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Tue, Oct. 6, 1:34 PM
- Shipping stocks are putting in some gains with dry bulk and gas/oil transportation companies participating in the rally.
- 28 out of the 35 stocks listed in the broad shipping category are higher. The catch-all Guggenheim Shipping ETF (NYSEARCA:SEA) is up 1.0%.
- Brisk stock market gains in Asia this week have helped sentiment, while a spike in crude oil prices won't go unnoticed. The bigger issue for the long-term will be the delicate balance between shipping/tankers supply and demand.
- Leading sector movers are Navios Maritime Partners (NMM +6.2%), Dorian (LPG +4.8%), Teekay (TK +4.2%), Navigator Holdings (NVGS +4.5%), Diana Shipping (DSX +3.2%), and GasLog Partners (GLOP +4.8%).
Wed, Aug. 5, 10:30 AM
- Teekay Tankers (TNK +1.9%) agrees to acquire a fleet of 12 Suezmax tankers from Principal Maritime Tankers for $662M, a deal TNK says will make it one of the largest owners of Suezmax tankers in the world.
- TNK says the vessels included in the deal are scheduled to be delivered by October 2015 and are expected to operate in the spot tanker market upon or soon after delivery.
- TNK expects the acquisition to be immediately accretive to earnings, free cash flow and net asset value per share.
- TNK says it has received commitments from four of its lenders to provide a new debt facility of ~$400M to be secured by the acquired vessels, and will issue $50M in new common shares to Principal, $30 million to Teekay Corp. (TK +1.4%) and $60M to a group of institutional investors.
Tue, Jul. 21, 10:32 AM
- The crash in oil prices is good for business for operators of the supertankers capable of hauling more than 2M barrels of crude around the world, such as Frontline (FRO +9.1%), Teekay Tankers (TNK +4.2%), Nordic American (NAT +2.6%), DHT Holdings (DHT +2.4%) and Euronav (EURN +1.5%), whose stocks have been moving up in recent weeks.
- The oil market rout that started in 2014 is a boon that could allow the companies to reduce debt, invest in new vessels and reward shareholders that have stuck with them through some very lean years, FT reports.
- Since the start of the year, the cost of hiring a VLCC has jumped more than 50%, with the rate for shipping oil from Saudi Arabia to Japan - the benchmark supertanker route - rising to $93.6K/day, a seven-year seasonal high.
- The supply of supertankers also has fallen sharply since 2008.
- Other related tickers: GLNG, GNRT, SFL, NAO, ASC, TOO, TK, TGP
Fri, Jul. 10, 10:33 AM
- Notable movers in the shipping sector include DryShips (DRYS +3.1%), Danaois (DAC +5.6%), and Paragon Shipping (PRGN +1.6%).
- Some names in the volatile sector has been trading off of developments in Greece even with many of the Greece-based companies deriving nearly all their revenue outside the nation.
- On a broader look, the Baltic Dry Index is +21 to 874. The breakdown shows the Cape index is 1279 with a spot price of 9612 vs. 11,149 a year ago, the Panamax index is 1052 with a spot price of 8380 vs. 5432 a year ago, and the Supramax index is 767 with a spot price of 8021 vs. 7099 a year ago.
- The Baltic Tanker Clean Index is 837 vs. 521 a year ago and the Baltic Dirty Index is 857 vs. 786 a year ago.
- The Guggenheim Shipping ETF (NYSEARCA:SEA) is +1.43% on the day and -4.12% YTD.
- Related stocks: TNK, EURN, TGP, NMM, SSW, SFL, TK, SMM, TOO, GMLP, DHT, NM, MATX, NAT, FREE, DSX, SB, FRO.
Fri, Jan. 9, 12:25 PM
- Frontline (FRO +10.1%) has now jumped 63% this week amid speculation that a plunge in crude prices is spurring demand for the vessels to store cargoes.
- “The re-emergence of floating storage is what could move the crude tanker market this year from being rather good to possibly very very good," says a shipping analyst at Pareto Securities in Oslo.
- Traders may park as much as 60M barrels of oil on tankers in the coming months, according to consulting firm JBC Energy.
- Among other tanker companies: TK +1.2%, TNK +3.4%, TOO -0.3%, TGP -0.1%, TNP -0.7%, GLNG -1.9%, NAT -0.6%, DHT +3.1%.
- Earlier: Reuters: Oil glut sparks top traders to book supertankers for storage at sea
Dec. 18, 2014, 4:36 PM
- Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) -6.7% AH on plans to offer 20M common shares in a public offering, plus an underwriters option to purchase up to an additional 3M shares.
- Its Teekay Corp. (NYSE:TK) parent also is purchasing $20M in common stock at the same price per share to the public.
- TNK expects to use the proceeds to partially finance the acquisition of four modern coated Aframax tankers and one modern uncoated Aframax tanker and for general corporate purposes.
Sep. 30, 2014, 12:45 PM
Sep. 30, 2014, 12:32 PM
- Teekay (TK +13.8%) says it will change its dividend policy to link its quarterly payouts to growing cash flows from its two MLPs, Teekay LNG Partners (TGP -0.2%)and Teekay Offshore Partners (TOO -1.7%), and includes an 80% increase in its annual dividend effective Q1 2015.
- The moves prompt Deutsche Bank to upgrade shares to Buy from Hold with a $90 price target, raised from $68; the firm says TK’s "bold" new strategy should result in a 20%/year growth in TK’s dividend for the foreseeable future.
Sep. 30, 2014, 9:11 AM
Sep. 16, 2014, 3:57 PM
- Ocean shipping of dry bulk commodities and oil will nearly double earnings capacity during the next several years while the smaller container ship industry will tread water, Deutsche Bank says.
- The firm believes the industry is "on the cusp of entering a new era of prosperity," driven by improved supply/demand dynamics, increased fleet utilization and abundant capital to fund profitable growth.
- On average, DB forecasts a near doubling of earnings power across its coverage universe by 2016 vs. 2013, led by shippers in the Dry Bulk and Oil trades.
- Initiated with Buy ratings: TNK +9.8%, CPLP +2.5%, DSX +2.8%, DRYS +5.5%, DLNG +2.4%, NNA +2.1%, SALT +0.8%, SSW +1.3%, GASS +3.3%.
- Started at Hold: TK +1.2%, NMM +0.3%, FRO +3.3%, TGH -0.6%.
May 12, 2014, 11:24 AM
- Nordic American Tanker (NAT +4.1%) is higher after reporting Q1 EPS of $0.05 vs. a $0.31 loss in Q4 2013 and a $0.59 loss in the year-ago quarter, and net operating cash flow of $27.1M vs. $1.9M in Q4 2013 and -$4.9M in the year-ago quarter.
- Says tanker rates achieved on average for Q1 were $26.3K/day per vessel for its trading fleet, vs. $14.1K/day in Q4 2013.
- Other tanker shares also are higher: VLCCF +5.9%, FRO +4%, TNK +3.1%, TK +1.5%.
Jan. 21, 2014, 2:15 PM
- Teekay Tankers (TNK +13.9%) and Teekay Corp. (TK -0.9%) announce the creation of a new tanker company which will seek to acquire, operate and sell modern second-hand tankers to benefit from an expected recovery in the current cyclical low of the tanker market.
- Tanker Investments Ltd. has completed a $250M private equity offering in which TNK and TK each invested $25M for a combined 20% ownership stake in the new company; the balance of the privately placed shares, which will trade on the Norwegian over-the-counter market, have been purchased by a group of institutional investors.
- A portion of the net proceeds from the private equity offering will be used to acquire four 2009 and 2010-built Aframax crude oil tankers for a combined $116M; the new company also will acquire four 2009-built Suezmax crude oil tankers from Teekay for a combined $163M.
Nov. 1, 2013, 3:10 PM
- Rates for the largest oil tankers are surging, as Chinese freight traders lead an acceleration in Asian demand for the ships to load Middle East crude, sapping a fleet surplus that had made the carriers unprofitable almost all year.
- A VLCC built 16 years ago reportedly was hired today at ~13% more than yesterday’s prevailing prices, for the biggest one-day gain in 2013; rising demand has cut a capacity surplus to the smallest since June 4, according to a Bloomberg survey.
- FRO +9.4%, SFL +0.8%, NAT +3%, TK +1.3%, TNK +0.1%, TOO +0.1%, TGP -0.1%.
Oct. 9, 2013, 12:19 PM
- Teekay Shipping (TK +2.2%) is upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight with a new $56 price target, up from $35, at Barclays, which believes higher cash distributions from general partnership interests along with lower leverage from transitioning to an asset-light marine transportation manager are creating a positive inflection point for shareholders.
- Given this backdrop, the firm believes shareholder distributions could nearly double by 2016, creating a compelling investment case.
