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Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, August 2015
Shape a delicate silver rose with a hammer while you learn metal forming techniques. Combine shrink plastic and sheet metal for a funky layered ring. Research the best metal forming tools available with tool maven Helen Driggs. Discover pinolith and combine with turquoise and coral for a stunning stonework belt buckle. Inlay turquoise into silver to create a four-stone piece pendant inspired by Zuni inlay. Plus learn how to find your buyers in a crowded jewelry field!
Take professional-looking photos every time with a tutorial from expert Azur Mele. Discover why brass is the new black with tool maven Helen Driggs. Make a unique pendant with bezel, prong, and tube setting. Learn strategies to develop your own line of jewelry. Explore the basics of buying lapidary rough with Jeff Fulkerson. Discover the beauty and versatility of fossilized red oak jasper. Plus, learn about and enjoy the mystery and sparkle of opals.
Learn the best tips for tumbling stone from expert Jim Perkins! Discover the newest tools of the year from tool maven Helen Driggs. Make a big bezel using a small torch and kiln while you learn the tricks for great results. Obtain essential insights and advice on starting your jewelry business. Transform ordinary copper plumbing pipe into unique curved jewelry. Plus, learn about and enjoy the sparkle of gemstone mosaics!
Learn the best practices for metal stamping from tool maven Helen Driggs as she shares the latest tools for this hot technique. Discover a rare and spectacular turquoise that combines with sterling for an edgy take on a classic symbol. What's the best class you've ever taken? Hear the answers from ten top jewelry artists as they share their experiences. Plus learn about and enjoy the sparkling eye candy of color diamonds!
Learn why tool maven Helen Driggs likes forming metal on wood and find out which are her favorite wood forming tools. Discover a fabulous deep black drusy gem and make an elegant pendant with it. Tips for going viral: it's the way to get traction online with your home jewelry business. Learn all about the iconic Southwestern concho and make a Zuni style concho pendant while learning to prong set irregular stones that can make your jewelry truly unique. Plus find out what top designers are doing to meet demands for responsible sourcing of raw materials.
Think outside the box in the January/February issue of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist with designer Marilyn Mack as she shows you how to combine a variety of stones and metals into a stunning piece. Follow the step by step tutorial filled with tips and tricks as you make her gorgeous chrysocolla pendant. Having fun combining new materials? Take a look at the innovative new designs from students at the German center of jewelry and gem design who do more than think outside the box - they abandon it all together.
If you feel like sticking to the fundamentals, learn basic techniques and tools with Senior Editor Helen Driggs as she presents tips and tricks to create the perfect custom ring - even where to get the best tools for the job. For a fundamental lesson that results in a breathtaking necklace, the Thunder Bay Amethyst Pendant utilizes 3 basic settings that shows off 3 versions of February's birthstone, combining a rare stone with more readily available materials.
With all of these enticing projects, how does one find time to make them all? Cathleen McCarthy gives us smart ways to allocate hours and make time for jewelry making. Whether for fun or for profit, her examination of work habits and productivity helps you considers ways to maximize creative time. Learn how to prioritize and rethink multitasking so you can work smarter, not harder.
Also in this issue is the Annual Buyers' Directory filled with everything you need for jewelry-making supplies, tools, gemstones, and more.
Mix it up in the December issue of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist with Senior Editor Helen Driggs as she shows you the tools to use when incorporating other media in your jewelry designs. Learn about her favorites when working with plastic, glass, fiber, paper, leather, ceramic and more - plus where to find these tools and some of the materials you might want to try such as resin, leather or wood blanks. Ready to go make something? Check out Laurel Nathanson's fabulously funky demos on combining wood and metal with common or metalsmithing tools.
If you're in a more traditionalist frame of mind, discover the flower-like beauty of poppy jasper and try out Lexi Erickson's silver and red poppy jasper earring project: perfect for the winter holidays . . . or summer fun . . .or any time you want a bright splash of color. For the ultimate in traditional, learn to fabricate a classic wedding ring - a basic band ring in gold - and discover simple tips for giving it a special touch.
Also in this issue, you'll see why designers say statement necklaces are the in piece of jewelry, and explore the varied and creative world of jewelry with themes from nature and parts that move in surprising ways. Learn step by step how to make a finely engineered flowerpot pendant with a secret, and find a brand-new oval facet design.
If you have a jewelry business or are thinking of starting one of your own, you'll discover three top books by successful entrepreneurs and the rules they followed or broke to get there. Get the skinny on the massive effect China's dramatic rise to important global player has had on the gem and jewelry trades and how that is likely affecting you today.
