US: Wildfire Erupts in Pittman Center, East Tennessee, Prompts Evacuation 2

A wildfire erupted in the town of Pittman Center, eastern Tennessee on Tuesday, March 4, prompting evacuations of nearby residents. This video was filmed from a car driving on US 321 highway.

(ZhejiangPictorial) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HUZHOU-ZHILI-CHILDREN'S GARMENT-INDUSTRY (CN)

(ZhejiangPictorial) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HUZHOU-ZHILI-CHILDREN'S GARMENT-INDUSTRY (CN)

(240228) -- HUZHOU, Feb. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Customers select fabrics at Zhili Town of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 27, 2024. Zhili, located in the Yangtze River Delta economic circle, is renowned for its children's garment industry, whose complete industrial chain covers design, production, sales, storage, and logistics. As home to more than 14,000 children's garment enterprises, the town sold over 1.5 billion pieces of children's garment in 2023, accounting for two-thirds of the total sales volume of the whole country. Meanwhile, the sales of children's garment from the town reached 80 billion yuan (about 11.11 billion U.S. dollars) in 2023, with online sales exceeding 30 billion yuan (about 4.17 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

Asahi Kasei's high-performance filter system "U-Tech

Asahi Kasei's high-performance filter system "U-Tech

Asahi Kasei will expand sales of "U-Tech (photo)," a high-performance filter system using nonwoven fabrics. The current sales channels are mainly in Japan, but the company expects demand in Asia and other regions. With the rise in environmental awareness, the company expects to see an increase in applications such as separation of water and contaminated oil at petrochemical plants and reuse of cleaning solutions. The current sales are 1.4 billion yen, and the company aims to double the sales in 2013. U-Tech consists of ultra-fine meltblown nonwoven fabrics. It is used in color resist production lines. The company is promoting the fact that it can handle high-viscosity materials and has a long life. Photo taken on December 3, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 41

Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 41

41 Narumi - A woman carried in a kago and two others walking in front, followed by a man on horseback and two attendants, passing two large open shops in the main street, where dyed cloths are sold. On the fascia over the front of the nearer shop is the monogram Hiro in the centre, and that of the publisher, Take-no-Uchi, each side of it. This station and the nearby town of Arimatsu are both famous for the production of tie-dyed fabrics which were suitable for making yukata, the kimono worn in summer and after a bath. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834