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"The patient is stretched on a traction bed for several hours and calcium supplements are injected in the bone shafts near the joints," it quoted French government spokesman "Luc Bigger" as saying. The Sun even provided photos and a "How it Works" graphic showing a man on a torture-style bed. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Ship safety compliance questioned Mar 28, 2008
The inspections include pulling the rudder shafts for examination. The Alaska Ranger reportedly began taking on water after it lost control of its rudder. (Anchorage Daily News)
American Axle CEO got compensation worth $5.6 million, excluding bonus, in 2007 Mar 25, 2008
The company makes axles, drive shafts and stabilizer bars for General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC and other automakers. The strike has brought thousands of layoffs at GM and several other U.S. and Canadian auto parts suppliers. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Fishing: Bowfishing blends thrill of the hunt with fun of fishing Mar 23, 2008
Most archers use a braided cord line hand wound on a simple reel, and fiberglass arrows are superior to wood shafts because fiberglass holds up better after a carp is struck. In Pennsylvania, it is legal to use bows and arrows, including compound bows, to take only carp, gar, suckers and eels, day or night. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
True Temper Sports, Inc. to Present at 2008 Credit Suisse Global Leveraged Finance Conference Mar 22, 2008
True Temper is one of the leading manufacturers of golf shafts in the world and is consistently among the top shafts on all professional tours globally. The Company markets a complete line of golf shafts and other performance based recreational sports products under the True Temper, Grafalloy, Royal Precision and Alpha Q family of brands, and sells these products in over thirty countries throughout the world. (PR Newswire)
* Energy crisis hurts S Africa's precious metals industry Mar 17, 2008
But "if we are not receiving enough power, we will have to close some shafts, therefore only more power will assist us to minimize job losses," he said. "If we could produce more, it [the higher price] would be good for exports, for employment and the economy in general.". (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Hike profits lost in blackout Mar 17, 2008
But, "if we are not receiving enough power, we will have to close some shafts, therefore only more power will assist us to minimize job losses.". Added Baxter: "If we could produce more, it (the higher price) would be good for exports, for employment and the economy in general. "Opportunity lost" "This is an opportunity lost for South Africa. (iAfrica.com)
Billions of gallons of water threaten old mining town (1) Mar 16, 2008
Old mining buildings and shafts are pictured east of Leadville, Colo ... More than 1 billion gallons of water enough to fill 1,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools is backed up in abandoned mine shafts and a drainage tunnel in the mountains above Leadville. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Impact of parts strike widens to 19 GM factories Mar 8, 2008
Detroit-based American Axle makes axles, drive shafts and stabilizer bars for GM, Chrysler LLC and other automakers. GM, which spun off American Axle in 1994, makes up nearly 80 percent of the company's business. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
American Axle says talks to resume with striking UAW workers Mar 6, 2008
The Detroit-based parts supplier makes axles, drive shafts and stabilizer bars for GM's flagship pickup trucks and large sport utility vehicles. The strike forced the automaker to temporarily shut down five assembly plants. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Big adventures,close to home Mar 5, 2008
Shafts of light pierce the depths like heavenly spears. We dont get long bottom times this deep, but the view is breathtaking, and I cant help but feel like theres a vast, adventurous underworld waiting below me. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Strike forces 5th GM plant to shut down Mar 4, 2008
The strike at the company, which makes axles, drive shafts and stabilizer bars, began shortly after midnight Tuesday. Last week, GM, the nation's largest automaker, announced it would temporarily shutter four plants that make full-sized pickup trucks, idling thousands of workers in the U.S. and Canada. (MSNBC -- Business)
GM closes more plants; 12,000 workers idle Mar 1, 2008
American Axle makes axles, drive shafts and stabilizer bars. Hourly workers at GM who are laid off as a result of the plant closures will get most of their pay from the company under its contract with the UAW.. (MSNBC -- Business)
GM shuts down 3 more plants Mar 1, 2008
The company makes axles, drive shafts and stabilizer bars. GM accounts for about 80 percent of American Axle's business, with 10 percent going to Chrysler LLC and the rest to other automakers. (AZCentral -- Business)
Strike details Feb 29, 2008
