BBC News: "South American leaders are holding a summit in the Ecuadorean capital, Quito, to discuss how to help Haiti recover from last month's earthquake. Haitian President Rene Preval is there to set out his country's needs and priorities to fellow leaders.
Salvation Army and food-supplier Numana are teaming to distribute food to Haitians with warnings included to alert Haitians about human trafficking, and how to respond.
Numana, Inc -- a new charity gathering food for Haiti, using volunteers to assemble it into prepackaged meals, and delivering it to Haiti through the Salvation Army. . Twitter page reporting their past, present & coming events, nationwide.
Intensive efforts are ongoing to detect potential disease outbreaks in earthquake-affected Haiti, and while there have been reports of acute respiratory infections and diarrhea, no outbreaks have been recorded.
As Haitian amputees heal from their initial injuries from the Jan. 12 quake, their long-term futures remain uncertain. Securing regular work and livelihoods may prove difficult, aid groups say, with physical limitations.
Haiti's catastrophic earthquake, in addition to leaving lives and institutions in ruin, also exacerbated a longtime lethal risk in Haiti: Dying during childbirth.
When I told my wife I wanted to go back to Haiti, she had the reaction I expected. "The girls really missed you when you were gone last time," she said. "I am worried that you lost too much weight down there," she added.
The head of UNICEF warned Tuesday that people may still be trying to smuggle children out of Haiti and said protecting youngsters who survived the earthquake is the top concern of the U.N. children's agency.
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" For our latest mission, six undercover actors burst into song in a grocery store in Queens. Three minutes and lots of silly choreography later, they returned to their roles as shoppers and stock boys. The mission was filmed with hidden robotic, lipstick, and wearable cameras.
The tale seems dubious: that a rice vendor survived 27 days trapped under the rubble of a flea market following Haiti's devastating earthquake.
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So now we know – a little more. We always knew that in 2001 Britain's BAE systems sold Tanzania a £28 million air traffic control system. The World Bank and the International Civil Aviation Organisation said it was unnecessarily sophisticated and overpriced.
"Although the orb web of a spider is a lightweight structure, it seems to be a highly optimized structure, presumably as a result of evolution from the Jurassic period or earlier," explain physicists Yuko Aoyananagi and Ko Okumura, who are investigating the structural properties …
"Migrating insects have evolved to take advantage very efficiently of high speed winds (while you're stuck in traffic, butterflies whiz by at up to 60 MPH, possibly more) to travel hundreds of miles in relatively short periods of time, all that while correcting for crosswinds tak …
"A strange looking vessel took a leisurely sail on San Francisco Bay on Wednesday - a shakedown voyage for a plastic, fantastic adventure that should finally start next month
Haiti's government has raised the death toll for the Jan. 12 earthquake to 230,000 from 212,000 and says more bodies remain uncounted.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The United Nations warned Monday that it will cut off shipments of free medicine to Haitian hospitals that charge patients, saying it had learned some are levying fees for drugs.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The case of a Haitian man said to have been pulled alive from the rubble nearly a month after Haiti's earthquake amazed doctors on Tuesday, but his improbable story of survival also drew a note of skepticism.
When we experience disasters like the earthquake in Haiti January 2010, we naturally ask the questions: Could we have known (early warning)? Could we have been prepared (mitigation plans)?
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) – Hollywood starlet Angelina Jolie visited UN staff in Haiti on Tuesday and toured a children's refuge, nearly four weeks after the country was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
Never mind the mule is blind, just load the wagon.
This video takes you inside the walls of one of the worst prisons in the Western hemisphere. Overcrowding, poor sanitation, and a general lack of funding in Haiti's National Penitentiary have led to exorbitant HIV and Tuberculosis rates.
The officer, who did not want to be identified for fear of "reprisals", told CNN on Monday (2/8/10) that he had stopped the 10 Baptist missionaries, including group leader Laura Silsby, on January 26 as they tried to transport 40 children from Haiti to the Dominican Republic.
An international news channel is showing chilling footage of men in uniforms shooting unarmed men after they purportedly were arrested during clashes last year with Muslim militants in northern Nigeria.
