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Consumers Energy on Friday unveiled a $175 million natural-gas system upgrade recently completed at its Ray Compressor Station in Armada.
About 175 people, including many federal, state and local officials, attended the company's dedication at the Omo Road site.
The company said the enhanced facility will continue to serve as a competitive advantage in the state, benefiting customers and employees.
The project included the installation of five new engines that produce as much horsepower as 51 Corvettes to drive compressors to place natural gas into storage or move it through the station for eventual delivery.
Construction of the plant was in response to increasing demand for natural gas due to a growing residential customer base and a rebounding Michigan economy.
U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, state Rep. Ken Goike, Assistant Macomb County Executive Melissa Roy and Armada Township Supervisor John Paterek were among the guests who spoke at Friday morning's event.
Miller discussed how natural gas can help the United States become less reliant on other countries for fuel sources.
"It really is a very environmentally sensitive product," she said. "I predict in our lifetimes that you are going to see a principle way to power our vehicles is going to be natural gas. I really think that's coming and it can't come too soon. Energy security means national security and I see (Consumers Energy) as being an integral player in that."
Natural gas is an increasingly popular fuel of choice among all sectors because of its competitive price and environmental advantages, according to Consumers Energy.
Goike echoed Miller's sentiments regarding the importance of natural gas as a future fuel source.
"I have constituents in this area calling because of what has been going on with the drilling and doing the fracking in the soil, and everybody's up in arms because they're not informed; they don't understand," he said. "Fracking has been going on for almost 60 years and its safe. This company follows guidelines on everything that they do.
"Natural gas is our future. If we do not use fossil fuels, the world is going to become polluted with fossil fuel. But let's use it responsibly and let's do it in a safe manner."
Natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel available, according to information provided by Consumers Energy. It produces less carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, which are attributed with greenhouse gases and acid rain.
All construction involved in the project was done by Michigan workers and included 12 local labor unions. The project took three years and 850,000 hours to complete.
During the construction phase, many Armada businesses received economic benefits from the project's temporary work force. Ten full-time employees staff the Ray Compressor Station.
Paterek expressed his appreciation for the company's efforts during the event.
"The investments Consumer's Energy has made locally in our community has certainly helped our tax base," he said. "It's an amazing thing when you go out here to see what these folks have done back there; it's a beautiful facility. But more than that, it was the commitment of Consumer's Energy -- its staff and employees -- to help our town, to go downtown and patronize our businesses."
The company expects the Ray Compressor enhancement to generate an additional $2 million in property taxes.
The Ray station is considered the "crown jewel" of Consumer's natural gas system. It is one of the largest gas storage systems in the United States.
Its storage and delivery capabilities allow the plant to store natural gas and deliver it when needed to ensure reliable service for nearly 700,000 customers in the state.
The Ray site measures about 1,600 acres and can store up to 43 billion cubic feet of natural gas in naturally occurring porous rock formations underneath the ground.


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My husband takes Paxil for his low-level bipolar. It`s been a life saver for his treatment, therefore, no way would he consider not taking it. However, he is not able to ejaculate, and of course his sexual interest is pretty low.
Is there anything to take or that we can do that would help him ejaculate, which I`m sure would make our sex life more fun for him.
This is a tough call. Hopefully, he can try to take the paxil in the AM and then try to have intercourse in the evening. If not, perhaps his physician can lower the dose of paxil. Be sure to speak with the physician who prescribed the paxil about this and see what's possible.
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text: Things to do Sunday, June 24, 2012 June 23, 2012 Story Share MusicCHARLESTON HARMONY: 3 to 6 p.m. Tickets $20. A cappella barbershop concert with Denver's award-winning Storm Front plus the Kanawha Kordsmen, Almost Heaven Chorus and Charleston Harmony Youth Chorus. Clay Center. Call 304-561-3570 or visit www.theclaycenter.org."MOUNTAIN STAGE": 7 p.m. Advance tickets $15, at the door $25. With Dar Williams, Ray Wylie Hubbard, The dBs, New Rope String Band and Arthur Alligood. Culture Center Theater. Call 800-594-TIXX or visit www.mountainstage.org.Stage/theater"DOWN BY THE RIVER": 3 p.m. Free. The traveling theater troupe from The Rivers Institute at Indiana's Hanover College presents its educational, family-friendly production about the Ohio River Valley. The hourlong production includes history, folklore and science, as well as musical performances and audience participation. Scottish Rite Temple, 406 Capitol St. Visit www.festivallcharleston.com."NEXT TO NORMAL": 5 p.m. Tickets $20. Pulitzer Prize-winning rock opera about a family dealing with mental illness. Presented by Charleston Light Opera Guild. Charleston Civic Center Little Theater. Call 304-343-2287 or visit www.charlestonlightoperaguild.org."PROOF": 2 p.m. Adults $15, students and seniors $10. A troubled young woman deals with romance, the discovery of a mysterious notebook and the fear of madness. This show contains strong language. Alban Arts Center, 65 Olde Main St., St. Albans. Call 304-721-8896 or visit www.albanartscenter.com.Art DR. SKETCHY'S ANTI-ART SCHOOL: 7 to 10 p.m. Advance tickets $8, at the door $10. Burlesque figure drawing. Bring your own supplies. Must be 21 or older. The Broadway, 210 Leon Sullivan Way. Call 304-807-9496.CHILDREN'S ART FAIR: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Kids' art activities and family-friendly music and stage performances. Capitol Street at Kanawha County Public Library. Visit www.festivallcharleston.com.CAPITOL STREET ART FAIR: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sixty new and returning artisans sell and display everything from paintings, pottery and photography to jewelry, metal flowers and kaleidoscopes in this juried fine arts and crafts fair. Situated on Capitol Street from Quarrier Street to Washington Street East. For a list of vendors and their location, visit www.festivallcharleston.com.Dance WEST VIRGINIA PROFESSIONAL DANCE COMPANY: 12:30 and 1:15 p.m. Free. The state's only professional touring dance company will dance a blend of entertaining and thought-provoking modern compositions. Charleston Town Center Mall. Visit www.festivallcharleston.com.Fairs/festivalsFESTIVALL 2012: Various locations throughout the city. For a complete list, see The Gazz section in the June 21 issue of The Charleston Gazette. Film72-HOUR FILM CHALLENGE: 6 to 8 p.m. Free. A screening of all participants' films and an awards ceremony. Capitol Center Theater, 123 Summers St. Visit www.festivallcharleston.com.Etc.LITTLE LECTURE SERIES: 2 p.m., McFarland-Hubbard House, 1310 Kanawha Blvd. E. Features Denise Giardina speaks about her work, "Storming Heaven," about the beginnings of the West Virginia mine wars. Admission is $10 and includes a reception following the program. Call 304-346-8500.KANAWHA TRAIL CLUB HIKE: Fayetteville City Park. Carpool at 12:30 p.m. from Ohio and Randolph streets. The hike is approximately 5 miles on easy trails with moderate grades to the long point and back. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 2 DHHR report: No neglect, criminal charges in death of ResCare client 3 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 4 Derek Redd: Marshall thinks outside the cable box for broadcasts 5 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation announces scholarship recipients Previous Story Stimulus pays for fiber optic to empty building Next Story


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So I was getting my feet wet looking at the schedule again and thinking about the calender and when I'd be going to games and I realized how many road games the team starts with. Probably many of you discussed this earlier in the year but since there are people like me just now getting up to speed again I figured it was worth discussing.
