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Our children’s import to Haiti was funFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:06PMPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Perhaps it was the wide grin on Charles’s face as he greeted us at Toussaint Louverture International Airport. Or the way Sister Claudette lovingly served my family bread and papaya juice in her damaged compound. Just as probably it was riding in the bed of a pickup truck, watching street life more colorful than any theme park ... Haiti - Toussaint Louverture ...

Monsoons have great impact on fishingFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:15PMThe summer monsoon rains certainly have a positive impact on the Rim Country as the landscape takes on a brighter green color with the new grasses sprouting everywhere, which obviously benefits all kinds of wildlife. The local streams are recharged with an increased flow of water, and the water temperature of the lakes on the Rim cool a bit, which is healthier trout habitat. Consequently, fish ...

No shoes? No problem. Hiking shoeless in Devil's DenFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:00AMWalking barefoot over a flaming bed of coals is one way to turn heads. But what's so rebellious about that? Dave Ellis prefers heading shoeless into the wild.

The Girl Who Played with Fire [2009] [R] - 9.8.5Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:40AMIn the sequel to "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," a woman (Noomi Rapace) is accused of the murder of a journalist and his girlfriend (Hans Christian Thulin and Mia Johansson) and her former legal guardian, who had raped her (Peter Andersson).

Dinner for Schmucks [2010] [PG-13] - 6.5.5Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:39AMIn a remake of the 1998 French farce "The Dinner Game," a powerful businessman (Bruce Greenwood) encourages his employees to gather social misfits for the company's monthly Dinner for Idiots, so that his executives can use them for sport.

Spoilt brats get iRate at AppleFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:12AMSteve Jobs has seemed like a man under siege lately. The co-founder and chief executive of Apple is not just under siege from the cancer that invaded his body six years ago and whose threat always lurks, despite successful treatment, but from an ungrateful world that gobbles up his beautiful inventions and then whinges about details.

Assume the koala positionFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:09AMIn the seclusion of a coastal tree house, Lissa Christopher matches the pace of life around her.

Spoilt brats get iRateFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:04AMMiranda Devine The more we humans have, the more we want, the more dissatisfied and ungrateful we are.

Australia's king of boxingFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:00AMBOXING may be on the ropes, but legendary trainer Johnny Lewis is never out for the count.