Driveline -- It makes drive shafts and axles for light trucks and sport utility vehicles. AAM Detroit Manufacturing Complex -- It makes a variety of axles, drive shafts and components. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
Economy doesn't deter Axle strikers Feb 28, 2008
Chuck Casault, a plant worker for 28 years, said he's worried about the future of the Three Rivers plant because it only has contracts to make drive shafts and axles for General Motors Corp. light trucks and sport utility vehicles. And the plant only has work scheduled for the next couple of years. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
GM forced to shut down truck plant Feb 28, 2008
The company makes axles, drive shafts and stabilizer bars. "We're meeting our customers' requirements. We continue to supply our customer needs to the best of our ability," American Axle spokeswoman Renee Rogers said Wednesday night. (MSNBC -- Business)
Adjustability of clubs is serious business Feb 28, 2008
Some clubmakers have responded with clubs that come with different shafts and weights in the head that can be changed quickly with wrenches to conform to conditions or to a golfer's ball flight that particular day ... "For it to become mainstream, the benefit to golfers will have to be very apparent and very measurable, and I think that will be the case with shafts that have very different characteristics." ... Callaway's i-Mix driver allows golfers to buy the components separately - either the... (AZCentral -- Sports)
Erwin casts doubt on mine job cut motives Feb 28, 2008
Two shafts and a shaft extension at Driefontein, as well as two shafts at Kloof, would be mothballed, closed or scaled back. Erwin said: "We would clearly like to accommodate the mining industry, that is why we are putting so much pressure on other sectors to save electricity.". (Business Report, South Africa)
Swelling with pride: Crew adding 2,000 seats to Washington-Grizzly Stadium Feb 27, 2008 Lost arts of golf Feb 24, 2008 The new embraceable Britain Feb 18, 2008 Town fears avalanche of water Feb 16, 2008 Mining town threatened Feb 16, 2008 Who said that? Feb 8, 2008 State prepared for 2nd gas rush? Feb 5, 2008 SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Feb 4, 2008 Teeing up for change Feb 3, 2008 Erwin's walking handbag appears to hold nothing of practical use Feb 3, 2008 Adjustable clubs broaden options Jan 30, 2008 China: Partner or predatorin Africa? Jan 25, 2008 Army helicopters to aid flood-hit town Jan 25, 2008 Tim Tompkins Named Vice President of Sales for ArborCraft Jan 23, 2008 Subaru Legacy & Outback 2.0 TD (2008-) Review Jan 22, 2008 Lecture marks mine disaster anniversary Jan 21, 2008 It's A Fine Line Jan 17, 2008 Along came a Spider Jan 16, 2008 Intrepid golfers try to revive a course destroyed in the Indonesian tsunami Dec 26, 2007 Cars with a hint of lemon Dec 22, 2007 Find it, move it, raise it Dec 18, 2007 Roots, mines ran deep in Menifee Dec 17, 2007 It's tackle maintenance time Dec 16, 2007 Matter of perspective Dec 15, 2007 Despite weather, pier work for dam removal completed Dec 10, 2007 Audi A3 goes cabrio| Dec 4, 2007 Washburn: Zhou makes remarkable leap into professional golf Nov 22, 2007 Now in archives: Awesome’ Anaconda Co. records donated Nov 15, 2007 Multimillion-dollar renovations to Oregon Capitol under way Nov 13, 2007 For $10, county gets mine access Nov 6, 2007 Health officials study Pa. waste dump Oct 24, 2007 US crude oil futures end lower Oct 22, 2007 Park City resort offers a slope for all ski levels Oct 19, 2007 11-foot-deep hole opens up under home's foundation Oct 13, 2007 More of this story Oct 7, 2007 More of Mount Soledad may be prone to collapse Oct 7, 2007 UPDATE: 2,000 TRAPPED IN S. AFRICA MINE Oct 4, 2007 S. Africa mine collapse traps 3,000 Oct 4, 2007 More Than 2,000 Trapped Miners Evacuated Oct 4, 2007 Evolution X-cess Oct 4, 2007 * Women's hair loss: Getting to the root of the problem Oct 2, 2007 Mitsubishi launches Evo X in Japan Oct 2, 2007 Mountaintop mining destroys communities, but keeps lights on Oct 1, 2007 Palau: A blue heaven for big fish Sep 28, 2007 Off the Clock Sep 27, 2007 * Open road still drives American spirit Sep 19, 2007 Scoreboard: Saturday, September 15, 2007 Sep 17, 2007 Kayaking Doubtful Sound Sep 16, 2007 For Japanese carbon fiber maker, a rosy outlook Sep 13, 2007 Frankfurt 2007: Nissan Mixim Concept rolls in Sep 13, 2007 Toray Boosts Margins, Share Price as Boeing's Sole 787 Carbon-Fiber Vendor Sep 13, 2007 More dollars sought for sealing abandoned mines Sep 12, 2007 * For the birdies: old cleeks, spoons and brassies Sep 8, 2007 Rescuers pull 12 bodies from China mine Sep 5, 2007 1 dead, 1 hurt after girls fall in mine shaft Sep 3, 2007 Birders find lots of species at sod farms Sep 1, 2007 Golf Facility At Sun City Center Is Old School Aug 30, 2007 These Saabs really get a grip Aug 26, 2007 Four generations of Ballards keep mining tradition alive up Grizzly Gulch Aug 26, 2007 Space 'too small' for US mine survivors Aug 26, 2007 The misery of China's miners Aug 25, 2007 Trekking poles are becoming a trail essential Aug 23, 2007 Gill Annex project taking shape Aug 20, 2007 Flooding traps 180 coal miners in China Aug 19, 2007 Mysterious Sounds Offer Hope On Miners Aug 17, 2007
