President Trump on Thursday evening will hold a campaign-style rally in Minneapolis as he seeks to gin up support in Minnesota, a state he narrowly lost in 2016.Trump's rally in Minneapolis comes as the president h...
The divided U.N. Security Council failed to agree on Turkey's offensive in northeast Syria on Thursday, with Europeans demanding a halt to military action and Syrian ally Russia calling for "restraint" and "direct dialogue" between the two countries. The five European council members who called the closed meeting would have liked its 15 members to agree on a statement on the Turkish offensive, launched after President Donald Trump suddenly withdrew U.S. forces from the volatile northeast. The... Читать дальше...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The divided U.N. Security Council failed to agree on Turkey's offensive in northeast Syria on Thursday, with Europeans demanding a halt to military action and Syrian ally Russia calling for "restraint" and "direct dialogue" between the two countries.
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October 10, 2019 The U.S. Postal Service is hiring Tractor Trailer Operators for positions in Seattle, Tacoma and Federal Way. Applicants must be 18 years of age, or 16 years of age with a high school diploma. Applicants must be able to pass a drug screening, criminal background check, and any other applicable Postal Service […]
Colombian singer Paula Arenas has a lot to celebrate: three Latin Grammys nomination, her new marriage and the release of her “Una Vida Contigo...
65 is the new 50, and large TVs are cheaper than ever. Here are our favorites.
- The gunman behind a shooting in Texas that killed 22 people pleaded not guilty to capital murder during his arraignment Thursday, US media reported. Patrick Crusius, 21, is accused of carrying out the August 3 mass shooting at a Walmart in the West Texas city of El Paso. He confessed to police upon his arrest and said he was targeting "Mexicans." According to reports, Crusius pleaded not guilty to the charges against him during his hearing in the El Paso County Courthouse, his first public appearance since his arrest. Читать дальше...
The Microsoft Surface Go gets a $60 discount on Walmart, which drops the 10-inch tablet back to its best price. Jump on this chance to save on one of the best 2-in-1s today.
Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid asked the Royal Mint of the UK to propose a new commemorative coin in Gandhi’s honour
After a two-year prohibition on selling limited-run car ended, owners can now test the secondary market.
Start thinking about numbers and they can become large very quickly. The diameter of the universe is about 8.8×1023 km and the largest known number—googolplex, 1010100—outranks it enormously. Although that colossal concept was dreamt up by brilliant mathematicians, we're still pretty limited when it comes to assessing quantities at a glance. 'Humans have a threshold limit for instantly processing one to four elements accurately', says Adrian Dyer from RMIT University, Australia; and it seems that we are not alone. Читать дальше...
The Bundesliga may be on hiatus this weekend, but several TSG players are nonetheless in competitive action. A total of 10 players from the club have travelled to represent their respective national teams. Here achtzehn99.de gives you an overview of all the call-ups, international fixtures and kick-off times.
Stefan Posch's Austria picked up a vital 3-1 (1-1) win away in Israel which was enough to lift them to second place in Group G. A finish in the top two places in the group standings will... Читать дальше...
If someone had reported that Angola was preparing its state oil company for privatization three years ago, many would have laughed refused to believe it. In 2016, Sonangol was in shambles and rumor got around that the company couldn’t even afford to buy toilet paper for its offices. Now three years later, it is preparing for an initial public offering. A lot has changed since 2016, and not just in oil prices. At the time, the head of the company was Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of... Читать дальше...
With artisanal mining underpinning the livelihoods of many families in Tanzania, the risk remains that informal mining is not conducted safely, says Tanzanian gold mining company Shanta Gold CEO Eric Zurrin.
Regulating efficiency in motors by adopting a minimum efficiency performance standard (MEPS) for electric motors can help stabilise South Africa’s power supply, and mitigate the risk of load-shedding. Zest WEG Group rotating machines manager Fanie Steyn highlights that a MEPS would significantly reduce the peak power demand on the national grid. Importantly, this could be done at no cost to government and would result in substantial savings in electrical energy costs.
Drive components manufacturer SEW-Eurodrive tells Mining Weekly that its projects department has maintained a continual state of growth and that the majority of its project work has been secured in the rest of Africa. In close collaboration with SEW-Eurodrive’s exports department, the projects department, situated at the company’s South Africa head office in Aeroton, Gauteng, has realised several growth opportunities on the continent.
Engineering components supplier Bearing Man Group (BMG) was appointed as an official Danfoss DrivePro service partner for South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa in May. BMG subsequently sought to highlight the suitability of Danfoss’ VLT AutomationDrive FC 300 series to the African mining sector to ensure that clients save on capital and operational expenditure.
German engineers Getriebebau Nord now offer the MAXXDRIVE industrial gear unit, a powerful drive system characterised by “maximum reliability, safety and robustness”, for the transportation of bulk materials using conveyor systems. MAXXDRIVE industrial gear units are suitable for installation on belt conveyors used in the continuous transport of materials in industries such as mining, mechanical engineering or plastic and paper recycling.
The $2-billion Venetia Diamond Mine Underground project remains on track and within budget to achieve first production in 2021. At steady-state production, 5.9-million tonnes of ore will be treated in the existing process plant to produce some 4.5-million carats a year. Anglo American subsidiary De Beers Group hosted a Young Diamantaires Visit at the mine last month, providing media and visitors with a tour of both the openpit operation and underground development.
Subsequent to the launch of the new VDrivePlus and AlphaDrive-Micro variable speed drives (VSDs) from Hudaco Group company Varispeed, bearings and accessories distributor Bearings International (BI) has embarked on a training and sample-distribution campaign at its 50 BI branches in South Africa. Two training sessions have been conducted at BI’s head office in Boksburg, Gauteng, with a further two scheduled in Cape Town and Durban before the end of this month. Brochures are also handed out during the campaign.
Global major diversified natural resource group Glencore has a solid outlook for the next few years, because, among others things, of its diversified portfolio, its conservative financial policy and likely rising prices for the main metals and coal that it produces. But clouds on the horizon exist in the forms of major legal investigations into its activities and transactions, being undertaken by authorities in the US, Brazil and India. And there is also the risk that trade wars and possible recession could drive commodity prices down. Читать дальше...
The primary trend in Tanzanian mining – as is the case with many African jurisdictions – is resource nationalism, says multinational law practice Eversheds Sutherland mining and infrastructure head Warren Beech.
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“To me and hopefully to Francis, it has to happen at the right time.”
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Sebastien Roblin
History, Americas
The XF-90 Fighter was a classic.
Key point: The XF-90 was a tough little plane.
In 1945, the U.S. Army Air Force issued a requirement for a “penetrating escort” jet that could accompany comparatively ponderous B-29 and B-50 strategic bombers all the way to targets over the Soviet Union. It wanted that jet to be capable of supersonic speeds, boast a combat radius of 900 to 1,500 miles, and for the sake of versatility, also be capable of hitting ground targets. Читать дальше...
Like a lot of people around this time of year, I spend a lot of October thinking about being frightened. This is pretty new for me. I was a nervous, fearful kid who grew up as a teen in a religious home, so I spent my entire youth avoiding horror either by choice or by compulsion. As an adult, I’ve started to delve…
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