Haiti six days later

Haiti six days later

Haiti remains a place of profound need, anguish, desperation and danger, with a few glimmers of hope and slowly growing capabilities to receive and distribute the international aid now flowing in. Sporadic looting, sometimes violent, was met with force by security oficials and ordinary citizens, resulting in a number of further deaths and injuries. The tenuous security situation has led to at least one temporary evacuation of a medical facility, to protect the care-givers. Despite the long time since the earthquake, at least five people were pulled from the rubble alive this weekend, including a young girl trapped inside a supermarket who was fortunately surrounded by food, and survived on fruit snacks. (38 photos total)
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/haiti_six_days_later.html
People run toward a U.S. helicopter as it makes a water drop near a country club used as a forward operating base for the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. Relief groups and officials are focused on moving aid flowing into Haiti to survivors of the powerful earthquake that hit the country on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


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A man is rescued by members of U.S., Spanish and Taiwanese rescue teams in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 17, 2010. (REUTERS/Marco Dormino/MINUSTAH/Handout)
 
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A woman raises her arms for products as people loot from a destroyed shop after Tuesday's earthquake in Port-au-Prince, January 16, 2010. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
 
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Looters fight for products at a business area in Port-au-Prince January 16, 2010. Four days after a massive quake killed up to 200,000 people and wrecked most of the capital Port-au-Prince, hundreds of thousands of Haitians were still desperately waiting for assistance as scavengers and looters preyed on shattered buildings in the widespread absence of authority and order. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
 
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A mob of Haitians reach out as goods are thrown from a nearby shop in the downtown business district on January 17, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
 
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Looters fight for goods outside a grocery store on January 17, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, five days after a massive earthquake devastated Haiti's infrastructure and killed tens of thousands of people. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)
 
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A Haitian police officer points a rifle at a man during a looting spree in the downtown business district on January 17, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
 
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A Brazilian and Chinese search and rescue team searches through the rubble of the headquarters of the United Nation's mission in Haiti in Port au Prince January 15, 2010. (REUTERS/Logan Abassi/UN Photo/Handout)
 
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U.S. rescue worker Sam Grey, of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue, holds a monitor showing a woman, Jean Luis Sainte Heleine, 28, alive and conscious, buried under the collapsed University of Port-au-Prince, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
 
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Russian rescuers carry Senvilo Ovri, 11, a survivor of the earthquake, out of the remains of a house in Port-au-Prince January 16, 2010. (REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva)
 
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Haitians survey the damage to a building that collapsed onto a road in downtown Port-au-Prince January 17, 2010. (REUTERS/Hans Deryk)
 
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Children walk past a crack caused by the earthquake in a street in Port-au-Prince January 16, 2010. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
 
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A man peeks through the gates from outside the International Committee of the Red Cross headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
 
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People take water after breaking a pipe, on January 16, 2010 in the shantytown "Cité Soleil" in Port-au-Prince following the 7.0-magnitude quake on January 12. (Olivier Laban Mattei/AFP/Getty Images)
 
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A woman waits for medical attention for her son in Port Au Prince General Hospital on January 16th, 2010. (Globe staff photo/Bill Greene)
 
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Georges Boutin of Fort Lauderdale, Florida (with hacksaw) and daughter (right) Pier Boutin of Lenox, Massachussets use a hacksaw to amputate a woman's leg in Port Au Prince General Hospital. It was the first surgery at the country's largest hospital since the earthquake. (Globe staff photo/Bill Greene)
 
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A temporary camp for homeless Haitians is seen from a Canadian Forces helicopter fly-over in Port-au-Prince on Sunday Jan. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Tyler Anderson, Pool)
 
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A boy holds a candle at a camp for earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
 
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A boy lies injured in a makeshift hospital after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 17, 2010. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) 
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Haitian-American people line up as they board a U.S. C-17 Globemaster III plane to be evacuated from Port-au-Prince January 16, 2010. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz) 
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A young child's dead body lies covered on a table outside the general hospital's morgue on January 16, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) 
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A Haitian mass grave receives unclaimed, unidentified bodies in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince January 16, 2010. (Olivier Laban Mattei/AFP/Getty Images) 
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In the outskirts of Port Au Prince, bodies, apparently of the victims of the earthquake, are dumped in piles just off the roadside. Photo taken January 15, 2010. (Globe staff photo/Bill Greene) #


