”We suggest that microzonation maps

can potentially be significantly improved by incorporation of topographic effects,” the authors write in their study. Microzo-nation maps subdivide earthquake-prone areas into smaller zones of risk based on particular factors, such as landslide sus-ceptibility and ground shaking.

Pinning down how topography ampli-

fies an earthquake's energy - be it by steepness or width of a ridge, for example - will take longer, said the authors, but the initial findings could help guide the rebuilding effort.

”When you rebuild, you're going to have to take these places into account,” Hough told OurAmazingPlanet.

The story was first published by livescience.

Haiti Quake Offers surprising Lesson About earth's surface

The Hotel Montana after the quake.

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Malgre m fini ak seri kwonik “Tande ak wè se de” a, anpil sijè m ap gen pou m debat pral pote etanp esperyans m fè ann Ayiti pandan gran vakans 2010 la. M pa t janm imajine Douz Janvye t ap vin jwe wòl sa a nan vi m: on pens grip k ap fòse machin panse m al nan direksyon li chwazi pou li.

Soti 2 me rive 23 me 2007, m te ekri on seri kwonik, “Ki jan nou wè chen”, sou rapò nou ak Kon pè Chen, selon jan rapò sa a grave nan leve-jwenn nou, sou fòm pawoli osnon pwovèb. M te di tout bagay nèt nan seri sa a, antouka tout bagay ki te merite di. Kidonk, pa ta gen pyès re zon, si konnye a m wè on chen k ap kouri bò kote mèt li nan on pak, on lòt ki chita nan plas devan sou kousen machin bò kote mèt li, ap panche tèt li deyò pou l pran fre van an, osnon on lòt an kò k ap pran lèz kò li sou janm mèt li k ap dodine anba galeri lakay li…, pa ta gen okenn rezon pou m ta sezi ni pou m ta gen bezwen fè okenn kòmantè ankò. Pa ta gen rezon… men se pa rezon

ki kon two le tout bagay, ki gen la lwa dirije. Lè m wè chen, 7 ne mare anba kè m, an menm tan yon pa wòl me te tande ann Ayiti remonte nan souvni m.

Youn nan jou pandan sejou m lan, m wè on ekip chen, tankou yon eskwad, k ap mache an sanm, byen deside, konmkwa yo te gen on misyon yo te pral ranpli. M ap suiv yo, ak je m. Epi, san zatann konsa, lidè gwoup la kanpe, li leve tèt li anlè, li wouke. De twa lòt suiv li. On sitwayen ki te la, on jenn ga son, fè yon remak: “Gen-dwa se la mèt yo te rete. [M konprann l ap pale de chen ki wouke yo.] Jou swa ‘bagay la’ [kidonk tranblemanntè a], etan n ap sove moun ki te kwen se anba dekonm, te gen on ekip chen ki te kanpe devan kay mèt yo, ap wouke menm jan an. On wouke transpò lanmò. Chen yo te sove, men mèt yo te swa mouri, swa bloke nan kèk twou. Se yo ki t ap fè nou konnen kote ki te gen kretyen-vi van ki te ka bezwen sekou nou…”

On ekip “chen san mèt”, san pwoteksyon, ki kondane pou yo degaje yo pou kont yo (m te anvi di ‘naje pou yo soti’, men chen konn dlo twòp), pou klo wòks k ap touye kretyen-vivan an pa tou ye yo tou—se sa ki te vin nan tèt mwen. Men sa te touche m anpil: genlè pito on moun fè ou plis ak chen, paske chen sanble yo gen fidelite plis pase kretyen-vivan… Èske nou ta ka imajine gen moun ki ta ka rayi sò chen sa

yo, jis pou yo ta swete twoke plas avèk yo? Non, pa vre? Èske si m ta di nou m tande, ak de zò rèy mwen (kidonk ‘tande’ sa a egal ‘wè’), on sitwayen k ap di on lòt “Pito m te chen ou!”, n ap kwè m? Nou oblije!

Enben se pa pawòl blag m ap ban nou. Gen on kote m t ap pase, m pi si se te pi ba legliz Sent Bè nadèt (sou wout Matisan, Pòtoprens), tankou m ta di nou rive nan zòn bò Senkyèm Avni Bò lòs konsa, m wè yon espektak (pa gen lòt jan pou m di sa), ki retounen vin pase konbyen fwa nan tèt mwen, tankou on move rèv, tankou on fim dyab, vin souflete santiman fyète m kòm Ayisyen: on gwo pil fa tra (ou ta di se la boko fatra a ye!), ak tout kalite debri ladan l: moun ak chen ap fou ye chache m pa konn ki sa, konm si yo te nan konpetisyon youn ak lòt… Chen yo viv nan lari, yo pa gen mèt ankò—menm lè yo te gen mèt, pa t gen garanti yo te gen lòt kote pou yo dòmi, esepte nan lakou kay mèt yo, kote yo te gen dwa jape pou chase move zè ak moun move lide… Men moun yo, yo menm, nou ka imajine kote y ap viv. Gen anpil ladan yo k ap viv tankou chen, se sa sa sanble. Men pa tout chen, pa pen mèt ou! Paske gen chen ki gen 3 repa pa jou (alòske gen lòt ki pa gen on ti zo pou yo souse); ki gen ti kay yo pou yo rete (alòske gen lòt ki pa gen on kwen kras pou yo mete kò yo); ki gen jwèt pou yo jwe (alòske gen lòt ki pa p janm gen lide jwèt nan tèt yo:

chen grangou pa jwe); ki gen bòn pou oki-pe yo, benyen yo, retire pis sou yo (alòske gen lòt se yo k pou degaje yo, chase pis k ap fè zo bwa ke yo tounen otobis); ki gen mèt pou karese yo, bobo yo (alòske pifò chen se vaka bon k ap kalonnen yo); ki gen doktè pou konsilte yo, ba yo piki, preskri medikaman pou yo (alòs ke pifò chen, se yo ki pwòp doktè pa yo, ki bay tèt yo met-sin nan manje ti zèb si)… Se pa tout moun ki gen chans viv tankou on seri de chen, fò n konprann sa!

E m pa si non, se de chen k ap byen mennen yo, moun ki di “Pito m te chen ou!” lan ap pale! Li gendwa pa menm kon-nen si chen konsa egziste. Sa grav! Se on pawòl dezolasyon. Paske moun lan wè ki jan chen bò lakay li ap viv: an chen—pa gen anyen chen sa yo genyen on moun pa ta ka genyen, pas ke an reyalite yo pa gen anyen… Sa k fè sa? Moun ki gen chen sa yo, se de moun ki pa t menm merite pou yo te gen chen, paske jan koze a di a: yo deja tou chen pou kont yo.

“Pito m te chen ou!”, anpil fwa se on koze “Ou pa tout chen!” Ou jwenn, ou ap fè frekan, alòs ke gen moun ki ta renmen nan pozisyon ou—paske moun sa yo, y ap leve chen pou yo kouche, yo nan konpeti-syon ak chen pou on ti lasibab…

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NEW YORK, (UPI) - New York City bicyclists have won a settlement from the city in a lawsuit claiming they were wrongly detained and arrested by police officers, observers say.

The city agreed Monday to pay nearly $1 million to settle the claims of 83 riders arrested or ticketed by police during the so-called Critical Mass rides through Man-hattan on the last Friday of each month, The New York Times reported.

Critical Mass riders and New York City police have long been at odds. Riders say police harass them, confiscate their bicy-cles and arrest them. Police say the riders violate traffic laws.

Awards in the settlement range from $500 for riders cited for minor infrac-

tions to as much as $35,000 for a bicyclist arrested multiple times and injured because of the arrests, said David B. Rankin, one of the lawyers representing the riders.

The settlement was ”in the best interest of all the parties,” said Mark Zuckerman, a lawyer for the city.

Barbara Ross, arrested in 2005 on charg-es of parading without a permit and disor-derly conduct and who will receive about $15,000 in the settlement, said although the police have changed tactics, Critical Mass participants still were being harassed.

”They're still wasting taxpayers' money to show up every month,” Ross said of the police, who have used hundreds of officers, a mobile command center and a helicopter to monitor the mass rides.

New York Bicyclists Win suit against City

Critical Mass in Times Square

WASHINGTON – Someone fired shots at the Pentagon early Oct 18 in what security officials described as ”a random event.” No one was injured in the pre-dawn incident in which shots were fired into two windows at the sprawling Defense Department just across the Potomac River in suburban Virginia.

Steven Calvery, director of the civilian Pentagon Force Protection Agency, told reporters that a number of his officers reported hearing five to seven shots fired at about 4:55 a.m. EDT near the south parking lot of the Pentagon. The Pentagon building and the roads leading it were briefly shut down as officers did an initial sweep of the area.

An internal search of the iconic struc-ture found fragments of two bullets still embedded in two windows — one on the third floor and one on the fourth. The bul-lets had shattered but did not penetrate the windows, Calvery said.

The windows were part of offices that are being renovated and they were unoc-cupied at the time.

Calvery said he didn't know what kind of weapon was used but that it was prob-ably a high-velocity rifle. No suspects were arrested, he said.

”Right now we consider this a random event,” he said.

