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MISSING KGV student Liliya Scherbak has escaped from a London hospital just hours after being found by British Transport Police.
The impressionable 18-year old, who disappeared 16 days ago, was spotted at Euston Station on Saturday looking "bedraggled and tired".
Liliya is said to have become uncontrollable after being approached by officers and was detained under the Mental Health Act.
After being sectioned at University College London, the teen was then transferred to a unit in St Luke's Hospital, Muswell Hill, but escaped in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Parents Tanya Boiko and Bill Brunt have demanded to know how Liliya, whom they fear has been "brainwashed" on a social networking website, was able to leave the unit so easily.
Mr Brunt said: "This is such a blow. We were so elated to know she had been found and this is absolutely devastating. I can't believe it was so easy for her to escape. Apparently she was under watch every 15 minutes, but did a runner when their backs were turned.
"She is in great need of psychiatric care. We are both so worried about the state of her mental health."
Liliya, a housekeeper at the Royal Clifton hotel, is understood to be with a 28-year old Syrian man in the Islington area of the capital. Met Police officers have been unsuccessful in their attempts to contact the man.
Mr Brunt added: "There's no way that Liliya has become so disillusioned with family life she would end up in London through her own choice. There's something behind this, I'm sure of it.
"Both of us are hoping that this Syrian man is a genuine boyfriend, but at the end of the day she is in the hands of a man no-one knows anything about. It's certainly very worrying that he is refusing to answer his mobile phone."
Bill and Tanya are deliberating whether to travel to London in a bid to find Liliya.
Tanya added: "She is my only daughter. I call her my treasure, because that is exactly what she is. I believe that everything will be positive in the end and that she will come back."
Liliya is white, 5ft 6ins, slim with shoulder-length blonde hair, green eyes and wears glasses.
Anyone who may have seen Liliya or who knows where she may be should contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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I survived this weekend, 2 parties, two cakes, lots of party favors and food to make. We had an amazing time and Cami wanted to keep the festivities as long as today when she woke up asking for another party. For sure mommy is done for this year's parties!
The party at school had a Bubble Guppy theme. My friend Raychel of My Creative Way Blog made the super cute Bubble Guppy pillow dress for her. We had cake, juice boxes, cookies favors and lots of balloons. We had plenty of happy kids.

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denotes "a thong, strap," whether for binding prisoners, Act 22:25, "(the) thongs" (for scourging; see BIND, No. 7), or for fastening sandals, Mar 1:7; Luk 3:16; Jhn 1:27. "Among the Orientals everything connected with the feet and shoes is defled and debasing, and the stooping to unfasten the dusty latchet is the most insignificant in such service" (Mackie, in Hastings' Bib. Dic.).
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original for military band, in Ab. A friend of Richard Wagner, Kistler spent much of his career in Bad Kissingen, where he founded and ran a music school. He dedicated this march to Helmuth von Moltke shortly after Moltke was named a count ("Graf") in Prussia. Moltke was a military leader and historian, Chief of Staff of the Prussian army for 30 years (starting at age 57!). He is now known as Moltke the Elder to avoid confusion with his nephew ("the younger") who headed the German military at the start of WWI. Moltke has the unique distintion of having the earliest birth date (1800) of anyone for whom a voice recording is available, having recorded on a new-fangled Edison cylinder in 1889.
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Campaigning for Barack Obama in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Trip to Singapore in July 2008, for ISEA 2008 conference and family visit!
Using the Ladybug 2 panoramic video camera in New Orleans
A bunch of bio-mechanical science fiction drawings I made when I was in my earl teens.
Experiments with HDR techniques
Scuba-diving holiday in Sipadan, an island of Malaysia off the coast of Borneo
Summer visit to Singapore
Snowboarding with Nik in Whistler, Canada. Some rough weather at first, but then got some nice snow!Much improvement in my skilz - I learned to make turns.
Weekend trip to San Francisco with Nik.
Various pictures in New York
Tops (only) of Singapore high-rises. Series TBC...
Tests with Canon S80
Santacon 2005 in Tokyo... followed by afterparty with Sexy Santas.
Visit with my aunt and uncle in Philadelphia.
The AVIT Retreat 2005 - VJs from around North America (and Japan) gather to exchange info, tips and enthusiasm.
Santacon 2004 in Tokyo - no force on Earth can resist the power of 100 Santas.
Attended the Burning Man festival in Nevada for the 4th year, where the theme was "The Vault of Heaven".
VJ gigs, showing Pilgrim and Resolume in use.
Christmas in London with my father, his wife & my sister.
A quick trip to London. Saw David Blaine in his cage. Pics of Nick on chopper.
Pictures from Burning Man 2003, in the Black Rock desert. Camped with the Conexus, made up of Blyss Abyss, The Community, Raise The Frequency, Hoo Haw and Temple of Poi.
Visit to Brooklyn August 2003, lots of pics of my niece Carmen Milena
A visit to Daejong, home of the Korean Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, and headquarters of Wisehyun Co.
Went to Spa Samui for their famous 7-day fasting experience with Suzanne. Lost quite a bit of weight and did not eat a lot of Thai food...
A weekend visit to Shanghai, Jiangchung very kindly showed me around the city, and taught me how to properly eat Shanghainese dumplings!
Spent a very domestic Christmas in New York and Puerto Rico this year.
A quick and rainy visit to Macau with Suzanne. Spent a lot of time in museums and eating.
Weekend in Shenzhen to visit Suzanne. What can you expect from a city that has grown from 30,000 people to 11 million in 9 years? Anything.
A selection of pictures from Burning Man 2002, more will be added...
Went to Angkor Wat in Cambodia for a long weekend (Buddha's Birthday), took lots of pictures.
Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket with Elizabeth, Noa & Kwan
My first year at the Burning Man festival, via the Green Tortoise.
Trip to Vietnam
A charity event/party held over a long weekend at Tintagel, site of King Arthur's Camelot.
A trip to Morocco with Margot. Horseback riding, bazaars, shopping.
A visit to Iceland with a fun group of friends. Glacier exploring, bumping in nightclubs and great weather!
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Six Years of Lovely, Sold!
I have something nice to tell you.
Remember a few months ago when I mentioned selling the shopping sites? Well, today I'm thrilled to announce that we've found them a very good home with Staircase Ventures — a small company run by fellow online shoppers.
I wanted to do right by those of you who have read and supported Mighty Goods, Haus and Junior through the years, so I've been working with the crew from Staircase Ventures to transition everything. They've been posting on Mighty Goods for the past couple weeks, so go have a look at their handiwork.
The current plan is to keep the sites humming along with a small team of writers who have the time and resources to make everything better. Selling Mighty Goods and the sister sites was such a difficult decision, but I want space for all of us to work on our life lists as a community, and now I have time to figure out how. As of today, I'm officially a person who has sold a business, and though that's not on my life list, it's a big effing deal, my friends.
Thanks to all of you who contacted me about buying Mighty Goods, or just to tell me how much you've loved shopping with me over the years. You guys are awesome.
Mighty Goods: Meat Round Up
Elsewhere: Mighty Goods
15 Bridesmaid Gifts Under $50
You have twelve bridesmaids. While they're grousing about paying for the dresses, you're wondering how you're going to afford gifts for everyone. Let us help.
And while you're looking, you might also want to read our 15 Unique Gifts for Bridesmaids guide.
Elsewhere: Mighty Goods
Rain Gear Roundup
How are you supposed to splash in puddles if you aren't properly equipped? We've put together a few sweet looks for rainy season. If you're wearing cute boots maybe no one will notice the frizzy hair.
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Six Years of Lovely For Sale
When I launched Mighty Goods nearly six years ago, it was the very first shopping blog. My friend Doug Bowman designed it over several afternoons at coffee shops that no longer exist. Since then he's gotten married and had a baby, gone to work at Google, and then left to work at Twitter. Over the years the site and brand have grown, winning several awards — Time Magazine Top 50, and Best Shopping for both Forbes and BusinessWeek — and spawning sister sites Mighty Junior and Mighty Haus. I'm really proud of what we've built.
When Mighty Goods launched, online shopping was still in its infancy. We were there when most brick-and-mortar stores only had brochure sites, and we were early cheerleaders for Etsy (Viva!). A few people have offered to buy the sites over the years, but I loved cozying up with my laptop to shop in my spare time. Unfortunately, spare time has been harder to come by since I became a mom and a full-time writer. What started as a hobby has grown into a business — one I no longer have time to maintain properly. The shopping sites have so much more untapped potential; it's time to find them a better home.
So in the interest of doing that, I'm putting a For Sale sign on the front lawn. If you'd like to acquire Mighty Goods, Mighty Haus, and Mighty Junior, drop me a line at maggie at mightygoods dot com.
For loyal readers of the sites, do not worry one bit. I have a lot of cute stuff in my bookmarks, and all of it is still coming your way. You've helped me build an amazing business, and I can't wait to see what happens next.
Elsewhere: Mighty Goods & Mighty Haus
Easter Bonnet Update
One Easter bonnet please. No frills.
Easter Brunch at Your Haus
Your family reunions are a competitive sport, and it's your turn to host. No problem, a few touches of spring, one or two essentials, and you win.


