3 pulled from grocery store; rescuers 'very close' to 2 others

Three people were rescued Sunday from the rubble of a grocery store, officials told CNN, and American and Turkish rescuers were "very close" to reaching two others, despite experiencing a dangerous setback.The Caribbean Supermarket was housed in a three-story building, which collapsed in Tuesday's 7.0-magnitude earthquake. A joint New York fire and police department search and rescue team, as well as a team from Miami, Florida, and a Turkish team, was working to free those trapped in the ruins.A man and a teenage girl were found alive by the New York team earlier Sunday, according to NYPD spokesman Paul Browne. Both were taken to a U.N. hospital at Port-au-Prince's airport, where the girl, about 13, was treated for leg injuries and the man treated for undetermined injuries. They are believed to be Haitian nationals.

It's hard to glance at the tv or listen to the radio without hearing about Haiti, it actially might be impossible. This earthquake stopped all other news in its tracks and is everywhere. It is hard to hear the stories coming from the disaster such as this one were people's lives are still at stake and everyone is in survival mode. It is great that people and rescue teams are still there trying to help all of the people suffering.

Surving the Earthquake

Counting today it has has been three days that Haiti suffered from a 7.0 earthquake. Many of the sources finding info on this situation say that peopel who were killed in the earthquake would have died within 72 hours. These people who are living here in Haiti are suffering because of the lack of resources needed to survive. These resources need to come and come fast because more people are dieing. Right now in Haiti water is one of the main resources needed especially because these peoplel ive in a in a dry and dusty area.The main goal of the rescue team is help people regain the lives they once had and restore peace.

It's terrible that the people of hati are living in desolation and with the flooding from the hurricane they are surounded by undrinkable water and no food. They wont be able to survive for long. If we can drop food supplies to them we they will be able to live for longer and maybe they can get everything cleaned up and back to better times.

Avatar is No. 1!

Avatar is rising to the top of the leader board and it doesn't look it's stopping anytime soon. For four straight weeks the move Avatar produced by James Cameron, is number one bringing in $48.5 million dollars.Avatar has taken over the spots of some the most beloved 3-D movies made including Pirates of the Caribbean and Spider Man.The big question that everyone is trying to figure is that if it will keep rising high enough to top the all time high movie known as the Titanic which brought in $600.8 million domestically and $1.8 billion globally. Avatar at this point is has brought in $429 million domestically and $1.3 billion internationally. This is going to be the site to see if Avatar knocks off the top movie ever made!

This movie sounds amazing! I have not had the pleasure of seeing the movie, but from what I hear the effects and the colors are amazing. If it takes over the number 1 spot of all time it's not that big of a deal because it's just James Cameron beating James Cameron which is very very impressive dont get me wrong, but begs the question, do the rest of us have a chance if this guy is still alive? Oh well cant wait to see this masterpiece of a movie.

Jimmy Louis and Haiti

This article is talks about the actor Jimmy-Jean Louis and how he finally was able to contact his parents in Haiti. He couldn't reach them since the earthquake until his sister found a way to get a hold of them. Jimmy says that physically his parents are doing well but emotionally they aren't doing so hot. They do not understand exactly what happened and are still shocked over the whole tragedy. Jimmy is now the founder of a fund called Hollywood unites for Haiti which allows children to participate in sports and education.

The Earthquake in Hati was a terrible tragady and my heart goes out to everyone who was affected by it. It is great that influential people like Jimmy -Jean Louis are taking action to help the vicims of the Earthquake. In times like this the world has to forget their differences and help eachother to fight the ultimate enemy (at times) mother nature.

'He wanted to die with his family'

Blocks at his house. His right left was broken in two places. He left leg was smashed below the knee. It was cold and turning black. His father walked into the yard and just fell apart. He lost his wife and four other children.
He was so thankful that he was able to pull out the son above. He just wanted to go someplace other that back to Port-au-Prince.
Then we had to tell him he had to return to the hell he had just left. He sons leg needs to be amputated for him to survive.

This is a very sad story. Hopefully he will get his leg amputated and everything will turn out all right for him and his family. Its a terrible thing what happened in Hati, but the good thing is that with the modern media and the widespread use of the internet support is puring in faster than was ever possible.

How long can people survive?

It has been three days since the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti. Sources say that people who were killed in the earthquake would have died in the first 72 hours. The people of Haiti are lacking resources that are in need to survive. The question is how long can they physically survive without these sources? People can go longer without food than without water. Water is one of the main resources needed ex specially in a dry and dusty area. Help is on the way starting today. The main goal of the rescue relief is to help the people alive and in need because it is probably too late for those who are buried.

It's terrible that the people of hati are living in desolation and with the flooding from the hurricane they are surounded by undrinkable water and no food. They wont be able to survive for long. If we can drop food supplies to them we they will be able to live for longer and maybe they can get everything cleaned up and back to better times.

ISSUE #2: Boosting the Minimum

Background:

Some workers believe that because we are in a recession, many full time employees that receive minimum wage will be below the poverty line and will not be able to live. The workers think because of this they should raise minimum wage up from 5.15 and hour. They say it would bring them above the poverty line and singe mothers with families would once again be able to survive. The opposition to that view say that minimum wage increasing would only hurt businesses which would be forced to raise their prices more because we live in a Market-Based Economy, and over half the people that make minimum wage are teenagers anyway, so you would be infact helping nobody. The opposition also says that if they want to help low income families put more money into the Earned Income Tax Credit program.

Current:

I belive that this is an old issue seeing as the article talked about miniumum wage being at 5.15 and considering raising it to 7.25. Well, they did it, and does it matter to me...no, i have three jobs and all of them make more than that an hour anyway so it probably did help nobody to increase minimum wage, but hurt businesses instead.

Supporting argument - Robert Paturzo-Elliott

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