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ASTM Committee Aims to Reduce Risk of Contact with Power Lines through Proximity Alarm Standard

2015-09-08 20:41:00| Transmission & Distribution World

A proposed ASTM standard could help improve workplace safety by describing proximity alarm systems that can be used to prevent cranes, utility trucks, and other equipment from encroaching inside OSHA minimum approach distances and contacting high-voltage power lines. T&D World's The Briefing Room read more

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No cause for alarm? Later starts begin for Fairfax County (Va.) high school students

2015-09-08 17:53:00| American School & University

Reacting to research advocating a later start for high school students, the Fairfax County district is beginning the day at 8:10 a.m. at most high schools; last year's typical start time was 7:20 a.m. read more

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Withings to Link Aura Smart Alarm Clock to Spotify

2015-09-05 02:01:46| PC Magazine MP3 Player Product Guide

Home devices will also now work with Android, while customers can purchase a standalone Aura alarm clock.

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Increase in rate of Brazilian Amazon deforestation raises alarm

2015-09-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: Figures released this week point to an apparent rise in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon over the last year, an ominous development that one researcher attributed to an increase in cattle ranching aimed at the U.S. market. The newly lost forest, nearly 2,000 square miles, amounts to an area about the size of Delaware. The report was published by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research and is based on satellite data used to monitor day-to-day changes in Amazon forest cover. The figures...

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