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FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Names Michael J. Yeager Director, Technical and Lab Services
AKRON, Ohio, May 29, 2015 -- FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), has named Michael J. Yeager to director of Technical and Lab Services at the company's BETA Laboratory in Mayfield, Ohio. In this position, he is responsible for overseeing the services offered by the facility (lab), including electronics refurbishment, environmental and fuel analyses, fire and safety services, calibration and repair, metallurgical failure analysis and material identification. BETA provides services for FirstEnergy facilities as well as other commercial and industrial customers.
A 26-year nuclear industry employee, Yeager began his career at FENOC's Perry Nuclear Power Station, where he held a number of positions in Engineering and Operations. He joined BETA Laboratory in 2005 to manage the lab's external business operations, major projects and financial reporting.
Yeager holds a bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering from Youngstown State University. He held a shift technical advisor certificate for Perry.
"Mike's familiarity with all aspects of BETA's operations, coupled with his high standards and leadership abilities, will ensure the lab continues to deliver precise and timely services for customers," said Brian Boles, vice president of Nuclear Fleet Support.
FirstEnergy Corp. is a diversified energy company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. In addition to BETA Laboratory, its FENOC subsidiary also operates the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio, and the Beaver Valley Power Station in Shippingport, Pa. Visit FENOC on the web at www.fenoc.com, and follow the nuclear plants on Twitter: @DavisBesse, @Perry_Plant, and @BVPowerStation.
Editor's Note: A photo of Yeager is available on Flickr.
News Media Contact: Jennifer Young, (216) 337-8789 | Investor Contact: Irene Prezelj, (330) 384-3859


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Can I still return my online order after 30 days? (NZ)
If you have changed your mind, your order will only be accepted for refund within 30 days of the order date. After 30 days PANDORA will not accept returns for change of mind.
PANDORA will not cover return costs in these circumstances.
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The Golden Toad Exhibition – Madeline von Foerster
Madeline von Foerster's new series of paintings envisions fairytales of the future. The current, unprecedented devastation of Earth's wildernesses foretells a time when the great forests are gone, and with them, half the animal species with whom we share the world today. In comparison, the present will surely appear as a sort of Golden Age, abundant with lush forests and wondrous beasts — what sort of tales will they inspire?
Stylistically, these artworks suggest the rich paintings from the School of Fontainebleau, a sixteenth century efflorescence of French Art, which exalted the enchanted forest. An aura of mystery and possibility pervades the paintings, which are meticulously rendered using an uncommon Renaissance mixed-technique of oil and egg tempera.
"Although imagining the future, a common theme of the paintings is memory. While researching these works, I hunted for a fairytale titled "The Golden Toad," which I was so certain I had read, that I could almost recall its characters and plot. However, my mind was playing tricks on me, for the Golden Toad (Bufo periglenes) is actually a Costa Rican amphibian, recently extinct. Ironically, though humans are responsible for the planet's vanishing forests and extirpated species, it is in human imagination and memory that these lost treasures will continue to exist. Therefore, the Golden Toad, now gone, returns in a mythical form, to remind us what we can still save." Madeline von Foerster
The Golden Toad
Opening Night Monday, July 04
Show runs to August 06, 2011
Roq La Rue Gallery
2312 2nd Ave.
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Crossroads, or choices, is a symbol found widely in YAL (young adult literature). Why is this? Essentially because young adults identify so easily with the muddy and sometimes horrifying task of making decisions, (not to mention high stakes and weighty decisions make for a fascinating story.)
Examples of Crossroads/Choices symbols in current YAL:
~The reservoir in Imaginary Girls (Nova Ren Suma) is a huge symbol, portrayed as this omnipotent "being" that lives and breathes and is there to remind Chloe of the crossroad between life and death.
~I hate to use this example, but it works because even characters themselves can become symbols. Take Edward and Jacob (okay, let's all groan together, uggghhhh) become symbols. Edward=death, Jacob=life.
But not all crossroads/choices are about life and death (though that one is fairly rampant). In Tempest Rising (Tracy Deebs), two characters (Mark, Tempest's bf, and Kona, the mysterious surfer) symbolize a much different crossroad: the decision between land and sea. And in Holly Black's Curse Workers series, the white cat (or Lila in Red Glove) provide symbol of the choice Cassel has to make between basically being good and bad ( a conman or not).
Crossroads can also be found in dreams, often times symbolizing confusion and not being able to see the way clear of a solution to a problem. It may also be a portent of many opportunities on the horizon for the character(s).
The Bookshelf Muse has an awesome post for writers looking to insert symbolism into their writing with a fairly decent list of natural and societal symbols for crossroads.
FUN FACT: Real life crossroads are often situated on top of natural ley lines which are intersections of high energetic vibrations from the earth and its atmosphere. These high voltage spots are often blamed for car accidents at intersections.
No matter the symbol, remember this: Symbolism is like salt. I know, I know, another comparison to seasonings (funny thing is, I'm not that great of a cook). But here's why: Salt keeps the food from tasting bland. The "right" amount of salt is when you don't notice that it's there and you don't notice that it's missing. A little salt goes a long way. Too much salt will make you gag.
What about you? What are some symbols you've used in your writing to symbolize a significant choice?


