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House of Cards and Rare Earth Elements

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Netflix’s “House of Cards” has characters fighting over a rare earth refinery in China. This is a welcome pop-culture introduction to the challenge facing North American high-tech manufacturing: no domestic supply of HEAVY…

Alberta Party Leadership Forum 2011 Calgary

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Alberta Party’s leadership convention in Calgary featured 4 obviously competent candidates. Chelsea Pratchett was already streaming this event for OpenFile Calgary. However, I had a specific question to ask. I was there taping…