I hope all my friends in the affected areas are OK and have not been directly involved with the riots. I have no words for some of the things I've seen on the news the last couple of days. There are various things that people can do to help if they/you are in the area - one of the ways to track how you can help is to follow Riotcleanup on Twitter - here's the link to their page.

Stay safe people. My thoughts are with you all.