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Roman Hamrlik may have to fear for his safety.
Speaking on Team 1200 in Ottawa on Tuesday, Philadelphia Flyers forward Scott Hartnell said he doesn't expect any players on the Washington Capitals to run to their teammate's defence if he gets in trouble on the ice.
"I don't think anyone other than Roman Hamrlik in Washington -- a guy who has made $50-to-$60 million from the (NHL Players' Association) -- has turned on us. You're going to have guys like that," Hartnell told the radio station. "I can't wait to see what his teammates do when guys go after him. To sell the whole PA under the bus and to stick up for a guy like that is going to be tough."
Hamrlik said last month he feels NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr is taking the wrong path.
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Another Black Tuesday, another weird bug.
CorelDraw customers posting on the company blog started complaining about disappearing fonts on Wednesday. Two posters, Gary G and drummachine, discovered that the cause of the problem is yet another buggy Black Tuesday patch delivered by Windows Automatic Update. MS12-078/KB 2753842 is a Microsoft-designated critical patch that "resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability and one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The more severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted document or visits a malicious webpage that embeds TrueType or OpenType font files."
Quark Xpress has similar problems, as does the Flexi sign design package.
Details so far are sketchy. Microsoft hasn't acknowledged the bug or pulled the patch, but based on the CorelDraw forum postings, it appears the bug affects Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit systems, as well as CorelDraw X3 to X6. Poster David Milisock suggests that the fonts that disappear are Open Type fonts with Postscript outlines.
Posters report they can get their fonts back by simply uninstalling KB 2753842, although many went to the added extravagance of rolling back to a restore point and installing all of this month's patches except KB 2753842.
Claudep, identified on the blog as a Corel employee, says:
I looked into it and found out that it is indeed a Microsoft problem: not ours. Other application have similar problems, not just CorelDraw. The problem is with a windows API called GetGlyphOutline(). For certain fonts... it fails to return us the memory size we need to extract a character's glyph's curves. That means that any application trying to convert character to curves will fail. CorelDraw requires that to display text object in enhanced view mode. Other view modes might still work. Convert to curve will also fail and the bounding box calculation of artistic text object will not work as well.
No word on when Microsoft will officially acknowledge -- much less fix -- the patch.
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Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, special tax deals don't upset us.
Not, at least, Warren Buffett, who is expected to finance 25% of a $10 billion corporate "inversion" wherein Burger King takes over Canadian coffee and donut chain Tim Hortons and the U.S.-based acquirer moves its headquarters to Canada, where total tax costs are 46.4% lower.
Buffett's involvement in the deal is sure to intensify an already heated debate about the propriety of inversions, given the billionaire investor's consistent public stands against the wealthy evading taxes.
While Buffett has stood shoulder to shoulder with President Barack Obama denouncing a tax code that allows him (and the president) to pay a lower effective tax rate than the CEO's secretary, the Burger King-Hortons deal would seem to be a grander corporate version of tax avoidance. Accusations of hypocrisy are already resoundingly heard amongst the political and media commentariat.
Obama himself has denounced corporate inversions as "unpatriotic," saying "my attitude is I don't care if it's legal, it's wrong."
The president has long backed the now ironically named Buffett Rule, never enacted by Congress, but which would impose a minimum 30% effective tax rate on the wealthy so they could not utilize loopholes to reduce their tax bills.
A corporate Buffett rule, if it existed and could withstand legal challenges, would block inversions, by which a U.S.-based corporation's acquisition of a foreign company allows the acquirer to change its legal domicile and thereby legally avoid paying the higher U.S. corporate tax rate.
The tax arbitrage move gained notoriety in the spring when Pfizer tried to buy U.K.–based AstraZeneca.
Had the deal gone through, the New York-based pharmaceutical giant would have seen its 42.1% effective tax rate (based on a 35% federal rate plus state rate of 7.1%) plummet to Britain's 21% rate, thus saving the firm $1.4 billion a year.
The ultimately doomed move stirred a hornet's nest of controversy, with liberal politicians and pundits branding the firm and its corporate imitators wealthy tax evaders, while conservative critics insisted the inversion trend merely highlighted the need to lower the U.S. corporate tax to a more competitive rate.
For its part, the White House has called on the Treasury Department to come up with new rules that curb the practice, but potential legal hurdles to doing so must be resolved, and the process may take months.
Gregory Valliere, a political strategist whose Potomac Research Group provides Washington policy analysis to institutional investors, recently told subscribers of the firm's newsletter that the White House was probably not bluffing, i.e., using it merely as a campaign issue but without seriously attempting to stop inversions.
Wrote Valliere:
"Our source believes that Treasury tax experts are compiling a list of options—focused largely on tax breaks stemming from the treatment of debt taken on by U.S. companies in inversion deals. (Curbs on government contracts for companies that invert would be much more difficult to implement.)"
If the trash-talking of inversion deals in the past month was meant to discourage new ones from sprouting, Obama's Omaha ally was undeterred, exposing the Berkshire Hathaway CEO to charges of hypocrisy.
Amid the storm of controversy during Pfizer's takeover attempt, Buffett, in an interview with CNBC, criticized tax inversions, but in a nuanced way, leaving room to interpret whether his financing of the Burger King deal is hypocritical.
In a flashback quotation brought by Breitbart, Buffet told CNBC:
"I'm not saying they're doing anything illegal at all in following the rules on inversion. I would personally change that part of the law."
The quote suggests that Buffett considers inversions wrong, but seems also to acknowledge that corporations availing themselves of the maneuver are within their rights to do so.
But other policy advocates, particularly of a conservative hue, insist that the U.S. government alone is responsible for choosing a rate of taxation that is onerous.
According to data from the Tax Foundation, the U.S. corporate tax rate is the highest among developed nations, averaging 39.1% (factoring in the average state tax rate on top of the federal 35% assessment).
On the other extreme, Ireland's rate is just 12.5%, and the rate is 21.1% in Switzerland, where drugstore chain Walgreen Co. recently withdrew under a barrage of customer criticism its bid to reincorporate.
Beyond the rate of taxation are concerns about how the U.S. levies taxes. Corporate tax reform advocates say that U.S. system of worldwide, rather than territorial, taxation places the U.S. at extreme disadvantage.
As a Manhattan Institute paper put it: "If an American company operates in the United States and Switzerland, its domestic affiliate pays U.S. taxes at 35%. But its foreign affiliate pays U.S. taxes at 35% and Swiss taxes at 8.5%, putting it at a disadvantage vis-à-vis its foreign competitors."
That, critics say, is tantamount to unfair double taxation, requiring U.S. corporations to pay taxes on earnings both in the country where profits were actually earned and again to the U.S. Treasury.
The IRS permits corporations to deduct taxes paid to foreign governments; however, as those rates are invariably lower, U.S. corporations are unable to take advantage of lower-tax jurisdictions even in instances when their sales took place there. That, critics say, makes U.S. corporations less competitive in markets where their rivals pay a lower effective tax rate.
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Jim Chairusmi looks back at the surprises in the first night of the NCAA basketball tournament's Sweet 16, and what lies in store.
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CONCORD � Three civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit to block a New Hampshire law that would give businesses a tax credit for donating to scholarship organizations to send students to private or public schools.
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� SCHOOLS-TARGET SHOOTING � Police say two schools in Windham, N.H., were put on alert after hearing gunfire, the result of five men target shooting in the area. Police arrested one of the men, 20-year-old David Peet of Windham. He's been charged with carrying a concealed firearm without a permit. The other men were from Windham and Pelham.
� LACONIA CRASH-UTILITY POLE � Police in Laconia, N.H., are searching for a driver who left the scene after crashing into a utility pole and toppling it. The accident happened at about midnight Wednesday.
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� LEBANON SHOOTING � Maine State Police are on the hunt for an armed suspect who shot a man in his own home in Lebanon. Authorities say 41-year-old Richard Potorski was taken to a hospital with a shoulder wound after he was shot by an intruder early Tuesday afternoon.
