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College Student To Sell Virginity For Tuition

My husband and I flipped on the TV last night just before bed, a sort of wind-down from a hectic evening. Low and behold, as we previewed what was upcoming on the local evening news, we were shocked and horrified to hear that a local graduate student at Sacramento State University is currently auctioning off her virginity to the highest bidder. My husband and I looked at each other, jaws dropped, wondering if we needed to get our hearing checked. Could it be true? Is a local university graduate really going to sell her body to pay tuition? Was it possible that the absence of adequate Psle home tutors could have compelled her to take this step for her future?

My husband sent me straight to the computer to investigate, as we had no plans to actually stay up and watch the local news. Here is what we found:

It is true – according to several news sources[1], a local 21-year-old student using the pseudonym of “Natalie Dylan” is auctioning off her virginity to pay for her tuition to pursue a masters degree. Dylan has already taken a polygraph test and is willing to undergo a medical exam in order to verify her virgin status. The young woman is using a legal brother in Nevada, the Bunny Ranch (www.bunnyranch.com) as a broker for the transaction. 

 

 

According to the Bunny Ranch’s website, Natalie is selling her body to avoid having to work her way through her master’s degree. According to the news reports, Dylan is in a financial bind after her stepfather acquired loans using her student status and then ran off with the money. So, to avoid working and to escape her family’s theft, Dylan is doing the next best thing – putting her body on the auction block for any Tom, Dick or Harry. 

Now, according to the Daily News[2], Natalie will make an informed choice. She will consider personality and says that she is looking for the right “chemistry” before she will consent to the transaction. Dylan apparently got the idea when a Peruvian woman put her own body up for sale to pay family medical bills and was offered $1.5 million. While the woman did not go through with the transaction, Dylan says she fully plans to do so. 

It should be noted that Dylan’s sister already works at the Bunny Ranch, which I suppose should be a source of comfort to her as she makes her way to Carson City and a room, a bed and a man she has never met. 

 

According to the Daily News story, Dylan feels it’s much better to lose her virginity this way, under her own control and in receipt of payment, than in the “backseat of a Toyota.”[3] Her comments lead me to believe she might never have considered that neither option is a good idea and that she might hold out for a loving, respectful relationship with a man who cares for her. 

Geez, am I over the hill at 33? 

For more information, or to place your bid (I’m shuddering as I type this), you can visit Natalie at www.bunnyranch.com or e-mail her at nataliedylan@bunnyranch.com. She is an admittedly pretty brunette with great skin, dark eyes and a nice pair of legs. 

Too bad her self esteem appears to have gone missing.

Revenue Silver Mine on notice for numerous safety violations

UPDATED—9/26: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration put Fortune Minerals’ Revenue Silver Mine in Ouray County, Colorado on notice Thursday for 92 “significant and substantial violations” during a 12-month period beginning Aug. 1. 2013, and ending July 31, 2014.

On Nov. 17, 2013, Nick Cappano of Montrose, Colorado, and Rick Williams of Durango, Colorado were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning the day after explosives were detonated the previous day. The high carbon monoxide levels also injured 20 other miners.

The former Revenue-Virginius silver-lead-zinc-copper-gold mine employs roughly 100 workers. Fortune Minerals acquired the mine from Star Mine Operations in May of this year. The mine has been renamed the Revenue Silver Mine.

However, as recently as July 31st of this year, MSHA identified patterns of violations related to roof and rib hazards, handling of explosive materials, ventilations and training practices. Fifty-seven of the situations included “either high negligence or reckless disregard by the mine operation,” said the agency.

Fortune Minerals Investor Relations Management Troy Nazarewicz told Mineweb Friday, “Fortune Minerals’ primary focus is on safety. Embedded in the firm’s culture, safety starts with the leadership and its commitment to support employees through continual training and improvements at its operations. Fortune Minerals announced the staged acquisition of the Revenue Silver Mine in May of this year and continues to invest in workforce training and capital improvements at the mine.

“The Pattern of Violation recently issued by MSHA is based on historical issues and does not reflect the positive impact of our involvement since May. We are looking forward to the anticipated closing on October 1 of the 100% interest in the assets of the mine, full control of operations and a fresh start for the mine, its dedicated employees and the wider community,” he said.

However, Fortune’s website identifies Fortune, not Star Mine Operations, as the current operator of the mine.

The Revenue Silver Mine is a high-grade underground silver mine with a 400 ton per day mill and concentrator located in an underground excavation. The mine had been operating between 1876 and 1912 by the Caroline Mining Company with production at 15 million ounces of silver before the mill burned and the mine closed. The mine, which is believed to contain 16.3 million measured and indicated silver ounces, is located in the Sneffels silver mining district.

21 conveyor contract for one of world’s largest copper mines

TAKRAF USA Inc., part of the Tenova group of companies recently signed a contract with Grupo Mexico and M3 Engineering for the design and supply of 21 conveyors for the Concentrator 2 Project at the Buenavista del Cobre copper mine (formerly Cananea) in Sonora, México. Grupo Mexico ranks among the most important companies in Mexico, Peru and the US, and it is one of the world’s largest copper producers. Production in 2014 is scheduled to reach 850,000 tonnes of copper. With 13 mines in operation, Grupo Mexico also controls what is reckoned to be the largest copper reserve in the global copper mining sector and the Buenavista mine – some 30 km south of the U.S. border – is one of its biggest operations. The scope of supply for the contract includes three overland conveyors and 18 in-plant conveyors ranging from 112 m to 4,252 m in length. The overland conveyors will handle copper ore at rate of 7,980 tonnes per hour and the in-plant conveyors will be designed at 12,240 tonne/hour. The project will be directed by the TAKRAF USA office in Denver with significant engineering and design support by TAKRAF South Africa and TAKRAF India. This system is of proven design to similar TAKRAF systems installed at mine sites around the world. The new project will complement the Quebalix II and Quebalix III (oxide line) projects previously completed by TAKRAF at the Buenavista Mine. The project is scheduled to be commissioned in 2014.

