Photo by Lasse Petersen.

I received the following and I am hoping that someone can forward this request to someone in country who can evaluate and, hopefully, task someone to assist.

SITUATION:
The Jesus in Haiti orphanage in Bon Repos, Haiti is in desperate need of vital supplies and equipment which is currently "on the ground in PAP near UN Airport being held for orphanage." The orphanage currently has 60 orphans in residence with that number building daily.

MISSION:
Transport 5-6 survival boxes from current location IVO PAP to Jesus in Haiti Orphanage at 7MBC Road, Bon Repos, Haiti.

EXECUTION:
Request take for action and task appropriate asset to assist.

ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS:
* 5-6 shelter boxes
* Box size: 23.7 inches wide by 33.2 inches long by 22.4 inches deep giving a capacity of 40.7 gallons.
* Individual box weight: Fully packed, a shelter box generally weighs between 110 pounds-130 pounds.
* Box contents: tents, cooking equipment, and other emergency housing equipment
* Additional information provided by original requestor: "The shelter boxes need to be delivered to their Bon Repos' orphanage property: 18 degrees, 43 minutes, 69 seconds north and 72 degrees 23 minutes, 11.53 seconds west The coordinates are Jesus in Haiti's orphanage which is surrounded by 7 acres of bare land. The property is north and west of PAP."

COMMAND
* POC in the United States is Cathy Titus at tomcathy56[AT]yahoo.com
* Jesus in Haiti at is Tom Osbec at tom.osbec[AT]jesusinhaiti.org; he cannot leave the orphanage as he is ensuring safety of orphans under his care.
* POC at the airport is Lasse Peterson at lasse[AT]shelterbox.org http://www.shelterbox.org/deployments.php

This information consolidated and forwarded by Peter Stinson.

I don't read every tweet. And, now I'm finding that I don't read every email. I'm looking at more than 4500 unread emails. If I catch something, great. If it's important, I hope it comes back around (like a RT).

How wrong is this?

Random aggressiveness... now where have I seen that before?

WHAT MATTERS NOW, a free ebook from Seth Godin and friends: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/files/what-matters-now-1.pdf

Every time ... and I mean every single bloody time ... without fail ... that I feed the trolls ... I regret it. And I regret it more than just in passing; I regret it more than I regret things that ought to matter more, things that deserve a bigger regret.

Let me repeat: Whenever I feed the trolls, all it does is nourish them for another day or another week or another month. And this means that they can carry on with their troll jobs and troll networks and troll media. But, if no one feeds the trolls, soon they will die ... of starvation. And that, while I'm not a fan of starvation, I'm still thinking that is a good thing. Okay, so perhaps we ought not to let them die; how about we keep them alive but in a condition so weak they can't get out of bed...

However, I know people sometimes have a sweet spot for the little darlings, and I can't fault them for tossing the trolls a nugget or two.

In the end, you're the one that has to wake up in the morning and see yourself in the mirror; this is one of those cases where there's no perfect solution, so you just have to go with what your gut tells you to do after weighing all the evidence and argument.

And, yes, I'm feeding the trolls.

This is a post supporting my comment here at the New York Times
article, 10 Proposals for Fixing the E-Mail Glut which you can find at
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/10-proposals-for-fixing-the-e-mail-g....
In short, I'm proposing we keep email to 140 characters and if there's
more to be seen, post it like I've done with this.

Scary stuff.

See Matthew Bowers article at The Virginian-Pilot:
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/12/portsmouth-seek-man-child-abduction-attempt-i...

Article text:

Police are looking for help finding a man they say tried to abduct a
4-year-old boy from his mother’s side in a Walmart.

The incident occurred around 11 a.m. Wednesday in the store at 1094
Frederick Blvd., police said in a news release. While the mother was
speaking to someone in the store, a man approached and spoke briefly
to the boy, “then attempted to lead the child away from his mother,”
police said.

The mother caught up to her son and the man, and the man left the store.

The man was described as black, 45 to 55 years old, about 6 feet tall,
and weighing 160 to 175 pounds. He was wearing blue pants, a black
T-shirt with a large face on it, a knee-length tan coat, a
blaze-orange scarf, black sunglasses and a red beret, and carrying a
broken umbrella.

Police asked anyone with information about this incident or the man to
call the anonymous-tip Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP (1-888-562-5887).

;-)