An interesting map of the cholera outbreak in Haiti

Click on the picture for larger view: (healthmap.org)

direct link to the map here



This is based on reports from everywhere; Twitter, Facebook, Google, blogs, Newspapers etc. It shows a different picture than being officially reported so far though some of these cases, apparently, are still to be confirmed by tests.

It's going to be a late night in Copiapo Chile and my house!

I remember watching the rescue of Jessica McClure and how thrilling, heart wrenching and emotional it was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKfz3jFVLME

I just listened to CBC radio replay the Moose River Mine rescue of 1936. Here's the link. http://archives.cbc.ca/economy_business/natural_resources/clips/3860/
"This was North America's first live 24 hour news event."

They're only an hour ahead of our local time in Copiapo Chile, so that means the lifts won't start until quite late tonight. CNN is covering it live, of course. I cannot wait to see the first man come up after 68 days, 1,630+ hours... and endless number of minutes! How excited they must be, well maybe a little less so for the poor fellow with the wife and mistress both waiting for him? I bet even he will be smiling... for the moment!


http://24timezones.com/current_time/chile_copiapo_clock.php

Billy Lucas, Asher Brown, Seth Walsh, Tyler Clementi & Raymond Chase... 5 lives lost.

It's time to say enough is enough! Bullying cannot/should not be tolerated anywhere, especially at school! Young people have enough questions, worries and self doubts without their peers belittling them!