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in october 2010 refugees international characterized the aid agencies as dysfunctional and inexperienced saying the people of haiti are still living in a state of emergency with a humanitarian response that appears paralyzed it was reported that gang leaders and land owners were intimidating the displaced and that sexual domestic and gang violence in and around the camps was rising they claimed that rape of haitian women and girls who had been living in camps since the january earthquake was increasing in part because the united nations wasn 't doing enough to protect them
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in october a cholera epidemic broke out probably introduced by foreign aid workers cholera most often affects poor countries with limited access to clean water and proper sanitation by the end of 2010 more than 3 @@ 333 had died at a rate of about 50 deaths a day
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in january 2011 one year after the quake oxfam published a report on the status of the recovery according to the report relief and recovery were at a standstill due to government inaction and indecision on the part of the donor countries the report stated one year on only five percent of the rubble has been cleared and only 15 percent of the required basic and temporary houses have been built house building on a large scale cannot be started before the enormous amount of rubble is cleared the government and donors must prioritize this most basic step toward helping people return home robert fox executive director of oxfam canada said the dysfunction has been aided unabated by the way the international community has organized itself where pledges have been made and they haven 't followed through [ and ] where they come to the table with their own agendas and own priorities most donors provided funds for transitional housing but very little money for clearing rubble or repairing houses fox said that in many instances rubble removal means it was [ moved ] off someone 's property onto the road in front of the property according to a unicef report still today more than one million people remain displaced living in crowded camps where livelihoods shelter and services are still hardly sufficient for children to stay healthy amnesty international reported that armed men were preying with impunity on girls and women in displacement camps worsening the trauma of having lost homes livelihoods and loved ones
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on the first anniversary of the earthquake haitian @@ born michaëlle jean who served as the governor general of canada at the time of the disaster and who became united nations educational scientific and cultural organization ( unesco ) special envoy for haiti on 8 november 2010 voiced her anger at the slow rate of aid delivery placing much of the blame on the international community for abandoning its commitments in a public letter co @@ authored with unesco head irina <unk> jean said as time passes what began as a natural disaster is becoming a disgraceful reflection on the international community the interim haiti recovery commission led by former us president bill clinton and haitian prime minister jean @@ max bellerive had been set up to facilitate the flow of funds toward reconstruction projects in april 2010 but as of january 2011 no major reconstruction had started
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in january 2012 two years since the quake figures released by the united nations show that of the nearly us $ 4 @@ 5 billion pledged for reconstruction projects in 2010 and 2011 only 43 percent has been delivered venezuela and the us which promised the major share of reconstruction funds have disbursed only 24 percent and 30 percent respectively japan and finland are among the few donors to have fully met their pledges the data shows that some crucial sectors face particularly large funding gaps in 2010 and 2011 for example donors disbursed just us $ 125 million of the us $ 311 million in grants allocated to agriculture projects and only us $ 108 million of the us $ 315 million in grants allocated to health projects only 6 percent of bilateral aid for reconstruction projects has gone through haitian institutions and less than 1 percent of relief funding has gone through the government of haiti
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a january 2012 oxfam report said that a half a million haitians remained homeless still living under tarps and in tents watchdog groups have criticized the reconstruction process saying that part of the problem is that charities spent a considerable amount of money on soaring rents board members ' needs overpriced supplies and imported personnel the miami herald reports a lot of good work was done the money clearly didn 't all get squandered but a lot just wasn 't responding to needs on the ground millions were spent on ad campaigns telling people to wash their hands telling them to wash their hands when there 's no water or soap is a slap in the face
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the institute of justice & democracy in haiti let haiti live and the center for constitutional rights have recommended immediate changes to recovery efforts to ensure that critical human rights concerns are addressed a report found that the conditions in the displaced persons camps are abysmal particularly for women and girls who too often are victims of gender ‐ based violence they call for more oversight of accountability of reconstruction plans asking why have only 94 @@ 000 transitional shelters been built to date despite a stated goal of 125 @@ 000 in the first year
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on 25 august 2012 recovery was hampered due to tropical storm isaac impacting haiti 's southern peninsula there it caused flooding and 29 deaths according to local reporting as a result of the 2010 earthquake more than 400 @@ 000 haitians continue to live in tents and experienced the storm without adequate shelter in late october with over 370 @@ 000 still living in tent camps a second tropical storm hurricane sandy killed 55 and left large portions of haiti under water