� SHAHEEN-ENERGY EFFICIENCY � New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is touring a seafood processing plant in Portsmouth to learn how the company has reduced its energy consumption with technology. Shaheen also is discussing her energy efficiency legislation at the High Liner Foods plant on Wednesday.
� RETAIL SURVEY-NH � The Retail Merchants Association of New Hampshire says more people plan to decrease overall spending than a couple of years ago, so retailers aren't expecting substantial upswings in consumer spending. The association says New Hampshire's tax-free shopping is but one component of a healthy retail industry in the state. The industry employs far more workers age 24 to 30 than any other sector, and is one of the top sectors of total employees with a post-secondary degree.
� FISHING CRISIS � A Massachusetts Congressman is warning that legislation being considered in the House of Representatives to give emergency aid to fishermen would come up woefully short for the local industry. A national fishery disaster declaration in the Northeast last year opened the door for aid for fishermen, who are facing potentially disastrous cuts in catch. Before the last Congress adjourned, the Senate included $150 million in aid for fishermen in the Northeast, Gulf Coast and Alaska.


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Hello guys! I am ecstatic about finding this message board. I'm currently an undergrad human biology student in England, hoping to start a phd in proteomics.
I'm currently in the process of creating a general presentation about a chosen topic (I chose viruses). I have explained the lytic and lysogenic cycles and wanted to mention the reproduction process of retroviruses with the assistance of reverse transcriptase. Taking the HIV virus as an example, upon completion of viral proteins being synthesised inside the host cell, the mature virus can then leave via budding – forming a viral envelope. I know this means that the capsid is enveloped within a portion of the host cell, but does this mean it is now ignored by the immune system as a foreign body because they appear as self-antigens? Or does it just mean it enables faster attachment to non-infected cell proteins to speed up the process of reproduction?
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Hola,early viral genes made that in the membrane of infected cells would appears protein molecules which facilitate anchoring of virions to new non infected cells spreading infections.when lysis of infected cell is produced , head of virions carries ,in their head ,membrane fragments with the viral recognition proteins, to infect new cells. These structures are known as peplomers and I believe that this is a commun phenomenom in viruses infection. Buena suerte


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UI::Dialog::Backend::XOSD - backend for the osd_cat(1).
use UI::Dialog::Backend::XOSD; my $xosd = new UI::Dialog::Backend::XOSD (); $xosd->line( text => "Something to display...");
UI::Dialog::Backend::XOSD is an OOPerl wrapper for the osd_cat(1) program.
Use this module to present feedback to the end user via an on-screen display (like an on- screen TV volume meter). When you use any of the UI::Dialog meta classes (UI::Dialog, UI::Dialog::GNOME, etc.) access to this backend is provided via the $d->xosd method. ie: replace $xosd with $d->xosd in the synopsis example (provided you made $d with something like my $d = new UI::Dialog...). Also, UI::Dialog (and friends) only load this module when you first use the $d->xosd method (this may silently fail, but you can test by ref() for success).
new( @options ) EXAMPLE my $xosd = new UI::Dialog::Backend::XOSD ( ); DESCRIPTION This is the Class Constructor method. It accepts a list of key => value pairs and uses them as the defaults when interacting with the various widgets. All methods accept the same arguments as new() except that the arguments passed to the methods are temporarily used instead of making them the default as the new() method does. In the case of the 'wait' option, any (non-zero) value enables the option as it's a switch and not a string argument. RETURNS A blessed object reference of the UI::Dialog::Backend::XOSD class. OPTIONS The (...)'s after each option indicate the default for the option. An * denotes support by all the widget methods on a per-use policy defaulting to the values decided during object creation. offset = \d+ (0) * align = \w+ ('left') * indent = \d+ (0) * font = "x-font-string" ('fixed') * colour = \w+ ('red') * delay = \d+ (5) * lines = \d+ (5) * shadow = \d+ (0) * age = \d+ (0) * wait = 0,1 (0) *
line( ) EXAMPLE $xosd->line( text => "some text to display" ); DESCRIPTION Display a simple string on the screen. RETURNS Nothing. file( ) EXAMPLE $xosd->file( file => "/path/to/a/file" ); DESCRIPTION Display a file on the screen. RETURNS Nothing. gauge( ) EXAMPLE $xosd->gauge( text => "", percent => $current_percentage, length => 40, bar => "-", mark => "|" ); DESCRIPTION Display a gauge bar with a percentage mark on the screen with an optional message. RETURNS Nothing. display_start( ) EXAMPLE $xosd->display_start( ); DESCRIPTION Opens a pipe command to the osd_cat(1) program for prolonged interactivity. This accepts all of the standard options but has nothing else to offer. The other display_*() methods (detailed below) return zero unless this method has been used and has created the command pipe. RETURNS TRUE (1) for success and FALSE (0) otherwise. display_text( ) EXAMPLE $xosd->display_start(); $xosd->display_text( "Some string to display." ); DESCRIPTION Uses the command pipe created by display_start() and prints the first argument to the screen. This method does not have any options, save the one string scalar. RETURNS TRUE (1) for success and FALSE (0) otherwise. display_gauge( ) EXAMPLE $xosd->display_start(); $xosd->display_gauge( 50, "display an optional text string." ); DESCRIPTION Uses the command pipe created by display_start() and prints a gauge identical to the regular (stand-alone) gauge() method. There are only to accepted arguments; the desired percentage and an optional text string. RETURNS TRUE (1) for success and FALSE (0) otherwise. display_stop( ) EXAMPLE $xosd->display_start(); $xosd->display_text( "about to stop!" ); $xosd->display_stop(); DESCRIPTION This closes the command pipe opened by the display_start() method. This method takes no arguments and performs only the task for closing and existing command pipe. RETURNS TRUE (1) for success and FALSE (0) otherwise.
PERLDOC UI::Dialog UI::Dialog::Backend MAN FILES osd_cat(1)
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Kithaba was originally mistaken as Barada in the Kenner line, but Hasbro has updated the red trousered Klatooinian Skiff Guard for The Vintage Collection and I'm happy to see him. He's not perfect, and there are a couple of flaws in the design, but overall the figure is a winner. With two more Skiff Guards planned later this year that are both representative of their Kenner counterparts, that ideal Sarlaac Pit scene of your dreams will nearly be complete.
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Includes: DL-18 Blaster Pistol, Force Pike, Removable Shoulder Strap
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Cardback: Celebrate the legendary Star Wars saga that changed the universe forever! This collection brings to life the incredible story of good versus evil that captured our imagination and took us to a galaxy far, far away. Iconic Star Wars heroes and villains are captured with incredible detail and premium features to commemorate each epic tale in the Star Wars saga. May the Force be with you! [MORE IMAGES]
SCULPT/PAINT: This is a nicely detailed sculpt that blows away the POTF2 and Saga Collection Barada. The head has great details with fine and clean paint application on the eyes and teeth. His removable shoulder strap exposes a groove to hold it in place that looks unappealing with the strap off. From the character reference, the strap also appears to be on the wrong shoulder. This isn't a quick fix since it lays on the left shoulder with that groove. Curiously, for the cardback, Hasbro photoshopped the classic Barada photo seen on the Kenner card and positioned the strap on the left shoulder like the figure. This really isn't a dealbreaker for me, just like which side Lightsaber Construction Luke's hair is parted, but it may bug some of you.
The weathered "desert" paint app works well on this figure and Hasbro added nice touches to the detail with sculpted wrinkles and folds to give it a little more dimension and realism. He's aesthetically proportioned, though adding a slight hunch to his gait would have been superb.
ARTICULATION: Kithaba has 14 points of articulation including ball joints on the shoulders, elbows, knees, and ankles. His wrists swivel and head attached to a ball peg for good range of motion.
