In a move sure to strengthen its"Lowest Prices,Best Quality"guaranty,The Sportsman's Guide has announced the launch of CASTLECREEK,a new private label product line promising exclusive,affordable home goods made for"The Way You Live." The ...
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Picometrix LLC of Ann Arbor, MI, USA, a subsidiary of Advanced Photonix Inc (which designs and makes silicon, InP- and GaAs-based APD, PIN, and FILTRODE photodetectors, HSOR high-speed optical receivers, and T-Ray terahertz ...
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A senior Iranian energy official says the country plans to surpass Qatar in gas production from the massive offshore South Pars gas field, which is shared by the two countries. Mr Mousa Souri MD of Pars Oil and Gas Company said that ...
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The Li population comes to 1,110,900. Most of the Lis now live in Dongfang, Baisha, Lingshui, Changjiang Li Autonomous Counties, and Ledong, Qiongzhong, and Baoting Li-Miao Autonomous Counties in the middle south of Hainan Province. The ...
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After shelving its plans for an IPO of Osram, its lighting subsidiary, Siemens has confirmed that it will conduct a spinoff of 80.5% of Osram shares. Siemens AG, the industrial conglomerate that owns lighting manufacturer Osram, has ...
In the rural areas of west Yunnan Province, it is a great event for a family to build a house. Therefore, the family must follow the time-honored customs. The Tile Cat in Yunnan refers to the ornament made from tiles placed in the middle of ...
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' Making sacrificial offerings to QinghaiLake is a folk customs activity of rich religious features. It is also a cultural phenomenon, comprising multiple folk customs while expressing people's good wishes to exist harmoniously ...
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The 12,000 Bonan people in China live mainly in Gansu Province, and are one of the country's smallest ethnic minorities. As Muslims, the Bonan have close cultural ties with the Hui ethnic minority. The dialect they speak belongs to the ...
Lectra,the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials-textiles,leather,industrial fabrics,and composite materials-is pleased to announce that Façonnable has successfully implemented ...
Getting Parental Marriage Approval If Li lovers plan to marry, they need the permission from parents in both families. The boy's parents will invite two matchmakers to visit the girls' parents and bring four best-quality areca nuts to ...
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In the Chinese lunar calendar, the Spring Festival falls on January 26th, 2009 this year. From this day on, the Yi-Chou Year begins, and it is also called the Year of Ox. The previous year is the Year of Rat, to which people have a ...
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The Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year, is the most important festival for people in China and other neighboring countries, comparable to Christmas in the West. Family members try every means to get together before the Spring ...
For more than 5,000 years, people have been celebrating the Chinese New Year. The two-week festival marks the start of the lunar calendar and is the most important of Chinese holidays. Festivities start with the new moon on the first day of ...
Lanterns (deng in Chinese) are a special handicraft of Chinese tradition. Fancy lanterns are widely used as decorations in the country during festivals and holidays, on weddings and other celebrations. On the whole, they consist ...
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The Nadun Festival is a unique folk custom in Sanchuan Region, Minhe County, Qinghai Province. It is a festival that Tu people celebrate the harvest, enjoy social activities and have fun. It is also called "Peasants' Fair" or "Harvest ...
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