Favorite Tools for Jewelry Making! Discover the pros' favorite tools and what they love about them - and find more great tools for wirework, sawing, soldering, etching, pattern transferring, and more! Plus learn to use a new stamping tool and how to make a big splash quickly and inexpensively when you create a bib necklace using precut disks of a lightweight, silver-colored new metal, and then add text like names, inspirational thoughts, and more with easy-to-use letter stamps.
Also in the November issue: Explore color as you create confetti-like patterns on niobium earrings Discover the lovely "waterlily" sapphire and an updated Old Mine cut for it Add fusing silver to your skill set and make a link bracelet bursting with texture Learn Faberge's special technique for brilliant enamels in a pendant project Satisfy your holiday customers by making sure you deliver their gifts on time
See how easy it is to cut, shape, and connect brightly colored acrylic sheet using the jewelry tools you already have as you from the piece for fashionable rings. Then simply connect the acrylic and silver with rivets, and you're good to go. Plus learn to fabricate a stunning agate pendant with tube-set diamond accent from start to finish, create a trendy archer's thumg ring, and take a look at some of the innovative and create ways jewelry designers are using photography in their jewelry.
PLUS: Find super tips from soldering to chasing and repousse; make sure you deliver holiday orders to your customers on time; discover the 5 megathemes in fashionfor 2015 by trendsetter Swarovski; add to your gem cutting skill set with advice on cutting free forms and carving a stone's top; explore the latest enameling options from liquid enamels to new colors to tools, tips, and more!
Nothing adds color and interest to a piece of jewelry like a perfectly set, expertly cut cabochon that exhibits wonderful color and striking patterns. Discover the intrinsic beauty in blue and green azurite malachite and learn all the dos and don'ts for using this unique stone in jewelry. Then see how fabulous it looks set in silver and follow along as Lexi Erickson show you how to desing around a free-form stone for a one-of-a-kind pendant. Learn to use pliers and flat wire for the partial bezel and create your own decoratively balled and traditional prongs for the setting.
Prefer a warmer palette? Try the brilliantly streaked orange, yellow, and black "bumblebee jasper" and learn all the dos and don'ts for using these unique stones. Then Lexi Erickson shows you how to design around and set cabs into a pendant and pair of earrings. But don't miss how amazing some of the Ethiopian opal from Welo looks faceted, even though opal is almost alway cut en cabochon!
For a more understated piece, join Roger Halas in forming a simple copper cuff bracelet and see how he adds interest to it with carefully placed silver wire rivets and precision letter stamping.
Save time and effort by using metal that is already cut or patterned for you: see what's new in metal stock including precut blanks, textured sheet and strip, patterned wire - even engraved disks.
Put your jewelry selling efforts where they're going to pay off more and more by making your online site easy to use on the fastest growing market segment of mobile. Find fast and simple ways to make your site tablet- and smartphone-friendly now. Don't miss out on any more sales: do it right away!
Learn basic bezel setting as you make a jasper pendant with decorative gallery wire, and learn to cut a basic jasper cabochon yourself. Create a 3D effect in silver and copper metal clays when you create a shadowbox pendant.
Go beyond basic and challenge yourself as you create a soaring phoenix in silver and brass and set with carved and faceted gems: practice your sawing, stamping, soldering and setting, plus see how to carve a piece of tigereye and cast a setting for any carved stone.
Plus find edgy amber jewelry designs, amazing golden artifacts from the ancient Andeans, soldering tips, answers to your technical questions, and more!
Keep growing!
There are more opportunities than ever today to expand and refine your jewelry making skill set, and our in-depth feature profiling five successful artists and the paths they took to get there will help you decide what kind of jewelry education is right for you. Then consult our comprehensive online directory of jewelry arts schools, programs, and classes to find the perfect environment for you.
Discover the newest group of Fretz hammers and stakes just out on the market and explore their potential as master goldsmith and jewelry and tool designer Bill Fretz shows you to make a fluted bangle with them -- and how this design evolves from earlier designs Bill shared with Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist readers recently.
Wouldn't it be great to see your jewelry designs on film and TV stars -- and wouldn't that help you increase your jewelry sales? Sure you'd love to see that and of course that could help boost your sales dramatically. Find out how to make it happen and then get the most out of your product placement now!
Plus, discover what really fine faceting is and who has those gems for sale, see how to create a spectacular special effect in stone, learn how to set an elongated focal with a cap and solder inlay, and see some of the coolest new tools displayed at the Tucson shows this year.
Then stretch and enter the Gemmy Awards -- Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist's brand-new competition -- for a chance to be showcased with the best in jewelry, other metalwork, and gems. Learn more at jewelrymakingdaily.com/Gemmys.