Building and working around the four exit stairways and the two elevator shafts will also be tricky. As the seating sections go in, and the structures grow, steelworkers will tie themselves to the beams as they work, Ballas said. (Missoulian, MT)
The World's #1 Bull Market Feb 27, 2008
Virtually no new mine shafts have been opened in the last 20 years. Strikes and production delays threaten supplies of ordinary metals, such as copper and nickel. (Human Events Online)
Virtually every equipment company has a trailer available to do repairs, change shafts - even produce a replacement set of clubs. When Floyd played on the PGA Tour, the Hall of Famer devoted a room in his house - the Club Room - strictly for his equipment. (The Palm Beach Post)
Looking at it, you can see that several of its long, radiating spiky shafts are just severed stumps. This is where arguments about public art become complicated. (Guardian Unlimited)
Old mining buildings and shafts east of Leadville, Colo ... The water is backed up in abandoned mine shafts and a 2 ... County officials have been nervously monitoring the rising water pressure inside the mine shafts for about two years. (MSNBC -- Environment)
The water is backed up in abandoned mine shafts and a 2 ... County officials have been nervously monitoring the rising water pressure inside the mine shafts for about two years ... The tunnel normally drains water that seeps into some of the hundreds of abandoned mine shafts and other mine workings in the mountains east and south of Leadville and deposits it into the East Fork of the Arkansas River about a mile north of town. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
First came graphite shafts, then club heads the size of grapefruits ... As of January 1, golfers are allowed to adjust club heads and shafts on their drivers before a round ... Callaway Golf's adjustable entry, the iMix, will cost as much as $1 400 (R10 739) for one driver head and three shafts, about triple the average cost of a top-of-the-line driver. (Business Report, South Africa)
There is something of an advantage, in that multiple shale deposits are accessible by horizontal drilling underground from single vertical shafts. The Rendell administration should review drilling regulations to ensure that any new drilling uses existing shafts wherever possible, and that the new type of drilling activity does not create subsidence problems akin to those caused by mining. (Scranton Times, PA)
Thanks to precious metal's big price jump, a foothills town that's rooted in mining sees a push to reopen long-shut shafts. 700. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Golf club makers unleash interchangeable shafts, heads ... Big name companies such as Callaway Golf Co. and TaylorMade are creating drivers that are adjustable so golfers can quickly mix and match club heads and shafts ... Alexander said he can envision a future in which golfers trade out shafts and heads on an annual basis as new products come out. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
However, the voluntary shutdown may come back to bite, as Gold Fields has indicated it might have to close some shafts. Profits throughout South African business looks set to fall, thanks to Eskom. (Business Report, South Africa)
At the start, it seems, the companies share Sugarman's optimism regarding adjustable clubs and interchangeable shafts ... Rugge admits one concern is making the technology so easy to change the shafts a player might be tempted to do so illegally at the turn ... The price of the adjustable drivers isn't cheap - TaylorMade's entry that debuts in April will cost $1,000, but it includes the driver head and three state-of-the-art shafts that have different weights designed to produce different... (The Palm Beach Post)
One of the best guarantees that a venture will promote African interests is the length of its engagement: a company that builds factories and mine shafts has a greater stake in stability and responsible government than does the short-term speculator [6. In addition, low human capacity, poor infrastructure and Africas small market size - Africa has an economy the same size as the state of Ohio - reduces its attractiveness for foreign investors. (Asia Times Online)
As the town cancelled its Australia Day celebrations, it emerged a farming family had taken refuge on the roof of their house and sapphire miners on the nearby Gemfields had lost their homes and livelihoods when shafts caved in ... "We've had five shafts go, plus a couple of other older shafts as well. "Once they collapse - that's it, they are too dangerous to work. (The Age)
ArborCraft produces its domestic line of wood floors at its two facilities in Johnson City, TN and Montpelier, IN. About Harris Manufacturing Harris Manufacturing was founded by Allen Harris in 1898 as a small hardwood company, which handcrafted persimmon golf club shafts. Over time, the company began manufacturing various wood products such as cannon ramrods, broom handles, and U.S. Army tent pins before focusing exclusively on hardwood flooring. (PR Newswire)