Jul. 12, 2013, 8:33 AMSeasonal oil tanker hiring orders rose to their highest seasonal level since 2007, as demand for crude cargoes accelerates before a projected surge in oil refining. Rates on the benchmark Saudi Arabia to Japan route reportedly have jumped fourfold to $24,939/day since late June, helping owners contend with VLCC earnings that averaged $6,838/day YTD, lowest since at least 1997. FRO +4.1% premarket. | Jul. 12, 2013, 8:33 AM | 2 Comments
Sep. 12, 2012, 8:38 AMTeekay Offshore Partners (TOO) -4.8% premarket after announcing an offering of ~7M of its common units, representing limited partner interests. Net proceeds will be used to partially finance the Voyageur Spirit FPSO the company agreed to acquire from Teekay Corp. (TK) | Sep. 12, 2012, 8:38 AM | Comment!
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When former apartheid cop and now head of the Hawks, Berning Ntlemeza, confirmed that the Hawks are investigating the “illegal operation” of the “rogue spy unit” within SARS he did not refer to the specific crimes being investigated, nor to the specific sections of the relevant legislation which supposedly created criminal offences allegedly breached by SARS officials when it created the unit.
Ntlemeza, an apartheid-era cop, is not uncontroversial and has a serious credibility problem. Last year High Court judge Elias Matojane found that Ntlemeza had lied repeatedly in his bid to oppose a ruling in favour of Gauteng Hawks head Shadrack Sibiya.
“In my view, the conduct of the third respondent (Ntlemeza) shows that he is biased and dishonest. To further show that the third respondent is dishonest and lacks integrity and honour, he made false statements under oath.”
Suspicions about motives behind the investigation centres on the alleged “capturing” of SARS by corrupt businessmen, associated with or perceived to be aligned to President Jacob Zuma.
This week Max du Preez alleged that a key reason for the hostility in certain circles against finance minister Pravin Gordhan is a dossier in the safe at SARS headquarters “containing dynamite allegations of corruption, fraud, front companies and foreign bank accounts against prominent benefactors of President Jacob Zuma”. Du Preez alleges: “Several billions of rands are at stake and Zuma would be extremely embarrassed if the alleged dossier were to be acted upon. It could well open him up to prosecution himself and/or to a massive income tax bill – at least for evading donations tax.”
As there are so many claims and counterclaims made by so many shady and untrustworthy people about the“rogue spy unit”, I am not in a position to assess which of these factual claims may be true and which false. However, I am in a position to assess whether the Hawks are legally entitled to investigate the establishment or activities of the unit.
The so-called Sikhakhane Report into the conduct of a SARS official (Johan van Loggerenberg), compiled by advocate Muzi Sikhakhane and advocate Patrick Ramano, provides some hints as to the possible legal basis for any criminal investigation into the establishment of the “rogue spy unit” by SARS.
The report notes that the National Strategic Intelligence Act 39 of 1994 regulates the functioning of intelligence structures in South Africa and asserts (without referring to any provisions in the act and without analysis of its wording) that the act prohibits the conducting of covert intelligence gathering inside South Africa by structures other than the South African National Defence Force the South African Police Service and the State Security Agency.
Apparently a report compiled by KPMG (leaked to some newspapers but which officially remains secret) also found that the “rogue spy unit” was established unlawfully. But as the report has never been made public, it is not clear what the legal basis (if any) of such a finding might have been. The status of the KPMG report is also in dispute as KPMG has issued a statement claiming the report was only in draft form.
A perusal of the National Strategic Intelligence Act suggests that the Sikhakhane Report may have relied on section 3 of the act to come to the conclusion that the establishment of the unit by SARS was unlawful.
This section allows any state department empowered to do so by legislation “to gather departmental intelligence, and to evaluate, correlate and interpret such intelligence for the purpose of discharging such function” provided that the department “shall not gather departmental intelligence within the Republic in a covert manner”.
“Departmental intelligence” is defined by the act as “intelligence about any threat or potential threat to the national security and stability of the Republic which falls within the functions of a department of state, and includes intelligence needed by such department in order to neutralise such a threat”.
This means the National Strategic Intelligence Act does not prohibit a government entity such as SARS from gathering intelligence, even covertly. It does confirm that the covert gathering of “departmental intelligence” (intelligence relating to a potential threat to the national security and stability of South Africa) by SARS would be in breach of the act.
It is unclear whether even the most outlandish allegations levelled at the “rogue spy unit” contains any suggestion that it investigated potential threats to national security in contravention of the provisions of the act. In the absence of credible allegations, the claims that the unit acted in contravention of the National Strategic Intelligence Act would be a legal nonsense.
But even if we assume that such allegations have been made and that there may at least be some evidence that the unit investigated threats to national security in contravention of the act, there is no legal basis for the Hawks to investigate whether the unit was legally established or not. This is because the Hawks can only investigate criminal offences, notably priority crimes.
However, the act does not create any criminal offences. This is significant, as an act that prohibits conduct but does not state that it constitutes a criminal offence does not create criminal offences.
Not all unlawful acts are criminal. For example, a by-law that prohibits a homeowner from allowing a tree in his or her garden to encroach on the property of a neighbour may not create a criminal offence and the owner could then not be arrested and imprisoned for acting unlawfully. But the owner may be ordered to comply with the provisions of the act.
Given that the act does allow departments to gather certain types of intelligence, the establishment of the unit could not possibly have been unlawful. However, some of the actions taken by members of the unit could unlawfully have contravened section 3 of the act.
If any member of SARS acted in breach of section 3 of the National Strategic Intelligence Act and covertly gathered intelligence about threats to South Africa’s national security, the SARS official would be acting unlawfully but would not be committing a criminal offence. It would therefore be unlawful for the Hawks to investigate this as the Hawks are not authorised to investigate non-criminal activities.
Most of the questions sent to Minister Pravin Gordhan by General Berning Ntlemeza relate to the establishment of the “rogue spy unit”, which suggest the Hawks are investigating something that does not constitute a crime. The question that arises is why the Hawks would be investigating something it is not legally authorised to investigate.
This does not mean anyone who authorised the possible breach of section 3 of the National Strategic Intelligence Act should not be held accountable. If government officials or politicians flouted the law, appropriate action should be taken against them. But the Hawks would not be the appropriate body to investigate such breaches as if they constitute a criminal offence.
However, the Hawks are not only investigating the establishment of the “rogue spy unit”. It is also apparently investigating allegations made by two former SARS officials, Helgard Lombard and Johan de Waal, who claim that former SARS commissioner Ivan Pillay authorised “Operation Sunday Evenings” to spy on Vusi Pikoli and other NPA members, among other things by the bugging or installation of sophisticated surveillance equipment at the NPA Offices.
Lombard was not a member of the “spy unit”, but of a SARS unit that investigated its own officials suspected of corruption.
The alleged bugging and recording of conversations at the NPA offices without legal permission would constitute a serious criminal offence in terms of provisions of the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act 70 of 2002. Arguably the Hawks would be mandated to investigate any criminal activity relating to this act.
If the Hawks had sent questions to the relevant person in charge of SARS when the alleged bugging took place, this arguably would have been within its mandate.
Judging from the questions sent to Minister Pravin Gordhan, the Hawks investigation seem to be conflating two legal issues. On the one hand, inexplicably, it seems to be asking questions about the establishment of the alleged “rogue spy unit”. On the other hand, it is asking valid question about the possible criminal activity relating to the illegal bugging of conversations.
The Hawks need to clarify the legal mandate in terms of which it is investigating a noncriminal matter. In the absence of a credible explanation (and in the light of the findings of dishonesty on the part of the Hawks head who also happens to be an apartheid cop) serious questions arise about the credibility as well as about the legality of the Hawks investigation. DM

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Today is the fall equinox, aka the autumnal equinox. It is the first official day of autumn where daytime and nighttime are approximately the same lengths. There are two equinoxes every year – in September and March – when the sun shines directly on the equator and the length of day and night is nearly the same. The one in March is known as the spring, or vernal, equinox, and marks the beginning of spring.
Today on the East Coast, the autumnal equinox is at 4:02 pm EDT. In Central Time it is 3:02 PM, in Mountain Time it is 2:02 PM and Pacific Time it is 1:02 PM.
However, today is only the first day of the astronomical fall. The meteorological fall started on September 1. According to the Metro, meteorological seasons are based on the annual temperature cycle and are split into four seasons of three months. With the meteorological calendar, fall lasts until November 30, but the winter solstice isn’t until Thursday, December 21.
While the official first day of fall is related to when the equinox occurs, it might not feel like the light jacket weather we all crave right away—even for northern latitude countries like the U.S.A. and Canada. That’s because fall weather varies with climate.
But rest assured, light jacket and pumpkin spice weather will come!