Black is back! See what top designers are doing with black in their jewelry and discover how to get a perfect black patina on your sterling silver. For more drama, suspend your next stones for hanging earrings using a saddle setting, which leaves most of the gem visible for maximum impact. Or, create a classic three-stone, Navajo-style silver cuff with turquoise cabochons for a different kind of jewelry with real visual impact.
Working with pewter as an inexpensive alternative to silver sometimes? Now you can cast it, too: see how as you make pewter and silver pin. Plus, if you're into casting, you won't want to miss the 36 tips, tools, and techniques we've pulled together on carving wax models for casting.
Also discover five new tools with interesting finishing applications, a favorite soldering torch, great things you can accomplish with scrap leather in the metalsmithing studio, the advantages of Wyoming jade and ocean jasper, how to harness the power of Pinterest in your jewelry sales. Plus: find out about our latest contest, the new Gemmy Awards!
Find out what else some basic jewelry making tools can do besides the basics and what tools and equipment jewelry experts prefer to use for soldering.
Discover the traditional Korean technique of keum boo, in which you apply very small pieces of gold foil to silver or another metal to give the whole a rich look at an economical price - plus learn to roll your own gold foil! Then make ever so tactile keum boo earrings, and a touch of keum boo to a pendant that features the glimmering blue gemstone called kyanite and a deeply colored freshwater pearl - and learn all about kyanite and see what other contemporary designers are doing with today's pearls.
Create a dimensional wavy bangle bracelet using anticlastic raising techniques with basic jewelry making tools and apply a colorful patina inside the curl of the wave. Promote yourself in your local market by selling at trunk shows and loaning out pieces to high-profile figures who will wear your work to their work. Plus tips on buying and cutting Guatemalan jadeite, answers to your questions, a design challenge, new products, and the annual index to past projects, feature articles, and columns.
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Sydney, formerly a British colony for exiled convicts, is now a bustling center of culture -- and its beautiful beaches are a main draw, with amazing snorkeling, scuba diving, and surfing. Though Bondi Beach is one of its most popular, the city has over 60 beaches for visitors to explore.
The cultural scene in Sydney should not be overlooked. One of Sydney's most recognizable landmarks is the Sydney Opera House (although the operas aren't the best in the world), and both the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Art Gallery of New South Wales feature impressive collections. Many festivals take place in Sydney, one of the most popular being a series of free performances during the Sydney Festival every January. The Koala Park and Taronga Zoo are also popular among tourists, where they can spot kangaroos, wallabies, and koalas.
Sydney is also home to a world-renowned rugby team, the Roosters. The games are usually exciting (and rowdy) and the popular bars and clubs in the city are even more packed with patrons after a rugby match.
Sydney has a lot of traffic, in part because the public transportation system is not the finest. The city suffers from significant air pollution as a result, which continues to be a major enviromental and political issue. The city is also very expensive.
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Bill would move Vt. primary to early AugustThe Associated Press | April 09,2013MONTPELIER — The Vermont Senate is considering a bill that would move up the state's primary election to early August.
If passed by the full Legislature, the 2014 primary would be held on Aug. 5.
Historically, Vermont's primary was held in mid-September, but prior to the 2010 election the date was moved to late August to ensure the Secretary of State's office has time to produce general election ballots in time to meet federal deadlines, including sending absentee ballots to overseas service members.
The bill would also require town and city clerks to report primary and general election results the day of the election and it would move up the filing deadline for major-party candidates to mid-May rather than early June.
The bill is scheduled for debate in the Senate on Wednesday.MORE IN This Just InThe family of a Connecticut man who was killed in a car accident on Route 4 last Friday night is... Full StoryAssociated Press Full StoryIt seems like I just started to warm up from last winter and I see back-to-school displays. Full Story
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Four city police officers were suspended in January for a variety of allegations, Police Chief Rusty York said Monday.
York told the Board of Public Safety that each of the officers disciplined last month received between one and three days of unpaid suspension for their actions.
�Unfortunately, it was a busy month for us as far as disciplinary action,� York said.
Susan K. Ulrich, a 27-year veteran of the department, received a one-day suspension for not having a valid driver�s license and not wearing a seat belt.
Ulrich was involved in an on-duty crash in August of last year, York said.
While reviewing her on-board computer after the wreck, it was discovered that her license was expired and she was not wearing a seat belt when the crash occurred, he said.
Ulrich has been suspended two times previously for on-duty vehicle crashes and has also been suspended for submitting false reports, according to her personnel file.
She has received 10 letters of reprimand including being late for duty, absent without leave, disobedience of orders and four other police vehicle crashes.
Sgt. Caesar B. DeJesus received a three-day suspension last month for violating the department�s firearms and use-of-force policy.
In November, DeJesus responded to a call about a fight in a city restaurant and fired a warning shot in the air, York said.