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Friday, February 10, 2017 / by Ruben Vera, Broker Associate
2017 Is Looking Like A Seller's Market
Home sellers averaged a Twenty-One percent (21%) gain, or $38,206, according to ATTOM Data Solutions' Year-End 2016 U.S. Home Sales Report. Sellers in the Bay Area (San Francisco & San Jose) saw the highest gain at Sixty-Nine (69%), while the Los Angeles market enjoyed a Fifty-Two (52%) gain. Forty-four percent (44%) of all housing markets reached all-time price peaks in 2016. The share of distressed properties (bank owned, foreclosed, short sales, etc.) dropped from 18.8 % to 16.2%; that's a nine-year low, and that's a great thing.
With "For Sale" property inventories as low as they currently are, it certainly appears the 2017 Real Estate market will be a strong Seller's market. Buckle up, it's gonna be an interesting ride. If you, or ...


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How to Prepare for an El Nino Disaster
El Nino is the periodic warming of the equatorial waters off the coast of South America. Peruvian fisherman were the first to notice the phenomenon and, because it occurred near Christmas, they named it "El Nino" - the Little Boy" or "Christ Child." Scientists now recognize El Nino as part of the El Nino Southern Oscillation, a large scale, global climate shift that causes extreme weather events around the world. Great El Nino bring natural disasters, economic damage, environmental destruction, sometimes even political upheaval. The two strongest El Nino occurred in 1982 and 1997 and their effects were catastrophic: flooding, hurricanes, drought, and disease leading to massive economic damage and lingering personal maladies. In 2015, meteorologists detected another El Nino began growing off the coast of South America, possibly the strongest in recorded history. The only way to prepare for an El Nino disaster is to examine past El Ni??os and brace ourselves for the devastation they wrought.
The 1982-1983 El Nino
By 1982, meteorologists had been studying El Nino and the Southern Oscillation for almost 60 years, but the meaning and impact of their research wasn't common knowledge. That changed when newspapers began reporting on some unusual warming off the coast of Peru, which they believed was tied to sulfur compounds released by a volcanic eruption in Mexico. In reality, the experts with the American Geophysical Union has misread the readings from their NOAA-7 weather satellite. There was an extensive and far reaching expanse of warm water reaching out into the heart of the Pacific Ocean. By the time reporters understood the cause, its effects were already being felt all over the Pacific. Drought struck Indonesia, Australia, and New Guinea, leading to forest fires and crop failures. Five hurricanes formed over Hawaii and French Polynesia. Monsoon rains fell in the central Pacific. Marine wildlife dropped precipitously and over seventeen million birds fled the Christmas Islands in search of food. By December, drought had spread to the Philippines and Hawaii and the tropical jet stream shifted north to California and the northern Pacific.
The warm water around Peru and Ecuador sent anchovies and sardines scuttling south to Chile, ruining fish harvests, and massive rainstorms sweeping over North and South America. The Galapagos received six years worth of rain while the deserts in Peru, Ecuador, and southern Bolivia were swamped. The rain fell so hard, adobe houses melted and sewer systems burst. Ninety percent of the potato crop in Northern Bolivia perished. In the United States, strong rains caused over a billion dollars in flood damage to California and the Rocky Mountains. Ocean waters in the Pacific didn't return to normal until the end of 1983, and it wasn't until 1984 that the Gulf of Alaska finally recovered. The worldwide economic toll was over $8 billion.
The 1997-1998 El Nino
The El Ni??o in 1997-1998 was the strongest in recorded history. Like the 1982 El Nino, it caused the monsoon rains to fall over the central Pacific instead of East Asia. The dry conditions sparked enormous wildfires in Indonesia, the largest recorded in two centuries. Eight million hectares of land burned to the ground, creating a smoke cloud so massive it covered Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. It was so thick, drivers had to switch their headlights on at noon to see. In Australia, over 23,000 people died as a combination of drought, floods, and cyclones swept through the country.
In North America, there was widespread flooding as severe rainstorms pounded Mexico and California. Los Angeles received a year's worth of rain in a month. The water overflowed flood channels and washed away roads and railroad tracks. Sink holes swallowed houses. In the east, the rain fell so often St. Louis only saw 80 hours of sunshine during the whole month of December. The Mississippi valley flooded and tornados hammered Florida. In the mountains, there was record snowfall. A crippling ice storm in Canada and New England caused $5-7 billion in damage and left over 4 million people without power, but it was South America that suffered the most.
Fishermen lost over $1 billion as fish steamed southward into colder waters. Chile's annual catch dropped by 40 percent. Then the rains came. Peru received five to six inches a day. The pounding rainfall broke the banks of the Piura River. Whole neighborhoods were swept away. Crops were ruined and livestock drowned, causing widespread famine. The runoff was so intense it created Peru's second largest lake, Lake La Nina - 90 miles wide and 20 miles long - in the middle of the Sechura Desert. When the rain finally receded, the stagnant water left behind became breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Over 30,000 people got Malaria. The suffering was so intense it stunted the growth of Peru's children for ten years after the event. Floods in Ecuador wiped out over 1500 miles of roads and 19 bridges and half a million people became homeless. While the west flooded, the east dried up. Columbia lost almost 7 percent of its annual crop yield to drought, Argentina lost one percent of its GDP, and Uruguay lost 10 percent of its rice.
Other parts of the world were affected too. Exceptionally dry weather led to water rationing in the Caribbean, even as torrential rains ruined crops in Africa and flooded Europe. Worldwide, El Nino caused $45 billion in damage, $25 billion in North America alone.
Historical El NinoMeasuring the impact of past El Nino is difficult due to the paucity of historical meteorological records, but we do know there was a long El Nino event in 1788-1794, which may have devastated crop yields in France and led to the French Revolution. Experts believe El Nino may have been the cause of the longer winters, wetter springs, and drier summers that exacerbated the French economy and inflamed political and social discontent.
El Nino may also have played a role in the Northern Chinese Famine of 1876-79. Drought led to crop failures and poor harvests. Between nine and thirteen million people starved. Families were forced to eats roots, carrion, leaves, and clay or sell their children and wives to buy food. In some provinces, there were even reports of cannibalism.
Causes of El Nino
El Ninos are caused by a reversal of the Pacific Trade Winds. The Trade Winds are large cycles of air created by the Walker Circulation, named after Sir Gilbert Walker, the meteorologist who discovered the process in the 1920s. The Walker Circulation process begins when sunlight warms the waters around Asia and Australia, creating an enormous updraft of air and water vapor and a large, low pressure system in the western Pacific. As the vapor rises, it cools and condenses, creating rainstorms and monsoons. Then it's pushed eastward by currents in the upper atmosphere, causing it to cool further until it eventually descends on the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean, along the west coasts of North and South America. The low pressure system left behind by the upwell of warm air in the west draws the air westward along the surface of the ocean, creating the Trade Winds and completing the Walker Circulation.
As the Trade Winds blow over the ocean, they push the top layer of ocean water westward where it builds up around Indonesia (the western Pacific is normally 18 inches higher than the eastern Pacific). This causes cold water to bubble up in the east to replace the warm water being pushed west, creating a tilt in the thermocline, the boundary between the mixed layer of water near the surface of the ocean. While the warm water out west brings rain, the cold water along North and South America hinders it, but it also brings a huge upsurge in minerals and nutrients that enriches coastal waters and feeds the fishing industries in Ecuador and Peru.
Then every two to seven years, for reasons climatologists don't fully understand, this cycle reverses itself. The trade winds weaken, which creates a downswell in the Pacific Ocean that triggers a wave that travels eastward from Asia towards the Americas, known as a Kelvin wave. Kelvin waves are planetary waves. Planetary waves are like normal waves. They raise and lower sea levels over vast distances, but due to their enormous size, they're almost invisible on the surface. There are several types of planetary waves. Some, like Rossby waves, tavel back and forth across the ocean churning the upper layers of the ocean. Kelvin waves are unique in that they only travel west to east and only travel along the equator. As they go, they push the warm water around Asia eastward and disrupt the tilt of the thermocline. The layer of warm water in the western Pacific shrinks while the layer of warm water in the eastern Pacific grows. This creates a positive feedback loop, weakening the trade winds and the Walker Circulation even further, that leads to more warming and instigates an El Nino event.
2015 El Nino
In March 2015, scientists cataloguing the Oceanic El Nino Index (ONI), which measures water temperatures in the Pacific, noticed a considerable increase in ocean temperature. They initially thought the warm water might dissipate before the end of the year, but instead temperatures continued to rise, creating a band of warm water off the coast of Mexico and Peru that stretched halfway across the Pacific and caused abnormal ocean temperatures as far north as Alaska. Weak El Ninos raise the temperature of the Eastern Pacific approximately 0.5°C above normal. Strong El Ninos, like the kind that struck in 1982 and 1997, raise ocean temperatures over 1.5°C. The 2015 El Nino breached this threshold in September, putting it on track to match or exceed the strength of the 1982 and 1997 El Ninos, which peaked (respectively) at 2.1°C and 2.3°C above normal. Based on the warming they've seen so far, some scientists believe it the 2015 El Nino could reach 3.0°C above normal, what researchers describes as a "Godzilla El Nino."
What To Expect
If the 2015 El Nino continues growing as it has been, we should expect an intensification of the same natural disasters we experienced in 1982 and 1997. In North America, that means extreme rainfall and flooding in California, Texas, and the Southeast, as well as tornados in Florida. The extra moisture in the air may also cause blizzards and ice storms in New England similar to what Canada experienced in 1998. It's not all bad news, though. The winter Northwest and Midwest will probably be warmer, creating energy savings across the region (the USA saved $6.7 billion on heating costs during the 1997 El Nino) and there will probably be fewer hurricanes in the Caribbean. If you live in one of the areas adversely affected, here are a few ways to prepare.
|Inspect Your Roof
|Look for signs of aging and damage such as loose shingles or sags. During heavy rainfall or snow, you may be facing leaks or possible collapse. Repair any damage you find
|Clean Your Gutters
|Blocked gutters can cause spillover and runoff that damages your walls, ceiling, roof, and insulation. They increase your risk of rot and mold. Clean them before the weather gets bad and inspect them after a storm and clear out any new clogs
|Buy Food and Water
|Large storms or floods can make it dangerous to travel, so stock up on extra food and water. Buy non-perishable food like canned soup, canned vegetables, canned fruit, beans, pasta, cereal, and rice
|First Aid
|In a storm, emergency responders may take longer to reach you. Create a first aid kit or buy a ready-made first aid kit from a dealer like Air & Water. You'll need bandages, cloth tape, antiseptic wipes, gauze pads, cloth tape, and rubber gloves
|Flashlight & Batteries
|Extended power outages are very likely during floods and storms. Make you have a flashlight and extra batteries. Avoid candles. They're a fire hazard
Extra emergency supplies, such as stoves and fuel, radios, and emergency generators are also available on the Air & Water website. Make sure you're fully prepared for an El Nino disaster, and not just this year, but every year. If global weather continues its current pattern, scientists predict El Ninos will grow in frequency and intensity over the next several decades, and the stronger they are, the more havoc they can wreak.


