The Skoda Rapid Sport concept has been officially unveiled at this year's Worthersee tuning show?in Austria. Initially seen in sketches earlier this week, the Skoda Rapid Sport concept is intended to show a particularly sporty and ...
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Gray-Stan goblet vase, featuring applied amber tears around the bowl. The foot, stem and bowl are all blown in a rib mould & the foot is folded up and over in the Venetian manner. Image courtesy of Basil Loveridge. The May 2013 National ...
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A box-bed (or closed bed, close bed, enclosed bed) is a bed enclosed in furniture that looks like a cupboard, half-opened or not. The box-bed is closed on all sides by panels of wood. One enters it by removing curtains, opening a door ...
In the 17th century, which has been called "the century of magnificent beds", the style a la duchesse, with tester and curtains only at the head, replaced the more enclosed beds in France, though they lasted much longer in England. Louis ...
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Ancient world Early beds were little more than piles of straw or some other natural material (e.g. a heap of palm leaves, animal skins or dried bracken). An important change was raising them off the ground, to avoid drafts, dirt, and ...
The IBEW and Edison Electric Institute (EEI) recently saluted the men and women who keep electricity flowing to our homes and businesses. Electrical lineworkers construct and maintain electric transmission and distribution facilities and, ...
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Last night, the lighting designers behind 10 projects in nine different countries, were announced as winners of the 30th Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards. Described by the IALD as "the most diverse group of projects in ...
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For the Cologne-based enterprise Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum, one of the major high-tech sources for vacuum pumps and systems, the planning company Dr. Sch?nheit + Partner; also based in Cologne, engineered the construction of a new, modern ...
Through a joint initiative, Tradegood, Intertek and Sourcing at Magic organized a seminar on ‘Promotion and Strengthening of Export Prospects for Bangladesh Made Products in US and EU markets’, which was held on 22nd April, ...
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A COFFEE date with Apple chief Tim Cook was a hot opportunity as bidding quickly topped $US70,000 ($68,109) for a chance being auctioned to raise money for a human rights group. A bidder identified as rory.oneill3 at the Charitybuzz ...
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April 23, 2013 - The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is reminding employees and employers that April 28 is the National Day of Mourning in Canada. This day is set aside to honour those workers across the country ...
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Porsche has signed tennis star and glamour girl Maria Sharapova as a brand ambassador for the next three years. The partnership will see the 26-year-old Russian ace play a leading role in the German sports car brand’s global ...
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The lighting industry has gathered in Philadelphia this week for Lightfair International 2013 (23-25 April) the annual trade show and conference. The architectural and commercial lighting trade show, hosted at Pennsylvania Convention ...
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April 18, 2013 - Today in the U.S., the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and IBEW saluted “the men and women who risk their lives daily to keep electricity flowing to the nation’s homes and businesses”. Besides ...
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John Eggleton has joined Affiliated Distributors—a North American wholesale marketing group—as its new U.S. Electrical Division President. Eggleton comes to A-D after serving for 10 years as CEO of A-D's sister company, ...
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