A local Nissan Pulsar television commercial has been banned twice in two months by the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) for depicting unsafe driving. Spruiking the new Nissan Pulsar SSS, the ad shows a man driving through the streets as ...
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is seeking feedback from trucking operators on the level of service currently experienced when making heavy vehicle access applications. On 1 September 2013 the responsibility for issuing access ...
Congressional leaders today released a letter backed by the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) signed by 167 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The letter calls for ...
Tags: Textile
An electric bicycle, also known as an e-bike, is a bicycle with an integrated electric motor which can be used for propulsion. There are a great variety of different types of e-bikes available worldwide, from e-bikes that only have a small ...
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Australia In Australia the e-bike is defined by the Australian Vehicle Standards as a bicycle that has an auxiliary motor with a maximum power output not exceeding 200 W without consideration for speed limits or pedal sensors. Each state ...
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From January to June 2013, the investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households) reached 18,131.8 billion yuan, up by 20.1 percent year-on-year in nominal terms, the growth rate decreased 0.3 percentage point over that in the first ...
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A first-ever regulation on organ donation coordinator management will be issued this week by the National Organ Donation Management Center to make it easier for the public to donate organs. The 200-plus coordinators at the center will ...
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Congressional leaders released a letter backed by the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) signed by 167 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The letter calls for ...
Tags: textile rules, Yarn Forward
In the ice-cold cargo hold of a pirate tuna vessel in the Pacific, I have somehow lost my shoe. Frozen tuna fins slice my unshod foot as I fumble around on all fours, reaching into the gigantic, frigid pile. I had boarded the pirate ...
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Taiwan's indigenous peoples were living on Taiwan well before the mass immigration of Han Chinese from southern China began in the 17th century. The classification of Taiwan's indigenous tribes has changed over time. For example, during the ...
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China's state-owned offshore monopoly producer China National Offshore Oil Corp says it supports the Chinese government's position over Japan's recent protests about Chinese drilling activity in the East China Sea. "We do not understand ...
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Improving the reliability of power supplies to fuel terminals and retail service stations, and the need for fuel providers to strengthen relationships with government agencies are two key lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy, a Hess Corp. ...
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From January to May 2013, the investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households) reached 13,121.1 billion yuan, up by 20.4 percent year-on-year in nominal terms, the growth rate decreased 0.2 percentage point over that in the first ...
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The Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program (EVITP) and the National Electrical Trade Council (NETCO)—the joint training arm of the Canadian Electrical Contractors Association (CECA) and IBEW, 1st District, ...
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The US on Friday identified eight petrochemical companies it says are owned or controlled by the government of Iran and are therefore subject to sanctions. The US State Department also sanctioned two companies "for knowingly engaging in a ...
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