�That�s a violation of our policy,� York said.
DeJesus has been suspended twice for being absent without leave, according to his personnel file.
He received a letter of commendation in 2001. He has served on the Fort Wayne Police Department for 17 years and was promoted to sergeant in 2008.
Officer Robert G. Abels was suspended in January for improper conduct.
York said Abels was interviewing a victim of assault and another officer reported that he was asking �inappropriate questions.� Abels received a three-day suspension.
According to his personnel file, Abels was also suspended for improper conduct in 2003 and has received three letters of reprimand for the same allegation. He has also been suspended for having misdemeanor charges filed against him, a police vehicle crash, investigative negligence and failing to follow department policies.
Abels has received a total of five letters of reprimand, one letter of excellence and one letter of commendation. He has served on the department for 23 years.
Detective Jay A. Thompson, received a one-day suspension for failing to submit a doctor�s note after being on sick leave.
Thompson was suspended for the same allegation in 2011 and has been suspended a total of eight times for allegations of failing to obey department policies, failing to attend training/schools, confiscated property, being absent without leave and inappropriate appearance for duty, according to his personnel file. He has also received six letters of reprimand.
Thompson has served on the department for 23 years.
In other business Monday, the board approved new taxicab applications for Anthony D. Garcia and Breck V. Queary.
The board also voted to renew applications for Edward L. DeSouza, Chad M. Kelley, Fekade Moges, Paul H. Purvis, Michael P. Treacy and Dawn H. Trees.
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Quanah Parker was an important Comanche chief, a leader in the Native American Church, and the last leader of the powerful Quahadi band before they surrendered their battle of the Great Plains. With five wives and 25 children, Quanah had numerous descendants. Many people in Texas and Oklahoma claim him as an ancestor. S.C. Gwynne recently published a book on Quanah Parker, and is giving a lecture on him at the museum on April 5. Here is part 2 of my blog on Quanah Parker. If you missed the first part, don't worry, just click here to read it.
Quanah grew up to be a full warrior by the time he was fifteen years old, when he led a raid to steal horses in the San Antonio area. His reputation grew when, on his second raid, he was intercepted by a company of U.S. Army cavalry. Instead of taking off, Quanah confronted his assailants and managed to steal the cavalry's sixty mules (Gwynne 2010: 199-201).
These were the years during which the Civil War raged further east. While there were no large scale military encounters in this part of the US, the Civil War did affect the frontier area by siphoning off manpower and money. This left the border wide open to Comanche raids once more (Gwynne 2010:210).
Over time, Comanche raiding changed in nature. Instead of being primarily aimed at stealing horses, these raids became the 19th century equivalent of what would be called political terrorism today: their goal was to roll back the frontier. There was good evidence that this tactic was working (Gwynne 2010: 202). In addition, Quanah retained a burning desire to avenge his father's death and his mother's abduction (Gwynne 2010: 202).
After the Civil War, things did not improve. Comanches engaged in cattle raids, which they ended up selling to the army in return for guns and ammunition, to be used in later raids (Gwynne 2010: 223).
In 1868, Quanah took part in a raid that went into Mexico. However, by then the traditional Comanche lifestyle of hunting buffalo and raiding had become a whole lot more difficult. A line of forts had been built in Texas along the San Antonio – El Paso Trail (Gwynne 2010:201). These forts, built by the US after the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo were intended to protect Mexico from raids across the new international border by the Indian tribes of the North. This certainly included the Comanches. One of the men posted to these forts was US Army captain Ranald Slidell MacKenzie (Gwynne 2010: 238).
|Ranald Slidell MacKenzie
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In 1871, President Grant placed MacKenzie in command of the Fourth Cavalry on the frontier, placing him squarely in the path of Comanche war parties (Gwynne 2010: 238). This set the stage for the Battle of Blanco Canyon.
MacKenzie's force consisted of six hundred men and twenty-five Tonkawa scouts. This was the largest force ever assembled against the Comanches to that date (Gwynne 2010:242). True to form, Quanah Parker attacked the force the night of October 10, 1871. He managed to run off some – but not all – of the horses. Still, sixty-six soldiers who had lost their horses were forced to march back east to their supply camp. The rest of the troops continued their search for their attackers. The next day, October 11, they did just that and more. They stumbled across the main body of the Quahadi band, to which Quanah Parker belonged (Gwynne 2010: 243). The Battle of Blanco Canyon had begun.
|Blanco Canyon, in Crosby County, Texas, as it looked in 2009
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Traditional Comanche tactics, especially when defending women and children, was for the warriors to face their attackers, buying time for their families to escape. This Quanah Parker and his warriors did. The odds definitely favored the attackers. MacKenzie outnumbered the Comanche warriors, and they were equipped with superior weapons. Quanah Parker and his fellow warriors, on the other hand, had to secure the safety of the entire band, consisting of several hundred lodges. There were large numbers of women and children to be moved out of harm's way, as were tons of equipment, provisions and supplies, about three thousand horses and mules, as well as cattle and dogs. It seemed like an impossible task to hide them on the open plains, but that is exactly what they did (Gwynne 2010:245).
