In March of 2013 David Dike Fine Art presented Birdston Valley Revival, by Jon Flaming. The show featured a new series of paintings covering the histories of a former slave community in Navarro County called Birdston Valley. Flaming discovered the location over 10 years ago, but it was not until the Summer of 2012 the community's past came to life.
Please visit Jon Flaming's page on this website to see Flaming' outstanding series of paintings as he recreates Valley's history on canvas. Jon's new friends, the descendants of those ex-slaves shared these stories with him. Jon has created this moving body of work through his folk art style. Imagery includes scenes of their cotton farming lifestyle, old Texas architectural landscapes, portraiture and some of his constructed three dimensional work.
Opening date: Thursday, March 7 from 5:00 - 8:00 PM at David Dike Fine Art.


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This is in response to the person who wrote about their Navy Buddy: If your friend receives disability through the Social Security Administration, he is automatically enrolled in Medicare at the 25th month. There is no charge for Medicare Part A, the hospital insurance. Medicare Part B, the medical insurance which helps pay doctor visits and other services, has a monthly premium. If your friend does not want that coverage, he should contact Social Security and tell them so. See the website http://www.ssa.gov/disability for more information.
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Ariana Grande's "God Is a Woman," MØ and Diplo's "Sun In Our Eyes," and Benny Blanco's Halsey- and Khalid-featuring "Eastside" all go for summer dominance, but end up teasing the listener.
It's an undeniably fun party mix featuring Cardi B, Drake, Mr Fingers, Tchami, and Janet Jackson.
The new track, featuring former Australian icon Daniel Merriweather on vocals, is... completely fine.
Recent singles with Wale, Ty Dolla $ign and more demonstrate that Sonny Moore has become even more effective at helping his friends than as a dubstep destroyer.
The self-taught Canadian has also worked with Drake, Kanye West, Future and FKA Twigs.
Major Lazer Lets Nicki Minaj and PartyNextDoor Bring Legitimate Heat to "Run Up"
Mississauga has finally made it.
As the Danish pop star gets closer to becoming a household name, it's too bad most don't know how to pronounce it.
MØ is in there for a bit, though.
It dropped at midnight and it shows that Justin Bieber is a musical avocado.


The second millennium represents the watershed between two substantially different conceptions of life.
One comes from the individual needs of men, and the other comes from a universal and global vision of humanity.
The first concept was born with man and developed with him through an ever greater awareness of his own needs, which have progressed from elementary ones (such as food) to more complex ones(such as entertainment).
This concept, though undergoing a slow and gradual evolution, has, however, remained hinged in a well-defined limit that has been, up until today, that of an egocentric relationship between individual rights and public law. The advent of the post-industrial era, characterized by the globalization process and by environmental emergencies, has produced a series of concrete needs that are increasingly affecting the relationships between responsibility, individual rights and public law.
To give an example which can be readily understood, it is enough to remember that today every single productive activity weighs upon the world's energy balance, with direct repercussions on the questions of the Kyoto protocol.
This protocol tends to implement a criterion of global self-management for the emission of carbon dioxide and gases responsible for the greenhouse effect in order to reach, in the long term, a balance in which the composition of the Earth's atmosphere does not change its native composition.
This is why the egocentric vision of one's own development (and one's own needs) must necessarily be concentric to a vision in which every single individual (and activity) is organised within this new and great vision i.e. respect for the Kyoto protocol.
It must immediately be made clear that the Kyoto protocol will not be the last act of a sufficiently valid vision for environmental protection. It does, however, represent a first step that, from the definition found in the 1987 Brundtland Report within a UNEP conference to today, at least guarantees a well-defined horizon towards which we can move.
If the Protocol points out to the States that have signed it, and to those we hope will sign in the future, a horizon to be reached at various regular intervals, its fulfilment at a private level remains more complex. This regards its practical enactment by individuals who, through their social behaviour, contribute to the emission/absorption balance of the nation as a whole.
Leaving out everything we know about human activities, we want to analyze a little more closely the questions linked to the agricultural and forest sectors, above all, the repercussions they have on the national and international policies of reference.
We believe in an increasingly congruous vision that not only includes traditional market laws, but a set of references where energy budgets, contributions to emissions/absorption and, obviously, traditional market laws have a single function.
From this point of view the relationship between those having a part of the environment (the agricultural or Forest Company, uncultivated land, parks, gardens, etc.) and public utilities has to be based on objective responsibility.
For example, if up until today European policies (and national ones as well) have produced incentives in relation to the quality of the production, the concept of quality must also include the principle of reference to the Kyoto protocol for every single territorial unit. Whoever holds a part of the environment must receive incentives or disincentives according to whether they contribute negatively or positively to this more complex balance.
A course has been taken that cannot evidently harm private law, as such, but rather the role and relation (both fiscal and in terms of incentives) between the sovereign government and the holder of a part of the environment.
This principle, once calibrated in its concrete application, would have notable repercussions on production policy in the relationship between holder/territorial unit and their market.
Another example which can be immediately understood lies in seeing, also in our country, whole agricultural districts which have been abandoned and at the moment lie in a state of productive and property stagnation.
The norms will also have to face these situations by directing private citizens toward the application of a productive principle which conforms more to the complexity of the general thermodynamic norms to which the Kyoto protocol wants to educate us.
In a Country such as ours, which is scarce in traditional energy forms (oil, carbon fossil, etc.) it is of absolute importance to have the possibility to direct our territory from this renewed production-energy viewpoint which, in addition, conforms to the necessary application of the Kyoto protocol.
This new vision of the relationship between private law and public need evidently cannot fail to have an effect on the political policy of individual Countries.
It becomes fundamental to have a direct, responsible relationship between the State and the Citizen who holds the territorial unit. It is a relationship that has to address the heart of the question, preferably in fiscal terms (through incentives or disincentives), according to the capacities of these new types of businessmen to contribute positively, negatively or neutrally to the Kyoto Protocol.
This can permit us to understand how in the future the role of every single citizen will increasingly be that of a responsible and direct actor within an energy- production model with efficient thermodynamic outputs.
To this end the energy efficiency of activities within the territorial units has ever greater value. This efficiency coherently follows the principles and rules of the ecosystem and not the criterions of a financial and economic system which have to be completely rewritten.
The commitment of industrialised Countries to reduce the emission of the principal greenhouse gases by a total of 5.3% with respect to 1990 levels in the period between 2008 and 2012. These gases are: Carbonic Dioxide (CO2), Methane, Nitrous oxide (N20), the Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), Perfluorocarbons (PFC), and Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6).
In reality, many of the countries that signed the Kyoto agreement still have not approved programmes in which the protocol is applied, weakening the agreement.
In short, the Kyoto protocol makes us understand, if there were still any doubts, that the concept of production, energy, efficiency and pollution, is a single equation in which human models and behaviour can be reconverted. .
Above all, we want to point out that single member states, on the basis of the Kyoto protocol and of other international agreements, such as the Nice Paper, can enact legislative norms of reference that head in this direction. But here, unfortunately, we enter into a principle of political awareness of the question that struggles to set in because there is scant knowledge of the matter.
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"Frozen" The Musical is Headed Down Under!
