A quarry picture from Edward Burtynsky.Canadian artist and photographer, Edward Burtynsky, was lauded by the New York Times for his pictures of copper mines.The large panoramic aerial photos by Burtynsky capture the awesome scale of big open pit mines:Open-pit mines are wounds we've inflicted, and the wonderment they excite easily becomes tinged with pangs of remorse or dread. Burtynsky calls that...Read More
How Social Security and Medicare just got stronger … The new federal budget bill President Obama signed into law earlier this week makes some crucial fixes aimed at strengthening the finances of Social Security and Medicare. While some people will receive reduced benefits with these changes, everyone wins when these programs are put on a sounder footing and obvious flaws are remedied. &ndash...Read More
DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg said the idea that marijuana can be used as medicine is a "joke."…"What really bothers me is the notion that marijuana is also medicinal – because it's not … If you talk about smoking the leaf of marijuana – which is what people are talking about when they talk about medicinal marijuana – it has never been shown to be safe...Read More
How Social Security and Medicare just got stronger … The new federal budget bill President Obama signed into law earlier this week makes some crucial fixes aimed at strengthening the finances of Social Security and Medicare. While some people will receive reduced benefits with these changes, everyone wins when these programs are put on a sounder footing and obvious flaws are remedied. &ndash...Read More
DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg said the idea that marijuana can be used as medicine is a "joke."…"What really bothers me is the notion that marijuana is also medicinal – because it's not … If you talk about smoking the leaf of marijuana – which is what people are talking about when they talk about medicinal marijuana – it has never been shown to be safe...Read More
Whitney gets a noBS tatoo, watch in high-speed timelapse. | Watch new episodes of MY BIG FAT FABULOUS LIFE, Wednesdays at 9/8c on TLC!Watch full episodes: http://bit.ly/MBFFLFullEpsSubscribe to TLC:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...For the latest on Whitney and the show, LIKE the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MyBigFatFabu...For more exclusive videos and content, go to:http://www.tl...Read More
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From this page:http://www.prequeladventure.com/2011/...About Prequel:PREQUEL is a story on the internet. It has been called several other things too, including "Making A Cat Cry: The Adventure", "Everything Is A Federal Fucking Issue And Also Trying To Make You Miserable", "Katia Managan: Alcoholic, Vasilikphobe, Adventurer", and "Slutcat Adventures 2: Daggerfall". All of these names are equally d...Read More
U.S. stocks decline as jobs report looms … U.S. stocks ended Thursday's session modestly lower for a second consecutive day as investors turned cautious ahead of an important employment report due Friday. – MarketWatchDominant Social Theme: The market is in a good place.Free-Market Analysis: Commentators often attribute human-like qualities to stocks and stock markets. The market w...Read More
US accuses Moscow of 'dangerously' worsening Syria war … The United States said that Russia's air war in Syria had "dangerously exacerbated" the conflict, accusing Moscow of seeking to bolster President Bashar al-Assad's regime instead of targeting jihadists. Washington's latest broadside against Russian intervention in Syria came as government troops, emboldene...Read More
U.S. stocks decline as jobs report looms … U.S. stocks ended Thursday's session modestly lower for a second consecutive day as investors turned cautious ahead of an important employment report due Friday. – MarketWatchDominant Social Theme: The market is in a good place.Free-Market Analysis: Commentators often attribute human-like qualities to stocks and stock markets. The market w...Read More
US accuses Moscow of 'dangerously' worsening Syria war … The United States said that Russia's air war in Syria had "dangerously exacerbated" the conflict, accusing Moscow of seeking to bolster President Bashar al-Assad's regime instead of targeting jihadists. Washington's latest broadside against Russian intervention in Syria came as government troops, emboldene...Read More
Teck plans to reduce the workforce at Highland Valley Copper by six per cent.United Steelworkers local 7619 says it was informed of the cuts by Teck on Thursday. Cuts will take place next year.Highland Valley Copper employs approximately 900 people, nearly half of them living in Kamloops.Non-union contractors will feel the brunt of the labour reductions.In its recent quarter Teck Resources (NYSE...Read More
Copper moved back into a bear market with a sharp decline on Thursday with year to date losses now topping 20%.On Thursday in New York trade December copper gave up 3.1% hitting a day low of $2.2505 a pound ($4,960 a tonne). In August copper fell to a six year low of $4,888 a tonne.The red metal's latest leg down is blamed on worse-than-expected manufacturing data from Germany, the world's...Read More
BHP Billiton has signed a new native title agreement with the Banjima People in Western Australia.The BHP Billiton Banjima Comprehensive Agreement covers an area of 8263 square kilometres and includes a number of the Company's Pilbara-based iron ore operations and most of the Banjima Native Title determination area.BHP Billiton Iron Ore President, Jimmy Wilson, said the agreement was believed to b...Read More
Codelco's Chuquicamata copper mine, Chile. (Image courtesy of Codelco)While miners, analysts and media worldwide remain focus on the difficulties the sector is facing and the uncertain outlook for a turnaround in the near term, those in Latin America has managed to remain optimistic, a new report shows.According to a study by international law firm Dentons, in association with the Mining and Inve...Read More
The Rio Algom mine closed in 1992. The pit - 1.5 kilometres long, 0.5 km wide and 60 metres deep - was then flooded, with runoff directed to a tailings pond for treatment. (Image by Fred A. Hatfield | Flickr Commons)Canada's Avalon Rare Metals (TSX:AVL), until now mostly known for its incursion in the rare earths market, says it's quite advanced on a $1.3 million work program in South-western Nova...Read More
Marijuana grows causing blackouts, power company says … Dozens of people in Northeast Portland lost power amid the sizzle of summer because of marijuana. Two indoor grows in the same area overloaded the circuits, causing an outage for about 200 customers. That was one of seven outages from grows that's hit Pacific Power since July. – Oregon LiveDominant Social Theme: We'll buy...Read More
The multi-state military training exercise known as Jade Helm 15 is done. There did not turn out to be any FEMA camps populated with anti-Obama patriots plucked from their homes by American special forces. Desert regions of the United States do not seem to have been turned over to ISIS or Russia in an attempt by the government to something-something-something … Still, it's a shame one-th...Read More