MacKenzie deployed his trackers, but the band disappeared in the canyons carved by the Brazos river east of the present city of Lubbock. For two days, the Comanche band marched and doubled back, leaving false trails heading in all kinds of directions. The pursuers, new to this part of the country were lost. Finally, mother nature came to the rescue. When at one point, the tribe was sighted and the Anglo force started to gain ground on them, a "blue-norther" roared in. In the face of snow, sleet and winds blowing up to fifty miles per hour, the Fourth Cavalry broke of its pursuit, and the Comanche vanished in the darkness (Gwynne 2010:248).
|A blue norther heading toward Landergin Mesa.
Such storms can take a nice warm day and turn it cold, wet, and blustery in a matter of minutes,
a fact well known to anyone who has lived in the Texas Panhandle.
Photo by Rolla Shaller. Image courtesy of Texas Beyond History, Texas Archeological Research Laboratory,
University of Texas at Austin. Photo from Texasbeyondhistory.net
While a success in the short run, the Battle of Blanco Canyon marked the beginning of the end for the Comanche who still roamed the Plains freely. Within a few years, most would be dead, and the survivors forced to relocate to reservations.
Make sure you check out S.C. Gwynne's lecture on the Comanche on April 5, 2011 at the museum.
The museum's Plains Indian collection is quite extensive; at its core is the Gordon W. Smith collection, which the museum acquired in 2008. For more information, see here.
Anyone interested in the history of Texas, and its close connection to the history of the Comanches, check out our exhibit on Texas!, on display now at the museum.
Check back next week for the conclusion of the blogs on Quanah Parker.


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A genealogy blog focused on families settling in East Tennessee and the Northern Neck of Virginia with explorations of Rusyn roots.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Treasure Chest Thursday: Button, Button ...
Over the years we raided the box for chips when playing cards, to replace lost board game pieces, to use as money for doll hospitals or frontier villages in the yard. The sparkly ones were dress up jewelry strung on pipe cleaners for rings or string for necklaces. Some appeared on Halloween costumes, both mine and my children's. A few even ended up on clothes.
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I loved playing with my grandmother's button box, and my mom had one, too. I started a button box when I was married, but somehow the buttons in my box seem boring compared to the fancy old fashioned ones in Nana's box. I never thought it was interesting until I saw my daughter had started one at her apartment! She said she always loved my button box, and found some at a yard sale to get started.ReplyDelete
I guess my mother was different, no, I know she was! Anyway, she majored in textiles at college and as a result, made all our clothes too. Like you, she had lots of buttons, but we weren't allowed to touch. To this day, I still cut buttons off of old shirts and blouses and save them, even though I don't sew anymore.ReplyDelete
I'm another one that collects buttons, even though I don't sew. I also bought a bag of buttons at Michael's for my daughters' craft box when they were little. And you also brought back the memories of all the other ways they can be used!ReplyDelete
It was always a button jar at our house, but I loved it as a child.ReplyDelete
Buttons remind me of my grandmother. She was a seamstress at one time and had a wonderful box of buttons. Last year I found a local crafter who buys vintage buttons on ebay and makes the most wonderful bracelets. I had to buy one. It has a rhinestone button shaped like a fly, and another button that looks like a button on one of my grandmother's dresses. It was so creative and brought back such happy memories.ReplyDelete
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March 8 marks the anniversary of one of the darkest days in Logan County history. Stories of that day can be found from many different sources and perspectives, but no matter how the story is told, the effect on the close-knit mining community remains the same.
On that cold, snowy Tuesday morning 53 years ago, 20 unsuspecting miners went into the Holden Mine at Island Creek No. 22, at 7 a.m., ready to work their shift just like any other day.
The miners had only been underground a short time when there was a slate fall in the tunnels sealing them off from a fire in the coal seam that may have been sparked by a cable or line knocked down near a wooden timber.
The blaze made its way through the tunnels and frigid temperatures froze water in hoses stretched down from the surface. After the fire was extinguished, knee-deep water, steam and smoke filled the mine as teams worked round the clock hoping to rescue the men.
The story takes a positive turn when two of the trapped miners come out of the mine. Ventilation expert Willis Carter and a young miner named Kyle Blair managed to claw and squeeze through openings above the fallen roof material to reach safety some 6,000 feet away.