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text: I purchased Apple Care Protection last year after getting such stellar support from Apple in the first 90 days since I got my PowerMac G4 last March which continued during last summer's Airport Extreme Base Station fiasco. As such, I was expecting the same type of support to continue, but today I was sadly mistaken. I don't mean to offend anyone in posting this. However, I think Apple has outsourced its tech support to a third party in India, just like Dell, Microsoft and AOL has. Joel, the individual I spoke with today was of Indian descent. (I have friends from India, so I know what the accent sounds like.) Anyways, he was clueless as to getting around the MacOS desktop, didn't know where software was even located, didn't know the shortcuts to get to certain programs, like System Profiler from the "About this Mac" window. Didn't understand that the System Profiler does not show the Mac's serial number if the motherboard has been replaced like mine has been. (A result of a faulty Apple Pro speaker port on a FW800. Yes, I was one of the lucky ones.) Didn't understand that the first generation iPod I have does not have any GB engraving on the back like second and third generation iPods. Nor would he even believe me. I called with questions as to why since upgrading to iTunes 4.2(72) I have been having such a hard time getting it to play nice with my iPod. Last night iTunes crashed during the middle of updating songs that were already on the iPod, which rendered my iPod basically useless. After the crash the iPod kept resetting itself constantly, thus wasn't able to get recognized by the Mac. It wasn't until I remember while I was on the phone with "Joel" that by pressing forward and reverse at the same time on original iPods can reset to the point where it is recognized by the computer as a Firewire device and it needs to be restored using the iPod Software Updater to return it to full functionality. Anyways, I have my iPod back up and running no thanks to "Joel." Apple if you are listening, bring tech support back to the USA!!! People are paying for it and expecting better service from the company that has been rated the one of the highest in customer satisfaction for support over the past few years!! I will continue to use Macs, but I will more than likely stop paying for the Apple Care Protection Plan with my next Mac. Online resources besides the Apple's Support website and knowledgeable friends seem to be a better way to get problems resolved than wasting the ton of time on the phone with inept "tech support reps."


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I think the problem was the replacement of the framework, my phone is a Milestone .....
Asking for help with very vague information will not get you any where. Please tell us in detail what exactly you did, what theme, framework file, etc.
And you'll probly get the lecture about doing the nandroid backup before you apply a theme.... if you did the backup then just do a restore untill you can write some info on this thread .... your original post isn't going to get any answers the way it is..
Make sure you have usb debugging checked. settings/applications/development
yes, more info plz
Sorry for the lack of information is despair .... rssss
I have a Milestone with Android 2.1, did all the procedures for
using metamorph and after much struggle managed.
The theme used was the ICE2.5.1.thm converted to xml.
In implementing the framework and replaces the theme when you restart the phone
was giving error in the process android.phone unless I'm mistaken and was not
recognized by RSD Lite. This morning did not care to put
load and that could be recognized by RSD Lite pressing the
camera phone .... I tried to update with RSD Lite wiped the memory
flash but it's time to send the data gave error again .... does have
I'm sorry for bad english
The message of the phone now is:
Code corrupt
Low Battery
Can not Program
and no longer carries the battery.
Can you try to plug into a wall outlet instead of the computer to charge it up. Another thing, do you have a non stock recovery?
Unfortunately I have ... I only have the 2.1 update file


