Dying mom keeps online diary for baby

             Natalie Ritchie is a 30 year old woman who has been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and she realizes her time on earth is not a lot. She has a 3 month old daughter named Scarlett. Ike any mother she wants to see her child grow up and witness their accomplishments and fulfillment of their dreams. Unfortunately for her the condition she has been cursed with doesn't allow her much more time to live and she may never get to see her only child grow up. The only chance that this poor lady has to survive is to have a double lung transplant, an operation with a 0.01% success rate. It would take a modern day miracle for this woman to be with her child for the rest of her life. Ritchie has spent the last couple of weeks in the hospital and is fighting her toughest battle yet. When she was deciding to have a baby she was very hesitant because she didn't want to cause the baby any unnecessary stress that would come from her death. It is a very sad day today because she realizes that she will cause this baby pain. She needed a way to make it up to her, a way to make her feel better when she realizes her mother isn't there. They are keeping an online diary to allow her to know what was happening when she was a baby. This will allow her to connect with her soon to be deceased mother and to share something with her. This will allow her to feel normal when it is her against the world. Give her an opportunity to connect with her mother .


            I believe this is a great way for the dying mother to connect with her newborn daughter. I can't possibly imagine going through life without a mother and the love and comfort she provides. A mother is a very important in all aspects of life. A child doesn’t fell complete without a mother and can live their whole trying to imagine what their mother was like and will never by satisfied. The ability for this children to read the words and see videos of her mother will allow her to get these impressions. This internet diary will allow a child deprived of one of the most important aspects of childhood and gives her the ability to find what her mother was like to a certain extent. This mother must feel terrible that she must cause her one and only child such pain, but in the end she was the one who gave this child life and she is doing everything she can to show her immense love. This child will one day realize the sacrifice the mother made and appreciate it a lot more.

Health fears grow over Puerto Rico blaze

          After 11 fuel tanks exploded and burst into flames yesterday in Puerto Rico a threatening wind storm is forcing more panic on the residents of this area because of the increases risk of deathly inhalation of the smoke. Another intrusive fear is a rainstorm that is bound to come soon. If the smoke is not cleared by then it could lead to a very bad occurrence of acid rain. Residents of the area are urged not to bring their pets and children outside for a couple of days while firefighting forces continue to battle the ongoing smoke and fire. They have been fighting the fire for 36 straight hours and when the blast occurred it caused a 2.8 magnitude earthquake within a mile radius. Over seven hundred residents of the immediate area were forced to evacuate immediately and spent the night in a nearby shelter. Many of these people were petrified of having their houses destroyed but in the end only 10 houses were permanently damaged. The cause of the blast remains unknown but it is not believed to be a planned attack, just an accident. Many residents who witnessed the blast said that they have never seen something so terrifying, yet amazing in their entire lives. One citizen was standing on his balcony and saw balls of fire spewed into the air. Even though it was an entertaining event citizens still must realize the danger it still poses.


           I believe that this is a very scary occurrence for the people of Puerto Rico and should be taken very seriously. This sort of thing could have taken a countless number of lives if it had happened in a different situation and I believe much more precautions should be taken to ensure that an explosion of this caliber doesn't happen again a pose a danger on the life of innocent people. Things like making transportation trucks safer, making the routes of these trucks avoid suburban areas, and the firefighting units should have plan to combat fuel fires such as this. Puerto Rico is a island full of vegetation from grasslands to rainforest and a forest fire could catch very quickly and is a very serious threat. Further precautions taken will ensure the peoples safety.

Gates says North korea's military "more lethal"

              U.S. defense secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday that the threat of North Korea is becoming more deadly as we speak. Especially to the Washington area where they have received some small threats of nuclear action in North Korea, and are being extremely cautious. They will not tolerate any nuclear activity in that area as they believe the people in this area are extremely hostile, and can't be trusted. The ministry of defence in the United States is seriously considering sending troops to this area in order to protect their country from one of the leading countries in nuclear innovation. We have proof that barrages of small missiles have been launched for testing purposes from a location just outside of Seoul. They have calculated that these missiles are more powerful and accurate than the previous versions investigated, making them extremely dangerous. The U.S. has stated the more missiles that have been tested the more special operations troops they will train to send into the area if the time comes. This means that if the North Korean's keep testing their bombs than we will assume that they are attempting to scale up the attack on Washington. The United States said that they will let a senior representative from North Korea enter the country next week in order to try and negotiate further peace claims than have already been established. The U.S. has also joined forces with China to try and halt this nuclear production. I believe the U.S need to stand up to protect them in this situation.