ACCESSORIES: He's armed with a standard Skiff Guard DL-18 Blaster Pistol that's painted with a silver accent and a Force Pike. The Force Pike is the same mold used for Slave Leia. Again, while the shoulder holster is removable, it's best to leave it on and probably meant to stay on with that groove.
CARDBACK: Since this figure was supposed to have been released last year, his cardback doesn't feature the 2012 "14 back" style. That POTF Kenner Barada card does look great on the cardback, though. Hasbro used the same photo of Barada for the card front of Kithaba, but photoshopped to look like Kithaba...with the strap on his left shoulder.
TOPPING THINGS OFF: Despite some inaccuracies and flaws with the shoulder strap, which doesn't bother me but it may you, I welcome an all new Kithaba that's an echo from that classic Barada figure from 1985. Other than the shoulder strap, he's well designed and sculpted with good articulation for battle poses or being dragged down and digested by the mighty Sarlaac. Now, where's my Jabba's Sail Barge Hasbro??
Actually, the strap is correct. As you can see at this website, several of Kithaba's shots were reversed in the film (compare it to Chewbacca's bandolier, for instance): http://skiffguards.com/kithaba.html. That's probably what's causing the confusion.
Thanks for the correction! I guess it's quibbling on my part, but it's an awesome figure that deserves the highest rating. Can't wait for those other two Skiff Guards come out to complete and photograph my Sarlaac scene!
So the vintage figure was based on Barada but painted like Kithaba. The new Kithaba is correct for that character but has a Photoshopped Barada cardback. So a correct update to the original figure would be blue-pants Barada with an untouched cardback photo. UGH.
Anyway, hoping for a running change to make the bandana a bit more red.


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Nation's Arts Report Card Released (June 15, 2009)
Washington, D.C. - Today, for the first time in more than a decade, the U.S. Department of Education announced the results of the 2008 Nation's Arts Report Card, detailing how much eighth-grade students know and are able to do in music and the visual arts. The results, officially known as the 2008 National Assessment of Educational Progress in the Arts (NAEP) reveal barriers to student achievement in the arts, with significant racial/ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic gaps. The results elicited the most direct and supportive statement from the federal government regarding arts education in recent years. In response to the results, the Secretary of Education and senior officials at the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Assessment Governing Board all called for substantially increasing access to arts learning and significantly improving the quality of national data collection on the status of arts education in the nation's schools.
The League is working with our national partners, including the Arts Education Partnership, to analyze the report results, discern what comparisons might be made to the 1997 report, and make resources available to help orchestras understand and communicate the results in the context of their own communities. A complete analysis will be provided soon, but initial resources are available in the meantime for your use.
Duncan Says, "We Can and Should Do Better"
In response to today's release, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said, "These results are important for several reasons. First, they remind us that the arts are a core academic subject and part of a complete education for all students. The arts are also important to American students gaining the 21st century skills they will need to succeed in higher education and the global marketplace -- skills that increasingly demand creativity, perseverance, and problem solving combined with performing well as part of a team. The results also remind us that learning in the arts can and should be rigorous and based on high standards, and that it can be evaluated objectively, using well-designed measures. This Arts Report Card should challenge all of us to make K-12 arts programs more available to America's children and youth. Such programs not only engage students' creativity and academic commitment today, but they uniquely equip them for future success and fulfillment. We can and should do better for America's students."
Student Performance and Equity Gaps in Music
Students were asked to respond to music via multiple choice and open-ended questions. Students from lower-income families scored, on average, 28 points lower than their peers from higher-income families. The NAEP measures what students know and are able to do and does not provide a complete picture of how much arts education is being delivered in our nation's schools. However, some contextual questions regarding instruction and student participation reveal:
- Only 57% of eight-graders attended schools where music instruction was offered at least three or four times a week, and 8% attended schools where no music instruction was offered.
- 34% of eight-graders reported participating in one or more musical activities in school.
- Only 5% of students reported playing in an orchestra in school.
Promote the Results
The nation-wide release of the Arts Report Card provides an excellent opportunity to prompt a discussion about the status of arts education in your community! Stay tuned - the League has been working with its national partners to create a toolkit to help you understand and communicate about the NAEP results and will make these tools available online soon. In the meantime, find the full results online, view the League's music education advocacy tools, and check out the emerging toolkit on maximizing the Nation's Arts Report Card.
The League is a member of the Performing Arts Alliance, a coalition of national performing arts service organizations dedicated to advocating for national policies that recognize, enhance, and foster the contributions the performing arts make to America.


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About Lumen Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology advances the way we live and work.
With 450,000 route fiber miles serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure global platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing experiences.
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The Role Sourcing candidates for future opportunities, this requisition is to build a source pool of qualified candidates.
Lumenis a customer focused, cutting edge IT Solutions company that is driven to exceed our customers' expectations and needs.
We are seeking an Account Manager I-Hunter to join the SMB organization.
The team helps customers transform and evolve their business with Lumen's global network.
As part of an entrepreneurial team, you will be responsible for helping businesses in the small to mid-market (SMB) space to use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.
This position focuses on acquiring new logo accounts in a B2B target market through an aggressive, no nonsense sales approach.
The Main Responsibilities Sound Interesting?
Here are some specifics: Accountable for meeting and/or exceeding assigned sales objectives and monthly revenue quotas, and building new revenue by selling telecommunications products and services to small and mid-market (SMB) accounts with an average technology spend of $500-$5,000/ month.
Responsible for cold calling and prospecting, both on the phone and face-to-face, in a high activity sales model to an assigned zip code based territory.
Manage sales funnel to analyze and manage pipeline activity and monitor sales activity against assigned quotas.
Must be self-motivated, self-disciplined, and provide prompt follow-up to all customer inquiries.
Must be organized and maintain accurate records on daily activities and results.
Individual will not be responsible for post-sale account support or renewals.
What We Look For in a Candidate What you will need to succeed: Bachelor's Degree and/or equivalent education with typically 1-2+ years' sales experience.
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We also have flexible spending and Health Savings Accounts, Life Insurance options and Financial Planning for the future.
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We also have several engagement initiatives that we have rolled out over the last few years which include the following: Paid Maternity leave for 12 weeks paid Parental leave for 4 weeks paid Milk Stork for nursing mothers Extended Bereavement Leave from 3 days to 10 days for immediate family members, paid – up to 30 days off unpaid.
Survivor Benefits – if something happens to the employee, their spouse continues to get the pay and benefits for 6 months Focus on You – a personal goal for the year 2019 to focus on yourself Requisition #: 227634 When applying for a position, you may be subject to a background screen (criminal records check, motor vehicle report, and/or drug screen), depending on the requirements for the position.
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Every time I find myself at Union Station in Los Angeles, I get this feeling I'm an extra in a classic 1930s Hollywood black-and-white suspense thriller.
High ceiling, Spanish-style arches, large brown leather chairs and shoeshine stands. Alfred Hitchcock must be lurking somewhere, waiting for his cameo.
And then there is the sign, above the portal, that cinches the feeling: "TO TRAINS".
Yeah, let's go. To trains.
My wife, Annie, and I usually take trains on vacation: Tourist excursion trips in places like Alaska, Vancouver, Colorado, New Mexico and the Grand Canyon.
Recently, we took the train as the vacation. We boarded Amtrak's Coast Starlight at Union Station and stayed onboard as it chugged up the coast of California, past San Francisco and Mount Shasta, to Eugene, Ore.
It's a way of travel that has mostly given way to the urgency of airports and hotels or the ease of cars and motels. But at one time, it was one of the most popular ways people got around our country.
We booked a "Superliner Roomette" to manage 28 hours on the train. "Roomette" is an apt description for this space. It's about the size of a photo booth (actually it's just under 28 square feet). One bed folds out of the seats when it's time to catch some sleep, the other drops down from the ceiling. It is t-i-n-y.
Some (younger) folks spend the entire time in their seats, but trust me, if you're of a certain age, you'll want a place to rest your weary head in privacy, even if it is cupboard-size.