I went looking for the "make up" for all those road games and boy did I find them.
Starting Jan 30th when they host Detroit the Pacers have 10 home games vs 2 road games, and the 2 road games are Detroit and Philly. Both road games are 2nd nights after a home game, but both have a travel day free on the backside. Detroit is a puddle jump flight and while Philly isn't CHI/DET/CLE close, it's not that bad. It seems 100% certain that they will return to Indy that same night in both cases.
The team virtually is in their own beds for the entire month of FEB.
I can't recall a month so lopsided in scheduling in their history. So I guess much like they earned a nice late home run last year with a lot of dirty road work to start the season they'll do the same and then get a great FEB bump if they can hold on till then. They go into and come out of the AS break with momentum (hopefully).


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A bill that would change the formula for state aid to schools pits senators representing smaller, mostly rural school districts against those representing larger districts.
The bill would slow the growth rate of state aid to schools to 6.3 percent for the upcoming school year, down from the current projected rate of 10.3 percent. The following year the growth rate would slow further to 5.1 percent.
State aid to schools currently makes up about one-third of the state budget, or just under $1 billion a year.
The aid formula calculates a school districts needs and subtracts its resources -- revenue from property taxes and other sources -- to determine how much state funds the district should receive.
Four percent of the states school districts educate about 50 percent of the states students and receive 60 percent of the aid, according to Sullivan.
About 100 of the states 249 school districts receive no state aid because they are believed to have enough resources (taxable property) to cover their needs.
About half of school funding comes from property tax dollars. Under current law, school districts cannot levy more than $1.05 for every $100 of property value, without special approval by local voters.
Several larger school districts in the state -- like Lincoln and Omaha -- have already met or exceeded this limit and must rely on increased state aid for their financial needs.
Senators representing these districts do not believe the slower growth rate is adequate to accommodate the increase in student population and the resulting costs.
Sen. Colby Coash of Lincoln cited an increase of 2,600 students over five years in Lincoln Public Schools.
Im not sure (LB) 407 quite gets us where we need to be, Coash said.
Senators opposed to the bill argue that rural districts should have to raise their property tax levies before being eligible to receive state aid -- and more of the aid should go to larger districts that already have high levies and low per-student costs.
Senators representing rural districts countered by saying that as the value of agricultural land continues to rise, ranchers and farmers are forced to pay higher percentages of their income in property taxes.
Any increase in levies in these areas would place a disproportionate burden on rural land owners.
Sen. Al Davis of Hyannis said rural landowners are already paying as much as 10 percent of their gross income in property taxes.
If youre going to penalize rural districts for their low levy, I hope you realize what youre doing, he said.
Debate on LB 407 is expected to continue into Tuesday.
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As the semester comes to a close, there has been a buzz of activity here at CSP. Students taking a variety of courses in the nursing program have taken advantage of the opportunity to hone their skills by practicing caring for patients in the simulation labs.
Medical surgical nursing students have cared for a variety of patients and have been beta testing Lippincott's new Docucare Electronic Health Record.
Students taking a health education course were given teaching assignments. Community members were kind enough to volunteer to be the client who would benefit from working with a nurse educator.
Nursing students taking an assessment course were recorded as they performed a head to toe assessment. The recordings were placed on Blackboard (UNE's Web-based Learning Platform) so that the students could review and evaluate their performance.
Sophomore nursing students were introduced to simulation. Each student had the chance to feel pulses, count respirations and take the blood pressure of one of two mannequins (SimMan Classic or Gaumard's Susie).
Nurse Anesthesia students continued to practice induction and emergence during open practice lab time and designated simlab skills labs.
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Join the Greenbrier Historical Society for the Annual Banquet and Membership Meeting which will be held at 6 p.m. on Sept. 11 at the Lewisburg United Methodist Church, 214 E. Washington Street in Lewisburg. The Society's Board of Directors and staff will provide a report on the growing organization, followed by a meal prepared by the Methodist Women. After dinner, author Michael P. Rucker will discuss his book, "Bridge Burner: The Full and Factual Story of Dr. William Parks Rucker, Slave Owning Union Partisan." Tickets are $16 per person and can be purchased at the North House, located at 301 West Washington Street in Lewisburg, or by calling 304-645-3398. Tickets must be purchased before Wednesday.
Bicycle tour
The Putnam County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Winfield Lions Club, Putnam County Parks and Recreation and the Winfield McDonalds are sponsoring the Ninth Annual Putnam County Bridge to Ridge Bicycle Tour, a challenging, 30, 40-50, and 62 mile scenic bicycle ride on the ridges of Putnam County beginning at 8 a.m. on Sept. 13 starting at the Putnam County Courthouse. The cost is $30. Proceeds will benefit the Winfield Lions Club Community Projects. For more information, contact Chris Gress at 304-586-9017 or the Putnam County Convention and Visitors Bureau at 304-562-0727, ext. 102.
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When it comes to feeding baby Camden Jack, Kristin Cavallari and Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler look to the farm!
The new mom, who welcomed her son in August, opened up about her feeding regimen on Tuesday's Access Hollywood Live.
"I actually breastfed up until a month ago and it's not because I wanted to stop, I was only pumping towards the end… I felt like it was starting to dry my milk supply up and it was stressing me," she told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover.
"So we actually put him on this goat milk concoction that Jay came up with," she explained. "Jay makes it every day."
But the couple is not keeping livestock around their home.
"We're not milking the goats, you know, we live in Nashville, you never know!" she continued, explaining that they buy goat milk powder. "And then he puts a few different vitamins and things in it.
"There's nothing wrong with formula, but I just felt like goat milk was the closest thing to breast milk," the star, who stopped by to promote her Glamboutique by Kristin Cavallari jewelry line and shoe capsule collection with Chinese Laundry, continued.
When it comes to the challenges of parenting, the 26-year-old said that feedings have been hardest for her.
"It's not the labor, it's not the pregnancy, it's the breastfeeding," she told Billy and Kit. "[But] it's the most rewarding job I've ever had."
And having Jay by her side is a huge help.
