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New Orlando center aims to help homeless men get fresh start
2015-01-28 20:40:37| Chemicals - Topix.net
The city of Orlando is offering a second chance to men looking for a way out of homelessness. Wednesday was the grand opening of the new Men's Service Center on West Central Boulevard.
Bangladesh aims be world's 'first solar nation'
2015-01-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Residents of Islampur, a remote village in the northern Bangladeshi district of Naogaon, were stunned one night last summer when the darkness was suddenly illuminated by electric lights coming from a village home. Why the surprise? The community has no connection to the country's power grid. The owner of the house, Rafiqul Islam, is one of around 15 million Bangladeshis whose homes are now powered by solar home systems, or SHS, under a government scheme to provide clean power to communities...
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EPA aims to reduce copper in motor vehicle brake pads.
2015-01-26 14:31:29| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
U.S. EPA, the automotive industry, and states signed agreement to reduce use of copper and other materials in motor vehicle brake pads. Copper-Free Brake Initiative calls for cutting copper in brake pads to less than 5% by 2021 and 0.5% by 2025. Voluntary initiative also calls for cutting amount of mercury, lead, cadmium, asbestiform fibers, and chromium-6 salts in brake pads. These steps will decrease runoff of these materials from roads into nation’s streams, rivers and lakes.
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Ubuntu Aims to Make the IoT Snappy
2015-01-22 04:13:12| TechNewsWorld
Canonical on Tuesday unveiled Snappy Ubuntu Core, a new rendition of Ubuntu targeting the Internet of Things. Snappy Ubuntu Core offers a minimal server image with the same libraries as "traditional" Ubuntu, but Snappy apps and Ubuntu Core can be upgraded automatically and rolled back if necessary. Snappy runs on any device with an ARMv7 or Intel x86 processor and at least 256 MB of RAM.
YKK "Eco-Dye" aims to cut zipper water waste
2015-01-21 14:05:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Fastener business YKK is developing an "Eco-Dye" that aims to reduce to almost zero the amount of water used in a zipper's dyeing process.
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