It is compact, relatively lightweight, and the nature of the design gives an intrinsically rigid, strong structure; vibration and noise levels are low, and no balancer shafts are needed, thus saving further weight. Its shape - it looks upright and shorter front-to-back than conventional diesel engines - allows it to be easily positioned in the engine-bay for good front-rear weight distribution, mounted relatively low down to lower its centre of gravity. (Channel 4 News)
An inquest into the Knight fire blamed poor inspections by mine inspector T.M. Williams, who before he took the role had been a crusader for the installation of escape shafts, said Mr. Hastie. The Knight fire led to further mine legislation and regulation. (Scranton Times, PA)
When Hochstein walks over to the target to retrieve his arrow, the other linemen shoot him from behind -- not with their pointed shafts, thank God, but with soft pellets from air guns. Whether it's carrying on like Robin Hood and his Merry Men, racing go-karts, playing dominoes in the locker room or simply going out to dinner, New England's offensive linemen -- Light, left guard and Mariposa High School graduate Logan Mankins, center Dan Koppen, right guard Stephen Neal, right tackle Nick Kaczur... (Modesto Bee, CA)
Irons (4-9): Nike Blades (Project X shafts). Wedges: Nike Pro Combo (54 degrees); Nike SV (60 degrees). (Suffolk News Herald, VA)
They handed me a few clubs, quality irons with graphite shafts, and asked me to join. They walked to their balls at a march. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
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He had to swim deep inside the dark impellor shafts below the dam on the Osage River to inspect for leaks and cracks. McNitt is consistently in dangerous and often scary situations. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
One of the neighbors told de la Garrigue that after the gold mines were closed, the neighborhood kids used to go swimming in one of the shafts that had flooded. Others told him about a flood in another shaft, one that ran deep underground between the Wilson house and barn, that killed several Chinese workers brought in to work the gold mine. (North County Times)
Dry thoroughly and place a drop or two of oil on small moving parts and rotating shafts and apply a film of grease on the gears. Two state-of-the-art reel lubricants are Quantum's Hot Sauce and ReelX by Corrosion Technologies. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
Well, then they finish against the New York Giants and at Philadelphia, two potential mine shafts. And the Browns. (CBS News)
After stabilizing the bridge abutments and embankments, workers tackled the interstate's center piers by drilling new shafts to extend the piers down to bedrock. The work proved more complicated than anticipated when the drills ran into steel beams left over from the bridges' construction in the 1960s, but they finally got around the obstacles to reach bedrock. (Missoulian, MT)
0 TDI four-valve engine, with its displacement of 1968cm3, is equipped with two balancing shafts and has been fitted with a newly developed common rail system ... An adjustable intake camshaft optimises filling of its combustion chambers and two balancing shafts improve refinement. (iAfrica.com)
During one such low point, Zhou fashioned his own practice clubs using broken shafts. He'd fill a cut-off water bottle with wet cement and stick the shaft inside, allowing the cement to dry around it. (ESPN -- Golf)
The collection appears to include management records, letters, blueprints, aerial photographs, work records, geological studies, mining information, plans for stopes sills and raises, construction plans, information about railroads and minerals, development of the Berkeley Pit and construction of air shafts and the Columbia Gardens, among other documentation, Crain said. The records also could give insight into the inner workings of the company during events such as the historic 1934 strike, she... (Montana Standard, MT)
Except for concrete walls around the elevator shafts and stairways, there virtually is nothing except bare concrete floors in the House office wing, where construction is by design one month ahead of the Senate wing. State of Oregon. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
It could be the owners of these old mineshafts, Ms. Hannevig said. But Mr. Cordaro said no one is profiting. (Scranton Times, PA)
But residents fear the chemicals infiltrated an extensive underground network of mine tunnels and shafts, polluting mine water and, possibly, streams and springs that supply private wells and the Still Creek Reservoir. We believe that there s been a slow release of these hazardous chemicals, said Baddick, the internist. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Anglo Platinum, the world's biggest platinum producer, said on Friday it expects to lose 1,300 ounces of refined platinum daily after shutting shafts at its largest mine. COMEX December silver closed down 16. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
More than 1,200 miles of abandoned mining shafts are still there, too, a reminder that skiing's a late arrival. Deer Valley Resort. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