"He's the best, he's incredibly hands-on and very involved. Honestly, I could not ask for a better dad. There's nothing sexier than seeing your guy with your baby," she added.
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A HAMPSHIRE college has been working with unemployed young people to help them get into work.
Eastleigh College's automotive department teamed up with The Prince's Trust to host a week-long programme to give young people the skills and confidence to secure a job or get back into education or training.
Ten 16-19-year-olds spent the week learning about health and safety and how to use technical equipment before progressing onto removing and replacing an engine and components in a car.
Malcolm Wing, Eastleigh College automotive lecturer, said: "We were delighted to welcome this group into the college to give them experience of what it could be like working on a more vocational skills programme here, and the type of employment opportunities available in the automotive industry."
The 'Get Started with Motor Vehicles' scheme proved a success, with six young people deciding to return to the college to study.
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This is the home page for the OLYMPUS Collaboration who are proposing an experiment to measure the two photon contribution to elastic electron scattering using the DORIS storage ring at DESY, Hamburg, Germany and the BLAST detector from the MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center.
The motivation for this proposal grew from the startling discrepancy discovered at JLAB in the ratio of the electric to magnetic elastic form factors for electron scattering from the proton. Previous unpolarised measurements utilising the Rosenbluth technique to measue this ratio found values consistent with unity for a wide range of momentum transfer. This was also consistent with the idea that the electric and magnetic elastic form factors for the proton were both well described by the same dipole distribution (therefore their ratio would be unity). However, the JLAB measurements utilising a polarisation transfer technique found the ratio decreasing sharply with increasing momentum transfer.
A possible explanation for the discrepancy is that multi-photon processes are important at higher momentum transfers. The unpolarised data of course sums over all processes and thus does not distinguish between single and multi-photon processes. But techniques using polarisation are sensitive primarily to single photon exchange as the polarisation information is washed out in multi-photon processes.
If multi-photon processes do play a significant role in elastic eletron scattering from nucleons then the unpolarised data must be re-evaluated and better electric and magnetic form factors extracted so that a correct model of the nucleon can be found for comparison with theoretical calculations.


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Understand this is a snapshot statistical moment in a non-conference scheduling lull. Top-ranked IU has played just eight games, and won't play again until Saturday against lightweight Central Connecticut State. Its best opposition lies ahead, mostly far ahead.
Still, for now, Abell is the Hoosiers' most accurate. He is better than guard Jordan Hulls, regarded as one of the nation's top shooters. He is better than forward Cody Zeller, considered perhaps the nation's best player. He is better than anyone who has ever played for the Cream 'n Crimson.
If this seems way early, and it is, don't spoil the moment.
Anyway, Abell is 18-for-28 from the field. That's a team-leading 64.3-percent clip, better than Zeller (63.2 percent), better than Victor Oladipo (63.3), better than Hulls (55.7 percent) and much better than the 62.8 percent single-season school record set by Matt Nover in 1993.
Last year Abell, a 6-4 sophomore guard, shot 44.4 percent from the field, 40 percent from three-point range. He barely played until the final month of the season, and wound up averaging 8.3 minutes a game.
But that last month reflected a season of behind-the-scenes work. Lots of work, especially on his shooting. He continued that approach during the off-season, then preseason practice, and beyond.
"I was a gym rat," he says. "My teammates and my coaches pushed me to stay in the gym and get extra shots. Do something every day. Take 200 to 300 shots every day."
Now coach Tom Crean says Abell's work habits approach, although don't yet match, that of workaholics Hulls, Oladipo and Will Sheehey.
"He's grown up," Crean says. "He's worked very hard. I mean, he's worked very, very hard. He's becoming a 365-day-a-year guy. He's not quite there yet.
"He's not in the Will, Victor, Jordan class just yet of sometimes working out twice a day inside of those 365 days. I mean, those guys go at it whether it's a day off or not.
"Remy is getting really close to that."
Last year Abell had his moments, with the highlight the 13-point surprise he had at Purdue. It was his only double-figure scoring game of the season and it was part of a 5-for-6 shooting night he never came close to duplicating.
Abell opened this season by hitting his first nine shots stretched over three games. He has recorded three double-figure scoring games, including a career-high 14 points against North Dakota State and last Saturday's 10-point effort against Coppin State.
"I'm playing with confidence," he says. "I'm shooting and trying to help my team win. Get open and knock it down with confidence."
Beyond shooting, Abell has improved his ballhanding and defending. He's nearly doubled his playing time, to 15.0 minutes a game. But mostly, Crean says, he's working at a championship level.
"He'll continue to get better because he is practicing well, but it's got to be so much more than practice," Crean says. "You've got to get those reps and get them at game speed and game tempo, and he's doing that."
Abell arrived as a recruiting afterthought in a class dominated by Zeller. But this former Louisville Eastern High School standout has played his way into a key reserve role, with more ahead in the years to come.
"He's a confident player with a lot of room to grow," Crean says, "a lot of room to get better defensively, a lot of room to push the pace even more. He's growing confidently and I think that will help his game grow exponentially."
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The big news next week in a busy five days for economic data will come from the labor front, when the government releases its April jobs report on Friday.
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Also the Federal Reserve starts two days of meetings on Tuesday and will release a policy announcement Wednesday afternoon. It's unlikely to contain anything new.
Last month's release of the March labor numbers was a big disappointment and momentum killer, ending several months of not-great-but-not-bad jobs reports. Just 88,000 jobs were added in March, about one-third the number added in February.
The unemployment rate stands at 7.6%, the lowest rate in four years since the worst of the financial crisis. But the number continues to slowly drip downward not because of tremendous numbers of jobs added but mostly because Americans continue to leave the workforce by the tens of thousands. When Americans leave the workforce altogether and stop looking for a job, the government stops counting them as part of the labor market survey.
The stagnant workforce directly affects U.S. fiscal policy, although the Fed won't be able to respond to the April jobs report until next month. The Fed has tied its policies to jobs and the central bank is unlikely to alter any of those policies – historically low interest rates and massive bond purchases – while job creation remains slow.
First-quarter earnings slow down next week but a few bellwethers will attract investors' attention. They include The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG) on Monday; Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSO), Office Depot (ODP) and NYSE Euronext (NYX) on Tuesday; CBS (CBS) Facebook (FB), Merck (MRK) and Time Warner (TWX) on Wednesday; and American International Group (AIG) on Thursday.
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Letter Juggle 7Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.
1. Open - Cop
2. Cave - Curt
3. Cares - Pest
4. Salve - Savage
5. Whiled - Spurn
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5. Whirled - Spun
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POLICE officers in Cheshire could soon be kitted out with iPads if a bid to get a six figure sum of public money is successful.
John Dwyer, police and crime commissioner for Cheshire, has requested cash from a Government police pot called the 'innovation fund'.