The two miners said Safety Engineer William Donaldson grouped the men together after the slate fall. The miners decided to wait for fire fighters and the rescue team, except for Carter and Blair, who volunteered to try and open a pair of doors to keep air from the fire area from reaching the men. When they opened the door nearest the fire, thick black smoke and poison air forced them to take the only route of escape open and prevented their opening the other door.
By Friday, hope was fading as rescue teams were no closer to reaching the trapped miners. Family and friends of the miners were holding vigils and praying for a miracle.
Rescue workers found 13 bodies Tuesday at three o'clock in the afternoon, eight days after the fire started. Silent, deadly carbon monoxide gas had claimed their lives within hours after the accident. The lost miners were wrapped in blankets and plastic bags and carried to the base of the 485-foot elevator shaft to await their final journey to the surface.
By Thursday afternoon, nine days after the incident, bodies of the the last two miners, Charles Adams and Louis Workman, were recovered.
Harris Funeral Home served as the interim resting place for the bodies. Families came there to claim their loved ones and make funeral arrangements.
Willis Carter's son says he remembers it like it was just yesterday, "Our mother sat us down and told us our dad might not be coming home. She said there had been a terrible accident at the mine."
Willis Carter Jr. was 12 years old at the time of the accident. He said his father was devastated after the accident and returned to the mine to try and help rescue workers.
"Dad lost his brother in that mine. My Uncle James, everybody called him Bub. Okey Bryant was a neighbor and Flint Lock Jarrells lived just over the hill. It was a sad time," said Carter.
Carter says his father continued to work at the Holden 22 mine until they closed it down and then he worked at the Number 5 Kelly Mine across Blair Mountain.
Willis Carter Sr. died in July of 1984 at the age of 70. His son says medication he took to ease rhumetoid arthritis pain caused his kidneys to fail.
The other survivor, Kyle Blair,lost his life in a mining accident that happened an another Tuesday morning 14 years after the tragedy at Holden. He died at a Westmoreland Coal Company mine at Clothier, where he worked as a general mine foreman. Blair, 43, of Harts, died June 18, 1974, leaving behind a wife and two sons.
The 18 men who died in the mine left 72 children fatherless and made 16 wives widows. They were: Charles Adams, 46, wife and 7 children; Frank Ardis, 63, wife and 4 children; Ernest Bevins, 35, wife and 7 children; Okey Bryant, 49, widower and 5 children; James Carter, 30, wife and 6 children; Josh Chafin, Jr., 37, wife and 4 children; Roy Lee Dempsey, 52, 9 children; William Donaldson 53 wife and 1 child; Garfield Hensley 43 wife and 5 children; Berti Horvath 32 wife and 4 children; Flint Lock Jarrells, 39, wife and 6 children; Albert Marcum, Jr., 34, wife and 5 children; Melvin Newsom, 46, wife and 1 child; Isom Ooten, 43, wife and 6 children; James V. Lundell, 26, wife and 2 children; Orville Sargent, 32, wife and 1 child; Carl White, 39, wife and 3 children; Louis Workman, 32, wife and 1 child.
Those miners were everyday heroes who went to work that cold, snowy morning never dreaming it would be the last time. Memories of the tragedy that prevented their safe return home will never fade as long as the story is told.


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Last night I watched Juno for the umpteenth time. Great movie!
I saw Adrift last night.
Entertaining but not worth a second time.
Saw "Gone Baby Gone" starring Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman and Michelle Monaghan and directed by Ben Affleck (his first). Was a wonderfully done film and I highly recommend it.
I just watched Undertaker and His Pals. It was corny and cheesy and I loved it. It's one of those rare movies in the Slasher/Comedy category that made me laugh. I recommend this movie to anyone who likes B-movies.
The last movie I saw was "Prizzi's Honor," from 1985. I always heard it was supposed to be good, but I wasn't too impressed.
I saw Fun with Dick and Jane again. The one with Jim Carrey.
Still loved it!
Today I saw La vita é bella or A beautiful life as most will know it.
It's in my top five of favourite movie and it had been a while since I'd seen it. Since it wouldn't stop pouring today, I figured why not today.
This is an old one. It has whiskers. But I still love it. Forbidden Planet with Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Earl Holliman (later to be seen in several Twilight Zone episodes), James Drury (The Virginian), Leslie Nielsen (The Naked Gun) and many others. But it is the plot that I most love about the movie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Planet


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The Multicultural Education Department (MED) is a unit within the Academic Affairs Department. The MED offers the following programs: the Africana Community, the Latin@ community, LGBTQQA, and the Native American Program. The department also works closely with the International and Alternative Learning Community in order to form a Multicultural Education Team that ensures the spread of diversity awareness in all aspects of College life.
