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Seizing the post-riot moment

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-riots-community-20120429,0,369253.story

UPDATE 4-Boeing profit up on stronger airliner sales

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/25/boeing-idUSL2E8FP1QO20120425

California City

California City 61°F Current: Clear Wind: N at 0 mph Humidity: 36% 84 / 54 Sun 88° | 54°Mon 91° | 55°Tue 84° | 52°Wed 82° | 54°

Ash and Lightning Above Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland

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Ash and Lightning Above Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland April 17, 2010 Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Fulle

Cube - A game about Google Maps

http://www.playmapscube.com/

Google Lat Long: See 3D buildings in a whole new way with Google MapsGL

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/04/see-3d-buildings-in-whole-new-way-with.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/SbSV+(Google+LatLong)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

Space shuttle Enterprise, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), is seen as it flies near the...

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Originally shared by NASA Space shuttle Enterprise, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), is seen as it flies near the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline, Friday, April 27, 2012, in New York. Enterprise was the first shuttle orbiter built for NASA performing test flights in the atmosphere and was incapable of spaceflight. Originally housed at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Enterprise will be demated from the SCA and placed on a barge that will eventually be moved by tugboat up the Hudson River to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in June. Photo Credit: (NASA/Robert Markowitz)

Google gives 'rush' to gamers with Zerg

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/27/google-gives-rush-to-gamers/?intcmp=features

Missing OC Woman Last Seen in Panama

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Missing-OC-Woman-Last-Seen-in-Panama-5-Months-Ago-149115825.html

Missing From Tucson, Arizona Since 4/21/2012 Please Help Find Isabel Celis

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Originally shared by Find Isabel Celis Missing From Tucson, Arizona Since 4/21/2012 Please Help Find Isabel Celis Authorities with the Tucson Police Department are investigating a report of a missing child. Authorities say the child went missing from a home on the 5700 block of East 12th Street, near Broadway Blvd. and Craycroft Road. Police say at this time 12th Street is closed. Acquaintances of the family say the missing girl's name is Isabel Mercedes Celis and she is 6 years old. Family members believe the 6-year-old was kidnapped from her bedroom in her bed early Saturday morning. The girl has not been seen since she went to bed at 11 p.m. Friday, Hawke said. Her father went into her bedroom at 8 Saturday morning, found her missing and called police. Family members describe the child as 44" tall, 44 pounds, 6 years old, light hazel eyes, light brown hair and missing two front teeth. Anyone with information on child's whereabouts is asked to call 911 immediately. TPD C

Unique, Asian-themed estate for sale on Vashon Island

http://www.seattlepi.com/realestate/article/Unique-Asian-themed-estate-for-sale-on-Vashon-3510246.php?cmpid=gplus

News Media Invited to the First

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/news-media-invited-to-the-first-nasa-social-at-dryden-2012-04-25

APNewsBreak: Fireball remnants likely in Calif.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/APNewsBreak-Fireball-remnants-likely-in-Calif-3509651.php?cmpid=gplus

SpaceX Cargo Run to Space Station is a Go for May 7

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403555,00.asp

Images of Earth From Above - 39 photos - http://theatln.tc/K2QhO2 - Yesterday was Earth Day, a time set aside to...

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Originally shared by The Atlantic Photo Images of Earth From Above - 39 photos - http://theatln.tc/K2QhO2 - Yesterday was Earth Day, a time set aside to increase awareness of the natural environment and the impact of our collective actions. In honor of Earth Day, gathered here is a collection of scenes of our home planet from above, from vantage points we don't see in everyday life.

Pentagon confirms plan to create new spy agency

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/24/pentagon-confirms-plan-to-create-new-spy-agency/

Unzip our homepage as we honor the inventor of the zipper, Gideon Sundback in one of our more elaborate doodles yet!

Originally shared by Marissa Mayer Unzip our homepage as we honor the inventor of the zipper, Gideon Sundback in one of our more elaborate doodles yet! http://www.google.com

I remember going over to "Keyhole" with Jeff Huber and Sergey Brin in 2004 to see John Hanke and Brian McClendon and...