But he also said authorities were looking at whether the shooting was related to Sun-day's discovery of bullet holes in windows at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. in Triangle, Va. The museum is associated with the Quantico Marine Base, some 30 miles south of the Pentagon.

A rifle is also believed to have been used in that shooting, which may have occurred during early morning hours.

Pentagon investigators worked with the FBI as well as Arlington, Va. police, who helped sweep of the area, and Virginia State Police, who closed part of nearby Interstate 395 to search for evidence.

A dozen officers at around 9 a.m. walked side-by-side in a line as they combed through a grassy area on the south side of the building.

Calvery said investigators were talking to some construction workers who also heard the shots. He said it was possible the shooter had stood on the roof of a nearby building.

A spokesman for Prince William County Police, which is investigating the museum incident in Quantico, said his officers were working with the Pentagon force protec-tion agency and were trying to determine if the two shootings were related.

A cleaning crew at the museum called police Sunday when they noticed the bul-let holes in a part of the building that faces Interstate 95.

Gwenn Adams, a spokeswoman for the museum, said it appeared to have been hit by at least 10 rounds — five that struck glass and five marks on metal panels. Not all the bullets penetrated the glass, she said.

The marks are high on the imposing 118,000 square-foot structure, Adams said. The museum did not receive any kind of threatening communication or messages before discovering the bullet scars, she said.

Police Label shots at Pentagon as a 'Random event'

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PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI—At the Oasis Institute, an orphanage in the midst of this city’s devastation, there is hope and promise in the bright eyes of the young girls. Some 35 of them, neatly dressed and spruced up for visitors, stare intently at members of the Haiti Support Proj-ect (HSP) delegation. What they cannot express in words glows incessantly from their eyes.

Marlene, 7, fixed her gaze on a member of the delegation as if to say, “Why are you here? And is there any chance I might leave with you?”

Miles away in Milot, near Cap Haitian, other young female orphans greet the HSP delegation. A dozen or so of them, again arrayed in sparkling new dresses, line up to receive their scholarships from a local organization. Then each of them, bear-ing envelopes, approach members of the delegation and extend cards to the visitors.

Jessica Antoine’s letter thanked her sponsor for support and extended her blessings. She is a shy little girl of 6 or 7, but her smile is engaging as she tugs at the lace of her blue dress.

In Haiti’s Central Plateau, no children were presented to the delegation, but one teenager, among the hostesses, who served the delegation a scrumptious meal, is soon outside leaning on a motorcycle, rubbing a piece of ice on her swollen eye. A piece of rock apparently flew up and hit her in the face while riding on the bike. She is not an orphan, but her parents are very poor and unable to provide the schooling she desires. Her dream is to be a doctor.

This is a small sample of the children of Haiti, many of them facing incredible life challenges, but all of them armed with an uncommon hope to one day overcome the obstacles they face.

“It is their hopes and dreams that keep

me going,” said Lionel Pressoir, the found-er of the Oasis Institute and a tireless trans-lator. An entrepreneur of endless capac-ity, with his own restaurants and a tourist operation, Pressoir cited some of the basic essentials for the orphanage. “We need a generator for electricity, running water and toilets,” he said. “At the moment, we have only a hole in the ground for a toilet and we have to carry our water in.”

As daunting as it is to feed, clothe and provide medical care for his girls, Pres-soir remains optimistic that things will get better. “I can see it in their eyes each day, and nothing seems to faze them. I guess they’ve endured far more than any of us have seen.”

At Milot, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, a member of the delegation and the president of Bennett College in North Carolina, who is visiting Haiti for the first time though she has parental roots in the country, is sur-rounded by the girls, all of them, through interpretation, asking questions about her school. “They are definitely interested in pursuing their educational dreams,” she said. “I will do what I can to make a few of those dreams come true, and this is not my last time here.”

Dr. Ron Daniels, president and founder of the Haiti Support Project, which is its 15th year of operation and visits to Haiti, said that back in May he provided Oasis with a grant. “It was one of our major priorities,” he explained. During this visit Daniels dispensed sizable checks to sev-eral grassroots organizations, including the Peasant Movement for Papay in the Central Plateau, and a community-based group, bringing their total donations via the Haiti Relief Fund up to nearly $100,000.

“And I wish we could do more,” said Daniels’ wife, Mary France, who was a member of the delegation, along with noted

journalist Richard Muhammad of the Final Call; Eddie Harris of Free Speech TV; Ellen Ratner, White House correspondent and bureau chief for Talk Radio News service; Rep. Hazelle Rogers of Florida; veteran political activist and consultant Hulbert James; and actress Victoria Rowell.

“It was a truly exciting and richly infor-mative experience,” said Rogers. “We had a chance to see a number of dedicated workers, people deeply interested in the total recovery process for Haiti.”

Rowell was particularly moved by the

spirit of the children. When she opened a bag full of shoes, the children swarmed around her, hoping to get a new pair. “I only wish I had brought more,” she lamented. “But there will be other times.”

There certainly will be other moments for HSP in Haiti, and if things continue to surge along at a fairly positive pace, the organization will have the numbers needed to fill a cruise ship to Haiti in December 2011.

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women and children were being replicated in the camps. “Rape is a serious concern in and outside the camps,” he said. “While I encourage the Haitian National Police and the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) to increase its presence and patrols in the camps, this is only part of the solution.

“The Government needs to send a clear signal to the police and the justice system that ending widespread impunity for the perpetrators is a priority.”

UN Assistant-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs (ASG) and Deputy Emergency Coordinator Catherine Bragg,

on a three-day visit to Haiti, yesterday visited camps for displaced people in Port-au-Prince, the nation’s capital, addressing in particular gender based violence.

“We take this issue very seriously and want to make sure that the perpetrators will be held to account,” she said. “We will continue to take measures such as installing more lighting in camps, pro-viding specialist services to survivors of sexual violence while the increasing pres-ence of peacekeepers to help discourage such acts.”

Replying to women’s committee repre-sentatives who explained how the lack of income opportunities increases women’s vulnerability, she noted that the UN is working with the Government and donors

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The General Assembly today renewed its support for sports as a vehicle for posi-tive social change, underlining the poten-tial of athletics to promote such issues as development, education, health, gender equality and conflict prevention.

“The continuous commitment by the

world’s nations to promote sport as a efficient policy tool and its capability to be used as a catalyst for development and peace is key to the success of initiatives at the grassroots level,” said Wilfried Lemke, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Adviser. The resolution adopted today by

the 192-member Assembly also encourag-es the use of sports to foster the inclusion and well-being of people with disabilities, as well as to facilitate conflict prevention and peacebuilding.

The increasing importance of sports in the UN has been evidenced by the passing

of similar resolutions since 2003. Mr. Lemke, who attended today’s

Assembly debate, will travel tomorrow to Haiti, where he will explore the potential of sport and physical activity to promote recovery efforts following the devastating January earthquake.

general Assembly Reaffirms Potential of sports for Positive social Change

Haiti’s Children of Hope

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the government declared “in the public interest” earlier this year.

Before building permanent homes, NGOs and agencies plan to build 135,000 “transitional” or T-shelters, which are 12- or 18-sq. meters, wooden or metal frame, plywood or plastic walls, and tin roof. The cost, including transportation, customs and labor, is about $1,500 - $2,500 each. Donors have already funded 120,000,

meaning that about $240 million has been allocated for these. So far about 15,000 have been built.

The full 135,000 will not be completed until September, 2011, according to a recent Shelter Cluster document. In the meantime, various NGOs, like the US-based CHF International are working on small neighborhood-based projects.

Another example is Habitat for Human-ity, which plans to build homes for 50,000 families across the country over the next five years, according to Director Claude Jeudy. But, he noted, so far there is no coordinated global plan that tells “each actor… what role they need to play… if there is a plan, I haven’t seen it.“

Back at the Shelter Cluster office, wall maps indicate which NGO has volun-teered to coordinate resettlement in which area, but there are large white spaces on them, meaning that there is nobody – no NGO, no foreign or local agency, no UN agency – responsible for over-seeing the people in the camps there. “There are more agencies needed, to be

shifted into these areas,” Tauscher said, pointing to Tabarre and to the capital’s infamous Cité Soleil slum.

In the meantime, St. Felix’s grandmoth-er, who can’t take the heat under the tents at her camp, has moved back into her home. One wall has a giant crack running through it and another has fallen away completely. A sheet of blue plastic hangs in its place.

Benjamin is not so lucky. The Septem-ber 24 storm soaked all her belongings and destroyed her tent. She and her family are bunking with a friend, in a stuffy, crowded, dusty tent where blue-tinted sun shining through the plastic walls makes her piles of clothing and dishes and pots look even more sordid and sad than they already are.

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this country, the capacity for that is just not there,” Hyde told Haiti Grassroots Watch.

Tauscher and others acknowledged the national government didn’t immediately take up the housing issue in part due to the fact that it was directly hit by the earth-quake – some 20 percent of state employ-ees were killed or injured and seven of 11 ministries collapsed.

But nine months later, there still appears to be a lack of coordination and leadership.

The ministries’ absence might also be due to the apparent or real usurpation of

power by the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission (IHRC), the 30-member com-mission headed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Haitian Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive.