However, Mr Dwyer's office and Cheshire Police refused to say how much money has been bid for, but confirmed it was at least £100,000.
If approved, frontline officers will get iPads to use when responding to incidents.
Bosses hope it will reduce the need to return to police stations and make tasks like taking witness statements more efficient.
Margaret Ollerenshaw, deputy police and crime commissioner, said "The commissioner pledged to continue embracing advances in technology.
"He submitted a bid to the innovation fund to help support the rollout of a mobile data solution, once the current pilot of mobile devices has been evaluated.
"The tablets will be used by frontline officers to help them in their day-to-day duties and enable them to spend more time patrolling Cheshire's communities."
Temporary deputy chief constable Janette McCormick, from Cheshire Police, said: "We have been testing out the use of iPads and other mobile devices in Warrington.
"This is part of our efforts to make sure neighbourhood officers remain in the community rather than returning to police stations to complete paperwork.
"An innovation funding bid has been made to the Government to fund the devices.
"We do not know if that bid has been successful at this stage."
An answer is expected by the end of the month.
Simon Roberts, chairman of Cheshire Police Federation, welcomed the bid but raised questions over how effective using iPads would be.
He said: "Police officers would love to be able to do more work out of the station.
"If the technology is usable, then fine. How IT is used is a huge issue in the police, but the principle is great.
"If a police officer is arresting someone, it's ok to do a statement on an iPad, and it's fine for police, but sharing it with other agencies like the courts and probation service, is where it becomes more difficult."


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Davis atop Tigers lineup for Interleague Play
LOS ANGELES -- Six months ago, former Tigers manager Jim Leyland tried to give his lineup a jolt by pulling Austin Jackson out of the leadoff spot, moving him down in the order and moving everyone else up a spot. On Tuesday, new manager Brad Ausmus did the reverse, moving Rajai Davis to the leadoff spot and everyone else down.
It was not an urgent effort to shake up the offense, but a reaction to Interleague Play.
"In the American League, obviously, the pitcher's not hitting, you can hit Rajai ninth and he becomes a catalyst at the top of the lineup [before it flips over]," Ausmus said. "Here, with the pitcher, it's a different story."
It goes back to the old Leyland line about the ninth hitter sometimes serving as a "second leadoff hitter," setting the table for the top third of the batting order when the lineup comes back around. Where Omar Infante filled that role for Leyland, the speedy Davis has fit that role for Ausmus, batting ninth in all three games he started last week at home.
Davis started just 14 games at the leadoff spot in Toronto last season. He hit .304 (21-for-69) there with three doubles, a triple, a home run, eight RBIs, 11 runs scored and 10 stolen bases in 11 attempts.
With Davis leading off, Ian Kinsler moved out of the spot for the first time this season. He batted second, with Torii Hunter third, Miguel Cabrera batting cleanup and Victor Martinez in the fifth spot. Martinez started at first base, while Cabrera shifted back to third base, his corner spot for the previous two seasons.
"I spoke to both Miggy and Victor about slotting down," Ausmus said. "They were both good with it. They both understood. Talked to Kinsler about it and Torii, all the guys who moved down, and they were all on board. No issue, and hopefully [Davis] works as a catalyst in this spot as well."
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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On Wednesday in Washington, D.C., a group of 200 people staged a protest outside the Hyatt Regency, the venue of a meeting hosted by the Campaign to Fix the Debt. The meeting's aim was to "open dialogue on the best path forward on America's growing debt problems," according to a press release from the Fix the Debt organization.
So why would a group of protestors object to such a noble cause? Most people would like to fix the debt. I know I certainly would. These protestors carried placards saying, "Fix the Greed. Save Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security."
Fix the greed?
The protestors, members of various organizations such as Center for Media and Democracy, Our DC and the AFL-CIO, call the Campaign to Fix the Debt a "corporate front group" which is planning to "gut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while preserving their own corporate tax loopholes." Indeed, more than 90 CEOs are members of the Fix the Debt campaign's Fiscal Leadership Council. Some of these CEOs also serve on the Business Roundtable, which recently announced fixes to the entitlement programs such as raising the Social Security retirement age to 70 and the Medicare eligibility age to 70.
The protestors find it repugnant that corporate CEOs are involved in these efforts to fix the debt by tampering with social programs. "There has to be a refocusing of the discussion on corporate welfare and corporate tax loopholes before we can begin having a discussion about cutting the social safety net," says James Adams, a spokesperson for Our DC, a nonprofit whose mission is to bring good jobs to the District of Columbia. "America ain't broke. It's just that many of these corporations aren't paying their fair share."
Phone calls and emails to Campaign to Fix the Debt were not returned. I looked at the FixTheDebt.org website, and couldn't find any concrete solutions to fix the debt. But among the organization's core principles is to "reform Medicare and Medicaid," and "strengthen Social Security." The plan to fix the debt should "include comprehensive and pro-growth tax reform, which broadens the base, lowers rates, raises revenues and reduces the deficit."
Lowering tax rates and raising revenues seem to be at odds. I asked my colleague Kay Bell about the paradox, and she replied: "Deficit hawks love to use the personal budget analogy: 'When you, meaning average American families, have to deal with your budgets, you know that some expenses have to go.'"
But folks in lower tax rates find their budgets are already squeezed. Adams of Our DC says the protesters at Wednesday's summit notice when a medication increases $5 or when there's a decrease in reimbursements. "They look at the $23 million salary that the CEO of Verizon is making and say, 'Come on, who can bear the brunt of this?'"
"Meanwhile, the high earners," says Kay Bell, "don't usually pinpoint which tax breaks they would be willing to forgo."
Wealth flight
Higher tax rates is a touchy subject, especially among the wealthy. This is true even though our highest tax rates are among the lowest that the richest taxpayers have had to pay over the past century. The table below shows that the highest tax rates are near their lows relative to earlier decades.
The other day I received notification that an increasing number of America's wealthy individuals are thinking about moving abroad to escape taxation here. "When high-net-worth individuals are taxed to perceived excessive levels, they simply move to lower tax jurisdictions -- because they have the resources to do so," according to Nigel Green, CEO of the deVere Group, an international financial advisory firm with offices in roughly three dozen countries that cater to expatriates.
Where are the tax-haven hot spots, I asked? "If they give up their passports -- as an increasing number are doing, official figures show -- then it would be anywhere with tax less than 30 percent: The Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines are amongst the popular destinations," was the reply.
What do you think about Americans who make their money here and then renounce their citizenship and leave the country to avoid paying taxes here?
Follow me on Twitter @BWhelehan.
Barbara Whelehan is a co-author of "Future Millionaires' Guidebook," an e-book written by Bankrate editors and reporters. It is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBookstore and other e-book retailers.


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California American Water's decision to pull out of the Regional Desalination Project presents the people of the Peninsula with an opportunity to figure out the right way to solve our water problem.