Aid efforts in Haiti have suffered another setback as the United Nation halts deliveries to some ten-thousand quake survivors after discovering that fake coupons are circulation.
A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed.
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This avatar is stupid. I thought it was clever at the time. I am going to have to look for a new one.
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OMG dkaz-- how did you ever find me here? I thought hidiing out in this part of my NV column was safe!!!
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Ahh-HA!!...I KNEW IT!!...So Krishna, what did you do with the one hundred dollar bill I put in your G-String with my teeth?
— dkaz
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WKB--
Thanks for stopping by! Actually I hasd this module hidden for a long time-- just realized it, and made it visible again. And yes-- I am indeed one of the Chppendale dancers-- as should be obvious by looking at my georgeous body! dkaz is correct! (She quite a hottie herself, btw! :)
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I love the new 'no whining' avatar! I need one of those to hold up when my kids need that type of guidance!
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Krishna! You're back! I don't get on the vine as much as I used to, but last I checked, you were quitting the vine. Whatever happened, I'm glad you're back and I'm looking forward to that horoscope-reading we were going to do.
— Geminga
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Great seeds. I'm not sure what warranted your request for friendship, but I am honored; really.
— Joseph.
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Jack-- thanks for stopping by. I can't decide either-- that's part of the problem. But, if its one thing I'm sure of, its that I stand for change on NewsVine!
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krish:
You remind me of the phrase "One Riot, One Ranger" except I can't decide if you're a riot or a Ranger.
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Yes I think it is, she's pops up quite a lot whenever she's back in Cairo, nice to meet you.
— Zubya
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Great Site Krishna! Glad to be in your corner. The truth may not always be nice, but it has to be told to keep our World Free and Beautiful.
Kudos from your lil Kafir friend.
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Krishna,
I was hoping to have get some type of mentors when I signed up to Newsvine.
Thanks for taking me under your wing, and for all the little tips, and positive feedback.— Kodebri
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I have you listed under "capital assets" in my accounting of the Vine.
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Krishna,
Thank you for always coming to my aid when I am in a quagmire. I do that too much it seems. Another (angry) newsviner told me I was gullible. I guess that is true to some extent because I like to think the best of people right off the bat until I am side blinded that they are vicious.
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Great seeds, Krishna. Thanks for all your help orienting me on the Vine. It's rough sailing, but always fun.
Keep those links coming...
— E.D.Kain
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Good to see level headed people with actual intelligence on the internet.
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Larry H-189743-- Thanks for your comment ;-]
Actually-- we may be mixing our metaphors here--and I for one have always preferred my metaphors stirred-- not shaken.
Yes-- at one point I did chang my avatars rather frequently. However-- I have decided to stick to one for a while. [The current depiction of ''The Magician'' is the Moran-Greer-- I may switch to the Rider [''Rider-Waite''] in the future.
My Avatar-- however-- is not intended to have anything to do with Krishna [in any of his manifestations]. Although-- interestingly-- both are related to my interest in spirituality metaphysics and the like.
And-- the colours in my avatar are of significanse-- but not the skin colour. [In my view people place way too much importance on the colour of ones skin]. Rather-- the red yellow and white are important here.
Admittedly a bit mystifying perhaps [pun intended]...hope I haven't given you a headache!
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Hi Krishna- Well, the door was ajar, an I thought it would be nice to return your visit.
Swell place you got here.
Really busy too. I only wish I could have offered you a drink at my place....But ,alas, I was out burning the Vine down. I hope you don't mind if I help myself. You have a great collection of "fruits n nuts" here.
Thanks, in advance.See ya on the Vine guy
Sincerely,
~gp
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Krishna-167929, What's up with all the avatar picture changes. Krishna is traditionally depicted with blue skin. Then I notice you have yellow skin and look like Homer Simpson. Then as a sugar daddy with a young lady at your side. Now you look like a pilgrim or maybe Don Quixote.
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Attila-
Thanks for your comment :-)
Please check out the many items I have placed in the ''Recommendations'' section of my column-- there is a lot of useful information there-- links to articles, weblogs videos etc.