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|Morewood "A" Mine & Coke Works,
Morewood "B" Mine & Coke Works,
(Southwest No. 1 "A" Mine & Coke Works)
(Southwest No. 1 "B" Mine & Coke Works)
(ca.1879-1923 ?),
Located on the "June Bug Branch" Morewood Branch, of the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, off of PA Rt. 981, along New PA Rt. 119, just southwest of Mt. Pleasant, Morewood Road, Village of Morewood, East Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1870's- ? ), Morewood Coke Company, Limited
(ca.1882- ? ), Schoonmaker & H. Clay Frick Company
(ca.1885- ? ), Southwest Coal & Coke Company,
(ca.1901- ? ), Southwest Connellsville Coke Company, Scottdale, PA
(ca.1903-1923 ?), H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA
|A section of the U.S.G.S. ca.1902 15 min.
Connellsville, PA Quad map showing the location of the Morewood Mine &
Coke Works, and the coal patch town of Morewood. The town of Morewood
does not exist today, stripmining and the new U.S. Rt.119 has destroyed
all but a few houses. The Morewood Mine site and coke works site has
been reclaimed and very few remains can be seen.
(Map courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.)
|Morewood Mine & Coke
The Morewood No. 1 Mine & Coke Works, located at Morewood, East Huntingdon Twp. a short distance west of Mt. Pleasant, PA. Several of the mine buildings, power house, tipple, coke yard and the Mt. Pleasant Supply Company store are shown in this early post card of Morewood.
(Photo courtesy of the Mt. Pleasant Historical Society archives, Mt. Pleasant, PA)
Morewood Mines were built and first operated by the Morewood Coke Company, Ltd., owned by H. C. Frick & J. M. Schoonmaker. Operation begun in October of 1879, with 470 bee-hive coke ovens, a fairly large operation at the time. In ca.1882, Morewood Mine was included in a history of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, which describes the mine as an underground room "Where scores of little lamps twinkling on the foreheads of the swarthy miners look like an undersized torchlight procession."
The Morewood Coke Company store at this time provided for over 1,000 people, the miners and their families, many of whom were not citizens of the United States. According to the history, the ethnic composition of Morewood was "a condensation of Europe, with a strong extract from Asia and a faint flavor of Africa," due to the large number of immigrants especially from Eastern Europe, who had settled there.
The "Connellsville Courier," claims that "Slavs" were first brought to the region in ca.1879, to the Morewood Works.
In 1882, the Morewood Works ceased to operate under the Morewood Coke Company name, and began to operate under the name of Schoonmaker & H. Clay Frick Company, in 1885 the operation was under the name of the Southwest Coal & Coke Company, which was known formerly as the Eureka Fuel Company, and Southwest Coal Company, Ltd.
In return for the sale of the coal company, H. C. Frick and his wife Adelaide, E. M.Ferguson and his wife Josephine, and Walter Ferguson and his wife Julia (the Ferguson brothers had replaced J. M. Schoonmaker as partners in the company,) received "In equal proportions" six thousnad shares of stock in the new company "at par, or one hundred dollars per share," and also three hundred bonds at one thousand dollars each. Though this sale H. C. Frick maintained an interest in the company and the Morewood Works, and the H. C. Frick Coke Company acquired the Southwest Coal & Coke Company outright in ca.1903.
In ca.1891, The Morewood Coke Works had 620 bee-hive coke ovens which, for the most part, would not all be fired at one time. The company store had carried on a lively trade with Samuel M. Warden Company in ca.1888 and 1889, buying fruits and vegetables, such as rhubarb, apples (at 25 cents a bushel), potatoes, and cabbage, and also pit posts, and selling sugar, soap, shovels, and just about all other necessities. Morewood Mines, became known after there acquisition by the Southwest Coal & Coke Company as Southwest No. 1 "A" & "B" Mine.
The Morewood Mines boasted in ca.1892: 2 mine boses, 311 miners, 5 miner's boys, 51 All Company men, 30 drivers and runners, 12 door boys, 2 outside foreman, 11 blacksmiths and carpenters, 15 engineers and fireman, 283 cokers and yardmen, 6 superintendents, book-keepers, and clerks, and 50 horses and mules, for a total of 724 employees.
|(The following article on the Morewood Mine
is reprinted from "History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania,"
ca.1882, by George Dallas Albert.)
One can well spend a day in a tour of the Morewood Coke-Works alone, from the farthest underground room, where scores of little lamps rwinkling on the foreheads of the swarthy miners lok like an undersized torchlight procession that has been buried to await the resurrecting trumpet of the next campaign, from the dark passages where the smothered clink of the picks tells how the little atoms of humanity are scratching under the skin of the big round earth, up the shaft to where the fresh-dug coal is dumped into the "larry," the one-hundred-bushel car that a little locomotive hauls back and forth along the railroad upon the row of ovens, from which the coal is dumped directly into the ovens, one hundred bushels to each oven, to be raked out silvery gray glistening coke twenty-four hours later and packed, still steaming, into the cars for shipment.
Or a part of the time may be employed in a visit to the great company's store that supplies food, clothing, and furniture for one thousand people, the inhabitants of a town that has five hundred full-grown men, of whom scarely half are American citizens, a condensation of Europe, with a strong extract from Asia and a faint flavor of Africa.
These works make and ship daily about one thousand tons of coke, averaging about sixty cars of about sixteen and a quarter tons each. Turning over less than half a dozen pages of their shipping book shows the initials of forty-seven different railroads, giving an index to the scope of their trade. The bare statement that one thousand tons of coke are manufactured at one place daily gives but an unsatisfactory notion of the output, but when that amount of inanimate energy is ciphered into human muscle the look of it is different and better understood. To make one ton of coke requires one and six-tents tons of coal. The one thousand tons manufactured here daily mean, therefore, sixteen hundred tons of coal mined in the same time. Rogers estimates that one pound of coal applied to the production of mechanical power through the agency of steam will exert a power equal to that obtained from ten hours' continuous labor of a strong man on a tread-mill.
A later writer, and one who has evidently given the subject much thought, holds that a ton and a half of coal, uded to make steam, will produce a power equal to one man's work for a whole year. Taking this, the smaller estimate, then the sixteen hundred tons of coal dug daily at Morewood are equal to a year's labor of almost eleven hundred men.
On the Hungarian peasant's mental map of America "Morewood" is doubtless larger than all the Southern States together, better known than Pennsylvania. Here the first large colony of them was brought a couple of years ago, and hither hundreds have drifted since. Many of the early colonists have gone back to the old country, following the fashion of the Chinese, whose cousins they are. Others have floated out upon the prairies of the West, for they have a keen eye to their profit, and if they see a chance of making money are quick to go after it.
Among the miners underground Hungarian men are plenty enough. Above surface their wives and daughters share their labor with the men. Broadbacked and brawny, the women handle the long heavy iron scraper at the hot mouth of the oven, and their burly, dumpy figures are seen between the handles of the big wheelbarrows as they trot from the oven to the car with five or six bushels of coke, weighing from two hundred to two hundred and forty pounds.
Their principal employment, however, is forking coke in the cars. They all wear boots; that is, for a few months in the winter. In the summer they go barefoot, and even thus early are found the strong imprint of plenty of pink toes in the yellow mud. Their skirts are scant, and leave room for about two feet of sunburn below. A distinctive feature of their costume is thei head-dress, which usually consists of a shawl, not wrapped turban fashion, but pinned under the chin. Men and women are alike short, almost squat in stature, but broad and strongly built. The thick-set, grimy coke-drawers do not remind one forcibly of the famous Magyar cavalrymen, but the grandfather of some of these laborers charged with Kosciusko at Raclawicek, and heard with his own ears the alleged shriek of Freedom when he fell. If he did, however, it is long odds that his grandmother attended to the stabling of his steed.
The women are accustomed to hard work in their own country, and the men seem to be willing to let them do it.
Col. Schoonmaker, the manager at Morewood, does all in his power to keep them out of the coke-yard, but nothing but a cordon of police could do it. Driven out of the yard repeatedly, they return whenever the yard-boss turns his back towards them.