The mission of Africana CHANGE is to empower youth and young adults by providing cultural, artistic, and educational programming, and to support them in developing their success as they become driven global leaders who understand the value of respect, the importance of social justice, and the power of celebrating the Black Diaspora.
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Currently, there are three levels of Africana CHANGE: 1-collegiate seminar 2-high school support program, 3-youth summit.
The collegiate seminar is an independent study at Guilford College with up to 10 students enrolled per year for Part I in the fall semester and Part II in the spring semester. Students earn up to 8 college credits for the seminar.
The high school support program is currently being implemented at James B. Dudley Senior High School as the Africana CHANGE- Dudley Edition for 70 freshman students during the 2013-2014 academic year.
The youth summit is a collaborative event with the Hip Hop Summit of Winston Salem State University for youth 11-17 years old to engage in cultural exploration and artistic expression.
The conference aims to provide Latin@ and international students with all the information they need to be ready for college. Students will attend workshops on financial aid, picking a college, the admissions process and building confidence. The conference is free and transportation is provided. The main location for registration and opening remarks is the Alumni Gym. Students can enter the essay competition, where the top four essays will receive a monetary prize.
The Multicultural Leadership Scholars Program (MLSP) is a year-long program designed to develop students' understanding of diversity, equity and inclusion and their impact in society as well as in Guilford College. Students will also be given an opportunity to gain experience in the practical application of these concepts, through projects that help Guilford achieve its goal of becoming a more inclusive, equitable and affirming institution and a project that serves a specific community organization in Greensboro. In addition, the program is designed to foster a sense of community among the participants while learning to build trust across differences. MLSP students receive a scholarship for the academic year.
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In February it was announced that The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Public Health and OSU Extension of Scioto County had teamed up to conduct a smoking research study in Scioto County called the OSU Quit Smoking Project.
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Apple announces new Maps app, complete with turn-by-turn navigation, Siri integration, and 3D models
Apple announced their much-rumored in-house Maps application at WWDC today.
Maps includes a lot of great new features, including 3D buildings, turn-by-turn navigation, local search with some back-up from Siri. Maps also includes live traffic information that's anonymously crowd-sourced from iPhone and iPad owners. The live traffic data will also update your estimated time of arrival as you progress on your journey. Your navigation view will also show on the lock screen which is really nice. Asking your iPhone "are we there yet?" will even work through Siri, but you'll likely be spending more time using Siri for local search, such as to find the nearest gas station.
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I use MotionX GPS Drive. While I'm not particular about any interface for turn-by-turn directions (i'll get use to any of them given enough time), I do really like one feature of it. You specify a "cache" size of up to 2 GB. GPS Drive will download maps as needed, but then keep them in it's cache. Once that fills up, the oldest map tiles goes. By adjusting that size as appropriate for your use, I have found that to be a great balance. Don't waste too much space, preload when need to (you can "simulate" the drive to preload the map), and have local maps when no data exists.
And then call it "revolutionary" and "new" AGAIN, AGAIN!
Like they haven't copied enough from Android already... How is that pull down notification bar working for you apple fanboys?
Seriously, they should've just been honest and called this Android instead of iOS6....
Oh wait, apple be honest.... Hahahahahahahaha!!!!
Xandroid - Why are you here? Do you have anything new to add? Are some of these features (I see your responses on other articles on other features) done today on Android? Yup. My buddy right next to me, a loyal android user said the same as you, but added "I just wish the android solution had that Apple polish and ease of use" - Apple isn't claim the idea is "magical" or "revolutionary" or what have you - but the EXPERIENCE is.
Not to mention, you do know what Android looked like before the iPhone, right? Windows Mobile/BlackBerry. So, if Apple is copying android who copied Apple, doesn't that create a circular reference?
Lastly, WHO CARES? Like what you like, let others like what they like.