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People walk on a debris-covered street in Port-au-Prince January 17, 2010. (REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar) #


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Men stand near a burning body left in the street in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. U.N. peacekeepers patrolling the capital said popular anger is rising and warned authorities and aid organizations to increase security to guard against looting after Tuesday's earthquake. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) #


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Looters run during a police assault, January 17, 2010 near the Hypolite Market in Port-au-Prince. Hundreds of rioters ransacked Hyppolite market in the heart of the devastated city as survivors besieged hospitals and make-shift field clinics, some carrying the injured on their backs or on carts. (Olivier Laban Mattei/AFP/Getty Images) #


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A Haitian national policeman takes position during riots with looters in downtown Port-au-Prince January 17, 2010. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) #


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Looters steal a bag of another looter who lies dead, shot by the police on January 17, 2010 near the Hypolite Market in Port-au-Prince. (Olivier Laban Mattei/AFP/Getty Images) #


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A man with a knife and other looters fight for goods taken from a destroyed store in downtown Port-au-Prince January 17, 2010. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz) #


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A man points a gun toward a crowd in downtown Port-au-Prince January 15, 2010. The man fired warning shots into the air to prevent looters from ransacking his shop, a Reuters photographer witnessed. (REUTERS/Kena Betancur ) #


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A man pulls the body of an earthquake victim from a coffin in order to steal the coffin at the cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) #


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The ruins of a cathedral are seen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Marco Dormino/MINUSTAH via Getty Images) #


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A man rents mobile phone chargers by the hour in downtown Port-au-Prince January 17, 2010. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz) #


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Scavengers climb across the rubble of quake-damaged buildings in downtown Port-au-Prince, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Haitian police scattered hundreds of stone-throwing looters. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo) #


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In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Air Force Tech Sgt. Nicholas Wentworth hangs an intravenous solution inside an MH-60S Sea Hawk prior to flying an earthquake victim to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) on Sunday Jan. 17, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joel Carlson) #


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Haitian citizens crowd a ship in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. (Candice Villarreal/U.S. Navy via Bloomberg) #


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Survivors of Tuesday's earthquake extend their arms as U.S. troops with the 82nd Airborne Division distribute water in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. The troops gave out over 9,000 bottles of water and 2,000 meals Sunday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) #

Haiti 48 hours later

Haiti 48 hours later

Two days after the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck beneath Port-au-Prince, Haiti, some of the massive damage is becoming more apparent. Rescue teams are arriving, aid groups are trying their best to battle huge logistical challenges, bodies are being identified, and some medical care is being given. Rescue teams from all over the world have joined the recovery effort, as the United States pledged $100 million in relief efforts. The Red Cross ventured an estimate of up to 50,000 deaths, as bodies at the local morgues overflowed into the streets. Collected here are some more scenes from this devastated region - seeyesterday's entry
 
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http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/haiti_48_hours_later.html
Residents watch as heavy machinery razes a destroyed building after a major earthquake hit the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, January 14, 2010. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)


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Rescue dogs are seen in their enclosure before leaving for Haiti at the Torrejon military airbase in Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain, Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010. Firefighters without Borders, the International Red Cross and other aid groups said they are preparing a major disaster relief effort in Haiti after a powerful earthquake struck the capital. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
 
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Men try to reach trapped survivors at the Montana hotel that collapsed after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, in this United Nations handout taken January 12, 2010. The number of U.N. military and police officials confirmed to have been killed in the Haiti earthquake now stands at 22, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday. Picture taken January 12. (REUTERS/UN Photo Logan Abassi)
 
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A woman grimaces while receiving treatment on January 14, 2010, at an ad hoc medical clinic at the MINUSTAH logistics base following a devastating earthquake that rocked Port au Prince, Haiti, on January 12, 2010. (LOGAN ABASSI/AFP/Getty Images)
 
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A woman walks among debris in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
 
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In this handout image provided by the United Nations, Haitians set up impromtu tent cities thorough the capital after an earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the Haitian capital just before 5 pm yesterday, on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Much of Port-au-Prince was reduced to rubble by the quake on January 12, but the airport was operational, opening the way for international relief aid to be ferried in by air as well as by sea. (Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH via Getty Images)
 
