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Fireworks Show, Palm effect is called as such because it produces an effect that looks like a palm tree when it bursts. Also, you can see a thick rising tail that displays as the shell ascends.

In the present days, Fireworks can be quite complex and different types. Aerial fireworks are those designed to fire up into the sky. The most popular types of fireworks include: Peony, Chrysanthemum, Willow, Horsetail, Fish, Spider, Palm, Crossette, Kamuro, and Rings. The combination of these wonderful colored flames and their twinkling sparks are indescribably stunning. The descriptions of the beauties and thrills that come out of these fireworks shells have been summarized by the expression 'effects' and they are mentioned below.

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Kamuro is a Japanese word meaning "Boys Haircut". The Fireworks Show, Kamuro effect was named after a Japanese hairstyle for its look. It displays a dense burst of glittering silver or gold stars, leaving heavy glitter and shiny trail in the night sky.

Kamuro: In Japanese 'Kamuro" refers to long hair or perhaps more specifically a bowl shaped "Boys Haircut". This is what the 'Kamuro' shells look like when they fully explode in the air. The shells burst into dense glittering golden or silver stars leaving a heavy shinning, glittering trail in the night sky.

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Fireworks Show, Crossette effect is a Crossette star will split into 4 pieces, flying off symmetrically to make a cross. Crossette effect is a shell containing several large stars traveling short distance, then they break apart into smaller stars, creating a crisscrossing grid.

Crossette: A Crossette is an aerial effect that spits stars outward. It is a type of firework that explodes in a cross shape. These stars travel a short distance before breaking into smaller stars and crisscrossing each other in a grid-like pattern.

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Fireworks Spider burn fast. They burst very hard, making the stars to shoot out straight and flat. Looking at a Spider effect in the sky, it appears like a series of radial lines like the legs of a spider.

Spider: The shells of these fireworks break in an upward direction with relatively few, long-burning stars which travel in a straight and flat trajectory resembling a creepy crawlie, with too many legs of a spider.
Palm: When these fireworks burst into colorful, bright stars, their effects look like a palm tree, because the stars slowly fade into the shape of a palm tree's branches. A good quality 'palm' firework should feature a thick rising tail like the trunk of a palm tree as the shell ascends.

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Horsetail or Waterfall Shell Fireworks, a compact burst that falls down, similar to a a horsetail. Sometimes, you might see it glittering through the night

Horsetail: These fireworks are identifiable by its breaks, which resemble a short tail that only travel a short distance from the shell burst before free-falling to the ground. These fireworks are also referred as 'Waterfall Shell' or 'Falling Leaves'.

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Fish effect fireworks is fish in the sea. This one gives an effect of fish swimming away. You see little squiggles of light squirming away from the main burst.

Fish: When the shell bursts, you could see little squiggles of light are squirming away from the main burst. It often looks like fishes are swimming away.

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Here is a picture of the group G-8 as they meet once again. In the last November, the group G8 was formed with eight losing presidential candidates, including seven of top ten vote getters, representing 49.81% of the vote. The main demand of the group was to form an independent commission of inquiry to inquire and assess the alleged frauds affecting the integrity of the October 25th election. They also demanded a transitional government as they felt no fair election is possible under Martelly administration and the then CEP was subject to external influences. In last month (May 2016), nearly 7 months after its creation, it was leaked on the internet that G8 no longer exists as their missions have been accomplished. Martelly already departed, a transitional government has been formed and the said disputed election was put under the scanner of an independent verification commission. However, with the breaking news on dissolution, the G8 members were divided on the status of their pact. Eric Jean Baptiste of the G8, on a radio interview, denied such internet news of dissolution which was leaked by Mathias Pierre who is a political adviser of the presidential candidate Moïse Jean-Charles of G8. Moreover, he said, since Mathias Pierre is not a member of the group, he had no authority to speak about this. The group had met as usual on May 19th. However, on Sunday, May 22nd, Moïse Jean-Charles on his Facebook page confirmed the breakup. Sauveur Etienne, Coordinator of the "Organization of People in Struggle" (OPL) accused President Privert for the leak, because he believes Privert wants to go ahead with the election. Some of the political observers are of opinion that among the G8, there is no consensus. The group is full of disagreements and conflicting political interests.

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Here is a picture of Wilson Laleau. Hon. Wilson Laleau served as the Minister of the Economy and Finance of Haiti under the presidency of Michel Martelly. He was also the Governor for Haiti of Inter-American Development Bank and served as the Governor of the Caribbean Development Bank. Hon. Laleau was well known for his passionate good governance. In a letter dated December 16, 2015, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) demanded former President Michel Martelly and three of his ministers, such as former Minister of the Economy, Wilson Laleau, former Prime Minister, Evans Paul, and former Minister of Public Works, Jacques Rousseau, to repay tens of millions of dollars it provided for projects in Haiti which have not been completed or have met the standards the funds were expected to meet. Most shocking in this case is that a good amount of this sanctioned fund went into no-bid contract to Jovenel Moïse's AgriTrans Company. Moïse was Martelly's handpicked candidate for Martelly's political organization Parti Haitien Tet Kale (PHTK).

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Here is the picture of a Haitian slum. According to the World Risk Index (2014) of the United Nations University, Haiti is the most vulnerable country in the Latin American and Caribbean region. It is regularly facing every possible kind of environmental alteration resulting regular migratory flows, making people environmental migrant. Environmental factors have a great impact on global migration flows, because people are forced to leave their home region due to sudden or long-term changes to their local environment with harsh or deteriorating conditions. Climate change, environment and migration are all interrelated. Environmental degradation and disasters generally cause migration and movement of people can also cause significant effects on the surrounding ecosystems. Frequent droughts, cyclones, hurricanes and floods in Haiti have caused significant impact in one of the most fragile environments in the world. Half of the residents of the Haitian capital city were not born there. Haiti is very much vulnerable to climate change; it needs to increase its ability to foresee and control the effects of climate change, while integrating the associated migration risks.

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Little Haiti has been designated an official neigh neighborhood in Miami. This is based on a resolution passed by the Miami Commissioners on May 26, 2016.

Recently, on Thursday, May 26, 2016, the Municipal Commission of Miami-Dade unanimously voted in favor of designating 'Lemon City' as 'Little Haiti' and that ended a 16-year long effort over the idea of an official 'Little Haiti' and exactly, where its boundaries should be drawn. As per recent demarcation by the Miami City Commission, the new boundaries are mentioned here in the following. In the East, it is bounded by NE 4 Avenue and NE 64th Street with NE 2 Avenue and NE 82nd Street. The West side is marked by NW 71 Street and NW 62 Street. In the North, NW 79th Street, NW 6th Avenue, N Miami Avenue, NE 82nd Street and the South boundaries are marked by NW 82 Street and NW 54 Street. Had the recognition not done at the right time, Little Haiti's existence was very much threatened by gentrification. However, the official map could not make everyone happy as it acknowledges a smaller version, a compromise that recognizes the encroachment of the Design District.

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