FAMILY: EMERGENCY READINESS: BASIC -- The Pledge

Posted: 5 Dec 12

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 2:11 PM, PG&E via Causes <no-reply@causesmail.com> wrote:

Keep your family safe: make an emergency game plan Started by PG&E SEE THE PLEDGE  Daniel Martinez has spent the past 28 years working as a PG&E electric-crew foreman in San Francisco. When Daniel's not on the job, suspended 20 feet up on a power pole, he's teaching communities across California about electrical-safety. Daniel explains that being prepared is critical to keeping you and your loved ones safe in any type of emergency, whether a downed power line or a natural disaster. PG&E wants Californians to be able to respond to difficult emergency situations. Knowing how to reconnect with your family members if cell phones aren't working or knowing how to turn off your gas or electricity in an emergency is simple information that can keep your family safe. Check out the pledge and find simple resources to prepare you for an emergency." For each of the first 50,000 pledges taken, PG&E will donate $1 to the Red Cross.

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USPS: Holiday Mailing Options and Deadlines - USA.gov

Posted: Tue, Dec 4, 2012 

at 11:43 AM, USA.gov Team <subscriptions@subscriptions.usa.gov> wrote:

Visit the U.S. Postal Service to see a variety of mailing options for your holiday cards and packages. You can print postage from home, schedule a FREE pickup, track your holiday packages, and more! Check out the Holiday Calendar to see shipping deadlines for delivery by December 25.

HOLIDAYS 2012 -- AT THE BOOK DEPOT

Posted: Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 2:00 AM, Railroad Book Depot <kim@pittsburgfoundation.org> wrote:

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Happy Holidays from Railroad Book Depot Greetings Valued Customer    The Railroad Book Depot staff would like to wish you and your family all the happiness you desire and deserve this holiday season and prosperity to you in the New Year. Thank you for being our customer. We look forward to continuing our relationship in the coming year. In celebrating the season please join us for one or all of our featured events. Also our Website is back up and running check it out at www.rrbookdepot.com. Last but not least please note starting December 8, we will be extending our store hours: Saturdays 9- 7 and Sundays 10-5 through December 22, 2012. All the best to you and your family, Marketing Department Railroad Book Depot ~ Featured Events ~ December 8  (Author Appearance) 10-3PM Children's Author Inky Gabor, will be in our store for signing and story time. Stop by and get an autograph copy for a spacial little one. December 11 at 7:00PM As a pleasant dose of holiday cheer, The Holiday is a lovable love story with all the Christmas trimmings. In the capable hands of writer-director Nancy Meyers (making her first romantic comedy since Something's Gotta Give), it all begins when two successful yet unhappy women connect through a home-swapping website, and decide to trade houses for the Christmas holiday in a mutual effort to forget their man troubles.  *FREE EVENT- Open to All December 14 at 5:30PM Arthur Christmas reveals the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child's question: 'So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?' The answer: Santa's exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole.  *FREE EVENT- Open to All  December 19 at 3:00PM ~ Holiday Story Time Enjoy a festive holiday story, a lively candy cane hunt in the the store, and delicious cup of apple cider and a cookie!  *FREE EVENT- Open to All December 21 at 5:30PM He's mean, he's green, and he's doesn't like anything - especially the Yuletide season. This live-action adaptation of the classic children's story by Dr. Seuss - The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. High atop Mt. Crumpet, the Grinch observes the residents of Whoville joyously preparing to celebrate Christmas. Finally the Grinch decides he's had enough of all this happiness, and with the wary aid of his dog Max, the Grinch conspires to steal Christmas from Whoville, making off with their presents, holiday decorations, Christmas trees, and everything else used to enjoy the holiday.  *FREE EVENT- Open to All  ~ Click here to view our online calendar ~ Also Don't Forget About the Holiday Parade and Celebration in Old Town Pittsburg, December 8, 2012 Holiday 2012 WHEN: Saturday, December 8th - All Day WHERE: Old Town Pittsburg, between 8th and 3rd Streets WHAT: A full day of holiday events Peppermint Playland, 10 am - 3 pm: Fun, games and a little magic help to bring to life the spirit of the season! Old Town Plaza, Railroad Avenue & 5th Street. Holiday Parade, 11 am: "A World of Wonder" Celebrate the season and the diversity of our community! Railroad Avenue between 8th and 3rd Streets. To participate in the parade, complete and return the form found here. Holiday Boutique, 10 am - 7 pm: Find the perfect gift for that special someone or give yourself a special treat! 690 Railroad Avenue.   Holiday Tree Lighting, 5:30 pm: Experience this festive ceremony to brighten the holiday season! All the ornaments on this year's tree are made from recycled and reclaimed items! Return to this page after the tree lighting to learn how you can make some of these beautiful ornaments yourself! Corner of Railroad Avenue & 4th Street.  Also, Mrs. Claus will be visiting our store on this day December 8, 2012  From: 1- 3PM Mrs. Claus will be stopping by our store to see if you've been Naughty or Nice, so don't forget to pop in to give her your Christmas list. Save 15% Receive 15% off of your entire purchase.  Know someone who might enjoy this offer?  Forward this email to them and they to can also enjoy this discount! Offer Expires: December 24, 2012 discount can not be combined with other offers, nor is it applicable to consignment merchandise.