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The downtown core shows the damage after an earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the Haitian capital just before 5 pm yesterday, on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH via Getty Images)
 
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An earthquake survivor sits by a fire in the street in Port-au-Prince, late Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
 
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In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, and released by the Philippine Mission to the United Nations, members of the 10th Philippine Peacekeeping Contingent serving with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) help in search and rescue efforts at the collapsed U.N. headquarters in Port-au-Prince, where a number of staff members and peacekeepers, including three from the Philippines, remain trapped more than a day after a powerful earthquake struck the capital city. (AP Photo/United Nations, Marco Dormino)
 
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Medical staff members treat an injured man at an ad hoc medical clinic at the MINUSTAH logistics base following a devastating earthquake that rocked Port au Prince, Haiti, on January 12, 2010. (LOGAN ABASSI/AFP/Getty Images)
 
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A man holds a child in a makeshift camp for earthquake survivors in the 31 Delmar neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Afraid to spend the night in their homes, most residents are camping out after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
 
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Handout photo provided on January 14, 2010 by the U.S. Coast Guard shows a sunken crane, destroyed warehouse and containers toppled over in the port of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on January 13, 2009. (Sondra-Kay Kneen/AFP/Getty Images)
 
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Local residents stand amidst the ruins of their hometown hours after the earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)
 
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Skin peels away from a badly injured victim as they wait for medical assistance after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)
 
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A girl lies trapped between her bed and the roof of her house January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images)
 
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A man covers the body of his colleague recovered from the rubble of a destroyed building after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 14, 2010. (REUTERS/Jorge Silva)
 
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The legs of a corpse are seen among the rubble of a hotel destroyed by massive earthquake that rocked Haiti in Port-au-Prince on January 13, 2010. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)
 
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A dead victim is seen inside the trunk of a car after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz TRANSPORT)
 
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People look at earthquake victims lying on the street in the aftermath of a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
 
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A Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 aerial photo provided by The American Red Cross shows survivors gathered around bodies in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince during a joint Red Cross Red Crescent/ECHO (European Community Humanitarian Organization) aerial assessment mission following Tuesday's devestating earthquake. (AP Photo/American Red Cross) MANDATORY CREDIT
 
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A man steps carefully through lifeless bodies piled outside the morgue in Port-au-Prince on January 14, 2010, following a devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti on January 12. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images) 
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A man surveys hundreds of bodies of earthquake victims at the morgue in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) 
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Residents look at destroyed buildings after a major earthquake hit the capital Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. The death toll in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake could run to tens of thousands, President Rene Preval said on Wednesday, a day after the quake demolished schools, hospitals, houses and hillside shanties across the crowded and impoverished capital. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) #


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An injured girl lies on the side of the road as she is attended to the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo) #


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Local residents wander amidst the ruins of their hometown hours after the earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. More than 100,000 people were feared dead in Haiti Wednesday after a calamitous earthquake razed homes, hotels, and hospitals, leaving the capital in ruins and bodies strewn in the streets. With thousands of people missing, dazed survivors in torn clothes wandered through the rubble as more than 30 aftershocks rocked the ramshackle capital, where more than two million people live, most in the grip of poverty. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images) #


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A photo released on January 14, 2010 from the UN Minustah mission of An aerial view of flattened buildings in downtown Port-au-Prince following a devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010. (LOGAN ABASSI/AFP/Getty Images) #


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The hand of a dead student is seen under the rubble of St. Gerard church and school that collapsed in an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Teachers and students are trapped underneath the rubble since Tuesday when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) #


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Pedestrians walk along a street destroyed by a massive earthquake that rocked Haiti, in Port-au-Prince on January 13, 2010. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images) #


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A woman leaves a partially destroyed building where the body of another woman, left, lies under the rubble in the 31 Delmas neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) #


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A photo released on January 14, 2010 from the UN Minustah mission of an aerial view of a flattened shanty town in Port-au-Prince following a devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010. (LOGAN ABASSI/AFP/Getty Images) #


