Materials Performance (MP) magazine, a publication of NACE International, is now accepting nominations for its 2014 Corrosion Innovation of the Year Awards. The deadline for nominations is October 18, 2013. Honoring the most important ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The Bai spiritual tradition consists of a set of syncretic beliefs, imbued with a strong local flavor, represented by the Benzhu or Local Lords/Gods tradition. Most of the Bai have believed in Buddhism since the 7th century. In fact, ...
Tags: Benzhu Religion, The Bai, beliefs, Buddhism
Hudson’s Bay Company and Saks Incorporated announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby HBC will acquire Saks for US$16.00 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US$2.9 billion, ...
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The UK is set to provide £160m technology boost for agricultural industries as part of the newly launched Agricultural Technologies Strategy. The initiative aims to make UK a world leader in agricultural science and technology. The ...
Over the last few years large light jellyfish have been showing up at art-music festivals all around, including Burning Man and Treasure Island Music Festival. Using specialized designed lightweight gear, high-power white LEDs, and custom ...
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The call was made at a parliamentary reception last week hosted by Plastics 2020, the industry umbrella group run by the British Plastics Federation (BPF), the Packaging and Films Association (PAFA) and Plastics Europe. The plastics ...
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BT Group's chief executive Ian Livingston is to leave the telecoms giant to take up a role in government as minister of state for trade and investment. Livingston had been BT's chief for the past five years and will be replaced by BT's ...
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Every day, Wilo develops solutions for obtaining and storing water, as well as supplying it to people, in a sustainable way. Consequently, it became a matter of great concern for the Dortmund-based pump expert Wilo to offer the necessary ...
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Hudson's Bay Company reported its results for the 13-week period ended May 4, 2013 (the "first quarter"). The first quarter was characterized by strong same-store sales growth at Hudson's Bay, partially offset by a low single digit ...
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If Apple has anything to say about it, the future of the notebook will be long and healthy. And it will be exemplified in the new versions of the MacBook Air, announced during Apple's?WWDC 2013?keynote, and?available immediately.? Based ...
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LORD Corporation has announced that the company hosted the North Carolina Military Foundation’s board meeting on June 3 at its headquarters in Cary. The event featured presentations from several keynote speakers, including U.S. Rep. ...
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Booths, the 160-year-old North-West-based supermarket chain, is abolishing paper receipts for holders of its new Booths Card and instead will store them in their personal accounts online. The receipts can be accessed online and via web ...
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Resource minister Lord de Mauley has visited Continuum Recycling – the plastic bottle recycling joint venture between Eco Plastics and Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) – to mark the completion of the plant’s first full year in ...
The judgment in the Twitter libel case between Lord McAlpine and Sally Bercow has been published, with the judge explaining fully his reasoning for finding against Bercow. The House of Commons' Speaker's wife Bercow had tweeted "Why is ...
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A contentious controversy surrounds the high intensity of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) LEDs, with experts split on whether or not indium-rich clusters within the material provide their remarkable efficiency. Now, researchers from the ...
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