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BEIJING (AP) - State media say the death toll from a coal mine explosion in southwestern China has risen to 10, with three workers still missing.
State-run China Central Television said rescuers were able to recover more bodies from the mine on Tuesday. The explosion occurred Friday at the state-owned Jinjia coal mine in Guizhou province's Liupanshui city, but high levels of gas hampered rescue efforts.
State media said four company officials have been ordered to resign.
China has the world's deadliest coal mine industry, with 1,973 miners killed in accidents in 2011.
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Churchill Downs Announces New Kentucky Oaks Day Collaboration With 'Stand Up To Cancer'
Churchill Downs Racetrack will be aglow in pink again for the 138th running of the Kentucky Oaks – America's premier race for 3-year-old fillies on Friday, May 4 and annual celebration of food, fashion and fun – as the springtime event welcomes a new beneficiary in Stand Up To Cancer ("SU2C") to raise vital funds and awareness for cancer research.
Ryan Jordan Appointed Churchill Downs GM; Greg Bush VP, Operations
Churchill Downs Racetrack has looked within its organization to fill a pair of key positions on its team by naming Ryan Jordan to the post of General Manager and promoting Greg Bush to Vice President, Operations at the historic home of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands.
Trackside at Churchill, Racetrack and Corporate Offices Close Early
Churchill Downs' Trackside at Churchill Downs off-track betting closed early on Friday, March 2 in anticipation of a dangerous outbreak of severe weather forecast for Kentucky and Southern Indiana later in the afternoon.
'All Others' Favored Over Surging Union Rags, Five Baffert Contenders Derby Future Pool 2
A dominant performance by Chadds Ford Stable's Union Rags (#23) in last weekend's Fountain of Youth (Grade II) at Gulfstream Park has made the son of Dixie Union a strong individual choice in this week's second three-day pool of Churchill Downs' 2012 Kentucky Derby Future Wager ("KDFW"), but the "All Others" wagering interest (#24) remains a narrow morning line among the 24 betting
Registration Open for 'Road to the Roses' Kentucky Derby Fantasy Challenge
Churchill Downs' popular "Road to the Roses" Kentucky Derby Fantasy Challenge is back for the 14th consecutive year. Registration is now open at RoadToTheRoses.com to compete in the free online contest that allows horse racing fans to manage a stable of contenders during the 10-week buildup to the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) on Saturday, May 5.
Kristin Warfield Named Churchill Downs' Vice President, Partnerships
Churchill Downs Racetrack has appointed Kristin Warfield to the new post of Vice President, Partnerships at the famed home of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands.
'All Others' Strong Favorite, Algorithms Favored Individual in First Futures Pool
The first of three pools of Churchill Downs' 2012 Kentucky Derby Future Wager ("KDFW") begins its three-day run on Friday, Feb 10, and the bet's opening scenario is very similar to each of its opening pools since the wager was created in 1999: the Mutuel Field, or "All Others", looms as a very strong favorite.<
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Memorial Service for Julian 'Buck' Wheat Set for Dec. 28 at Churchill Downs
A memorial service for Julian Logan "Buck" Wheat, the longtime director of Horsemen's Relations and the unofficial "Mayor of the Backside" at Churchill Downs, will be held at the home of the Kentucky Derby on Wednesday, Dec. 28.
Julian 'Buck' Wheat, Churchill Downs' 'Mayor of the Backside', Dies at 78
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David Filner on Classical Music
David Filner assumed the administrative leadership of the San Antonio Symphony in November, 2012. Led by Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing, the San Antonio Symphony is celebrating its 73rd year this season.
Monthly Archive for November, 2010
Holiday Concerts
The Christmas season has begun! (PANIC TIME: Have you got all your shopping done?) Of course, the pressure to shop has been going strong since Halloween, but the concert season is just beginning. The decorations are starting to go up in my neighborhood, so great concerts can't be far behind. Here are just a few […] [Read More]
The Nutcracker timeline
Ballet San Antonio and the San Antonio Symphony are about to present Tchaikovsky's beloved ballet for eight performances in the Majestic Theatre. Here is a brief timeline of the history of The Nutcracker. 1816: E.T.A. Hoffman publishes his book "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". By no means a children's story, it showed the depraved […] [Read More]
The Nutcracker at the Majestic Theatre
Ballet San Antonio and the San Antonio Symphony are about to present Tchaikovsky's beloved ballet for eight performances in the Majestic Theatre. Like many popular works, The Nutcracker was not a hit at its world premiere. It was first presented in 1892 on a concert paired with Tchaikovsky's one-act opera Iolanta. Well, maybe that is […] [Read More]
Arabian Nights on 12/12
On Sunday, December 12 at 3 p.m. at San Antonio College's McAllister Auditorium, Musical Bridges Around the World presents a program called "Arabian Nights." Musical Bridges specializes in cross-cultural concerts and this is certainly a program with stunning variety. When was the last time you heard of a chamber music concert pairing a pianist from […] [Read More]
John Denver tribute this weekend
This weekend the San Antonio Symphony, conductor Michael Krajewski, and singer Jim Curry and his band pay tribute to the great John Denver. Sure, you all remember Rocky Mountain High, but I'll bet there are lots of other John Denver recordings that bring back tons of great memories. See below for a complete list of […] [Read More]
SOLI starts 12/6&7
The SOLI Chamber Ensemble starts their 2010–2011 season right after Thanksgiving with two performances of music they are about to record. SOLI has a decade-long tradition of promoting new music and commissioning works. If you like to be surprised and occasionally challenged, then SOLI is for you. You'll never go to a SOLI concert and […] [Read More]
The Nutcracker starts Thanksgiving weekend
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Remembering John Denver
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Kids say the darnedest things (about music)
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They just shouldn't hire from within for this position. I like Rex a lot. But they have given him more than enough power. Bring in someone from another organization that is doing well now and let's move forward.