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NEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Gulf Coast gasoline differentials rose on
Tuesday after refineries in Texas reported malfunctions, traders said.
Gulf A2 CBOB gasoline traded at 18.50 cents and 18.25 cents under the
September RBOB gasoline futures contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange
(NYMEX), 2.00 cents a gallon higher than late-Monday levels.
Conventional M2 gasoline rose 1.25 cents a gallon to 9.50 cents under
September RBOB futures after trading earlier at 10.00 cents and 10.25 cents
Refiner Valero Energy Corp reduced rates on its crude and vacuum
distillation units at its 290,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) plant in Port Arthur,
Texas, sources told Reuters.
Motiva Enterprises, a joint venture of Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi
Refining, also reported an upset at a sulfur recovery unit at its 600,000 bpd
refinery in Port Arthur.
In the Midwest, Chicago differentials fell after a rare day on Monday in
which CBOB gasoline, ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) as well as their Group Three
market counterparts all closed the day unchanged.
Chicago CBOB gasoline differentials fell 1.50 cent a gallon to 14.00/13.00
cents under September RBOB gasoline futures, while ULSD fell 0.75 cents a gallon
to 7.50/7.00 cents under September heating oil futures.
Traders said there was no specific events or news that had pressured the
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distillates stocks grew in the week ending Aug. 2 and there were few refinery
The market appears to have ignored a unit malfunction at Phillips 66's
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Monday. ULSD was talked 0.50 cent under September heating oil futures, up a
quarter penny per gallon from Monday, the trader said.
In gasoline, differentials were largely unchanged. Prompt M2 conventional
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per gallon from Monday.
Prompt F2 RBOB was talked 4.00 cents over September RBOB futures, a trader
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The market for renewable identification number (RIN) credits was seen
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62-grade ULSD Cycle 45 HO -4.00 -3.00 0.00
54-grade jet fuel* Cycle 45 HO -6.00 -5.00 0.00
Heating oil Cycle 46 HO -15.00 -14.50 -0.25
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Any-Month RBOB -5.75 -5.25 0.00
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Leonardo vs Raphael (TMNT)
If you're an 80s kid, and you had the privilege of watching cartoons and reading comics, you'd know about the four mutant ninja turtles of New York. I never really got into the TV series, but Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's comics made quite an impression on my pre-teen mind. I still prefer the more edgy look of the Turtles in the early comics over the 'cute' TV versions with their colour coded headbands and pads, alphabet belt buckles and baby eyes.
When the first live-action Turtles movie came out in 1990, I remember being amazed by how real the Turtle costumes looked. Although they kept the coloured headbands (for obvious identification purposes), the Turtles' character design harked back to the grittier comics I loved. It didn't hurt that the movie's plot was partly based on a particular Mirage Studios comic that remains til this day the only Turtle story I remember with any clarity (it's the one where Raphael gets ambushed by the Foot Clan and is badly beaten up).
Like a lot of other cool cartoons I grew up with, the Turtles eventually fell off the pop culture radar. I know that in the intervening years there was a revamped TV series plus new comics, toys and merchandise. But my propensity for nostalgia kept me from giving the new stuff a lookover.
Then in 2007, a fully computer animated Turtles movie was released. And boy, did it look good.
The Turtles got a design update, looking sleeker and meaner, and they could now pull off moves that were impossible for an actor in a rubber suit to do. It was like the Turtles of my childhood comics had been given the breath of life and were now able to run, leap, backflip, somersault, skate and fight like elite ninja dudes. Awesome.
This duel between Leonardo and Raphael is one of the highlights of the film. What makes it special (apart from the gorgeous animation and rendering) is its emotional aspect – Leo and Raph are arguably the more complex characters out of the four brothers. They are in many ways diametrically opposed; Leo is calm, rational and idealistic, while Raph is hot-tempered and impetuous but also more pragmatic than his older brother. This fight is a demonstration of their differences, perhaps even caused by those very differences.
There's a lot to analyse about the fight. Raph has greater protection with his armour, and even appears stronger than Leo (I don't know if it's in the TMNT canon that Raph is the 'bruiser' of the team, but it kinda looks that way here). Leo is lighter on his feet and outmanouvers Raph a few times, though whether that's down to his superior skill or because Raph is encumbered by his armour is up for speculation. I'll say it's due to Leo's skill and Raph's lack of discipline, but I'm biased.


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Does anyone have any tips for maintaining a sourdough starter?
Looking for easy techniques and tricks to keeping one successfully. How/where do you store yours? Is it true that you shouldn't stir a starter with a metal spoon?
I keep mine in the fridge in a large square plastic box. I feed it the evening before I make bread (or at least every week if I'm not using it that frequently) with 125 grams each of water + flour, as my hydration ratio is 100%. After feeding, I stir it well with a big sturdy OXO spatula -- have never heard any admonitions against using metal -- to incorporate all the fresh ingredients. Then I let it sit out on the counter for at least 2 or 3 hours, before putting it back in the fridge. It often sits out for much longer. Then on baking day, I let it come to room temperature before taking what I need for the bread I'm about to make. About every two weeks, I remove the starter carefully from the box and put it in a bowl, being careful not to scrape down the sides. Then I thoroughly wash and dry the box, return the starter to it, and put it back in the fridge. I keep it in the back, on the bottom shelf. That happens to be the coldest open space in the fridge, but I put it there because it also happens to be the most convenient. ;o)
Marian, if you'd like some of my wild yeast levain (made using apples nearly a year ago), please let me know. I shall be happy to send you some. I used the method in William Alexander's readable, down-to-earth and pleasantly uncomplicated book, "52 Loaves." ;o)
I recently made my own starter and from all that I've read in books and online, maintaining is not that hard. If you keep it in the fridge, you only have to feed it about once every 1-2 weeks. If you keep it on the counter, you'll have to feed it daily.
My feeding procedure is 1/2 c flour and 1/2 c water. Mix in and leave on the counter overnight and then back into the fridge. I barely use more than a cup of starter a week.
I hate waste and some instructions tell you to discard (or give away) half of the starter, which just doesn't sit right with me and I only have so many friends who bake. So I'll make pancakes or bread and then feed my starter, and proceed with a recipe. It's been 2 months and so far, so good.
I keep my starter in a quart-size mason jar with the 2-piece lid. Use a container that has a cover (or can be covered) with plenty of space for when you feed it. Other than the mess of the first couple of feedings when the yeast was still quite active and I was learning about my starter (it does seem to have a definite personality, so I call it "Ophelia"), maintenance has been uneventful. My starter sort of looks and smells like spackle (sp?) with a hint of beer. I'm told that this is normal.
I think success is making sure that it gets feed regularly.
I can't see why you couldn't stir it with a metal spoon, I use a butter knife. So I searched and found this, http://www.thefreshloaf...
Seems that the starter can get really acidic and might pit the metal. But there's no harm to the starter.


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Although there isn't much snow on the ground this winter, North Dakotans should be aware of their flood risk. The floodplain is broken down into zones. Zone A has the highest risk for flooding; however, 25 percent of all flood insurance claims are paid out to policyholders in lower-risk zones outside of zone A.
"The most important thing you can do is to find out what zone your property is in," Hamm said. "Take a minute to look at a floodplain map and identify your zone and your risk."
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) the godfather of the pro forma ploy, began them in 2007 to block President Bush from making recess appointments.
But this time won't have quite the same aura. Rather than sitting in the chair in the Senate Chamber to do the honors, the presiders will sit on the dais of a decidedly less historic hearing room in the Hart Office Building. Seems there's restoration work going on in the Senate chamber.
This would not be a "first," the Senate Historical Office tells us. The "earthquake session" last August saw the first official Senate session outside the Capitol since 1819, when reconstruction after the 1814 fire was completed.
There have been actual — not pro forma — sessions in other places in the Capitol during renovations, especially in the Old Senate Chamber, but that room, too, is now undergoing repairs.