Knowing what we all know now about the water situation and the cast of characters that has been working on the issue for the past decade, we are better equipped to help make wiser decisions on the size, scope and cost of any desalination plant and on the shape of various supplemental projects that have been emerging in the background.
Still looming large over the Peninsula is a state order to start dramatically curtailing our use of water from the environmentally fragile Carmel River. There is little reason to think that the state will grant an extension based on the Peninsula's collective inability to augment the water supply, so it is important that the public and our elected leaders remain focused on the challenge rather than to walk away in frustration.
Cal Am's decision to essentially go it alone on a solution involving desal and other projects actually could simplify the situation to the point that the issues could become manageable—a word seldom applied to the Regional Desalination Project.
It was only by default, caused by lack of local initiative, that the project became such an unruly enterprise. It was the creation of the state Public Utilities Commission, Cal Am, consultants from elsewhere and, by necessity, Monterey County officials and the entrepreneurial Marina Coast Water District.
The game plan was written behind closed doors, and much of the game itself continued to play out the same way, leaving the public confused and lukewarm about supporting plans for a $400 million plant in Marina.
Public support never materialized for numerous reasons, including projections of water bills quadrupling, the amount of secrecy that cloaked the project and the unwieldly collection of partners involved in expensive attempts to push the project forward.
We had the state Public Utilities Commission, a regulatory agency based in San Francisco, acting as the "lead agency" on this decidedly local project.
Then, of course, there was Cal Am, a rather haughty subsidiary of a multinational conglomerate.
And, partnering with Cal Am, largely because of a county ordinance requiring public ownership of any desal plant, were Monterey County and the Marina Coast district, the opportunistic outsider, stepping in to help lead the project so it could obtain virtually free desalinated water to accommodate various development projects at Fort Ord.
It was not a match made in heaven. Actually, it was something like a four-headed monster, with each of the heads facing a different direction.
It shouldn't have surprised anyone that sneaky things went on, such as the under-the-table payments to county water official Steve Collins. He is now facing trial on conflict of interest charges for his role in helping swing the project management contract to RMC Water and Environment and a closely related investigation by the state Fair Political Practices Commission continues, with some vigor, we understand.
Some major public works projects could have survived something like the Collins caper, but the structure of this one made it too fragile to continue. The resulting months and months of confidential negotiations and mediation, intended to get each of the four heads facing in one direction, instead has led to Cal Am's decision to amputate.
So what's next? Nothing seems certain, but we encourage Cal Am to move ahead with plans for a down-sized plant combined with the various other options that have surfaced over the past couple of years, including increased groundwater storage, other small desal, increased conservation, water recycling and more.
We also encourage, implore, actually, our elected officials to push ahead on all those fronts and, starting right now, to do all of the heavy lifting in public instead of wrapping themselves in layers of confidentiality like their lawyers prefer.
The lawyers have been running the show for the past nine or 10 months and look where it has gotten us. It's past time for the public and its representatives to step up and get something done.


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A BLACKWOOD man accused of causing the death of a cyclist by dangerous driving had been taking photographs of "interesting cars" on his mobile phone just before the collision, a court heard.
Andrzej Wojcicki, 44, of Conway Court, denies causing the death of cyclist Owain Richard James, of Oakdale, while driving a white minibus on the A472 at Newbridge on Sunday, July 21 last year at about 8pm.
MrJames, aged 30, suffered severe injuries in the crash and later died in hospital.
Prosecutor Nicholas Gareth Jones told the jury at Cardiff Crown Court today how Wojcicki failed to stop for a "considerable distance" and "behaved strangely" by taking photographs of the scene of the crash immediately after the collision.
Wojcicki, originally from Poland, was driving a left-hand drive minibus with his wife as a front seat passenger along the dual carriageway with Mr James cycling ahead of him.
Mr Jones told the jury: "The defendant was in the near side lane of the dual carriageway. The cyclist was riding inside a white rumble strip on the left hand side of the road.
"The prosecution believe the driver never saw the cyclist at all because he was distracted until after he collided with him.
"He may not have even realised he had collided with the cyclist immediately because he didn't stop for some considerable distance after the collision.
"The left side of the minibus hit the cyclist from behind. He suffered very severe injuries and he never regained conciousness."
Following the collision, Mr Jones said the "defendant behaved very strangely and started taking photographs of the scene."
He added that Wojcicki told witnesses at the scene that he had not seen the cyclist but later told police that the cyclist had swerved into his path.
Mr Jones added that police found photographs on Wojcicki's phone of vintage sports cars, some of which had only been taken half a mile away from the scene of the collision.
He added: "He was looking at photographs he'd just taken rather than concentrating on his driving.
"To drive in that way, not see a cyclist that was visible for a long distance ahead of the vehicle, is clearly dangerous."
Witness Matthew Smallman of Abersychan, who was driving behind the minibus, said: "As we were progressing near to the cyclist, I left enough room, I was waiting for the white minibus to indicate right and go from the slow lane to the fast lane and give the cyclist the room that was required.
"The minibus was getting closer and closer to the cyclist was coming up to 15 to 20 yards. I thought then the minibus was just going to swerve out.
"The minibus didn't alter his course whatsoever, no break lights. The minibus ploughed into the cyclist."
Mr Smallman said he followed the minibus until it stopped to get the registration as he knew aid was on the way for Mr James as he saw cars coming up behind him.
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Hallelujah! Since time immemorial, mankind has dedicated magnificent buildings to the Gods. They are spiritual havens of peace, places in which things follow a different, divine rhythm: churches, cathedrals and minsters, synagogues, mosques and small pilgrimage chapels, whether Christian or non-Christian places of worship, are almost always ornately decorated and often top attractions among tourists. Cologne Cathedral, the Church of Our Lady in Dresden and Ulm Minster – many still serve as places of worship today, others are now sacred museums. But these heavenly buildings all have one thing in common: they are the most fascinating places to visit. Judaism is one of the main world religions and originated more than 4,000 years ago. Around the world, there are around 14 million people who pray in synagogues, whose God is called Yahweh, for whom Saturday, the Sabbath, is a day of rest and for whom the Star of David is the common symbol. There were also many notable figures who, in the course of history, have become role models for Christians because of their beliefs and their commitment to the church and society. Many of them are saints or have been beatified, and they are revered by the church. All of these people achieved great things and have left their mark on the world, never to be forgotten.
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CHANDLER, Ariz. - Davis Police Chief Landy Black is among six finalists for a job as the Chandler police chief.
Two assistant police chiefs in Scottsdale are also among the six finalists for the job.
Black is presently serving as the interim public safety director in Davis, overseeing both the police and fire departments.
Chandler officials also announced Thursday that John Cocca and Sean Duggan are in the running for the job.Surprise assistant police chief/executive officer Don Schneidmiller also is a finalist.