Originally shared by Jonathan Rosenberg I remember going over to "Keyhole" with Jeff Huber and Sergey Brin in 2004 to see John Hanke and Brian McClendon and a few months later, Google acquired Keyhole and we promised their team joining Google would give them an opportunity to have more impact on the world. Apparently Mashable was kind enough to count 10 of the top ways this came true! http://mashable.com/2012/04/22/google-earth-positive-impact/#_gKkYc9ntHQ http://mashable.com/2012/04/22/google-earth-positive-impact/#_gKkYc9ntHQ

I remember going over to "Keyhole" with Jeff Huber and Sergey Brin in 2004 to see John Hanke and Brian McClendon and...

Originally shared by Jonathan Rosenberg I remember going over to "Keyhole" with Jeff Huber and Sergey Brin in 2004 to see John Hanke and Brian McClendon and a few months later, Google acquired Keyhole and we promised their team joining Google would give them an opportunity to have more impact on the world. Apparently Mashable was kind enough to count 10 of the top ways this came true! http://mashable.com/2012/04/22/google-earth-positive-impact/#_gKkYc9ntHQ http://mashable.com/2012/04/22/google-earth-positive-impact/#_gKkYc9ntHQ

Google Maps Tries To Save the Planet: Photos : Discovery News

Originally shared by Raleigh Seamster http://news.discovery.com/tech/google-earth-120420.html

Agent 13′s Pulp Fiction And Comic Book Origins Revealed

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/04/21/agent-s-pulp-fiction-comic-book-origins-revealed/

Here's one alarm clock that will survive a power outage.

Originally shared by Joe Philley Here's one alarm clock that will survive a power outage. Boo the cat doesn't like being lonely, so he reaches under his owners' door every day at 5 a.m. to flip the doorstop thingy back and forth, jolting them awake. Why not just keep the door open? "He loves to bite people, so when he gets bored at night he bites our noses and shoulders," wrote the uploader, GarrulousCrap. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aTagDSnclk

Dear Joe

Dear Joe, Congratulations! You have been selected to attend NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center NASA Social on May 4. The event will provide you the opportunity to tour NASA facilities at the NASA DrydenFlight Research Center, meet representatives from NASA, view and take photographs of research aircraft, and meet fellow aeronautics enthusiasts who are active on social media.

Google Lat Long: Balloon and kite imagery in Google Earth

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/04/balloon-and-kite-imagery-in-google.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/SbSV+(Google+LatLong)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

Here's one alarm clock that will survive a power outage.

Here's one alarm clock that will survive a power outage. Boo the cat doesn't like being lonely, so he reaches under his owners' door every day at 5 a.m. to flip the doorstop thingy back and forth, jolting them awake. Why not just keep the door open? "He loves to bite people, so when he gets bored at night he bites our noses and shoulders," wrote the uploader, GarrulousCrap. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aTagDSnclk

British farmer's quest to find lost Spitfires in Burma - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/burma/9204921/British-farmers-quest-to-find-lost-Spitfires-in-Burma.html

Secret Service scandal fodder for Baldacci book - CBS News

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57414507/secret-service-scandal-fodder-for-baldacci-book/?tag=morningFlexGridRight;flexGridModule

The new cold war: Militaries vie for control of Arctic

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/16/new-cold-war-as-ice-cap-melts-militaries-vie-for-arctic-edge/

"Innovative Transparent Bubble Tents"

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"Innovative Transparent Bubble Tents" Wow, I would love to try one of these Bubble Tents (created by French designer Pierre-Stéphane Dumas) whenever I go camping! Imagine sleeping in complete darkness, avoiding all the pesky critters from outside, but still being able to stare at the night sky without any worries? Full Article: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/pierre-stephane-dumas-bubbletree

At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Sunday, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is...

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Originally shared by NASA At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Sunday, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is positioned beneath space shuttle Discovery in the mate-demate device. Discovery will be lowered and mated to the aircraft in preparation for its departure from Kennedy on Tuesday. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Win a FREE CloudFTP for your iPhone or iPad!