However, coordination between the IHRC and the Shelter Cluster also appears lacking. A Shelter Cluster Powerpoint obtained by Haiti Grassroots Watch dated Oct. 4 finishes with the following proposi-tion - “Future… Cooperation/Integration of S[helter]C[luster] / Cluster System with the IHRC ? [sic]” which indicates that so far, “cooperation” and “integration” have not yet occurred.

Unfortunately, numerous attempts to speak with Haitian government authori-

ties – ministry and IHRC – were met with closed doors and unanswered telephone calls.

Despite numerous attempts to interview members of the IHRC, including Pris-cilla Phelps, Senior Shelter Advisor to the Commission on a U.S. AID contract, Haiti Grassroots was instead referred to private businessmen – an ad hoc commis-sion established in January but which does not appear to be functioning any more. It included banker Charles Clermont, Minis-ter of Tourism Patrick Delatour who is also part-owner of a cement and construction company, and landowner, architect and developer Gerald-Emile “Aby” Brun.

Clermont and Delatour did not return

calls and emails, and Brun, who owns land under part of the tract chosen for a planned camp, told Haiti Grassroots Watch to instead call the Ministry of the Interior and then joked “we’re all passing the buck, aren’t we?” When asked about the role of NGOs, plans for resettling camp residents and about the ongoing threats of eviction, he criticized the NGOs for “protecting squatters.”

What’s in the plan?While no single institution has made

any plan public, Haiti Grassroots Watch obtained a September 27 document enti-tled “Strategy of Return and Resettlement – Draft 5” (translated from French) which outlines the plan UN agencies and the Clusters are promoting.

According to sources in the Shelter Cluster, the plan has been given to “the Haitian government,” although it is not clear which ministries, agencies, commis-sions or offices.

The plan calls for, in order of feasibility:“[1] Return to the original area; [2]

Resettlement to the countryside where they are from or where they have land…; [3] Relocation to a planned site, as the final choice.”

The plan calls for camps to be progres-sively closed, and for “services to be progressively added to original neighbor-hoods and progressively diminished in the camps cut off in order to create a ‘pull factor.’”

In order to induce the camp residents out, they will also be offered what U.S. AID calls “returns packages.” The pack-ages might include: cash ($150 for people from undamaged homes, an average of $1,000 for those who need to repair their homes), minimum wage “cash-for-work” job contracts and school tuition and food vouchers.

Because not everyone will fit in their old neighborhoods, and because some neigh-borhoods were in areas not suitable for housing, the rest of the people will be settled in the “planned site,” or sites, likely located on a 7,000-hectare piece of land

When there is a humanitar-ian disaster, the UN activates the “clusters” or groupings of “UN agencies, non-governmen-tal organizations (NGOs) and other international organizations around a sector or service pro-vided during a humanitarian cri-sis,” according to the website for the UN Integrated Mission to Timor-Leste.

The Cluster System was implemented beginning in 2009 by the UN’s Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), a UN coordination mechanism. In Haiti there are 12 Clusters which have about 40 to 60 agen-cies and NGOs in them.

Immediately following Janu-ary 12, there were up to 70 or 80 Cluster meetings a week, many or all at the U.N. “Logis-tics Base” or “Log Base” near

the airport. Now there are 40 to 50, mostly at the city and town level, with a national meeting once a week or once every two weeks.

While the Cluster coordinator is always from a large NGO or multilateral agency, as the emergency phase subsides, local government minis-tries and agencies are supposed to take over leadership, so they can coordinate and eventually direct the intenational agencies and NGOs.

But in Haiti “that has not been the case,” according to Jolan-da van Dijk, an “Inter-Cluster Coordinator” who works for the Office of Humanitarian Affaires, OCHA.

Instead, at the national level at least, the Haitian government has been slow to integrate the process.

Sometimes that is because there is not a clear Haitian coun-terpart to a Cluster’s focus. For

example, while the Ministry of Social Affairs does have a small housing agency, there is no “Ministry of Housing.” Nor is there a clear ministry that could step into the “Camp Coordina-tion and Camp Management” Cluster focus.

Van Dijk said the Clusters also share part of the blame.

“A couple of months into the disaster, we realized that Log Base is like an island. It is very far, it’s very isolated,” she said.

UN soldiers also restrict access and Haitians report-ed regularly being turned away.

Now, many Clusters hold meetings at the munici-pal level, but a review of meeting minutes posted online, and investigations in the field indicate that for

most Clusters, the ministries or national agencies are not yet in charge.

The exception is the Water Sanitation and Hygeine (WASH) Cluster, held up by all – van Dijk, Cluster staff and Haitians who know about it – to be “the

best” Cluster.Meetings are coor-dinated by a staffer from the National Directorate for Water Supply and Sanitation (DINE-PA) and they are held in the relevant city or town.

But in general, the transi-tion over to ministries has been much slower in Haiti than than in other countries, van Dijk said.

One reason is magnitude of the catastrophe and the fact that “seven of 11 ministries col-lapsed,” she noted.

But another might be the fact that many meetings are still held in English and at the Logbase, according to Pierre Gary Mathieru, director of the National Coordination for Food Security, which is part of the Ministry of Agriculture. Many of the documents produced by the Clusters are also in English

only.“I won’t go to meetings any-

more because I am in Haiti, and I can’t accept that foreigners are coordinating the Clusters,” Mathieu told Haiti Grassroots Watch.

Mathieu agreed that the gov-ernment didn’t have the capacity to coordinate all the agencies and NGOs right after the earth-quake. But now, he said, “it’s time for the government to take charge… Strategic decisions should be made by the state, and then the NGOs can follow that strategy.”

Of course, the government needs to step up the plate also, Mathieu noted.

“Clusters are useful, they present people to share infor-mation,” he added. “But the national government needs to

take over now.”A recent memo that Haiti

Grassroots Watch obtained indi-cates that there is some doubt the ministries are up to the task.

The document, titled “Draft Transitioning the clusters” and dated September 28 and apparently compiled or written by Inter-Cluster Coordinator Tania Ber-nath, who works with van Dijk, runs through the 12 Clusters and makes assessments of the involvement of the relevant government ministry or agency.

The government seems to have a “lack of understanding of cluster system across most clusters,” the document notes and adds that there are “many

examples of lack of coordina-tion among and between gov-ernment at different levels…”

Regarding the Protection Cluster, which is related to

human rights, there is “very lit-tle interaction with government structures.”’

And related to the Camp Coordination and Camp Man-agement Cluster (CCCM), there is a “lack of national govern-

mental involvement in cluster,” the document notes.

Van Dijk said she and other Cluster staff know that the inclu-sion and eventual hand-off of

the Clusters to the rel-evant national agencies is important.

“We very much want the Haitian government to be involved,” she said.

The weeks and months ahead will tell if and how the planned integration and hand-off will take place.

Criticism from Mathieu and others echo earlier critiques which came from the very office that launched the Cluster System a year ago.

In its six-month report on the earthquake response, the IASC criticized the agencies and

the NGOs for their failure to include local authorities, noting that “the international humani-tarian community’s engagement with Haitian civil society and local authorities, and their inclu-sion in common coordination mechanisms” could have been improved.

The report noted that if it “[h]ad this been achieved in a more systematic manner, it would have significantly improved the humanitarian community’s understanding of the operating context, and contributed to a more sustainable provision of assistance, as well as local and national capacity-building.”

Three months have gone by, but it appears as though the Clusters still have a way to go.

The story was first published in haitigrassrotswatch.org

The “Cluster” System in Haiti

Who is in Charge and What is the Plan?

Plancontinued from cover

“It’s time for the government to take charge… Strategic

decisions should be made by the state, and then the NGOs

can follow that strategy.”

In Haiti there are 12 Clusters which have about 40 to 60

agencies and NGOs in them.

So far there is no coordinated global plan that tells “each actor… what role they need to

play… if there is a plan, I haven’t seen it.“

UN Habitat7,000-hectare land. The Corail-Celesse planned camp is circled in red. From a UN Habitat presentation.

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PrescriptionBy Dr. Gerald W. Deas For those worried about skin cancer, it

might be out of the sunshine and into the fire.

As relayed in a study published this week in the Archives of Dermatology, patients with a genetic condition that pre-disposes them to developing skin cancer - and who dutifully follow their doctor's advice to avoid sunlight during peak hours and to slather on sunscreen whenever outside - had low levels of vitamin D as a result.

All patients had below-average vitamin D levels (lower than the control gropu in the study without the syndrome), and over half were considered deficient. This is the clearest study to date showing the nega-tive effect of sun protection on vitamin D levels.

Sunshine is a main source of vitamin D; the sun's ultraviolet light triggers the pro-duction of this vitamin in our bodies from precursor chemicals in our skin. The lack of vitamin D puts these patients at risk for a host of ills, from bone fractures to heart disease and even other forms of cancers.

Canary in coal mine On one level, the study, led by Jean Tang

of the Stanford University Medical Cen-ter in Redwood City, Calif., pertains to a small group of people with a rare condition called basal cell nevus syndrome (BCVS). Yet the implications for the general popu-

lation are profound. Those with BCVS serve as a canary in

the coal mine. They got the message to cover up, and cover up they did. But that same message to avoid the sun is repeated to all of us because of the clear-cut link between sun exposure and skin cancer. The highest rates of skin cancer in the world are in Queensland, Australia, and in Ari-zona, two sunny places where fair-skinned people have migrated.