Mark your calendars! "Frozen," the hit Broadway musical, is headed down under! Anna and Elsa are leaving their ice palace and traveling to Sydney, Australia. The premiere of "Frozen" the musical is scheduled for July 2020 at Sydney's Capitol Theatre.
"Frozen" the musical hit the stage in 2017 and has left audiences raving ever since. If you liked the 2013 film from Walt Disney Animation Studios, "Frozen" the musical gives you more of the Arendelle sisters. Similar to the movie, Elsa's magical powers endanger those around her and she leaves town, causing eternal winter. Anna goes on a mission to find her sister, and the two are ultimately reunited. They save their town and rekindle their relationship.
"Frozen" the musical has grossed approximately $2 million a week since March 2018. It was nominated for Best Musical at the 2018 Tony Awards. "It is a global cultural sensation, and we are thrilled to have secured the musical adaptation for Sydney," New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
In other Frozen news, "Frozen 2," the sequel hits theaters in November 2019. This will definitely increase the interest in the Australian musical, bringing a new set of young fans to love the ice sisters!
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EVEN if Robert De Niro weren't such a scary fellow on screen, nobody would disagree with his succinct summary of his second Tribeca Film Festival, which ended last night. "It turned out to be great," the actor, sporting a goatee for a movie role, said during closing ceremonies at Stuyvesant HS. "Better than last year."
De Niro and co-founder Jane Rosenthal realized that the festival needed to grow and become more artistically credible - they couldn't just rely on the wave of good will that fueled the inaugural edition, which was put together in a remarkable four months to help revitalize downtown businesses devastated by 9/11.
And so it did, under its new program director Peter Scarlet - going from 150 to 200 titles from around the world while maintaining its mission to offer films that would appeal to the widest possible range of New Yorkers.
The wildly popular family street festival expanded from one weekend to two, and free tickets were available for an outdoor sing- along screening of "Grease" at Battery Park City.
Meanwhile, joyous audiences were thronging 14 screens at the United Artists Battery Park multiplex - and several other venues - to watch a smorgasbord of world cinema.
The incredible variety was reflected in the festival's globe- spanning awards, with the top prize, for best narrative feature, going to director Li Yang to "Blind Shaft," a Chinese crime drama about mine workers.
The best documentary award was captured by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Hugo Berkeley's "A Normal Life," about displaced children in Kosovo, while an award for a documentary directed by a more experienced director went to Moslem Mansouri's "Trial," depicting amateur filmmakers in Iran who defy government bans on their activities.
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, from France, won both the best actress award and the award for an emerging filmmaker for her debut feature, "It is Easier for a Camel," a drama about an unhappy heiress.
The best actor prize was split between Ohad Knoller, who plays a gay soldier in the Israeli army in "Yossi and Jagger," and Igor Bares in the Czech road movie "Some Secrets."
The audience award was also split, between Chen Kaige's father- son tearjerker "Together" from China and "Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photographs of Milton Hilton," a documentary about an American renaissance man directed by David G. Berger, Holly Maxson and Kate Hirson.
Controversial filmmaker Michael Moore, who presented the documentary award got the evening's biggest applause - and laughs when he told Nick Broomfield, who won an honorable mention for a documentary on Florida's death row and criticized Gov. Jeb Bush in his acceptance speech, "that'll get you on the Fox News Channel."
More seriously, De Niro said, "We are still young and I know this is all going to lead to something terrific. It already has"
No argument, Mr. De Niro. Bravo.


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WHAT THE FRACK? Ballot Mayhem In Broomfield, As Clerk Considers Counting Boulder Ballots Received After Election
There has been a sudden uptick in chatter from Peak Nation™ about irregularities in the recount over the fracking ban in Broomfield.
The Broomfield ban, as we wrote before the election, was the one proposed ban on hydraulic fracturing that was worth watching because that ban occurred in something akin to a swing community as opposed to a liberal stronghold. (Broomfield actually isn't a true swing community — Barack Obama carried it twice, and Mark Udall and Michael Bennet both carried it handily — but it is certainly more so than the liberal bastions of Boulder and Ft. Collins)
Forced to compete in a left of center community, the frack banners are actually losing, albeit by a small margin — 13 votes
Heading into a recount, though, strange things are happening in Broomfield. We haven't had time to run down all the paranormal voting activities, but these two stand out.
Cliff Willmeng
One trusted source reported that a well-known fracktivist, Cliff Willmeng tried to escort an elderly woman in to get a ballot to vote just yesterday.
Cliff, was that you trying to commit voter fraud, or were you just being a good neighbor and helping your grandma vote? Our source tells us Mr. Willmeng was denied.
Today things are getting even weirder, with reports of magically appearing ballots and an email from one trusted source reporting that the Clerk and Recorder is actively considering counting a FedEx package full of votes mailed from Boulder and received after the election date.
Packages from Boulder with votes on a Broomfield election question?
Counting ballots received after the election?
Cliff Willmeng trying to get Granny Frackellberry a new ballot?
If someone sees Cliff, the Elections Chief in Broomfield, or the District Attorney for that matter, would you mind asking them what in the world is going on?
On the question of whether or not to count ballots not received by Election Day, we would refer Broomfield vote counters to our two favorite liberal blogs for legal clarification:
Kevin M. Koop	on November 18, 2013 at 11:32 pm
No! Some people just deserve a kick in the ass!
Philip Fallis	on November 16, 2013 at 9:05 am
Right Cliff I'm sure between raising your kids and working a real job you've got nothing better to do…
Scott Jacobsen	on November 16, 2013 at 1:43 am
I don't believe that he cares as much as he says he does. He just wants the status and celebrity limelight
Mike L Shelton	on November 15, 2013 at 9:24 pm
Here's another thing to think about: Filtering kids to schools based on District Boundaries is archaic, cumbersome and limits choice, competition. While we have boundaries, then changing them to adapt to shifts in population, new schools, etc. is a healthy practice, but it also obviously causes confusion. Adams 12 has changed their boundaries 10 times over the past seven years: http://www.adams12.org/boundary_process_timeline
Irregardless, governments and districts (and political opponents) should always be vigilant in checking the qualifications of candidates.
My friend Joseph, allow me to respectfully clear a few things up, and perhaps defend Jim Candelarie also.
Speers is indeed ineligible, but the ballots were already printed and she refused to withdraw from the race, and believe it or not, State Law is not clear about what to do in this case. Broomfield and Adams Counties asked the Secretary of State to clarify and he did on Nov 5:
10.7.5 If the designated election official determines [Adams 12 School District], after ballots are printed, that an individual whose name appears on the ballot is not qualified for office, the votes cast for that individual are invalid and must not be counted.
The machines were already set to tabulate results from this race and cannot be changed during the election, so her votes are going to be tabulated even though she's ineligible, its just a matter of whether they'll be published or not. However, since they are public record, a CORA request will undoubtedly reveal how many votes she received, but again, it won't matter.
The most sensible message to receive from all this is that Adams 12 messed up big time by not checking their boundaries and they need to fix that. There is no sense in placing blame on Clerks who have their hands tied by Laws that sometimes aren't precise enough, or need to be changed quickly to accommodate.
J.p. Weichel	on November 15, 2013 at 7:57 pm
Cliff Willmeng your a poster boy for some america hating ass hat of a liberal. People like you are what is destroying this country. Your pathetic.
