Timber worth almost $40m has been seized in Latin America in "Operation Lead" headed by Interpol and in national investigations based on it. According to an Interpol press report, a large proportion of this wood, 292,000 m3, was confiscated ...
Tags: Wood, Construction, Timber
The Ministry of Textiles in India, through the Office of the Textile Commissioner, has commenced an online system for collecting authentic data on the cotton ginning industry in the country. The online system for filing of ...
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has invited Claire Perry, the Devizes MP who is Prime Minister David Cameron's 'advisor on childhood' to dinner - so that he can tell her how wrong her plan for internet web filtering is. Perry is the driving ...
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DeltaTRAK has launched a certified reusable data logger with glycol bottle, the FlashLink USB Data Logger with Glycol Bottle, compatible with CDC guidelines. Designed for monitoring temperatures of vaccines inside refrigerators or ...
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National Taiwan University in Taipei have invented a small sensor to be placed in the tooth, which can help doctors in monitoring patients’ eating habits and progress of their dental health. The sensor has an accelerometer which ...
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Global packaging company Sonoco has summarized sustainability progress in its latest 2012-2013 corporate responsibility report. Sonoco president and CEO Jack Sanders said the company is developing a new $75m biomass cogeneration system at ...
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Amazon is offering to cover 95 percent of the cost of vocational training courses to help its warehouse staff pursue jobs in other careers,including many that Amazon does not offer,the company said Monday in a letter posted on its home ...
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Oliver Rubber Co. has launched XS-T, a drive position precure retread for severe on/off road applications. XS-T is designed for single axle and tandem axle off-road applications such as logging and mining. “XS-T is our latest ...
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Overweight log trucks are becoming an issue at the Red Rock scales in B.C., according to the Central Interior Logging Association (CILA). The association has been told by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement branch, that truckers are ...
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Brown County, Wisconsin covers 530 square miles and is home to the Green Bay Packers, 13 townships, nine villages and two cities. With departments scattered throughout, the new surveillance system had to be centrally administrated and ...
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A new scale bypass system that allows drivers and carriers with good CSA scores to pass through weigh stations without stopping, is generating some buzz in the US. The system, developed by Drivewyze, is being used at a number of scales in ...
The Vuhl 05 supercar has been officially revealed just days before its planned unveiling at this month’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. Powered by a 213kW/420Nm version of the turbocharged 2.0-litre Ford EcoBoost engine, the 725kg ...
A Fluke clamp meter is an electrical testing tool that is a combination of a voltmeter and a clamp like current meter. A clamp meter can help you protect the various electrical appliances against any kind of damage. A Fluke clamp meter is ...
Add LinkedIn to the list of Internet companies trying to make themselves safer from cyberattacks by adding two-step authentication. Users of the professional social-networking site now have the option to add two-step verification to their ...
Mobile users can probably look forward to being automatically transferred from cellular to Wi-Fi networks in the near future, but going back and forth for the best possible performance is another matter. Software in the works will use ...