            I strongly agree with the precautions the United States are taking in regards to the threatening ways of the North Korean's. I feel that if they don't confront this nation about these nuclear threats than they would just be asking to be openly attacked, and could end up starting a war. I don't understand why a nation as small as North Korea would threaten one of the largest, and most powerful nations in the world who has a large number of allies. The acts of the North Korean's in the past have left them with almost no allies, and there is no doubt in my mind that it would soon be most of the world ganging up on North Korea if they did stage an attack. It is just plain idiotic and reiterates there pure insanity and terrible leadership. I feel that North Korea needs to stop trying to instigate war because in the end no matter what happens they will lose and only cause death. The North Koreans need to develop some sympathy for both their own people as well as the people of opposing countries.

First 2 million swine flu vaccines shipped

          Swine flu, the newest pandemic, has forced people all over the world into a frenzy of cleanliness, and awareness for its symptoms. Swine flu is viewed as the next most dangerous pandemic only second to the polio epidemic in the 1950's. But fortunately like polio many years before a vaccination has been created and is now being widely distributed in an attempt to halt the pandemic. During the past few days over 2 million vaccinations have been shipped to the provinces and territories of Canada. Health officials began injecting the rather simple arm shots yesterday in over 10, 000 hospitals and medical facilities across the country. The vaccine is adjuvant at the moment, making it useless to woman who are pregnant and people of the young and old extremes, but they are working on developing a more stable unadjuvanat so that everyone has access to the vaccine. The scary fact about this is that the people who are not able to get the vaccination are the target group of this disease. Tests have shown that woman who are pregnant, people over the age of 75 and under the age of 3 are able to contract the disease earlier, and it can develop into a more serious problem much quicker. A newer prototype of this safer vaccine has been sent out for use on select interest groups before being cleared by the Canadian health association for further distribution. This is a great advancement in the modern medical world, and hopefully the new vaccine will be cleared and we can all have protection from this disease.


                  Where did this come from? What kind of disease is this? How is it spreading so quickly? Why hasn't a vaccine been created for this? These are all the questions people were looking for the answer to. Look at it know about two months later we know all of the answers. It came from Mexico, it is a rare strain of the common flu, it is a pandemic and is being spread through the air and contact with infected objects, and now finally a vaccination has been created. I believe this is important because this shows that the world’s medical forces are able to combat pandemics, and will now be more prepared and have certain precautions immediately if one does appear. This helped the people of the world gain some more trust of their medical staff, and showed society they can adjust and react to a problem such as this. I believe the swine flu, with all the suffering it has caused, has a silver lining and we were able to learn that humans aren't safe from everything and need to prepare for the worst.

Ottawa had early warning of toture in Afghan jails

     
           When Stephen Harper first heard of the allegations surrounding the torture of soldiers on the battlefield in Afghan jails, he dismissed them as false threats and Taliban propaganda. Even after one of their most important officers in the battlefield had provided alarming evidence of these occurrences he still failed to accept them as the truth. This was 2006. Now the threat has once again presented itself and is being taken much more seriously, as it is the second time around. On a report set on May 26th they had addressed many aspects of the human rights documents and have warned the Afghani government if there alleged 71 Canadians thought to be prisoners of brutal Afghan prisons. They strongly believe that these soldiers are being brutally tortured for information regarding future attack plans of the Canadian/American forces. The government is thought to know many more details pertaining to this issue but will not disclose them in an attempt to halt a nation-wide outrage. Nevertheless, they had told the media that they have been able to get several high priority warrants to search for the prisons thought to hold our countrymen. Government officials are not very open to the subject due to the fact that the smallest comment could anger the Afghans into killing the prisoners they hold. We need to help our country men and put an end to the threat of the Afghans.



            I find this discovery extremely disturbing. Imagine someone who had been your lifelong friend is now sitting, starving and being tortured in a musky and disgusting cell in the heart of a foreign country. We need to stand up to the monsters that are the Taliban and show them that they won’t get off easy after committing such perjury to our brothers. I feel that what they are supposedly doing to our men is simply disgusting. How can you live with yourself knowing you have brought so much pain and suffering to an individual as well as his friends and family? Knowing that you are viewed as a monster to the entire world. Hopefully they will realize what they are doing and release the prisoners. I don’t believe there is any way to forgive an act such as this and they should be severely punished. I strongly hope our government succeeds in freeing our soldiers and they can experience the freedom the rest of us do.