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Showers around; much colder
Chilly with snow and rain
Partly sunny and breezy
Mixed rain and snow Sunday evening to Monday afternoon; watch for icy spots
Mar 15, 2014; 5:00 PM ET
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There are a number of certifications available related to virtualization, with those from VMware being among the most sought after. The VMware VSphere 8.x Professional (2V0-21.23) credential focuses on knowledge and best practices related to their products. The exam is divided into seven domains:
- Architecture and Technologies
- Products and Solutions
- Planning and Designing
- Installing, Configuring, and Setup
- Performance-tuning, Optimization, and Upgrades
- Troubleshooting and Repairing
- Administrative and Operational Tasks
Currently, the exam consists of 70 questions on topics nested underneath each of those domains that need to be answered in 135 minutes. How much do you know about the first three of these domains associated with VMware VSphere? What follows is a self-test of twenty-five questions based on the general concepts and related topics connected with study for the first three of the seven domains.
The answers appear at the end of the questions. Good luck!
1. Which datastore type in VMware vSphere allows for the highest level of performance and scalability?
A) Virtual Volumes (vVols)
B) VSAN (Virtual SAN)
C) VMFS (Virtual Machine File System)
D) NFS datastore
2. Which level of licensing is required to enable Storage I/O Control (SIOC) in VMware vSphere?
B) Enterprise Plus
3. What is the primary advantage of using persistent memory (PMem) in VMware vSphere?
A) Increased storage capacity
B) Faster access and lower latency compared to traditional storage
C) Enhanced data deduplication capabilities
D) Improved compatibility with legacy storage systems
4. What is a storage policy in VMware vSphere used for?
A) Assigning network connectivity to virtual machines
B) Defining and applying data service requirements to virtual machine storage
C) Configuring host resource allocation for virtual machines
D) Managing backup schedules for virtual machine data
5. Which factor is NOT considered by Storage I/O Control (SIOC) when prioritizing storage resources?
B) Queue depth
C) IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second)
D) CPU utilization
6. Which component of VMware Tanzu enables the management and orchestration of containerized applications?
A) Tanzu Service Mesh
B) Tanzu Observability
C) Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
D) Tanzu Mission Control
7. Which storage access protocol is commonly used in network-attached storage (NAS) environments?
8. How does a virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) enhance the security of virtual machines in VMware vSphere?
A) By isolating virtual machines from the network
B) By preventing unauthorized access to virtual machine files
C) By providing a secure storage for cryptographic keys and measurements within the virtual machine
D) By enforcing strict access control policies for virtual machine resources
9. Which of the following is a characteristic of Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) in VMware vSphere?
A) Requires specialized storage controllers for compatibility
B) Primarily used for archival storage
C) Offers seamless integration with Fibre Channel storage networks
D) Provides high-speed, low-latency access to storage devices
10. Which datastore type in VMware vSphere allows for the most granular control over individual virtual machine files?
A) VMFS (Virtual Machine File System)
B) VCloud (Virtual Cloud Forms)
C) vVols (Virtual Volumes)
D) VSAN (Virtual SAN)
11. How does vSphere Trust Authority ensure the integrity of the vSphere infrastructure?
A) By digitally signing and verifying the integrity of critical components
B) By encrypting network traffic within the vSphere environment
C) By monitoring and analyzing security logs for suspicious activities
D) By enforcing strict access control policies for virtual machines
12. What is the difference between Physical Compatibility Mode (Physical RDM) and Virtual Compatibility Mode (Virtual RDM)?
A) Physical RDM allows direct access to the entire physical storage device, while Virtual RDM provides access to a virtual disk file residing on the storage device.
B) Physical RDM and Virtual RDM are two different terms for the same configuration.
C) Virtual RDM is recommended for high-performance workloads, while Physical RDM is recommended for storage efficiency.
D) Physical RDM requires additional storage virtualization software, while Virtual RDM works natively with VMware vSphere.
13. Which encryption operations are typically performed by a Key Management Services (KMS) server in VMware vSphere?
A) Encryption of network traffic within the vSphere environment
B) Encryption of virtual machine data at rest and in transit
C) Encryption of vSphere infrastructure components
D) Encryption key generation, distribution, and revocation for virtual machine and datastore encryption
14. Which storage access protocol is primarily used in block-level storage environments?
15. What is the primary purpose of VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) in VMware vSphere?
A) To optimize storage resources for virtual machines
B) To manage network traffic between virtual machines
C) To dynamically balance computing resources across ESXi hosts
D) To automate the provisioning of virtual machines
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1. C: Overall, the combination of concurrent access, distributed locking, clustering, block-level storage access, and scalable architecture makes VMFS the preferred datastore type for achieving high performance and scalability in VMware vSphere environments.
2. B: To enable Storage I/O Control (SIOC) in VMware vSphere, the required level of licensing is Enterprise Plus. SIOC is an advanced feature that is included with the Enterprise Plus edition of VMware vSphere. It is not available in lower editions such as Standard, Essentials, or Advanced.
3. B: PMem combines the speed of memory with the persistence of storage, creating a unique hybrid solution. It is designed to bridge the gap between traditional RAM and storage devices by offering higher performance and lower latency characteristics. This enables applications to read and write data at much faster rates, reducing the overall response time and improving the performance of workloads.
4. B: Storage policies in VMware vSphere provide a standardized and efficient approach to defining and applying data service requirements to virtual machine storage. They ensure that virtual machines receive the appropriate storage capabilities, performance, availability, and data protection, while simplifying management tasks and enabling automation.
5. D: CPU utilization is not considered by Storage I/O Control (SIOC) when prioritizing storage resources. SIOC focuses solely on managing and allocating storage I/O resources based on the I/O needs of virtual machines. It does not consider any compute-related factors in its resource allocation decisions. CPU resource allocation and management are typically handled by other mechanisms, such as CPU scheduling and resource pools, within VMware vSphere.
6. C: Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) enables the management and orchestration of containerized applications by providing a simplified deployment process, compatibility with upstream Kubernetes, infrastructure abstraction, comprehensive lifecycle management, and integration with the Tanzu ecosystem. It offers a consistent and scalable Kubernetes runtime environment, empowering organizations to efficiently manage their containerized workloads.
7. A: NFS (Network File System) is the storage access protocol commonly used in network-attached storage (NAS) environments.
8. C: A virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) enhances the security of virtual machines in VMware vSphere by enabling secure boot, protecting encryption keys, measuring platform integrity, establishing a trusted computing base, and facilitating data protection. It adds hardware-backed security features to virtual machines, contributing to a more robust and secure virtual environment.
9. D: NVMe is a protocol specifically designed to leverage the performance benefits of solid-state drives (SSDs) and other non-volatile memory technologies. It offers a more efficient and streamlined communication interface between the host system (such as a VMware vSphere environment) and the storage devices.
10. C: Overall, the object-based storage model, per-VM storage policies, virtual machine-centric management, atomic visibility, and integration with SPBM make vVols the datastore type that offers the most granular control over individual virtual machine files in VMware vSphere environments.
11. A: vSphere Trust Authority ensures the integrity of the vSphere infrastructure by digitally signing and verifying the integrity of critical components. By establishing trust and attesting to the integrity of the components, it helps protect against unauthorized modifications and provides a trustworthy platform for running virtualized environments.
12. A: Physical RDM allows direct access to the entire physical storage device, while Virtual RDM provides access to a virtual disk file residing on the storage device.
13. D: A Key Management Services (KMS) server in VMware vSphere performs encryption key generation, distribution, and revocation. It handles the lifecycle management of keys and ensures their protection and security. The KMS server plays a crucial role in providing centralized and secure key management for virtual machine and datastore encryption in the vSphere environment.
14. A: iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) is the storage access protocol primarily used in block-level storage environments.
15. C: The primary purpose of VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) in VMware vSphere is to dynamically balance computing resources across ESXi hosts in a cluster. DRS monitors the resource utilization of virtual machines and hosts within a cluster and automatically makes recommendations or performs migrations to optimize resource distribution and workload performance.


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When you do something bad that hurts someone without meaning to, is it hard for you to think you're a good person in that moment? Even if you've done countless kind things and you always intend to be a nice person or treat people fairly?
Something happened to me recently and yes I was at fault for oversharing this person's information to someone who didn't really know her. She is more of a work acquaintance and honestly this happened months ago and I forgot about it (sometimes my mouth talks without my brain thinking about the fact that it might be oversharing). I honestly do not talk to many people much about private things anyway, but this one thing happened and I thought this person I was talking to was a friend and I was analyzing the situation of this other acquaintance with her, not thinking that I was violating some privacy (just not thinking) and I do honestly feel very terrible because I didn't even think it through. I know I embarassed this acquaintance of mine, we'll call her S. I apologized sincerely as she had basically said she was disappointed in me and then threw in some other digs to make herself feel better so I didn't take them personally. I know my truth.
I told her I was very sorry, explained the situation and obvious mistake on my part and said that I understood if we could not remain friends, but that I wish her the best in her life because I do care about her. She wrote more digs towards me and then wished me the "Best of luck!" on top of it all. I know she truly is a nice person, but it sucks because I make one mistake that she treats me like I'm a scumbag. I know I'm not. She knows I'm not if she truly reflected on the situation, but what can you do? People are going to make their judgments regardless of what you do. I mean some of your actions might sway them a bit, but why should I care? If she couldn't take the time to understand my blunder and just dismisses me right away? I'm probably better off not having someone like that to call a friend.