Although seldom deadly, more than a million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each year in the United States, making this by far the most common type of cancer. Upwards of 80 percent are basal cell skin cancers, the same type that BCVS patients are prone to, which is a result of too much sun exposure.

The Stanford-led study implies that if you are going to protect yourself from the sun - which is a good idea for most people with fair skin - then you need to be sure you are getting enough vitamin D in your diet or through supplementation.

supplementation for the sunless And herein lies the problem not dis-

cussed in the Archives of Dermatology report: Few foods have vitamin D, leaving most sun-wary adults at risk for a defi-ciency.

Catch 22: People Who Avoid the sun Lack Vitamin D

see VITAMIN D on page 23

My heart and breath stood still as the first of the 33 Chilean miners was extract-ed from a depth of 2,300 feet after 69 days of imprisonment. I began to focus on the wheel that was turning to move these men toward freedom.

It was awesome that this wheel turned a thin cable attached to a capsule that had to bring up one man at a time. What if the wheel stopped, or the cable broke? What would be the outcome? At this point, I began to think of an old spiritual about the prophet Ezekiel who, in the 6th century BC, grew up as a priest and a prophet of God. In his prophesy, he saw the wheels within the wheels churning in the sky, which was evidence that God was still on his throne.

An African-American composer who was influenced by this biblical tale wrote the hymn, “Ezek’el Saw de Wheel.” The verse goes as follows:

Ezek’el saw de wheel/Way up in de middle o’ de air/ Ezek’el saw de wheel/ Way in de middle o’ de air/ De big wheel run by faith/De little wheel run by de Grace o’ God/ A wheel in a wheel/Way in de middle o’ de air.

I am sure that the composer of this spiri-tual was experiencing the same faithful-ness of God as the prophet Ezekiel, who was prophesying to his people.

It was reported that when asked how the miners were able to survive, one of the rescued men explained that there were not 33 in captivity, but 34—the other being God.

I recall a story from the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament, Chapter: 3-13-30, about three Jewish youths named Hana-niah (who was called, Shadrach), Mishael (called Meshach), and Azarih (called Abednego), who refused to bow down to

the golden God of Babylon and were con-demned to die in a blazing furnace. The king, wishing to view their destruction, observed another figure among them. He was so taken by this vision that he believed the God of these men were present with them. They were not destroyed but were given high positions in his kingdom.

To be captive in a mine for 69 days and survive, something had to take place in the minds of these captives. It has been shown, over and over again, how the mind plays a major role in survival.

I recall a story that was reported about a concentration camp, where a Rabbi gath-ered his people around a table that held a small amount of water and spoiled bread. He related to them to imagine that this bread and water was a sumptuous dinner and wine. In so doing, their hunger was satisfied, and they survived. This type of faith was also evident when Jesus fed the 3,000 with six loaves and three fishes.

As a physician who has cared for many patients, I have seen miracles take place when allowing the mind of my patient to become active in their treatment. There are many reported examples of spontaneous remission of tumors and other incurable diseases when faith became part of the treatment. In other words, to quote the slo-gan of the United Negro College Fund, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”

I am sure that the miners of this great disaster will surely be able to lift up the lives of others who may think that there is no end in sight when faced with a seem-ingly hopeless situation.

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god Was in the Minds of the Miners

The haiTian Times 15 October 20-26, 2010 HeALTHDALLAS, (AP) – New guidelines out

Monday switch up the steps for CPR, tell-ing rescuers to start with hard, fast chest presses before giving mouth-to-mouth.

The change puts ”the simplest step first” for traditional CPR, said Dr. Michael Sayre, co-author of the guidelines issued by the American Heart Association.

In recent years, CPR guidance has been revised to put more emphasis on chest pushes for sudden cardiac arrest. In 2008, the heart group said untrained bystanders or those unwilling to do rescue breaths could do hands-only CPR until paramedics arrive or a defibrillator is used to restore a normal heart beat.

Now, the group says everyone from pro-fessionals to bystanders who use standard CPR should begin with chest compressions instead of opening the victim's airway and breathing into their mouth first.

The change ditches the old ABC training — airway-breathing-compressions. That called for rescuers to give two breaths first, then alternate with 30 presses.

Sayre said that approach took time and delayed chest presses, which keep the blood circulating.

”When the rescuer pushes hard and fast on the victim's chest, they're really acting like an artificial heart. That blood carries oxygen that helps keep the organs alive till help arrives,” said Sayre, an emergency doctor at Ohio State University Medical Center.

”Put one hand on top of the other and push really hard,” he said.

Sudden cardiac arrest — when the heart suddenly stops beating — can occur after a heart attack or as a result of electrocu-tion or near-drowning. The person col-

lapses, stops breathing normally and is unresponsive. Survival rates from cardiac arrest outside the hospital vary across the country — from 3 percent to 15 percent, according to Sayre.

Under the revised guidelines, rescuers using traditional CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, should start chest compres-sions immediately — 30 chest presses, then two breaths. The change applies to adults and children, but not newborns.

One CPR researcher, though, expressed disappointment with the new guidelines. Dr. Gordon Ewy of the University of Ari-zona Sarver Heart Center thinks everyone should be doing hands-only CPR for sud-den cardiac arrest, and skipping mouth-to-mouth. He said the guidelines could note the cases where breaths should still be given, like near-drownings and drug over-doses, when breathing problems likely led to the cardiac arrest.

Ewy is one of the authors of a recently published U.S. study that showed more people survived cardiac arrest when a bystander gave them hands-only CPR, compared to CPR with breaths.

The guidelines issued Monday also say that rescuers should be pushing deeper, at least 2 inches in adults. Rescuers should pump the chest of the victim at a rate of at least 100 compressions a minute — some say a good guide is the beat of the old disco song ”Stayin' Alive.”

Dr. Ahamed Idris, of the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, said people are sometimes afraid that they'll hurt the patient. Others have a hard time judging how hard they are pressing, he said.

”We want to make sure people under-stand they're not going to hurt the person

they're doing CPR on by pressing as hard as they can,” he said.

Idris, who directs the Dallas-Fort Worth Center for Resuscitation Research, said that for the last two years, they've been advising local paramedics to start with chest compressions and keep them up with minimal interruptions. That, along with intensive training, has helped improve sur-

vival rates, he said.He said they found paramedics hadn't

been starting compressions until the patient was in the ambulance and lost time getting airway equipment together.

”The best chance was to start chest compressions in the house, immediately,” he said.

ADELPHI, Md., (AP)– Fed-eral health advisers said Monday that patients with failing kidneys should continue taking a group of widely used anemia drugs, despite a recent study show-ing they can increase the risk of stroke.

A panel of Food and Drug Administration experts voted 15-1, with one abstention, to maintain the drugs' approval for patients with chronic kidney dis-ease who are not yet sick enough to receive dialysis. The FDA is not required to follow the group's advice, though it often does.

The medicines — Procrit, Aranesp and Epogen — are mul-tibillion-dollar sellers because of their ability to boost oxygen-carrying red blood cells, reduc-ing the need for painful blood transfusions. But sales have fallen sharply since 2007, when the FDA added the first of sev-eral safety warnings to the drugs, based on evidence they can cause tumor growth and hasten death in cancer patients. The drugs are

no longer used in patients with several types of can-cers.

The FDA is reviewing the medications from bio-tech drugmaker Amgen Inc. after a study published last year that showed patients with kidney dis-ease who were taking the drugs were twice as likely to experience stroke com-pared with those taking a dummy treatment. The goal of the study was to show that higher doses of the drug could prevent heart attack, stroke and other heart-related prob-lems, as had been assumed for years.

Doctors adjust their patients' drug doses to maintain healthy levels of hemo-globin, a component of blood that carries oxygen and keeps anemia patients active. Anemia causes weakness and shortness of breath and is a side effect of chemo-therapy and kidney failure.

Current labeling on the drugs recommends keeping patients' hemoglobin levels between 10 grams and 12 grams per deci-liter. The FDA asked its panel-ists whether the recommendation should be reduced to target 9

grams per deciliter. But a major-ity of panelists sided against that proposal in a vote of 9-5 with three abstentions. The experts said they worried patients would suffer more incidents of anemia and require more blood transfu-

sions if lower doses were recommended. They said doctors should manage patients based on their indi-vidual health and disease history.

Panelists said additional studies are needed to find the ideal drug dosage for kidney disease patients.

”The label should be adjusted, but I just don't think we have enough infor-mation to recommend a fixed dose,” said Dr. Judith Hochman of the New York University School of Medi-cine.

Amgen, based in Califor-nia, makes all three drugs. Procrit is sold by Johnson & Johnson's Centocor Ortho Biotech division, under a

long-standing agreement between the companies.

Last year the drugs — known as erythropoiesis stimulating agents — had combined sales of $6.3 billion, according to health data firm IMS Health.