We didn't spend a whole lot of time there. Instead, we hustled to the Parlour Car, where we plopped down in swivel lounge chairs facing large windows. (Tip: get there early: these seats get snapped up quickly.)
This is why people take a train rather than fly or drive: You watch the scenery roll by while chatting with other train people, sometimes sipping wine, while someone else is in charge of getting you where you want to go. Train trips are about the journey, not the destination. And this was a journey with spectacular views.
It doesn't start out pretty. The spectacle from Union Station to Ventura is an eye-opener to how our neighbors live. It's like a trip through America's back yard. We saw empty swimming pools, clothes lines, a lot of graffiti, and motor-home storage lots.
We also saw small clusters of homeless encampments – views that are spared from drivers on freeways. We saw one woman doing her laundry in a galvanized can. She smiled and waved. We waved back.
It gets better after Ventura. After hours inland, the Coast Starlight finally reaches the coast (hence its name, I reckon). We had a front-row seat to four hours of Southern California surf and sand. We saw boys in board shorts on skim boards, girls in bikinis bagging some rays, dogs frolicking in the surf fetching sticks. It was mesmerizing.
The coolest part of the train ride was when the tracks swept through Vandenberg Air Force Base near Santa Maria, where we saw beaches without people, wide-open spaces and several launch sites where rockets are fired into space. These are views you can't see from any interstate.
The train makes a brief stop at San Luis Obispo and then it chugs up the Cuesta Grade.
Past Santa Barbara and heading to San Jose, we watched farmland sweep by as we were served a selection of California wines, along with cheese and crackers. Many of the wines were from areas the Coast Starlight passes through, which was cool.
We hit the San Francisco Bay Area just as darkness fell. We played cribbage until we headed back to our cupboard – er, roomette – for some sleep.
Timing the passing of Mount Shasta has always been tricky for the Coast Starlight. But we grabbed an incredible 90-minute viewing of Mount Shasta right at sunrise. Breakfast came in the pine forests of Northern California and lunch in the farmlands of the Willamette Valley of Oregon. We pulled into Eugene, home of the University of Oregon, in late afternoon.
Best of all, we arrived fully rested and relaxed.
We were on the Coast Starlight for 28 hours. It took us less than four to return home a few days later from Portland by plane.
It wasn't nearly as memorable.
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Where Wild West is Still Seen Every Day (Mar, 1924)
Back O' the Yards Where Wild West is Still Seen Every Day
WITH the cutting up of the great ranges, the vivid cowboy with his wide sombrero, gay bandanna, chaps and spurs is fast fading into a dim shadow on the flickering screen of movieland.
Surrounded by towering buildings, clanking switch engines and a wilderness of tracks, the never-old drama of the wild west also is vanishing from one of its last strongholds—the Chicago stockyards.
Cattle still pour into Packingtown from their peaceful homes on the Texas plains or the prairies of Kansas or Oklahoma, but gone is the time when the 500-acres of pens represented a live part of a far-flung frontier.
Cowboys are still to be seen in and "back-o'-the-yards," but they are city cowboys, although they can ride a horse just as well as the old timers who used to accompany the cattle to market. Nowadays, the railways feed, water, and exercise the animals so that the shipper does not have to send his cowboys with them. On arrival they are herded into pens by men who, in most cases, have grown up in the district, but who can rope a steer with as much skill as their brothers of the plains.
With the arrival of the cattle, there is a bustle of activity. Bulls bellow, horses neigh, and men shout. Whips crack as the cowboys prod on a lazy or bewildered animal. Here is where the arts and tricks of the cowboys are most needed, for if a cow or bull starts running and gets mixed up with another herd, the whole drove would attempt to follow, resulting in endless confusion. Often, as the animals are being taken from one pen to another, a steer will break loose.
"Close the doors!" is the shout then.
"Go get 'im, kid!" one of the riders will whisper to his horse, and the animal is down the alley after the fugitive like a flash. When he is within fair distance, the rider twirls a rope and lets it out with a long fling, and it settles over the bull's neck as neatly as though there was no other place where it possibly could fall.
The horse has been through similar incidents many times before and springs back sharply on its haunches when the bull is lassoed. The force of its sudden halt brings the animal to the ground, and a moment later a sadder but a wiser member of the bovine family is being chaperoned back to its playmates. The thing is done as well as though it was one of a hundred similar occurrences at a round-up on the Miller Brothers' 101 ranch, down at Marland, Okla.
These city cowboys are as proud of their mounts as the "punchers" of the old days ever were and they take as good care of them. Some of their horses cost $350 or more, while the rest of them are bound to hit the mark somewhere between $100 and $250. The saddles are matters of as much
care to the horsemen, too. A person who rides a great deal always takes an intense pride in his horse and its equipment, just as an experienced motor car driver likes to see his machine looking its best.
The horses are highly trained. They know their work and they do it with a business-like sincerity. If their rider is herding a drove of cows along an alley or from one pen to another, the horse will see that the animals keep walking straight along on their paths. When a gate bars the way, the horse will go up to it and turn sideways, so the rider can unlatch the barrier without dismounting. When the gate is opened, the horse walks through, then turns sideways to it again, so it can be closed. The horses on hay wagons can open and close many of the gates themselves by a nudge of the nose.
After the cattle have been sorted into the pens they are inspected by the buyers of whom there are 300 or 400, all mounted on horses. These men make their bids dependent on market conditions and thousands of dollars will change hands without the signing of a single paper. "Weigh 'em to Swift," one will say of a $10,000 lot before the scale ticket is made out. From the pens to the coolers where the meat is chilled, takes exactly thirty-five minutes. That is all the time required to transform a steer from a living animal into human food.
With the shipments to the stockyards totaling approximately 16,000,000 head a year, so efficient is the process of dressing and so expert are the workmen, that the capacity of a single department in one of the larger plants is 250 cattle per hour. So perfect is the way of handling bacon, for instance, that it is sliced, weighed and packed in cartons without being touched by hand. All of the coolers where fresh meat is handled are maintained at an even low temperature by circulating very cold brine through pipes suspended from the ceiling or wall. More than 3,000 sides of beef can be stored in one of the coolers where the temperature is kept several degrees above freezing, which chills, but does not freeze the meat. In addition to its own refrigerating apparatus, one of the big plants uses 50,000 tons of natural ice a year, principally in the cooling tanks of freight cars.
Over two-thirds of the beef that supplies the nation with food is raised in the west, but most of it is eaten in the east. About thirty per cent of every animal is waste, 1.000 pounds on the hoof producing only 550 pounds of meat, but little is allowed to go to waste. Even the fine hair in the ears of steers is cut and made into camel's hair brushes. It takes the hair from the ears of twenty-five steers to produce one pound. Another very valuable by-product is soap, a combination of fats, vegetable oil and caustic. In manufacturing it, the ingredients are mixed together in steam-coil lined kettles three and four stories deep. The capacity of each of these is from ten to twelve carloads of soap.
When sufficiently boiled, the liquid is poured into a molding truck and solidifies into a large cake weighing up to a thousand pounds. This is put on a cutter and sliced into slabs, then into strips and again into cakes. These are wrapped by machinery having a capacity for 45,000 bars a day. 'Even the wood shipping containers arc nailed with a special device. Wherever possible, laborious handwork has been supplanted by specially designed machines.
When shipped into the Union Stock Yards, livestock is consigned to various commission firms, members of the exchange. The animals usually arrive at night and are unloaded in the morning before the market opens. The weighing is under the supervision of the Union Stock Yard and Transit company, which issues a certificate of weight covering the sale. The scales are tested frequently by city inspectors and the seller is free to check the weights.
The pens making up the yards cover about a square mile. "Packingtown," composed of some twenty-five plants, occupy about half of this area. The day's activity begins long before the rest of the city is out of bed with the unloading of the cattle. Spurred on by the quaint cries of the drivers, the animals are sorted, fed and placed in separate pens for the inspection of the mounted buyers.
