The over 400-year-old Changdian temple fair in Xuanwu District of Beijing originated in the Jiajing period of the Ming dynasty, rose in the Kangxi period of the Qing dynasty and thrived in the Qianlong period of the Qing dynasty. In the ...
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At its AGM, members of the Council of Textile and Fashion Industries of Australia Ltd (TFIA) unanimously voted to continue the current leadership of the TFIA. Michel Abeysekera the current incumbent accepted his third term as President. ...
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“Thousand-mu fertile farmland, and ten-mile red dowry.” Influenced by the thriving local economy since the Ming Dynasty and the traditional Chinese wedding customs, people in east Zhejiang Province generally married off their ...
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because, personally, there's nothing I hate more than the cubicle. Having worked in one too long, I know that nothing kills productivity and creativity more than blank, grey partitions and white walls. Because the cubicle is so prevalent ...
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Nancy Clanton Named LEED Fellow The U.S.Green Building Council(USGBC)announced the 2012 class of LEED Fellows in October,including lighting designer Nancy E.Clanton,founder and president of Clanton&Associates,among the 43 distinguished ...
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Titan Pharmaceuticals has completed preclinical study of its long-term,non-fluctuating dopamine agonist,as a treatment for Parkinson's disease. The preclinical study included in-vitro characterization of implant formulations of two ...
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BOMA Launches 'Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking' Campaign The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International launched the Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking (LEEP) Campaign in September to encourage commercial ...
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Here at Arnolds, our mission is to buy used office furniture from businesses that no longer need it and restore it so that it's just as perfect as furniture fresh from the flat-packed box. In the process, our customers save thousands and ...
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W. L. Gore & Associates has received CE mark approval for new diameter sizes of Gore Excluder AAA Endoprosthesis endovascular stent-graft, designed as a treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The new diameter sizes of the Gore ...
PowerStream has donated one of its bucket trucks to Conestoga College in Ingersoll, Ont., "in recognition of the need to assist in the education and training of future Powerline Technicians for Ontario's electricity industry". Students at ...
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Boston Scientific has obtained the CE mark approval for the extended longevity provided by its INCEPTA, ENERGEN, PUNCTUA, COGNIS and TELIGEN implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators ...
US-based Esaote has launched a new Weight-Bearing MRI system to increase diagnostic accuracy while performing musculoskeletal MRI examinations. Featuring a touch screen display on the gantry, the G-scan Brio system's tilting MRI provides ...
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Toshiba America Medical Systems has added a wireless detector to its RADREX-i digital radiographic (DR) X-ray system. The RADREX-i wireless detector features a new lightweight, cableless 14'x17' panel and incorporates advanced automated ...
University of Virginia(U.Va)is partnering with global packaging provider,MeadWestvaco(MWV)to improve resealable product packaging. MWV is backing the development of a new material for its potential to transform packaging adhesives,which ...
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November 22, 2012 - With a new name, new website and “refocused direction”, Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC)—formerly Electricity Sector Council (ESC)—has “doubled down on its efforts to keep the ...
Tags: EHRC, ESC, Canada's electricity industry