Cliff Willmeng	on November 15, 2013 at 4:44 pm
http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=JxI7ERflFfM&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJxI7ERflFfM%26feature%3Dyoutu.be
So do you Intend on stopping volcanos, and natural oil and gas seeps? What your doing by spreading fear and propaganda is not helping. Why don't you put thus energy into something productive like improving frac technology. Make a difference, not a scene.
Tori Sue Petersen	on November 15, 2013 at 3:38 am
Class act! Love media now a days!
Cliff Willmeng	on November 15, 2013 at 12:27 am
Of course Scott, just as soon as the industry that uses the atmosphere as its dumping ground can remove itself from utilizing air and water. The sad truth is that it does not matter what we do, or even if Colorado used no fossil fuel at all. Oil and gas are commodities, mined for profit by international corporations and that will ultimately be sold on the world market. In the mean time the costs will be externalized onto the public in the form of pollution and health impacts. So just because we attempt to boycott their products does not mean that the industry will no longer come for the community, public will or no.
Scott Jacobsen	on November 15, 2013 at 12:09 am
*stop
If your so against franking and the oil and gas industry I suggest you atop being a hypocrite and refrain from using anything that uses petroleum or natural gas.
Mike Walker	on November 15, 2013 at 12:03 am
PLEASE SHARE love that photo http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/vast-methane-plumes-seen-in-arctic-ocean-as-sea-ice-retreats-6276278.html
Cliff Willmeng	on November 14, 2013 at 11:40 pm
Glen Willmeng No – I really have no idea where they came up with that story. But given the opportunity, I would gladly help a senior citizen to vote, for sure.
Glen Willmeng	on November 14, 2013 at 11:39 pm
Did you really walk an old lady to vote?
I'm going to have to start charging them royalties for that photo.
Danielle Diamond	on November 14, 2013 at 10:57 pm
Your trusted sources shouldn't be quoted so eagerly. Apart from being anonymously reported, they are also entirely wrong, similar to many oil and gas claims involving community self determination. Despite hundreds of thousands of dollars of that outside money, Broomfield wasn't convinced that the industry actually has their interests in mind. And you should do your readers the favor of informing them that this photo is actually of a character on a music video, and therefore fictional, or make believe. But if those are your standards of reporting, it would make sense that no respectable author or industry would want to attach their name to it. Paranormal indeed. Remember this last spring when the Colorado Oil and Gas Association turned in petitions with falsified names? What ever happened to that police investigation? http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20130603/NEWS01/306030017/Fort-Collins-Police-investigating-error-filled-COGA-fracking-petition
Teresa Maes Koeckhoven	on November 14, 2013 at 10:04 pm
Violent are you…
Joseph Hein	on November 14, 2013 at 8:40 pm
Disturbing…. the Broomfield clerk is Jim Candelarie. He is the same clerk that was willing to count votes for *ineligible*, union-backed, Klingon speaking school board candidate, Amy Speers, who lived OUTSIDE of the director district for which she was running. And yes, you read that right – the message was nearly: "run in any race, anywhere in the state and never change addresses; and you could be elected, or at least impact the vote, so long as you're not caught." The Secretary of State had to intervene to prevent that count and awful precedent from happening. Perhaps it's time for another intervention….
Don T. Frack d'Forque	on November 14, 2013 at 8:03 pm
Remind me why if the Broomfield vote was the only one that matters industry dumped $1M into defeating all four (mostly–perhaps totally–unsuccessfully) again? EXTRA CREDIT: How does repeating the transparently self-serving nonsense that industry and its apologists (aka, you) didn't really care about the ballots in Boulder, Lafayette or Ft Collins ("Those grapes were sour anyways!") bolster your overall credibility?
Deanne Weiss	on November 14, 2013 at 6:57 pm
CO Peak Poli…..you ALWAYS make my day!!! ~hopelessly devoted to YOU! ♫ (here in Broomfield)
Aaron Lore	on November 14, 2013 at 5:45 pm
Time for another recall!!!!
Kevin M. Koop	on November 14, 2013 at 5:01 pm
Cliff nice middle finger. What do you expect from an a poorly educated coward liberal? I dare Cliff to flick me off to my face. That finger would be broke in under 2 seconds!
Ed Hunnicutt	on November 14, 2013 at 4:46 pm
Cliff Willmeng, with actions like what was reported, is attempting to retain his donor base as opposed to actually making a difference for a cause he claims to believe in… Politics is all about money these days folks.. But a guy who daringly flips the "world" the "Bird", is really telling anyone who ends up seeing the photo to "F**K off", and people gave this guy money to do this…
Colorado Peak Politics - POOR JUDGMENT: Broomfield Fracking Ban Ruling Proves No Need for Election Laws - [...] on November 14, 2013, we reported about the shenanigans that were going on in Broomfield around this election, including…
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Yesterday's post was brought to you by my complete inability to focus on my blog for more then one sentence at a time. I was REALLY busy, but wanted to say something. So I would say one piece of something, then go do some work and come back to say another piece of something. That clearly does not work for me, as I ended up with about 6 pieces of blah.
Lucky for you though, last night I took some nasty smelling vitamin things that Travis got me which are supposed to make you "relaxed and sleepy". Of course, all they really did was make me physically unable to force my eyes to open for more then 10 seconds, but actual sleep? Nope. So I was able to use that quality time to think of a few things about which I wanted to blog.
He is the first of my multiple February birthdays.
I also wanted to tell you about the wonderful way in which Travis and I spent our evening last night. Cooking and cleaning. I can feel your excitement mounting!
No, it really was a good thing. Brian and his fiance, Stacey, are coming for dinner this evening. Their house is gorgeous! So, obviously we didn't want them walking into the disaster area that was our house last night. Opps. As I said, it was a busy January. Anyway, all in all our house now looks pretty damn good! Of course in my dreams when we were done cleaning we magically had non-pink walls and new carpet, but other then that it looked almost as good as I had hoped. No more piles of papers all over, my clothes are now carefully contained in my closet and drawers, the bathroom is spotless, and we have a dining room table again. Woo-hoo. Of course, here's hoping they don't look under the beds or in any closets... ;-) Lol.
So today has been pretty uneventful. I've been keeping very busy all week, and today is no exception. Of course there is my big ole flub in that I forgot about an event that I have to stay a little late for this evening... but luckily I will still get home at the same time, if not right before Bri and Stace get there. Oh boy.
Okay, busy day... off I go.
Hi Meg!... Ollie and I feel totally out of the loop these days, which is to be expected, since we live in the middle of nowhere...But we wanted to say "HELLO" and "CONGRATS"!! We hope all is well with you guys! Please pass on the "HELLO" and "CONGRATS" to Brian and Stacey also!


Thanks everyone for turning out last night for "Film Row: What the Public Doesn't See", our second evening of this years Preservation Series. Look forward to next Monday – "From Films to Stages, Adaptive Reuse" – the re-purposing and maintenance of two historic movie theatre buildings, the Circuit/Memphian building and the Evergreen/Ritz building.
Playhouse on the Square Executive Producer Jackie Nichols will talk about converting these two 1920s neighborhood theatres into performing spaces.
