boosting the signal for a runaway girl

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

this isn't a davis square specific post and i apologize in advance, and in fact i'm not 100% sure this is even allowed - and if it's not, i absolutely understand - but my friend bifemmefatale lost her daughter and is freaking out and i'm hoping you guys have a wider reach than just my flist. and every time i've needed assistance from the dslj, y'all have totally come thru.

bff's daughter is sixteen and named morgan, altho she also answers to mo, and i think she disappeared over the weekend. (i was out of town and just saw the post yesterday.) at last notice, mo was on a bus from chicago theoretically heading towards carbondale, il, for a rainbow gathering on oct 1. she's 5'5", 120#, short hair with bangs and sidelocks. she didn't take her backpack with her, so all she has is the clothes she was wearing. according to her mom she hangs out in the gutterpunk community in chicago, specifically a punk/bicycle gang called the rat patrol, if that means anything/is any help. mo may or may not actually go to the rainbow gathering in carbondale if she thinks people might be looking for her, and apparently at this point she could be in st louis or heading to texas or anywhere.

details and a couple photos are here. please, please boost the signal if you can.

UPDATE! SHE'S BEEN FOUND AND HER MOM WENT TO GET HER AND BRING HER HOME. (apologies for capslocky excitement. :D )

Research Study at Tufts University

[tuftsspending.livejournal.com]

 Does the current economy have you re-examining your personal finances? Are you
interested in learning more about how you spend and save?

Tufts University researchers are seeking individuals to participate in a 3-month study
investigating how people monitor and understand their spending. Participants will be
compensated $150 over the course of the study and receive training with a spending
management tool.

Participants must:

be over 18 years of age

•have a stable income

•carry either MORE than $2000 or LESS than $200 in credit card debt

•have regular access to the Internet and be able to come to the Tufts Medford
campus once a month.

•If you are interested in participating or learning more about the study, please contact the
study coordinator at tuftsspending@gmail.com.

where have all the elderberries gone?

[kgradow1.livejournal.com]

Anyone know the best spots to pick elderberries in Somerville?   Crab apples, cherries, and other assorted fruits and berries appreciated too -- I know they've been planted in many of the public parks, but I don't have a good sense of where to start looking, and there are plans afoot for a grand bike ride to go make jam out of them.

If you have fruit trees on your street that you don't mind foragers, please drop a line and point me in the right direction!

Somerville on Chronicle, right NOW (7:30-8:00)

[ronhaha108.livejournal.com]

Whole episode about Somerville, the future, etc.

Titled "Why Somerville is getting so much attention"

Channel 5 for those who live in a bubble.

no talk of annoying planes as of yet.

update...

more information here about this episode (but no video) ->
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/chronicle/24859285/detail.html