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Karim Applon, 7, sits on his aunt's lap while waiting to be evacuated for medical treatment, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Carl Juste, The Miami Herald) #


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Christopher Holmes from the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue searches for survivors in the rubble of a building on January 14, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) #

Update, 01/15/10


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Two year old Redjeson Hausteen Claude reacts to his mother Daphnee Plaisin, after he was rescued from a collapsed home by Belgian and Spanish rescuers in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) #

Earthquake in Haiti

   

Earthquake in Haiti

Tuesday afternoon, January 12th, the worst earthquake in 200 years - 7.0 in magnitude - struck less than ten miles from the Caribbean city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The initial quake was later followed by twelve aftershocks greater than magnitude 5.0. Structures of all kinds were damaged or collapsed, from shantytown homes to national landmarks. It is still very early in the recovery effort, but millions are likely displaced, and thousands are feared dead as rescue teams from all over the world are now descending on Haiti to help where they are able. As this is a developing subject, I will be adding photos to this entry over the next few days, but at the moment, here is a collection of photos from Haiti over the past 24 hours. (48 photos total)
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/earthquake_in_haiti.html
A Haitian woman is covered in rubble on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. (DANIEL MOREL/AFP/Getty Images)

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People seek safety in the aftermath of a severe earthquake on rue Capois in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti on January 12th, 2010. (Tequila Minsky for The New York Times)#

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A body lies amid rubble on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake. (DAVID MOREL/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A fire breaks out near a building, which was damaged after a major earthquake struck, in Port-au-Prince in this January 12, 2010 video grab. (REUTERS/Reuters TV) #

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This photo provided by Carel Pedre shows people running past rubble of a damaged building in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. The largest earthquake ever recorded in the area shook Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help. (AP Photo/Carel Pedre) #

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Buildings are seen damaged in the neighborhood of Petionville, Port-Au-Prince shortly after an earthquake hit Haiti, January 12, 2010. The 7.0 magnitude quake rocked Haiti, killing possibly thousands of people as it toppled the presidential palace and hillside shanties alike and leaving the poor Caribbean nation appealing for international help. (REUTERS/Nabil Hijjawi via Your View) #

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Anthony Guarino, a seismic analyst at the Caltech Seismological Laboratory, shows the 7.0 earthquake peak from the Haiti earthquake at the laboratory in Pasadena, California on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) #

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A quake-destroyed building in the streets of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti on January 12th, 2010. (Tequila Minsky for The New York Times) #

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A man calls for help while being trapped at the Port-au-Prince University, after a major earthquake struck, in Port-au-Prince in this January 13, 2010 video grab. (REUTERS/Reuters TV) #

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Haitians walk past damaged buildings on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince Haiti after a huge earthquake. (LISANDRO SUERO/AFP/Getty Images) #

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People walk along a street lined with buildings, which were destroyed after a major earthquake struck, in Port-au-Prince in this January 12, 2010 video grab. (REUTERS/Reuters TV) #

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Criss-cross cracking and other damage to a building is seen on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti after a huge earthquake. (Clarens Renois/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A view of the badly damaged presidential palace - the center portion formerly 3 stories tall - after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on January 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz) #

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A Haitian woman is helped from the rubble of a damaged building on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a massive earthquake struck the Caribbean nation. (DANIEL MOREL/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A woman is helped to safety after being trapped in rubble on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (DANIEL MOREL/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A person sits on the ground in front of a destroyed building in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake on January 12, 2010. (LISANDRO SUERO/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Residents wait for medical treatment after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Kena Betancur) #

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A injured child receives medical treatment after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz) #

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People come to the aid of a wounded man on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images) #

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Residents search for victims after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz) #

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This Jan. 12, 2010 photo shows an injured person being tended to at Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean nation. (AP Photo/Montreal La Presse, Ivanoh Demers) #

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Injured women wait on the floor at the emergency clinic of Petionville on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images) #

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Residents sleep in the street after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz) #

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Displaced people carry a wounded man out of a clinic as aftershocks occur, following a major earthquake on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images) #

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A man with two broken legs sits in the street amongst other wounded people, following a major earthquake on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images) #

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People search for survivors amongst the ruins of the children's hospital, following a major earthquake on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images) #

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Earthquake survivors sit on a bloody floor in an emergency clinic in Petionville on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images) #

