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Push to reopen Chappies in time for holiday season.(News)
Cape Times (South Africa)
; BYLINE: STAFF WRITER CHAPMAN'S PEAK Drive, which has been closed since heavy rockfalls wrecked the catch fences in July, is to be reopened in time for the December tourist influx. That's our plan, said Wendy Jutzen, general manager of Entilini Operations, the private company that manages and
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Push to reopen Chappies for December holiday period.(News)
Cape Times (South Africa)
; BYLINE: STAFF WRITER CHAPMAN'S PEAK Drive, which has been closed since July due to heavy rock falls that wrecked the catch fences, will reopen in time for the December tourist influx. That's our plan , said Wendy Jutzen, general manager of Entilini Operations, the private company that operates and
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Better blastholes cut production costs.(improved drilling at gold mine in Bjorkdal, Sweden)
Mining Magazine
; Mining of the Bjorkdal gold mine in northern Sweden started in 1985. Blastholes (76 mm) were originally drilled by two Atlas Copco ROC crawler rigs, a 712 and a 748, using T45 extension rods. Initial production of 2 Mt/'y was then doubled by increasing the hole size to 102 mm and using T51
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Ice and a slice of history.(Brief Article)
Geographical
; Nick Middleton explains how piles of rocks and upturned baskets of eggs can tell us where rivers of ice once carved their way through the landscape Most people remember something about glaciation from their geography lessons at school. The study of glaciers, `glaciology', is packed with exotic
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DOT's hard work should earn gratitude from all drivers
Yakima Herald-Republic
; As the holidays approach, we would be remiss if we didn't salute the tireless efforts of the crews who this week restored two-lane traffic on Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass. Traffic had been restricted to one lane in each direction in the wake of a massive rock slide last month. Since then the
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Martian Water Claim Fizzles.(erosion on planet)(Brief Article)
Popular Mechanics
; Mars may not be a wet planet after all. Last June, scientists said that gullies observed on some Martian cliffs by the Mars Global Surveyor orbiter were created by seeping water. It now appears that the erosion was caused by carbon dioxide, the gas that puts the fizzle in sparkling water. What's
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Land mystery holds up flood repairs to road
Derby Evening Telegraph
; Roadworks that have been in place since last summer's heavy rain caused a tree to fall across a Derbyshire road should be completed by the spring. Derbyshire County Council said the repairs had been delayed because the owner of the land on which the tree stood could not be traced. They needed the
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Route 28 lanes open for rush hour
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
; Both southbound lanes of the Route 28 Expressway between Harmar and O'Hara should be open for rush hour this morning. Crews have been removing several thousand tons of rock debris that broke from the hillside along the expressway. An around-the-clock closure of the right lane was expected to be in
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Inshore divers performs unique tunnel inspection via DOE ROV
Sea Technology
; A Pittsburg, California, diving company recently performed a unique ROV tunnel inspection in the Sierra foothills. A major utility was experiencing an inflow of rocks through the tunnel to its power generating turbines. Inshore Divers Inc. personnel were contracted to perform an inspection of the
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Mizzou frat prank blows up in its face
Chicago Sun-Times
; COLUMBIA, Mo. -- It was a stunt worthy of "Animal House" -- and so was the way it all went awry. Members of the Kappa Alpha fraternity tried to load an antique cannon on their front lawn with fireworks, but ended up destroying the cannon, punching a hole through a roof and blowing out the window of
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