The company keeps no account with them, and their time is computed with that of their husbands, fathers, or bothers. Constant labor has developed their musles, and a sculptor might find some of the finest model arms among the coke-forkers.
(This account of Morewood Mine in 1882 is from "History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania," ca.1882, by George Dallas Albert (Albert,1882:407-408))
|Morewood Coke Works
The Morewood Coke Works, located at Morewood, East Huntingdon Twp. a short distance west of Mt. Pleasant, PA. The long lines of Bee-hive coke ovens located in the valley at Morewood, with the wooden railroad coke cars being loaded with coke.
(Photo courtesy of the Mt. Pleasant Historical Society archives, Mt. Pleasant, PA)
|Morewood Coke Works
The coke workers at Morewood Coke Works pulled the finished coke from the Bee-hive coke ovens by hand and loaded it in railroad coke cars the using wheelbarrows.
(Photo courtesy of the West Overton Museum archives, West Overton, PA)
|From the "Mt. Pleasant Journal," date unknown,
Immigrant Workers Scapegoats
The eager new immigrate workers, fresh off the boat, were brought to the area by the coal and coke companies. These new workers became the scapegoats for all the problems of the industry, the poor wages, poor working conditions and the ensuing price wars. Newspapers here attacked them in the most offensive language, often clouding the real issues. A placard echoing this resentment for the non English speaking laborers was found tacked up outside the Morewood Mine about 1884. Called "An Appeal to the Christian Public," it insulted every facet of the immigrants' lives, in this case the first arrivals here, the Hungarians, before making its points:
An Appeal to the Christian Public
Isolated by language and the feudal-like company "Patch" the
mines and coke workers labored hard to please their new 'lord' the company.
Asked who was the president of the United States, a Hungarian reportedly
replied "King Frick;" the company had surplanted the old system of the Empire.
The Polish and Slavs and later the Italians arrived a bit later at
|A review of
The Coal King:
Not surprisingly, the coal strike, which lasted from February to May, 1891, started over wages. Carnegie, as at Homestead, urged a wait-and-see approach that he believed would find the men willing to go back to work as their savings dried up. He believed such an approach resulted in fewer hard feelings when the workers returned to the mines. Frick, though, as at Homestead, was only interested in restarting operations.
On the night of April 2, 1891, about 450 miners marched on the Morewood Mine near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, and were met by armed deputies who fired on the crowd, killing seven strikers and wounding several others. When Frick learned of the events, he passed on the telegram to another mine owner with a note that reveals in powerful fashion the ruthless, icy businessman he was: "I have no further particulars. This will likely have a good effect on the riotous element up there." Readers also should find interesting Warren's assessment of Frick's life and accomplishments. The author finds it particularly troubling that most of the physical entities associated with Frick, such as beehive coke ovens and the Homestead works, are gone. He feels western Pennsylvanians are making a mistake in not preserving a sampling of the sites and that they are allowing their heritage to slip away.
So widely hated was Frick during his own lifetime that when
he died in 1919, he was buried behind a fence in Homewood Cemetery near Clayton
and his grave sealed in stone and concrete to guard against desecration.
In the years since his death, even biographers have found it difficult to
show Frick much sympathy. Samuel A. Schreiner titled his recent biography
of the coal and coke king, "Henry Clay Frick: The Gospel of Greed." But Kenneth
Warren says he had no such feelings toward Frick when he was writing "Triumphant
Capitalism: Henry Clay Frick and the Industrial Transformation of America,"
a new business biography of Frick published by the University Press ($35
|In 1891, The Morewood Coke Works had 620
bee-hive coke ovens. The company store had carried on a lively trade
with a local merchant, Samuel M. Warden in 1888 and 1889, buying fruits and
vegetables, such as rhubarb, apples [at 25 cents a bushel], potatoes, and
cabbage, and also pit posts, and selling sugar, soap, shovels, and othe
During the bitter coal miners strike of 1894, four would-be dynamiters were arrested by the county sheriff and deputies, caught in the act of preparing a bomb to blow up the shaft of the Morewood Mine of Southwest Connellsville Coke Company. A tip led the lawmen to the woods near the shaft. Among those arrested was a brother of a top UMW official.
Morewood Mine, also known after its acquisition by the Southwest Coal & Coke Company as "Southwest No. 1 Mine," boasted in 1892: 2 mine bosses, 311 miners, 5 miner's boys, 51 all company men, 30 mules drivers and runners, 12 door boys, 2 outside foreman, 11 blacksmiths and carpenters, 15 engineers and fireman, 283 cokers and yardmen, 6 superintendents, book-keepers, and clerks, and 50 horeses and mules, for a total of 724 employees.
The Morewood Mine and Works had two shafts, "A Shaft" and "B Shaft," and was surrounded by coal company houses. The property also contained and a company store, as well as a house for the superintendent, overlooking the mine operations.
In ca.1902 the Morewood Mine complex contained at least 60 double-family miners houses and other associeted buildings.
In ca.1904 the Morewood Mine had 581 employees, 66 horses and mules and produced 499,974 tons of coal and 315,000 tons of coke. The Morewood Coke Works contained 625 bee-hive coke ovens.
|PHMC to Dedicate Historical Markers in
Westmoreland County
Issued: Sept 28, 2000
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission will dedicate historical markers for two labor-related events, the Morewood Massacre and the Mammoth Mine Explosion, at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, at the West Overton Museums, West Overton Village, Route 819, two miles north of Scottdale, Westmoreland County.
|An explosion in the Mammoth Mine of the H.C. Frick Coke
Company on Jan. 27, 1891, killed 109 coal miners, the worst explosion in
a bituminous coal mine in Pennsylvania. It led to state legislation strengthening
mine-safety inspections.
Later that same year, on April 2, at Frick's Morewood Mines, sheriff's deputies killed seven striking workers, and two died later. Thousands of mourners attended the funeral when victims were buried in a mass grave. By late May, the strike had collapsed, and the organizing of coke workers suffered a severe blow.
More than 1,800 historical markers throughout Pennsylvania commemorate the people, places and events that have become part of Pennsylvania's heritage.
|(The following article reprinted from the
"Tribune-Review," Westmoreland News - Thursday, September 28,
IN MEMORY of MINERS
Article by Marsha Forys, TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Their graves are distinguishable, not because of elaborate headstones marking their final resting places, but because there are no headstones at all. In fact, a visitor to the "old" St. John the Baptist Cemetery in East Huntingdon Township would have no idea that beneath the neatly mown patch of grass, measuring about 30 by 70 feet, lie the victims of two of the region's most infamous mining tragedies - the Mammoth Mine Explosion and the Morewood Massacre. While the area is bordered by weathered headstones dating from the late 1800s, not even a wreath or bouquet of flowers indicate this quiet country cemetery, located off Route 819 just south of Scottdale, is the site of the mass graves of 86 men killed just two months apart more than a century ago. But that oversight is due to be rectified on Friday when Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission markers will be placed at the site of the Morewood Massacre and at the mass graves in St. John the Baptist Cemetery.
"This action gives us an appreciation of our history, our past, our tradition. Unfortunately, we don't always value those things, but it's good that we're doing this now. A valuable lesson can be learned from their sacrifice," said Joe Dreliszak, principal of St. John the Baptist School in Scottdale. The first tragedy took place Jan. 27, 1891, when an explosion ripped through the H.C. Frick Coke Co.'s Mammoth No. 1 Mine, Mammoth, PA, whose portal can still be found just a few hundred yards from the Mt. Pleasant Township Municipal Building, off Poker Road, in Mammoth, PA, while accounts vary, it is believed 109 coal miners - mostly Polish, Hungarian and Italian immigrants working to build a new life in the United States - died that day. Seventy-nine of the victims are buried in the mass grave at St. John the Baptist Cemetery. It was the worst mining disaster of that time in southwestern Pennsylvania's bituminous coal region, and it led to state legislation that would strengthen mine safety inspections.
