Tag: Road

The Road to Mandarin

Anyone learning Mandarin as a non-native will probably, at some stage of their learning journey, curse at how much of a pain it is. Whether you’re struggling with the tones, the pinyins, or the characters, you’re almost assured that it requires some hair-pulling moments. I though...

Welcome to Bones Road

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Allbirds, The Eco-Friendly Sneaker has a Tough Road to Revival

In its earlier years before going public, Allbirds, the New Zealand and American company, was a remarkable direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand, renowned for its eco-friendly wool sneakers. Allbirds became known to the world in 2014 after introducing and selling its wool sneaker on Kickstarter, a crowdfun...

The Qhapaq ??an, Andean Road System

The Qhapaq Ñan, often referred to as the Great Inca Road, was a sophisticated transportation network, primarily built by the Inca Empire. Stretching over 30,000 kilometres, it traversed many kinds of terrain, from the snow-capped Andes to the dense Amazon rainforests. The ingenuity of I...

The Bravest Road: Why BIPOC/IBPOC is essential to understanding Canada???s racial history

In a Globe and Mail op-ed published on May 28, University of Toronto professor and Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation (PETF) fellow, Joseph Heath, questioned the relevance of the acronym, BIPOC(for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour), for Canada. As current and former PETF scholars...

The Red Road

I recently re-traveled the back roads of William Least Heat-Moon’s 1978 travel account, Blue Highways. I read the book when it was released, but this time I listened to the audiobook which is how I prefer to experience books when I am on the road or walking my own backroads and woods. ...

PREVENTING FALLS FROM ROAD TANKERS

In relation to tanker loading the easiest and most practical way to load liquids and powders into a road or rail tanker or an ISO container is to fill them from the top (top loading). By its very nature this requires the operator to work at height, to access the man-way lid or fill point, to manoeuv...

Truck drivers: life of a road hero

Have you ever wondered how is the life of a truck driver? Maybe you are considering this career path or maybe you are just curious about the profession, in this article we will explore the main aspects of the life of a truck driver. Living ‘on the road’ is a dream and a lifestyle that...

The Forecast for the Trucking Industry on the Road Ahead

The use of apprentice programs like what US Special Delivery implements to get fresh blood into the industry by offering on-the-job training. The federal agencies and Advocate for Congress are looking to get young blood into the industry (18 to 21 years old) because nearly a third of the truck drive...