Friends accept you for who you are, you make a mistake, you work through it... they don't just dismiss you because of one thing you do wrong. So good riddance and good luck to her, but that's not what I need in my life either. Okay that is off my chest now! Now to move on!

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using compressed air in the mining industry | sullair
From the Gobi Desert in Central Asia, to Bingham Canyon in the southwestern United States, to diamond-rich mines in South Africa, the mining industry is one of the largest in the world. Every day 24 hours a day mining operations work to extract the Earths most precious minerals and natural resources. Gold, diamonds, platinum, titanium, coal, chrome and zinc are only some of the sought-after minerals and resources.
Working in both surface-level and underground mines many of which can stretch for miles presents harsh and unforgiving environments. When working to extract these precious minerals and natural resources, as well as maintain safety for work crews, mining companies rely on durable, energy-efficient and safe mining equipment. Compressed air is an important source of power in nearly all mining operations. Mining companies often rely on industrial compressed air systems or portable air compressors for electric and pneumatic tools.
Most mines utilize more than one compressor. Some compressed air systems consist of more than one compressor station, otherwise known as a compressor house. The compressed air generated is distributed across the mine via an extensive piping network some of these pipe sections span up to 40 kilometers (25 miles). The surface piping network is also sometimes referred to as a compressed air ring.
The heavy-duty use and harsh environments of the mining industry require compressed air equipment capable of withstanding such use. The Sullair oil-flooded rotary screw air compressors and portable air compressors are recommended to the mining industry to provide a reliable air flow to power tools, equipment and ventilation systems critical to mining operations around the world.
gold extraction process methods summary - jxsc machine
The content of gold in the ore is extremely low. In order to extract gold, we need to crush the large ore rock into small pieces first, grind it, and then use appropriate gold processing methods to separate the gold from the ore, get the gold concentrate.
The most used gold beneficiation method is gravity separation and flotation separation. The gravity separation method plays an important role in the production of placer gold, and the flotation method is a widely used ore dressing method in rock gold mines.
The gravity separation method is based on the difference in the relative density of minerals (usually called specific gravity) to sort minerals. Mineral particles of different densities are subjected to hydrodynamic forces and various mechanical forces in the moving medium (water, air and heavy liquid), resulting in suitable loose delamination and separation conditions, so that different density of ore particles can be separated.
Gravity separation is one of the oldest and most common methods of gold selection. In the placer gold deposits, gold is usually in the form of monomeric natural gold, and its particle size is generally greater than 16 tons/m3, which is much different from the density of gangue. Therefore, gravity separation is the most important, most effective and economical method for placer/alluvial gold dressing.
However, for rock gold beneficiation, the gravity separation process is rarely used as a part of the gold extraction process. Generally, in the grinding and grading circuit, the jig and the spiral chute are combined with the shaker to recover the coarse gold in advance, which is preparation for subsequent flotation and cyanidation process and to obtain a qualified gold concentrate.
The main gravity separator equipment includes various types of spiral chutes, jigs and shaker tables. In addition to conventional gravity separators, China has developed new equipment such as belt chute, Ross chute, round jig, sand gold centrifugal washing unit, and achieved good effect in gold production.
The jigging method is a gold selection process for jigs. Jigs are commonly used gravity separator equipment and come in many types. Chinas gold processing factory mostly uses the Dyval type diaphragm jig.
The working principle of the Dyval type diaphragm jig is: when the eccentric drive mechanism drives the diaphragm to reciprocate, the water in the jigging chamber passes through the vertical alternating pulsating water flow generated by the screen. The selected materials are fed to the bed layer, and the bed ore and water form a granule system. When the water flow impacts upward, the granules are loosely suspended. At this time, the ore particles of different sizes are settled at different speeds, and the large-density coarse granules (bed stones) settle in the lower layer. When the water flow drops, inhalation occurs, and the mineral particles with a large density and small particle size pass through the bed gap and enter the lower layer.
The gold shaker is a gravity separator for beneficiation in a horizontal medium flow. It consists of two parts, the bed surface and the transmission mechanism (see the figure below). The bed surface is longitudinally reciprocated by the transmission mechanism. The sorting of the mine on the shaker is gradually completed during the reciprocating movement of the bed. In addition to its own gravity, the factors contributing to the movement of ore particles are mainly the differential movement of the rushing and bed surface. The ore particles undergo a stratification perpendicular to the bed surface and a separate parallel to the bed surface during the movement. The result of both actions is that different ore particles are discharged from different sections of the bed.
The gold chute selection method is an old and still used gravity separation method. The chute is a wooden (or steel) narrow chute with an inclination of 3 to 4 (maximum of 14 to 16). The gold industry can be manufactured locally. The principle of sorting is: after the slurry is fed into the chute from the trough, under the combined action of the force of the water flow, the gravity of the ore (or centrifugal force), the ore particles of different densities gradually stratify. Final, particle friction between the ore and the bottom of the trough, the stratification of the ore particles of different densities Separation, the density is large, the concentrate becomes the concentrate at the bottom of the tank, and the density is small, which becomes the tailings. The chute is intermittent operation. When the bottom concentrate is deposited to a certain height, it needs to manual stop the ore feeding and clears the sedimentary concentrate out.
The spiral concentrator/spiral chute is a chute dressing equipment that utilizes the combined effects of gravity, friction, centrifugal force and water flow to separate the ore particles by specific gravity, particle size and shape. It is characterized in that the entire chute is curved in a spiral shape in the vertical direction.
Working principle: The slurry fed from above the chute flows downward along the chute in a spiral shape. During the flow, the ore particles are stratified. Large particles with a small density are distributed on the outer edge of the spiral groove, and fine particles having a large density are distributed on the inner edge of the spiral groove (right in the figure below). The stratified heavy product is discharged by the discharge port of the inner groove bottom by the interceptor, and the light product is discharged by the end of the spiral groove.
The spiral concentrator has a simple structure, is easy to manufacture, has no transmission mechanism, and does not require power. The disadvantage is that the selection of materials with a diameter of more than 6 mm and less than 0.05 mm and flat gangue is inferior. It is widely used abroad to select sand gold mines.
Cone concentrators evolved from the principle of a narrow chute (also known as a fan chute). The tapered chute is fan-shaped, with a groove length of about 1 m, a feeding end width of 125 to 400 mm, and a discharge end width of 25 to 9 mm, and the groove surface is inclined.
The slurry is fed from the center of the upper end, distributed by the distribution cone, and the cone is selected. The ore particles are stratified by density during the flow on the sorting cone, and the final intercepting port separates the light and heavy products. There is also a Reichert Cone Concentrator widely used in sand gold pre-selection. It is a vertical overlap of several cones, which can be completed in a few stages.
The flotation method is based on the difference in the physical and chemical properties of the mineral surface, adding a flotation agent, and the useful mineral is selectively attached to the bubble to achieve mineral sorting. Non-ferrous metal ores, such as copper, lead, zinc, sulfur, molybdenum, etc., are mainly treated by flotation; some ferrous metals, rare metals and some non-metallic ores, such as graphite ore, apatite, etc. are also processed by the flotation method.
Flotation is one of the most widely used methods for processing lode gold ore. In most cases, the use of flotation to select highly reversible sulfide mineral gold-bearing ores has a good effect. Because flotation can not only maximize the concentration of gold into sulfide mineral concentrates, but also separate waste tailings, the cost of dressing is low.
For ores such as gold-copper, gold-lead, gold-bismuth, gold-copper-lead-zinc-sulfur, flotation method can effectively identify and select various gold-bearing sulfide concentrates, which is conducive to wholely recovery of mineral resources.
In addition, so-called refractory ores that cannot be directly treated by the amalgamation method and the cyanidation process are also required to be treated by a combined process including flotation.
Surely, the flotation method also has limitations. For coarse-grained inlays, ores with a gold particle size greater than 0.2 mm, and for quartz-bearing gold-bearing ores without sulfides, it is difficult to select gold by flotation.
The washed and classified mineral mixture is uniformly stirred in a mixing tank and sent to a flotation machine, generally using sodium carbonate as a conditioning agent to float the gold. At the same time, the use butyl xanthate and the amine black medicine as a supplement to separate the gold ore powder from the slag and produce gold concentrate powder. The flotation machine operates automatically, which is beneficial to separate the fine and superfine grain gold ore. The mineral concentrate after flotation contains much water, and it is necessary to use a new high-efficiency concentrator to reduce the water of gold concentrate to the national standard. Belt conveyors and feeders connect each production process.
Since the flotation method can only maximize the concentration of gold into various sulfide concentrates, and ultimately cannot obtain the finished gold, the flotation is generally adopted as a part of the joint process.