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Assistant Gm Scotty Cohen gaining support
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"No straight lines make up my life, and all my roads have bends;
There's no clear-cut beginnings, and so far no dead-ends."
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Starting to feel bad for Cohen. I say we guilt hire him.
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He's probably not, but Woody and his peeps probably realized that they wouldn't be able to handle the media and fan backlash if they hired Tannenbaum's lacky to replace him.
I'm with pedro. Gaine came up through the Jets and Dolphins FOs. Dunno that he'd be any better than Cohen,
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text: House Introduces Visa Bill for High-Skilled Workers By Roy Maurer 5/28/2013 Permissions Republican House members introduced legislation that would boost the number of H-1B visas and green cards for high-skilled foreign workers and graduates of U.S. universities in scientific and technical fields. The Supplying Knowledge Based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act (SKILLS Visa Act) was introduced May 23, 2013, by Reps. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and Darrell Issa, R-Calif. It is the fourth immigration-reform-related bill to be introduced in the House of Representatives since Goodlatte, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, announced that he would be taking a piecemeal approach to reforming the nation's immigration laws. The other House measures address border security, the E-Verify employment verification system and agricultural workers. The bill would significantly increase the annual H-1B visa cap for temporary high-skilled workers, from 65,000 to 155,000; provide up to 55,000 green cards for foreign graduates of U.S. doctoral programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields; create a new visa for entrepreneurs; eliminate the per-country cap for green cards and the diversity visa program; and raise the fees that employers would have to pay for green card and H-1B applications to fund STEM training and education in the U.S. Employers would need to attest that no American worker was qualified for the job before petitioning for the green card recipient. Green cards would be made available to master's degree graduates of STEM programs if they weren't claimed by graduates of doctoral programs. The American Council on International Personnel (ACIP) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) voiced their support for the legislation. "The SKILLS Visa Act moves us in the right direction, and we look forward to working with policymakers on the bill in the coming weeks and months," said ACIP Executive Director Lynn Shotwell. The strategic affiliates specifically praised the inclusion of a Trusted Employer program to increase processing efficiency in the immigration system. "With over 11 million people expected to be legalized, millions more who will be eligible for new visa classifications, and significant new enforcement requirements placed on the agencies, the government is going to have to work smarter and more efficiently if it wants to avoid a backlog of paperwork and processing that could cripple the system," said Shotwell. "A Trusted Employer program to prequalify U.S. employers that have a proven track record of compliance with federal immigration laws and regulations will streamline the process and save resources for both the government and employers," she added. Roy Maurer is an online editor/manager for SHRM. 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When it comes to team-building exercises, Switch — an experiential marketing agency based in St. Louis — aims to do for its own company what it does for its clients. So one day in late September each year, the company closes down for Field Day, a full day of activities ranging from physical challenges to games and trivia, at local Tower Grove Park.
Nearly every full-time Switch employee — 140 out of 147 this year — participates in the event, which started seven years ago when someone made an off-the-cuff comment during a meeting about hosting a company outing. "I took that idea and put some meat on it," said Annie Castellano, Switch's chief creative officer, "to make it not just about the games, but about building relationships inside the company."
Field Day evolved from there, and now includes a 10-round draft among employees to build the competing teams. An even number of people — mostly coming from different departments — are assigned to each draft round.
Once the teams are set, they turn to the task of selecting team colors, names, and campaigns. Captains choose their colors in the draft stage, then the team comes up with a theme relating to both the captain and the color — costumes included. Two years ago the green "Lunky Charms," led by Captain James Lunk, represented the different "charms" in the popular cereal. Teams also create three-minute promotional videos, which are played at a staff meeting the Thursday before Field Day.
And then it's on to the games, which are kept secret until Field Day by Megan Burmeister, a senior program accountant at Switch, who has served as Field Day Commissioner (i.e., organizer) for the last three years. Burmeister starts planning Field Day in June, working with a committee of six other employees. "It's researching inflatable rental companies for the physical games," she said, "thinking about what would be really fun for employee trivia challenges, and social games that are completely based on luck."
Popular activities at Field Day 2013, held on Sept. 20, included an "adult tricycle" obstacle course, a trivia game based on employees' fun personal details, and "Hi, My Name Is," in which officials (also Switch volunteers) flashed photos of employees in ever-increasing speeds over six rounds. The teams' job was to identify the various faces. "It tends to be that the better you know your coworkers' faces, the better you will be as a team member," Castellano said.
It wouldn't be much of a competition without prizes, and for first-place team members, that's $250 and one vacation day. Other prizes include the Andy Ruhlin Spirit Award — given in memory of a Switch employee who passed away three years ago — and an award for the best team campaign and video.
But really it's not about the prizes or a day off. "It's about investing in each other," Castellano said, "and getting to know each other."
Field Day is a significant investment for Switch, and not just in terms of planning. Each year, the experiential marketing agency spends about $30,000 on the event, which has replaced the company's holiday party based on unanimous employee vote. "We're creating experiences for employees that are memorable and meaningful, and that's just exactly what we do for our clients," said Switch's Annie Castellano. "It furthers our commitment to what we do because we see that it works for our own company."
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