Researchers, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore claim that it takes a four mile run to burn off a bottle of fizzy drink and a 5.6-mile hike to shake off a double cheeseburger. They feel that putting that ...
Tags: Calorie-Burning Effort, Labels
There is a saying about how soccer is perceived in three big nations: Americans are not interested in watching soccer games but are good at playing it; Chinese like watching it but are poor players; Indians are neither fond of it nor able ...
Tags: World Cup, Sporting, China Sporting
A street lighting initiative that was intended to reduce spending could cost Nottinghamshire Council £1.5 million, according to a new report. In 2011, the Conservative council decided to only fix faulty street lights, a regime known ...
Tags: Street Light, Lighting
A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat panel display, electronic visual display, or video display that uses the light modulating properties of liquid crystals. Liquid crystals do not emit light directly. LCDs are used in a wide range of ...
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VAFI CEO Tim Johnston has addressed concerns with timber harvesting being linked to the tragic Black Saturday bushfires. Mr Johnston has identified that the University of Melbourne’s Professor Peter Attiwill AM refuted these ...
Dongfeng Light Commercial Vehicle Company held mid-year business meeting on July 19 in Wuhan. The Company showed Dongfeng Captain, Dongfeng Yueling, Dongfeng Duolika etc many hot sales light trucks and over 40 Dongfeng light trucks with ...
Tags: Dongfeng, Light, Transportation
Recycling is great when it works. To make it work, recyclable glass has to be separated from all the other material that ends up in recycling bins. In the UK, glass manufacturer, Ardagh, has just signed a fifteen year agreement with ...
Ardagh has three glass manufacturing plants in Yorkshire, and is partnering Reuse to increase the volume of cullet, which has so far boosted recycling for clear glass by 12%. West Yorkshire based Reuse is one of the UK’s leading ...
Tags: clear glass, Ardagh Glass, Recycling Push, Packaging
BOSTON – EPA is awarding $700,000 for a research project being conducted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst on indoor air quality affecting tribal people. The research grant is one of six awarded today for projects to identify ...
Tags: EPA, Research Project, Service, Certification
Making the switch from a plain concrete patio to one that is set with ceramic, porcelain, mosaic, stone, or other types of tile can be a good way to not only give your outdoor patio a new look that matches your home's aesthetic, but it can ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Patio Tile, Tile
To respond natural gas use in Shanxi, many cement mixer trucks and tractors equipped with Sinotruk natural gas engines are playing a major role. Sinotruk develops world leading engines with new generation electric control, lean burn, ...
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US coal stockpiles essentially held steady at 141 million st in the week that ended Thursday, but are likely to begin declining in the coming weeks as coal burn increases with summer demand, according to Bentek Energy. Bentek, a unit of ...
Tags: coal stockpiles, coal consumption
Alcoa Wheel & Transportation Products says the Ultra One is the world's lightest heavy-duty truck wheel that will help trucks shed pounds for increased payload and fuel efficiency. The 40-pound wheel is 47% lighter than steel wheels of ...
Tags: Truck Wheel, Wheel, Auto Parts
Weekly coal carloads originated by US railroads jumped 4.6% on a year-over-year basis in the week ended May 24, as both BNSF Railway and CSX showed strong gains in weekly coal deliveries, according to data from the Association of American ...
Tags: coal carloads, railroads