When she and her husband bought the lot 17 years ago, they thought it was clear of mine shafts. "I certainly wouldn't have paid all this money for a lot to put a home up where there was a shaft," Lukachinsky said. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
"But we're finding more shafts as more people move into mined areas.". They can range in depth from a few feet to a few hundred feet. (Helena Independent Record)
In the coming days, soils experts plan to drill narrow shafts 100 feet into the hills surrounding Caminito Avola and insert instruments to measure the mountain's movement. City officials said it is up to homeowners to fix the pavement and shore up the hillside because both the street and surrounding land are privately owned. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
"Our guys there tell us that they have raised concerns about the whole issue of maintenance of shafts with the mine (managers) but they have not been attended to," he said. Briggs rejected union criticism about safety conditions, and said the shaft was in very good condition with a lot of new infrastructure. (The Drudge Report)
Soares said some miners were making their way to shafts in an adjacent mine, owned by AngloAshanti ... Seshoka charged that the mine's shafts were not properly maintained ... "Our guys there tell us that they have raised concerns about the whole issue of maintenance of shafts with the mine (managers) but they have not been attended to," he said. (Newsday -- New York City)
"Our guys there tell us that they have raised concerns about the whole issue of maintenance of shafts with the mine (managers) but they have not been attended to," he said. Company spokeswoman Amelia Soares said the mine had won a number of safety awards and had never witnessed any fatal accidents. (NBC 11, CA)
This is partly thanks to the application of continuously variable valve timing technology (MIVEC) to both intake and exhaust camshafts which also ensures valve timing matched to engine speed and load to stabilise combustion characteristics and allow the engine to develop more power over the full rev range. The GSR is available with the new Twin Clutch SST six-speed automated manual transmission that puts odd (first, third, fifth) and even (second, fourth and sixth) gears on separate input shafts... (iAfrica.com)
Also, as hair ages, the hair shaft becomes finer, and thinner hair shafts are more susceptible to chemical damage from permanent waves and coloring. Source: American Academy of Dermatology. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The GSR is available with the new Twin Clutch SST six-speed automated manual transmission, which puts odd (1st, 3rd, 5th) and even (2nd, 4th and 6th) gears on separate input shafts each with its own clutch. The system allows the driver to choose between Autoshift fully automatic shifting and Manual Shift, where the driver can change gears as with a manual transmission. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Mine shafts and coal conveyors dot the hamlets and hollows where miners live amid the splendour of smoky mountains and hardwood forests. But while the US appetite for coal has long bumped against the environmental impact of mining, the growth of mountaintop removal has now divided residents as never before. (Business Report, South Africa)
The dancing shafts of sunlight shooting straight down through the perfectly clear water to the bottom were so beautiful that my throat tightened. It was hard not to think of a cathedral. (International Herald Tribune)
The tally ho s so popular at the time were four-wheeled wagons with double decker seating and were rigged with either horseless carriage platform for a gasoline-powered one or two-cylindered motor or harness shafts for a single well-trained carriage horse, dependent upon availability. They were named after a fast horsedrawn coach which once provided public transportation along a high road from Birmingham to London, England. (Carthage Press, MO)
Beads of rainwater moved over their veins and then fell, shafts of sunlight catching them. The road ran on before me like a body uncoiling from sleep, there was the whoosh of a bird's wings, a flash of blue as it flew beneath the branches, vines twisting around fence posts. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Lucasi Division Teddy s Titans 144, Kelly s Cobra Fire 141, Sally O Malley s Sure Shots 131, Robbinsdale Poke-n-Hope 130, Teddy s Bandits 129, Road Hog Dawgs 129, JT S High Rollers 125, Joe s Slowpokes 119, Teddy s Put Together 117, Breakroom Unforgiven 97, RAXX Bare Shafts 97. High shooters Rob Hughlette 35, David Vandergrift 30, Vince Archuleta 27, Stacy Neiger 25, John Pierce 23, Morley Foster 22, Rich Schlem 22, Tim Sheets 22. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Watching shafts of sunlight pierce the clear water or staring up where tenacious plants cling to life on sheer rock faces, takes your mind off the mundane task of paddling. Gliding in silence past a fur seal sunbathing lazily on a rock while hearing only the splash of paddles and song of bellbirds is about as good as it gets. (Suite101.com)
The company, which builds Diamana shafts for golf clubs used by Tiger Woods, is seeking to enter the aircraft market. 1. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
