Bold farmers in Indonesia routinely ignore orders to evacuate the slopes of live volcanoes, but those living on Tambora took no chances when history's deadliest mountain rumbled ominously this month.Villagers like Hasanuddin Sanusi have heard since they were young how the mountain they call home once blew apart in the largest eruption ever recorded — an 1815 event widely forgotten outside their region — killing 90,000 people and blackening skies on the other side of the globe.

The Morning Journal won first place as the Best Daily Newspaper in Ohio under 100,000 circulation in the 2011 Ohio SPJ Awards competition. The website, www.MorningJournal.com, also won first place for Best Web Site.
The newspaper also won second-place for Best Page One Design.The annual statewide journalism competition is sponsored by the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists chapters in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus.

A beautiful day in the Brooklyn Centre neighborhood of Cleveland.  Thank you to all of the wonderful folks who put together a tribute to three of the greats buried at Riverside Cemetery: Robert Lockwood Jr., Roberto Ocasio and Robert "Skeets" Ross.

From the program:

Finally, the public may be realizing that congress and politics as usual isn't going to get the job done.   

Occupy Wall Street.org has been organizing a peaceful public presence as described by NY1 here.

 The Rev. Dr. C.J. Matthews

Ambushed in a small village in Afghanistan, Cpl. Meyer watched as members of his unit were pinned down ahead of him. On the radio he heard their repeated pleas for artillery or an air strike that could save them. After about 45 minutes, when neither artillery rounds nor helicopters arrived, Meyer radioed his superiors for permission to try to rescue them in a gun-mounted armored vehicle. The answer was no.

Cleveland Ward 8 Councilman Jeffrey Johnson 

Does it desecrate the United States of America flag to sleep in it?  

That's one question.

Then there is another question:

Does it desecrate the United States of America for a homeless person to store their sleeping bag flag bedding in a tree in a park during the day when the homeless person needs to be away from their park?

Anyway, just askin'

Our campaign is going GREAT, and everyone I get to speak with LOVES my ideas... I've been on the east side, west side... but we need a little more to WIN this election.  I often read of bloggers complaining about what has happened to them.  This is the time to do something about it.  If I don't win, you'll have another SIX YEARS to complain about the current situation.  HELP NOW.

It's been a while since I have shared my two cents, almost a year. It has flown by. Been busy though still not working a job. In house home health care of mom-n-law is full time occupation, for now. I did manage to join the new Lorain Arts Council. So in my free time I have been there.

The Lorain Arts Council has been in cahoots with the City of Lorain to stir up people traffic in the downtown area. Lorain does have some big yearly events but has need for smaller venues. We have secured a building and have a gallery. The gallery is called "LAC Gallery 737 and Art Center.

National League of Families’ POW/MIA flag is displayed with the United States flag. ©iStockphoto.com/Joseph C. Justice Jr. - click read more

yoga honey sophia is looking up as was yoga honey the last 3 months - our canines sister brothers and other species know warning us that metors astroids ufo's stuff from the sun etc. earthquakes are coming more and more - yoga honey sophia and guy - click read more -

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The newly created office of county inspector general said it is fulfilling its duty to root out fraud, abuse and waste in Cuyahoga County government.Mark Lime, the chief of the criminal division of the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts, was fired Thursday after being accused of stealing money from the office.

Lime could not be reached for comment Thursday evening.

Gus Frangos, President of the Cuyahoga County Land Bank, has some very suspicious property transactions in Cuyahoga County.

It is clear why the coral mushroom got its name - because the mushroom looks so similar to sea coral.

While the sea coral growns in water, the mushroom grows in air.    

Why the similar architecture when the growth medium is liquid vs gas?

There is homelessness everywhere - in the US, in Canada, South America, Europe, etc. - and you see cardboard sleep matts and duffles waiting in unlikely spots for their owner's return.    Maybe the safest place for a homeless person to leave their few possesions during the day - is tucked behind a column right on the public sidewalk!  

We have a district! The race is on! In a stunning development, the redistricting gave most of the Republican part of my old district to three incumbent Republican congressmen and left most of the Democratic part of my district intact. As a result, about 57% of registered Democrats in the new district come from my old district. With your help I clearly have a good chance to be able to continue to serve the people of Ohio and to remain a strong and outspoken voice for jobs, peace, clean water and clean air, education and civil rights.

The Social Sciences Department of the Cleveland Public Library will hold their non-fiction book club discussion Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 12:00 PM in the Social Sciences Department (Sports Research Center).  We will discuss the book entitled, "The Hillside Strangler: the Three Faces of America's Most Savage Rapist and Murderer and the Shocking Revelations from the Sensational Lost Angels Trail. (Ted Schwarz)

The Social Sciences Department of the Cleveland Public Library will hold their non-fiction book club discussion Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 12:00 PM in the Social Sciences Department (Sports Research Center).  We will discuss the book entitled, "The Hillside Strangler: the Three Faces of America's Most Savage Rapist and Murderer and the Shocking Revelations from the Sensational Lost Angels Trail. (Ted Schwarz)

NASA says the 20-year-old satellite will probably fall sometime between late September and October. Pieces of it could land anywhere in the six inhabited continents in a worldwide swath from south of Juneau, Alaska, to just north of the tip of South America. NASA scientists estimate a 1-in-3,200 chance a satellite part could hit someone. Most of it will burn up after entering Earth's atmospher. The 6-ton (5.4-metric ton) Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) ran out of fuel in 2005 and will fall uncontrolled out of orbit.

Every day someone is faced with a medical emergency.  My situation occurred during the care of a loved one on a Saturday.  Try to find medical treatment on a Saturday or Sunday.

In Cuyahoga County, most public employees are trained to use the service 211.

http://www.211cleveland.org/ContactUs.aspx

My first reaction to the medical emergency, which I incorrectly assessed as not life threatening, was to find an urgent care or primary care facility that would take blood and properly assess the symptoms. 

For most households, a mid-size portable unit (5,000 to 6,000 watts) such as the Troy-Bilt 5500 Running Watts Portable Generator (

The hustle and bustle of the big city life is something to be thought about by home grown folks from down yonder. Those folks who come from good old fashioned wholesome homesteads and taught to be honest, respectable, and to be a "man of your word"...with a handshake that seals a deal....should truly reevaluate any considerations to submerse yourself in the big city life that often "consumes" your soul and devours your best qualities.

 Human communication is caught in either the aural (doesn't go that far), the radio (goes a long, long way), the visual (smoke signals, goes for light years), and perhaps other modes not yet developed.