Originally shared by Luria Petrucci aka Cali Lewis Win a FREE CloudFTP for your iPhone or iPad! CloudFTP lets you share a whole hard drive full of movies wirelessly with your iDevice! It started out as a Kickstarter project that John Pozadzides and I helped fund. (You can read about it here: http://geekbeat.tv/cloudftp ) Well, they shipped the first batch and we're giving a pair away! HOW TO WIN: 1) Do you have me in a Circle here on G+? Perfect! Move to Step 2. 2) Publicly share this post. That's it! Once you've done those two things, you're entered to win the CloudFTP that I'm giving away. (And YES, this one is open to EVERYONE, not just people in the US or Canada.) If you want to double or triple your chance of winning, John is giving away another on her post right here ==> https://plus.google.com/109938202835872364257/posts/JGGnRUhYk1L And if you leave a comment below you get an extra chance at winning! (Remember, G+ only allows 500 comments, so there

Why do these Flogs (fake blogs) suck me in?

Originally shared by Michelle Meyers Why do these Flogs (fake blogs) suck me in? http://textsfromhillaryclinton.tumblr.com/ http://textsfromhillaryclinton.tumblr.com/

Looks nice, but don't try to actually read a book.

Originally shared by Brian Downing Looks nice, but don't try to actually read a book. http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/04/a-dome-of-books/
83 MPH wind gust @ Baker Ca only 40 MPH here...but heavy rain

Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) cyber tactics to undermine the opposition

http://www.stefanomele.it/news/dettaglio.asp?id=297

TechCrunch | Boeing To Release A Super-Secure Android Smartphone Later This Year

http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/12/boeing-to-release-a-super-secure-android-smartphone-later-this-year/

Ahhhh, MUCH better...!

Originally shared by Jeri Ryan Ahhhh, MUCH better...! If you're using Chrome, there's an extension that stretches the posts horizontally; so a) Whitespace of Death is gone, and b) the posts are, once again, the main focus. Thanks, Sebastian Mauer, for the suggestion! https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dgkjhlnnlabicokdgaecdeihkdlkdhjm

Wild Horse & Burro Program - BLM California, Ridgecrest Field Office

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/ridgecrest/whb.html

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Birmingham's Southern Museum of Flight gets Soviet helicopter (slideshow, video)

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/04/southern_museum_of_flight_gets.html

Welcome to the new Google+

Originally shared by Bradley Horowitz Welcome to the new Google+ It's with great delight that we're launching a fresh, new, beautiful version of Google+ today... Coming to a browser to you soon as we roll out over the course of the day. There's much to love about this... please read Vic's blog post! http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/toward-simpler-more-beautiful-google.html

An earthquake measuring 8.7 on Richter scale hit Indonesia's Aceh province.

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Originally shared by null An earthquake measuring 8.7 on Richter scale hit Indonesia's Aceh province. Indonesia issues tsunami warning as powerful quake hits off west coast. The mild tremors were also felt in Indian cities of Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and several other cities on the eastern coast. The epicentre of the quake was located 33 km below the earth surface, about 495 km from Indonesia's Banda Aceh and 962 km from Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. According to reports, India too has issued Tsunami warnings for Nicobar islands and east India following the earthquake. Six national disaster teams have been rushed from Arakulum to Chennai. Besides Navy and coast guard have also been kept on high alert in Chennai, Vizag, Kochi and Port Blair. National Disaster Management Authority has, however, ruled out tsunami threat in India. The region is regularly hit by earthquakes. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 killed 170,000 people in Aceh. The tsunami centre's warning said qu

Google SketchUp

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Originally shared by Denis Labelle Google SketchUp Model anything you can imagine . Products: sketchup.google.com/intl/en/product/index.html . Downloads: sketchup.google.com/intl/en/download/index.html . Buy: sketchupprostore.appspot.com/index.ep . Community: sketchup.google.com/intl/en/community/ . Education: sketchup.google.com/intl/en/industries/education.html . Training: sketchup.google.com/intl/en/training/ . Help: sketchup.google.com/intl/en/training/ . View the Gallery: sketchup.google.com/community/gallery.html . Blog: sketchupdate.blogspot.ca/