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at the 2012 consultative group meeting of the global facility for disaster reduction and recovery ( <unk> ) the haitian delegation shared a bottom @@ up approach to disaster reduction and management based on community integration and sustainable development with a group of experts from approximately 38 nations
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according to the international monetary fund more than half of the 10 @@ 000 @@ 000 cubic metres ( 13 @@ 000 @@ 000 cu yd ) of debris have been removed and 20 percent of it has been recycled
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the cholera outbreak which began in october 2010 has continued according to us centers for disease control and prevention it is considered the worst epidemic of cholera since the 1994 outbreak in the democratic republic of the congo ( called zaire at that time ) by august 2013 it had killed over 8 @@ 231 haitians and hospitalized hundreds of thousands more more than 6 of haitians have had the disease care of cholera patients remains inadequate with much now done in tent facilities with rows of cots for patient treatment the united nations peace keeping force widely believed responsible for the cholera outbreak continues to refuse to accept responsibility however they have launched a $ 2 @@ 2 billion initiative to combat cholera and the construction of a $ 17 million teaching hospital in <unk> which will employ 800 haitians and treat 185 @@ 000 people
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by the beginning of the year only a small <unk> $ 215 million of the total funds collected for aid had been spent on permanent housing with most of <unk> $ 1 @@ 2 billion going for short @@ term solutions including tent camps temporary shelters and cash grants that paid a year 's rent a 2013 survey disclosed that of the 1 @@ 5 million haitians living in camps following the quake about 279 @@ 000 remained in a total of 352 camps fifteen percent of the camps had no basic protection services and 48 no health services while 20 lacked functioning toilets this is higher than the population outside tent cities where 50 lack toilets many camps remained at a risk for flooding and more than a third of the camps ( 108 ) were at risk for evictions in a 2013 statement the american red cross reported that almost all of the money collected for quake relief has been spent or is scheduled for making progress permanent by ensuring people can leave camps and return to stable communities which includes building new homes repairing homes completing a new hospital and clinic and signing an agreement for a second hospital
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in 2015 npr and <unk> investigated the disappearance of us $ 500 million donated to the american red cross described as one of the most successful fundraisers ever despite the claims of the american red cross that 130 @@ 000 homes had been built the investigation discovered that only six had been built the investigation reviewed hundreds of pages of internal documents and interviewed more than a dozen former and current staff members and investigated the organization 's claim that 4 @@ 5 million haitians had been helped back on their feet despite joel <unk> a haitian government advisor stating that this number would cover 100 percent of the urban area and observing that this would mean they had served every city in haiti numerous other claims did not hold up under investigation and it was found that the project was riddled with multiple staffing changes bureaucratic delays and a language barrier as many of the red cross officials did not speak french or creole general counsel for the american red cross david meltzer directed the investigators to their official statistics but would not elaborate on them the public affairs office of the red cross disputed npr and <unk> 's claims in an email and claimed that the investigative report could cause an international incident the american red cross has handed over the rebuilding efforts to the haitian red cross
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= = in literature = =
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the haiti 2010 earthquake has been depicted in the novel god loves haiti by dimitry elias léger
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= thom darden =
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thomas vincent darden ( born august 28 1950 ) is a former american football cornerback safety and punt returner who played for the cleveland browns of the national football league ( nfl ) in the nfl he was a three @@ time all @@ pro free safety he earned a pro bowl selection in 1978 he holds most cleveland browns franchise interception records he was an all @@ american defensive back for the michigan wolverines football team and made one of the more memorable interceptions in college football history after retiring from football darden pursued careers as a sports agent security provider and business consultant
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darden was born in sandusky ohio he graduated from sandusky high school
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= = college football = =
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after graduating he was recruited by six big ten conference football programs in 1968 he played at the university of michigan from 1969 to 1971 and had 218 tackles and 11 interceptions he was an all american in 1971 and he was also named all @@ big ten in 1970 he played on big ten champions in both 1969 and 1971 thom fit in well at michigan becoming one of coach bo schembechler 's prized pupils and earning a reference in his 2006 book bo schembechler darden still ranks among leaders at michigan for punt returns and punt return <unk> darden played all defensive back positions at michigan in college darden was a housemate of reggie mckenzie glenn doughty billy taylor and mike taylor in a notable house known as the den of the mellow men
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espn chose darden 's november 21 1971 interception against ohio state as one of the 100 plays performances and moments that define college football the play was a very controversial call late in the 10 7 game and ohio state coach woody hayes stormed the field to rant at the referee jerry markbreit about the referee 's call that hayes thought should have been ruled pass interference by the end of hayes ' tirade he had broken a yard marker shredded a first @@ down indicator and earned two 15 @@ yard unsportsmanlike penalties the scene was replayed over and over on national television broadcasts that was darden 's second interception in that game espn also chose darden as a member of the all @@ time university of michigan football team