Just a few feet away from the unmarked grave of the Mammoth Mine victims is another mass grave, one that holds the bodies of seven of the nine miners shot and killed April 2, 1891, during a strike at H.C. Frick Coke Co.'s Morewood Mines, Morewood, PA, located off what is now Route 981 just south of Mt. Pleasant. The nine miners killed were among 16,000 miners striking for higher wages in what was then known as the Connellsville Coke Region. Two months after the shooting, the strike collapsed and attempts to organize the region's coal miners and coke workers suffered a severe blow. According to an account by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the miners were fired upon by Westmoreland County sheriff's deputies. Other accounts blame the Pinkerton guards hired by the company during the strike for the shooting.
The markers will be dedicated in conjunction with a two-day
conference being held by the Pennsylvania Labor History Society at West Overton
Museums, north of Scottdale.
|Morewood Mine area
Pennsylvana DEP Bulletin: OSM65(1224)102.1.1 - Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation, Morewood, involves approximately grading 29,700 c.y. and seeding 4.75 acres. 100% of this project is financed by the 1999 PA AML Grant, federal funding total for this program is $21.6 million. This project will issue January 21, 2000; bid documents will not be sent until payment in the amount of $10 is received.
Department: Environmental Protection
Location: East Huntingdon Township
Duration: 130 calendar days
|Change of color expected at Morewood
HARRISBURG, May 11, 2000 --
A mine reclamation project at the Morewood site in East Huntingdon Township is slated to begin Friday, according to state Rep. Ted Harhai, D-Westmoreland.
"Abandoned mines continue to dot the landscape. These eyesores aren't easily reclaimed, but by following the proper procedures, hillsides of black can be returned to beautiful green habitats," Harhai said. "All it takes is effort and time."
In this instance, the effort will be provided by T.P. Sanitation of Loretto. The company was awarded a $35,959 contract by the state Department of Environmental Protection to grade the abandoned mine site and then seed the 4.75 acres.
The project is expected to be completed by Sept. 9.
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Memorial, Morewood Mine & Coke Works,
Village of Morewood, East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania"
|"Morewood, A
Coal Company Patch Town
Village of Morewood, East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania"
| Massacre at
Morewood Mine, (Coal Miners Strike of 1891),
Morewood Mine & Coke Works,
Morewood, East Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA
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The Supreme Court needs to step in to head off a series of "extraordinary confrontations" between the federal government and state governments over immigration, the state of Arizona argues in a brief filed with the high court Tuesday.
Arizona's claim, in some legalese: "The alternative to plenary review is not the benign prospect of further percolation, but the proliferation of extraordinary confrontations between the federal government and other States."
"The question — whether States that bear a disproportionate burden of the costs of illegal immigration are powerless to use their own resources to enforce federal immigration standards without the express blessing of the federal executive — goes to the heart of our Nation's system of dual sovereignty and cooperative federalism," Arizona argues in asking the court to take up that state's challenge to lower federal court rulings blocking much of the anti-illegal immigration law known as SB 1070.
Arizona's brief is posted here. You can read the Obama administration brief urging the Supreme Court not to take up the case here.
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Familiar barriers slow Obama's transparency drive
Friday, March 18, 2011; 3:52 AM
WASHINGTON -- One government agency is still trying to find correspondence for a political reporter between federal officials there and prospective presidential candidates - from the 2008 election. Another censored 194 pages of internal e-mails about President Barack Obama's new rules on open government. Another agreed to hand over records of travel expenses then changed its mind and refused to turn them over.
Two years after Obama pledged to reverse the Bush administration's penchant for secrecy and comply more closely with the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, The Associated Press grapples with many of the same frustrating roadblocks and head-scratching inconsistencies. Several recent examples are described below. Exasperating delays and denials also affect ordinary citizens, researchers and businesses, and they frustrate the administration's goal to be the most transparent in history.
Obama's administration this week defended its progress in disclosing more information rapidly and reducing backlogs of requests for information. Agencies also are posting online large sets of data on auto safety, air quality, crime, health care and employment, which means fewer requests have to be filed in the first place, they said.
"Greater transparency and a more open government are happening right now," said Melanie Pustay, director of the Justice Department's Office of Information Policy. Her office is responsible for government-wide compliance with the Freedom of Information Act.
Yet it remains a hair-pulling, exhausting experience to ask for federal records from the government. The law can be complicated even when it's applied properly. Patience is a virtue.
Even close allies remain critical of what the government is doing.
John Podesta, the former Clinton White House chief of staff who led Obama's transition team, told senators this week that federal agencies have done a poor job of keeping Obama's promise to reinvigorate the open records law. And Podesta, who runs the progressive Center for American Progress, singled out the Justice Department for defending government efforts to withhold information in new ways under nine narrow provisions in the law that balance disclosure against important principles like security and privacy.
The Supreme Court weighed in twice in recent months, both times with decisions that open-government advocates applauded. In a ruling issued this month, the court rejected 8-1 the government's broad use of a provision protecting agency personnel rules to withhold Navy maps relating to its main West Coast ammunition dump. The Associated Press is among 20 news organizations that filed a brief urging the court to limit the personnel exemption.
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By the time you finish reading this, 4 or 5 more students will decide to drop out of school. They will never attend their high school graduation ceremony, hear Pomp and Circumstance, get recognition for their accomplishments or hear inspirational speeches about what their futures can be. They will slip through the cracks of our educational system and slide toward a dim future.
For longer than I've been alive, the debates about U.S. education have largely been about what others need to do to reform the system or to fix the students. This is a stale, detached approach to an issue that directly affects our entire country's future, and we can no longer afford it. The question we all need to ask is: "What can I do to help a student stay in school and graduate ... today?"
Our national dropout rate suggests that the modern U.S. school experience is not a sticky one for kids. It doesn't captivate them and keep them there. According to the 2010 Gallup Student Poll, a student's enthusiasm for school spikes in elementary school, drops throughout middle school, hits a trough in 10th grade, and flattens in junior and senior years-after the most disengaged students have dropped out of school and the poll. This vacuum of enthusiasm translates into less learning and lower academic achievement across our nation.
Now I hope you are wondering "But what can I do to raise the graduation rate?" We invited 2,835 parents of school-aged children to chime in on the issue by asking, "What is the one thing you could do to raise the graduation rate at your local high school?" The parents offered many answers, including holding students, parents, and teachers accountable and increasing pay for teachers and overall funding for schools.
But the most common response from these respondents-parents who have a daily, personal stake in the game of education-captures the uncertainty and ambivalence associated with nudging students to graduate. Ready for it? Here it is: "I don't know. Nothing."
How can that be? How can 23% of these parents of kids in school say "I don't know" or "nothing?" Perhaps I may have landed on "don't know" myself until my preschooler started asking about when he would be going to kindergarten. I don't think that not knowing how to harness the power of our influence reflects a lack of critical thinking or apathy. Instead, it suggests two things: we don't own this as our problem and we aren't great at developing personal solutions to large, complex problems.
I tested these hypotheses on a few friends by asking them the same hard question: "What is one thing you can do to increase the graduation rate at your local high school?" One friend said, "I will do everything I can do to make sure my kid graduates." I probed deeper, asking "Well, what about other kids?" He responded, "Well everybody graduates from our high school." I corrected and gave stats, and then he said, "Then the school has to be held more accountable." But, what could he do to help? "I don't know," he finally said and slinked away. It's an uncomfortable admission.
We do our best to own education when it comes to our kids succeeding, and we often distance ourselves emotionally, cognitively, and behaviorally from the problem when other kids are not succeeding. We demand accountability from the kids, the other parents, the schools, but not from ourselves; we see the problem as beyond our control. This line of thinking is flawed, and it keeps us from being truly open to answering the hard question about what we, as individual members of the community, can do to help students graduate.
When we do finally have the real discussion about helping students, schools, and communities attain their goals, most of us struggle to identify a personal solution to a complex problem. Blanket calls for accountability and reform do little. Active, focused involvement of caring adults in students' lives is a much better investment. Our 2,835 respondents affirmed this. Their next three responses from parents (after "don't know" or "nothing"), in order of popularity, include some slightly more actionable ideas:
Be active and involved in education.
Become a mentor or tutor or teacher.
Promote the value of education.
