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Two years later, Haiti's quiet progress
Two years ago, an enormous earthquake devastated Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, and the surrounding areas. While the cameras are gone, Haiti's recovery continues. Having recently visited Port-au-Prince, we can report that much has been accomplished...Tags: Business, Haiti Earthquake (2010), Christianity, Haiti, Business
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Putting a crafty spin on nature at Cromwell Valley
A bracelet made of potato chip bags? As strange as it seems, that's just what a group of people made at a recent Saturday afternoon class at Cromwell Valley Park. The craft project involved cutting the cleaned chip bag in strips, 1.5 inches by 4 inches,...Tags: Haiti
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Compassion without boundaries: The generosity of Howard countians in faraway places
Schools, homes, shoes and jobs. Love. Hope. As myriad as the needs of those swept up in poverty, abandonment and disaster are the people who pour out their time and treasure to help.
In Howard County, we have a commendable reputation for helping our own,...Tags: Rentals, Eastern Africa, Nursing, Butter, Political Fundraising
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Business in natural disasters
Smiths Detection developed the portable emergency room to treat soldiers on the battlefield.
But the tornado that tore through Joplin, Mo., last month, executives at the Edgewood manufacturer say, showed another potential use.
The twister, one of the...Tags: Natural Disasters, Floods, Emergency Incidents, Companies and Corporations, Defense
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Hospital ship greeted by Haiti's stark reality
Baltimore Sun reporterThe faces of the Haitian disaster arrived Wednesday aboard the Navy hospital ship Comfort as a procession of earthquake victims, looking lost and scared, staggered off helicopters or strained to look up from their stretchers while corpsmen carried them...Tags: Senior Citizens, Earthquakes, Emergency Planning, Hospitals and Clinics, Hands
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Chicago architect designs a beacon for health care in Haiti
MIREBALAIS, HAITI — Under a blinding Caribbean sun, far from the sleek Chicago residences she usually designs, architect Ann Clark saw well-laid plans turn to improvisation, yet again.
Overhead, a 2,850-pound ventilation system dangled from a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, West Loop, NPR, Nursing, Duke University
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Haitian girl who had special surgery gets send off from Montgomery County hospital
WDBJ7 ReporterWe have an update to a story we've been reporting on since January. It's about a group of doctors, churches and neighbors, all stepping in to change one young girl's life. We're talking about Haitian teenager Kethia Sirena's long road to recovery. That...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Haiti, Blacksburg
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Ex-Haiti official given 9 years in telecom bribery case
A former senior executive at Haiti's state-run telecommunications company was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison for money laundering offenses tied to nearly $500,000 in bribes he accepted from U.S. businesses. U.S. District Judge Jose E....Tags: Organized Crime, Miramar, Haiti, U.S. Department of Justice, Punishment
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Donna Karan and Philippe Dodard subject of MOCA panel discussion
Staff WriterThink of it as a sneak peek. The connection between fashion designer Donna Karan and artist Philippe Dodard will take center place at a free-and-open-to-the-public panel discussion at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami tonight at 7 p.m. The...Tags: Haiti Earthquake (2010), Haiti, Arts, Hermes, Art Basel
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Sean Penn can sleep in a tent in Haiti, but he can't make people like him
He left his glitzy Hollywood lifestyle and moved into a tent on a muddy golf course in Haiti. He walked the dangerous streets of earthquake-torn Port-au-Prince, armed with a pistol, delivering food and medicine to starving children. But no matter what...
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Actor reaches humanitarian summit
Sean Penn could have waited until Wednesday to show up in Chicago to receive the top award from the Nobel Peace Prize laureates meeting this week. Instead, the Academy Award-winning actor has been a familiar fixture at the summit, garnering as much...
Tags: Movies, Field Museum of Natural History, Haiti Earthquake (2010), Haiti, Bill Clinton
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