The amalgamation method can be divided into internal amalgamation and externally amalgamation according to its production model. In the alluvial gold mines, amalgamation is commonly used to separate gold and heavy sand minerals. In vein gold mines, amalgamation is usually combined with flotation, gravity separation, and cyanidation, to recover the coarse-grain gold.
The main equipment for external amalgamation is a mercury-mixing plate, which consists of a bracket, a bed surface, and a mercury plate. The mercury plate material mainly has red copper, silver plating copper plate, mercury plate, the silver-plated copper plate has the best amalgamation effect.
The determination of the area of the mercury plate is related to the amount of ore, the nature of the ore and the role of the amalgamation process in the gold selection process. Generally, the depth of the slurry flow on the surface of the mercury plate is 5 to 8 mm, and the flow rate of 0.5 to 0.7 m/sec. The area of the mercury plate required to treat one ton of ore is 0.05 to 0.5 m 2 /tonday. If the amalgam is only for the collection of large particles of free gold, and the tailings still need to be flotation, gravity separation and cyanidation, the working speed can be set at 0.1 to 0.2 square meters/ton per day.
Mercury poisoning protection: Mercury can invade the human body through the skin, mucous membranes and respiratory tract in the form of liquids, salts and vapors, causing human poisoning. In particular, mercury vapor is the most harmful to humans and can cause acute or chronic poisoning. In order to protect the environment and health, amalgamation should be restricted. For workshops with amalgamation, it is necessary to protect against mercury poisoning.
The internal amalgamation gold extraction process: adding ore and mercury liquid during the grinding process, and the gold particles are mercuryated after contact with mercury. After the internal amalgamation, the slurry and the mercury paste are discharged from the internal amalgamation equipment, and then the mercury paste is separated by trap, chute, classifier or the like.
The main disadvantage of the internal amalgamation method is the pulverization of mercury. When the ore is crushed, the mercury is divided into particles. These fine particles are wrapped and covered with an oxide film of base metal, a lubricating oil film, and slime particles, thereby losing the ability to bond with each other to cause pulverization. Mercury is difficult to separate from the ore being processed, most of the mercury is lost, and some gold is taken away.
When the content of copper, lead and zinc minerals in gold-bearing ore is very small, and there is no sulfide which is easy to cause large amount of mercury to be pulverized, and the size of the gold is large, the internal amalgamation method is often used. Gold mines also use internal amalgamation to separate gold from other heavy minerals.
The operation process of gold extraction by external amalgamation method is: the mercury solution is applied to the silver plating surface of the mercury plate, and the slurry flows through the surface of the plate to contact with mercury. After mixing for a period of time, a layer of mercury paste is conveniently retained on the mercury surface and scraped off in time.
The external amalgamation method is suitable for treating gold-containing polymetallic ore, and is mainly used for capturing coarse gold in it. In the gold selection plant, most of the mercury amalgamation plates are installed in the discharge port of the ball mill to capture the coarse free gold in the grinding products.
Since the cyanidation process was applied to mines for gold and silver in 1887, it has a history of nearly one hundred years and the process is relatively mature. Due to its high recovery rate and strong adaptability to the ore, it is still one of the main ways of gold production.
The cyanidation process can be divided into agitating cyanidation and diafiltration cyanidation. Stirring cyanide for the treatment of gravity separated, mercury-contained tailings and flotation gold-bearing concentrates, or for total mud cyanidation. Diafiltration cyanidation for the treatment of flotation tailings and low-grade gold-bearing ores heap leaching.
The conventional cyanidation process is a very mature process, which includes preparation of leaching raw materials; stirring cyanide leaching; countercurrent washing solid-liquid separation; leaching liquid purification and deoxidation; zinc powder replacement and pickling; and smelting ingots.
a. Preparation of leaching raw materials: crush and grind the mine ore, prepare a slurry suitable for cyanide leaching. Grinding fineness depends on the embedding characteristics of natural gold. For gold-bearing quartz vein ore, it is generally ground to 60-70%-200 mesh; while for sulfide mineral-bearing gold ore, it is mostly flotation and enrichment, and the concentrate is reground to 90-95%-325 mesh; for the ore with high content of arsenic or high pyrrhotite, it is subjected to flotation concentrate roasting, desulfurization and arsenic removal, and calcination is carried out for cyanidation; in addition, there are ores containing high carbon and interfering with cyanide leaching.
b. Stirring cyanide leaching: under conditions of a slurry concentration of 35 to 50%, a pH of 10 to 10.5, and a cyanide concentration of 0.03 to 0.06%, the mixture is fully agitated and leached for more than 24 hours. More than 95% of the gold is dissolved as a gold cyanide complex. The mixing and immersion tank has two types: mechanical stirring type and air stirring type.
c. Countercurrent washing solid-liquid separation: In order to fully separate the cyanide leachate from the gold residue, a plurality of thickeners are generally used to form a multi-stage countercurrent washing.
d. Purification and Deoxidation of Leachate: The leachate (Pregnant solution) obtained from the washing operation usually contains 70 to 80 ppm or more of a solid suspension. In order to prepare conditions for the zinc powder replacement operation, it is necessary to reduce the suspended matter content in the noble liquid to 5 to 7 ppm and the oxygen content to 1 ppm, so the noble liquid should be purified and deoxidized.
e, zinc powder replacement and pickling: replacing the gold cyanide complex in the solution with zinc powder to precipitate gold. In order to obtain a more efficient displacement reaction of the zinc powder, a lead salt of about 0.005% and a cyanide concentration of about 0.05% should be maintained in the solution.
f, smelting ingot: gold mud and flux generally according to 1:0.8 ~ 1, the ratio of borax 30 ~ 40%, saltpeter 25%, quartz sand 15 ~ 20%, fluorite 5 ~ 10%, the other is soda, oxidation Manganese, etc. The slag is smelted at a furnace temperature of 1000 to 1100 C for about 3 hours to obtain a gold ingot (composite gold) containing 85% or more of gold and silver.
The ion exchange resin method is a method for adsorbing and recovering gold from a cyanide slurry by using an ion exchange resin, and is divided into two types of gold extraction methods: RIP and RIL. RIP is called resin slurry method, it is first leached and adsorbed. It has been used for many years in the former Soviet Union. RIL is simultaneous leaching and adsorption. It is said that there is no industrial application. Some people also call RIP and RIL a resin slurry method.
Working principle The ion exchange resin is capable of dissociating two ionized groups in solution: a fixed ion (R) that is not ion-exchanged and an exchangeable ion that is electrically opposite to the fixed ion. The ion exchange resin is divided into a cation exchange resin and an anion exchange resin according to the positive and negative charges of the exchangeable ions. In the cyanide slurry, gold exists in the form of an anion complex Au (CN). Therefore, when an ion exchange resin method is used for gold extraction, an anion exchange resin must be used. The ion exchange reaction that takes place from the cyanide solution with an ion exchange resin is: R-OH+Au(CN)2-R-Au(CN)2+OH-
(2) Desorption: Desorbing the gold on the resin into the solution with a desorbent. For weakly alkaline gold-loaded resin, it can be desorbed with sodium hydroxide solution with pH=13 under normal temperature and pressure; for strong alkaline gold-loaded resin, sodium hypochlorite method, acid thiourea method, zinc cyanide complex method and sulfur can be used. Desorption by cyano complex method.
The ion exchange resins currently used for adsorbing gold from cyanide liquid are: strongly basic anion exchange resin AM, AB-17, weakly basic ion exchange resin AH-18, 704, mixed basic ion exchange resin AM-2B, A-2 and so on. AM-2B is widely used in the production of the former Soviet Union. AM-2B is a macroporous bifunctional resin that combines selectivity, mechanical strength, and adsorption and desorption properties with other resins.
The basic working principle of the zinc wire replacement method is the action of zinc and the gold-containing cyanide leaching solution, and the gold is replaced by zinc to be converted into a metal state and precipitated:
The zinc wire replacement method is a conventional method for extracting gold from a gold-containing cyanide solution, and was industrially applied as early as 1888. The method consumes a large amount of zinc wire and NaCN, and the obtained gold mud has a high zinc content and a large floor area, and has been basically replaced by a widely used zinc powder replacement method.
The stirring cyanidation method is one of the processes for cyanide leaching. The slurry obtained by grinding and classifying the gold ore is concentrated to a suitable concentration, placed in a leaching tank, and the cyanide solution is added, and aerated and agitated. This method is applicable to materials with a particle size of less than 0.3 to 0.4 mm.
(3) The air-mechanical combined stirring leaching tank is a combination of the above two kinds of tanks, and is also an effective mechanical and air stirring device. The main advantage is that gold dissolves quickly.
The first is the decantation method: the batch method and the continuous method. The former is rarely used due to shortcomings such as long operating time and large amount of solution used. The continuous decantation method is washed according to the principle of countercurrent, that is, the slurry is sequentially fed into the concentration tank from front to back, and the washing liquid is returned from the back to the front, so that the washing liquid used for each slurry concentration is overflowed by the next concentration. flow. This washing method can be carried out by connecting several single-layer concentrators or a multi-layer concentrator in series.