If each American, with a school-aged child or with no school-aged children, promoted the value of education, actively supported it and/or became student mentors or partners with local teachers, school principals would have a unique problem-managing overabundant resources and good press. I really hope that happens, but we start by each making a simple commitment that we can keep every day. What's mine? My family decided to keep our backyard gate open every evening. We have a kid-friendly backyard, and we serve snacks. When neighborhood kids drop by, we ask them about school and life. We hear about good and bad teachers and savvy fellow students. We hear about chemistry competitions, ballet classes, and picture books about horses. Every week, we learn a little more about the neighborhood kids and the schools and people that educate them. We provide a safe, loving house where kids and their parents feel welcome and wanted.
How can we go from "I don't know. Nothing." to a real, actionable response to "What can I do to raise the graduation rate?" What is the one thing you can do? Just imagine a community in which all students graduate from high school and get a good job. Then consider one thing you could do to make it happen, perhaps using your unique talents and strengths. If you don't have a student already in your life, pick up the phone and call your local principal and ask what you, as a community member, can do to support your local school. And then do it.


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Auriga Spa at Capella Singapore Launches All-Natural Enzyme Peel Facial
A revolutionary organic facial for life in the tropics
Singapore, 1 September 2011 – Capella Singapore's award-winning spa, Auriga Spa will begin offering customers the opportunity to enjoy a new organic facial treatment—the Natural Vitamin C and Papaya Enzyme Peel Facial, the perfect solution for reviving skin harshly affected by tropical climate living.
Using 100% natural and organic ingredients from The Organic Pharmacy, the Natural Vitamin C and Papaya Enzyme Peel Facial is the latest addition to Auriga Spa's series of indulgent but practical treatments.
Designed to revive skin from the heavy humidity that can often put pores into overdrive and reverse the effects of sun damage intensified by Singapore's close proximity to the equator, the power-packed treatment offers a myriad of benefits to transform and re-energise the skin.
Deep exfoliation to remove dead skill cells combats congestion, blackheads and blemishes and high-performing lightening agents reduce the appearance of age spots serving as an après-sun skin fix to repair uneven pigmentation, revealing a brighter, healthier and more radiant skin tone.
The treatment starts with a deep breathing session using fragrant Jasmine bath oil, followed by a carrot butter cleansing and flower petal mask exfoliation to prime the skin. A deep-cleansing Vitamin C and Papaya mask and a relaxing face, scalp and shoulder massage follows. The treatment ends with an anti-ageing collagen boost mask and a jasmine night conditioner with acupressure, leaving the appearance of dull skin behind and unveiling a glowing, youthful complexion.
Auriga Spa rounds off the experience with a "Skin Radiance" smoothie, blended with fruit and a natural supplement that protects and replenishes the skin by promoting the formation of collagen and tissue repair, leaving you nourished not only from the outside but from within as well.
This new Natural Enzyme Peel Facial is priced at S$150 and will be available to the public from 1 October 2011.
Auriga uses 100% natural and organic products from The Organic Pharmacy and also offers treatments developed by A.W Lake that are exclusive to Auriga spa in Singapore. Additional treatments include massages, wraps, scrubs, facials and a host of beauty and grooming services.


text: Halloween in Vizcaya By: Kara Franker & Shaneeva Yassin Here are the many festive, fun and freaky ways to celebrate Halloween in Miami. Looking for something fun to do this Halloween? In Miami, we have plenty of options to get the party started. This Halloween, kick back, masquerade and become someone else. From the ghoulish and ghastly, fantastical and fun, to the scandalous and sassy, Miami has plenty of family-friendly outings, spooky haunted houses or all-night parties that promise a little something for everyone. Spooky Zoo Nights: Oct. 28 - 31 This Halloween, get spooked with Zoo Miami's Spooky Zoo Nights, which will take place Oct. 28-31, 2016 from 7 to 11 p.m. During this haunted celebration, you'll find Halloween-themed attractions that are perfect for the whole family. Wear your favorite costume and party in the dark with spooky creatures, ghoulish carousel rides, candy stations, Dr. Wilde's Creepy Haunted House and Zombie tram rides, and find scary surprises in hidden pathways. Admission is $14.95 per person and $12.95 for Zoo Miami members, and the ghoulish carousel rides cost $2 per ride. Monster's Ball Halloween Kick-Off: Oct. 28 The Hard Rock Cafe at Bayside Marketplace is hosting its Monster's Ball Halloween Kick-Off on Friday, October 28. The party begins at 9 p.m. and continues all night long. Donning your best costume? They're hosting a costume contest with prizes. Let your inner-beast free for the night. Enjoy guests DJs and a surprise special host. Call ahead fro reservations or to book a group at 305.377.3110, extension 203. 30th Annual Sundowner at Vizcaya: Oct. 29 For an unforgettable Halloween experience, head to Vizcaya Museum & Gardens for the 30th Annual Halloween Sundowner, which will take place on Sat. Oct. 29, 2016 from 8 p.m. until midnight. Dance the night away as you enjoy live music and a premium open bar, while mixing and mingling on the waterfront terrace with a spectacular view of Biscayne Bay. Celebrate this year's theme, Prohibition, in costume with some of Miami's finest partygoers. Funds raised from the event go to the historic estate's restoration and preservation efforts. Nightmare on the Beach: Oct. 29 At Nightmare on the Beach: Dia de Los Muertos, guests can expect to enjoy visual treats, electronic beats and dazzling performers. Taking place on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016 from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Lummus Park will be transformed from light to dark. Enjoy bites and cocktails from some of Miami's best restaurants and caterers, as you party well into the next day. With costumes, performers and a few surprises throughout the night, this party is certainly not to be missed. VIP tickets and a limited number of VIP Tables with unlimited bottles are also available, and tickets sold benefit The Little Lighthouse Foundation. Must be 21 and older to attend. Downtown Fright Night Halloween Block Party: Oct. 29 East Flagler Street will be closed to traffic on October 29, 2016 from 3 p.m. - 1 a.m. for Downtown Fright Night: A Halloween Spooktacular. Kid activities include trick-o-treating, face painting, arts & crafts, inflatable rides and a costume contest. Adult-friendly activities include a "Hex your ex" station, adult costume contest, and several bars of which you can find a spooky cocktail unique to Downtown Fright Night. Bring your dog to run wild in the "Pup Up Dog Park" and enter them in the puppy costume contest. Vendors will be selling Miami's best bites and exclusive cocktails. There will be a main stage for kids sponsored by Radio Lollipop with performances by popular Miami Youtubers, and an adult stage sponsored by HITS 97.3 featuring DJ Laz and other popular DJs. 6th Annual Howl-O-Ween Events: Oct. 30 Bring the whole family to Howl-O-Ween, including your four-legged friends, and enjoy a fun filled day with great activities for everyone. There will be games, a pumpkin patch, costume contests and parades, music, raffles and giveaways. All proceeds benefit Paws 4 You Rescue and the wonderful humane work they do for the community! From 12 noon until 5p.m. Admission is $5.00 (children under 2 Free). River Yacht Club Halloween Party: Oct 30 Boogie down in your costumes this Halloween at the waterfront River Yacht Club for its evening blow out party Rock My Boat: Halloween Edition. On October 30, beginning at 5 p.m. until late, enjoy beats from DJ Alex Orue, host of Revolution Radio Miami's "Detox" show and a food menu programmed by the restaurants Michelin-starred chef Giacomo Pettinari. This will be an evening of ghoulish fun, complete with a selection of exciting, live performances throughout the evening including fire performers, dancers, a violinist and saxophone player and more. This event is open to the public and there is no cover charge. For table reservations call 305.200.5716. Halloween Magic Sunday at Seaspice: Oct 30 Brunch, champagne, a great on-the-water view and costumes sounds like a great Sunday funday. Join Seaspice, for their launch party for the new Moët Ice Rosé Impérial, the first and only rosé champagne created to be enjoyed on ice. Dine on deck for their Sunday brunch while enjoying music and entertainment. Halloween Night on Lincoln Road: Oct. 31 This year's Halloween night on Lincoln Road is unlike any other! Lincoln Road Business Improvement District has organized a show-stopping night including 10 DJs on 5 stages, entertainment and live performances from Miami's own Circ X, with multiple outdoor bars scattered along Lincoln Road. This already popular celebration will be reaching new heights. This event welcomes family and friends (and pets) of all ages to come in your best costume. Lincoln Road offers the best people watching any time of year, but it's especially spectacular on Halloween. Halloween at Bayside Marketplace: Oct. 31 Spend Halloween at Downtown Miami's Bayside Marketplace with free and fun activities. Taking place on Monday, Oct. 31, from 5 to 7 p.m., there will be trick-or-treating, live music, entertainment from Bayside's colorful cast of street performers, and plenty of opportunities to win prizes. A discounted parking rate is offered to families with children in costume. 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Over 1100 American businesses, providing jobs in fishing, food, farming, recreation, tourism and clean energy call for decisive policy change in the Columbia and Snake Rivers.