The other finalists are Missouri City, Texas Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald; and Riverside Assistant Police Chief Christopher Vicino.
Chandler officials expect to hire a police chief by the end of this year.
Candidates will be interviewed the week of Nov. 4.
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"I am in a band that was born on the Internet," begins Lauren Mayberry in an op-ed piece written for the Guardian just a week after said band, Chvrches, issued debut LP The Bones of What You Believe in September. What follows is blunt and almost unbelievable, if not for the fact that we've all witnessed how the birthplace of her group can be a cruel, damaging place.
The article details the sexually aggressive and misogynistic messages she receives via social media, and how it's unfair that the only solution to such threatening language is to ignore it or to abandon those fans that have made the vocalist's band one of 2013's biggest success stories.
On Monday night at the Wiltern in Los Angeles, the Scottish trio (pronounced Churches) played its largest local gig yet, having sold out venues every step of the way here: the Echo, the Troubadour, the Fonda. Logical next stop: Coachella.
Despite the insufferable abuse detailed by Mayberry (above), she'd be the first to point out how lucky she and her mates, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty, are to have so many people interested in a humble synth-pop act from Glasgow. Yet her point speaks to the perils that come with that popularity: no woman should have to deal with unacceptable behavior that the Internet makes so commonplace.
What does this have to do with a Chvrches concert? Ideally little, as you'd hope the audience that paid money to be at the Wiltern came to take in what the band presented. To be fair, many in the crowd were there simply to enjoy some highly infectious electronic pop gems, with hardly a weak song among the hour-plus set, beginning with "We Sink" and gaining easy momentum with the single "Gun" and the deep Recover EP track "Now Is the Time."
People at the back of the theater's floor space, however, never ceased their chatter, creating an environment that wasn't like a performance but a social nightclub, where music is background noise for interpersonal relations. When Mayberry would talk between songs – in an intimately personal and chatty tone that undoubtedly stemmed from a blend of nervousness and excitement – she was nearly impossible to understand over dozens of other simultaneous conversations.
Unlike the misogyny pointed out in her article, this lack of respect wasn't entirely from a male source. Yet the noisier portions of the crowd did contain a strangely high concentration of sporty bros in groups with other dudes drinking beers, unengaged in the top-notch light show and eager-to-please musicianship on display.
Is there any similarity between sexually harassing someone on Facebook and disrespecting a female artist by being inattentive when she speaks? Certainly one is crueler than the other. Yet it seemed a comparable lack of respect was at play here, with men viewing their own dialogues as more important than whatever Mayberry might be saying, to the point they thought it OK to keep others from hearing.
The only time the room felt like it truly came together was for current hit "The Mother We Share," when it became obvious why some of the audience had bothered coming at all.
Fortunately, the front of the house was more receptive, and the band likely didn't take much notice of any negative vibes toward the back of the room. Playing these larger shows is a big deal for any band, and this rising one has put together an LED array to cover for admitted growing pains on tour. Chvrches may have been born on the Internet, but they now exist in the flesh. They deserve a better performance from fans in both the virtual world and the physical one.
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A miscarriage is the loss of a baby before the 20th week of pregnancy.
According to the March of Dimes, as many as 15% of all recognized pregnancies, and as many as half of all pregnancies end in miscarriage. The reason for the large difference between these two numbers is that many miscarried pregnancies go unnoticed because they occur before a woman realizes she was pregnant.
There are many old wives tales about the possible causes of miscarriage, including sex, excessive exercise, bad karma, and even misalignment of the astrological signs. Unfortunately, the truth is that the causes of many miscarriages are not known.
Most miscarriages occur in the first trimester (12 weeks) of pregnancy and are the result of chromosomal abnormalities in the developing embryo. These chromosomal abnormalities prevent the embryo from developing normally and the body spontaneously terminates the pregnancy. Other potential causes of miscarriages are infections, hormonal problems, reproductive tract abnormalities such as fibroids, or other health issues and illnesses affecting the mother.
The bad news is that there is nothing either a woman or her doctor can do to prevent an impending miscarriage. The good news is that most women who lose a child to miscarriage go on to have a healthy pregnancy in the future.
However, there are certain risk factors.
If you have some of these risk factors, eliminating and modifying as many of them as possible may help reduce your risk of miscarriage. Before your next pregnancy, you may want to consider genetic testing and/or counseling.
The signs and symptoms of a miscarriage include:
If you are pregnant and experience any of these symptoms, contact your doctor right away.
Certain medical problems may increase your risk for miscarriage. Testing of the mother, the father, or the fetus can help reveal the cause of the miscarriages. However, even if you have had repeated miscarriages, you may still be able to complete a healthy pregnancy.
If the reason for your repeated miscarriages is a weak cervix, you may be able to undergo a cerclage. This is a procedure in which a stitch is made around the cervix to help keep it closed throughout the pregnancy.
If you have a chronic disease, such as diabetes, keeping the condition under control will also increase your chances of having a healthy pregnancy.
If you have thrombophilia, taking a blood thinner may help reduce the risk of miscarriages.
Progestin may be another therapy that can help reduce the risk of miscarriage in women with a history of recurrent miscarriages.
If you have repeated miscarriages, ask your doctor about a complete medical evaluation, including genetic analysis, to determine the cause.
If you have experienced a miscarriage or the loss of a child for any reason, it is important for you to understand that grief is a very individual experience. There is no right or wrong way to grieve. However, it is also a process made up of several stages, and while you may skip or repeat certain phases, it is helpful to understand what they are.
The phases of grief:
Recovering from the loss is a slow process. But with support and time, you can heal.
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This night owl delivers ample retroreflectivity and a flat LED light to keep you visible in any condition. Its removable battery pack -- which uses one CR2032 Lithium 3V battery -- makes it easy to replace batteries and wash your hat, while also doubling as a portable pen light.
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• High-visibility fabric, flashing rear L.E.D. light, and 3M™ Scotchlite™ retroreflective piping dramatically enhance visibility
• Fabric provides weather protection
• Adjustable hook-and-loop backstrap
To change the battery in the NightLife hat, or remove it for washing:
1. Slide the battery pack out of the pocket on the side of the hat.
2. Gently unplug the wire from the battery pack. The hat is now machine washable.
3. With your thumbnail, loosen the top edge of the battery pack and pull it open. The battery is attached to the top.
4. Replace with a new CR2032 Lithium 3V battery.
5. Slide the top of the battery pack back into the pack until it clicks.
6. Reattach the wire and slide the battery pack back in the pocket of the hat.
- Fit: Fitted
- Country of Origin: Imported


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Studies and their findings present all kinds of numbers. But even the lowest figures are alarming. And the results of studies no doubt get worse every year. More examples: The largest consumers of Internet pornography are boys ages 12-17; 12 percent of all websites are porn sites.