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darden was drafted in the first round ( 18th overall ) in the 1972 nfl draft by the cleveland browns darden started at free safety from his rookie season of 1972 until he lost the job in his tenth and final season to clinton burrell he was selected an all @@ pro safety in 1976 1978 and 1979 and went to the pro bowl in 1978 over the course of his career he handled 45 punt returns for 285 return yards darden holds cleveland browns franchise records with 45 career interceptions 10 single @@ season interceptions and 820 interception return yards two of darden 's browns teams went to the playoffs his rookie year the 10 4 1972 browns went to the 1972 @@ 73 nfl playoffs under head coach nick skorich but lost in the first round to the miami dolphins 20 14 the 11 5 1980 browns went to the 1980 @@ 81 nfl playoffs under head coach sam rutigliano but lost in the first round to the oakland raiders 14 12
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darden was ranked 47th on the cleveland browns top 100 players list
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darden has served as a professional sports agent and represented tony boles in 1990 he invested $ 25 @@ 000 in boles by hosting him in cleveland ohio and working him out with athletic trainers at the time he was cleveland @@ based sports agent during darden 's career as an agent he represented an assortment of nfl and national basketball association players and prospects including felix wright and chris calloway he was a supporter of maurice clarett 's attempt to challenge the nfl draft 's eligibility rules in 1998 when the nfl reissued a franchise in cleveland darden was part of one of the six bidding groups in 1999 he owned a security company in cedar rapids iowa as of 2006 darden was a business consultant living in cedar rapids
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in 1993 he went to jail for failure to pay child support at the time he was a registered nfl agent in connecticut and owed $ 14 @@ 000 in child support $ 30 @@ 000 to a trust for his 16 @@ year @@ old son todd and $ 12 @@ 000 in his former wife 's legal fees darden had been married to sheryl from 1972 1977 when they divorced he had previously been $ 5000 in arrears until being briefly jailed for failure to pay and cursing the judge he had been in contempt of court twenty times previously
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= voyage inspired by jules verne =
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voyage inspired by jules verne ( known as journey to the moon in the united kingdom and australia ) is a point @@ and @@ click adventure game with pre @@ rendered graphics developed by kheops studio and published by the adventure company for the pc in 2005 the game 's story focuses on a french adventurer 's journey to the moon in the 19th century and the ancient lunar civilization he <unk>
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voyage is loosely based on the novels from the earth to the moon and around the moon by science @@ fiction author jules verne and the novel the first men in the moon by science @@ fiction author hg wells reactions to the game were generally mixed in particular some reviewers praised it for immersing the player in the look and feel of the 19th century others have criticized it for featuring dated graphics and dull textures
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while staying true to most adventure game conventions voyage has some unique features for its genre these include two dexterity minigames which take advantage of the reduced gravity in the game 's lunar setting and an intelligence management system in which a score is assigned to the player for every puzzle he solves and for certain actions the adventure company introduced this feature to motivate players to replay the game to increase their cumulative score
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= = gameplay = =
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the main focus of voyage is puzzle @@ solving the player can move by clicking and can swivel the camera 360 degrees there are several types of puzzle in voyage including those involving native plant life on the moon mechanical puzzles audio puzzles and mathematical puzzles many of these puzzles require the player to decipher and use the native language of the moon
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voyage features two unique dexterity minigames using a low @@ gravity setting the first minigame requires the player to collect floating bubbles in a can and the second requires the player to execute large jumps across the surface of the moon these two minigames form only a minor part of the game the game also has several timed sequences requiring the player to complete puzzles under a time limit the consequence of failing a puzzle of this sort is death after which the player is able to return and replay the puzzle players can also be killed as the result of taking incorrect actions related to the game 's story
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a critical aspect of gameplay in voyage is the inventory system which allows the player to pick up and keep dozens of different items however the maximum quantity of a given item that the player may keep in his inventory at any one time is three one of the main uses of the inventory is to combine items together to make new items this process of breaking and reforming items in the inventory comprises a large portion of the puzzle aspect of the game the inventory can also be used to create meals which the player can consume this ability plays a major role in several puzzles another use of the inventory is to create hybrid lunar plants which play a critical role in the earlier puzzles of the game
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the intelligence management system featured in voyage is a score assigned to the player by the selenites the natives of the moon for each puzzle the player solves and for certain actions this score is increased and the selenites treat the player with more respect during an interview with <unk> benoît hozjan managing director and co @@ founder of kheops studio described the system saying