Some Yacolt prison inmates given pet cats

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017950824_apwacatsintheclink2ndldwritethru.html

Google's approval ratings best Apple, Facebook, Twitter

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57411810-93/googles-approval-ratings-best-apple-facebook-twitter/

Lots of hardware just sitting

Lots of hardware just sitting http://www.airliners.net/photo/Slovakia---Air/Mikoyan-Gurevich-MiG-21MF/2090146/L/

Where should the buffalo roam? Tribes, ranchers battle over bison relocation

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/09/where-should-buffalo-roam-tribes-ranchers-battle-over-bison-relocation/?test=latestnews

Worried about your photos, data or what will happen? I hope this information helps...

Originally shared by Violet Blue Worried about your photos, data or what will happen? I hope this information helps... http://www.zdnet.com/blog/violetblue/delete-your-instagram-account-and-keep-your-photos/1204

In Venice, a battle over the boardwalk

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-venice-boardwalk-ordinance-20120409,0,2614651.story

Eadweard J Muybridge's birthday celebrated in Google doodle

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/eadweard-j-muybridges-birthday-celebrated-in-google-doodle-50007582/?s_cid=1029

Saw a good amount of hype about this game and decided to try it out for 10 minutes on an old iPhone 3g.

Originally shared by Brian Downing Saw a good amount of hype about this game and decided to try it out for 10 minutes on an old iPhone 3g. My conclusion: if this isn't a complete hit, some future game of its kind will be. You're basically a secret agent, walking real streets, but only in your head. The dramatization is excellent, and it's an odd experience to have a voice over guy reacting to your actual location as you walk around. Very clever, kinda creepy. Adventurous gamer types will love this. I could see future games focusing on the exercise aspect of the "real world" experience - imagine a gamer getting an in-game reward for taking a hike. Lots of room for cool ideas with this game type. http://www.coderunnergame.com/

Apple gets all the flak about Chinese labor conditions. What about everyone else?

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Originally shared by Mike Elgan Apple gets all the flak about Chinese labor conditions. What about everyone else? Apple has become the poster child for labor abuses in China. Yet many of Apple's competitors, including HP, Samsung, Microsoft, Dell, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Lenovo and others get a free pass. Why? http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/08/disruptions-on-worker-conditions-apples-rivals-are-silent/

A cycling jacket with built-in turn signal lights!

Originally shared by Live Streaming Pros A cycling jacket with built-in turn signal lights! http://geekbeat.tv/visijaxjacket
Happy Easter

Cat Language

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Originally shared by Jenson Taylor Cat Language #Caturday
Dreadful Tuba finished this AM on time and under budget

Looking already for eggs this Easter?

Looking already for eggs this Easter? I have a tip for you. Go to Google search and type this query into the search box: 1.2+(sqrt(1-(sqrt(x^2+y^2))^2) + 1 - x^2-y^2) * (sin (10000 * (x*3+y/5+7))+1/4) from -1.6 to 1.6

Robot drones to get camera that can automatically spot pirates

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2126099/Robot-drones-camera-automatically-spot-pirates.html

Missing Cat Found After 16 Years, Reunited With German Family

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/05/cat-found-after-16-years-missing-poldi_n_1406232.html

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David and the Easter bunny

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David and the Easter bunny

NASA Claims Supersonic Breakthrough For Biz Jets | AVIATION WEEK

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=busav&id=news/avd/2012/04/02/08.xml&headline=NASA+Claims+Supersonic+Breakthrough+For+Biz+Jets

Adopt A Mustang (Wild Horse)

http://www.mustangs4us.com/Adopt.htm

California City, CA

California City, CA 46°F Current: Clear Wind: W at 46 mph Humidity: 53% No joke