Pornography is the latest youth drug, Remedy-FM executive director Clinton Faupel told the more than 900 people at the YFC event. And if you read anything about pornography addiction and what it does to lives and to families, you'll understand that statement.
Online sexual activity is "a hidden public health hazard exploding, in part because very few are recognizing it as such or taking it seriously." So said Jill Manning, an expert in the field of sexual addictions, in testimony at a hearing on pornography's impact on marriage and the family before the U.S. Senate.
The National Council on Sexual Addiction Compulsivity estimated that 6-8 percent of Americans are sex addicts. Some say the number is 10 percent.
Last year the American Society of Addiction Medicine issued a public statement including sexual behavior addiction in terms of brain changes. Other new studies also came out saying Internet pornography use shows the same fundamental brain changes seen in other addicts of drugs.
Pornography, like drugs, is a multibillion-dollar enterprise, and the cost in lives doesn't matter to those raking in the profits. Pornographers are profiting from a culture that accepts them.
Statistics show 50 percent of America's pastors view pornography regularly. While as many as 70 percent of men 18-34 visit a porn site in a typical month, one in three women view porn as well. What kind of example is that to our kids? Especially when nearly 40 percent of adults say that pornography is morally acceptable.
How many husbands and fathers, teachers and pastors, even wives and mothers, become mired in the quicksand of sexual addiction?
How many of our kids?
Is it any wonder our middle school-age children engage in "sexting" (sending nude or seminude photos of themselves over their cellphones) or actual sex acts? Is it any wonder there are teen pregnancies, sexual abuse, pedophiles, rape, extramarital affairs, divorce and broken families?
But YFC can't solve it alone. Adults must get their heads on straight now and go to work living for something more than their own sexual indulgences.


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Numbness in Hands of Cyclists
If patients complain of numbness and weakness of one or both hands, ask if they regularly ride a bicycle.
Let Mom Scope Out the Throat
Young children are usually fearful of the otoscope and tongue depressor in the hands of a physician. To ease their fears, I give the otoscope to their mother and stand close behind her and examine the throat.
Habits of the Highly Respectful Physician
Slightly altering Dr Michael W. Kahn's article for hospital-based physicians, "Etiquette-Based Medicine," for the outpatient setting helps me develop rapport with patients.
Can You Hear Me Now?
Here's a tip for dealing with patients who are hard of hearing and either don't have hearing aids or don't have them in at the time, usually while they are inpatients in the hospital. Take your stethoscope and let them wear the earpieces.
Pack It In With Less Pain
Incision and drainage of an abscess is painful, but it is also painful to pack and repack until the site has healed. I have found that after the initial packing is removed, instilling lidocaine without epinephrine using a syringe without the needle lessens the discomfort and anxiety of repacking considerably.
Skin Carcinomas: The Isthmus Excision Technique
Two skin carcinomas that are in close proximity can be removed in a single excision.
Cheap Bonus Ideas
Be creative with performance rewards. Give movie tickets to employees who go "above and beyond" the call of duty.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Six weeks after the Upper Big Branch Mine blew up, someone slipped some papers under Bob Hardman's door at the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration's district office in Mount Hope.
MSHA's Southern West Virginia district manager found two memos, detailing serious methane leaks in 2003 and 2004 at the Massey Energy mine where 29 workers had just been killed in a massive explosion.
The memos -- both six years old -- detailed how the Upper Big Branch Mine's floor was a likely source of explosive gas, and gave clear recommendations on what Massey should do to avoid a potentially deadly methane blast. Massey never implemented those recommendations, and MSHA officials admit they never made sure the company took action.
"I've not found any information to indicate that it was addressed in any way," Hardman told Upper Big Branch investigators, according to an interview transcript that MSHA has refused to formally make public.
Now, after a 20-month probe, a team of MSHA investigators has concluded that the worst U.S. coal-mining disaster in nearly 40 years was likely ignited through exactly the mechanism warned of in the memos Hardman found slipped under his door.
MSHA investigators concluded "a small amount of methane, likely liberated from the mine floor" in the same area of underground rock fractures as the earlier gas "outbursts."
At the same time, MSHA continues to refuse to explain how and why it didn't do something that might have prevented the April 2010 explosion.
Joe Main, the Obama administration's assistant labor secretary in charge of MSHA, said the issue is among those about agency performance that are being examined by an MSHA interview review team that has not yet been completed its work.
During a press conference Tuesday, Main also tried to deflect any blame from MSHA back toward Massey Energy, which owned and operated the Raleigh County mine.
"One of the things we can't miss here is the mine operator had the information that was available on how to address the problem," Main said.
But Davitt McAteer, a former MSHA chief who is conducting an independent review of Upper Big Branch, said Wednesday that federal officials clearly failed to do their jobs.
"When you have this known problem, the failure to address it is a failure of enforcement that is profound," McAteer said in an interview.
In a preliminary report issued in May, McAteer and his team of experts did not specifically identify methane from the mine floor as the likely source of the gas that ignited on April 5, 2010.
The McAteer report listed the failure to take action after the earlier incidents as a failure on the part of both Massey and MSHA. The report said mine operators have a responsibility to deal with such problems.
"The problem, of course, is that not all mine operators are prudent," the McAteer report said. "If MSHA has knowledge, data or evidence that a mine operator does not take his responsibility seriously and does not take all necessary precautions to protect miners' safety, MSHA must step in."
Government and independent investigators have all agreed that most of the deaths at Upper Big Branch occurred because what should have been a small methane ignition turned into a huge coal-dust explosion because Massey did not keep underground tunnels free of highly combustible coal dust.
But in the report made public Tuesday, MSHA officials classified the failure to take steps to control methane leakage from the Upper Big Branch mine floor as a violation that contributed to the disaster.
"The mine has a history of methane incidents on prior longwall panels," the MSHA report said. "These incidents put the operator on notice for methane hazards on the longwall face."
MSHA cited Massey with "moderate negligence," while noting that the company did not implement agency recommendations -- such as drilling de-gasification holes or increasing fresh-air flow to the mine face -- after the earlier methane incidents.
The first prior methane incident reported at Upper Big Branch occurred in January 1997. Stanley "Goose" Stewart, a former Upper Big Branch worker, has testified about poor working conditions at the mine and publicly talked about living through the 1997 methane ignition.
"At that point in time, I really and truly thought I was a dead man," Stewart said of the 1997 incident. In a report on the incident, MSHA said that witnesses reported hearing what they thought was a roof fall, and then a "bright red glow" or an "arcing flash."
The second and third incidents occurred in July 2003 and February 2004, and prompted a much more thorough review by MSHA inspectors and agency technical staff. MSHA officials concluded at the time that a reservoir of natural gas below the Upper Big Branch Mine might easily be released into the active mining operation. They recommended a series of steps to try to prevent such incidents.
