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Increasingly, mine operators are trying to extend tire life by smoothing mine roads, reducing payloads and lowering speeds. If the shortage has had a positive effect, it's the reduction in tire-related accidents, says Chris Curfman, vice president of Caterpillar Global Mining, which ships just 5% of its trucks with tires. The rest are "naked," requiring customers to acquire tires from distributors...
...Still, the Israeli military activity was manifest in the numerous tank tracks that criss-cross the border road and run through fields of bright green tobacco plants. The border road, a potholed single-lane route even in normal times, is pockmarked from exploding artillery rounds, the asphalt churned by caterpillar tracks...
...birds in West Africa don't know that; they still leave more or less at the usual time. And while the early spring they encounter in the north has induced them to move up egg laying a bit, they're still producing offspring nearly a week behind prime caterpillar season. Inadequate nourishment means dying birds and falling populations. "We think this is the first time anyone has really shown that an insufficient response to climate change can cause population declines," says study co-author Christiaan Both of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology...
...other than him, entirely white?crowd at school: the jocks. "I repelled anything that was Asian because it represented everything that was not cool at the time. Asians did kung fu and worked at Asian restaurants," he explains. That his Korean-born dad was actually an engineer at Caterpillar had no effect on Hong's teenage mind, which was focused on one goal: "I wanted to be cool...
...Silom Road, can find all manner of contemporary bric-a-brac?like stuffed toys, plastic bugs, crayons, dolls and Lego bricks?interwoven with Swarovski crystal, Venetian glass and semiprecious stones. Of the pieces on display, Manoonphol cites the I Can Fly necklace as his favorite: it features a stuffed caterpillar adorned with bejeweled wings and spiky vinyl beads of deep purple...