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Haiti Earthquakes

On January 12, an earthquake struck in Haiti destroying all the infrastructure making their economy worse. The earthquake7.0 magnitude. There was a 2nd earth quake that stroke in Tuesday that measured 6.5 magnitude. Haiti is one of the poorest country in the western hemisphere so it will be hard for them the recover. Many people died but many search and rescue times from around the world came to help Haiti. 10,000 people died and people are drying to make graves for them.
It is very made that people died in this disaster. For country that is poorest in the world it will be very difficult to revive on their own but many people are helping. Everyone is donating money to help the people and build infrastructures that were ruined. The countries in Africa are poor but they have lots of natural resources like oil, diamonds, Uranium and more resources. Haiti doesn’t have these resources. Many are living in conditions that are unsafe, and unsanitary.

Suttlecock

A Badminton Suttlecork has been known to go 180 mph. The best Suttlecork is made from the feathers left wings of goose. The Suttlecork is not ball. It is ussally made made of 16 goose feathers.The shuttlecock's shape allows for it to be steady while "flowing" in the air, or aerodynamically stable.

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