CPR switch: Chest Presses First, Then give Breaths

FDA Panel Backs Anemia Drugs for Kidney Disease

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COMMuNITYCALeNDARNew YorkManhattan

-Helen B. Atkinson Health Center will be having mam-

mogram check every First Monday of each month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. In front of CHN's Helen B. Atkinson Health Center, 81 W. 115th Street, New York. These Mammo-grams will only be for women ages 40 and older, with or without insurance who are New York City residents. Mobile mammogram unit provided by American Italian Cancer Foundation. To Make An Appointment: Call (212) 426-0088

-The Men's Health Clinic at Helen B. Atkinson

Health Center will offer Primary health care services for men in a male-centered environment every first and fourth Saturday of every month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m at the CHN's Helen B. Atkinson Health Center, 81 W. 115th Street, New York. To Make An Appointment: Call (212) 426-0088

A free festival of Haitian music, dance and art will take place on Saturday, October 16, 2010, 12 p.m.—6 p.m. Affirmation Arts and Haiti Cultural Exchange invite the community to experience and celebrate the rich cultural heritage of Haiti at Selebrasyon!, a free, all-day festival that will bring the sights and sounds of Haiti to Manhattan’s west side. An event for all ages, Selebrasyon! revolves around Saving Grace: A Cel-ebration of Haitian Art, an exhibition that consists of more than 50 artworks including sculpture, paintings, and works on paper. Most of the artwork has never been seen outside of Haiti, and two pieces were recovered and restored from the January 12, 2010 earthquake. The program is as followed:

Haitian Jazz Bands Markus Schwartz and Lakou Brooklyn, as well as Buyu Ambroise & The Blues in Red Band, featuring soulful jazz singer Melanie Charles.

Artist Workshops for children of all ages conducted by Haitian artists Klode Garoute, Cybil Charlier, Shake-speare Guirand and others.

Storytelling by Jennifer Celestin of classic Haitian tales.

Haitian Dancers performing lively works to traditional Haitian music.

Film Screening of “Maestro Issa,” a 52-minute docu-mentary tracing the evolution of Haitian music in the 1930's and 1940's through the career of a Haitian musi-cian of Lebanese origin.

Gallery Tours by Saving Grace: A Celebration of Hai-tian Art curator Gérald Alexis and Affirmation Arts direc-tor Marla Goldwasser.

Events will take place at Affirmation Arts, 523 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018 (Between 10th Avenue

& 11th Avenue in Manhattan) Haitian music, dance and art will fill all three floors of the stunning arts complex.

Central Harlem Health Revival (CHHR), Patricia Butts, Co-Chair, CHHR and First Lady, The Abyssinian Baptist Church, Dr. Olajide Williams, Harlem Hospital, Coun-cil Member Inez E. Dickens, DJ Envy, the Cold Crush Brothers and invited guests: Congressman Charles B. Rangel, Assemblyman Keith L.T. Wright and Senator Bill Perkins. WHAT: Health Walk – It’s A Health Thing! & 5th Anniversary Health Festival DATE: Sunday, September

26, 2010 ● 1:00p.m. for a press Conference at 2:45p.m. at 148th Street and Bradhurst Avenue. A Festiva lwill directly follow the 5th Anniversary Health Festival. Cel-ebration of Haitian Art is on display at Affirmation Arts from October 1—November 24, 2010.

QueensThe Queens Museum of Art, at New York City Build-

ing, located at Flushing Meadows Corona Park Queens, invite people to its celebratory 5th Anniversary Cocktail Reception on October 7th at 6pm. The museum provides

convenient access, either on site or nearby, to everything visitors from the publishing and editorial industry might want or need, from restaurants, hotel rooms and entertainment, to a quick trip to the Flushing Meadow Park. For more information about V Book Fair Expo New York 2010 please contact: (917) 238-3155 Waldo Guevara at 516.884.2037. BROOKLYN

The United Community Centers, a Brook-lyn, New York non-profit, needs your help in spreading the word to garner the public’s vote to become one of five organizations to receive $20,000 in project sponsorship through the Tom’s of Maine’s “50 States for Good” ini-tiative. Focused on grassroots projects that bring positive, lasting change to communi-ties, the “50 States for Good” program also asks organizations to share what their volun-teer needs are to help get important projects started or to broaden their reach. If named a winner, United Community Centers will use

the funds to expand their healthy living proj-ect by implementing a new curriculum that will

train the twenty-four youth in their paid internship program to cook nutritious meals using fresh, local

produce. Following the training, the young people will take the lead in organizing six Community Meals.

for information contact Susan Dewhirst at sdewhirst@tomsofmaine.com or call (207) 467-2406.

MiamiFloridaCharles Buford, a disabled veteran and his organization

Make a Wish Veterans are leading a global humanitarian effort on Tuesday, September 28th 2pm sharp Mr. Charles Buford This year, Charles Buford will be hosting Christ-mas for Haiti. Mr. Buford and his organization are gather-ing sleeping bags, toys for the children, tents and many other needed supplies. Two airplanes have been donated by Florida Air Transport and an airdrop will take place on Christmas Eve with receiving agents already in place. For contact information visit www.christmasforhaiti.org

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The haiTian Times 17 October 20-26, 2010 BusINessWASHINGTON (AP)– The pace of U.S.

home foreclosures may not slow much after all.

Bank of America said Monday that it plans to resume seizing more than 100,000 homes in 23 states next week. It said it has a legal right to foreclose despite accusa-tions that documents used in the process were flawed.

Ally Financial Inc's GMAC Mortgage unit is also resuming foreclosures once documents are fixed. Gina Proia, a spokes-woman for Ally, said that ”as we review the affected files and take any remedia-tion needed, the foreclosure process then resumes.”

Analysts expect other lenders to correct problems with the way they handled docu-ments and proceed with a wave of fore-closures that have depressed the housing market. They are likely to follow because foreclosure practices were similar from bank to bank, said banking analyst Nancy Bush of NAB Research.

”We'll be back to square one by the end of the year,” she said.

The bank's move could mean that the costs of the foreclosure-document mess will wind up being less than some inves-tors had feared just days ago. Bank shares sank last week after JPMorgan Chase & Co. said it set aside $1.3 billion in the third quarter to cover legal expenses that include the foreclosure document problems.

Shares of Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America had been flat earlier Monday but

jumped on the news. They rose 36 cents, or 3 percent, to close at $12.34.

Bank of America Corp. said it's confi-dent of its foreclosure decisions. The bank is still delaying foreclosures in the 27 states that don't require a judge's approval. It said it's still reviewing its cases in those states.

The bank's move comes two weeks after it began halting foreclosures nation-wide amid allegations that bank employ-ees signed but didn't read documents that may have contained errors. These employees have earned the nickname ”robo-signers.”

The company said it plans to resubmit documents with new signatures in the 23 states that require judicial authorization to restart the foreclosure process. It will delay fewer than 30,000 foreclosures.

”The basis for our foreclosure deci-sions is accurate,” Dan Frahm, a Bank of America spokesman, said in announcing the bank's new approach.

Bank of America had been the only lender to halt foreclosures in all 50 states. Other companies, including Ally Financial Inc.'s GMAC Mortgage unit, PNC Finan-cial Services Inc. and JPMorgan, have halted tens of thousands of foreclosures after similar practices became public.

Analysts at FBR Capital Markets said in a note to clients that the bank's announce-ment demonstrates that the foreclosure document issue may be ”overblown.”

Still, more problems surfaced Monday

that suggest the controversy may be far from over.

A deposition released by the Florida attorney general's office revealed that the office manager at a Florida law firm under investigation for fabricating foreclosure documents signed 1,000 files a day with-out reviewing them. The manager also would allow paralegals to sign her name for her when she got tired, the deposition said.

Cheryl Salmons, office manager at the Law Offices of David Stern, would sign 500 files in the morning and another 500 files in the afternoon without review-ing them and with no witnesses, former assistant Kelly Scott said in a deposition released by the Florida attorney general's office.

Jeffrey Tew, an attorney for Stern's firm,

didn't immediately return a phone call.Government-controlled mortgage buy-

ers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have stopped referring foreclosures to Stern's firm while they review the firm's filings.

In some states, lenders can foreclose quickly on delinquent mortgage borrow-ers. By contrast, the 23 states in which Bank of America is restarting foreclosures use a lengthy court process. They require documents to verify information on the mortgage, including who owns it.

Those states are: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii,

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont and Wis-consin.

Bank Of America starts Thaw In Foreclosure Freeze

ENGLEWOOD, COLO-The West-ern Union Company (NYSE:WU), through its corporate signature pro-gram Our World, Our Family®, and The Western Union Foundation announced today it is distributing a new grant totaling $500,000 to Mercy Corps to provide training and funding for up to 1,000 small businesses in Haiti, helping approximately 10,000 families.

The Western Union Foundation grant will be designated to support one-to-one matching of consumer donations to Mercy Corps, through Zafen.org, for a total fund-raising goal of $1 million.The Western Union Foundation match is available for contributions made online through MercyCorps.org and qualifying proj-ects on Zafen.org, or at participating Western Union Agent locations in the United States. The fundraising com-ponent of the program will be active from October 18 through December 31, 2010.

”We believe supporting small busi-nesses is one of the best ways to make a sustainable impact in Haiti, and it is one of the areas we know best – it taps into our unique expertise as a finan-cial services company,” Stewart A. Stockdale, President, The Americas and EVP, Global Cards and Global Key Accounts, Western Union said.

