Popular in Sichuan,Guizhou and Yunnan,Chuanju(Sichuan opera)is the major form of local opera in southwestern China.A combination of several local opera forms,such as kunqu,gaoqiang,huqin,tanxi and dengxi,it developed around the middle of ...
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Mainly driven by surging rates for insuring property against natural disasters, Taiwan’s overall written premiums for non-life insurances for the first 10 months grew 7.03% from a year ago, with the growth doubling insiders’ ...
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission may seek to make carriers reveal how well their networks withstood major natural disasters so that consumers can compare rival providers. That will be one topic on the agenda at a series of ...
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Clinique,the first ever dermatologist-created,prestige cosmetic brand,announced a multi-year partnership with Happy Hearts Fund,an international charity founded and led by Petra Nemcova,helping to build and rebuild schools in areas ...
Computerworld-Israeli and Palestinian forces have found a new means of wartime propaganda-social media. As the two forces continue to clash,firing rockets on each other,they've also launched a war of hashtags,English-language tweets and ...
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We Designed this application to give homeowners more control over their property, especially when facing natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy. OCEANSIDE, CA, November 09, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- InspectionSoftware.com, an ...
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Insufficient wool production is the main hindrance in the growth of international wool industry, said Chris Wilcox, chairperson of the marketing intelligence committee of the International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO), in an interview ...
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There are so many reasons why you would need or just want a house generator. Besides house generators being convenient, a house generator can keep you, your family and your neighbors safe from many potential problems. In this section of ...
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Organisations are struggling to cope with increasing datacentre complexity according to a global survey of 2,453 IT professionals from Symantec. The vast majority(79%)of organisations globally said their datacentres were getting more ...
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Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp has developed the MGFK47G3745 gallium nitride(GaN)high-electron-mobility transistor(HEMT)Ku-band(12–18GHz)amplifier for satellite earth stations. Picture:Simplified schematic of amplifier. ...
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After devastating monsoonal floods in Thailand shut down several of Western Digital's key disk drive plants,drastically hurting its revenue and market standing,WD this week reported record financial results for 2012. According to market ...
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Canon Oceania's latest sustainability report 'Embracing Change' revealed that the company last year was "significantly affected" by: Floods in Queensland which led to about 75% of the state being declared a disaster zone. The Christchurch ...
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Advanced Photonix gets first industrial THz order 11 Jul 2012 Receives first orders from its value-added reseller,Thermo Fisher Scientific,for its'T-Gauge'industrial terahertz gauging system. Advanced Photonix develops diverse silicon ...
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For fiscal 2012 (to end-March), Advanced Photonix Inc of Ann Arbor, MI, USA (which designs and makes silicon, InP- and GaAs-based APD, PIN, and FILTRODE photodetectors, HSOR high-speed optical receivers, and T-Ray terahertz instrumentation) ...
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Diesel generators are a reliable source of backup power in situations like natural disasters. They are seen as a somewhat environmentally friendly power source thanks to their low use of fuel. Safety is another praised feature. Diesel fuel ...