Among them may be noted men of the range type. These are the brand inspectors—detectives of the cattle world—many of them being former cowpunchers. They are employed by the western cattle raisers associations. If a shipper tries to market a steer branded with any except his registered mark, the brand inspector singles out the animal and sees that the lawful owner receives the proceeds of the sale, thus eliminating the cause of many hot disputes.


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In the United States and around the world, Earthworks works with partner organizations and communities negatively impacted by resource extraction. We help protect their communities, and we help tell their stories.
If you would like to tell (or have us help you tell) your story here, contact us at email@example.com.
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Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
United States | Minnesota : Twin Metals
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area is a unique wilderness area that covers over one million acres within the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota. It contains over a thousand lakes and attracts more than a quarter million visitors each year, making it the most visited wilderness area in the United States. Visitors come to experience its remote wilderness character – its untouched forests and spectacular chain of freshwater lakes – through canoeing, camping, and fishing. It is even one of National Geographic's 50 "Destinations of a Lifetime."
Tagged with: mining, minnesota, boundary waters
Healthy Home in Dallas
United States | Texas | Dallas
Dr. Richard Homan had a vision. At a time when others were building McMansions, he sought to build a house whose environmental impact was small, where efficiency could be matched with beauty, and energy and resources were used wisely.
His wife Katherine shared this vision for building such a dream house. By building and living in an environmentally responsible house, they could lead by example and demonstrate how to live healthier more sustainable lives.
Tagged with: texas, solar, energy efficiency, solutions
Frack Free Denton
United States | Texas | Denton
Denton is a city of over 120,000 in North Texas, near Ft. Worth. There are more than 270 active gas wells within the city limits, some less than 200 feet from homes.
In 2011, local residents formed The Denton Drilling Awareness Group (Denton DAG) to protect their community from drilling. DAG is dedicated to educating the public about the dangers of gas well drilling and its related processes to public health, the environment, and property values.
Tagged with: fracking, texas, denton, denton drilling awareness group
Minnesota's Iron Range
United States | Minnesota : PolyMet
Minnesota is known as the land of ten thousand lakes. The Northeastern part of the state contains the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the Superior National Forest, and Voyageurs National Park- pristine areas with extremely high quality waters hydrologically interconnected in an expansive web of streams, rivers, wetlands, and aquifers. It is this interconnectedness, that makes the series of open pit mines proposed for the region especially dangerous for the ecosystem.
Tagged with: mining, minnesota, polymet
Montana's Smith River
United States | Montana : Tintina Resources
A small Canadian company, Tintina Resources, is proposing to dig a nearly mile long tunnel, called the Black Butte Project, to explore for copper along Sheep Creek at the headwaters of the Smith River in central Montana.
The Smith River is renowned for its blue ribbon trout fishery and spectacular scenery. The Sheep Creek drainage is responsible for 55% of the tributary spawning. Due to enormous public demand, the Smith River is the only river in the state managed by Fish Wildlife and Parks through a permit system. The annual revenue generated for the state economy from fishing and recreation on the Smith in 2011 was $1.7 million.
Tagged with: mining, montana, copper, smith river
Spearfish Canyon
United States | South Dakota | Deadwood Standard Project
A cyanide leach gold mine, called the Deadwood Standard Project, has been proposed for development on the rim of Spearfish Canyon in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The mine would be located, in part, on lands designated by the State of South Dakota as Special, Exceptional, Unique or Critical.
Tagged with: mining, gold, south dakota, warf mine, deadwood project
Santa Rita Mountains
United States | Arizona | Senoita: Augusta Resources
Canadian-backed mine proceeds despite overwhelming local opposition.
The proposed Rosemont Mine sits near the northern crest of the Santa Rita Mountains in southeastern Arizona. The open pit copper mine would have a general mine footprint of roughly 10 square miles. The mine pit, tailings dump, waste rock dump, and buildings alone account for 4,500 acres of National Forest lands subject to the 1872 mining law, which asserts that mining is the most important use of public lands.
Tagged with: mining, arizona, rosemont, santa ritas, augusta resources
Baldface and Rough and Ready Creeks
United States | Oregon : Red Flat Nickel
Rough and Ready Creek and Baldface Creek are nationally outstanding and "eligible" to be added to the National Wild and Scenic River System. The US Department of Agriculture recommended Congress designate 34,000 acres of their watersheds as Wilderness in 2004. They remain unprotected today. In 2013, Rough and Ready Creek, Baldface Creek and the Wild and Scenic North Fork Smith River were added to American Rivers' 10 most endangered rivers list.
Tagged with: oregon, nickel mining, wild and scenic river
Patagonia Mountains
United States | Arizona : Wildcat Silver
Not to be confused with its similarly named mountains on the border of Argentina and Chile, the other Patagonia Mountains sit in southern Arizona about 15 miles from the Mexican border. The mountains – which ascend to over 7,000 feet – provide the scenic backdrop for the quiet town of Patagonia, as well as a major portion of the town's water supply.
Tagged with: mining, arizona, patagonia, hermosa
Ghana| Western Wassa : Gold Fields Ghana
On October 16, 2001, a tailings dam burst at the Tarkwa gold mine in the Wassa West District of Ghana sending thousands of cubic meters of mine waste into the Asuman River and contaminating it with cyanide and heavy metals. The Tarkwa mine is operated by Gold Fields Ghana, a South African gold mining company. The disaster left more than one thousand people without access to drinking water. Virtually all life forms in the river and its tributary were killed. Hundreds of dead fish, crabs, and birds lay on the banks of the river and floated to the surface.
Tagged with: ghana
Peru | Cajamarca : Newmont
Just 24 kilometers from Yanacocha, the Conga mine is Newmont's latest effort to expand its gold mining operations in Peru.
Having seemingly failed to learn from the controversy it faced in Yanacocha, Newmont initially developed the mine without obtaining the free, prior and informed consent of the local community. Despite repeated, sometimes violent protests, the Conga mine has been approved.
Tagged with: newmont, peru, indigenous, fpic, conga, consent
Bristol Bay
Alaska | Bristol Bay: Northern Dynasty Minerals
Tagged with: no dirty gold, bristol bay, alaska, anglo american, pebble mine, nunamta
George Washington National Forest
Local governments, major D.C. area water providers, and conservation organizations have warned that an impending U.S. Forest Service decision whether to allow fracking in the George Washington National Forest could threaten a range of resources -- including the D.C. area's water supply. The Forest Service may release their decision next year.
Tagged with: fracking, water pollution, forest service, george washington national forest
Cabinet Mountains Wilderness
United States | Montana | Montanore Mine
The Montanore Mine is an underground copper/silver project proposed adjacent to and underneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness in northwest Montana. Similar to the proposed Rock Creek Mine -- Montanore would blast miles of tunnels beneath the mountains, meadows, and alpine lakes of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area.
Tagged with: mining, montana, montanore, wildlife
Pam Judy
United States | Pennsylvania | Carmichaels
My name is Pam Judy. I live in Carmichaels in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
In 2006, we built a new home on property originally belonging to my great grandparents and a part of the family farm. For three years, my family enjoyed the peace and quiet of living in the country.
But that quiet way of life abruptly came to an end when a compressor station was built 780 feet from our home on an adjoining landowner's property.
Tagged with: oil and gas, air pollution, pennsylvania, health and toxics, compressor stations, benzene
Mount Taylor
United States | New Mexico | Grants : General Atomics Corp.
A sacred place, threatened by uranium mining
Located in the southwestern corner of New Mexico's San Mateo Mountains, Mount Taylor is a pilgrimage site for at least 30 Native American tribes. It is sacred to many tribes, including the Navajo Nation, the Hopi, the Zuni, and the nearby Laguna and Acoma Pueblos. Mount Taylor is rooted in the history and traditions of many of these tribes.