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2 bedroom flat for saleRosetta Court, 61 Wickham Road, Beckenham, Kent
Sold STC £286,750
Property Description
Full description
Tenure: Leasehold
Exceptional second floor flat having been the subject of comprehensive refurbishment and modernisation to provide immaculate accommodation with two double bedrooms, re-appointed bathroom and separate shower room off entrance hall, re-fitted kitchen and large living room, communal gardens, lift service and garage en-block to rear. Offered to the market Chain Free with extended lease. Almost opposite main entrance to Kelsey Park.
Ground Floor
Entrance Hall
double glazed front door to updated communal hall with stairs and lift to upper floors
Second Floor
Communal Landing
storage cupboard with gas and electricity meters, front door to
Spacious Entrance Hall
wood block flooring, high level cupboard concealing trip fuses, entryphone, radiator
Living Room
6.10m x 3.81m (20'0 x 12'6) bright and spacious with contemporary flame effect electric fire to end wall, two wall lights, wood block flooring, radiator, tv aerial and satellite connection points, two large secondary glazed windows to front providing plenty of natural light with westerly aspect
Re-Appointed Kitchen
3.48m x 2.54m (11'5 x 8'4) plus built-in storage cupboard to end wall with water meter having high level cupboard above, work surface with inset single drainer stainless steel sink and mixer tap having base cupboards beneath plus slimline dishwasher and washer/dryer, stainless steel cooker with 4-ring gas hob and double oven having work surface either side with base cupboards and drawers beneath including deep pan drawers, pull out cooker hood and matching eye level cupboards, upright fridge/freezer, Glow Worm wall mounted gas fired boiler, space for small table and chairs, downlights, tv point, wood finish flooring, window to side
Bedroom 1
4.27m x 3.66m (14'0 x 12'0) to include two sets of fitted wardrobes providing considerable storage, radiator, tv point, window to rear
Bedroom 2
3.51m x 3.23m (11'6 x 10'7) to include set of fitted wardrobes, radiator, tv point, window to rear
2.13m x 1.88m (7'0 x 6'2) panelled bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, wash basin with mixer tap and low level wc with concealed cistern, shaver point, part tiled walls, storage unit with base cupboard and shelves, radiator, window to side
Shower Room
tiled shower cubicle with hinged door, part tiled walls around wash basin and low level wc, electric heated towel rail, shaver point, downlights and extractor
Communal Gardens
to the rear of the building laid to lawn with borders including a good variety of established shrubs and plants plus mature trees, pathway beside building to bin store and garages at rear, garden to front screened from the road by established trees and shrubs
situated en-bloc to rear of the building approached via Tudor Road
Lease Details
125 years from 25 March 2004
Ground Rent
Currently £100 per annum
£240 per quarter plus £408 Building Insurance and £65 Lift Insurance
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RE: Swollen hands
Sometimes it is painful and sometimes it is not. Any ideas? Swollen Hnads Question: I have RA and it is pretty much under control. But my hands swell up. Not just the joints but the whole hand. Could that be my RA or could it have something to do with my high blood pressure? Answer: A lot of people say swollen when they mean painful. Which is it in this case? If painful, then the RA is not "pretty much under control". If just painless swelling, then there are all kinds of possibilities that would need to be looked into.
It may be that RA control is not as good as it could be. Perhaps changing the treatment of RA a bit might help. Ask your rheumatologist.
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Discussion in 'Android Devices' started by Robert7107, Mar 6, 2014.
Looking for feedback on how Google now effects battery life?
I use google now, and I do not see any noticeable battery degradation. Most of my active apps are google and my battery life is excellent.
No noticable difference. I just spent 10 days in Hawaii and saw the largest drain was 4G vs not being on wifi.
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Agreements were reached on pushing forward with energy and transport projects at a meeting of the Hungarian-Romanian joint economic committee in Bucharest on Friday, the committee's Hungarian co-chair, state secretary for economic diplomacy Levente Magyar told Hungarian news agency MTI.
Romania's new technocrat government relates to the joint projects in a far more open and pragmatic manner than the country's previous government, Magyar said.
The sides agreed to draw up plans within three months to open ten new EU-financed roads that cross the border between the two countries but may still not be used because of a delay in Romania's accession to the passport-free Schengen zone, he said.
They also agreed to complete work by 2018 allowing the connection of a second highway between Debrecen, in eastern Hungary, and Oradea, in western Romania, he added.
Waiting times at the Nagylak border crossing, in southeastern Hungary, will be reduced, Magyar said.
Romania has promised to take steps soon to establish reverse flow between the two countries' gas networks, he added.
There are more than 12,000 Hungarian-owned companies in Romania.
Oil and gas company MOL has 200 petrol stations in the country and is involved in exploration there as well. OTP Bank has 120 branches in Romania and drugmaker Richter employs 1,500 people in the country.


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New Delhi, Nov 19: It's a happy home-coming for Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams, who came back to Earth, after spending four-months in orbit on Monday, Nov 19.
The Soyuz capsule, carrying Williams and two other cosmonauts, landed at the Kazakhstan space station at 7.50 am IST. The record-setting Indian-American NASA astronaut Williams ceremonially handed over the command of the International Space Station to fellow NASA astronaut Kevin Ford on the eve of her departure from the complex.
"We have left the ship in good shape and am honoured to hand it over to Kevin as we are going soon home and the ship is again in good hands," Williams had said while handing over the command.
Ford, who has served as an Expedition 33 flight engineer since arriving at the station Oct 25, will become commander of Expedition 34 at the time the Soyuz TMA-05M carrying Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko undocks from the station on Sunday at 5:26 pm EST for a landing in the steppe of Kazakhstan several hours later.
Their return will wrap up 127 days in space since their launch from Kazakhstan on Jul 15 last, including 125 days spent aboard the station. Ford and his crewmates, Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin, will tend to the station as a three-man crew until the arrival of three additional Flight Engineers in December.
NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield and Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Roman Romanenko are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Dec 19 and dock to the station two days later for a five-month stay.
Hadfield will become the first Canadian to command the station when Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin depart in March, marking the start of Expedition 35.
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by Pete Bodo
I've enjoyed writing Racquet Reaction posts these past few days, taking in the seductive ambience and atmosphere of Monte Carlo. The tournament has made significant infrastructural improvements since I was last there, when the only proper seats were at the Court Central and pterodactyls flew overhead, casting giant, sinister shadows across the rust-colored clay.
One thing I would like to see, though, since the "gem of the Mediterranean" appears to be a permanent fixture on the tennis calendar, is a proper stadium court. It would be only fitting, and I'm sure that if you told some prince or count that he could have his name on it (for a "consideration"—we know that Europeans think it gauche to talk about money) things could be worked out. . .
But seriously. The promoters may want to keep alive this notion (and for a long time it was indeed valid) that hosting the tournament is in some measure an act of noblesse oblige, offering the general public a rare opportunity to wander around and enjoy the exclusive confines of the Monte Carlo Country Club. But don't the tournament and venue now deserve something that seems a bit more. . . permanent?
Granted, the Court Central has bucket seats rather than high-school gym style aluminum bleachers, but on the whole it still looks like it was set up to be taken down—like four Lego panels set in a rough square. How about we jazz it up a little, make it a little prettier, a little more integrated with the landscape as well as the immediate surroundings?
This idea is unlikely to fly with any number of people; there's always a significant set who likes things just the way they are. Tennis, more than any other major spectator sport but golf, really values tradition in all its manifestations. That can lead to situations that may border on the bizarre, like the status of Hawkeye at this Rolex Masters event. To wit, Hawkeye clearly is present—or at least available to Tennis Channel and, I presume, other broadcasters—yet it isn't employed on the court.
