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For everyone who needs help and for everyone who is interested in helping, this is the best, comprehensive list I have found.   I swiped it from NPR , because, honestly, I trust them. General Relief Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner established a Harvey relief fund at  The Greater Houston Community Foundation . The organization  connects  donors with a network of nonprofits and innovative solutions in the social sector. GlobalGiving , which calls itself the largest global crowdfunding community, has a goal of raising $2 million for its Harvey relief fund. Funds will be used first for immediate needs of food, water and shelter and then transition to long-term recovery efforts. United Way of Greater Houston  has launched a relief fund for storm-related needs and recovery. The organization says it already maintains a disaster relief fund but anticipates the needs of Harvey will far exceed those existing resources. The Center for Disaster Philanthropy ...

The Ruth Galloway series, books 1 (2009)- 9 (2017). The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths, the first book in the Ruth Galloway series, sat on my to-read shelf for a long time. The murder mystery description had caught my eye, but at the same time, the story line described seemed mystical and almost stereotypical in it's 'British woman with bad ass job saves the day' angle. After letting it sit there for a long while, I finally dove into this one.  I regret that I didn't do it sooner. We are first introduced to British archaeologist, Ruth Galloway, through the discovery and exhumation of the body of a little girl, found in a salt marsh near Norfolk, England.  She is met by surly Detective Chief Inspector, Harry Nelson, who expects Ruth to date the body in hopes that is the solution to a long time cold case.  This brief bit of archaeological dating in tandem with the cold case intrigues Ruth, and she dives into a case that is much more complicated and much more deadl...

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