Details of the previous methane incidents surfaced in June 2010, when the Gazette obtained the two memos that had been slipped under Hardman's door.
Since then, MSHA has said several times that it had not been able to find any evidence that Massey implemented the recommendations, or that agency officials forced the company to do so -- or even checked to see if they had.
"It doesn't look like we did," Kevin Stricklin, the agency's coal administrator, said in a late June 2011 briefing. "We think that's something we can do better at."
In response to a Gazette Freedom of Information Act request, MSHA released 149 pages of documents about the 2003 and 2004 incidents, mostly standard inspection reports and "control orders" to secure the site pending agency investigations. MSHA also withheld 272 other pages of records, alleging that their release could interfere with enforcement proceedings or "constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy."
Also, MSHA this week did not include a transcript of the Upper Big Branch investigation team's interview with Hardman -- which focused in part on the 2003 and 2004 methane incidents -- in the 265 interview transcripts it made public. MSHA said it withheld only those transcripts that U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin indicated might, if released, harm his office's ongoing criminal investigation.
The Gazette obtained a copy of the transcript, which details testimony Hardman gave to the Upper Big Branch investigation team May 27, June 4, and June 6, 2010.
Hardman told investigators that he found the methane incident memos slipped under the door of his office on May 21, 2010, and was then given a second copy of the documents the following day by his staff assistant, Mike Dickerson.
According to Hardman, Dickerson told him that MSHA ventilation expert Joe Mackowiak had found the records in what Hardman called "a file 13."
"It was a file that wasn't organized," Hardman said. "I don't know whether it was in a file cabinet or in a box or where they found it, he doesn't say. But they basically had conducted a search in the ventilation department for any documents related to UBB, and they came up with a copy of this 2004 memorandum in those file 13 documents."
Hardman explained that he wasn't MSHA's Southern West Virginia district manager when the 2003 and 2004 incidents had occurred. Hardman moved to the district and took that job in August 2006, after Jesse Cole retired.
Cole retired following the January 2006 Aracoma Alma No.1 Mine fire, which killed two workers and resulted in a major audit that found mine enforcement problems then-MSHA chief Richard Stickler called "deeply disturbing." Hardman retired from MSHA in May 2011.
In his May 27, 2010, interview session, Hardman told investigators if he had been district manager when the methane incidents at Upper Big Branch occurred, he "certainly would have required a plan with elements in it to address this potential of methane outbursts in the floor during longwall mining, without a doubt.
Hardman also told investigators the UBB explosion raised questions about other mines in the area working in the same coal seams, and whether they might have similar mine-floor methane-leakage problems that needed to be addressed.
"Well, I'll tell you what I am going to do, if -- irregardless of whether we find out that that was the cause of this accident or not, I am going -- I'm -- in fact, I have a draft of it," Hardman said. "Right now, I'm going to ask Tech Support to give me a linear analysis on every mine in District 4 that's in the Eagle seam, number one.
"I have a list of those, and I've developed a 'Memorandum of Request,' not only UBB, but all the mines in the Eagle seam," Hardman testified. "I'm going to ask Tech Support to come in and look at each of those mines individually and make recommendations that -- what should be done. And I'm going to get revisions from the operators to address their recommendations. You know, they're the experts in this area, and I'll take it from there."
In a Freedom of Information Act request last December, the Gazette asked MSHA for Hardman's list and his "Memorandum of Request," and copies of any reports or documents generated as a result of his efforts. MSHA responded in February, saying no such records existed.
Reach Ken Ward Jr. at email@example.com or 304-348-1702.


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Returning to Work After You've Retired
No matter how much you've looked forward to retirement, you might find yourself missing the social interaction and financial benefits you enjoyed when you were employed. Perhaps getting a full- or part-time job will enable you to rely less on your retirement savings, leaving more to potentially grow for the future. Or maybe you're looking forward to pursuing your dream of owning a business. Whether working during retirement is a choice—or a necessity—make sure you understand the financial implications.
Finding the right work opportunity
Many people spend 20 years or more in retirement, so it's important to do something you love. If you don't quite know what that is, or you aren't ready to commit to a permanent position, you might try working in a contract job, or signing up with a temporary employment agency that will allow you to work when, and where, you wish. Some agencies even offer health and retirement benefits. If it's been a while since you searched for work, get in touch with a local career counselor to get tips on preparing a job application or resume, and to learn more about the jobs available in your community.
To help you determine your salary requirements and how many hours you'll work, spend some time reviewing your retirement plan, focusing on your retirement income needs. Then limit your job search to businesses that offer the right combination of pay, benefits and working environment.
Working for yourself
Once you retire, you may finally be ready to turn your ideas and talents into a business. Mature entrepreneurs often have the time and experience necessary to become successful business owners. However, make sure you have enough capital to start up and run your business—it may take longer than you think for your business to become profitable. And don't jeopardize your retirement security by relying on your credit cards, life savings and home equity to finance your business.
Will working affect your Social Security benefits?
If you're receiving Social Security retirement benefits and you're younger than your full retirement age (65 to 67), your benefits will be reduced if you earn more than a certain amount. In 2015, $1 in benefits will be withheld for every $2 you earn over the annual earnings limit of $15,720. A higher earnings limit applies in the year you reach full retirement age. If you earn more than this limit ($41,880 in 2015), $1 in benefits will be withheld for every $3 you earn over that amount, until the month you reach full retirement age—then you'll get your full benefit every month thereafter, no matter how much you earn. (But note that even if your benefits are withheld, that reduction isn't permanent. Your benefit will be increased at full retirement age to account for the amount withheld because of your earlier earnings.)
Not all income reduces your Social Security benefit. In general, Social Security only takes into account wages you've earned as an employee, net earnings from self-employment, and other types of work-related income, such as bonuses, commissions and fees. Pensions, annuities, IRA payments and investment income won't reduce your benefit.
Also, keep in mind that working may enable you to put off receiving your Social Security benefit until a later date. In general, the later you begin receiving benefit payments, the greater your benefit will be. Whether delaying the start of Social Security benefits is the right decision for you depends on your personal circumstances.
What about income taxes? In general, your Social Security benefit won't be subject to income tax if that's the only income you receive during the year. But if you work during retirement (or you receive any other taxable income, or tax-exempt interest), a portion of your benefit may become taxable. IRS Publication 915 has a worksheet that can help you determine if any part of your Social Security benefit is subject to income tax.
Will working affect your pension?
Unless you plan to return to work with your former employer, your pension benefit won't be affected—you can work, receive a salary from your new employer, and also receive your pension benefit from your former employer. However, if you are considering taking another job—even part-time—with your former employer, check with your plan administrator. Some plans require that your pension benefit be suspended if you retire and then return to work for the same employer.