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Dams May Provide Resilience to Climate Change
2014-02-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: It's official: Last year was Australia's hottest on record. As temperatures go up Down Under, so do concerns about how to keep rivers cool in a warming world. Ironically, the soundest solution could mean tapping into what has long been considered a pollutant. Dams have long been vilified for blocking fish migrations. But the deep reservoirs of dammed water do something free-flowing rivers can't: stratify so that the cooler layers settle to the bottom. Until recently, scientists only studied...
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US: Resilience acquires G&K Services' direct sale uniform business
2014-01-08 12:56:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Resilience Capital Partners has acquired the direct sale business of G&K Services through its newly-formed platform company, Affinity Specialty Apparel, Inc.
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On defense: Cities get serious about climate resilience in 2013
2013-12-31 13:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: If 2012 was the year a changing climate beat U.S. cities like Apollo beat Rocky, 2013 may go down as the year that urban America hit the meat locker and got serious about defending itself. Thanks to disasters like Superstorm Sandy, being "green" is no longer just a tired trend. The notion of becoming "environmentally friendly" has morphed into a mandate to buttress ourselves against an environment that has become decidedly unfriendly to us. And the antics in Congress this year make it abundantly...
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Ultrasonic Sensors combine robust design, operational resilience.
2013-12-30 14:30:58| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Featuring 1,000 mm range, U500 sensors detect objects regardless of color, characteristics, or transparency – even under harsh conditions with large amounts of dirt. Response time lends to application flexibility, while narrow, symmetrical sonic beam, with 80 mm dia at object distance of 500 mm, allows use in space-constrained applications. Supplied in IP67 housing, products are available in 3 sensor principles: proximity switch, distance measuring sensor, and reflective light barrier.<br /> This story is related to the following:Ultrasonic Sensors
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Thailand Resilience Eroding as Protests Sap Confidence: Economy
2013-12-05 15:39:20| Automakers - Topix.net
Thailand 's economy has withstood coups and regime-changing protests for decades, luring manufacturers including Toyota Motor Corp. even when turmoil dented stocks and the baht.
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