TAKRAF USA Inc., part of the Tenova group of companies recently signed a contract with Grupo Mexico and M3 Engineering for the design and supply of 21 conveyors for the Concentrator 2 Project at the Buenavista del Cobre copper mine (formerly Cananea) in Sonora, México.

TAKRAF USA Inc., part of the Tenova group of companies recently signed a contract with Grupo Mexico and M3 Engineering for the design and supply of 21 conveyors for the Concentrator 2 Project at the Buenavista del Cobre copper mine (formerly Cananea) in Sonora, México. Grupo Mexico ranks among the most important companies in Mexico, Peru and the US, and it is one of the world’s largest copper producers. Production in 2014 is scheduled to reach 850,000 tonnes of copper. With 13 mines in operation, Grupo Mexico also controls what is reckoned to be the largest copper reserve in the global copper mining sector and the Buenavista mine – some 30 km south of the U.S. border – is one of its biggest operations. The scope of supply for the contract includes three overland conveyors and 18 in-plant conveyors ranging from 112 m to 4,252 m in length. The overland conveyors will handle copper ore at rate of 7,980 tonnes per hour and the in-plant conveyors will be designed at 12,240 tonne/hour. The project will be directed by the TAKRAF USA office in Denver with significant engineering and design support by TAKRAF South Africa and TAKRAF India. This system is of proven design to similar TAKRAF systems installed at mine sites around the world. The new project will complement the Quebalix II and Quebalix III (oxide line) projects previously completed by TAKRAF at the Buenavista Mine. The project is scheduled to be commissioned in 2014.

Grupo Mexico ranks among the most important companies in Mexico, Peru and the US, and it is one of the world’s largest copper producers. Production in 2014 is scheduled to reach 850,000 tonnes of copper. With 13 mines in operation, Grupo Mexico also controls what is reckoned to be the largest copper reserve in the global copper mining sector and the Buenavista mine – some 30 km south of the U.S. border – is one of its biggest operations.

TAKRAF USA Inc., part of the Tenova group of companies recently signed a contract with Grupo Mexico and M3 Engineering for the design and supply of 21 conveyors for the Concentrator 2 Project at the Buenavista del Cobre copper mine (formerly Cananea) in Sonora, México. Grupo Mexico ranks among the most important companies in Mexico, Peru and the US, and it is one of the world’s largest copper producers. Production in 2014 is scheduled to reach 850,000 tonnes of copper. With 13 mines in operation, Grupo Mexico also controls what is reckoned to be the largest copper reserve in the global copper mining sector and the Buenavista mine – some 30 km south of the U.S. border – is one of its biggest operations. The scope of supply for the contract includes three overland conveyors and 18 in-plant conveyors ranging from 112 m to 4,252 m in length. The overland conveyors will handle copper ore at rate of 7,980 tonnes per hour and the in-plant conveyors will be designed at 12,240 tonne/hour. The project will be directed by the TAKRAF USA office in Denver with significant engineering and design support by TAKRAF South Africa and TAKRAF India. This system is of proven design to similar TAKRAF systems installed at mine sites around the world. The new project will complement the Quebalix II and Quebalix III (oxide line) projects previously completed by TAKRAF at the Buenavista Mine. The project is scheduled to be commissioned in 2014.

The scope of supply for the contract includes three overland conveyors and 18 in-plant conveyors ranging from 112 m to 4,252 m in length. The overland conveyors will handle copper ore at rate of 7,980 tonnes per hour and the in-plant conveyors will be designed at 12,240 tonne/hour.

The project will be directed by the TAKRAF USA office in Denver with significant engineering and design support by TAKRAF South Africa and TAKRAF India.

TAKRAF USA Inc., part of the Tenova group of companies recently signed a contract with Grupo Mexico and M3 Engineering for the design and supply of 21 conveyors for the Concentrator 2 Project at the Buenavista del Cobre copper mine (formerly Cananea) in Sonora, México. Grupo Mexico ranks among the most important companies in Mexico, Peru and the US, and it is one of the world’s largest copper producers. Production in 2014 is scheduled to reach 850,000 tonnes of copper. With 13 mines in operation, Grupo Mexico also controls what is reckoned to be the largest copper reserve in the global copper mining sector and the Buenavista mine – some 30 km south of the U.S. border – is one of its biggest operations. The scope of supply for the contract includes three overland conveyors and 18 in-plant conveyors ranging from 112 m to 4,252 m in length. The overland conveyors will handle copper ore at rate of 7,980 tonnes per hour and the in-plant conveyors will be designed at 12,240 tonne/hour. The project will be directed by the TAKRAF USA office in Denver with significant engineering and design support by TAKRAF South Africa and TAKRAF India. This system is of proven design to similar TAKRAF systems installed at mine sites around the world. The new project will complement the Quebalix II and Quebalix III (oxide line) projects previously completed by TAKRAF at the Buenavista Mine. The project is scheduled to be commissioned in 2014.

This system is of proven design to similar TAKRAF systems installed at mine sites around the world. The new project will complement the Quebalix II and Quebalix III (oxide line) projects previously completed by TAKRAF at the Buenavista Mine. The project is scheduled to be commissioned in 2014.