The Super Motor is unique compared to other electric motors in that it has two drive shafts and is able to power the left and right wheels independently ... "At its heart, therefore, Mixim has one of the most efficient electric motors currently produced. Nissan's Super Motor, first seen in the EFFIS concept shown at the 2003 Tokyo Motor Show, differs from conventional electric motors by being power source and generator in one compact package.Super Motor features dual rotors inside and outside a... (Autoblog)
The company, which builds Diamana shafts for golf clubs used by Tiger Woods, is seeking to enter the aircraft market. All carbon-fiber makers will benefit from growing market,'' said Shinsei's Matsumoto. (Bloomberg)
The initial focus would be on sealing vertical shafts because they pose the most serious safety hazard, he said. "If you walk into a horizontal shaft, chances are you walk out.". (FOX 11, AZ)
Fashioned with shafts of aged hickory, ash or lemonwood, these early clubs have heads with an insert of ram's horn or a lead backweight. They are works of art, with the golden patina of age. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Rescuers continued to pump water out of two mine shafts in Xintai in the eastern province of Shangdong, which flooded on August 17 leaving 181 miners trapped. Any remaining hopes for 172 of the miners, trapped in one shaft, were dealt a blow when the entrance to the mine collapsed on Tuesday, impeding rescue work, Xinhua said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Mine shafts are plentiful in the hillsides around Chloride, as they are in much of rural Arizona. The state is home to an estimated 100,000 abandoned mines, which reach as deep as 400 feet. (AZCentral -- News)
During this period, some points had stems (to tie the points to shafts), and some resembled large shark teeth. To make their projectile points, Native Americans in Georgia probably used the easy-to-chip rock most common in their area. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
" Interestingly, the school is also working on its direction. Even the oldest golf school sometimes needs to learn new tricks. So BSGS, always operated as a destination instruction site courting students with extended-stay packages, is adding local golfers to its targeted audience. Along with introducing one-, three- and six-hour packages for locals, BSGS is also offering custom driver fitting through the Callaway Optifit system. The system allows instructors to assemble in seconds any of 24... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- Sports)
The "grip" between the plates can change and thus allow rotational difference between the two shafts of the rear axle. Throttle and braking input, via electronic monitors, also act to control the car by reaching out to troubled wheels. (Boston Globe)
He adds that he's digging up timbers here from previous miners who sunk shafts in their search for gold. "Especially in the computer age, gold is a commodity we use all the time. The demand for gold has outstripped production for the past 10 years and with the price over 650 an ounce, I'm bettin' you'll see a lot more mining in the future," Ballard adds. (Helena Independent Record)
The thunderous collapse blew out the walls of the mine shafts, filling them with rubble more than 1. 8m deep in some places. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Wang, 42, escaped the flooded mine with a half-dozen comrades, sloshing through water up to his chest and climbing for five hours through ventilation shafts. In all, 584 miners made their way to safety following the disaster last Friday. (MSNBC -- International)
Essentially, they re collapsible ski pole-type shafts with handles, straps, tips and baskets designed for hiking and snowshoeing. Each pole is composed of three telescoping segments that can be twist-locked to be made shorter (for uphill) or longer (for downhill). (Montana Standard, MT)
Your columns and elevator shafts and everything would be outside of it. We haven t looked at it a whole lot yet, whether we do that side next or whether we do the other end zone and do some modifications of that and upgrades to the Valley Center or anything like that. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
More than 180 coal miners were trapped underground and feared dead in eastern China on Saturday after a rain-swollen river burst a levee and flooded two separate shafts, the latest blow to the world's deadliest mining industry. The official Xinhua news agency said 584 miners escaped after Friday's incident at the state-run Huayuan Mining Corp. mine in Shandong province, but attempts to reach another 172 were hampered by continued flooding as soldiers raced to repair the river levee. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
The thunderous collapse blew out the walls of mine shafts, filling them with rubble. If the men were not crushed by rock, their bodies could have been crushed by the immense air pressure generated by the collapse, mining executives and federal regulators have said. (CBS News)
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