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Some fitness partners flake out, miss workouts, or make excuses. But here's a partner that won't: your dog. New fitness classes for out-of-shape people and their pets are popping up across the country (to find out if any are near you, review our list of the Best Pet-Friendly Fitness Classes). And it's about time: More than 52 percent of dogs in the U.S. are overweight or obese, according to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention's 2012 National Pet Obesity Survey. Compare that to the stats for their owners: About one-third of Americans are obese, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control.
Working out with your dog doesn't just benefit your health, though. It can be a real treat for your pet--and for you. "A dog is the best motivator you'll ever have," says Tricia Montgomery, founder and president of K9 Fit Club, a Hinsdale, IL-based fitness club for people and their pets. "All they want to do is spend time with you and please you," she says. "They look forward to it." And although they won't judge you for skipping workouts, it's tough to say no when you have to face a wagging tail.
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On Friday, Danyel Smith, editor in chief of Vibe Magazine, stopped by New York's KISS-FM radio station to respond to online rumors suggesting that Ciara is considering legal action against the magazine over its October cover and interior photos, which appear to depict the R&B songstress in the nude.
The reports claim that Ciara wasn't actually nude during the photo shoot but was instead wearing underwear, which the magazine allegedly airbrushed away. The reports also said the singer was upset with the magazine over the "misleading" photos, which she reportedly felt "misrepresented" her.
On Friday, Smith said the magazine has not been sued, Ciara did indeed pose nude and the photo spread was actually the singer's idea.
"It's just dramatic," Smith said during the interview. "I'm actually really sad. Almost any photo you see on the cover of Vibe or any magazine is airbrushed to some degree. What I was thinking of doing, actually, was releasing the unretouched photos on Vibe's Web site, so people can see what the hullabaloo is all about."
Smith said she was not present for the shoot but was told by her staff "it was love and kisses and nakedness.
"I have so much respect for Ciara," she continued, "and Ciara was so happy when she pitched this idea to us, and the photos are actually striking and beautiful. … It was pitched to me in a way that it was time for her to grow up and be beautiful and be free and be all the things she wanted to be."
Smith added that she suspects Ciara may not actually be as upset about the photos "as it's been made to seem," and reiterated that the magazine has not been sued by Ciara or anyone representing her. "Vibe would never put anybody out there man, woman or child in some way that they did not agree to be," Smith said. "We have no history of doing that."
MTV News' calls for comment to Ciara's reps last week were directed to attorney Donald Passman. A person in his office returned the call, saying, "It is against our policy to give out any information regarding clients associated with this business."
However, Ciara reportedly spoke about the shoot with the DimeWars Web site, and had nothing but positive things to say about it.
"It was pretty fun," she said. "It was my first time being this open for a photo shoot. This was my first cover for my new project, so it was a lot of fun. I'm in a different space now, I'm older. … I'm in an even more experimental and really fun-feeling phase right now, so I think a lot of that just came out when I was doing my photo shoot."
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Many of us will be studying the BP Deep Horizon oil well disaster with students when school starts again. As you begin, how will you refer to it? I've been ruminating on this because I think it's important that we frame the study by naming it precisely. I hear "Gulf oil spill" tossed around but that's inert. "Gulf" says where, "oil spill" says what, but how about greater specificity? Who was responsible? What failed? What is the scale of the thing? I propose we call it what it is: the BP Deep Horizon Oil Well Disaster. Do you have a better idea? I'd like to hear it.
It matters how you see it.
How will you help kids visualize the scope of the oil well disaster? Here's a terrific visualization tool by If It Was My Home, a Google Map overlay you can place right over your town to get a sense of the sheer size of the oily mess. Notice that If It Was My Home cares about how we talk about this too - It's not a spill, it's a disaster.
In his blog Teaching Science 2.0, Eric Brunsell, Asst. Professor, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh presents infographics links and plenty of other resources you'll find useful for studying the BPDHOWD. He starts off with a video and prompt to get viewers thinking (I'd press students' media literacy into service to figure out point of view) and follows with advice on how to center in on a project by "messing about" first.
Meet Camp Sergeant Suzie and the Edutopia Campers
Suzie Boss is heading up Edutopia's PBL Summer Camp where all "campers" will work together to whittle out projects relating to the oil well disaster. A thousand campers signed up in just two and a half days so you can't join, but you can certainly see everything going on, including the discussions and weekly webinars. Learn more here.


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Cyber Monday sales top $3 billion
Star Wars toys sold briskly on the biggest day ever for U.S. online retailers. Fred Katayama reports.
Many shoppers filled their online carts with Star Wars toys, adding to the $3 billion in overall online sales in the U.S. on Cyber Monday, according to the Adobe Digital Index report. They also snagged Barbie Dream Houses, Samsung 4K television sets and iPad Minis. Adobe said Monday was the biggest day ever for U.S. online retailers. Driving those sales: massive discounts, strong demand for electronics and toys, and widely available high-speed Internet connections. Sales via mobile devices soared to make up more than a quarter of overall sales. But many online stores struggled to get visitors to buy off their smartphones and tablets. Many shoppers preferred using their desktop PCs. Amazon.com was the big winner among retailers. Its Cyber Monday sales rose more than 20 percent, according to e-commerce software provider ChannelAdvisor. By contrast, ShopperTrack says sales at brick-and-mortar stores dropped sharply to over $20 billion over the four-day holiday weekend.


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BERLIN (AP) — Attorneys representing dozens of Auschwitz survivors and their relatives criticized the German justice system Wednesday, saying it moved far too slowly in bringing to trial a former SS sergeant who served at the death camp.
In closing arguments at Oskar Groening's Lueneburg state court trial, attorney Cornelius Nestler questioned why it took 70 years after the end of World War II to try the 94-year-old on 300,000 counts of accessory to murder.
Groening has testified he guarded prisoners' baggage after they arrived at Auschwitz, and collected money stolen from them. Prosecutors say that amounts to helping the death camp function.
Nestler said Groening could have been prosecuted anytime over the past decades, and accused the justice system of being more interested in avoiding such cases than bringing them to trial.
"Proceedings of this kind only materialize anymore where a willing, dedicated and fast-working prosecutor happens to encounter a willing court and where the accused is still able to stand trial," he said.
Prosecutors have asked for 3
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So as you guys know from my excess tweets I'm pretty mad about HomeSense, and what I love even more is this time of the year when all of the Halloween and CHRISTMAS stock comes creeping in. They always have the most amazing seasonal pieces, I even walked out with some bizarre rabbit thing last Easter. If you're planning a Halloween party, get together or just fancy adding a few pieces to your home then I'd recommend a quick visit.
I loveeee these skull candles, to be honest I've been looking for ones like this for a while and not even for Halloween, just casual everyday use haha. The candles were 5.99 each which I thought was pretty good, and I picked up the snake goblet for about 7.99 which I will fill with sweets on Halloween, mainly for myself but I'll pretend it's for the kids.