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BONG AT HOME VIDEO SERIES
Thuy releases a lovely lyric visualizer for her "111" single
Dylan Conrique unveils an appealing audiovisual for her "Bitter" single featuring Noak Hellsing
Celine Cairo releases a lovely indie-pop single, entitled, "Bird Song"
Flortcha Flow releases a lovely R&B single, entitled, "Before I Write This Song"
Nia Ashleigh releases a delightful debut single, entitled, "Kevin"
Chet Faker performs his "Low" single on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Macedo unveils a hopeful pop tune, entitled, "Can't Imagine (Without You)"
Dana Williams unveils a wistful acoustic R&B single, entitled, "You Win"
Jobaa performs an acoustic version of his "Olla" single exclusively via our Bong At Home video series
Sorellé releases a lovely debut pop single, entitled, "Ghost"
Oscar DeLaughter releases a vibey indie-pop tune, entitled, "Just Woke Up"
Cosima unveils an attractive performance video for her "Philly" single
Cameron DuBois performs "Your Cheatin' Heart" LIVE from inside the Hank Williams Museum
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Country, Features, Holiday, Music
Cameron DuBois is a rising Country singer-songwriter from Montgomery, Alabama. Not too long ago, she performed "Your Cheatin' Heart" LIVE from inside the Hank Williams Museum.... Read More...
Sydni Cole unveils an attractive debut single, entitled, "Dirt Road Daisy"
Country, Features, Music
Sydni Cole is an up-and-coming Country singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. Not too long ago, she released an attractive debut single, entitled, "Dirt Road Daisy."... Read More...
Track45 releases an attractive debut single, entitled, "Come On In"
Track45 is a Nashville-based sibling trio from Meridian, Mississippi. Not too long ago, they released an attractive debut single, entitled, "Come On In".... Read More...
Cam releases a magnificent sophomore album, entitled, "The Otherside"
Cam is a Grammy® award-nominated songstress based in Nashville, Tennessee. Not too long ago, she released her highly anticipated sophomore album, entitled, "The Otherside", via Triple Tigers/RCA Records.... Read More...
Robynn Shayne unveils a music video for her "Devil You Know" single
Country, Music
Robynn Shayne is a talented singer-songwriter based in Austin, Texas. Not too long ago, she released a music video for her "Devil You Know" single.... Read More...
Bailey James releases a lovely music video for her "Mama Says" single
Bailey James is a rising singer-songwriter based in Nashville, TN. Not too long ago, she released a lovely music video for her "Mama Says" single, produced by Leland Grant (Chris Young), and written by Bailey a... Read More...
Caitlin Rushing releases an appealing lyric video for her "Mexico" single
Caitlin Rushing is an Orlando-based singer-songwriter from Florida. Not too long ago, she released a lyric video for her "Mexico" single.... Read More...
Casey Noel unveils an optimistic folk tune, entitled, "Pretty Words"
Country, Folk, Music
Casey Noel is an up-and-coming singer-songwriter with Costa Rican roots from Greensboro, North Carolina. Not too long ago, she released an optimistic folk tune, entitled, "Pretty Words", written after a failed ... Read More...
Cam performs her "Redwood Tree" single on Good Morning America
Cam is a critically acclaimed, Grammy® award-nominated songstress based in Nashville, Tennessee. Not too long ago, she delivered a beautiful performance of her "Redwood Tree" single on Good Morning America.... Read More...
Lauren Jaimes releases a music video for her "Home Is Where You Are" single
Lauren Jaimes is an up-and-coming singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York. Not too long ago, she released a music video for her "Home Is Where You Are" single.... Read More...
Caitlin Quisenberry unveils an empowering Country tune, entitled, "SOS"
Caitlin Quisenberry is an up-and-coming singer-songwriter from Denver, Colorado. Not too long ago, she unveiled an empowering Country tune, entitled, "SOS".... Read More...
Taylor Red releases a down-to-earth country tune, entitled, "Fresh off the Farm"
Taylor Red is a Nashville-based triplet girl band from south Mississippi. Not too long ago, they released a down-to-earth country tune, entitled, "Fresh off the Farm".... Read More...
Simone Reyes releases a music video for her "Priceless" single
Simone Reyes is a Country singer-songwriter, ex-reality star, animal activist, TEDx speaker, and author from New York City. Not too long ago, she released a music video for her "Priceless" single.... Read More...
Caitlin Quisenberry releases a lovely debut single, entitled, "Blue"
Caitlin Quisenberry is an up-and-coming singer-songwriter from Denver, Colorado. Not too long ago, she released a lovely debut single, entitled, "Blue".... Read More...
Sarah Ryder releases a music video for her "Another Fool" single
Sarah Ryder is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter hailing from the "coolest small town in America"—Lititz, Pennsylvania. Not too long ago, she released a music video for her "Another Fool" single.... Read More...
Simone Reyes releases a music video for her debut single, entitled, "I'm Ready"
Simone Reyes is a singer-songwriter, ex-reality star, animal activist, TEDx speaker, and author from New York City. Not too long ago, she released a music video for her debut single, entitled, "I'm Ready".... Read More...
Christina Taylor releases a lovely country tune, entitled, "Settin' Myself on Fire"
Christina Taylor is a Florida born, Carolina raised pop star based in Nashville, Tennessee. Not too long ago, she released a lovely country tune, entitled, "Settin' Myself on Fire".... Read More...
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Safety stock is the inventory ordered or carried in stock in excess of what the expected demand will be. Its purpose is to absorb any internal or external supply and demand shocks to the supply chain. It can also help mask or cover other problems present in the supply chain temporarily such as excessive downtime and maintenance issues.
Safety stock can be determined in many ways. Some businesses or operations determine safety stock levels by past history of events, a certain number of days of demand, as a percentage of periodic order sizes, or through a probabilistic model.
If operations or the supply chain is fairly reliable or not as complex, historical safety stock levels or a certain number of days as buffer stock is as reliable measure to establish the required safety stock. If demand is unstable and the supply chain is complex and relies on several third party providers then it could be beneficial to use a probabilistic model in determining the required safety stock.
-The average demand per time period.
1-Decide to what level of probability you would like not to run out of stock. For example if it is required that 95% of the time stock doesn't run out, this also means that only 5% of the time stock will actually run out.
4-Multiply the number obtained in step 4, the number of standard deviations, times the standard deviation of demand obtained during the initial data collection.
This is a simple but effective safety stock calculation model which can also be integrated into other inventory management models such as EOQ or any other multiple order or single order inventory models. It can also be found in some inventory software packages.
When safety stock is present in inventory warehouses and it is rarely used or there is an excess safety stock holding, it can incur large inventory and holding costs that can outweigh the advantages of having it in the first place. It is important that most of this stock is also correctly rotated and managed in order to reduce write-offs and obsolesce.


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Baby Gifts for 2011 The Best of The Best!
The best baby gifts are those that are given by a thoughtful friend or family member. It's not hard to find wonderful baby gift ideas. Think about what the mom may need right after the baby arrives and also what they both may need in the future or what the baby would enjoy and play with.
Just be creative and take your time choosing your gift. A thoughtful gift, makes this a special time for everyone to remember. Babies love presents! The pure joy when they get the gift open and the smile they get when they play with it. We have selected baby gifts that really stand out from the pack for their quality, entertainment and educational value. We've assembled the most popular and highest rated baby products and we are featuring them in this baby gifts guide for you to consider when choosing your unique gift.