Mount Taylor has been listed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of America's eleven most endangered historic places.
The Mount Taylor Mine
The mountain sits atop one of the richest known reserves (Grants Uranium Belt) of uranium ore in the country.
Tagged with: new mexico, uranium mining, indigenous, sacred sites, general atomics, mount taylor, historic site
Navajo Nation
United States | New Mexico | Crownpoint : Hydro Resources
Poisoned once, uranium mining threatens the Navajo again
The Church Rock mine, located in New Mexico is the site of one of the worst nuclear disasters.
On July 16, 1979, the dam at Church Rock burst, sending eleven hundred tons of radioactive mill wastes and ninety million gallons of contaminated liquid toward Arizona. The spill left no casualties, but contaminated the Rio Puerco as a water source and contaminated water 70 miles downstream from the site.
Today, nearby residents continue to suffer the consequences of this toxic spill.
Proposed Mine vs. Navajo Nation
New mine proposals at Church Rock and Crownpoint are in situ leaching operations (ISL) owned by Hydro Resources Inc (HRI).
Tagged with: epa, new mexico, uranium mining, indigenous, in-situ leaching, navajo, hydro resources, church rock, crownpoint
Oak Flat/Apache Leap
United States | Arizona | Superior : Rio Tinto/BHPBilliton
World's two biggest mining companies want to mine sacred lands and a public campground
A subsidiary of Rio Tinto and BHPBilliton (the two biggest metal mining companies in the world, by annual revenue and market capitalization) is proposing to mine a rich copper vein on public and private lands east of Superior, Arizona.
Because the copper lies partially under a public campground that has been withdrawn from mining, the company, called Resolution Copper, hopes to pass a land exchange bill in Congress to obtain title to the campground.
Tagged with: public lands, indigenous, oak flat, rio tinto, apache leap, bhp billiton, resolution copper, san carlos apache
Everett Thompson
United States | Alaska | Naknek : Pebble Partnership
Driftnetter, Business Owner, Father
Everett Thompson is a lifelong resident of Naknek, Alaska, and a driftnet fisherman who fishes all five districts in Bristol Bay.
He also subsistence fishes and hunts in the wilderness between Naknek to Iliamna. Everett is married with a daughter and son, Lakota and Viktor.
"I've fished this area for 25 years, every season, all season since I was 7 years old," Everett said. He began by set netting, but has been a drift fisherman since the age of 21. Everett is now 34 and about to begin his 27th year fishing Bristol Bay. His fishing boat, Chulyen, which means Raven in Athabascan, is one of the oldest aluminum boats in Bristol Bay.
Tagged with: bristol bay, pebble, commercial fishermen
Bobby Andrew
United States | Alaska | Dillingham : Pebble Partnership
All his life, Bobby Andrew has been a subsistence hunter and fisherman. He lives in Dillingham and is a member and spokesman for Nunamta Aulukestai, an association of nine Alaska Native village corporations in Bristol Bay. In Yupik, Nunamta Aulukestai means "Caretakers of our Lands." Nunamta Aulukestai is opposing the proposed Pebble Mine because of the risks to the Bristol Bay wild salmon fishery, which is the lifeblood of the region.
Tagged with: bristol bay, alaska, anglo american, pebble, nunamta, subsistence
Cabinet Mountains Wilderness
United States | Montana-Idaho | Sandpoint : Rock Creek Mine
The Rock Creek Mine Proposal
Mining company Revett Silver is proposing to develop an enormous copper/silver mine beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness in Kootenai National Forest of western Montana -- one of the original ten ares protected by Congress under the Wilderness Act of 1964.
Despite the fact that the mine would tunnel beneath one of the first designated wilderness areas in the United States, the Forest Service claims that the General Mining Law of 1872 leaves them no choice but to permit the mine.
Tagged with: montana, nickel, grizzlies, cabinet mountains, rock creek alliance, revett silver, wilderness, sandpoint
Fort Belknap Reservation
United States | Montana | Zortman-Landusky : Pegaus Gold
The Zortman Landusky gold and silver mine is located in the Little Rocky Mountains of north central Montana, just south of the Fort Belknap Reservation -- home to the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes.
Cyanide Spill Contaminates Drinking Water
The mine, which operated from 1979 – 1998, has caused extensive surface and groundwater contamination. Over the course of operations, the mine has experienced over a dozen cyanide spills, including one spill that released 50,000 gallons of cyanide solution and contaminated a community drinking water supply.
Tagged with: water pollution, gold mining, indigenous, montana, perpetual pollution, financial assurance, zortman, reclamation, fort belknap, cyanide spills
Chetco Wild and Scenic River
United States | Oregon | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
Mining Threatens World Class Salmon and Steelhead Stream
The legendary Chetco River, which supports a world-class salmon and steelhead stream, is at risk from a Seattle developer who is planning a resort for hobby miners along more than half of the 44.5-mile National Wild and Scenic segment of the river, including six miles within the Kalmiopsis Wilderness.
Tagged with: 1872 mining law, chetco river, oregon, suction dredge, wild and scenic river, placer mining, wilderness
Costa Rica | Puntarenas | Miramar : Glencairn Gold
Glencairn Gold Corporation began operating at the Bellavista site near Miramar in Costa Rica in 2003 in spite of concerns by locals, warnings by scientists of the riskiness of the area for large-scale open-pit mining, and an impending ban on open-pit mining in the country.
Canadian mining corporation Glencairn (now Central Sun Mining Inc headquartered in Toronto) established its gold mine in an unstable area with heavy rainfall and provided insufficient funds for mine closure and cleanup.
The mine had a leach pad rupture and probably contaminated waterways with cyanide and other chemicals.
Tagged with: cyanide, costa rica, bellavista, heap leach, glencairn
Peru | Cajamarca : Newmont
The sheer scale of the Yanacocha gold mine in Cajamarca, Peru, is staggering. It is the largest gold mine in Latin America, and the second largest in the world, covering 535 square miles.
The Minera Yanacocha company runs the mine, which is owned by Newmont Mining Corporation from Colorado, a Peruvian mining company, and the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC). Majority-owner Newmont refers to Yanacocha as its "crown jewel" and the mine generates a large portion of Newmont's profits.
But ever since its launch in 1993, the mine has also generated controversy and damaging social and environmental impacts.
Tagged with: public health, gold mining, newmont, peru, indigenous, yanacocha, cajamarca, mercury spill
Argentina | Esquel : Meridian
In this town in resource-rich Patagonia, the government passed a law in 2006 that would imposed a three-year moratorium on mining activity in the region, forcing Meridian Gold Inc. (and subsequently Yamana Gold, headquartered in Toronto) to halt a proposed open-pit gold mine 7 kilometers upstream from Esquel (population approximately 30,000) Today, the natural beauty of the Esquel region attracts tourists, fishermen, and biologists from around the world.
Tagged with: mining, gold, public health, natural resources committee, court case, argentina, open pit, community, toxic
Weda Bay
Indonesia | Weda Bay : Weda Bay Nickel
Weda Bay Nickel plans to mine nickel and copper from open pits in protected forest areas on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia.
The project threatens the lands and livelihoods of indigenous peoples and other communities.
Tagged with: indigenous, indonesia, submarine tailings disposal, world bank, nickel mining, protected areas
San Juan River
Costa Rica | Cerro Crucitas : Infinito Gold
Cerro Crucitas in northern Costa Rica is an area covered mostly in forest that is part of the Pay y Agua Biosphere Reserve created in 2007. The region is home to farmers and a number of protected and Endangered species. These includes species like the Great Green Macaw and Geoffrey's spider monkey.
Canadian mining company Infinito Gold (Vannessa Ventures) is planning to destroy Cerro Crucitas and its forests. The Canadian company wants to put an open-pit gold mine in the area. Located in a region with heavy rainfall, the mine would also threaten to contaminate waterways with cyanide and heavy metals that could flow to the San Juan River on the nearby border with Nicaragua. The company was so intent on imposing the project on Costa Ricans that it inappropriately started cutting the forest down until a legal injunction stopped them. Infinito has also sued the Costa Rican government for halting development of the mine.
