Sitting cross-legged on the floor, Dakpa Kelden is discussing Thangka painting skills with his students in his office in a two-story Tibetan-style building. The middle-aged Tibetan man is a principal founder of the Thangka Center and the ...
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Sang Liangshu was once a typical Chinese housewife. That was before being inspired by her family's intense interest in art. She created a unique paper-cut art, which she called "Xiao Sang Paper-cut." Her style of paper-cut preserves ...
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The lighting, based on field-induced polymer electroluminescent (FIPEL) technology, also gives off soft, white light – not the yellowish glint from fluorescents or bluish tinge from LEDs. "People often complain that fluorescent ...
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The American Coatings Association (ACA) has announced that Dr. Dean Webster, chair of the Coatings and Polymeric Materials Department at North Dakota State University (NDSU), will deliver the Mattiello Memorial Lecture at its CoatingsTech ...
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US-based chocolatier Lindt and Sprungli has launched Lindt Mocha Coconut,a new limited edition dark chocolate bar,in collaboration with the Culinary Institute of America. The Lindt Mocha Coconut bar was selected as the winner of The Lindt ...
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This is a list of official holidays in China. New Years Day (January 1) Not as much celebrated as it is in other parts of the world because it is overshadowed by the upcoming Chinese New Year somewhere a month away. However, ...
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On the snowy Tibet plateau, traditional elements have been mingled with modern life -- youths dressed in the latest fashion dancing "Guozhuang," office-ladies playing conventional Tibetan music while driving to work and Tibetan girls ...
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Navistar, a US based commercial vehicles and engines manufacturer, has collaborated with Chinese truck maker Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC) to expand their operations in China. The agreement will facilitate the companies to import IC ...
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Big Differences between Cities and Countryside After the 1911 Revolution, the garments changed greatly, and the dresses and the official cap buttons were eliminated. Particularly, hair plait was cut off, but chi-pao (one-piece mandarin ...
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Utah State University has unveiled a new mass transport electric vehicle called the Aggie Bus that is charged via wireless charging technology tested by USU's Wireless Power Transfer team. The charger uses wireless power transfer(WPT)pads ...
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Wake Forest University professor David Carroll (right) works with student Greg Smith. Credit: Ken Bennett, Wake Forest University photographer A US academic has announced the creation of a flicker-free, shatterproof, alternative light ...
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Japan - Located in the lively Shibuya Ward near the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, the Toho Gakuen Performing Arts College has recently been visited by one of its old Alumni; Shinichiro 'Yone' Yonekura. Yonekura is better known to the ...
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A Delmatic integrated system is helping the Masdar Institute, the world's first university specialising in alternative energies and sustainable technologies, improve lighting efficiency and reduce energy usage by over 50 per cent. The ...
Mr Anil Agarwal chairman of Vedanta Resources Corporation was on a 3 days trip from November 21st to 23rd 2012, to Udaipur, which is also the head office of Hindustan Zinc, Vedanta group's flag ship company and the world's largest ...
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Religare Health Insurance (RHICL) has formally launched its general insurance operations with head office in Delhi, India, as part of its business initiations in July 2012. Religare Health Insurance MD &CEO Anuj Gulati said, "Given our ...
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