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in the same interview alexis lang the lead game designer at kheops commented that [ a ] low score does not mean that you are stupid in any way it just means that some pompous and bombastic lunar people think that your character is dumb this reflects the fact that the intelligence management system is designed primarily to earn the respect of the selenites however hozjan also said that he hopes players will try to increase their score and certainly share their experience through forums the adventure company has marketed the system as bringing a degree of replay value to voyage as players can replay the game to achieve a higher score
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voyage is set in 1865 president barbicane of the ' gun club ' decides to build an enormous cannon in baltimore to shoot a shell capable of supporting human life towards the moon in the hopes of a successful landing voyage 's protagonist michel ardan volunteers to travel in the aluminium shell after the game 's brief introduction in the shell ardan lands on the moon and discovers the selenites as well as a complex ecosystem of lunar plants the main accessible areas in the game are the moon 's surface and the underground selenite civilization
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the ' selenites ' are the subterranean inhabitants of the moon and are a highly intelligent society maintained by hierarchy and secret they possess blue skin large black eyes and transparent cerebral lobes on the sides of their heads this is in fact a reference to hg wells ' book the first men in the moon as the adventurers never actually land on the moon in verne 's original story
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they are divided into castes the selenites live in a large complex under the surface of the moon from which they rarely venture with the exception of the ' exiles ' the selenites banish [ these ] dregs of their society the criminals and <unk> to the surface of the moon there are three selenite exiles with whom the player can interact they live on the surface and sleep in their isolated underground stables at night each exile has two different plants on either shoulder with which they share a special bond
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the player character is michel ardan an eccentric and intrepid french scientist who is enthusiastic daring and cheerful president barbicane the president of the gun club and captain nicholl an engineer are both found dead at the start of the game not having survived the flight to the moon a woman called diana features in the game 's backstory as a woman whose ancestors made contact with the selenites apart from these human characters there are also several selenite characters such as the supreme moon ruler the high dignitary scurvy <unk> and the three exiles
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voyage begins as ardan awakes in the shell and discovers his two dead companions barbicane and nicholl the first part of the game consists of ardan investigating the shell trying to regain his memory of what happened and how barbicane and nicholl died he will also encounter other problems most notably when his oxygen supply is low and needs to be remedied eventually ardan 's journey will carry him into orbit around the moon in which he must prepare himself for a lunar landing
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once ardan successfully lands the shell on the moon he must solve a series of puzzles on the surface in order to gain access to the hidden civilization below there he encounters the selenite race following this ardan focusses on finding a way to leave the moon and report his findings to earth after acquiring what he needs ardan travels back to earth in the shell he lands in the ocean and manages to swim to a nearby island where he meets another famous jules verne character captain nemo
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journey to the center of the moon was announced for the pc at e3 2005 the adventure company collaborated with developers kheops studios for the release benoît hozjan the co @@ founder of kheops studio became managing director of the game while alexis lang became the lead game designer
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journey to the center of the moon was later renamed voyage inspired by jules verne benoît hozjan explained the change saying that journey to the center of the moon seems to be confusing and some people thought that it could be the sequel to journey to the center of the earth another verne @@ inspired pc game so marketing decided to change it the name was changed on july 7 2005 a few months after the game 's announcement
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benoît hozjan explained kheops studio 's choice of jules verne 's work as a basis for voyage saying that jules verne 's novels provide the two core elements of adventure games dreams and challenges characters are ordinary men engaged in concrete challenges that are [ a ] great inspiration for puzzles he further went on to say that the game is influenced by verne 's from the earth to the moon which documents the lead up to the lunar trip but draws more heavily from the sequel around the moon which recounts the actual voyage the main difference hozjan said was that in the novel the protagonists fail to reach the moon whereas in voyage the trip is a success additionally alexis lang attributed the inspiration for the selenites to hg wells ' the first men in the moon explaining that [ wells ] pictured a very ancient selenite civilisation horrified at human roughness wells was more <unk> than verne to balance this fact we 've added a touch of irony in our story and chosen a very optimistic and joyful main character
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the adventure company announced the release of the voyage demo on august 3 2005 the demo included the game 's introduction in the shell voyage originally slated for a september 27 release was shipped to stores ahead of schedule on august 16 2005 the game retailed for us $ 19 @@ 99
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