CORAIL-CESSELESSE, Haiti – It was promised as the place where those displaced from the Western Hemisphere’s worst natural disaster could begin to rebuild their shattered lives as they await the birth of a new city.

Here, 12 miles north of a quake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, on a sun-beaten gravel plain, thousands left homeless by the catastrophic Jan.

ATLANTA – With a thick shot of cement plugging the last worrisome part of BP’s troubled well, government officials were one final pressure test away from declaring the source of American’s worst offshore oil spill dead as early as Sunday.

If successful, the so-called “bottom kill” will close a chapter on a disaster story that began with a deadly explosion in the Gulf of Mexico and quickly became a central crisis for the Obama White House, a confirmation of the oil industry’s inability to handle a major spill, and a reminder of the often risky and dangerous work required to feed the nation’s fossil-fuel addiction.

The kindle is a relatively new creation. At only 8.7 ounces, this piece of technology can hold up to 3,500 books. The kindle boasts the ability to reduce the glare issue of “ordinary paper”, and provides the user with the ability to select from eight font sizes that can be changed at any time.

Inspiration is a word with so much meaning behind it. It can stem from just about anything, and yet, it can be so hard to find. True inspiration, for those who have found it, can result in beautiful creations and works of art that can be talked about for years to come.

Chapel bells echo in the night air, playing the Salve Regina alma mater, while a crowd gathers outside of Our Lady of Mercy Chapel. Each person ties a colored ribbon around the gates outside the chapel. Much of the gates are laced with these ribbons by now, and the crowd lingers, silent except for the crying of a few students.