According to Mercy Corps, 70 percent of Haitians are age 30 or younger, and the need for job cre-ation is especially critical for youth in Haiti. In this context, Mercy Corps will foster apprenticeships and skills transfer as part of their work with selected micro, small and medium enterprises.

Phil Oldham, Mercy Corps's Regional Program Director, added, ”The people of Haiti are remark-ably entrepreneurial and are hungry for new job opportunities. Western Union’s grant supports Mercy Corps's strategy to help Haitians develop their entrepreneurial talents into the successful enterprises that will drive their country's long-term economic recovery.”

Zafen.org is a non-profit organi-zation affiliated with Mercy Corps and Haitian Hometown Association Resource Groups in the United States.

Mercy Corps helps people in the world's toughest places turn crises of natural disaster, poverty and conflict into opportunities for progress. Their programs provide communities with the tools and support they need to transform their own lives.

Immediately following the devas-tating January 12, earthquake, a num-ber of disaster relief efforts in support of Haiti were activated including:

Western Union Foundation grants; the Western Union Agent and Employee Giving Circles; and a ”No Transfer Fee” initiative for money transfers sent to Haiti from the United States, Canada, France, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica, in cooperation with Western Union Agents.

To date, Western Union has con-tributed approximately $1.9 mil-lion in direct grants in support of Haiti through Western Union partner NGOs:

The Western Union Foundation has earmarked another $500,000 for pro-grams yet to be announced, for a grand total of approximately $2.4 million. The Western Union Company pro-vides consumers and businesses with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around the world, as well as send payments and purchase money orders.

“Our goal, through this grant, is to create a climate for economic empowerment,” said Luella Chavez D’Angelo, President, The Western Union Foundation. “For instance, in Carradeux, one of the camp sites sup-ported by Mercy Corps, commerce is starting to flourish, with cash-for-work programs, and residents start-ing small businesses selling food and every day necessities.”

Sources: businesswire.com

Western union grant to Help support up to 1,000 small Businesses in Haiti

A Western Union office in Haiti.

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Magic system to Perform in HaitiThe most popular African

band, Magic System will per-form in Haiti at the end of the month, an initiative by Kaliko Productions which aims at remembering those who died in the January earth-quake. Magic System is very popular in Haiti where hits like “Premier Garou”, “Ki Dit Myé”, “and On Va s’Amuser” are constantly on rotation on many stations across the coun-try. Magic System is regarded for many years as one of the greatest bands of the African music scene. Among the invit-ed bands are the group RAM.

‘Artisans en Fête’ Went Well Despite Heavy Rain

The fourth edition of Handicraft festi-val held this year October 16 and 17 at the Historical Parc de la Canne à Sucre was a big success, despite heavy rain that fell on Port-au-Prince. Preparations were underway to enhance the splendor of this national fair in which crafts in all genre were displayed. The organizers have brought some innovations, one of them, the building of workshops at the site of the event to please lovers and collectors of Haitian art. This year, about 200 artisans from different parts of the country attend Handicraft festival. According to one of the organizers, the fair establishes a solid bridge between the craft sector and the international market always in search of beautiful art.

Haiti to Participate in the XIIIrd summit of FrancophonieThe 56 Heads of State and Government of the Organization Internationale de la Fran-

cophonie, including Haiti, and observers from 14 states who share the French language are expected from Oct. 22 to 24 in Montreux, Switzerland, to attend the XIII Summit of La Francophonie. The program includes exhibits and a large central stage where performances will be done and where guests can see among other things the flag of La Francophonie and attend a special evening ”Montreux Jazz”.

André Fouad to sign “souf d’Ouvanjou” in FloridaThe poet André Fouad will present his third collection of poems in Creole ”Souf

Douvanjou” at Coffee Caribbean in Florida on October 24. This collection of 45 pages contains 35 poems that express loneliness, death, melancholy and spirituality written between 2007 and 2010. ”Souf Douvanjou” wants to be a quest for the renewal of humanity. For Fouad, the upcoming reading and book signing of his new book will be a way to communicate with both the dead and the survivors of the earthquake that hit Haiti last January.

Dominican singer Juan Luis guerra Visited HaitiThe Juan Luis Guerra Foundation

has sponsored the visit in Haiti of Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra on Wednesday October 13. The visit was in order to launch the reconstruction of children hospital, Saint-François de Sales that was destroyed by the earthquake of Jan-uary 12. Last April, the Dominican singer had organized a concert at Olympic Stadium in Santo Domin-go, attended by several luminaries of Latin music as the Colombian Juanes, Dominicans Johnny Ven-tura, Maridalia Hernandez, Milly Quezada, Spanish Enrique Igle-sias, Miguel Bosé and Alejandro Sanz Puerto Rican. This initiative had raised $ 2.5 million that were donated for the reconstruction of the hospital.

emeline Michel and Jocelyne Beroard to Pay Homage to Toto Bissainthe

Emeline Michel and Jocelyne Beroard will be in Paris on Friday, November 5 to pay homage to late Toto Bissainthe. Vibrations Caraïbes is proud to have them both in the 10th Caribbean Festival. Emeline and Jocelyne are known for their distin-guished performances and will sing compositions by Toto Bissainthe. In its tenth edition, the festival Vibrations Caraïbes, already one of the leading artistic events devoted to Caribbean artists, will make the event something special, focusing on the homage the world’s artistic elite will pay in Paris to the brilliant Bissainthe.

The haiTian Times 19 October 20-26, 2010

Cheyna: How long have you been a pro-fessional DJ?

Bobby Jamz: For over 20 years.Cheyna: Where did the name DJ Bobby

Jams come from?Bobby Jamz: Back in the days when I use

to work for Radio Tropical there was a radio personality there by the name of Roslin Jean; I guess he saw the talent in me so I started doing a show with him but he didn’t want to use my real name (laughing) so he baptized me Bobby Jam without the Z but I wanted to make it sound a little bit more (pause) I don’t want to say urban but more up to date so I added the Z in there and of course Haitians have a funny way of messing up your name. Some people say Bobby Jam, Bobby Jamz and there was a period of time they were calling me Bobby James.

Cheyna: What’s your real name?

Bobby Jamz: My real name is Roberto. Cheyna: How old are you if you don’t

mind me asking?Bobby Jamz: Old enough! I’ve been in

the game for a long time. I don’t like to give my age. I never did. People who know me know my age. People, who don’t know me, keep supporting me.

Cheyna: Do you remember the first party you ever DJ for professionally?

Bobby Jamz: Wow! I started young. I didn’t get paid till years after. The first party I got paid for I was a senior in high school. I did a regular party. I made about $125.00 I was happy it was my first paid gig.

Cheyna: Which other states/countries have you played/put parties on?

Bobby Jamz: The Eastern seaboard is basically locked. Miami, Boston, Philadel-phia, Jersey, did Atlanta one time, upstate

New York. The only country I’ve ever played out of the US is Canada. I’m dying to play in Haiti.

Cheyna: What’s the best event you’ve played at/put on?

Bobby Jamz: One show that sticks out of my mind which I’ll never forget this was back during the Café des Arts days. It was one night when Sweet Mickey was perform-ing. It was around the time when Sweet Mickey was on top of his game and no one could touch him. We were the top DJ’s back then (Untouchables) I don’t know if it was the liquor me and J-Love was playing but when we stopped the crowd stopped and clapped their hands. When Mickey got on there he gave us a shout out.

Cheyna: What was your first record you bought was it vinyl or CD?

Bobby Jamz: The first album I ever bought

was Papash Apran Renme. That album had a lot of hits on it. It’s when they first moved to New York.

Cheyna: How big is your vinyl collection? Bobby Jamz: My vinyl collection now is

next to nothing. My partner J-Lover; he has all my vinyl. If I need them now I can always get them. It’s pretty huge.

Cheyna: How did you make the transition from vinyl to CDs was it easy?

Bobby Jamz: At first… no! Back then, we use to buy a lot of stuff. The record labels weren’t showing us any love to the DJs. They didn’t give out promotional copies. Their were only two labels Antilles Mizik and Geronimo Records I think because not only was I playing at Café des Arts but also because I was playing at the radio station. Aside from that we always had to buy it. American market there’s something called a record pool where you get the record before it’s even released. Yeah, it was harder because CDs were expensive you would have to wait a little longer to get them but now it’s simple. Untouchables has a policy if the artists don’t give us the CD, we’re not playing it. I’ll buy it but I’m going to promote it.

Cheyna: Equipment wish how hard was that transition?

Bobby Jamz: Expensive! We went through technic 1210, mixers, speakers, blowing speakers, replacing speakers, gear rack and then going to the digital age. Now I’m a digital DJ I only carry one case and a school bag with the hard drive, I have all my music on there. It’s simpler. I love it. It’s also a flaw because now with the simplicity of it everybody thinks they can DJ. They spend a $1,000 boom! You know who I’m talking about there’s a lot of DJs who think they can but that’s another story.

Cheyna: When you play do you have a pre-set?

