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The Association completed its third of three Regional Membership Meetings on Wednesday evening in Beckley. The first meeting had been held in Morgantown with the second one in Charleston on Tuesday. Each of the sessions were well attended with a great deal of discussion and exchange on the variety of issues confronting our industry today. While health & safety and environmental regulations, policies and statistics were covered, a good bit of time in each meeting was taken with discussions surrounding the manpower challenges facing the industry as well as the Legislative issues expected in the 2012 Regular Session. We appreciate everyone who participated by keeping the meetings lively and pertinent.
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Rep. David B. McKinley, R-W.Va., became the first-ever freshman member of Congress to be named a recipient of the Annual Achievement Award by the prestigious Washington Coal Club (WCC) on Wednesday.
McKinley was honored due to his strong advocacy for the continued use of coal alongside House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., according to a news release from McKinley's office. Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Dr. Janos Beer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Charleston Civic Center
Since 1988, Craig Calhoun has attended annual West Virginia University basketball games at the Charleston Civic Center.
Calhoun, a season ticket holder, was again at the Civic Center Tuesday night when WVU faced Morehead State.
It was the first game on the new floor at the Civic Center sponsored by the Friends of Coal.
Calhoun says the floor, which features three silhouettes of West Virginia coal miners, is a good representation of the state.
"It will give a lot of recognition to the state," Calhoun said. "I like the paint job. I like the floor."
Calhoun's friend and fellow season ticket holder Alan Petty had one word to describe the floor: "Awesome."
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A new batch of emails purportedly stolen from the servers at the University of East Anglia were posted online Tuesday, echoing the 2009 data breach dubbed "Climategate" that turned the world's attention to the internal debates among scientists hoping to determine whether man's actions are warming the planet.
Excerpts from the emails posted on climate skeptic websites are certainly eye-opening:
<1939> Thorne/MetO: Observations do not show rising temperatures throughout the tropical troposphere unless you accept one single study and approach and discount a wealth of others. This is just downright dangerous. We need to communicate the uncertainty and be honest.
<3066> Thorne: I also think the science is being manipulated to put a political spin on it, which for all our sakes might not be too clever in the long run.
<4755> Overpeck: The trick may be to decide on the main message and use that to guid[e] what’s included and what is left out.
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Resources Boom Fuels Demand for Underground Labor, Spurs Skyrocketing Pay; a $1,200 Chihuahua
MANDURAH, Australia—One of the fastest-growing costs in the global mining industry are workers like James Dinnison: the 25-year-old high-school dropout from Western Australia makes $200,000 a year running drills in underground mines to extract gold and other minerals.
The heavily tattooed Mr. Dinnison, who started in the mines seven years ago earning $100,000, owns a sky-blue 2009 Chevy Ute, which cost $55,000 before a $16,000 engine enhancement, and a $44,000 custom motorcycle. The price tag on his chihuahua, Dexter, which yaps at his feet: $1,200.
James Dinnison, a 25-year-old high school dropout from Western Australia, makes $200,000 a year running drills in underground mines to extract gold and other minerals. Why is he paid so much? John Miller explains on Lunch Break.
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