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PETA claims victory for animal rights in demise of SeaWorld Trainer Barbie
2015-04-24 23:50:58| Toys - Topix.net
Mattel Inc said on Friday it has ended production of its SeaWorld Trainer Barbie doll, a move cheered by an animal rights group that has been a leading critic of SeaWorld for its treatment of killer whales. Mattel spokesman Alex Clark said production of the doll ended when a license agreement with SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment expired last year.
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ADM could use drones from 2016 to get crop insurance claims data
2015-04-23 06:07:17| Food - Topix.net
Archer Daniels Midland Co plans to use drones to gather data on crop insurance claims as soon as the summer of 2016, its risk services head told Reuters on Wednesday. ADM's Crop Risk Services Inc won clearance to use drones earlier this month from the Federal Aviation Administration, which currently bans their commercial use, and will begin testing the technology in the U.S. Midwest this year.
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ADM to Use Drones for Crop Insurance Claims After FAA Approval
2015-04-22 20:50:08| Agriculture - Topix.net
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., the world's largest corn processor, received regulatory approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to fly drones that will locate and assess crop damage. 'We are on track to have this technology in the air for our customers next year,' Greg Mills, president of ADM's Crop Risk Services unit, which offers Drones are one of the latest tools in precision agriculture, in which data is collected by satellites and sensors and analyzed to maximize farm yields.
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"World's Slowest On-Train WiFi", Claims Ironic News Report
2015-04-22 18:14:00| Railway Technology
On the same day that a Japanese Maglev train broke its own record to reach a speed of 603kph, an online report claimed that an Irish train had also entered the record books for "the World's slowest WiFi connection".
Bjorn Lomborg centre: Leaked documents cast doubt on Abbott government claims
2015-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Morning Herald: It was the Abbott government's original idea for the University of Western Australia to host a think tank created by the "sceptical environmentalist" Bjorn Lomborg, according to leaked talking points. Mr Lomborg's views have no credibility in the scientific community The government will provide $4 million over four years to bring Dr Lomborg's Copenhagen Consensus Centre methodology to Australia at a new centre within the University of Western Australia (UWA) business school. In the talking...
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