What are the top baby gifts for 2011? In addition to great shopping, this page has a cool interactive visitor poll with a quest to determine The Top Baby Gifts for 2011 These gifts will definitely have a baby smiling, and a parent applauding as well.
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America's 3 Richest Zip Codes as of 2011
Posted by cipherpoolno9 on December 8, 2011
No. 1 Richest Zip Code: 33480
Location: Palm Beach, Fla.
No. households: 5,505*
Pct. change in no. households since 2000: 13.76*
Average household income: $370,136
Average household net worth: $1,486,123
The town of Palm Beach—in America's richest Zip Code, 33480—is a 16-mile barrier island with the Atlantic Ocean on its eastern boundary and Lake Worth on the west. High-end shopping and dining establishments can be found on Worth Avenue, and the island provides polo, golf, tennis, yachting, and deep-sea fishing, according to Sotheby's International Realty. The predominant group is executives and professionals in their 40s and 50s with no children. The median age, according to 2010 census data, was 67.5.
Location: Old Westbury, N.Y.
No. households: 1,047
Pct. change in no. households since 2000: 8.61
On Long Island's north shore, about 25 miles from Manhattan, Old Westbury is New York's most affluent suburb, according to Gadberry Group. It is home to the Meadowbrook Polo Club, the country's oldest polo field, and Old Westbury Gardens, built in 1906. The predominant group is elite couples and singles.
Location: Kenilworth, Ill.
No. households: 810
The village of Kenilworth, about 17 miles from downtown Chicago and south of 60093, the No. 14 richest Zip Code, is the wealthiest area in the Midwest, according to Gadberry's analysis. The average household income in this exclusive North Shore suburb is $323,588. Elite couples and singles are the predominant residents.
Leahy: Breast reconstruction is more than cosmetic
Cosmetic breast surgery has gotten something of a bad rap over the years. The idea of "having some work done" on the breasts may actually be keeping many women who might benefit from breast reconstructive surgery from considering it.
Each year, more than 254,000 American women battle breast cancer. But according to a new study, less than one-fifth of women who undergo mastectomy currently choose to have breast reconstruction.
A stigma equating elective cosmetic surgery with reconstructive surgery is partially to blame, along with a woman's hesitation to put herself first. There are also lingering perceptions that surgery can affect the chances of cancer returning, when in fact studies exist, including high volume studies in literature, that indicate that reconstructive surgeries have been shown to increase a patient's survival rate and quality of life.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is more optimistic, estimating that 93,000 women in America underwent breast reconstruction following mastectomies last year, an increase of nearly 20 percent from a decade ago.
The study's author urges the medical community to educate patients about reconstructive surgery before mastectomies and other surgeries are performed to help them make a well-informed decision, which is now law in New York, and the vision statement of the National Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day.
In reconstruction surgery, plastic surgeons can help re-create lost breast tissue from mastectomy through a variety of treatment options. The fact that the patient has options and choices at this stage of treatment is one major reason why plastic surgeons enjoy working with these patients.
Options range from simple to more complex, depending upon the situation. One option is NOT to have reconstruction. I believe all patients should at least have the benefit of meeting with a surgeon to discuss their cases. I sometimes utilize a breast implant to re-create the lost volume, and other times I borrow the patient's own tissues to do the job. This would be followed down the road by nipple and areolar reconstruction to help the woman feel better about herself moving forward.
Sometimes women are born with deformities of the breasts that lead to small or distorted growth of the tissues, often only on one side. This leads to similar problems mentioned above, and especially feelings of self-consciousness during the teenage years and early 20s. These conditions can also be greatly improved by plastic surgery.
While I may not be able to hit a particular cup size, owing to differences in design and manufacturing, the goal is to provide a natural appearance to the breast that is symmetric and balances the rest of the patient's figure as well.
Plastic surgeons take the initial consultation with patients considering breast procedures very seriously. We encourage patients to bring a friend or family member to help ask questions and to remember the information. Plan to take some time on your first visit, so you can talk with your surgeon in a relaxed fashion. I try to provide as much detail as the patient is interested in hearing, focusing on the goals and expectations of the procedure, recovery and potential complications that can develop.
For cases covered by third-party insurance companies (breast reduction/reconstruction), there may be other steps that are required in terms of documentation. Make sure your surgeon's office is aware of these nuances and can help negotiate this process.
The final results of breast reconstruction following mastectomy can help lessen the physical and emotional impact of mastectomy.
There are trade-offs. In some situations, it may not be possible to achieve optimal results with a single surgical procedure, so another surgery may be necessary. But most women feel these are small compared to the large improvement in their quality of life and the ability to look and feel whole again.
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WISH LIST of a Shoplifter
Exactly what are people stealing? Here is the top 10 most shoplifted items of 2011 and they're truly bizarre.
1. Filet mignon
So many people are tucking choice cuts of meats under their jackets that supermarkets are now considered the stores with the most theft.
Those with an unquenchable thirst for booze just help themselves to a free bottle of expensive liquor.
3. Electric tools
Apparently the the most common items men nab are electric toothbrushes and power tools. At least they're fighting cavities.
4. iPhone 4
Electronics like smartphones and video games are high risk items, and one research group claims 100,000 laptops are stolen annually from big box stores.
5. Gillette Mach 4
Anyone who uses non-disposable razors knows they're pretty expensive, so in tough financial times people don't want to pay for them anymore.
6. Axe
The men's deodorant and body wash we love to hate are often stolen in mass quantities and resold at flea markets and corner stores. Dial is popular amongst thieves too.
7. Polo Ralph Lauren
Clothing theft is up 31 percent since 2009. It's hard to look good in a bad economy, so some score fresh threads the illegal way.
8. Let's Rock Elmo
The Sesame Street toy topped the Toys'R'Us "Hot Toys" list this year, so parents are stealing this must-have toy for their kids if they can't afford it.
9. Chanel No. 5
Who wouldn't love a bottle of this popular woman's fragrance? Expensive perfumes make up nearly four percent of loss in stores that carry them.
10. Nikes
Some shoppers wear flip-flops into a store, try on a pair of sneakers, and walk out wearing them. Sneaker heads will do whatever it takes to score the kicks on their wish list.
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What's Out: the Fashion Trend
Posted by cipherpoolno9 on October 17, 2010
David Wolfe has been analyzing style trends for 41 years. But last week, Mr. Wolfe, creative director of the Doneger Group consultants, stood up in a room full of retail executives and told them: "There are no more trends. Everything is in style."
Even as the fashion press gears up for an orgy of trend-spotting at New York fashion week, which starts Feb. 11, many observers feel Mr. Wolfe is right: We've reached the end of the trend as the guiding stricture in fashion. The "must-have" currently being attached to certain styles—The trench coat! The one-shoulder dress! Metallics!—is little more than a marketing pitch.
The trench coat and formal gowns has been "in" for the past five years, and will be hot next year, too. Indeed, it's a safe bet that next month we'll see every possible length of skirt, width of pant and cut of blouse walk the runways—sometimes all in the same show.
Rather than fuss about skirt lengths or the season's silhouette, people now dress the way they see themselves, choosing looks that flatter their bodies and fit their lifestyles. Most of us dress with our social groups or professions, rather than fashion trends, using clothes to flash messages about who we are.