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USA.gov - 12/3/12 - QUASHES END OF WORLD RUMORS

Posted: 3 Dec 12

Image description: A member of a Department of Health and Human...

12/03/2012 03:00 PM EST

Image description: A member of a Department of Health and Human Services National Veterinary Response Team examines a dog belonging to a Hurricane Sandy survivor in Rockaway, N.Y.
Photo by Eliud Echevarria, FEMA

Scary Rumors about the World Ending in 2012 Are Just Rumors

12/03/2012 01:00 PM EST

False rumors about the end of the world in 2012 have been commonplace on the Internet for some time. Many of these rumors involve the Mayan calendar ending in 2012 (it won’t), a comet causing catastrophic effects (definitely not), a hidden planet sneaking up and colliding with us (no and no), and many others. 

The world will not end on December 21, 2012, or any day in 2012.

Unfortunately, these rumors have many people frightened, especially children. NASA has received thousands of letters concerned about the end of the world. David Morrison, a planetary astronomer and senior scientist for NASA who answers questions from the public about astrobiology, says, “At least a once a week I get a message from a young person ― as young as 11 ― who says they are ill and/or contemplating suicide because of the coming doomsday.”

 [THAT'S SAD AND SERIOUS]

 According to NASA, the old mystery-planet-collision rumor year was 2003, but when 2004 arrived safely, the rumors changed to 2012. So what end-of-the-world year will the rumor mill make up next?

 Videos from NASA debunking end-of-the-world rumors:

• The Science of Doomsday 2012
• 12-21-2012: Just Another Day

Ten Tips for the Holidays

12/03/2012 10:00 AM EST

Ten Tips for the Holidays:Our 10 holiday tips can help you celebrate the season. Find tips for spending within your budget and more.

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Happy Holidays from Your Farmers' Market!

Posted: 3 Dec 12

Pittsburg Farmers' Market   Happy Holidays! We wish you a happy and abundant holiday season and look forward to seeing you at the market next spring! From the Pittsburg Farmers' Market and the Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association       Forward this message to a friend www.pcfma.com 800.949.FARM

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ALERT!!!! MALICIOUS SOFTWARE!!! "SNAP.DO"

Posted: 1 Dec 12

INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS IS A VERY HARMFUL ONE which captures personal information, passwords, etc. and sends it to places it shouldn't be. 

A. PROBLEM: I just cleaned off this nasty piece of work and thought I should mention it to you and what I did, based on advice from the "Norton (leading security firm) Community." 

Item #1, below, gives you an idea of the dangers and Item #2 gives you the solution, which seems to not only fix the problem, but improves performance (at least in my case).

B. SYMPTOMS: Here's how it manifested for me: Whenever I clicked "new tab" in my browser (to create a new tab), instead of my usual page, I had a page called "Snap.do" in it's place, complete with a search box. 

Apparently, it came with a free download, yesterday. When I went behind the scenes to remove it, I found there was no way to make it go away for sure. Alarm bells. Investigation. More and worse alarm bells. Finally, a solution (whew!)

C. FIXING IT: For me, Item #2 not only appears to have fixed things -- everything seems to run even FAR, FAR faster than before -- even all my different browsers never loaded so fast before (I may start using them again). 

As far as I'm concerned, the magnificently elegant and blazingly fast anti-malicious software (French, but translation is available at the top of its web page) IS A KEEPER for future daunting threats.

D. SPECIAL PRECAUTION: Since it appears that all passwords have been compromised, I have begun changing mine -- I'll finish after posting this. Thought I should hurry this one to you.

GOOD LUCK!

#1 -- THE DANGERS -- ABOUT THIS BAD BOY-- the solution given here is quite technical, so I searched for a safer approach. So far, the solution in the paragraph #2 is as slick as ice.

http://guides.yoosecurity.com/manually-remove-snap-do-virus-completely-uninstall-snap-do-toolbar/

#2 -- THE SOLUTION I JUST USED -- WHICH ALSO PROVIDED PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS (probably cleaned off legacies of previous programs and infections) -- the report of deletions was HUGE, after this program had done its work on all my computers. 

The below link will take you to the Norton Community, which will link you to the heroic French anti-malware program:

http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/Remove-snap-do/m-p/821642#M219935

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PUBLIC HEALTH: World AIDS Day - 12/1/12/SAT - USA.gov

Posted: 29 Nov 12

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 11:10 AM, USA.gov Team <subscriptions@subscriptions.usa.gov> wrote:

World AIDS Day is Saturday, December 1

The 2012 theme is "Working Together for an AIDS-Free Generation".

It has been more than 30 years since the first cases of AIDS were reported in the U.S. HIV is still a reality for more than a million Americans. Nearly one of every five people living with HIV in the U.S. doesn’t know it.

If you want to help create an AIDS-free generation, participate in the Facing Aids Initiative, get resources to plan an event, read the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, and more at AIDS.gov.

To get tested for HIV, locate a testing site near you by sending a text message with your ZIP code to "KNOWIT" (566948) or visit HIVtest.org.

Learn more about World AIDS Day. If you have questions, contact us. STAY CONNECTED TO USA.GOV: Facebook  Twitter  YouTube  Our Blog