how grim are the prospects of survival for the six missing lynn university students following the haiti earthquake?”
The Prudhommes were lucky. Just a couple of hours after the 7.0 temblor shattered Port-au-Prince Tuesday afternoon, they received that message. “Apparently, one girl was able to send a text to someone in the United States and Julie was with that girl, and so we did have initial confirmation around 7 p.m. the first night of the earthquake, Tuesday night, that she was OK,” Joan said. “Of course, you don’t know what happens with the aftershocks and everything else. It was extremely anxiety-producing.” And even hearing that their daughter is unharmed doesn’t end the anxiety. As of Thursday morning, four Lynn students and the two faculty advisers were still missing. And, while the university’s travel insurance carrier immediately dispatched a rescue helicopter from the Dominican Republic, the Prudhommes still didn’t know when they’d see their daughter. “The worst part is not having any communication with them, so we don’t know where she is, how she is, where she’s going, what’s her plan,” S
Smoking is an increasingly prevalent habit in Bangladesh, particularly among men. In the past 10-15 years cigarette consumption has more than doubled. Over 100000 acres (405 km2) of land that could produce food are planted with tobacco, and cereal imports making up for these production losses generally do not reach the below-subsistence cultivator and landless. Cancer of the lung is already the third commonest cancer among males, and annual deaths from this cause can be expected to increase by 12000 within 15 years. At present respiratory disease is the best-recognised direct health consequence of smoking. However, a more important health risk may be the reduction in nutritional status of young children which results from expenditure on smoking in households whose income for food purchase is already marginal. Smoking of only 5 cigarettes a day in a poor household in Bangladesh might lead to a monthly dietary deficit of 8000 calories (33. 5 MJ). The existence of young children in Bangla