Tagged with: mining, gold, international, costa rica, court case, infinito gold, biosphere reserve
Ghana | Sansu : Anglogold Ashanti
The farming community of Sansu in the Ashanti region of Ghana is located in the heart of the Obuasi mining concession operated by the Anglogold Ashanti (AGA), formerly the Ashanti Goldfields Company (AGC). Sansu has a long history of artisanal mining, which served as an economic activity for youth in the community long before AGC began large-scale, open-pit mining in the area in the early 1980s.
Tagged with: mining, gold, international, water, clean water, ghana, violence, protest, anglogold ashanti, anglogold
Peru | Tambogrande : Manhattan Minerals
One of the most controversial mining projects in South America has yet to break ground, and the people living near the proposed mine hope it never will.
In the department of Piura, in northern Peru near the border with Ecuador, the government granted three blocs of land to Manhattan Minerals of Canada. The most desirable is under the town of Tambogrande, in the middle of a productive fruit growing region in the San Lorenzo valley fed by a World Bank-funded irrigation system. Most of the limes and mangoes grown in Peru originate here. These and other crops create about $2 billion in revenue annually and permanently employ roughly 15,000 people, more during the harvest.
Tagged with: gold, peru, fpic, manhattan minerals, lemons
Buyat Bay and Ratatatok
Indonesia | Buyat Bay : Newmont
In 2004, the Newmont Minahasa Raya (NMR) gold mine began closing down its operations in North Sulawesi, leaving local communities in Buyat Bay and Ratatatok with a destructive legacy: long-lasting environmental damage, economic decline, and a host of health problems. Affected communities have appealed to NMR, a subsidiary of Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation (94 percent ownership of NMR), and the Indonesian government to address their concerns.
Tagged with: mining, abandoned mines, newmont, indonesia, mining waste, tailings, pipeline, coastal dumping, ocean dumping
Lake Issyk Kul
Kyrgyzstan | Issyk Kul : Centerra Gold
The Kumtor gold mine, operated by Centerra Gold, is located 4,000 meters above sea-level in the permafrost and glaciers of the Tien-Shan Mountains. The mine has endangered the welfare of nearby communities and the environment. In May of 1998, a truck crashed through a bridge near the village of Barskaun and dumped over 1.7 tons of sodium cyanide (and 935 kg of cyanide) into the Barskaun River. The company did not notify residents of Barskaun, who use the water for drinking and irrigation, until 5 hours after the accident. As a result, over 2,500 people were poisoned, 850 people were hospitalized and at least four of those patients died.
Tagged with: public health, international, ifc, spill, centerra gold, kyrgyzstan
Ghana | Wassa District : Newmont
The Ahafo gold mine, Newmont's first mine in Ghana, has been implicated in human rights abuses and irresponsible practices since before it began operating in 2006. The mine is located in a farming region northwest of the country's capital Accra and has caused major displacement and social impacts.
In October, 2009, a cyanide spill occurred at the Ahafo mine that killed a large number of fish and threatened the water of local communities. A Ghanaian Ministerial Panel that evaluated the spill and its aftermath recommended that the company be fined $4.9 million for failing to prevent the spill or to properly report on and investigate the spill.
Tagged with: mining, gold, human rights, newmont, international, world bank, ghana, communities, relocation
Rosia Montana
Romania | Rosia Montana Valley : Gabriel Resources
Located in the Apuseni mountains of west central Romania, the Rosia Montana project would have become Europe's largest open-pit gold mine operation if constructed by Toronto-based Gabriel Resources. But thanks to widespread opposition and court challenges by Alburnus Maior, a local community group, the Romanian government halted the approval process for the project in 2007, forcing Gabriel Resources to reconsider its mine plans and scale back its activities. The government of Romania, and the European Parliament, have also considered measures to ban cyanide mining, which would probably shut down the project for good.
Tagged with: mining, gold, public health, international, cyanide, protest, romania, gabriel resources, open pit
Western Shoshone Nation
United States | Nevada : Barrick Gold
The story of the Western Shoshone is a long lesson in the ways that law can fail indigenous people threatened by mineral interests. The ancestral territory of this native American people encompasses an area stretching from southern Idaho, through eastern Nevada, to the Mojave Desert of California. Underneath this swath of over 240 thousand square kilometers (over 60 million acres) lie billions of dollars worth of gold. Nearly 10 percent of the world's gold production -- and 64 percent of US production -- comes from Western Shoshone land.
Tagged with: mining, gold, indigenous, nevada, court decision, barrick
Auga-Angabanga Watershed
Papua New Guinea | Goilala : DRD Gold
Every year in Papua New Guinea, South African mining company Durban Roodepoort Deep Ltd (DRD Gold) dumps more than 160,000 tons of contaminated mine waste directly into the Auga-Angabanga river system.
Even worse, DRD Gold transports everything to and from the Tolukuma Gold Mine (TGM) by helicopter, including cyanide which is used for ore extraction. This risky transportation system failed in 2000 when one ton of cyanide was dropped from a helicopter over the Yaloge River Valley on the way to the mine. Community members attribute up to six deaths to the cyanide spill.
Tagged with: mining, gold, public health, international, cyanide, papua new guinea, oxfam
Ghana | Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve : Newmont
Despite heated opposition from local communities, Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation began production in an open pit gold mine in the Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve in the Birim North District in the Eastern region of Ghana.
The mine occupies an area 1.65 miles long (2.6 km) and a half mile across (.8 km), and would create waste piles 60-100 m high. The mine would destroy an estimated 183 acres (74 ha) of forest in the reserve, threatening the Reserve's noted diverse wildlife and plant species, including several rare species of birds, amphibians, and mammals, and displacing the farming communities that live around the forest.
Tagged with: mining, gold, newmont, international, ghana
Espolon Valley
Chile | Espolon Valley : Kinross Gold Corp.
Residents of Chilean Patagonia's Espolon Valley fear that a gold, copper and silver mining project backed by Canadian company Kinross Gold Corporation and US company Geocom Resources Inc. could destroy much of the area's renowned wilderness and harm it's flourishing eco-tourism and fishing industry.
Kinross and Geocom have acquired a total of 14 square miles (3,800 hectares) of mining claims in the Espolon Valley in Provincia de Palena in Chile's Region de Los Lagos. The Espolon mining claim was explored in 2005 and 2006 by Geocom, and the companies then elevated the the claim to formal venture status in September 2007.
Tagged with: mining, gold, international, kinross gold, espolon valley, chile
Ecuador | Intag : Ascendent Copper
The northwest slope of the Ecuadorian Andes is known as the Intag. Since the 1990s, the Ecuadorian government, with the support of the World Bank, has promoted large scale metal mining in the area.
Mitsubishi Rebuffed
Mitsubishi arrived to Intag in 1993 and began exploring a deposit of copper, molybdenum, and gold. It left four years later -- after local communities burned the company's mining camp (after removing, inventorying, and later returning its contents).
Tagged with: mining, international, ecuador, intag
DISH, Texas
United States | Texas | Town of DISH
A struggle with toxics in the Barnett Shale
By Megan Collins
A house in the country
I had always hoped for a nice, quiet, country setting where we could raise our children. Little did I know it would be the cause of unexplained illnesses and heartache.
In 2004, my husband Mike and I found this quiet little cul de sac in the small town of Clarke, Texas now known as DISH. At the time there were only two homes built, so we met with the builder and picked what we thought was the perfect lot. Just beyond the back fence there stood a single natural gas compressor station.
Tagged with: public health, texas, toxics, barnett shale, dish, compressor stations, megan collins
Deborah Rogers
United States | Texas | Fort Worth
Deborah lives in Fort Worth where industry claims the gas is dry so the emissions are less harmful.
