In a truly heart wrenching sight, the Haitian government has begun to move the thousands of dead that have been lining the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti and begun mass burials of those lost in the devastating mag 7.0 earthquake that ravaged the country’s capital and has affected three million people.
After several days, the country’s supplies are running short and relief groups are unsure how many people they will be able to help with conditions on the ground being what they are.
This report from the Associated Press’ correspondant Jonathan Katz does a great job of summing …continue reading
 New York has the third largest population of Haitians, aside from Haiti itself and Florida. So many of us want to help, but where do we go? Below is a list of places where you can donate, as well as tips to avoid scams. Taken from http://lifehacker.com/5447987/how-and-where-to-donate-to-haiti-and-avoid-scams.
Giving Help
The American Red Cross is one of the most widely known organizations working in Haiti. They accept online donations, help volunteers arrange to give time or other support, and can accept $10 donations, charged to your cellphone bill, by texting HAITI to 90999.
UNICEF and Doctors Without Borders, two other groups showing up frequently in …continue reading
Non-stop footage of the wreckage in Haiti has shown people simply piling the thousands of the dead along the side of the road and Haitian officials are estimating the total number of the dead at 100,000 to 500,000 and a 3 million total people affected after a magnitude 7 earthquake (with at least 26 aftershocks) near Port-Au-Prince, Haiti’s capital and largest city.
Among the wreckage lies the presidential palace, the National Assembly building, the city’s main jail, the Port-au-Prince Cathedral, at least one hospital, and the United Nations’ headquarters in Haiti. Workers inside the headquarters are …continue reading
Perhaps justice of some kind will come of the Hiram Monserrate debacle as a special New York Senate committee has recommended that the Senate either censure or expel the “man” who was found guilty on assault charges after a fight with his girlfriend ended with the “Senator” cutting the woman’s face and dragging her through the lobby of his building (a scene brilliantly caught on security cameras).
Sources say that the Senate is likely leaning towards expelling Monserrate although knowing the Senate, anything is possible when there’s that many liars and crooks in the same room at the …continue reading
It is always a telling sign when the guy who runs a business whose sole purpose is to distribute personal information tells a crowd that privacy online is no longer the social norm. It is even worse when it comes on the heels of the CEO of Google saying essentially the same thing.
It is hard to argue with Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, who made the point that with the amount of personal information spread across social networks and blogs, privacy is “no longer the norm.”
Every form that we fill out online, …continue reading
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