The heap leaching cyanidation process is one of the processes of cyanide leaching and is mainly used to treat low-grade gold ore. In 1971, the worlds first industrial-scale gold heap leaching site was put into operation in Nevada, USA, and has now developed into a mature process.
The low-grade ore containing gold is broken into 3 to 10 mm lump ore, piled on the anti-seepage bottom pad, and sprayed with cyanide liquid from the top of the ore to dissolve the gold in the ore, containing gold and precious liquid from the heap. Percolate out and collect into the pool of precious liquid.
The gold-containing noble liquid obtained by heap leaching can be recovered by metal zinc replacement method, an activated carbon adsorption method, etc., and the recovered lean liquid is returned to the heap leaching operation for recycling. The heap leaching cyanidation process has low production cost and can be put into production very quickly. The heap leaching scale can be large or small, and the amount of ore per terrane can reach tens of thousands of tons. In the United States, each pile of tons of ore is a standard heap; the grade is less than 0.6 g/ The ore asbestos is directly piled up without crushing, and the ore of 0.6-1.0 g/ton is crushed to certain particle size and then piled up. The higher-grade is pulverized and granulated.
The diafiltration cyanidation method is one of the processes for cyanide leaching, and is a method for leaching gold in a gold-bearing ore based on a cyanide solution permeating through an ore layer, and is suitable for use in sand ore and loose porous materials.
(1) Loading ore and alkali: The fabric is required to be uniform, the particle size is consistent, and the looseness is consistent. There are two methods of dry and wet. The dry method is suitable for ore with a moisture content below 20% and can be loaded manually or mechanically. The wet method is to dilute the slurry with water, and then use a sand pump to lift or feed the tank into the tank.
(2) Percolation leaching: After the filling is completed, the cyanide solution can be sent to the tank. There are two kinds of cyanide liquid flow in the tank: one is up and down. That is, the cyanide solution is injected from the top of the tank and passes through the ore layer from top to bottom under the action of gravity; one is to go in and out, and the good cyanide solution passes through the ore layer from bottom to top by pressure. After the leaching is completed, the cyanide tailings are washed with water.
(3) tailings discharge: there are two kinds of dry and wet methods. The dry method discharges the cyanide tailings through the bottom working door; the wet method is to wash the cyanide tailings with high pressure water, and let the tailings slurry flow along the pre-arranged tailings pipe (tank).
The zinc powder replacement method is to mix the zinc powder with the gold-containing solution, the gold is replaced by zinc, and then precipitated, and then the gold powder and the excess zinc powder enter the filter cake (ie, cyanide gold mud), and the liquid is separated from the gold. The basic principle is the same as the zinc wire replacement method. Since the surface area per unit weight of zinc powder is much larger than that of zinc wire, the zinc powder displacement method is much more efficient than the zinc wire replacement method.
The zinc powder and the gold-containing deoxidation solution are mixed into the mixing tank, and then precipitated and filtered by the zinc powder displacement precipitator through the tube at the bottom of the tank. At this time, the gold mud is deposited on the filter cloth under the suction of the vacuum pump, and the gold removal solution is The filter cloth is discharged through the branch pipe and the manifold. The gold mud is discharged intermittently, and two to three replacement zinc powder replacement precipitators are required for continuous displacement precipitation.
Zinc powder is obtained by the sublimation method to rapidly cool zinc vapor in a large-volume condenser. The particle size is less than 0.01 mm, which is easily oxidized, so it must be tightly sealed during transportation or storage.
Carbon in Pulp (CIP) is a new process for recovering gold from activated carbon by cyanide leaching. In 1973, the worlds first industrialized CIP plant was put into operation at the Homest Gold Mine in the United States, and was quickly promoted to countries around the world. The carbon slurry method is mainly applicable to gold-containing oxidized ores with high sludge content.
(1) Pretreatment: cyanide pulp should be sieved to remove coarse particulate materials (such as sand) and wood chips before adsorption, so as to avoid the influence of these impurities on the adsorption and separation of gold-loaded activated carbon and de-gold slurry, and also avoid the accelerated wear and removal of activated carbon. Gold activated carbon regeneration is difficult; activated carbon should also be pre-ground to remove sharp corners and edges before entering the adsorption tank. If not pre-ground, these debris will enter the de-gold slurry to cause gold loss.
(2) Adsorption: Activated carbon is added to the fully leached pulp, and the activated carbon adsorbs gold in the cyanide slurry to become gold-loaded charcoal. The adsorption is carried out in an adsorption tank (carbon slurry tank). There are many types of adsorption tanks. For the treatment of fine slurry with fine mud, it is advisable to use a common Dole-type tank stirred at a low speed center; to treat a slurry with a coarser particle size, a Baqik air agitation tank should be used. The adsorption tanks are used in series during production. After the adsorption is completed, the gold-loaded activated carbon and the de-gold slurry are separated by using a sieve mounted on the carbon slurry tank.
(3) Desorption: De-gold treatment of the gold-loaded charcoal separated from the de-gold slurry is called desorption. Common desorption methods are atmospheric desorption and pressure desorption. Desorption is carried out in a desorption column, and the gold-loaded carbon washed with water is charged into a desorption column, and then the carbon layer is immersed with 4% NaCN and 2% aqueous NaOH solution, and heated to 90 C under normal pressure or pressure. At 95 C, after 2 to 4 hours, the gold was washed with water, and the total desorption time was 12 to 24 hours. After desorption, a gold-rich desorbent and desorbed charcoal are obtained.
The activated carbon used in todays gold production is mostly coconut shell charcoal in foreign countries, and the domestic is mostly apricot nuclear charcoal. When using activated carbon, the strength (ie wear resistance), adsorption capacity, desorption and regeneration performance, selectivity and price of activated carbon should be considered. Among them, strength is the most important.
JXSC mine machinery Company in China has more than 30 years of professional experience at the gold ore processing plant, design full set gold ore process flowchart, provide complete set gold ore processing plant, can send the engineer to the mine site for equipment installation and commissioning guidance. Have already built many gold ore processing plants in Africa countries, include Mali, Sudan, Mozambique, Suriname, Ghana, Congo, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Australia, etc.


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The manuscript, a Gregorian sacramentary, was to come to the Patriarchate of Aquileia not much later its manufacturing, for on f. 72r, between the twelfth and thirteenth century, a memoir of the Aquileian saints Euphemia, Dorothea, Thecla and Erasma was there added near the liturgy provided for September 3rd. After coming to Venice, in 1739 it passed to a depot located near the ducal church of St. Mark, near St. Mark Library, where after a few days it got a new binding.
The Sacramentary is likely to be manufactured by one of the great late-Ottonian monastic schools in the second half of the eleventh century. In particular, its script and decoration put the work in connection with the scriptorium of Tegernsee monastery. The Praefatio incipit page on purple background (f. 9v) exhibits three figures of saints within a frame: in the middle, on the top, the Agnus Dei, on the bottom St. Rupert, on the right St. Amand and on the left St. Quirinus, whom the monastery of Tegernsee, where the saint’s relics are kept, is dedicated to. The articulated structure of the framework has illustrious precedents in Bavaria. The simplified manner and the displacement of foliage ornaments within the frame are close, also for their prevailingly graphic and bi-dimensional rendering, to the ornamentation of the two Tegernsee Evangelaries, respectively datable to the end of the eleventh century and the year 1120 circa (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 23343 and Clm 828).

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The Dance of the Chaperones - Max Planck Scientists Identify Key Player of Protein Folding
Proteins are the molecular building blocks and machinery of cells, and are involved in practically all biological processes. To fulfill their tasks they need to be folded into a complicated three-dimensional structure. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, have now analyzed one of the key players of the folding process: the molecular chaperone DnaK. “The understanding of these mechanisms is of great interest in the light of the many diseases in which folding goes awry, such as Alzheimer’ or Parkinson’s” says Ulrich Hartl, MPIB director. Their work has now been published in Cell Reports.
Proteins are responsible for almost all biological functions. The cells of the human body continuously synthesize thousands of different proteins in the form of amino acid chains. In order to be biologically useful, these chains must fold into a complex three-dimensional pattern. When this difficult process goes wrong, it can lead to useless or even dangerous protein clumps. All cells, from bacteria to human, have therefore developed a network of molecular chaperones, themselves proteins, which help other proteins to fold properly.
MPIB scientists have now investigated the organization of this network in the bacterium Escherichia coli. Using proteomic analyses they show how different chaperones cooperate during the folding process. “We identified the Hsp70 protein DnaK as the central player of the network,” explains Ulrich Hartl. “It functions as a kind of turntable.” DnaK binds to about 700 different protein chains as they are synthesized. Furthermore, DnaK mediates the folding of most of these protein chains. Those it cannot fold are transferred to yet another chaperone, the barrel-shaped GroEL. GroEL is a highly specialized folding machine. It forms a nano-cage in which a single protein chain is temporarily enclosed and allowed to fold while protected from external influences.
