The Plague-Should We Be Worried?

I was reading with interest a article of the threat of the plague. In 1665 it hit England very hard and killed around 100,000 individuals so it is not something to take lightly but it has been luring around the world for many years.

I still remember as a young child one of the little day trips taken by my parents to the are where ground squirrels had the plague. I do not remember seeing any dead or sick animals, just the parched soil or the upper desert of Southern California.

I think the plague is like anything in the world be aware but do not panic over the issue. My personal believe is that the pandemic flu is a greater threat since it travel person to person while the plague then to have the flea as a carrier.

Peter Menzel: Food For Thought

Have you ever wondered where those photos came from?



Most likely you have ran across an email with pictures of what families eat in different countries. The photographer is Peter Menzel. I was personally surprised of how much soda families drank around the world. His pictures have been shown in a number of magazines including Time.



In his book Hungry Planet in magazines around the world he and a writer visited some 30 families in 24 countries.