Okay, don't be hatin bro... I'm not against technology and I don't really even want to argue about what's better (although I would win) or who makes it better. And you're right! Who cares what you like or what your grandma likes, thats your personal opinion and i'm not against that. There are so many companies that make phones out there and different options for everyone, but i don't go to their forums to tell them that Microsoft or Nokia or WebOS suck. However I do not like Apple. Not the iPhone in itself, that is a wonderful piece of tecnology. No, I hate Apple and all other companies that do business like them.. I hate the shady business men behind the name. I HATE THEIR SCHEMES! They would do anything to bring their competition down instead of bringing their product up. Gone are the good old days when Nokia and Motorola competed with "whos phone is better". Instead, now we have "Who has the most patents [even if they didn't actually come up with that particular feature first]" or "who has the smarter lawyers" or "The dumbest judges". It's a sad sad world that this keeps happening in........ No man, I don't hate the iPhone or the features (or lack of, depends who you ask) that it provides. I hate unfair business schemes.. It's too bad that talents and greatness don't get recognized as they did before... everything is all about the moneys now... Sorry about the rant.. Not that it matters, but I just wanted to let you know that I not being a random hater. This all just reminds me of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. If you don't know much about that, here's an awesome , short history lesson (the truth that should be taught in schools), courtesy of the Oatmeal : http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla
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Now now, it doesnt blow the main competition away. If you happened to catch the Google keynote last week, you should be informed enough to know, at best, Apple matches what Google is BEST at! ;)
No I'm sticking with my "Blows the competition away" HOWEVER, ONLY if i understood correctly that you can do a 3D fly over of your route. THAT feature doesn't exist anywhere else....If their 3D flyover (3C Maps Acquisition) is not intergrated with their navigation, then yea it's just playing catch-up
Umm...Google Earth much?
But imagine if you enter a route into your iPhone/iPad that you have never done B4 & was then able to virtually fly that entire route in 3D b4 leaving. Then when your driving, it would be like you've already driven it B4...like I said IF this is actually integrated like I read somewhere.....I'm a BlackBerry fan/user so I know all about the media making completely incorrect and/or misleading statements.
do they have towers ? if they do than obviously their priorities r screwed
The Siri part is on 4S only, but the actual turn by turn is supported by 3GS and newer :)
Sorry to break it to you, but Apple can't hear you. They've preoccupied themselves with banning All the the phones that are better then the iPhone and are too busy at this time, please leave a message with your name and number and an ass (associate) will get back to at their sonnest convenience (next year).
Xandroid, shouldnt you be under a bridge? I mean common you comment was a bloody riddle!
hahahaha. Oh man I love the android is the victim approach. If everyone didn't blatantly copy Apple to begin with then you wouldn't have anything to say right now. Apple has said over and over that they will not be the developer for the world. This is why patents are in place. Tell everyone to quit copying and we wont have an issue. And if you try to bring up notification center, go for it, obviously Google did not have the patent on this or they would have sued as well.
Android is not the victim here.
Sorry, but this is from the Apple website...
"Some features may not be available in all countries or all areas. Flyover and turn-by-turn navigation will be available only on iPhone 4S and iPad 2 or later. Cellular data charges may apply."
I think the biggest mistake Apple committed was not having public transit, pedestrian, bicycle directions in the new Maps app. That is a HUGE blunder. I hope ditching Google Maps wasn't the point where Apple "jumped the Shark," because right now Google Maps is looking like the far superior implementation and this is coming from a loyal iOS user...
Apple robs us of Street View, a worldwide extensive database, street level coverage of nearly every MINOR city in the world. They give us back a gimmicky 3D view WITH NO REAL PURPOSE (go ahead, TELL ME what practical purpose this will have), a mapping provider that DOES NOT COVER ALL ITS MAJOR MARKETS, and then says WE should be HAPPY?!?
Last Apple product ever for me unless Google busts out the gates with a good native iPhone app, and Apple doesn't do what they ALWAYS do and reject anything that makes them look bad. I am SICK of Apple's crap. Enough... you burned your good will. Japanese users are getting SCREWED. Japan is Apple's THIRD LARGEST MARKET BY INCOME ALONE, and we're treated worse than Canada, a country with the same population as our biggest city
Apple doesn't deserve goodwill anymore...
Lots of good points being made here I c see. Apples biggest mistake was not reaching a deal with garmin; however, that likely has more to do with Navteq and Nokia then anything else. Siri not yet fully functioning in Canada is a major failure. I believe for the most part apple realizes Android is king in Asia so they won't try too hard to compete with Asia, much like samsung isn't tying very hard for the US market eg. Samsung Galaxy 3.
once again, apple I feel is trying to convince they're loyalists that they don't need this or that.
Addendum -damn mobile version of this site. Anyway. All the features Google maps have is often used by all ios users. I am guessing apple feels most people use apps anyways which lack street view et al isn't needed but 3d view is. All I say it's another stupid move by Apple much like only adding a slight not even modest upgrade to the iPhone by introducing a puny midget. 5 inch taller screen. And they'll market it as having a larger screen so you can see more. But for me I'll be going with the competition that offers a significantly larger screen.
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Google Maps on android now does bicycle directions in NYC to go along with it's excellent transit routing. This feature made the thought of switching from Android to iOS go from 'pricey but perhaps worthwhile' to 'impossible/unfeasible' for me in the near future. I will check back in 2 years when my contract is up.
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