Haiti does not need military occupation.
Haiti needs flour, rice, medical supplies, and active compassion.
No geopolitics.
No manipulation.
Only one love.
Is this a press story? What is anything, but people? This is a human story, and the tiny, maligned island which encompasses Haiti, birthplace of African democracy, needs global assistance, nothing more, nothing less.
The nation hated for defeating French colonialism and enslavement, the nation hated for usurping American imperialism, this tiny island alone faces the equivalent total devastation of the asian tsunami.
Forget hatred for Haiti’s pride, and determination. This time, reward that perseverance with unrestrained assistance. Let every billionaire and millionaire send their little used yachts laden with food and clothes to this place. Let every corporation send their jets and freighters to this place.
Stand together now, and set a standard, or face a future alone.
The choice is yours.
Yele Haiti. Forget the negativists and the injured souls, act now for God’s sake. The preacher will tell you, God does not care after persons. That is so we shall learn to care after one another.
Give now, act now, help now.
Help Here
or Here
or even HERE, just help.
Now.
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Ciné Institute Director David Belle reports from Port-au-Prince:
“I have been told that much US media coverage paints Haiti as a
tinderbox ready to explode. I’m told that lead stories in major media
are of looting, violence and chaos. There could be nothing further
from the truth.
“I have traveled the entire city daily since my arrival.
The extent of damages is absolutely staggering. At
every step, at every bend is one horrific tragedy after
another; homes, businesses, schools and churches
leveled to nothing. Inside every mountain of rubble
there are people, most dead at this point. The smell
is overwhelming. On every street are people
– survivors — who have lost everything they have:
homes, parents, children, friends.
“NOT ONCE have we witnessed a single act of aggression or
violence. To the contrary, we have witnessed neighbors helping
neighbors and friends helping friends and strangers. We’ve seen
neighbors digging in rubble with their bare hands to find survivors.
We’ve seen traditional healers treating the injured; we’ve seen
dignified ceremonies for mass burials and residents patiently
waiting under boiling sun with nothing but their few remaining
belongings. A crippled city of two million awaits help, medicine,
food and water. Most haven’t received any.
“Haiti can be proud of its survivors. Their dignity and decency in the
face of this tragedy is itself staggering.”
David Belle, January 17th, 2010
Go to Ciné Institute’s website for latest photos and footage coming from
the students in Jacmel.
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In 2009 we conducted a study of online distribution of pirated media. The questions were: “How do they make money?”, “Why do the sites survive?”, and, “Who pays the operators?”. The answers were strange, and changed noticeably over the course of a single year.
The pirate media distributors stream their wares out of server farms on sovereign native people’s territories in the West, and in Sweden, Ukraine, and China to the East. Using legal loopholes, bribery, and protection from mob and government interests, the sites not only survive, they thrive and propagate.
Often it seemed there was hardly any money making involved, where it begged the question why so much time was being spent mounting the pirated materials beside the distribution of malware to steal private data. Ad revenue visibly increased every month, however.
22% of studied pirate streams had ad placements for major corporate interests on Jan 1st, 2009. By June major corporate placements had gone to 39.5%, and by September, 52.5%. By Jan 1st 2010 it was 91%. It is what the slaves to cliche call a tipping point. [Read more →]
April 16th, 2009 · Reviews
Perhaps it is the organic ingredients, or the mountain spring water. Could it be the natural hops, grains, and honey right from the farm? Or, is Brett Nichols the greatest brewmaster to ever make beer.
Too much, you think?
Wait until you take the top off a Shooting Creek Farm brew: taste the silken, pure, complex taste, and then join me in exalting the best small brewery in North America. High on the Blue Ridge, Shooting Creek Farm Brewery sits on Brett and Johanna Nichols’ certified organic Five Penny Farm in legendary Floyd county.
There are six distinct brews offered by the farm, and while I am the type to pick favorites, with this roster I am undone. [Read more →]
