World War I soldier settlement: government attempts and some private contributions.
And when our ship pulled in to Circular Quay And I looked at the place where me legs used to be I thanked Christ there was nobody waiting for me To grieve and to mourn and to pity. And the band played Waltzing Matilda. Words and Music...

Calcite, fluorite and associated minerals from the Elmwood mine, smith county, Tennessee.
The Elmwood-Gordonsville lead-zine deposit in north-central Tennessee is a classic. Mississippi Valley-type, low-temperature, hydrothermal emplacement. The ore-bodies formed within breccias and solution cavities in Ordovician-age limestones and dolomites belonging to the upper Knox Group in the Mascot and Kingsport formations. The minerals are deposited on the walls, floor and...

Company Watch - Delta Air Lines.
6/30/2008 Crude oil prices dropped on Thursday after the House approved legislation deigned to prevent the type of excessive energy speculation that is blamed in part for the skyrocketing prices. Crude oil for August delivery dropped by $1.03, or 0.7%, to $138.61 per barrel. 6/27/2008 ...

The IPI Pipeline Project.
The IPI project has been under discussion since 1994 and is not likely to materialise in the near future. Its actual cost may exceed $10 bn even if the proposed pipeline's construction is to begin in 2009. While paper WTI crude oil's price has risen less than six-fold since...

Company Watch - Delta Air Lines.
Apr 28, 2008 Delta Air Lines announced on March 18, a restructured 2008 business plan to focus on preserving liquidity in light of the significant increase in crude oil prices. The airline reevaluated its capacity, targeting reductions in or cancellations of unprofitable routes and has already implemented...

Questing the ayllu: the journey continues to North Potosi--and some surprises.
Every now and again there's a flash of lightning that illuminates an eerie lunar landscape of partially devoured mountains, of hollowed-out dead and dying mines, and pale greenish slag heaps. The solitary jeep carries on, through the dark, up the mountain. We're heading into the region of...

Airline Finance News - North America.
Apr 21, 2008 Airlines are permitted to self-report compliance through an US Federal Aviation Administration system, the reliability of which has been questioned in the past. It crunches data, tracks trends, and helps to identify risks and safety priorities. Airline self-reporting underpins much of FAA oversight, and...

Air Transport News.
Jun 23, 2008 Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., has introduced a bill to block a DOT plan to auction slots at New York airports. He said the slot auction will not reduce congestion and delays, and he urged the FAA to instead focus on NextGen air traffic control...

Damascus seeks to turn the tide of dwindling oil revenues.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DECLINING OIL PRODUCTION threatens to turn Syria into a net oil importer within just a few years. Although the country is not known as one of the region's oil powers, hydrocarbons provide Damascus with most of its export revenues and accounted for 79% of total...

Aircraft Finance & Leasing News - Europe.
Apr 28, 2008 Airbus Airbus announced on Tuesday an exceptional price increase for its aircraft, adding $2 million per single-aisle aircraft and $4 million per wide-body on top of a general inflation increase of 2.74 percent. Both Boeing and Airbus have long waiting lists for...