October 2011
28 posts
“When I need my sense of order restored, I sit on the lake rock. It sums up all...”
– # 275…
From The Lake Rock, by Ann Zwinger, taken from Melissa Walker’s, Reading The Environment, page 100
Reminder: In Libra, one of four celebrated Cardinal months of the year, the number 4 is again showcased in autumnal garb; revealing its deserving title as the “Number of...
# 268....SEC wrestling with "conflict minerals"... →
By Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON | Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:04pm EDT
“(Reuters) - Securities regulators are struggling to craft a rule that sheds light on companies that use certain African “conflict minerals” but avoids a compliance nightmare that hurts manufacturers.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is six months behind schedule in finalizing the rule that is required...
# 262....69 days: Chile miners' long wait for... →
12 October 2011 Last updated at 08:16 ET
“Events are being held in Chile on Thursday to mark the anniversary of the rescue of a group of trapped miners that transfixed the world.
The 33 men were hauled out one by one after being trapped deep underground for 69 days in northern Chile.
This video looks back at the group’s long wait for rescue, after a tunnel collapsed at the mine on...
“Fetishes and sacred objects often are used as talismans and amulets. To the...”
– # 259….Animal-Speak ~ The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small ~, by Ted Andrews, 1998
# 257....Earth Embraces During Full Moon
Box, filled with talismans, arrived from my relocated 17 Libra ASCENDANT/16 Cancer MIDHEAVEN in New York. The box was an ark for Madagascar, Greenland, Michigan’s northwest Peninsula, Japan, and other exotic origins.
# 254....the stone collector’s song →
“Sjón (born 1962, Reykjavik, Iceland) began his literary career at the tender age of fifteen when his first poetry collection, Sýnir (Visions), was published in 1978. He was one of the founding members of the neo-surrealist group Medúsa and early on acquired a high profile on the Reykjavík cultural scene. He has published numerous poetry collections and seven novels, as well as plays,...
# 251....Forget Gold - What Matters Is Copper →
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
“Copper fell from $4.20 to $3.25—close to 25%—in about three weeks. Most of that tumble has happened in the last ten days, and what’s worrisome is that, as I write these words over the weekend, there is every indication that copper will continue its free fall come Monday. From the numbers that I’m seeing—and from the historical fact that copper tends to fall...
