The general tale is about a love story between Zhinu and Niulang. Their love was not allowed, thus they were banished to opposite sides of the Silver River. Once a year, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, a flock of magpies would form a ...
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Inspired by fugitive architectural structures, the 'Crescent House' is one of the first in this series to be installed at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation?in Australia. The designers and clients hope to spread the architectural word ...
Google has reportedly been in talks with major media companies to stream television channels direct to consumers over the internet. The idea is being seen as potential competition to US cable providers, such as Time Warner and Comcast, ...
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The collaboration between a graphic designer and an interior designer in Hungary has led to the design of a lamp that projects star constellations on the ceiling while still providing functional light, which called the Starry Light Lamp. ...
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CALGARY, Alta. - May 28 may have been a significant date in Canadian trucking history. That was when Shell fired a major shot in what many think is a fuel revolution, unveiling to the public the first of its commercial LNG refuelling ...
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The car versus plane concept is not a new one, but an off-road race between a new Range Rover Sport and an iconic Spitfire makes for a uniquely British battle. The Gaydon-based manufacturer lined up the new Range Rover Sport – the ...
Tags: Auto, car, Transportation
A one-of-a-kind solar-powered aircraft completed a two-month journey across the United States at just after 11pm EDT Saturday evening (3am GMT Sunday) when it landed at New York's JFK Airport. The landing came several hours earlier than ...
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ArchStudia Vega's Russian Seashell House is composaaed of three levels in which the floor of the ocean, the water's surface, and the sky are represented. Located in the community of Tavatuy in Russia and designed by Yuriy Gaydukov at ...
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Ryukyu glass, with its colorful simplicity, is coveted around Japan, not just in Okinawa Prefecture where it originated. With the onset of summer, Ryukyu glass can be a cool gift and a receptacle for your favorite shochu. “The ...
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The Sky Factory's full sized virtual skylights capture the essence of nature and bring it right indoors. Do you remember what its like to lie under the clouds and daydream? Using high tech virtual simulations these sky lights allow for you ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Ceiling, Sky Ceiling
Microsoft on Monday said it will appeal a trademark lawsuit over its SkyDrive cloud storage service it lost to the British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) Group. BSkyB sued Microsoft in order to prevent Microsoft from using "SkyDrive" as the ...
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WAC Lighting is proud to introduce Tube, a new indoor and outdoor LED sconce luminaire. Precise engineering, superior optics and the latest LED technology are integrated in this highly efficient wall sconce. With its sleek cylindrical ...
RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA reflected on its role in helping land NASA's Curiosity rover safely on Mars as program managers say the mission is reaching a key ...
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NetEase Inc. (Nasdaq: NTES) has become an exclusive partner for flights of Air China Limited (SHSE: 601111 and SEHK: 0753) offering on-board Internet surfing service through air-ground satellite systems so that passengers could browse news ...
Tags: Air China, Online Surfing
There are some holiday traditions that will always remain. Cookie baking with your grandma. Watching old movies with your family on a winter's night. Caroling with friends from your residence hall. The list goes on, but there is one more ...
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