Chesapeake began drilling near Deborah's home in April 2010. She reported egregious odors to the Texas Commision on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) hotline but the response time was unsatisfactory.
The following compounds were detected on Deborah Rogers' property:
Tagged with: public health, natural gas, air pollution, toxics
Sandra DenBraber
United States | Texas | Arlington : UTA/Carrizo
Sandra DenBraber lives in Arlington 600 feet from University of Texas, Arlington's Carrizo natural gas extraction operations. She has the following chemicals in her blood:
- Ethylbenzene
- m,p-Xylene
- Hexane
- 2-Methylpentane
- 3-Methylpentane
Tagged with: natural gas, texas, health, diesel, tceq, arlington, university of texas arlington, sandra denbraber, carrizo
Clark, WY
United States | Wyoming | Clark : Windsor Wyoming LLC
Wyoming Landowners Face Condemnation or Loss of Homeowners' Insurance
Under the current laws of the State of Wyoming, landowners who own their surface but not the minerals lying underneath (commonly referred to as split estate) face a desperate decision:
Either agree to allow a seismic company to place explosives on your property and detonate them, or be condemned under eminent domain.
But wait, there's more...Should the landowner agree to allow the explosive seismic testing to take place in order to avoid condemnation, they may lose their homeowners' insurance. So, what do you do? You call the Governor, right?
Tagged with: natural gas, wyoming, landowner rights, split estate, quantum geophysical inc, windsor wyoming llc, rock and a hard place, insurance
Garfield County, CO
United States | Colorado | Silt : Encana
A family's water well was contaminated after hydraulic fracturing near their home
By Laura Amos
My husband Larry, our daughter Lauren and I live south of Silt in the heart of what we call Encana's Industrial Wasteland.
We were among the first in our area to have natural gas drilling on our property.We are among the unfortunate who do not own the mineral rights under our property.
Tagged with: fracking, hydraulic fracturing, public health, water pollution, drinking water, colorado, encana, garfield county, laura amos, 2-be
Bob and Lisa Parr
United States | Texas | Allison : Aruba Petroleum
Bob, Lisa and Emma Parr live in Wise County Texas surrounded by 21 gas wells.
Shortly after moving to the area, Lisa's excellent health began to deteriorate. She began having breathing difficulties, nausea and headaches. She had violent rashes from the top of her head to the bottoms of her feet that have left her body scarred with pockmarks.
Tagged with: natural gas, texas, health, parr, wise county, asthma, nosebleeds
Durango, CO
United States | Colorado | Bayfield
The Long Road - lessons learned from more than two decades dealing with the oil and gas industry
When the "landman comes-a-callin", landowners embark on an unsolicited, long and contentious experience.
Private property rights, the meaning of privacy, and just compensation swirl around us. We ask and debate continually questions such as:
- Why was my property chosen to be a sacrifice area?
- Why is it that the public agencies of my county, state and national government see me at best as a nuisance and at worst, an enemy?
- How does a very small group have the right to change entirely our environment (sounds, water, sight, air)?
- Why do I feel so alone in these negotiations with a multinational industry?
Tagged with: colorado, landowner rights, forced pooling, coal bed methane, jim fitzgerald, terry fitzgerald, bayfield
Tim and Christine Ruggiero
United States | Texas | Wise County : Aruba Petroleum
On September 16, 2009, Aruba Petroleum began drilling two wells on Tim and Christine Ruggiero's property (the Parr's neighbors).
They have experienced several spills, what appears to be a methane seep where the bubbles ignite and constant emissions from various stages of the extraction process.
Since drilling began, their property has been devalued by 75%.
Tagged with: natural gas, texas, landowner rights, health, aruba petroleum, property values, ruggiero, wise county, asthma
Pavillion, Wyoming Health Survey
Tagged with: epa, public health, wyoming, pavillion, survey
DISH, Texas Health Survey
Tagged with: public health, texas, dish, survey, gas infrastructure
Baja California Sur
Mining exploration is on the upswing in Baja California Sur, whose residents mostly farm or engage in the tourism industry. One project in particular faces heated community opposition -- the Los Cardones (formerly named Concordia) project, which received initial approval from the central government in August 2014. But with continued local opposition, Invecture still may not succeed in opening the mine.
Tagged with: mexico, baja california


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Remember those 8-bit arcade games you loved so much as a kid? Disney's got a movie coming out this November called Wreck-It Ralph that imagines what the characters are getting into when you're not feeding these machines quarters. Today it released the first trailer. And it's a blast.
It centers on Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) a smash-happy villan that doesn't want to be the bad guy anymore. Frustrated with the job he's been doing for three decades, Ralph escapes his pixelated world and jumps into a first-person shooter, and of course chaos ensues. Though most of the characters are completely imagined, they seem to be based on titles you've probably played—Donkey Kong, Halo, and others. Then again, there are some you'll recognize, like Zangief and a Pac-Man ghost. It's a light-hearted, nostalgic journey through the various styles and aesthetics of different games—kind of a similar concept as Toy Story, but for gaming. [MSN via Gawker]


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I just finished a book on China's Great Leap Forward written during the 1950s. The book shook me to the core with images of starvation, brutality, and suffering. The reason China experienced this pain was the idea that the government could move the country "Forward" using redistribution and central planning methods.
I am astonished that President Obama would use the slogan "forward" in his re-election campaign.
The word "Forward" is a known Communist term and has been used for over 100 years to describe what a country can look like if we all do our collective fair share. If we all "share the wealth". I was prompted to write this article after hearing Obama's speech over this past weekend. He said, "Do we go forward towards a new vision of America in which prosperity is shared? Or do we go backward to the same policies that got us in this mess in the first place?"
He then went on to say, "I believe that we have to go forward." I immediately thought of the aforementioned book about China. All I could picture were the regular Chinese citizens listening to Mao on the radio talking about how they could share the wealth. How poverty and suffering would be ended and how China would become the envy of the world. A veritable utopia that just never came true. From 1958 to 1961, it is estimated that over 45million Chinese died of starvation. Central planning by the Chinese government failed to understand markets and how farmers produced for profit, not redistribution.
I don't believe it is a coincidence that Obama's campaign is using the communist word Forward. I believe he knows exactly what he is doing when he chose that campaign slogan for his second term.
In his first run for President, Obama may have slipped when he candidly said to Joe the Plumber that he wanted to "spread the wealth around." His true message isn't really hidden anymore though. Remember when he said "At some point you've made enough money"?
Will the American people fall for the slogan "Forward" without knowing its history and origin? History has a nasty way of repeating itself when a society does not learn from its past. People frequently live in a state of denial rather than acknowledging and accepting responsibility for their actions. They find it hard to believe that in 2008 they elected a person who believes what Mao or Stalin stood for while committing some of the greatest atrocities in history.
So do I have confidence that those who voted for Obama (who are not just outright socialists) will vote for Romney? I hope so but I am also not 100% sure. People do not like to admit that they were wrong. Some psychologists call it cognitive dissonance. It is when people dig in their heels and hold onto their beliefs even when faced with overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Indeed, when people's self-confidence is rattled (when facts intrude), they may even become more hell-bent on sticking to their beliefs.
Obama wants to fundamentally transfom America and has said so over and over. It is the American voters that fell for Obama's hope and change rhetoric back in 2008 that we now need to win over. Let's pray that these Americans don't fall victim to another round of rhetoric. Let's educate them on the facts of Obama's record and work to change their course and vote for the Romney/Ryan ticket.
Obama has indebted the US to China. In a way we're working for China! Obama has made us slaves to our own debt while ingratiating himself or anybody who aligns with him immunity from oppression... I think he'll initiate mass chaos before the election in an all out war with Iran. He'll institute Martial Law and set curfews. He'll initiate his civilian force(OWS, ACORN or self avowed Communists) to keep control. He'll try to stay in power with or without the electorate...