Thus, any number of times we've seen a player request that the umpire climb down from his high chair to examine a mark and determine whether a given ball was in or out. After the umpire, doing his finest Clouseau imitation, renders his judgment, the television commentators pipe up, "Let's see what Hawkeye has to say!" We then get to see the contested shot as if we were watching the big screen at the U.S. Open, or the O2 Arena only. . . it doesn't matter. It has no bearing on the umpire's decision. I would call this an accident waiting to happen.
If you wanted to look at the upside, you can say we have it both ways: We get the benefit of cutting-edge, definitive line-calling technology plus that much-touted "human element," which in this case could also be termed "tradition." For what is high-caliber, clay-court tennis without umpires jogging to the baseline to examine, sometimes on hands and knees, the mark left by a ball?
So far, I haven't seen an umpire's call that the follow-up Hawkeye review would have overruled. And I'm glad of that. But I shudder to think of what some Federer or Nadal fan would do during a tense final in which his guy was robbed, at least in Hawkeye's view. It would look pretty stupid for the game if the validity—and reliability—of examining a mark to rule on a ball were somehow discredited (and there have been controversies that simply could not occur in the Hawkeye era), yet the process remained the same. It's fair to ask, what would it take to introduce Hawkeye technology to clay?
This odd impasse at which we've arrived is a fitting emblem of how much tennis as an institution prizes and refuses to let go of tradition. To which you might say, Duh!
But I wouldn't take it quite so lightly. After all, two of the Grand Slam events probably went through the same self-examinations as everyone else at the start of the Open era, and opted to abandon tradition, while two continue to cling to it. The U.S. Open and the Australian Open abandoned grass courts in favor of hard. Morover, the U.S. Open tried clay for a three-year period before making the critical decision to play on cement, albeit the kind covered in melted-down old tires. Let no one accuse the USTA of being anti-progressive, right?
One of the more interesting questions this raises is whether Wimbledon or Roland Garros might not be better off if it had also yielded (or buckled?) to the times and changed surface. The very idea is horrific to many, I know, but who's to say the tournaments and their satellite events would have suffered? The U.S. and Australian championships certainly haven't suffered from abandoning grass, although inquiring minds might be curious to see if there's any correlation between the drastic decline of tennis prowess in those nations and the change of surface. Lest you get all fired up about that possibility, bear in mind that despite the recent success of the clay-loving French and Spanish, the British haven't exactly populated the game with titans by keeping the grass, although scowling Andy Murray is a bright star in that dark night.
What has become clear, though, is that Wimbledon and, to a lesser extent, the French Open, have learned to trade on the "unique" nature of the surface on which they're played. And while that isn't enough of a selling point to sustain a fell-fledged grass-court circuit, it's been enough on the continent to keep the entire Euroclay tour not just viable, competitively and commercially, but flourishing.
As different as they are, grass and clay have a few things in common, beginning with the cost of installation and maintenance (although grass is a much more risky and expensive proposition). In some ways, Wimbledon and Roland Garros are like family-run dairy farms here in my part of the world. Nobody in his or her right mind would (or could) decide to start one up. The economics dictate that only those who are already in the business can stay in business, eking out an increasingly unprofitable living but a generally healthy, charming life. When the last child leaves the farm, though, it's over.
Tennis can count itself lucky that the two most prominent equivalents it has to the family dairy farm can not only stay in business, but generate enough economic activity to enrich what you might call an entire region. How long it can last is an interesting question to which we aren't likely to get an answer any time soon, and that's a good thing.


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Currently in development, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron takes fans through the final, darkest hours of the civil war between the Autobots and Decepticons as they fight for control of their dying planet, ultimately leading to their storied exodus from home. It is scheduled for release in the fall of 2012


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Starkey, Hugh and Savvides, Nicola (2009) Learning for Citizenship Online: How Can Students Develop Intercultural Skills and Construct Knowledge Together? Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2 (3). pp. 31-49. ISSN 1755-2273. DOI UNSPECIFIED
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Testimony on Comparative Effectiveness Research
Michael E Stuart, Delfini Group
Delivered Via Electronic Mail
Comments Regarding The Comparative Effectiveness Program
Comparative effectiveness research (CER) has great potential but there is a high likelihood that study methodology will not be appropriately applied to key questions and we will have more of the same—results from non-valid primary studies and systematic reviews. Currently much of the published medical literature is neither valid or clinically useful. Estimates range for 70% to 95%. Yet results of these studies are being applied in clinical care and both policy and clinical decisions are being made based on fatally flawed studies. I will focus on therapy only. (Some different considerations apply to screening, diagnostic testing).
Example: We have seen numerous database and observational studies published for therapeutic interventions (e.g., CABG vs angioplasty vs medical therapy). These studies cannot provide useful information regarding effectiveness in reducing mortality. Why? Because the study design (observational study) is not reliable for drawing cause and effect conclusions.
There is also a huge problem even if randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are used to compare interventions. RCTs need to be valid (probably true) before a reader accepts the results (and of course the conclusions). Most readers of RCTs do not know how to assess validity of studies and therefore accept results of low-quality (high likelihood of bias) studies. Criteria such as the Jadad scale are inadequate yet keep being used by many groups to assess internal validity.
Recent examples pointing this out are a meta-analysis of antioxidents showing that high-bias RCTs showed no effect on mortality but low-bias RCTs showed increased mortality another meta-analysis with low-bias RCTs showing that perioperative beta-blockers in non-cardiac surgery result in more harms than benefits (and yet Medicare has a performance measure encouraging perioperative beta blockers in non-cardiac surgery). So the big danger in CER is the high-likelhood that short-cuts will be taken and low-quality studies will result.
We do not need more unreliable science. What we need to inform decisions is valid and clinically useful RCTs and systematic reviews, not fatally flawed RCTs and fatally flawed systematic reviews.Unfortunately, currently we have investigators and readers who willingly accept low-quality comparisons.
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Here is link of that app.
I am really fed up of this problem. I surf alot xda using opera. Opera mobile nearly take 30-40 mb ram. So for me I get nearly 130-140 mb free ram. But even though when I try to open some other apps then automatically android closes opera. So I have to reopen it. No problem in re-opening an app but then it start to load links which I have been surfing which really annoying me ::
I want simple multi tasking like nokia which keep open every app until u choose it to close it. I am really impressed with multi tasking of nokia.
Can anybody provide a solution, app or script or anything which will KEEP APP IN OPEN STATE until I choose it to close it ?? I searched on net. I found same complaints on net related to android muti tasking...!!! I dont use any task killer app.


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By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years younger, inadvertently becomes a stowaway.
Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Stars: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger
A young Carl Fredrickson meets a young adventure-spirited girl named Ellie. They both dream of going to a lost land in South America. 70 years later, Ellie has died. Carl remembers the promise he made to her. Then, when he inadvertently hits a construction worker, he is forced to go to a retirement home. But before they can take him, he and his house fly away. However, he has a stowaway aboard: an 8-year-old boy named Russell, who's trying to get an Assisting the Elderly badge. Together, they embark on an adventure, where they encounter talking dogs, an evil villain and a rare bird named Kevin.
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Brendan Rodgers defends Luis Suarez
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers defended striker Luis Suarez against accusations of diving during the 2-2 draw with Aston Villa.
Trailing to goals from Andreas Weimann and Christian Benteke inside 36 minutes, Reds striker Daniel Sturridge pulled one back on the stroke of half-time.
The contentious penalty came just after the break when Suarez was adjudged to have been brought down by goalkeeper Brad Guzan and Steven Gerrard equalised.
"I thought we should have had a penalty in the first half when [Leandro] Bacuna handles the ball," Rodgers said. "The second I thought was a penalty. Luis has taken it up to the keeper and, once he has touched it around him, his body makes contact with Luis."
• Hughes: Forget the penalty, admire the performance
Referring to Villa boss Paul Lambert, he added: "Obviously from Paul's perspective he will think it has been harsh."
