ASSIGNMENT+5,+10.12.10

//THIS WEEK, YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE TWO ARTICLES TO COMMENT ON FOR WIKI 5, DUE TUESDAY, OCOTOBER 12!//

//READ "LOW POINTS FOR HIGHTOPS" (HARCOPY FROM ME) OR ON WWW.DELICIOUS.COM/KATHY39420. ALSO READ "MY VISION FOR HAITI", AVAILABLE IN BOTH FORMS.//


 * LOW POINTS FOR HIGHTOPS:**


 * HIGHTOP BASKETBALL SHOES PEAKED ABOUT 8 YEARS AGO AND HAVE BEEN LOSING GROUND EVER SINCE. ONE REASON IS THAT SOME RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT HIGHTOP SHOES AREN'T EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING FOOT INJURIES, THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF INJURY IN THE NBA. THE DECLINE OF HIGHTOPS MARKS THE END OF AN ERA THAT SAW BASKETBALL SNEAKERS BECOME A HIGHLY COMPETITITIVE FASHION BUSINESS.**


 * 1. WHAT SHOES SPARKED A SENSATION IN 1985? HOW DID OTHER SHOE COMPANIES RESPOND?**
 * 2. BESIDES SHOES, WHAT FACTORS MAY BE TO BALME FOR FOOOT INJURIES AMONG NBA PLAYERS?**


 * MY VISION FOR HAITI:**


 * GRAMMY-AWARD WINNING MUSICIAN WYCLEF JEAN WANTS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF HIS NATIVE HAITI--A COUNTRY HE HAS BEEN SUPPORTING YEARS PRIOR TO ITS DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE. BILLING HIMSELF AS A NONTRADITIONAL CANDIDATE, MR. JEAN SAYS WHAT HE LACKS IN POLITICAL EXPERIENCE HE MAKES UP FOR IN LOYALTY. THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT HAS BARRED HIM FROM RUNNING--DUE TO RESIDENCY CONCERNS--BUT MR. JEAN IS APPEALING.**


 * 1. WHY DOES MR. JEAN, WHO HAS LIVED IN THE U.S. SINCE HE WAS 9, WANT TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF HAITI?**
 * 2. HOW HAS MR. JEAN'S FOUNDATION YELE HAITI ALREADY HELPED SINCE THE EARTHQUAKE?**