Math teacher Susan Riley, who helped with tornado relief in Joplin, Mo., and Moore, Okla., organized the high school"s Interact Club to work on cleanup in Gifford. Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School. High school students helped with a cleanup project … Read more on Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
Gifford board has first meeting since tornado
GIFFORD — Guests and village officials packed into a conference room at Gifford State Bank for a marathon village board meeting Thursday covering myriad recovery issues. Village trustees were keen to ensure that unscrupulous contractors do not take … Read more on Paxton Record
Tornado cost tops billion from rare November storms, Aon says
Tornadoes and thunderstorms that swept across the U.S. Midwest last month will probably cost more than $ 1 billion in economic losses, led by damage in Illinois and Indiana, according to insurance broker Aon Plc. Insurers estimated losses in the … Read more on Crain’s Chicago Business
This week brought some fresh, and welcome, news to a country still reeling from the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan. The country"s ranking in Transparency International"s Corruption Perceptions Index improved 11 places in one year, putting it 94th out of … Read more on Bloomberg
After Typhoon Recovery, Philippines Needs Jobs
By the Editors 2013-12-01T23:00:00Z. Bloomberg Markets Magazine. If a silver lining can be found in the disaster visited upon the Philippines by Typhoon Haiyan, it"s that the economy was less vulnerable than the nation"s storm defenses. Faced with the … Read more on Bloomberg
Justin Bieber Teams Up With Prizeo for Typhoon Haiyan Charity Campaign
Justin Bieber is doing his part to help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines on Nov. 8. The pop star has launched a global campaign on Prizeo.com to solicit donations from his massive fan base. In return, Bieber is offering one … Read more on Billboard
Oklahomans becoming more earthquake-wary after recent temblors
PRAGUE, Okla. – It has become a predictable routine at Matt Pryor"s insurance agency: An earthquake rumbles through Oklahoma, rattling dishes and nerves. Then the phones light up with calls and text messages from desperate residents asking if it"s too … Read more on Hutchinson News
City of Vancouver reveals earthquake preparedness plan
Over the next five years, the city plans to take additional steps to improve the response, including developing an on-going, city-wide emergency training and exercise program, and refining earthquake response in key areas, such as medium-term shelters, … Read more on Globalnews.ca
Mystery solved: Booms heard Friday were an earthquake
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 2.1 magnitude earthquake at 9:05 a.m. Friday that was centered about 2 miles east of Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, or 41.383°N 72.028°W in Groton. The Weston Observatory, an earthquake research arm of Boston … Read more on TheDay.com
Spotted in an underground parking garage at the Holiday Inn on King St. in Toronto. Keep the faith — however you define that — even during the darkest of times.
More on how Paul helped the Ephesians dress for success
While the word faith isn"t used much in the Old Testament, the results were certainly visible. Let"s go back to Hebrews 11, the “Hall of Faith.” It begins, “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it … Read more on Daily Commercial
Bye-Bye Grumblings
Our praise and thanksgiving must be based on faith in God"s Word, not on our feelings. Created To Believe: The Power of Praise Through Practical Biblical Truths “Do all things without complaining and disputing that you may become blameless and harmless … Read more on Clarksville Online
Bishop Rhoades closes Year of Faith
SOUTH BEND — “Though the Year of Faith is coming to an end, our journey of faith continues. The Year of Faith has been a stimulus for us to go deeper, to hear God"s word anew, and to profess our faith with new vigor. I pray that we will continue to … Read more on Today’s Catholic News
More Relief Supplies Depart LAX, Destined for Philippines
Web Producer. Share Update. Some 200,000 pounds of relief supplies were loaded onto a jet that departed Los Angeles International airport on Saturday, en route to the Philippines and the victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan. haiyan-supplies. (Credit: KTLA). Read more on KTLA
Thousands of survivors of Typhoon Haiyan erupted into wild cheers Sunday to celebrate Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao"s victory, giving them a brief respite from the enormous destruction that the storm brought to the Philippines. "It felt like I … Read more on Daily Mail
Philippines Typhoon Death Toll Tops 5000
Firemen unload Typhoon Haiyan victims in body bags from a truck on the roadside until forensic experts can register and bury them in a mass grave outside of Tacloban, Philippines, Nov. 19, 2013. A Typhoon Haiyan survivor carries a bag of his recovered … Read more on Voice of America
Grace.We talk as though we understand the term. The bank gives us a grace period. The seedy politician falls from grace. Musicians speak of a grace note. We describe an actress as gracious, a dancer as graceful. We use the word for hospitals, baby girls, kings, and premeal prayers. We talk as though we know what grace means.But do we really understand it? Have we settled for wimpy grace? It politely occupies a phrase in a hymn, fits nicely on a church sign. Never causes trouble or demands a resp