On his adventurous team selection, which saw defensive midfielder Lucas Leiva dropped to accommodate Sturridge, Rodgers added: "I go with my gut feeling. I thought it was an offensive team.
"I have played that before. If you want to blame me, blame me. It is a good point. I don't think we were anywhere near our level in the first half, give credit to Villa for that. The front two was a real threat for us and tactically we had to change it."
Lambert, meanwhile, did not believe it was a penalty but remained diplomatic.
He said: "Brad has pulled his arms away. It is hard for the referee to judge it. He has a split-second decision to make it but I think Brad used his experience to pull his arms away and then you get punished."
Asked whether he thought Suarez had dived, he added: "I'll let you be the judge of that. I am not being critical of anyone. I'm not getting caught into that, the guy is a world-class player."
Of his team's performance, Lambert said: "I thought we were excellent. I thought Ron Vlaar was excellent. Benteke looked back to himself but we lost Gabby [Agbonlahor] at a vital time and he was unplayable.
"I always thought we looked a threat on the counter-attack. We might have sneaked it but I don't think anyone could begrudge us a point."
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Streetsboro Police Officer Stan Siedlecki and Dispatcher Linda Leanza recently were chosen to be honored with the department's Exceptional Service Award.
Members of the police department are nominated by their peers and the winners are chosen by Police Chief Roy Mosley III.
"Officer Siedlecki has been with our department since 2010 but has made great strides in that time," said Mosley. "He brings a positive attitude and a teamwork approach to his duties, never hesitating to assist his fellow officers."
Siedlecki has volunteered for CIT for Educators training each year and the Citizen Police Academy Program.
"Dispatcher Leanza has been a valuable asset to our police department and community since 1992," said Mosley. "Her positive attitude is contagious and she brings it into work with her each and every day. She never hesitates to help."
Leanza made the Senior SAFE Program a success, he said.
Leanza said her job demands a combination of "compassion" and quick thinking.
"To perform the job well, a dispatcher has to have compassion for the public, good listening skills and quick decision making," she said.
Siedlecki said he finds cases in which he and his colleagues help individuals with mental health problems "memorable."
"We have been able to calm them down without any injuries and get them the help they need. I'm honored that my coworkers thought to nominate me for this award. I'm a part of an amazing team of people and look forward to coming into work for my shift every day."
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Preschool Spots Available At 24 Fresno Schools
FRESNO, Calif. (KMPH) —
The Fresno Unified School District will host preschool registration at three schools to allow parents to enroll their kids into the early learning programs.
Preschool spots are available at 24 campuses!
To be eligible, your child needs to have turned 4-years-old by October 1, 2013.
Fresno Unified School District is urging parents to take advantage of this opportunity for all eligible children.
The enrolment events will take place on Saturday, October 19th from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the following locations:
Registration Site: Lowell Elementary School - 171 N. Poplar Ave. School To Attend: Addams, Anthony, Columbia, Fremont, Jefferson, Kirk, Muir, Sunset, Webster
Registration Site: Olmos Elementary School - 550 S. Garden Ave.School To Attend: Burroughs, Calwa, Olmos, Turner, WinchellRegistration Site: Pyle Elementary School - 4140 N. Augusta Ave.School To Attend: Birney, Centennial, Duncan LEEP, Eaton, Homan, Mayfair, Pyle, Vinland, Wishon, Wolters


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I'm having some troubles with my Xperia S and CM11 or PA.
When I restart my device it shows me the date of 08 february 1972, but I checked and today is 10 May 2014 .
So for this issue some apps (like whatsapp, gplay services, hangout...) don't run immediately but they show me an error and I have to wait the sync, and the sync is never istant and when it takes too much time I have to switch off the wifi to force the sync with data mobile. [It's not a wifi problem because it happened also when wifi is disabled from the start].
I can't post pics because is my first post, i can tell you what i see:
- the date is 08/02/1972;
- there are some notifications with a triangle and that is reported: "an application attemped to us...." or "your phone date is inaccurated! Adjust your ..."
- when I click on that notification pop up the date and time settings.
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The agency's investigator bought all the samples at the shop, but didn't look to see whether the pendant was sold elsewhere, CPSC spokesman Scott Wolfson said."We've got to make some tough decisions with our investigators in terms of when they stay on the trail," Wolfson said. "There needs to be a rationale for it." ___ In January 2010, Tenenbaum mobilized her agency in reaction to AP's initial investigation. She told parents to toss cheap metal trinkets and promised to investigate all high-cadmium jewelry the agency learned about. While five jewelry recalls followed, none began at the agency's initiative. The first three covered products AP highlighted; the last two came after companies approached the CPSC. All the recalls were voluntary. Then the recalls stopped, though not because the CPSC thought cadmium was gone from the marketplace. Instead of clearing contaminated products from store shelves, the agency focused on a policy of restricting future flow. At first, that meant warning Asian manufacturers to stop substituting cadmium for lead. Later, the agency started scattered cargo checks at U.S. ports and pressed a private-sector group led by the jewelry industry to adopt voluntary cadmium limits. It took nearly two years for those standards to be enacted. And while several cadmium jewelry shipments were intercepted, with just 19 inspectors at 15 ports, the agency touches a minuscule fraction of the billions of consumer goods that enter the U.S. each year. At a product safety conference in March, Tenenbaum claimed victory: "The proactive steps we have taken in China, at the ports, and in the standards environment have stopped cadmium from being the next lead." But it wasn't until early 2011, a full year after AP's original report, that the agency had began seriously checking children's jewelry on store shelves. Even then, the scale of sampling was not great enough to draw broad conclusions.
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Episode Title: 'Last Night Gus'
Writer: Andy Berman
Director: Andy Berman
Shawn, Gus, Lassie and Woody wake up in the Psych office after a wild night out at an SBPD officer's retirement party. Lassie (Timothy Omundson) has a black eye and what's more disturbing, three bullets were discharged from his service gun. Outside, the boys find "The Blueberry" wrecked.
After getting a call from Chief Vick, they head to Woody's lab for a briefing on a John Doe. Shawn (James Roday) recognizes the man from a cell phone video shot the night before.
Jules (Maggie Lawson) takes Shawn aside to ask him about the call he made to her that night, but unable to remember what he said, he tells her they'll talk about it later.
Based on urine samples, Woody (Kurt Fuller) determines they were all drugged. The John Doe, however, wasn't. While questioning the bartender where the party took place, Gus (Dule HIll) is approached by a woman he apparently picked up the night before. She takes his number and promises to be in touch. Shawn then realizes the boys went to a donut shop after the bar. At the shop, a burly man with a shotgun accuses them of killing "Bobo." After watching the surveillance video, it's revealed that "Bobo" is the giant donut statue outside the shop. The boys knocked it down in "The Blueberry" and Lassie shot it.
The boys learn that the John Doe was a private detective working on behalf of a married man, whose dead body also just turned up on Woody's table. Meanwhile, Jules continues to press Shawn about their conversation, telling him that he asked her to move in.
Shawn gets a call from Henry (Corbin Bernsen), who has just awoken in a motel room with no knowledge of how he got there. Suspecting the wife of the dead man as the killer of both her husband and the P.I., the boys head to the motel. Inside her room, Shawn spots an open gas valve and everyone quickly jumps over the railing and into the pool, just before the explosion.
Back at SBPD, Shawn recognizes the mugshot of a wanted fugitive as one of the men in a photo from the P.I's phone. They also learn that the woman who Gus hooked up with is the man's adopted daughter. Lassie figures the fugitive is using his daughter to get the phone – and the photos back before the police can get a look at them. They race to Gus' apartment, where he's entertaining the woman.
At his place, a drugged Gus laughs as a shootout ensues between the fugitive, Lassie and Jules. Gus then knocks the man out with a bowl of taffy.
At the donut shop, Lassie thanks Shawn for helping him piece together the night and Shawn and Jules agree to wait a bit longer before moving in together.
"Psych" has earned a reputation for pulling off some great tribute episodes and "Last Night Gus" certainly did a fine job of raising a glass to the "The Hangover" flicks.
