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Redefining the Pickup Driver for Auto Dealers
2013-05-30 09:00:37| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Pickup trucks still do the tough work, but more and more they are becoming a favorite means of transportation, and auto dealers must make themselves aware of the selling benefits. Find out what has been added to pickups to create buyer attraction. [More]The Article Redefining the Pickup Driver for Auto Dealers appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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New Microgram Load Cell from METTLER TOLEDO is Key to Redefining the Kilogram
2013-05-02 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Greifensee, Switzerland. – METTLER TOLEDO has developed a new microgram load cell for use in an experiment aimed at establishing a new definition of the kilogram. The kilogram is the last unit of the International System of Units (SI) still based on an artifact - the international prototype of the kilogram (IPK), kept at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM). Mass comparisons with the IPK have indicated a mean drift in the official IPK copies of 0.5 µg/year. To get better ...This story is related to the following:Sensors, Monitors and TransducersSearch for suppliers of: Measuring Instruments |
Cambodia's women activists are redefining the housewife
2013-04-02 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Designer Diane von Fürstenberg will today present the Vital Voices leadership in public life award to Tep Vanny, a self-branded housewife who has become a guiding light in Cambodia's battle against forced evictions. Carried out in the name of progress, forced evictions now rank as one of the world's most serious human rights abuses. Amnesty International defines them as "when people are forced out of their homes and off their land against their will, with little notice or none at all, often with...
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Re-Defining 'Energy Independence' in the Keystone Era
2013-02-19 17:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Sitting on President Obama's desk is a decision memorandum on whether or not to approve the Keystone pipeline, which would take tar sands oil from Canada to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. It is a controversial decision -- many have highlighted the terrible effects of digging up and burning tar sands oil. But these concerns are countered by those who argue the project would enhance North American energy independence, and create American jobs. The political calculus is easy to explain: Yes,...
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Web 're-defining' human identities
2013-01-21 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Social networks such as Facebook and on-line gaming are changing people's view of who they are and their place in the world, according to a report for the government's chief scientist. The report, published by Prof Sir John Beddington, says that traditional ideas of identity will be less meaningful. One consequence could be communities becoming less cohesive. This change could be harnessed to bring positive changes or if ignored could fuel social exclusion, says the study. "This can be...
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