A chief executive in the tech business may don Gap chinos and a blazer for work, while investment banking chiefs remain loyal to their Zegna suits. Others dress according to the mores of their own personal tribes: If you don't dress steampunk, you may not even know it's a style (think 19th-century mad scientist in leather waistcoat with goggles and a pocket watch).
There was a time when luxury retailers Stanley Marcus and Andrew Goodman, of Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, determined what women would buy each season. That was back when nerds weren't cool and, for some reason, a lady's coat had to be longer than her skirt. Women who wanted to be fashionable bought the fashions whether they wanted to wear miniskirts or not. Though fashions changed, the primacy of trends didn't: Until just a few years ago, no self-respecting teenager would have been caught in the wrong denim wash. Part of the fun of watching old movies was seeing the funny old fashions.
Now, most old film fashions look pretty current to me, from Katharine Hepburn's swishy man-tailored pants in 1940's "Philadelphia Story" to those skinny ski-lodge capris in 1963's "The Pink Panther."
"Trends are diluted," says Doris Raymond, owner of the Los Angeles vintage store The Way We Wore. That's because designers have in the past two decades "referenced every possible fashion period for inspiration."
The style consensus has been splintering for nearly a decade as workplaces have grown more casual and fields like tech have pursued their own tribal dress codes. Meanwhile, young celebrities have championed a mix-and-match aesthetic. "The industry is fragmenting, reflecting consumers' desire to create their own style," says Marie Driscoll, director of consumer discretionary retail coverage for Standard & Poor's equity research.
Retailers like Zara, H&M and Forever 21 have contributed to "fast fashion," gobbling their way through looks. Last week in New York, H&M sale racks displayed blurry-print floral blouses based on designer looks that were shown on the runways in September. When those designers' own clothes arrive in stores in March, H&M customers may well view the originals with déjà vu. Runway looks are now accessible to everyone—but their cachet disappears a lot faster.
I welcome democratic fashion as one of the many benefits of being alive in 2010. But it can be a headache for the fashion industry, which once could depend on trends to lure customers and still maintains a trend-spotting infrastructure to figure out who will buy what. Predicting trends is "more challenging every year," says Sharon Graubard, a trend analyst with fashion consultancy Stylesight. "With fewer 'must-have' items, retailers and designers have to try harder," she says.
Some new retailers are letting customers dictate the details. "Fashion has traditionally been this top-down industry, but we saw that technology" could allow consumers to choose their own details, says Abby Holtz, director of marketing for indiCustom, a San Francisco retailer of custom jeans and shirts that launched in 2008. Its IndiDenim brand lets shoppers pick fabric, leg shape, pockets and other details for customized jeans.
But there's one fashion segment where trend is increasingly dominant: menswear, where pleats are "out" and trim, flat-front pants are "in," says Andy Gilchrist, author of "The Encyclopedia of Men's Clothes" and founder of the "Ask Andy" Web site. "It seems," he says, "that the designers and retailers are trying to get men into that 'old' women's fashion trend cycle."
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U.N. Condemns 'Acts' in Israeli Flotilla Raid
Posted by cipherpoolno9 on June 1, 2010
Israel's commando raid on a flotilla of pro-Palestinian "aid" ships that left nine activists dead has touched off a chain of events from the United Nations to Egypt's border with Gaza that threaten to isolate the Jewish state from the international community.
The U.N. Security Council called early Tuesday for an "impartial" investigation of Israel's deadly raid and condemned the "acts" that resulted in the loss of at least nine lives, a watered-down version of a resolution sought by Islamic nations leading the ferocious international condemnation of Israel.
Not far from the site of the naval raid, several thousand Gazans are making a furious rush to the Egyptian border, hoping to take advantage of a rare chance to escape the blockaded territory.
Egypt announced Tuesday it was temporarily opening its border with Gaza to allow aid into the impoverished territory, where 1.5 million Palestinians have been hemmed in by land and sea since Hamas took over in 2007. Dozens of Hamas police with automatic weapons were patrolling the border Tuesday as residents made a mad dash to escape the area.
Organizers of the flotilla, which was intercepted by Israeli commandos as it tried to run a blockade, said they were undeterred and that another cargo boat was off the coast of Italy en route to Gaza Tuesday. A second boat carrying about three dozen passengers is expected to join it, said Greta Berlin of the Free Gaza Movement, which organized the flotilla. She told the Associated Press the two boats would arrive in the region late this week or early next week.
"They're going to have to stop the blockade of Gaza, and one of the ways to do this is for us to continue to send the boats," she said.
The flotilla set sail from Turkey and was packed with 679 activists — many of whom were from the onetime close ally of Israel. But on Tuesday Turkey's Prime Minister called the raid a "bloody massacre," withdrawing its ambassador to Israel and demanding that the United States condemn the botched raid.
"Today is a turning point in history," said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "Nothing will be same again."
Marathon negotiations at an emergency meeting of the Security Council produced a presidential statement weaker than was demanded by the Palestinians, Arabs and Turkey because of objections by the United States.
The Islamic nations had called for condemnation of Monday's attack by Israeli forces on the flotilla "in the strongest terms" and "an independent international investigation."
But the presidential statement that was finally agreed to and read at a formal council meeting instead called for "a prompt, impartial, credible and transparent investigation conforming to international standards." And it only condemned "those acts" that resulted in deaths, without naming Israel.
The long and difficult negotiations were conducted primarily by the United States with Turkey and Lebanon, which are both non-permanent council members.
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, whose country drafted the initial presidential statement, called the Israeli raid "banditry and piracy" on the high seas and "murder conducted by a state."
Palestinian U.N. observer Riyad Mansour called it a "war crime," and told an open Security Council meeting that "those fleets, one after the other, will be coming until the unethical blockade is put to an end and the suffering stops for our people."
While the Palestinians and Turks insisted that the activists on the ships were delivering aid to impoverished Gazans suffering under a three-year Israeli embargo, Israel's deputy U.N. ambassador Daniel Carmon said "this flotilla was anything but a humanitarian mission."
Some activists have "terrorist history" and its organizers support radical Islamic groups such as Hamas, which controls Gaza and refuses to recognize Israel's existence, he said.
Carmon defended the legality of Israel's blockade and the boarding of the ships — which refused repeated calls to send their cargo to Gaza through Israel — as "a preventive measure." He called the results "tragic and unfortunate."
The U.N.'s presidential statement also "deeply regrets the loss of life and injuries" and requests the immediate release of the ships and civilians being held by Israel. It urges Israel to permit consular access and allow countries to retrieve their dead and wounded immediately.
The council also urged Israel "to ensure the delivery of humanitarian assistance from the convoy to its destination" and stressed that the situation in Gaza "is not sustainable."
Council members reiterated "their grave concern at the humanitarian situation in Gaza and stress the need for sustained and regular flow of goods and people to Gaza as well as unimpeded provision and distribution of humanitarian assistance through Gaza."
Mansour said this was "the clearest statement by the Security Council on lifting the siege against the Gaza Strip."
The flotilla was the ninth attempt by sea to breach the blockade Israel and Egypt imposed after Hamas violently seized the territory. Israel allowed five seaborne aid shipments through but snapped the blockade shut after its 2009 war in Gaza.