As a procedural, trying to follow a "Psych" case sometimes feels like a dizzying amusement park ride. Everything's fast and blurry but it's a lot of fun. "Last Night Gus" sent the team on a number of false leads for comedy's sake. But "Psych" is nothing if not funny. And "Last Night Gus" was very, very funny.
Written and directed by Andy Berman, who you may know better as "Chuck Coleman" from "The Wonder Years," season six's second hour was full of great one liners, comical misunderstandings and sight gags. That is once it got past the lame "did we or didn't we" dance between a spooning Lassie and Woody.
A couple of moments stood out, this week. In particular, Lassie insisting on wearing sunglasses during Woody's briefing on the John Doe, Chief Vick calling out Gus on "captivating the honeys" and Lassie shooting "Bobo the Donut" were all good times.
Ed Lover's cameo, though appreciated, seemed a bit random. "Psych" is great at nabbing quirky guest stars but they need to be given more to do than crash Vick's briefing to retrieve a gold chain. Thankfully, this season's got a ton of great guest stars on tap. Hopefully, they'll be put to better use.
Crave Online Rating: 8 out of 10.


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Vote For Nicki Minaj at YouTube Music Awards!
Nicki Minaj is nominated at the YouTube Music Awards! Vote for her by sharing (from YouTube.com) the videos below on Google+, Twitter & Facebook! The voting period runs until the day of the YouTube Music Awards, Sunday, Nov. 3rd.
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Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:39 AM
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Nicki Minaj did her trademark British accent for the audience on The Queen Latifah Show. Check it out below!
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Nicki Minaj Nominated at First Ever YouTube Music Awards.
YouTube has announced the nominees for their first ever Music Awards show, which is set for Nov. 3 on the video-sharing site. YouTube will hand out awards in six categories during a show hosted by Jason Schwartzman and Reggie Watts. Nominees are drawn from YouTube's most watched, shared, liked and subscribed-to artists of the past 12 months. Winners will be chosen by fan voting, which opens today at youtube.com/musicawards.
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Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 5:35 PM
VIDEO: Nicki Minaj on 'The Queen Latifah Show' Tomorrow!
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Florida education news: Special education, dropouts, taxes and more
FIGHT FOR IT: Hillsborough mom Claudia Roberts advocates long and hard for improvements to the district's exceptional student education program. (Times photo, Austin Anthony)
COME ON BACK: Pinellas area schools help dropouts return to classes, graduate and move toward productive lives, columnist Bill Maxwell writes.
TAX BATTLE: The Pembroke Pines charter school system seeks a share of property taxes that go to the Broward school district, saying they'll go broke soon without the funds, the Sun-Sentinel reports.
WHAT'S IN A NAME? Some residents ask the Lee School Board to consider a new name for their neighborhood elementary and middle schools as they merge into a K-8 campus, the Fort Myers News-Press reports.
DIGGING IN: Manatee School Board members begin reviewing thousands of pages of a recent forensic audit, and don't like the details they're seeing, the Bradenton Herald reports.
GOOD ADVICE: A Flagler teacher will help a national public policy group shape its education initiatives, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports.


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Billboard magazine is out today with news that's sure to test the patience and loyalty of a lot of U2 fans: There will be no U2 album nor a tour until 2015.
The reason? Well, none is definitively given. A Billboard source implies that U2 isn't happy with its current material:
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The Battle of Darrowshire
This quest is not available in game.
Place the Relic Bundle at the Darrowshire town square.
Prevent Davil Lightfire's death until the death of Horgus.
Prevent Captain Redpath's death until Redpath the Corrupted appears.
Defeat Redpath the Corrupted.
Speak with the spirit of Joseph Redpath when he appears at the town square, then speak with Pamela at her home.
- Accept Redpath's Forgiveness
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Now, <name>, you will take part in battle of Darrowshire, and you will save Joseph Redpath.
Place this relic bundle in the Darrowshire town square, and the spirits of Darrowshire will rise. Join their battle and assure that these two things come to pass: Davil must survive beyond the death of Horgus, and Redpath must survive to be corrupted, then defeated.
After defeating the corrupted Redpath, his spirit will be saved. Speak with him, then return to his daughter Pamela.
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The WeMN Board of Directors is comprised of eight members who each serve a two-year term. WeMN board members are volunteers and contribute to the organization in their area of expertise. Members are nominated to serve by other board members or members of the organization. WeMN board members are voted in by the current WeMN Board of Directors.
Amalia Moreno-Damgaard - President & CEO
Amalia Moreno-Damgaard is an award-winning author and chef entrepreneur born and raised in Guatemala City with a prior career in trade finance and international banking. She provides individuals and companies with a taste and understanding of Latin culture's nuances through healthy gourmet cuisine and culture education. Amalia shares her passion through consulting, bilingual speaking engagements, writing, and healthy culinary experiences.
Amalia is the spokesperson for Crystal Farms line of Hispanic cheeses and works as a consultant with General Mills culinary team and other companies. She writes for Minnesota Business Magazine and is a regular media contributor.Giving back has always been at the forefront of Amalia's activities. She fosters women entrepreneurship through WeMN and its mentoring program where she has been a mentor to aspiring women entrepreneurs. She serves on the board of the American Diabetes Association-MN, Common Hope and DepartSmart. She has a masters in international business with a concentration on culture from St. Louis University and is a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu and of the National Speakers Association-MN (NSA).
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Jenn Espinosa-Goswami - Secretary
Jenn Espinosa-Goswami is a former fat girl turned accidental health coach and motivational speaker. She inspires moms to achieve body bliss in just minutes a day using their innate power to transform instead of products or gym memberships.
A graduate of the Augsburg Master's Degree in Leadership program, Jenn is passionate about creating opportunities for self-development in every day ways. A former Toastmasters International officer and mentor, she believes that knowledge is useless unless it is shared with others, either through her speaking programs, articles, or videos. Jenn is excited to serve on the WeMN board.
Jenn's 100 pound weight loss story was featured on First for Women, Half Size Me, Diets in Review and she has contributed articles to Women's Health, Spry Living and Prevention. She is most proud of her two beautiful daughters, and prefers bean burritos to burgers. When not speaking or coaching clients, she loves to dance in her living room, lift heavy weights, travel, and read 8 books every month.Jenn Espinosa-Goswami
Nikki Abramson - Programming & Events Director
Nikki Abramson is passionate, inspires others, and helps others make positive changes along their life's journey. Her company, Renew Hope, offers inspirational speaking, life coaching, workshops, and performance-based teaching.
Nikki is the author of the book "I Choose Hope: Overcoming Challenges with Faith and Positivity" and "Hope for Today." She is also an international adoptee who battles several rare medial conditions and brings hope to the world. Her one-woman show, "No Limits," debuts in August 2016 clearly depicts these life challenges and demonstrates that there truly are no limits or boundaries to life.
Combining life stories, personal experiences, teaching strategies, motivation, and encouragement, Nikki engages and captivates audiences to think about their own life and how they can renew hope. Her presentation comes through the lens of both a teacher and performer. Earning her BA in elementary and early childhood education from Bethel University, Nikki teaches others how to live in the moment and how to be grateful for each moment.
She is active in her community through the advisory council for CaringBridge.org, board chair of the Resource Committee of Adopted Adults, youth coach for her church, and Mentoring in Business Leadership through Bethel. Nikki also tutors and teaches acting/improve/choreographing through various theatre companies including Upstream Arts and Bloomington Civic Theatre.
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Yesterday I noticed that Task Manager was reporting my CPU was running at a constant 40% but when I checked the processes, the system was idle, running at about 3%. I thought I may have got a virus that was running a hidden process. So I scanned my system and didn't find any problem. And I did the "HijackThis" routine over on BleepingComputer.com but didn't find anything.
I was feeling like .... and
Then after a bunch of internet research, I found a program called Process Explorer from a Microsoft site (http://www.sysinternals.com/) that shows all the processes (something that TaskManager fails to do) and this revealed that the high CPU usage was caused by Hardware Interrupts. I then opened Device Manager and went one by one disabling the devices until I found a USB port that had gone bad. When I disable it, the CPU dropped back to normal.
And that's what I did with the first half of my day. But at least it worked! It's hard to do much with a machine that spends 40% of its time responding to Hardware Interrupts.
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