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If you are wondering about me not posting, it because I was and am busy more than I want. The thought of posting something always came in the back of the mind but it never felt good enough to write.
Apparently my work has been keeping me busy almost every day almost making me feel that I run the company instead the other way around.
I have decided to break this non communication with my blog and for the next 30 days you will have to bear with me. Yes, I am going to write every day on my blog which also keeps me in the hook as I am not sure what I would write about. Do not take this as an April fool joke :)
Anyways to begin with, like I said people amuse me a lot. The way they act and react in certain situations, I guess at the end of the day it only shows our nature as a human being and being selfish at that.
I find it damn great when I find myself in the company of people who share my passion/hobby of watching movies. I again watched three movies in a day certainly not back to back. There are still more to go and I don't have the time to watch :( Did watch one today though.
A perfect Sunday means getting up late in the morning. I could not do that as I tend to get my nose blocked in the night due to cold which keeps me awake in the night. Wonder if we could have more of these days. Envy the job of teachers who still get a vacation while people like me working in corporate need to apply for leave to do the same. Where are those days of vacation of all play and no work.
Vacation reminds me of an odd incident in Shirdi where three matured healthy women from a family were jumping lines by crossing over the barriers of the queue to be the early birds to see the god idol in person. It was really pathetic to see that the men accompanying the ladies were not saying anything. All this could happen only in India where truth does not need to be stranger than fiction.
Would really like to experiment living without a television, but guess that will keep me hooked to my PC. Isn't it true that we tend to spend more time watching it then with people around each other?
That will be all for today, will look forward towards Monday, my hangover day of the week………


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There's no good day for a funeral, but this one was especially bad. An hours-long downpour had swamped the streets. I wondered how many people would be able to get to the church for Emily's family.
Her father had died suddenly – one of those moments that suck the life out of you and turn your world upside-down. Her family needed support. And now, rain was coming down in buckets, resulting in road closings.
I arrived at the church and was heartened to see a full parking lot. People scurried inside with umbrellas as shields, determined to comfort Emily and her family.
I'm right here for you, they wanted to say. And nothing was going to stop them.
Inside the church was a long line of people waiting give their love to the family. A friend from my church was with me.
When we reached Emily, I hugged her, held her tightly for a few seconds, and reminded her that we're all here for her and will help her get through it. She said thanks and blinked back a tear.
My friend then hugged her, held her tightly for a few seconds, and said something humorous. Emily laughed out loud – which was exactly what she needed in that emotional moment.
She got the message: I'm right here for you, in the hug and the reassurance and yes, also in the laugh that you need to get through it. I'm right here.
Where have we heard this before?
I'm right here
The heart of Jesus' message is that God is always right here, working through us, with us and in us to bring love, compassion and healing into the world.
God isn't the old, white guy with grim face who lives somewhere in the sky and must be begged for what we need. No. Instead, God is right here, living in us, with us and through us. And when we lose sight of God, that's where we need to look.
Seek, and you will find. But you have to look in the right place.
Often, I lose sight. My most-asked question for God is: Where are you? I have trouble recognizing God in situations.
While my pot of coffee is brewing in the morning, I get on my news apps and catch up on the world's happenings. Often, there's so much craziness that I say to God: Where are you in all of this?
It's easy to lose the sense of God's presence during the ordinariness of each day: the avalanche of emails, the challenges of dealing with different personalities, the setbacks and the time wasted getting simple things accomplished.
Where are you in all of that?
Then there are the big moments. Someone dies. A job ends. A child struggles. A medical test comes back positive. A parent seems to be slipping away. A relationship is ruptured.
Where are you?
Through us, with us, in us
It's comforting to me that Jesus – this person who deeply experienced God's presence — felt the same way. There's the passage in two of the gospels where he's dying and says to God: I feel like you've abandoned me. Where are you right now?
And at that moment, there are people who have risked their lives to be with him until the end. He gets his answer in their love and their courage.
I'm right here with you. You are never alone.
When we lose sight of God's presence, it's good to remember where to look. We find God right here in the people who parent us, who mentor us, who love us, who nurture us, who challenge us.
Sure, those people do all those things imperfectly, but that's OK. Imperfection never diminishes the divine presence. The answer is still the same.
I'm right here, giving you what you need. Always.
I'm right here in the warm hand that holds yours when you feel alone, in the arms that enfold you when you need a hug, in the voice that reminds you of your purpose and your calling when you feel confused.
I'm right here in the people trying to make peace amid all the conflict, in the people trying to heal all the hurt, in the people serving the least while those with the most try to get more.
I'm right here in those who treat everyone as an equally beloved and beautiful child of God, reminding them of their infinite worth.
I'm right here. Always.
When we recognize God that way, we see ourselves differently, too. We understand that every encounter is a chance for us to bring God's loving, compassionate, and healing presence into the world a little more fully.
When someone feels they've lost sight of God, they encounter us and come away saying: Oh, there you are!


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Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 6:30pm to 9:00pmCastro Valley Library - 3600 Norbridge Avenue, Castro Valley
Supervisor Nate Miley invites you to a Alameda County Public Works, Alameda CTC, and the Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee Town Hall about Measure BB funding opportunities for new street projects, action items from the October Town Hall meeting.
BikeWalkCV is pushing for new bike lanes on Redwood Road to connect to Castro Valley High School and to BART, and new sidewalks on Somerset Ave to connect to Eden Medical Center and Castro Valley Elementary School. Come get involved and check out BikeWalkCV's website.
For more information on this Town Hall, please contact Matt Turner or Paul Sanftner
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BOSTON - The state House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve a compromise bill that restores tolls for passenger vehicles between Exits 1 and 6 on the western end of the Massachusetts Turnpike.
The bill faces an uncertain future, however. Shortly after House approval, Gov. Deval L. Patrick issued a statement saying he would return the bill to legislators with an amendment.
Patrick had filed a bill to increase the income tax and raise $1.9 billion for education and transportation, but legislators rejected that bill. Patrick said unmet transportation needs in the state require $1.2 billion a year and the bill would not raise the $805 million estimated by leading lawmakers.
"Therefore, I cannot support this bill in its current form," Patrick said.
The House voted 105 to 47 in favor of the bill. The Senate voted 34 to 6 to approve the bill.
Six House members from Western Massachusetts voted against the bill including three Republicans and Democratic Reps. Thomas M. Petrolati of Ludlow, Sean Curran of Springfield and Brian M. Ashe of Longmeadow. All 30 Republicans in the House voted in opposition.
Legislators killed a provision that assured the estimated $12 million a year raised by the toll restoration would be spent only on road, rail and transit projects in the four counties of Western Massachusetts.
The bill was expected to go to the desk of Patrick.
In addition to restoring the tolls, the $500 million transportation financing bill also increases the state's 23.5 cent gas tax by 3 cents to 26.5 cents a gallon, hikes the cigarette tax by $1 to $3.51 a pack, imposes the sales tax on certain software services and boosts taxes on utilities and multi-state corporations.
The bill is aimed at financing improvements to the MBTA in Boston and to roads, bridges and rail throughout the state. It also seeks to shore up the finances of regional transit authorities.
"We believe that this .. will go a long way in dealing with the transportation needs of our commonwealth," said Rep. Brian S. Dempsey, a Haverhill Democrat and key author of the bill.
Michael J. Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, issued a statement from the foundation saying the bill extends the state's 6.25 percent sales tax to a wide swath of technology services and will give the state "the most onerous computer and software services tax" in the country. Widmer said the new tax will severely hurt job creation and will affect virtually every industry in the state.
Widmer estimated the new tax on software services will raise $500 million in new sales taxes, not the $161 million estimated by top legislators.
Rep. George N. Peterson, a Republican from Grafton, and other Republicans argued there is no need to raise taxes when this fiscal year's tax collections through May are more than $500 million more than projections.
"We do not need to pass $600 million tax increase to fund our transportation infrastructure needs," Peterson said.
The passenger-vehicle tolls between Exits 1 in West Stockbridge and Exit 6 at Interstate 291 east of Springfield were eliminated in 1996 by a board controlled by former Gov. William F. Weld, a Republican who was running to topple U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry at the time.
During a speech on the House floor, Rep. Donald F. Humason, a Westfield Republican, said Weld abolished the tolls because people in Western Massachusetts were getting "screwed" with most transportation dollars going to the massive central artery project in Boston.
Humason and Rep. Todd M Smola, a Warren Republican, said drivers in Western Massachusetts are getting hit with "a double whammy" in the bill.
"Now we have to pay tolls and higher gasoline taxes," Humason said.
The toll booths are still up and collect from commercial vehicles, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
As part of its transportation finance bill, the Massachusetts Senate had approved a measure by Sen. Stanley C. Rosenberg, D-Amherst, to bring back the tolls. The House did not approve the proposal as part of its bill.
Rep. Benjamin Swan, a Springfield Democrat who supported the bill, said he could not understand the reasons for removing the tolls back in 1996. Swan said that stretch of the turnpike is used mostly by New York and other out-of-state drivers.
On Tuesday night, a committee of legislators released a final compromise House-Seante bill that includes the toll resurrection.
Under the bill, the transportation department has 90 days to present a plan for restoring the tolls between Exits 1 and 6, including the proposed fees, assumptions used to set the fees and a timeline to implement collection of the fees.
The Senate bill had said the money from the tolls would only be spent in Western Massachusetts, but that provision was removed from the final bill.
Sen. Thomas M. McGee, a Lynn Democrat and co-chairman of the Transportation Committee, said that under current state law for turnpike tolls, it wasn't clear the revenues between Exits 1 and 6 could be used only in Western Massachusetts.
The gas tax will likely rise at the pumps around mid-July, helping raise an additional $95 million a year for the fiscal year starting July 1, said Sen. Stephen M. Brewer, a Barre Democrat and lead Senate author of the bill. The bill also indexes the gas tax to inflation, starting in January 2015.
The transportation bill also includes a provision to finance in advance the budgets of 15 regional transit authorities such as the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority in Springfield. The "forward funding" would eliminate the longtime need for authorities to borrow and pay interest costs before receiving state subsidies.
The bill also phases out the practice of paying 1,900 department of transportation employees from bond bills for capital projects, therefore freeing up more money to borrow for roads and bridges.
The bill would raise about $800 million a year by 2018, partly because it takes about $80 million raised from 2.5 cents of the gas tax that now is dedicated for cleaning up contaminated underground storage tanks. The bill dedicates the money for transportation. Also, by 2018, revenue from gas tax increases is expected to reach $157 million a year.