Disruptions in the Chaperone Network
The researchers also investigated what happens when the chaperone network is disturbed. For example, when GroEL is removed from the cells, its client proteins accumulate on DnaK, which then shuttles them to proteases to be decomposed. “Apparently, DnaK realizes that the attached protein chains will never be able to mature into useful molecules,” says the biochemist. Similar but even more complicated chaperone networks control the proteome of human cells. Understanding these reactions is of great interest in the light of the many neurodegenerative diseases in which folding goes awry.
G. Calloni, T. Chen, S.M. Schermann, H. Chang, P. Genevaux, F. Agostini, G.G. Tartaglia, M. Hayer-Hartl and F.U. Hartl: DnaK Functions as a Central Hub in the E. coli Chaperone Network. Cell Reports, March 8, 2012 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2011.12.007
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An up-dated data base is a matter of importance and urgency in order for encouraging a process-oriented approach to the study of reef evolution.
The evolution of reefs is a major section of a Priority Program of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft devoted to ‘Global and regional controls of biogenic sedimentation’. Biological, paleontological and geological approaches in the study of ancient and modern reefs are needed for providing a better understanding of the following basic questions:
- Biological and non-biological processes responsible for the construction and destruction of recent reefs. Studies should be focused on those processes which might also be regarded as important controls in the history of fossil reefs.
- Paleontologicla data describing the changes in the biological controls of reef development over time. Studies should aim for a better understanding of major crises in the reef ecosystem during the earth's history.
- Geological factors governing the short-term and long-term development of reefs. Studies should be concentrated on the controls of reef accretion by sea-level fluctuations, climatic changes and possible changes in early diagenetic factors.
The Reef Bibliography presented includes more than 4000 references dealing with Cambrian to Pleistocene reefs and more than 750 references referring to processes relevant to the interpretation of ancient reefs.
The constraints of reef evolution will become clearer through intensivying comparative studies of reefs of different ages. The new data base should encourage this comparative research approach.


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These fall branches make a big assertion in the kitchen and create that farmhouse look I needed. I decided to use a more refined conventional fall color palette this year as opposed to the neutral greens and whites I selected last fall. The result was a really heat look that definitely says fall colors with out being too daring or bright. This slim, pull-out shelf makes cleansing supplies easy to get to and simple to cover away.
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Bicycle Transportation in the City of Albany
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This report documents the ideas, methodologies, and proposals produced by students of the University of Oregon’s Bicycle Transportation class for the City of Albany, Oregon. Albany saw much of its growth during a period when the individual freedom given by automobiles was considered the main viable form of transportation, and all other forms of transportation were shifted away from mainstream society. Like other small cities, Albany developed as an auto-centric highway town. For this reason, the development of infrastructure has been based largely on the automobile as the primary mode of transportation.


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Initially the DC-7 designation was applied to a commercial development of the C-74 Globemaster I that PanAm ordered in 1945. This contract was quickly cancelled, and the DC-7 nomenclature was subsequently applied to a completely unrelated derivative of the DC-6. As it emerged in the 1950s, the DC-7 arose from an American Airlines requirement for a stretched longer range development of the DC-6. The resulting aircraft was based on the same wing of the DC-6 (also the same basic wing designed for the DC-4), with a stretched DC-6 fuselage, more powerful Wright Turbo Compound engines and extra fuel allowing Douglas to guarantee it could offer nonstop transcontinental US range in both directions. The prototype DC-7 flew for the first time on May 18 1953,
On premier routes across the United States and over the North Atlantic, airlines vigorously competed for leadership. By the late 1950s, American Airlines and Pan Am both wanted bigger, faster transports to exceed the performance of late-model Lockheed Constellations. Reports of a new Boeing jet airliner had already surfaced. The Douglas executive leadership temporized, torn over the decision of whether to build a new piston-engine airliner or take a leap into the future with a new turbojet. An informal group at Douglas, led by Art Raymond,"kicked around a number of airframe-engine combinations, but all the while in the back of minds was the big question . . . could the engine people stifle the turbojet's fuel-guzzling appetite?"
The DC-4 was followed by the DC-6, DC-6B, DC-7, DC-7B and DC-7C. The Douglas aircraft grew from 44 seats (DC-4) to 105 seats (DC-7C). The DC-7 can be distinguished from the DC-4 and DC-6 models by square windows, with three being forward of the wing (DC-4 has round windows), and four-blade propellers (DC-4 & DC-6 have three-blade propellers). The DC-6 is similar to the DC-7 as it has the same wingspan and square windows but is about 1 foot shorter in length and has smaller engines. The DC-6 has three-blade propellers (DC-7 has four-blade propellers) and may or may not have windows (1 or 2) ahead of the wing. The DC-4 has the same wingspan as the DC-6 and DC-7 models but is considerably shorter in length. It can be identified by the round windows and three-blade propellers. The "Super" DC-4 is a stock model that has been converted to operate with larger engines.
Continued interest from American Airlines led to development of the DC-7, followed by the DC-7B and -7C models. The Douglas DC-7 was an advanced development of the DC-6B piston-engine airliner. It was introduced by American Airlines on its New York-Los Angeles route in November 1953 and was the first airliner to provide nonstop transcontinental service in both directions. The fastest transport aircraft in service, the DC-7 cruised at 580 kilometers (360 miles) per hour. Influenced by major customers like American and United, who questioned the economics of fuel-hungry jets, Donald Douglas committed his company to a new piston-engine transport. A key factor involved the extremely promising performance of a new Wright turbo-compound engine, which used exhaust-driven turbochargers that yielded 20 percent more power from each engine.
The DC-7 began service with American in November 1953. The new DC-7 (1953) and DC-7B were soon followed by the DC-7C, the ultimate evolution of the piston-engine airliner designed for nonstop transcontinental service in the United States or to thunder across the Atlantic without having to land in Newfoundland or Iceland to refuel.
The Douglas DC-7C "Seven Seas" first flew on December 20, 1955. On May 15, 1956, CAA type-certificated the four engine, propeller-driven aircraft. The transport was able to fly nonstop between the United States and many European cities and had a maximum capacity of 99 passengers. The plane entered scheduled airline service with Pan American World Airways on Jun 1, 1956. The elegant transport with matchless service became internationally renowned as the "Seven Seas," with a speed of 355-400 mph and a range of over 4,000 miles. For Pan Am, British Overseas Airways Corporation, and other international carriers, it handled the North Atlantic with aplomb and also equipped new, long distance routes across the Pacific. The Scandinavian airline, SAS, launched a sensational Europe-to-the-Far-East route that crossed over the North Pole.
Because Douglas Aircraft Company continued to field various advertising campaigns, the launch of new service by customer airlines clearly multiplied the awareness of Douglas as a leading brand name in the airliner business. During the years that the postwar DC-4/-6/-7 series won such a wide customer base, the Douglas name constantly cropped up in regional as well as national venues. For example, when Braniff took delivery of its first DC-7C, its own publicity department trumpeted the virtues of the new equipment and disbursed a flurry of press releases that featured Texas native Ginger Rogers posed with the new plane. Although Douglas Aircraft delivered 127 models of the big plane, production ended in 1958, the inaugural year of jet service offered by the Boeing 707.
By late 1958, Douglas had produced more than 700 DC-6 and 300 DC-7 aircraft, including military transport versions of both. A total of 338 DC-7s of all types were purchased by 18 different airlines. The DC-7's proved to be less reliable than the fabled DC-6B, and less economical as well. Thus, the DC-7's had a short stay in service with the major airlines, and were sold soon after the arrival of the jets. Like other piston-engine airliners, it was made obsolete by the introduction of turbine-engine Boeing 707s and Douglas DC-8s. Some DC-7s later served as cargo and charter planes.
On 24 April 1964 the deliberate wrecking of a Douglas DC-7 near Phoenix, Ariz., began a testing program in which FAA and the Flight Safety Foundation attacked the problem of preventing postcrash fatalities. FAA crashed a Lockheed 1649 Constellation at the same site in Sep 1964. These experiments reflected a growing realization that fatalities in takeoff or landing accidents could be reduced if passengers were prevented from colliding with the aircraft's interior structure or furnishings and protected from postcrash fire and smoke. The test aircraft crashed through manmade barriers and then into a rocky slope, carrying dummy passengers, cameras, and instruments for recording impact forces, G-forces, hydrostatic pressures, and other stresses. The tests provided valuable data on such matters as fuel spillage, safety characteristics of rear-, forward-, and side-facing passenger seats, and the efficacy of passenger-restraining devices.