There was little call in Israel for an end to the blockade. Israelis have little sympathy for Gaza, which sent thousands of rockets and mortar rounds crashing into Israel for years before last year's war.
Tensions along the Israeli-Gaza border were tense following the naval raid.
The Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad said three of its fighters were killed Tuesday shortly after firing rockets into southern Israel. Israeli authorities say the rockets landed in open areas and caused no injuries.
The Israeli military confirmed its airstrike, and Gaza's chief medical examiner also said there were three deaths.
On Tuesday morning, the Israeli military said Gaza militants infiltrated Israel and exchanged fire with troops. Israeli rescue services said two militants were killed, but the military would not immediately confirm that.
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Rogue Thai general reputed to be Red Shirt's military strategist shot in the head in Bangkok
Posted by cipherpoolno9 on May 13, 2010
BANGKOK (AP) — A renegade army general accused of leading a paramilitary force among Thailand's Red Shirt protesters was shot in the head Thursday, apparently by a sniper, an aide said, after the government warned it would shoot "terrorists."
In an interview with The Associated Press about 90 minutes before he was shot, Maj. Gen. Khattiya Sawasdiphol said he anticipated a military crackdown soon — as security forces moved to seal an area of central Bangkok which has been occupied by thousands of the protesters for weeks.
"It's either dusk or dawn when the troops will go in," he said. He was shot soon after night fell.
An aide who answered Khattiya's mobile phone described the injury as "severe." The AP called Khattiya's phone after several gunshots and explosions were heard late Thursday from the vicinity of the Red Shirt's redoubt in the upscale Rajprasong district.
"Seh Daeng was shot in the head," said the aide, referring to Khattiya by his nickname. The aide hung up without identifying himself.
The government's medical emergency center confirmed that Khattiya was shot in the head and admitted to the intensive care unit at a hospital.
It was not possible to verify the aide's claim that Khattiya was shot by a sniper. Calls to police and army spokesmen seeking comment were not answered.
The Red Shirts, many from the rural poor, are demanding an immediate dissolution of Parliament. They believe Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's coalition government came to power illegitimately through manipulation of the courts and the backing of the powerful military.
Tens of thousands of them streamed into the capital on March 12 and occupied an area in the historic district of Bangkok. An army attempt to clear them on April 10 led to clashes that killed 25 people and wounded more than 800. Another four people were killed in related clashes in the following weeks.
Thursday's shooting will only deepen fears of more bloodshed.
Khattiya is a renegade army major general whom the government has labeled a "terrorist" and a mastermind behind some of the violence.
He bitterly opposed reconciling with the government and had recently become critical of Red Shirt leaders, some of whom had wanted to accept a government proposal to end Thailand's political crisis.
The firing came after the government said it will impose a military lockdown on the Rajprasong area to evict the protesters.
Khattiya, who helped construct the Red Shirt barricades of sharpened bamboo stakes and tires around the protest area, was accused of creating a paramilitary force among the anti-government protesters and had vowed to battle against the army if it should launch a crackdown.
In the AP interview, he accused Red Shirt leaders of taking government bribes to accept Abhisit's reconciliation plan to hold elections on Nov. 14. However, the plan was abandoned after the Red Shirts made new demands and refused to leave.
"The prime minister and the Red Shirts were on the verge of striking a deal but then I came in. Suddenly, I became an important person," he said.
"This time, the people's army will fight the army. There is no need to teach the people how to fight. There are no forms or plan of attack. You let them fight with their own strategies," he said.
Khattiya was suspended from the army in January and became a fugitive from justice last month after when an arrest warrant was issued against him and two dozen others linked to the Red Shirts for their purported roles in the violence. Yet he has wandered freely through the protest zone, signing autographs just yards (meters) from security forces keeping watch over the protesters.
Earlier Thursday, an army spokesman, Col. Sansern Kaewkamnerd, said security forces were preparing to impose a lockdown on the 1-square-mile (3-square-kilometer) area where the Red Shirts have barricaded themselves in a posh area of shopping malls, hotels and upscale apartments. A reporter for TNN television said electricity went out late Thursday.
Sansern said armored personnel carriers and snipers will surround the area. Power, public transport and mobile phone service in the area was also suspended.
Sansern said troops will use rubber bullets first but will not hesitate to use live ammunition in self-defense if attacked.
"In addition, another unit of … sharpshooters will be on the lookout and will shoot terrorists who carry weapons," he said.
The Red Shirts see Abhisit's government as serving an elite insensitive to the plight of most Thais. The protesters include many supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a populist leader accused of corruption and abuse of power and ousted in a 2006 military coup.
Thaksin, a former telecommunications billionaire who fled overseas to avoid a corruption conviction, is widely believed to be helping to bankroll the protests. He claims to be a victim of political persecution.
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May Be Wednesday Before Hole Drilled in Search for W.Va. Mine Blast Survivors
Posted by cipherpoolno9 on April 6, 2010
MONTCOAL, W.Va. — A huge underground explosion blamed on methane gas killed 25 coal miners in the worst U.S. mining disaster since 1984, and rescuers on Tuesday began a dangerous and possibly futile attempt to rescue four others still missing.
Crews were bulldozing an access road so they could drill 1,000 feet into the earth to release gases and make it safe to try to find the missing miners. They were feared dead after the Monday afternoon blast at a mine with a history of violations for not properly ventilating highly combustible methane.
Rescuers were being held back by poison gases that accumulated near the blast site, about 1.5 miles from the entrance to Massey Energy Co.'s sprawling Upper Big Branch mine.
They had to create an access road above it before they could begin drilling four shafts to release methane and carbon monoxide. Gov. Joe Manchin said at a news briefing Tuesday that it could be Wednesday night before the first hole is drilled.
"It's a slow process," Manchin said. "It's just going to be a slow process."
It had already been a long day for grieving relatives, some angry because they found out their loved ones were among the dead from government officials or a company Web site, not from Massey Energy executives.
"They're supposed to be a big company," said Michelle McKinney, who found out from a local official at a nearby school that her 62-year-old father, Benny R. Willingham, died in the blast. "These guys, they took a chance every day to work and make them big. And they couldn't even call us."
McKinney said her husband is a miner too and her 16-year-old son doesn't want him to go back to work. Willingham, who had mined for 30 years, the last 17 with Massey, was just five weeks from retiring and planned to take his wife on a cruise to the Virgin Islands next month.
U.S. Rep. Nick Rayhall, D-W.Va., said at a press briefing Wednesday that Massey should have been in better contact with families.
Three members of the same family were among the dead. Diana Davis said her husband, Timmy Davis, 51, died in the explosion along with his nephews, Josh Napper, 27, and Cory Davis, 20.
The elder Davis' son, Timmy Davis Jr., said his brother, Cody Davis, and an uncle, Tommy Davis, were also at the mine at the time and survived the blast. He said his brother was taking it particularly hard because he and their father were best friends.
Timmy Davis Jr. described his dad as passionate about the outdoors and the mines.
"He loved to work underground," the younger Davis said. "He loved that place."
President Barack Obama offered his condolences at an Easter prayer breakfast in Washington on Tuesday and said the federal government is ready to assist with whatever the state needs. He also asked the audience to pray for those lost in what he called a tragic accident.
Kevin Stricklin, an administrator for the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, said the situation looked grim for the missing miners.