text: Skrulladams figured out a way to get Linux onto the Droid X, Droid 2 / Global, Droid Pro, and DEFY (Really any modern motoblur phone with a locked bootloader.) Supposedly the Atrix has it as well? Technically, according to wikipedia, motoblurexists on the CLIQ/DEXT, Backflip, Devour, Flipout, Charm, and Flipside as well. I can't tell you whether or not this method works for those phones, maybe somebody could verify. While I was researching methods to get this all to work I found different methods for the original Droid, I am assuming that the version of blur on any phone from the OG droid/milestone is different, because the installation method seems somewhat less locked-down. First you will need a Linux image. I suggest getting yours from Ruan over at androidclone.com Ubuntu Laika-Beta1.2a.rar The commands have to be issued from Linux or a virtual machine of Linux as far as I know. I downloaded VirtualBox and used a copy of Ubuntu 10.10 that I had laying around. You could use the image you downloaded above with VirtualBox. PuTTYcyg seems like a better alternative, but I haven't used it. When setting up your linux virtual machine you might want to make your username "noob" like I did, it will allow you to copy and paste my commands. The first thing you will need is the android sdk. Click here to get it Using and installing it is a little confusing. I just extracted it to my desktop. You will have to run /tools/android, I did this by dragging and dropping the icon into a terminal window and hitting enter. You have to install the platform-tools. ADB will be downloaded to the platform-tools folder inside the SDK folder. VirtualBox allows you to capture a USB device inside your virtual machine inside the menu. Devices -> Motorola #### Inside your virtual machine you will need to copy ubuntu.img from the Laika-Beta1.2a.rar you donloaded earlier to your home directory. While still in the home directory create a new folder simply called "ubuntu." Next, open up a terminal emulator on your phone and execute some commands: Code: su mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system mkdir /data/local/mnt Back on your virtual machine in a terminal: Code: sudo losetup /dev/loop0 /home/noob/ubuntu.img sudo mount -t ext2 /dev/loop0 /home/noob/ubuntu Dirty_Jerz has an alternate method, Click here for his thread. so it is now up to you whether you'd have everything on your internal storage or SD card. My method uses the internal storage, his uses the SD card. If you'd rather use his, stop here. Here you will want to remove a symbolic link in /home/noob/ubuntu/usr/bin that screws this method. You can do this by: Code: sudo rm /home/noob/ubuntu/usr/bin/X11 Then I remove security stuff: Code: sudo chmod 777 /home/noob/ubuntu sudo '/home/noob/Desktop/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools/adb' shell chmod 777 /data/local/mnt exit sudo '/home/noob/Desktop/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools/adb' push /home/noob/ubuntu /data/local/mnt This is going to take about 2 and a half hours so I suggest you find something else to do while it copies over. When it's all done you will need to copy a script over in order to chroot (boot from inside android) into Ubuntu. This script belongs in /system/bin so you will have to put it there. The easiest way to do that would be to copy it to your sdcard and then use your terminal emulator to move it. Code: su mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system cd /sdcard cp bootubuntu /system/bin cd /system/bin chmod 777 bootubuntu Once inside there are some commands that need to be run in order to get a functional UI. I got these from this site He seems to have a lot of extra configuration instructions which may or may not help you. Code: mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts mount -t proc proc /proc mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys -Xvnc commands- Code: export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 Xvnc :0 -localhost -geometry 854x480 -depth 24 -deferupdates 0 -start your gui- Code: startlxde I prefer xfce though, personally. --------problems---------- *DRIVERS* Touch screen support/UI enhancements for touch screen. androidVNC Might not be an ideal solution. I still noticed what seemed to be some graphical lag. There could be a setting that can get it running better, but an app optimized for high speed localhost operation Chrooting a prebuild image causes all kinds of problems because the proper post-installation scripts are not run. Some programs ignore these errors, and for others they error out. I have yet to find a good solution for this but I have found hints: Check out this page Seems a little outdated, but maybe somebody will find a way to make a method like this work. What we really seem to need is a custom kernel/ROM/distro team that can work on these issues. -----other alternatives?------- First I tried kubuntu mobile. It was very buggy so I gave up on it. Ubuntu netbook edition has been slammed by some for being bloated, but it's ARM port should be lightweight. From screenshots it looks like it has a great UI. The problem is getting gnome to start, it encounters some error and doesn't load. fedora has a mobile edition that looked good, I think they are somehow involved with Meego which now seems doomed. I'm not sure how similar to android it is or Check this out Many of you may already know about the QEMU for android app, but we should be able to cross-compile it to use within our chroot. I looked into wine, it should be a dead-end since we aren't on x86 architecture and it doesn't do any emulation. VMware will be releasing a version for android. Also while playing around I thought about porting iOS on to an android phone. It should be possible. Pics!