Bobby Jamz: I feed off the crowd. I may create a play list with so much music that I’ll never play in one night. Nine times out of ten I feed off the crowd. That doesn’t neces-sarily means an artist who has a single come to me with a CD and say “play this”. I have to hear it first. That’s why nine times out of ten I can’t remember what I played the night before which is bad too because people will

come to me and ask Cheyna: What's you favorite Haitian song

of all time?Bobby Jamz: There isn’t any. There’s

way too many. When I use to work at Radio Tropical they had an archive of all the old stuff that’s how I learn all the Haitian music that I could possibly learn and understand it. Nowadays the people that parties now they think that this new band that plays a song is an original piece. T-Vice built a career on that and it wasn’t really their song. When you go back and listen to the original music and feel what the person was singing at the time it’s totally different.

Cheyna: Give me a list of all the genres you play right now.

Bobby Jamz: Konpa of course, Zouk… I’m the Zouk God! People think they got Zouk pass me, think again. Hip Hop and R&B, House Music, Meringue, Salsa, not too crazy about the Chata, Soukous… again if it sounds good and I can put it my set then I’ll play it if not I’ll listen to it at home.

Cheyna: What’s your favorite music genre?

The DJ’s Business in the Community Cheyna Pierre Sits Down with Roberto‘Bobby Jamz’ a 20 years professional DJ.

see DJ on page 23

selebrasyon: Another Push for Haiti's Culture Children, their parents and art lovers had a lot of fun at SELEBRASYON! held Oct. 16 in Manhattan. Seleba-ration was in conjunction with Saving Grace: A Cel-ebration of Haitian Art, an exhibition of more than 50 artworks including sculpture, paintings, and works on paper. According to organizers, most of the artwork has never been seen outside of Haiti, and two pieces were recovered and restored from the January 12, 2010 earthquake.

Organized by Affirmation Arts and Haiti Cultural Exchange, the free, all-day festival celebrates Haiti’s rich oral history with traditional Haitian folktales and songs! Haitian poets and musicians told stories about Bouki and Malis, sing songs like Ti Zwazo, and create crafts with young children. The events included a Gal-lery tour for kids and adults with Saving Grace curator Gerald Alexis. Buyu Ambroise & The Blues provided music.

photos by Edgard Lafond

ART&CuLTuRe

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INGREDIENTS1/2 teaspoons finely grated fresh lime zest, chopped 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder1/4 teaspoon cayenne 6 cups vegetable oil 5 green plantains

Stir together zest, salt, garlic powder, and cayenne. Run Hot water over plantains for about 3-5 minutes while they are

still in their skin. (This makes them easier to peel)In a 3.5-quart heavy pot heat oil over moderate heat. While oil is

heating, turn off water and cut ends from plantains and score skin of each plantain lengthwise at one of the ridges. Cut plantains at an angle as thin as possible with your knife. Drop plantains in heated oil, about 15-20 pieces at a time, turning frequently, until dark gold-en and cooked through. About 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer with tongs to paper towels and sprinkle crisps immediately with salt mixture.

American Football is fast advancing into the heart of Haitians as the sport to watch. Even I am getting the fever…well slowly. For the second year in a row, I am part of a Fantasy Football league. And losing is not an option. So on those Sundays when I am not catering, my mornings are spent fixing up my team online, catching up on foot-ball news/gossip(that’s really what they do on ESPN) and then planning my menu for the afternoon sunday games. Last sunday, as I got ready to watch what was supposed to be the Giants game, I thought to myself, why not make a snack? And a snack I did. I wanted to something with a dip, but wanted it to be hearty and tasty. So I thought to myself instead of regular old potato or nacho chips, I’ll go for plantain chips with a nice crab salad! Oh boy! It turned out even better than I imagined. This is papita taken to a whole other level. Try it at your next tailgating party…or simply when you have some friends over to hang out!

CRAB SALADINGREDIENTS1/2 cup olive oil 1/4 cup red wine vinegar 2 large garlic cloves, minced 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/4 cup chopped parsley, leaves 1/4 cup thinly sliced mixed red, green and yellow peppers1 pound cooked lump crabmeat2 tablespoon of French onion flavored dip

DIRECTIONSIn a non-reactive bowl combine the oil, vinegar, garlic, salt,

pepper, parsley, and mixed peppers. Add the crab, and then mix in French onion dip

Plantain Chips with a Crab Meat Salad

Cocktail Corner

La Flor Fruit Cana RecipeIngredients1 ½ part Flor de Cana 7 year ¾ part Lime Juice ¾ part Pineapple Juice ½ part Simple Syrup 3 drops Vanilla Extract 10 Cilantro Leaves 8 mint leaves

DirectionsMuddle mint, cilantro, lime and pineapple juice in a Col-

lins glass. Add the Flor de Caña 7 year rum and vanilla. Fill the glass halfway with crushed ice and use a spoon to swizzle ingredients.

Fill the glass the rest of the way with crushed ice and give another swizzle. Garnish with a mint and cilantro spring.

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Is a new neighbor moving in nearby, Sagittarius? This person could come from a very interesting locale, so you might want to get to know him or her. Don't expect to be able to do this today. This person may be in and out throughout the afternoon and too busy with settling in. Drop some cookies off some time over the next few days, however. You will be glad you did.

SagittariusYour sweetheart

may seem upset today and unlikely to want to talk about it, Aquarius. This could prove frustrating for you, since you don't like to be kept in the dark. Take care to avoid giv-ing in to the temptation to push. This won't make your partner any more likely to share, and it could drive a wedge between you. Just hang in there and let your friend talk when the time is right.

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Aquarius M a y 2 1 - J u n e 2 0

GeminiExpect some

delays, upsets, and unexpected turns when it comes to romance today, Aries. Jealousy may rear its ugly head, as you may at some point get the impression that your beloved is noticing some-one else. Bear in mind that there's a strong chance that these impres-sions are illusory, and that the truth may be totally different from the way things seem. Take care to stay focused. Reserve judgment until you know the facts

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AriesAn unexpected

and perhaps not altogether wel-come call could come your way today, Gemini. It could come from someone you don't particu-larly care for or someone who has some disconcerting news to report. Whichever it is, you will probably just have to deal with it. However you may feel about the caller or what he or she has to report, you will probably consider it important to have the conversation.

A rush of creative inspiration could take you tempo-rarily away from your social life today, Libra. At some point you could be working as if there were no tomorrow, perhaps worrying that you will forget it if you don't get it all down now. It's no use tell-ing you to slow down. Be sure to keep sufficient snacks on hand, and do take occasional breaks. Work hard and good luck!

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J u n e 2 1 - J u l y 2 2

Worries about money that may have preoccu-pied you for the past day or so could prove unfounded, Cancer. This should come as a real relief to you, although it may be difficult to grasp at first. Your mind is still getting in the way of accepting it. Go over your correspondence and bank records as many times as you want. The answer should be the same - all is better than you thought.

CancerVague aches and

pains could have you feeling a little under the weather, Pisces. You may not be able to discern why you have these pains, since there's no apparent reason. Don't assume the worst. Your condition is probably just due to a little intensified nerve strain and extra stress. Take it easy and relax today. Go back to your usual routine tomorrow.

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ScorpioChanges may be

taking place on the home front, Taurus, perhaps unexpected repairs or someone moving in or out. Your household could seem frenetic and disorganized until the dust settles, which doesn't sit well with your love of peace and quiet. Whatever needs to be done is best accom-plished one step at a time, with your mind focused on the results. It will help you stay sane!

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TaurusHave you been

spending too much lately, Capri-corn? Today you could be feeling the effects of it. You may have to wait to make a purchase that you've wanted for a long time, and this could be frustrating. Don't worry about it, though. You will get through this unscathed, and the item will still be in the store when you have money again. Relax

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CapricornAn impromptu

party may take place at your house today when some unexpected but welcome visitors turn up at your door. Expect the conversation to alternate between lots of laughs and discussion of some pretty seri-ous subjects. The gathering could continue well into the night if you let it, but don't let it continue past the point of enjoyment. You can always do it again another time.

Are things getting a little bit crazy, Virgo? Too many tasks and too many people vying for your attention could have your nerves stretched as taut as vio-lin strings. Try to get outside for a while. Treat yourself to a nice lunch or do a little shopping. Take a good long nap. Whatever seems so urgent isn't worth sacrificing your peace of mind. Try to stay focused!

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Virgo

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LeoA temporary sepa-

ration from your romantic partner could have you agitated, Leo. Are you worried that your friend has forgotten you? This is probably an overreaction, but your insecurities are getting the better of you. Find a distraction. Have faith. Phone calls from your friend should prove reassuring. Perhaps the only way to get past this is to stay busy until your partner returns.

You then move onto the icing on your hot outfit: SHOES! You put on those sexy heels you’ve been itching to wear all week. You look in the mirror. Damn, you look hot. You grab the rest of your stuff and you hit the town.

But, at the end of the night even though you may look hot your feet don’t feel so hot. They are crying for you to remove the shoes. But what can you do? You can’t walk around barefoot. It’s tacky and just plain dirty. (Please don’t walk around barefoot).

This is where Footsyrolls come in. Foot-syrolls are a roll-able pair a flats that you

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of your hand. They are small enough so that you can fit them in a small clutch bag. The sole is made of rubber and the rest of the shoe is made of vinyl. They also come in quite a few different colors.

They’re not only great for going to the club, but also for anytime you wear heels. If you wear heels to work you can carry a pair in your bag and wear them while you’re at your desk. You can also wear them while driving. I know when I drive, the back of my shoes get ruined from hav-ing my heel on the floor.