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A woman faints in the arms of a medic in an emergency clinic in Petionville on January 12, 2010 in earthquake-stricken Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images) #

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People search for survivors amongst the rubble of the Caribbean Super Market in Delmas on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images) #

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Elie Isaac, left, and Caleb Roseme, both of Norwich, Connecticut, pray for the people of the Caribbean Islands, at the First Haitian Baptist Church of Norwich, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. Both men have family and friends in Haiti, one of the countries hit by the largest earthquake to ever hit the Caribbean Islands. (AP Photo/The Day, Abigail Pheiffer) #

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A father carries his duaghter after a major earthquake on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images) #

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An injured person is seen in the street after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Jorge Cruz) #

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Venezuelan rescuers load medical equipment onto a plane heading to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on January 13, 2010 at the Simon Bolivar international airport in Caracas, following a huge quake which rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation, toppling buildings and leaving hundreds of people missing and feared dead. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images) #

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British Search and Rescue teams prepare to leave Gatwick airport, West Sussex to provide assistance to relief and rescue teams in Haiti, on January 13, 2010. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Taiwan rescue teams stand by at the fire department in Taipei on January 13, 2010 as they prepare to head to Haiti to help with the rescue effort following an earthquake. (SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Los Angeles County Fire Department urban search and rescue team load equipment in the Pacoima area of Los Angeles January 12, 2010. The team will travel to Haiti to help with rescue efforts after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the capital Port-au-Prince. (REUTERS/Gus Ruelas) #

1st Update, 11:55 am


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A view of a damaged neighborhood in the Canape-Vert area on January 13, 2010, after an earthquake the day before in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz) #

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A girl reacts in the street shortly after a large earthquake struck in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on January 12th, 2010 (Tequila Minsky for The New York Times) #

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Residents search for survivors among the debris after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz) #

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An injured woman is helped after being rescued on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A person approaches several bodies lying in the rubble along Delmas road the day after an earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Jorge Cruz) #

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A day after the earthquake, a young woman climbs over shopping carts and the rubble of a collapsed store on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A person ties a dead woman's feet together as she is attended to on the side of a road the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo) #

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Men carry an injured woman near a clinic on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP/Getty Images) #

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People look at what remains of a six-story communications building on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP/Getty Images) #

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People search for survivors under the rubble of a collapsed building the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo) #

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Residents walk past a dead body after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) 

WHAT HAPPENS TO OLD BUMPER CARS?

WHAT HAPPENS TO OLD BUMPER CARS?

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California “Cruise-Ins”
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Now you know what to do with that old Bumper Car you bought at the flea market!

 

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THE HAM SANDWICH

THE HAM SANDWICH
A Catholic Priest and a Jewish Rabbi were sitting next to each other on an airplane.


After a while, the Catholic Priest turned to the Rabbi and asked, “Is it still a requirement of your faith that you not eat pork?”

The Rabbi responded, “Yes, that is still one of our laws.”

The Catholic Priest then asked, “Have you ever eaten pork?”

To which the Rabbi replied, “Yes, on one occasion I did succumb to temptation and tasted a ham sandwich.”

The Catholic Priest nodded in understanding and went on with his reading.

A while later, the Rabbi spoke up and asked the Catholic Priest, "Father, is it still a requirement of your church that you remain celibate?”

The Catholic Priest replied, “Yes, that is still very much a part of our faith.”

The Rabbi then asked him, “Father, have you ever fallen to the temptations of the flesh?”

The Catholic Priest replied, “Yes, Rabbi, on one occasion I was weak and broke my faith."

The Rabbi nodded understandingly and remained silent, thinking, for about five minutes.

Finally, the Rabbi said, “Bet it beats the hell out of a ham sandwich, doesn't it?”

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"Coolest Dog Ever On A Motorcycle"


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The Wheelie-Loving Dog!

We know that dogs love sticking their heads out of car windows when being taken along for the ride, but here is a rather rare case that pleasantly surprises us. Not only this lovely little mutt enjoys its central position on the Aprilia RSV1000R Factory, but it actually loves wheelies and the camera really. See it for yourself in the you video.

Tex & Cash coolest dog ever on a bike, just watch and see