"All we have left is hope, and we're going to continue to do what we can," he said.
Officials hoped the four miners still unaccounted for were able to reach airtight chambers stocked with food, water and enough oxygen for them to live for four days, but rescue teams checked one of two such chambers nearby and it was empty. The buildup of gases prevented teams from reaching other chambers, officials said.
A total of 31 miners were in the area during a shift change when the explosion rocked the mine, about 30 miles south of Charleston.
"Before you knew it, it was just like your ears stopped up, you couldn't hear and the next thing you know, it's just like you're just right in the middle of a tornado," miner Steve Smith, who heard the explosion but was able to escape, told ABC's "Good Morning America."
Some of those killed may have died in the blast and others when they breathed in the gas-filled air, Stricklin said. Eleven bodies had been recovered and identified, but the other 14 have not. Names weren't released publicly.
He said investigators still don't know what ignited the blast, but methane likely played a part.
The death toll is the highest in a U.S. mine since 1984, when 27 died in a fire at Emery Mining Corp.'s mine in Orangeville, Utah. If the four missing bring the total to 29, it would be the most killed in a U.S. mine since a 1970 explosion killed 38 at Finley Coal Co., in Hyden, Ky.
"There's always danger. There's so many ways you can get hurt, or your life taken," said Gary Williams, a miner and pastor of New Life Assembly, a church near the southern West Virginia mine. "It's not something you dread every day, but there's always that danger. But for this area, it's the only way you're going to make a living."
Though the situation looked bleak, Manchin said miracles can happen and pointed to the 2006 Sago Mine explosion that killed 12. Crews found miner Randal McCloy Jr. alive after he was trapped for more than 40 hours in an atmosphere poisoned with carbon monoxide.
In Monday's blast, nine miners were leaving on a vehicle that takes them in and out of the mine's long shaft when a crew ahead of them felt a blast of air and went back to investigate, Stricklin said.
They found seven workers dead. Others were hurt or missing about a mile and a half inside the mine, though there was some confusion over how many. Others made it out.
In a statement early Tuesday, Massey Chairman and CEO Don Blankenship offered his condolences to the families of the dead.
Massey Energy, a publicly traded company based in Richmond, Va., has 2.2 billion tons of coal reserves in southern West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, southwest Virginia and Tennessee. It ranks among the nation's top five coal producers and is among the industry's most profitable. It has a spotty safety record.
In the past year, federal inspectors fined the company more than $382,000 for repeated serious violations involving its ventilation plan and equipment at Upper Big Branch.
Methane is one of the great dangers of coal mining, and federal records say the Eagle coal seam releases up to 2 million cubic feet of methane gas into the Upper Big Branch mine every 24 hours, which is a large amount, said Dennis O'Dell, health and safety director for the United Mine Workers labor union.
In mines, giant fans are used to keep the colorless, odorless gas concentrations below certain levels. If concentrations are allowed to build up, the gas can explode with a spark roughly similar to the static charge created by walking across a carpet in winter, as at the Sago mine, also in West Virginia.
Since then, federal and state regulators have required mine operators to store extra oxygen supplies. Upper Big Branch uses containers that can generate about an hour of breathable air, and all miners carry a container on their belts besides the stockpiles inside the mine. Upper Big Branch has had three other fatalities in the last dozen years.
Upper Big Branch has 19 openings and roughly 7-foot ceilings. Inside, it's crisscrossed with railroad tracks used for hauling people and equipment. It is located in a mine-laced swath of Raleigh and Boone counties that is the heart of West Virginia's coal country.
The seam produced 1.2 million tons of coal in 2009, according to the mine safety agency, and has about 200 employees.
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The Health Hazards of Vaping Are Overblown
It's time to stop vilifying vaping. The scientific evidence is mounting that:
E-cigarettes are not a gateway drug that entice young people to take up smoking;
Vapour devices are at least as effective as other nicotine replacements products such as patches and gum in helping smokers quit;
Vapour from e-cigarettes contains significantly fewer toxins than smoke from tobacco cigarettes;
Second-hand exposure to vapour is far less harmful than exposure to second-hand smoke.
"The public has been misled about the risks of e-cigarettes," says Tim Stockwell, director of the Centre for Addiction Research of B.C. at the University of Victoria.
"Many people think they are as dangerous as smoking tobacco, but the evidence shows this is completely false."
Dr. Stockwell is not just blowing smoke. He and fellow CARBC researchers have just produced one of the most comprehensive reviews of the research to date and it shows unequivocally that vaping is replacing, not promoting, smoking.
The most encouraging aspect of the report, entitled Clearing The Air, is that it seems to debunk the notion that e-cigarettes will entice young people, get them hooked on nicotine and then see them embrace smoking.
In fact, the evidence points to precisely the opposite trend. Between 2003 and 2013, teen e-cigarette use rose from 1.5 per cent to 16 per cent; during that same period, teen smoking rates fell to 9.3 per cent from 15.8 per cent.
Further, a comparison of smoking rates between U.S. states that restrict e-cigarette sales to youth and those that do not showed that smoking rates rose in the former and fell in the latter. This suggests that banning e-cigarette sales to teens actually might increase teen smoking.
In Canada, teen smoking rates fell a full percentage point from 2013-15, from 10.7 per cent to 9.7 per cent. During that period, there were no significant new anti-smoking interventions, but the popularity of vaping grew markedly. Is that a coincidence?
It is notable, too, that, in Canada, 72 per cent of teens who vape say they use products that don't contain nicotine. (Technically, nicotine-based products are banned in Canada, though they are easy to get.)
"Fears of a gateway effect are unjustified and overblown," says Marjorie MacDonald, a CARBC scientist and the study's principal investigator. "From a public-health perspective, it's positive to see youth moving toward a less harmful substitute to tobacco smoking."
The new review by CARBC researchers also addresses the claims that vaping is a health hazard. E-cigarettes do not deliver tar or carbon monoxide, and contain only 18 of the 79 toxins in cigarettes. There are concerns that vaping may expose users to metals and particulate matter, but the researchers note that this could be addressed with regulation.
Another much-debated issue is second-hand exposure but, again, the evidence seems clear. Vapour contains "exponentially lower levels of cancer-causing agents" than cigarettes, and vapour dissipates in about 30 seconds, compared to 18-20 minutes for tobacco smoke.
So while vaping should not be encouraged for non-smokers, it is clearly a good alternative for smokers, especially heavy smokers.
Finally, is vaping an effective smoking-cessation method? While there are many heartfelt testimonials, the evidence is unclear. Studies report quit rates ranging from 7.3 per cent to 36 per cent with e-cigarettes. But "quitting" can range from a few days to a year or more, and there are no good data on relapse.
What is indisputable is that quitting smoking is hard, and for those who try, vaping is no less effective than other methods; also, when people vape, they smoke less, even if they don't manage to quit altogether.
In other words, harm is reduced. Yet public-health officials are quite divided on vaping. Far too many have embraced an abstinence-only approach rather than a harm-reduction philosophy. This is curious because no one knows better than public-health experts that prohibition doesn't work.
Smoking is deadly. Vaping is almost certainly not.
We should be encouraging those with a lethal addiction to choose the lesser of two evils.
Source:https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/the-health-hazards-of-vaping-are-overblown/article33703363/
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