Of course, Footsyrolls do have a few

cons. I’m not sure they are worth the $25 price tag. You could get a real pair of shoes for $25 if you find the right sale at Macy’s. And speaking of real shoes, Footsyrolls are not meant to be worn long distances or in any extreme weather. They’re not real shoes and are not meant to be used as such.

To get around the price, they’ve been on sale at Leila Rowe boutique in NYC for half off (also availalbe online). I’m sure you could find a similar sale if you Googled hard enough. Dr. Scholl’s also has a similar product, Fast Flats, that goes for about $12 (currently only available in black). You could also just get a pair of ballet flats from Wal-Mart and shove into your purse.

In short, these or any similar product is a must-have for any of you ladies who love your heels, but don’t love the pain they cause you. You can slip out of your stiletto heels momentarily and put the Footsyrolls on for fast relief, then slip back into your stilettos when you’re ready for round two. This will at least minimize the number of chics I see with bear feet outside the club.

So go out and get your Footsyrolls or Fast Flats or ballet shoes or whatever alter-native you find.

Until next time, cheers to a better you!

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Bobby Jamz: House Music will forever be my first love. I love Konpa, that’s my business but there’s something about House Music. It’s a feel good music. You never see or hear something negative when House Music is involved. Seems like everybody who comes to a House Club whether or not their on drugs or liquor, they’re there to have a good time till 10 o’clock in the morning and they go home.

Cheyna: Wait…10 o’clock in the morn-ing?

Bobby Jamz: Yeah. My partner, DJ Franky, we went to the Compas Festival in Miami now you know because I was getting older I could not do the whole festival and go to a club after but he went to a club in Miami and he didn’t come back home till 10 in the morning and the club was still pop-pin’. House Music is a whole different vibe.

Cheyna: When you’re playing for a Hai-tian crowd which genres of music they most react to?

Bobby Jamz: It all depends on the crowd, the age. Yeah, you miss it up whether it’s the older crowd or the younger but the older crowd, older than me, you say salsa, meringue which is weird they’ll go crazy for it. The younger crowd it’s the reggae, hip hop but they are supporting the Haitian music because when you play a particu-lar Haitian song you’ll get s positive vibe depending on what song it is. You can’t really finger a specific genre. It also falls on the DJ also a really good DJ has to know how to play it. When’s the right time to play, how to select

Cheyna: Have you ever tried playing Hai-tian Music for a non-Haitian crowd?

Bobby Jamz: I’ve done it. Konpa music you have two types; you’ve got the very slow and you’ve got the very fast. It’s seems like the very fast one works better with other genres because the very slow they really wouldn’t know how to dance to it. With the very fast you can dance with someone or you can dance by yourself. With the slow ones you’re not gonna find an American on the corner doing the two steps.

Cheyna:What band surprised you the most with their success?

Bobby Jamz: To be honest…I haven’t seen a band yet that I thought would not make, that made it. I’ve seen a lot of bands that I thought would make it that didn’t. New York All Stars (NYAS), Do-La, these guys are great musicians. Even though I may know the reason they didn’t make it’s not because of their music. It’s always the behind the scenes that killed it for them. There was a band many years ago by the name of Eth-nic. They were a very good band. This was when the new generation bands with a new generation sound back in the 90s, post-Zin, Post-Phantoms they weren’t established but that band should have made it. There’s so many but that one stood out.

Cheyna: How is the Haitian Music scene in your eyes at the moment?

Other DJs you rate? Bobby Jamz: In my opinion and this is

only my opinion… it’s confusing. It seems like a lot of bands don’t want to progress. I understand they want to keep their original-ity and so on but there’s a way to be original and still progress. This is why I command this band (CaRiMi). They don’t pay me, if any thing I should have beef with this band because I was there when they first started and the love that I should be getting I’m not getting it. But we’re talking about music… CaRiMi. CaRiMi is probably my favorite band because they progress. I don’t know if the last album, Buzz is going through

people’s heads or they’re not trying to under-stand where they’re coming from with it. But I’ve declared this alum the best and it will not be touched.

Cheyna: Rate your favorite promoter to play for and the least?

Bobby Jamz: Untouchable Entertainment – Of course

Kaliko (FL) – He needs me tomorrow, I’m there tomorrow.

There’s a big Dog in Miami I won’t air any dirty laundry but he know what he did.

Kensy (NY) Cheyna:Have you ever been paid to keep

a song on heavy rotation during your events?Bobby Jamz: You can’t pay me because

I’m not playing the song if I don’t like the song. I can’t support mediocrity. I can’t sup-port if you didn’t put any effort into it I’m not playing it.

Cheyna:Do you think promoters in the

industry are doing enough to help the busi-ness?

Bobby Jamz: Are they doing enough, no! It’s hard to comment for the general public. I can only talk for myself. I have the ability to separate myself as an artist and as a con-sumer. The bands and the promoter need to step up their game.

Cheyna: Who is to blame for the current state of the HMI?

Bobby Jamz: I blame everybody. The only people I can’t say is blame are the DJs and not because I’m one of them because the DJs do their job every weekend.

Cheyna: Where do you see Haitian Music industry in the next 10 years?

Bobby Jamz: Not good. Cheyna: Judging from the new up and

coming bands out of NY do you think there’s any hope for NY based bands?

Bobby Jamz: Nope there’s no hope! The promoters that are putting the money out, they would rather fly a band from Haiti and have a budget of $15,000 instead of investing in a band that’s upcoming and that probably would charge them $1,500. I understand the business aspect but the rope that you use to promote the bigger bands why can’t you do it for the other bands? To take it to the next level, if you want NY to come up then why don’t you pair the band you get for $15,000 with the band that will charge $1,500?

Depending on the crowd but the right off the top of my head; Daan Junior – Ave’w

Alan Cave – Falling in Love Djakout Mizik – Biznis PamNu Look – Any of their songsDjazz LaVol 6 – Sexy LoveTikabzy – RelaxCaRiMi – I Wanna be T-Vice – Bidi Bidi Bam BamSweet Micky – Pa Manyen Famn Sweet Micky – I don’t Care Cheyna: What do you do outside of the

dance music scene? Take me through the life of Roberto.

Bobby Jamz: Roberto wakes up, get some-thing to eat, takes a shower, watch some TV, and when he his son is with him, he’s being a father. The funny thing with Roberto and Bobby, it can flip like that (snapping his fin-gers) I even have a little production thing in my house so I can be in my bed I’m Roberto and I get up and sit on my desk I’m Bobby Jamz. It’s an interesting day on a daily basis.

Cheyna: What about your musical career?Bobby Jamz: My career is very complex

that’s why a lot of musicians respect me because I’ve been in the game for so long and I’ve done so many things as far as the music industry. Radio personality, DJ, stu-dio producer, I’m also a sound engineer, I was CaRiMi’s first sound engineer, a lot of

people don’t know that. I’ve mixed a lot of bands from Magnum band, to NYAS live and in the studio. The rhyming aspect; I’ve been rhyming since I was a child, maybe 11 years old. Djazz la has 6 volumes. I’ve been on every single one except for the first two. The first song that I actually had my voice on was by an old school artist by the name of Gary French the song was Nathalie. I’ve worked with Tabou combo, I’ll be on their upcoming album, and I’ve done work for System Band, 718 Boyz, Jacques S. Jean. I’m actually working on an album. The album won’t come out till next year but I’m putting together a mix tape which I’ll be giving out to people of all the things that’s I’ve done.

Cheyna: What do you think of the follow-ing DJs? DJ Franky, Polomixx, Sketch?

Bobby Jamz: DJ Franky: that’s my man! As a DJ he’s a very good DJ.

Polomixx: He’s alright. He’s better now than he was 5 years ago. He was trash 5 years ago. He’s beginging to understand the selections but he still need to work on his mixing. Stakz Dinero: That’s my man! He’s doing his thing as a DJ. As a matter of fact I don’t know if my boys will take this personally but he’s the #1 DJ right now and I appreciate him for that.

Sketch: He’s alright. He has his genre the Konpa is his thing. He’s good at the live music.

Cheyna: What advice would you give to up and coming DJs/Promoters/bands?

Bobby Jamz: DJs: First of all do your homework, know the music. It’s not only T-vice, CaRiMi, and Kreyol La. If you become popular as I have, you will be put in situations where they want to hear System, Tabou or further Gypsie and Sugar Combo. Just do your homework and be humble. Right now there’s so much animosity between so many DJs. Yeah, there’s the business aspect but when you take it to a whole another level it makes no sense. There’s enough money for all of us especially in this market if you really want to make the money you can.

Promoter: Haha! Man stop being greedy. (Laughing) You can make the money, if you put out the things that the public wants. It’s not about getting CaRiMi and T-Vice every month. OK if you are doing T-Vice and CaRiMi make it something special. PRO-DUCTION! Production is very important. Why do you think the American people are making the money and living where they live, because they put on a show. Konpa’s been here for 50 years and we’re doing the same thing from 50 years ago. It makes no sense.

Bands: Everybody has limitations go to different producers. T-Vice did it with their last album which I thought was good. Polem-ic has its place in the business but once in a while pair up with upcoming bands.

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