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NASA scientists recently found a hole two-thirds the size of Manhattan in Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier – and warn that the entirety of the gap may have formed in the past three years. The gaping hole in the glacier is nearly 1,000 feet tall and large enough to have contained as much as 14 billion tons of ice, and scientists warn that the
That’s a big deal given that the Thwaites Glacier – roughly the size of Florida in total – could add up to 10 feet to global sea levels if it were to fully collapse. The formation of a hole in the glacier makes it more likely that ice will continue to melt, as it allows relatively warm ocean water to enter into the interior of the glacier and a path for meltwater to flow out through. However, scientists are still uncertain about exactly how far water can penetrate into the fragile glacier and how quickly that could lead to further melt.
There is some good news, though. Scientists from the US and UK have recently teamed up to figure out how quickly the glacier could spill similarly enormous chunks of ice into the sea. Initial estimates suggest that with emissions reductions, there is less than a 10% chance of the glacier collapsing before 2100.


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Antony Varghese’s new film Meri Jaan announced
Today, on New Year’s day, a new film of Antony Varghese got announced. Titled as ‘Meri Jaan’, the film will be directed by debutant Abhishek KS. Anuraj OB is scripting the film which will be produced by Dr Paul Varghese under the banner of Paul’s Entertainment. Director Abhisek KS is a close friend friend of Antony, with whom he has worked since his short film days. More details regarding the film including the supporting cast, crew and when shoot begins are not yet known.
Antony currently has multiple projects in his pipeline. His next release will be ‘Aanaparambile World Cup’, a football based flick directed by debutant Nikhil Premraj. He is presently shooting for ‘Ajagajantharam’ directed by Tinu Pappachan of ‘Swathanthryam Ardharathriyil’.
Antony has a bunch of other projects lined up for this year. He has signed a film titled ‘Falimy’, which will be directed by Nithish Sahadev. Jude Anthany Joseph of ‘Om Shanthi Oshana’ fame, is producing the film. A campus based mass entertainer with debutant director Nahas Hidhayath and a fim with the makers of ‘Thanneer Mathan Dhinangal’, which will be directed by Vineeth Vasudevan, is also in the kitty.

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Did you know that George Washington helped create the American Foxhound breed? Or that he was such a dog lover that in the middle of a Revolutionary War Battle, a dog belonging to British General William Howe wandered into Washington's camp and Washington stopped the battle and ordered the dog returned, with a note on its collar that read, "General Washington’s compliments to General William Howe, does himself the pleasure to return him a dog, which accidentally fell into his hands, and by the inscription on the collar, appears to belong to General Howe." General Howe soon returned to England and expressed his support for the colonists' fight for freedom.
Abraham Lincoln also had a beloved yellow dog named Fido. Because Fido did not like crowds, the Lincolns decided to leave him in Springfield, IL, with his neighbors the Roll family, rather than taking him to the White House. Lincoln left strict instructions as to Fido's care, specifying that he was to live in the house as a member of the family. When Lincoln was assassinated, John Roll brought Fido back to his original Springfield home to say goodbye.
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In 1996, metaidoioplasty was introduced as an alternative to phalloplasty in female-to-male transsexuals. To assess the long-term outcome in 70 consecutive patients (mean follow-up 8 years), we established the characteristics of postoperative events and additional surgical procedures.
Metaidoioplasty and primary or secondary scrotoplasty was uneventful in 8 patients. In the other patients, postoperative events included immediate postoperative complications (n = 23), urethral fistulas (n = 26) or strictures (n = 25), or loss (n = 22) or dislocation (n = 34) of testicular prostheses. An average of 2.6 surgical procedures per patient was needed to complete genital confirmation and cope with all events. Additional phalloplasty was performed or scheduled in 17 patients.
We conclude that genital reassignment by metaidoioplasty cannot usually be completed in 1 step and that phalloplasty is feasible subsequent to metaidoioplasty. We still consider metaidoioplasty to be a method of choice in selected patients.
Seventy female-to-male transsexuals underwent stretching of the hypertrophied clitoris by resection of the ventral chordee, lengthening of the urethra with labia minora skin flaps, and scrotal construction with labia majora flaps. Because of a high number of complications, the authors recommend it only in selected patients.
From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Received February 12, 2006 and accepted for publication March 19, 2006.
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Hearing on planned roundabout at Five Points intersection set for Jan. 17
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Jan 5, 2013 at 8:16 PM
The Tennessee Department of Transportation will conduct a public hearing on plans for construction of a roundabout traffic circle at the Five Points intersection of Highway 81 South, Old State Route 34, and Depot Street, from 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Jonesborough Visitors Center.
Dwight Armstrong with the TDOT Project Management Office in Knoxville said the meeting will include a short presentation on the project’s design and how it was selected, followed by a public question and answer session with representatives of TDOT and Clinard Engineering Associates, a private consulting firm based in Brentwood.
The meeting will be followed by break out sessions in which TDOT representatives and engineers will meet privately with any individual property owners or others interested in learning more about the project.
“The design is limited in scope. It’s a typical roundabout with a bypass lane,” Armstrong said. “We are always open to pubic input but our focus will be to present the plan we have in place to address safety concerns at that intersection.
“It’s an informational hearing to introduce the roundabout and how it functions and the safety concerns it will address.”
Jonesborough Town Administrator Bob Browning said, because of its design and layout, Five Points has the largest percentage of accidents with injuries of any intersection in Jonesborough and the town is anxious to see the improvements made.
“We’re very appreciative to TDOT for moving forward with it,” Browning said. “Traffic circles in themselves slow traffic down. That’s not to say you do not have accidents but the risk of injuries is much less than if you’re T-boned at 50 or 60 mph. We feel its the right thing for Five Points.”
Armstrong said construction of the roundabout will impact a total of five property owners at the intersection, including the decades-old Five Point Grocery. “The impact to four of the property owners will be minimal but Five Points Grocery will have to acquired, the building and about a quarter of an acre,” he said.
Kelly Street, owner and operator of the landmark store, said she does not plan to relocate the business. “The state appraiser was at Five Points in October. We’re not going to relocate. So I’m all done,” she said. “What happens from here on out should be very interesting.”


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Hungarian government projects GDP growth over 3% through 2020
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The Hungarian government anticipates GDP growth to remain over 3% in the period of 2018-2020, an update of the countryʼs Convergence Program sent to Brussels yesterday shows, according to Hungarian news agency MTI.
The updated program, which Hungary must submit to the European Commission (EC) each spring, projects GDP growth of 3.4% for 2018, 3.1% for 2019 and 3.2% for 2020.
Investment growth is seen accelerating to 9.6% in 2018 from 9.1% in 2017, before slowing to 5.5% in 2019 and 4.0% in 2020.
Expenditures on household consumption are set to climb by 3.7% in 2017, then slow to 2.8% in 2018 and 2.7% in both 2019 and 2020.
Export growth is seen picking up from 6.3% in 2017 to 6.8% in 2018, 7.0% in 2019 and 7.3% in 2020.
Import growth is expected to accelerate to 7.6% in 2018 from 7.4% in 2017, before slowing to 7.0% and 7.1% in 2019 and 2020, respectively.
The government projects the trade balance will have a 0.4-percentage-point negative impact on the GDP growth rate in 2017 and a 0.1-percentage point negative impact in 2018. The trade balanceʼs impact is seen turning positive again from 2019, contributing 0.7 percentage point and 0.9 percentage point to GDP growth in 2019 and 2020, respectively.
The projections in the programme show CPI rising from 0.9% in 2017 to 2.4% in 2018, then levelling out at 3.0%, the National Bank of Hungaryʼs mid-term "price stability" target, in 2019-2020.
The output gap is expected to narrow from 0.6% of GDP in 2017 to just 0.1% in 2018-2019, before the economy reaches full capacity in 2020.
The government projects this yearʼs general government deficit will reach 1.9% of GDP, coming in under the 2.0% target in the budget act. The deficit is set to narrow from a targeted 2.4% in 2017 to 1.8% in 2018, 1.5% in 2019 and 1.2% in 2020.
The primary balance, which excludes the cost of servicing debt, is projected to remain steady with a surplus of around 1.0% of GDP in 2018-2020 after dipping to 0.6% in 2017.
The program noted that Hungaryʼs structural deficit, which excludes cyclical and one-off effects, had been well under its 1.7%-of-GDP Medium-Term Objective since 2012, but it would rise temporarily over the MTO in 2016 and 2017, before returning to the target in the mid-term and falling under the objective in 2020.
State debt as a percentage of GDP is set to fall to 73.6% in 2017, 72.4% in 2018, 68.4% in 2019 and 64.6% in 2020.
The updated programme puts the unemployment rate among Hungarians aged 15-74 at 5.1% in 2018-2020, down from 5.2% in 2017.
In an upside risk scenario, assuming strengthening confidence, the National Economy Ministry estimated 0.07-0.27 percentage point could be added to GDP growth in 2017-2020, mostly on the back of a bigger contribution by investments. In a downside risk scenario, envisioning a deterioration in external demand, it estimated the negative impact on GDP to be 0.26-0.31 percentage point, mainly because of the effect on exports and imports.
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